Siôn Edwards
@sionedwards.bsky.social
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Estoy aprendiendo español
A bit woke
🏴🇪🇺🏳️🌈Cardiff
Estoy aprendiendo español
A bit woke
🏴🇪🇺🏳️🌈Cardiff
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🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
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The Royal Family own 250,000 acres including at least 12 grand palaces and large country estates.
Funny. Never seen the Telegraph get sniffy about that. Seems like more of a target.
Funny. Never seen the Telegraph get sniffy about that. Seems like more of a target.
Daily Telegraph today refers to A Rayner’s property “empire”. Whatever you think of her housing arrangements, I don’t think constituency house (bought for 375k in 2016), house in Hove, plus use of ministerial flat in London is an “empire”. Duke of Westminster wont fear a rival!
August 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The Royal Family own 250,000 acres including at least 12 grand palaces and large country estates.
Funny. Never seen the Telegraph get sniffy about that. Seems like more of a target.
Funny. Never seen the Telegraph get sniffy about that. Seems like more of a target.
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GPs are being progressively paid less for the work they do
Example: 2019 Care home Direct Enhanced Service was £120pa to provide enhanced care, recognising the health care needs of residents
The payment in this year’s enforced contract was …£120pa
Inflation CPI should have meant £153 payment
Example: 2019 Care home Direct Enhanced Service was £120pa to provide enhanced care, recognising the health care needs of residents
The payment in this year’s enforced contract was …£120pa
Inflation CPI should have meant £153 payment
August 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
GPs are being progressively paid less for the work they do
Example: 2019 Care home Direct Enhanced Service was £120pa to provide enhanced care, recognising the health care needs of residents
The payment in this year’s enforced contract was …£120pa
Inflation CPI should have meant £153 payment
Example: 2019 Care home Direct Enhanced Service was £120pa to provide enhanced care, recognising the health care needs of residents
The payment in this year’s enforced contract was …£120pa
Inflation CPI should have meant £153 payment
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GP UNEMPLOYMENT
No record of employment in GP practices
19% of 2018/2020
27% of 2021
31% of 2022
33% of 2023
46% of 2024
6900 qualified GP in are either back in hospitals, locums, left UK or unemployed - such a waste of training
Graphic from 2018-2025
digital.nhs.uk/binaries/con...
No record of employment in GP practices
19% of 2018/2020
27% of 2021
31% of 2022
33% of 2023
46% of 2024
6900 qualified GP in are either back in hospitals, locums, left UK or unemployed - such a waste of training
Graphic from 2018-2025
digital.nhs.uk/binaries/con...
August 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
GP UNEMPLOYMENT
No record of employment in GP practices
19% of 2018/2020
27% of 2021
31% of 2022
33% of 2023
46% of 2024
6900 qualified GP in are either back in hospitals, locums, left UK or unemployed - such a waste of training
Graphic from 2018-2025
digital.nhs.uk/binaries/con...
No record of employment in GP practices
19% of 2018/2020
27% of 2021
31% of 2022
33% of 2023
46% of 2024
6900 qualified GP in are either back in hospitals, locums, left UK or unemployed - such a waste of training
Graphic from 2018-2025
digital.nhs.uk/binaries/con...
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NHS Pension scheme increased surplus last year by £2bn - which goes back to the treasury
Still can’t afford the extra pay @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
NHS scheme takes in more £ than it pays out £6.3bn
Liabilities are huge but income higher vs costs
www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/sites/defaul...
Still can’t afford the extra pay @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
NHS scheme takes in more £ than it pays out £6.3bn
Liabilities are huge but income higher vs costs
www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/sites/defaul...
July 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
NHS Pension scheme increased surplus last year by £2bn - which goes back to the treasury
Still can’t afford the extra pay @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
NHS scheme takes in more £ than it pays out £6.3bn
Liabilities are huge but income higher vs costs
www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/sites/defaul...
Still can’t afford the extra pay @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
NHS scheme takes in more £ than it pays out £6.3bn
Liabilities are huge but income higher vs costs
www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/sites/defaul...
how long will Trump survive?
July 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
how long will Trump survive?
This is all you need to know about why Welsh politics needs a big shake up.
Vote @Plaid_Cymru
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Vote @Plaid_Cymru
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former Tory cabinet minister David Jones joins Reform UK
Ex-MP for Clwyd West says he will not stand for election and joined ‘as a private individual’
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This is all you need to know about why Welsh politics needs a big shake up.
Vote @Plaid_Cymru
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Vote @Plaid_Cymru
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I wonder how the White House and right-wingers generally might spin the whole climate change question in relation to this.....
www.theguardian.com/us-news/vide...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/vide...
Timelapse footage shows how quickly Texas flood waters rose over causeway – video
Timelapse footage shows flood waters rising over a causeway in Texas and completely submerging it in the span of a few minutes
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I wonder how the White House and right-wingers generally might spin the whole climate change question in relation to this.....
www.theguardian.com/us-news/vide...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/vide...
Brilliance
Is Bromance Dead? A Photo Casebook Special
The new Private Eye is out now
The new Private Eye is out now
June 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Brilliance
Things you learn
COD in the USA means - Cause of Death
- not cash on delivery!
COD in the USA means - Cause of Death
- not cash on delivery!
May 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Things you learn
COD in the USA means - Cause of Death
- not cash on delivery!
COD in the USA means - Cause of Death
- not cash on delivery!
It’s trashy and addictive
Beth “how do you feel?”
Summer “like I got hit by a truck - how do you feel?”
Beth “like I got hit by a Prius”
Beth “how do you feel?”
Summer “like I got hit by a truck - how do you feel?”
Beth “like I got hit by a Prius”
May 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It’s trashy and addictive
Beth “how do you feel?”
Summer “like I got hit by a truck - how do you feel?”
Beth “like I got hit by a Prius”
Beth “how do you feel?”
Summer “like I got hit by a truck - how do you feel?”
Beth “like I got hit by a Prius”
Some in this American administration are just vile
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene refuses to take a question from a British journalist saying,
“Ok we don't give a crap about your opinion and your reporting. Why don't you go back to your country”
I guess Keir Starmer hasn't told her about the special relationship 🤷♂️
“Ok we don't give a crap about your opinion and your reporting. Why don't you go back to your country”
I guess Keir Starmer hasn't told her about the special relationship 🤷♂️
March 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Some in this American administration are just vile
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Understand that normally loyal Labour MPs who had never intended to break the whip are considering doing so because of the child poverty figure. Serious discontent, though majority not in danger. Conversations abound among Lab MPs trying to size up how big the rebellion might be.
March 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Understand that normally loyal Labour MPs who had never intended to break the whip are considering doing so because of the child poverty figure. Serious discontent, though majority not in danger. Conversations abound among Lab MPs trying to size up how big the rebellion might be.
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Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?
March 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?
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I’ll be on BBCR4 Today programme just after 7.30am discussing the Covid Inquiry’s extraordinary decision not to question a single PPE supplier this week - what an absolute whitewash.
March 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I’ll be on BBCR4 Today programme just after 7.30am discussing the Covid Inquiry’s extraordinary decision not to question a single PPE supplier this week - what an absolute whitewash.
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Leaders of the free world stand united in London
The United States is not among them
The United States is not among them
March 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Leaders of the free world stand united in London
The United States is not among them
The United States is not among them
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The Starmer offer of a state visit now a nightmare.
February 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Starmer offer of a state visit now a nightmare.
Good to have some principled politicians
Anneliese Dodds resigns over Keir Starmer’s decision to cut aid budget
Anneliese Dodds resigns over Keir Starmer’s decision to cut aid budget
Exclusive: International development minister warns it will be ‘impossible’ to retain funding in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine
* Anneliese Dodds: soft left intellectual pushed to resign over Starmer’s slide right
* UK politics live – latest updates…
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Good to have some principled politicians
I'm Team Zelenskyy
Slava Ukraini
Slava Ukraini
February 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I'm Team Zelenskyy
Slava Ukraini
Slava Ukraini
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#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
February 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…