Richard Sedgley
@richardsedgley.bsky.social
Green Party supporter based in Cornwall, UK. Likes: culture, history, languages, politics, sport, theology. For: a more equal, inclusive, humane and sustainable society. My views. 🍉🌻🌎💚
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"Liberty is the equal right and heritage of every child of man, without distinction of race, colour or sex." - Emily Hobhouse, 1913
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Spanish is clearly now the world’s coolest language. So why do we push British children to learn French? | Gary Nunn
As Bad Bunny showed at the Super Bowl, español is the coming thing. No wonder it’s now the top GCSE language choice
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Spanish is clearly now the world’s coolest language. So why do we push British children to learn French? | Gary Nunn
As Bad Bunny showed at the Super Bowl, español is the coming thing. No wonder it’s now the top GCSE language choice
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Spanish is clearly now the world’s coolest language. So why do we push children to learn French? | Gary Nunn
As Bad Bunny showed at the Super Bowl, español is the coming thing. No wonder it’s now the top GCSE language choice, says journalist Gary Nunn
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:44 PM
¿Hablas español? 🇪🇸
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Spanish is clearly now the world’s coolest language. So why do we push British children to learn French? | Gary Nunn
As Bad Bunny showed at the Super Bowl, español is the coming thing. No wonder it’s now the top GCSE language choice
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Spanish is clearly now the world’s coolest language. So why do we push British children to learn French? | Gary Nunn
As Bad Bunny showed at the Super Bowl, español is the coming thing. No wonder it’s now the top GCSE language choice
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Two pairs of beavers released in Cornwall by wildlife trust
Wildlife experts say the release is a
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February 10, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Reposted by Richard Sedgley
This exactly what climate scientists have been warning about for decades - the UK is (typically) seeing warmer, wetter winters, and hotter, drier summers. We needed to ditch fossil fuels a long time ago ... :-(
February 10, 2026 at 12:46 PM
This exactly what climate scientists have been warning about for decades - the UK is (typically) seeing warmer, wetter winters, and hotter, drier summers. We needed to ditch fossil fuels a long time ago ... :-(
Why is the UK so rainy this year and how is the climate crisis making matters worse?
It has rained in parts of the country every day of the year so far and downpours are expected to continue this week
#ReasonsToVoteGreen 💚
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It has rained in parts of the country every day of the year so far and downpours are expected to continue this week
#ReasonsToVoteGreen 💚
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Why is the UK so rainy this year and how is the climate crisis making matters worse?
It has rained in parts of the country every day of the year so far and downpours are expected to continue this week
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Why is the UK so rainy this year and how is the climate crisis making matters worse?
It has rained in parts of the country every day of the year so far and downpours are expected to continue this week
#ReasonsToVoteGreen 💚
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It has rained in parts of the country every day of the year so far and downpours are expected to continue this week
#ReasonsToVoteGreen 💚
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Polanski says Gorton and Denton by-election a choice between "hate and hope"
#VoteGreen 💚
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#VoteGreen 💚
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Polanski says Gorton and Denton by-election a choice between ‘hate and hope’
Leader Zack Polanski believes the Gorton and Denton by-election will be a race between the Greens and Reform
www.independent.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Polanski says Gorton and Denton by-election a choice between "hate and hope"
#VoteGreen 💚
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#VoteGreen 💚
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Rise in Green Party membership sparks heated political debate
#VoteGreen 💚
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Rise in Green Party membership sparks heated political debate
A significant increase in membership for Swindon’s Green Party sparked a lot of discussion.
www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Rise in Green Party membership sparks heated political debate
#VoteGreen 💚
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#VoteGreen 💚
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Britons "working harder for less" as living standards see historic slowdown
More than half of households in poverty now contain a working person, report finds
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More than half of households in poverty now contain a working person, report finds
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Britons ‘working harder for less’ as living standards see historic slowdown
More than half of households in poverty now contain a working person, report finds
www.independent.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Britons "working harder for less" as living standards see historic slowdown
More than half of households in poverty now contain a working person, report finds
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
More than half of households in poverty now contain a working person, report finds
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out?
Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?
#VoteGreen 💚
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?
#VoteGreen 💚
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out?
Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out?
Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?
#VoteGreen 💚
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?
#VoteGreen 💚
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Matt Goodwin Doesn't Know a Thing About This Constituency | Green Party Candidate Hannah Spencer
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Matt Goodwin Doesn’t Know a Thing About This Constituency | Green Party Candidate Hannah Spencer
YouTube video by Novara Media
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February 9, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Matt Goodwin Doesn't Know a Thing About This Constituency | Green Party Candidate Hannah Spencer
#VoteGreen 💚
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#VoteGreen 💚
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Inside the Gorton & Denton by-election: On the ground with the Greens as Reform controversy grows
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#VoteGreen 💚
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Inside the Gorton & Denton By-Election: On the Ground with the Greens as Reform Controversy Grows
YouTube video by The Northern Rose
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February 9, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Inside the Gorton & Denton by-election: On the ground with the Greens as Reform controversy grows
#VoteGreen 💚
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#VoteGreen 💚
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Britons’ right to protest is under threat like never before. If you value it, speak up now | Imran Khan
Civil rights, women’s rights: little could have been achieved under the system now being considered by UK ministers. A bad situation could get worse
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Civil rights, women’s rights: little could have been achieved under the system now being considered by UK ministers. A bad situation could get worse
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britons' right to protest is under threat like never before. If you value it, speak up now | Imran Khan
Civil rights, women’s rights: little could have been achieved under the system now being considered by UK ministers. A bad situation could get worse, says Imran Khan KC
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Britons’ right to protest is under threat like never before. If you value it, speak up now | Imran Khan
Civil rights, women’s rights: little could have been achieved under the system now being considered by UK ministers. A bad situation could get worse
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Civil rights, women’s rights: little could have been achieved under the system now being considered by UK ministers. A bad situation could get worse
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Peter Mandelson is fleeing the House of Lords: now let’s throw out all the other rogues and idlers | Jenny Jones
The disgraced politician throws all that is wrong with our present system into sharp focus. We need a second chamber the public can trust
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The disgraced politician throws all that is wrong with our present system into sharp focus. We need a second chamber the public can trust
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Peter Mandelson is fleeing the House of Lords: now let’s throw out all the other rogues and idlers | Jenny Jones
The disgraced politician throws all that is wrong with our present system into sharp focus. We need a second chamber the public can trust, says Jenny Jones, a Green party peer
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Peter Mandelson is fleeing the House of Lords: now let’s throw out all the other rogues and idlers | Jenny Jones
The disgraced politician throws all that is wrong with our present system into sharp focus. We need a second chamber the public can trust
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The disgraced politician throws all that is wrong with our present system into sharp focus. We need a second chamber the public can trust
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Bad Bunny delivers unifying Super Bowl half-time show, but Trump left fuming • FRANCE 24 English
#SuperBowlLX 🇵🇷
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Bad Bunny delivers unifying Super Bowl half-time show, but Trump left fuming • FRANCE 24 English
#SuperBowlLX 🇵🇷
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Bad Bunny delivers unifying Super Bowl halftime show, but Trump left fuming • FRANCE 24 English
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
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February 9, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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Bad Bunny delivers unifying Super Bowl half-time show, but Trump left fuming • FRANCE 24 English
#SuperBowlLX 🇵🇷
youtu.be/I7ijebXncuk?...
Bad Bunny delivers unifying Super Bowl half-time show, but Trump left fuming • FRANCE 24 English
#SuperBowlLX 🇵🇷
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The left warned that Starmerism would end like this. Now all of Britain faces the fallout | Owen Jones
Peter Mandelson helped Morgan McSweeney privilege Labour’s reactionary forces in a Faustian pact to sustain the PM. What they sowed, we’ll reap
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Peter Mandelson helped Morgan McSweeney privilege Labour’s reactionary forces in a Faustian pact to sustain the PM. What they sowed, we’ll reap
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The left warned that Starmerism would end like this. Now all of Britain faces the fallout | Owen Jones
Peter Mandelson helped Morgan McSweeney privilege Labour’s reactionary forces to sustain the PM, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:59 PM
The left warned that Starmerism would end like this. Now all of Britain faces the fallout | Owen Jones
Peter Mandelson helped Morgan McSweeney privilege Labour’s reactionary forces in a Faustian pact to sustain the PM. What they sowed, we’ll reap
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Peter Mandelson helped Morgan McSweeney privilege Labour’s reactionary forces in a Faustian pact to sustain the PM. What they sowed, we’ll reap
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What links Jeffrey Epstein and Keir Starmer’s government? A thick seam of contempt | Nesrine Malik
We’re often told the PM is a "decent" man. But in appointing Peter Mandelson he chose political convenience over doing right by trafficked women and girls
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We’re often told the PM is a "decent" man. But in appointing Peter Mandelson he chose political convenience over doing right by trafficked women and girls
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What links Jeffrey Epstein and Keir Starmer’s government? A thick seam of contempt | Nesrine Malik
We’re often told the PM is a ‘decent’ man. But in appointing Peter Mandelson he chose political convenience over doing right by trafficked women and girls, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:57 PM
What links Jeffrey Epstein and Keir Starmer’s government? A thick seam of contempt | Nesrine Malik
We’re often told the PM is a "decent" man. But in appointing Peter Mandelson he chose political convenience over doing right by trafficked women and girls
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We’re often told the PM is a "decent" man. But in appointing Peter Mandelson he chose political convenience over doing right by trafficked women and girls
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Bad Bunny's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show
YouTube video by NFL
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February 9, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Leaving Mandelson’s Shadow
Peter Mandelson’s life mission was to transform Labour from a mass political party into a plaything of corporate lobbyists. His downfall must signal the end of the sleazy politics he embodied.
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/02/leav...
Peter Mandelson’s life mission was to transform Labour from a mass political party into a plaything of corporate lobbyists. His downfall must signal the end of the sleazy politics he embodied.
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/02/leav...
Leaving Mandelson’s Shadow
Peter Mandelson’s life mission was to transform Labour from a mass political party into a plaything of corporate lobbyists. His downfall must signal the end of the sleazy politics he embodied.
tribunemag.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Leaving Mandelson’s Shadow
Peter Mandelson’s life mission was to transform Labour from a mass political party into a plaything of corporate lobbyists. His downfall must signal the end of the sleazy politics he embodied.
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/02/leav...
Peter Mandelson’s life mission was to transform Labour from a mass political party into a plaything of corporate lobbyists. His downfall must signal the end of the sleazy politics he embodied.
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/02/leav...
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time show review – a thrilling ode to Boricua joy
The Grammy-winning Puerto Rican megastar delivered a powerful, detail-packed performance that paid tribute to his history and teased more greatness for his future
##SuperBowlLX 🇵🇷
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...
The Grammy-winning Puerto Rican megastar delivered a powerful, detail-packed performance that paid tribute to his history and teased more greatness for his future
##SuperBowlLX 🇵🇷
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time show review – a thrilling ode to Boricua joy
The Grammy-winning Puerto Rican megastar delivered a powerful, detail-packed performance that paid tribute to his history and teased more greatness for his future
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time show review – a thrilling ode to Boricua joy
The Grammy-winning Puerto Rican megastar delivered a powerful, detail-packed performance that paid tribute to his history and teased more greatness for his future
##SuperBowlLX 🇵🇷
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...
The Grammy-winning Puerto Rican megastar delivered a powerful, detail-packed performance that paid tribute to his history and teased more greatness for his future
##SuperBowlLX 🇵🇷
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...
Bad Bunny delivers love letter to Puerto Rico – and a message to America – with dazzling Super Bowl halftime show
#SuperBowlLX 🇵🇷
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#SuperBowlLX 🇵🇷
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Bad Bunny delivers clear message for America with historic Super Bowl set
Puerto Rican artist gave his all for the history-making halftime show in Santa Clara, from star cameos to surprise guests and a unifying message at its heart
www.independent.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Bad Bunny delivers love letter to Puerto Rico – and a message to America – with dazzling Super Bowl halftime show
#SuperBowlLX 🇵🇷
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#SuperBowlLX 🇵🇷
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World Cup or Super Bowl: What's Bigger?
YouTube video by Tifo Football by The Athletic
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February 8, 2026 at 10:31 PM
The remarkable rise of Hannah Spencer: The plumber battling to become an MP and a plasterer at the same time
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The plumber battling to become an MP and a plasterer at the same time
"It's easy to give up, but I've not had to do it yet"
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The remarkable rise of Hannah Spencer: The plumber battling to become an MP and a plasterer at the same time
#VoteGreen 💚
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
#VoteGreen 💚
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