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As we travel the rocky path through life, experiencing the good, the bad and the indifferent, aren't we supposed to get wiser?
So someone explain BREXIT, Donald TRUMP and Mother Nature biting us on the arse.
At least I have Pompey to keep me sane PUP
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drfrancisyoung.bsky.social
I understand justice matters but the reopening of cold cases is surely going too far now
July 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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warrenoates1.bsky.social
This is so wonderful. Seeing the PM and Chancellor chatting with the French President about Larry the Cat and his social media posts!
number10cat.bsky.social Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · Jul 10
Macron: "He's a very clever cat"
Merci monsieur le président x
July 11, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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simongosden.bsky.social
REFORM TODAY:

Polls falling
Membership collapsing
Far right splintered
MPs vanishing
Councils in chaos.
Councillors resigning
Elect clowns expect a circus
a group of clowns are posing for a photo and one has a mcdonald 's hat on
ALT: a group of clowns are posing for a photo and one has a mcdonald 's hat on
media.tenor.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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helenebismarck.bsky.social
I have never heard of this woman before. She is now my hero.
robertsaunders.bsky.social Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · Jul 9
Ellen Wilkinson was such a good parliamentary performer.

Here she is in 1925, arguing for votes for women at 21 (rather than 30, as previously).
"It has been stated by at least one important member of this House that if the vote were given to the young women they would invariably vote only for the best looking candidate. On looking round this House, Mr. Speaker, I cannot see that there is any need for hon. members to be worried, but I take it that we shall see in the division Lobby those members who are not quite sure of themselves in this respect."
July 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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viviane49.bsky.social
A busy few days for Labour, ten more things in action from them including changes to Employment Rights Bill for couples that miscarry and ban on NDAs for sexual misconduct of staff/visitors. Protecting workers every step of the way. Wage growth up too!!
1. Pioneering neighbourhood health teams to begin in most deprived areas 2. £100m fine for 7 house builders accused of price rigging/sharing info 3. Wage growth including inflation in May: • UK: 2.3% • Netherlands:1.8%• Germany: 1.6% • France: 1.1% 4. Services sector rebounding. Activity rose at fastest rate in 10 months (S&P) 5. Business confidence at 9-year high The Lloyds Bank Business Barometer rose to 51%, the highest since Nov 2015. 6. Britain is the #1 most attractive place to invest : Deloitte survey. 7. Five major road schemes in the north and Midlands are confirmed 8. To deliver 700,000 additional urgent dental appointments every year 9. UK bosses to be banned from using NDAs to cover up misconduct at work 10. Employment Rights Bill to give parents the legal right to take time off work to grieve if they experience pregnancy loss 11. The number of people feeling financially secure has risen this quarter by 3%
July 9, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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warrenoates1.bsky.social
The final section covers:

+ A Modern Industrial Strategy

You can sign up to recieve it here:

act.labour.org.uk/p/sign_up

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A Modern Industrial Strategy In June, Labour announced its new Modern Industrial Strategy, a plan to improve business investment and create good jobs across the country. What does this mean? It means more than 7,000 British businesses – supporting up to 300,000 skilled jobs – will see their electricity bills slashed by up to 25% from 2027. This 10-year plan will create 1.1 million good, well, paid jobs in thriving industries and deliver our Plan for Change. This builds on the work we’ve already done to prioritise better jobs for Britain, with around 380,000 new jobs in the UK economy since July of last year. Key talking points: A new plan to cut energy bills for 7,000 key growth businesses. An extra £1.2bn a year for skills programmes, with programmes aimed at digital, defence and engineering. More money and support for small and medium businesses to adopt new technologies and grow. Businesses have been calling for an industrial strategy for years, but under three successive Prime Ministers the Tories refused to deliver one, driving down investment and job creation. Labour knows that the only way to grow the economy is to give businesses the security to invest and create good jobs. "We’ve said from day one Britain is back in business under this government, and the £100 billion of investment we’ve secured in the past year shows our Plan for Change is already delivering for working people." Jonathan Reynolds, Business and Trade Secretary Thank you for reading the first edition of The Labour Rosette. None of the progress we’ve shared here would be possible without you. Whether you have supported us for years, or have just joined us, thank you for standing with us as we begin the work of national renewal. This is just the beginning. We’ll be back next month with more updates from across Government – and more on how we’re delivering real change.
July 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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viviane49.bsky.social
Thought this infographic was pretty good So sharing
Infographic of labours achievements
July 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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rlbhealing.bsky.social
I wish it was not TRUE.
July 4, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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purplepeace.bsky.social
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July 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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70andexhausted.bsky.social
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
June 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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viviane49.bsky.social
Labour busy again this week. Confirmation on a number of key areas from defence, investment, planning and training. 12 new initiatives
1. UK Serious Fraud Office joins global anti-corruption alliance 2. Support for banks and large companies in developing climate transition plans 3. Zone will develop semiconductor hub in Newport & Cardiff science & tech park 4. New Trade Strategy to protect and boost British business 5. Investigation into Maternity care 6. A faster, more efficient planning appeals process  7. Thousands of people set to benefit from on-the-job training and career opportunities in the construction sector. 8. Foreign prisoners to be deported sooner 9. UK to provide hundreds of air defence missiles for Ukraine with money from seized Russian assets 10. Amazon to invest £40bn in Uk building warehouses and creating jobs (rising from £8bn previously pledged) 11. Poorest parts of England to get £2.2bn more for NHS to cut care inequalities 12. Defence Dept acquiring 8 new war planes 13. New joint Defence / NHS healthcare centre to open in Caterick Yorkshire
June 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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oldnotdead.bsky.social
Just a short one from JP @atpgeo.bsky.social
Breaking News: Trump Publishes Private Message from Mark Rutte, SecGen NATO

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdjw...
Breaking News: Trump Publishes Private Message from Mark Rutte, SecGen NATO
YouTube video by ATP Geopolitics
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June 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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maxbrockbank.com
How the hell did this get on GeeBeebies?

Natalie Fleet MP is inspiring!
June 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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raptorpersuk.bsky.social
Much kudos to this new campaign group - give them a follow! @reclaimourmoors.bsky.social

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/06/19/r...
‘Reclaim Our Moors’ – local residents in Sheffield & North Derbyshire start campaign for community ownership of ‘trashed’ grouse moors
Around 40 local residents from Sheffield and North Derbyshire have started a campaign to bring local grouse moors in to community ownership. The group ‘Reclaim Our Moors’ held its inaug…
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June 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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nickreeves.bsky.social
Tories only realised Brexit impact on small boats ‘just before’ leaving EU.

Chris Philp says in leaked audio that Tories ‘ran some checks’ just prior to Brexit and realised ‘around half’ of small boat arrivals could have been returned under EU law www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Tories only realised Brexit impact on asylum ‘just before’ leaving EU, admits MP
Chris Philp says in leaked audio that Tories ‘ran some checks’ just prior to Brexit and realised ‘around half’ of small boat arrivals could have been returned under EU law
www.independent.co.uk
June 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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bardolino.bsky.social
In my view Starmer has quickly become a very useful, well respected and influential world leader. It has been a long long time since the UK has had one of those.
June 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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kyivbrit.bsky.social
Here we are again, the orange man has good connections. Ego and greed, what can one expect?
June 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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For ten minutes, Wilf Frost tried to get Shadow Home Sec Chris Philp to accept the rank hypocrisy in saying his party was totally right not to do something for 14 years AND Starmer totally wrong for not doing it sooner than six months. But it was like arguing with a tenacious parakeet. ~AA
June 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social
hope it is not too embarassing (for english people) to have an Irish person point out today is Arthur Cockfield day.

ten days before daniel hannan day. no less.
gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · Jun 5
10 years later, almost to the day, an englishman by the name of Arthur Cockfield made a presentation to the EEC Council in Milan.

his idea? A single market.

Europe loved the idea and it transformed an entire continent. One of britains biggest & finest contributions to Europe.

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screengrab of lord cockfields white paper in 1985 that became the single market. https://europa.eu/documents/comm/white_papers/pdf/com1985_0310_f_en.pdf
June 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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oskidarski.bsky.social
Your law enforcement officers aren't trained to do anything other than fire guns. That one is clearly intellectually challenged.
cwebbonline.com Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Jun 15
Whoa! Hats off to ABC News reporter Matt Gutman for keeping his cool yesterday.

This LAPD officer needs to be relieved of duty if he can’t handle an alleged “touch” without snapping.
June 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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mimij9.bsky.social
Vat on private schools, Brexit benefit.

Oh the irony.
June 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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viviane49.bsky.social
Been a full on week for Labour. I’ve gathered just a few highlights. Most important in my view, is Mone. Being held accountable for her failed PPE supply. I hope we get our money back. Daylight robbery under Labour does not pay
1. Michelle Mone in Court being sued for £122m unusable PPE plus storage plus interest 2. Sickle cell patients to get better treatment after £9m boost 3. £500m boost for hydrogen to create thousands of British jobs 4. Additional £96m for the Crown Prosecution Service 5. 1st time in 17 years, the NHS cut waiting lists in the month of April. 6. Funds for crackdown on fraud, bribery and corruption 7. Agreement on Gibraltar with EU 8. Extra £29bn for NHS 9. Free breakfast clubs extended to every primary school pupil in England 10. Free school meals in England extended to all children with a parent on UC. 11. £39bn over ten years to build social rent, affordable rent, and shared ownership homes 12. The £3 cap on single fares in England is staying for two more years. 13. £2.3bn a year to repair ageing school buildings 14. Abortion decriminalised in England
June 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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kakistokrat.bsky.social
Here's what is being ignored while we humans quibble and bicker:

In May 2025, the atmospheric CO2 concentration at Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii was reported to have reached 430.5 ppm. This represents a new record high and the highest concentration in over 2 million years.
June 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM