SallyinFrance
@sallyinfrance.bsky.social
They took me out of the EU so I ran here to the foothills of the Pyrenees. Love outdoor pursuits but getting to an age where I hurt myself rather too much. Keep trying though. Cautious about Labour but delighted tories are out. I want back in the EU.
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We will be our own best customer — and build big with Canadian workers, Canadian technology, and Canadian materials.
November 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We will be our own best customer — and build big with Canadian workers, Canadian technology, and Canadian materials.
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Reform is sliding backwards in the polls
Reform is sliding backwards in the polls
Welcome to the 189th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which you might expect to be all about polling on the Budget.
buff.ly
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Reform is sliding backwards in the polls
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Russia • Racism • Reform
November 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Russia • Racism • Reform
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loving the fact that YourParty has voted for a new name and it's YourParty
November 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
loving the fact that YourParty has voted for a new name and it's YourParty
A really interesting read - and throws a few handfuls of hope for positive change too chadbourn.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
The Putin Domino Theory
When one man goes, everything changes
chadbourn.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A really interesting read - and throws a few handfuls of hope for positive change too chadbourn.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
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“But Putin will not be around forever. He might not be around for much longer. He’s perched on the top of a powder keg of his own making and he can’t get off.”
The Putin Domino Theory
When one man goes, everything changes
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“But Putin will not be around forever. He might not be around for much longer. He’s perched on the top of a powder keg of his own making and he can’t get off.”
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What the government keeps missing is that asylum seekers want to take buses! It gives them autonomy. They can get to appointments, drop their kids to school, live some semblance of a normal life.
Roll out free bus passes and it'd save a fortune.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Roll out free bus passes and it'd save a fortune.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK asylum seekers to be banned from taking taxis to medical appointments
Move, which is part of crackdown on costs, comes after it emerged Home Office spends £15.8m a year on service
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
What the government keeps missing is that asylum seekers want to take buses! It gives them autonomy. They can get to appointments, drop their kids to school, live some semblance of a normal life.
Roll out free bus passes and it'd save a fortune.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Roll out free bus passes and it'd save a fortune.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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God: I don't believe in Kemi Badenoch anymore...
November 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
God: I don't believe in Kemi Badenoch anymore...
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Kemi: Trans people are a pandemic, a social contagion
WEC: Why do you describe trans people like a disease?
Kemi: I never said that. Where did you get that from? Why are you saying this?
Literally happened. In the space of 3 minutes.
WEC: Why do you describe trans people like a disease?
Kemi: I never said that. Where did you get that from? Why are you saying this?
Literally happened. In the space of 3 minutes.
November 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Kemi: Trans people are a pandemic, a social contagion
WEC: Why do you describe trans people like a disease?
Kemi: I never said that. Where did you get that from? Why are you saying this?
Literally happened. In the space of 3 minutes.
WEC: Why do you describe trans people like a disease?
Kemi: I never said that. Where did you get that from? Why are you saying this?
Literally happened. In the space of 3 minutes.
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Oh yes I loved Bible studies...that bit where Jesus got all the traders and merchants in to the Temple before Christmas...economic genius...it's a shame he died so early...but it was good that the Romans put up a Cross for him...and now we all have stone Crosses in every village and Town in England
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Oh.
Fairly certain Kemi Badenoch is hoping that nobody has noticed this.
Pretty brazen...
Pretty brazen...
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Oh.
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A new ‘national forest’ is promised by government for the Oxford-Cambridge corridor, with a new ‘forest city’ to be located east of Cambridge. Millions of trees are to be planted as part of a £1bn commitment to support the forestry sector, enhancing nature and driving economic growth.
What about new forests, then?
Is “forest” the new “sustainability”? just another catchword, to sell mass commercial development to a sceptical local population?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
A new ‘national forest’ is promised by government for the Oxford-Cambridge corridor, with a new ‘forest city’ to be located east of Cambridge. Millions of trees are to be planted as part of a £1bn commitment to support the forestry sector, enhancing nature and driving economic growth.
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The five they haven't done:
Allow councils to keep right to buy money; scrap tuition fees for teacher training; halt HS2 sell-offs; scrap salary rule for foreign partners of British citizens).
They had to be ideas that didn't require legislation and were collectively broadly cost neutral.
Allow councils to keep right to buy money; scrap tuition fees for teacher training; halt HS2 sell-offs; scrap salary rule for foreign partners of British citizens).
They had to be ideas that didn't require legislation and were collectively broadly cost neutral.
November 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The five they haven't done:
Allow councils to keep right to buy money; scrap tuition fees for teacher training; halt HS2 sell-offs; scrap salary rule for foreign partners of British citizens).
They had to be ideas that didn't require legislation and were collectively broadly cost neutral.
Allow councils to keep right to buy money; scrap tuition fees for teacher training; halt HS2 sell-offs; scrap salary rule for foreign partners of British citizens).
They had to be ideas that didn't require legislation and were collectively broadly cost neutral.
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Just occured to me that following the budget the government has now done five of the ten "quick wins" I suggested for their their first few months. Took them a little longer...
(Two child limit; processing asylum seekers; indexing tuition fees; increasing depts delegated authority; ethics rules)
(Two child limit; processing asylum seekers; indexing tuition fees; increasing depts delegated authority; ethics rules)
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Just occured to me that following the budget the government has now done five of the ten "quick wins" I suggested for their their first few months. Took them a little longer...
(Two child limit; processing asylum seekers; indexing tuition fees; increasing depts delegated authority; ethics rules)
(Two child limit; processing asylum seekers; indexing tuition fees; increasing depts delegated authority; ethics rules)
What a prick - when you read about how he still slags off Biden, just for ageing. Well, now Trump is visibly ageing and I am delighted that with these articles he is getting a taste of his own medicine. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:21 AM
What a prick - when you read about how he still slags off Biden, just for ageing. Well, now Trump is visibly ageing and I am delighted that with these articles he is getting a taste of his own medicine. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
The King of Fraud flaunts his crown.
The King of Fraud flaunts his crown.
Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
The King of Fraud flaunts his crown.
The King of Fraud flaunts his crown.
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Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
Don’t. Host. Lying. Liars. On. The. Teevee. Shows.
Don’t. Censor. People. Correctly. Noting. The. Direction. Of. The. Sunrise.
Don’t. Host. Lying. Liars. On. The. Teevee. Shows.
Don’t. Censor. People. Correctly. Noting. The. Direction. Of. The. Sunrise.
BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
Don’t. Host. Lying. Liars. On. The. Teevee. Shows.
Don’t. Censor. People. Correctly. Noting. The. Direction. Of. The. Sunrise.
Don’t. Host. Lying. Liars. On. The. Teevee. Shows.
Don’t. Censor. People. Correctly. Noting. The. Direction. Of. The. Sunrise.
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Peter Ettedgui said Farage had repeatedly told him "Hitler was right" and "gas them" when they were teenagers at Dulwich College, in London.
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Peter Ettedgui said Farage had repeatedly told him "Hitler was right" and "gas them" when they were teenagers at Dulwich College, in London.
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A Jewish former classmate of Nigel Farage has told the BBC the Reform UK leader is being "fundamentally dishonest" by suggesting former pupils who say they witnessed his racism are not telling the truth.
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A Jewish former classmate of Nigel Farage has told the BBC the Reform UK leader is being "fundamentally dishonest" by suggesting former pupils who say they witnessed his racism are not telling the truth.
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Nigel Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate - BBC News share.google/HShZtjQJu7q8...
Nigel Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate - BBC News
Peter Ettedgui tells the BBC Nigel Farage targeted antisemitic abuse at him when they were teenagers.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Nigel Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate - BBC News share.google/HShZtjQJu7q8...
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UN says Gaza reconstruction to cost $70bn over decades - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-says-gaza-reconstruction-cost-70bn-over-decades
UN says Gaza reconstruction to cost $70bn over decades
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<p>The UN has said that reconstruction of the Gaza Strip will cost $70bn over the coming decades, while warning of imminent economic collapse in the occupied <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian </a>territories</p>
<p>The report released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) said <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>'s bombardment of the enclave had created a "human-made abyss" in Gaza, with the economy contracting by 87 percent over the course of 2023-2024.</p>
<p>Israel's systematic destruction and economic siege has left its GDP per capita at just $161, among the lowest in the world.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, repeated attacks by soldiers and settlers in the occupied West Bank were also plunging the Palestinian territories into crisis.</p>
<p>The UN said decades of economic progress had been wiped out in Palestine.</p>
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November 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
UN says Gaza reconstruction to cost $70bn over decades - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-says-gaza-reconstruction-cost-70bn-over-decades
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Remember when they said Brexit would save us £350m a week?
Well, it has actually cost us £250m a day this year.
And that goes a long way to explaining why our taxes are high why productivity low.
It’s never been clearer that the key to growth is fixing our relationship with Europe.
Well, it has actually cost us £250m a day this year.
And that goes a long way to explaining why our taxes are high why productivity low.
It’s never been clearer that the key to growth is fixing our relationship with Europe.
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Remember when they said Brexit would save us £350m a week?
Well, it has actually cost us £250m a day this year.
And that goes a long way to explaining why our taxes are high why productivity low.
It’s never been clearer that the key to growth is fixing our relationship with Europe.
Well, it has actually cost us £250m a day this year.
And that goes a long way to explaining why our taxes are high why productivity low.
It’s never been clearer that the key to growth is fixing our relationship with Europe.
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Took him a week to come up with that load of drivel.
Nigel Farage responds to racism claims saying he never ‘tried to hurt anybody’
Reform leader denies racist or antisemitic behaviour ‘with intent’ at school, but says he can’t remember everything from 49 years ago
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Took him a week to come up with that load of drivel.
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So sick of the bad guys being rewarded or normalised...
The former Conservative Levelling Up Secretary and now editor of the Spectator, Michael Gove, has been selected as a judge for the 2026 Orwell Prize awards, despite his record of dodging media scrutiny and allegations of ‘stifling’ critical journalists
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Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
So sick of the bad guys being rewarded or normalised...
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How Farage feels about Putin: in his own words | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
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November 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM