Liz Blackshaw
@leicestershireliz.bsky.social
She/Her/Cllr
Labour and Cooperative Cllr for Mountsorrel.
Serious about my family, my cats, my cooking and my politics. Opinions are my own. Reshares are not endorsements.
Labour and Cooperative Cllr for Mountsorrel.
Serious about my family, my cats, my cooking and my politics. Opinions are my own. Reshares are not endorsements.
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Recent research showed that a huge proportion (87%) of Brits rely on hanging wet clothes inside their homes – and they’re unknowingly causing serious issues.
A study by the University of Manchester found that drying a wet load of washing indoors can release two litres of water into your home.
A study by the University of Manchester found that drying a wet load of washing indoors can release two litres of water into your home.
The mould truth: Expert warns Brits of one common habit that brings damp into their homes
As winter returns, and households dry laundry indoors, new research suggests this is contributing to dangerous mould problems in the home
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Recent research showed that a huge proportion (87%) of Brits rely on hanging wet clothes inside their homes – and they’re unknowingly causing serious issues.
A study by the University of Manchester found that drying a wet load of washing indoors can release two litres of water into your home.
A study by the University of Manchester found that drying a wet load of washing indoors can release two litres of water into your home.
I absolutely love cooking and eating.
Today I needed to have a main meal at lunch because I have a big meeting this evening. I love bowls like this because they are very quick to make.
Noodles with tofu, tomatoes, spring onion, kale, kimchi and egg in a broth make from Vecon stock and hummus.
Today I needed to have a main meal at lunch because I have a big meeting this evening. I love bowls like this because they are very quick to make.
Noodles with tofu, tomatoes, spring onion, kale, kimchi and egg in a broth make from Vecon stock and hummus.
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I absolutely love cooking and eating.
Today I needed to have a main meal at lunch because I have a big meeting this evening. I love bowls like this because they are very quick to make.
Noodles with tofu, tomatoes, spring onion, kale, kimchi and egg in a broth make from Vecon stock and hummus.
Today I needed to have a main meal at lunch because I have a big meeting this evening. I love bowls like this because they are very quick to make.
Noodles with tofu, tomatoes, spring onion, kale, kimchi and egg in a broth make from Vecon stock and hummus.
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Ed Brown, our Professor of Global Energy Challenges, reporting from #COP30 on the global clean cooking crisis youtu.be/SAKIEvmh7-c?...
The Global Clean Cooking Crisis: Professor Ed Brown at COP30
YouTube video by Loughborough University
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Ed Brown, our Professor of Global Energy Challenges, reporting from #COP30 on the global clean cooking crisis youtu.be/SAKIEvmh7-c?...
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This is shocking. Up to 50,000 nurses could quit the UK over the government’s immigration proposals, plunging the NHS into its biggest ever workforce crisis, research suggests
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is shocking. Up to 50,000 nurses could quit the UK over the government’s immigration proposals, plunging the NHS into its biggest ever workforce crisis, research suggests
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
By Nafeez Ahmed
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
By Nafeez Ahmed
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
By Nafeez Ahmed
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
By Nafeez Ahmed
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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🎯 £70m investment creating 7,000 apprenticeships.
Good business means investing in the future.
Strong leadership from the Co-op Group 🐝
Good business means investing in the future.
Strong leadership from the Co-op Group 🐝
Co-op announces £70m plans to create thousands of jobs across UK
Co-op announces £70m plans to create thousands of jobs across UK
The Co-op has announced plans to create thousands of new jobs, through bringing in 7,000 apprenticeships by 2030 at sites across the UK.
dlvr.it
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🎯 £70m investment creating 7,000 apprenticeships.
Good business means investing in the future.
Strong leadership from the Co-op Group 🐝
Good business means investing in the future.
Strong leadership from the Co-op Group 🐝
Reposted by Liz Blackshaw
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social
@markcunliffe.bsky.social
A new survey reveals negative attitudes to Reform UK Ltd
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions
centralbylines.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social
@markcunliffe.bsky.social
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Mayors are generally more visible, accountable and effective at drawing public services together, often supported by full time Deputies focusing on crime and policing issues. (1/2)
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Mayors are generally more visible, accountable and effective at drawing public services together, often supported by full time Deputies focusing on crime and policing issues. (1/2)
I thought I saw you on the bridge today
From a distance his hair looked like yours
His head bobbed like yours
His walk, just like yours
And for a moment my heart sang
My thoughts reached out with all the things I wanted to tell you
But as my eyes drew him into focus
And my mind knew it wasn’t true
From a distance his hair looked like yours
His head bobbed like yours
His walk, just like yours
And for a moment my heart sang
My thoughts reached out with all the things I wanted to tell you
But as my eyes drew him into focus
And my mind knew it wasn’t true
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I thought I saw you on the bridge today
From a distance his hair looked like yours
His head bobbed like yours
His walk, just like yours
And for a moment my heart sang
My thoughts reached out with all the things I wanted to tell you
But as my eyes drew him into focus
And my mind knew it wasn’t true
From a distance his hair looked like yours
His head bobbed like yours
His walk, just like yours
And for a moment my heart sang
My thoughts reached out with all the things I wanted to tell you
But as my eyes drew him into focus
And my mind knew it wasn’t true
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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The rich and powerful have always controlled the media.
Social media was meant to be the rebalancer, but that’s impossible when it’s owned and controlled by the same vested interests. (1/2)
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Social media was meant to be the rebalancer, but that’s impossible when it’s owned and controlled by the same vested interests. (1/2)
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The rich and powerful have always controlled the media.
Social media was meant to be the rebalancer, but that’s impossible when it’s owned and controlled by the same vested interests. (1/2)
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Social media was meant to be the rebalancer, but that’s impossible when it’s owned and controlled by the same vested interests. (1/2)
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
“What do you do in the evenings when you don’t have meetings?”
Hand cut 3000 poppies for Remembrance Sunday. ……
Hand cut 3000 poppies for Remembrance Sunday. ……
October 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“What do you do in the evenings when you don’t have meetings?”
Hand cut 3000 poppies for Remembrance Sunday. ……
Hand cut 3000 poppies for Remembrance Sunday. ……
Reposted by Liz Blackshaw
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The Tories lost control of the asylum system and had a complete disregard for the tensions created in communities across the country, in fact some of their local candidates would line up and blame the local council to deflect responsibility (1/2)
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
15 key findings from bombshell asylum hotel report - Tory catalogue of failure
A scathing report by MPs found a failure of leadership while the Tories were in power saw private firms make huge profits housing asylum seekers in hotels as the backlog ballooned
www.mirror.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The Tories lost control of the asylum system and had a complete disregard for the tensions created in communities across the country, in fact some of their local candidates would line up and blame the local council to deflect responsibility (1/2)
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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The Conservatives plan to reduce government spending by £47 billion.
It's not just taking money away from the poorest and most vulnerable people... it's taking £47B out of our local economies - which puts the nation in managed decline.
It's not just taking money away from the poorest and most vulnerable people... it's taking £47B out of our local economies - which puts the nation in managed decline.
What happens when £47 billion disappears from Britain’s economy?
Tory Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride wants to take £47 billion out of the UK economy. That isn't prudence. It's managed decline
eastangliabylines.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The Conservatives plan to reduce government spending by £47 billion.
It's not just taking money away from the poorest and most vulnerable people... it's taking £47B out of our local economies - which puts the nation in managed decline.
It's not just taking money away from the poorest and most vulnerable people... it's taking £47B out of our local economies - which puts the nation in managed decline.
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Social media videos claiming to show King Charles talking about an “insult” from Sir Keir Starmer aren’t real and are almost certainly AI-generated fakes.
Videos of King Charles discussing Starmer ‘insult’ are fake – Full Fact
Social media videos purporting to be of King Charles talking about an alleged insult from Prime Minister Keir Starmer aren’t real.
fullfact.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Social media videos claiming to show King Charles talking about an “insult” from Sir Keir Starmer aren’t real and are almost certainly AI-generated fakes.
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We met with the BBC today, to make the case that when Labour and Co-operative representatives appear on the national broadcaster, they're listed as just that - Labour and Co-operative.
October 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We met with the BBC today, to make the case that when Labour and Co-operative representatives appear on the national broadcaster, they're listed as just that - Labour and Co-operative.
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⏰ Here we go just a day to go to confirm your vote for @lucympowell.bsky.social to be the next Deputy Leader 🌹💪
October 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
⏰ Here we go just a day to go to confirm your vote for @lucympowell.bsky.social to be the next Deputy Leader 🌹💪
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Many people feel like no matter how hard they work, they still can’t get ahead, while the wealth their communities create is taken elsewhere.
@jimmcmahon.co.uk says it’s time to return to co-operative principles: building together, sharing the rewards, and reinvesting locally.
@jimmcmahon.co.uk says it’s time to return to co-operative principles: building together, sharing the rewards, and reinvesting locally.
October 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Many people feel like no matter how hard they work, they still can’t get ahead, while the wealth their communities create is taken elsewhere.
@jimmcmahon.co.uk says it’s time to return to co-operative principles: building together, sharing the rewards, and reinvesting locally.
@jimmcmahon.co.uk says it’s time to return to co-operative principles: building together, sharing the rewards, and reinvesting locally.
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Wishing a very happy Diwali to everyone celebrating from the Co-operative Party!
October 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Wishing a very happy Diwali to everyone celebrating from the Co-operative Party!
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🗣️ "They're facing the disadvantage of their low-income and the potential challenges that brings, as well as having to navigate that SEND system."
@charleyo.bsky.social touches on the double disadvantage facing low-income pupils with SEND on BBC Woman's Hour 📻
@charleyo.bsky.social touches on the double disadvantage facing low-income pupils with SEND on BBC Woman's Hour 📻
October 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🗣️ "They're facing the disadvantage of their low-income and the potential challenges that brings, as well as having to navigate that SEND system."
@charleyo.bsky.social touches on the double disadvantage facing low-income pupils with SEND on BBC Woman's Hour 📻
@charleyo.bsky.social touches on the double disadvantage facing low-income pupils with SEND on BBC Woman's Hour 📻
Bus 127 north of Mountsorrel Green
There’s Arriva 127 service disruptions for the remainder of this week next week.
This is due to multiple roadworks making it unsafe for buses to pass
For updates to the arriva service www.arrivabus.co.uk/service-aler...
For Roadworks please refer to one.network
There’s Arriva 127 service disruptions for the remainder of this week next week.
This is due to multiple roadworks making it unsafe for buses to pass
For updates to the arriva service www.arrivabus.co.uk/service-aler...
For Roadworks please refer to one.network
Arriva Bus
www.arrivabus.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Bus 127 north of Mountsorrel Green
There’s Arriva 127 service disruptions for the remainder of this week next week.
This is due to multiple roadworks making it unsafe for buses to pass
For updates to the arriva service www.arrivabus.co.uk/service-aler...
For Roadworks please refer to one.network
There’s Arriva 127 service disruptions for the remainder of this week next week.
This is due to multiple roadworks making it unsafe for buses to pass
For updates to the arriva service www.arrivabus.co.uk/service-aler...
For Roadworks please refer to one.network
Wonderful to meet with the Minister for Veterans Louise Sandher-Jones today for a round table discussion with many different organisations at Loughborough Wellbeing Centre
We need a VALOUR hub in Loughborough!
We need a VALOUR hub in Loughborough!
October 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Wonderful to meet with the Minister for Veterans Louise Sandher-Jones today for a round table discussion with many different organisations at Loughborough Wellbeing Centre
We need a VALOUR hub in Loughborough!
We need a VALOUR hub in Loughborough!
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Co-operative housing already shows what’s possible when people own where they live. Fair rents, strong communities, real security.
In Parliament today, the Housing Minister agreed: it’s time to explore how law can help it grow.
In Parliament today, the Housing Minister agreed: it’s time to explore how law can help it grow.
October 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Co-operative housing already shows what’s possible when people own where they live. Fair rents, strong communities, real security.
In Parliament today, the Housing Minister agreed: it’s time to explore how law can help it grow.
In Parliament today, the Housing Minister agreed: it’s time to explore how law can help it grow.
Reposted by Liz Blackshaw
🥳 Congratulations to Melinda Bell on her discovery of the Candelabra Coral fungi in Charnwood Forest.
🕎 This is the first time this species has been recorded in Leicestershire, and until 2012 it was considered extinct in the UK!
🌐 Read more on the BBC website: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🕎 This is the first time this species has been recorded in Leicestershire, and until 2012 it was considered extinct in the UK!
🌐 Read more on the BBC website: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
October 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🥳 Congratulations to Melinda Bell on her discovery of the Candelabra Coral fungi in Charnwood Forest.
🕎 This is the first time this species has been recorded in Leicestershire, and until 2012 it was considered extinct in the UK!
🌐 Read more on the BBC website: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🕎 This is the first time this species has been recorded in Leicestershire, and until 2012 it was considered extinct in the UK!
🌐 Read more on the BBC website: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...