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💘 astronomy,nature,genealogy
💘EXPERTS
clinically vulnerable household due to kidney transplant
DESPISE THE 2019- 2024 gov &MAGA
LOVE ZELENSKY & UKRAINE 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
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A Patriot’s Promise: Why real patriots pay taxes, welcome immigrants and tell the truth. Let’s talk about what’s really hurting Britain.
They told us Brexit would bring control. Prosperity. Pride. But what did it really bring?
Higher prices. Longer NHS waiting lists.Fewer teachers More division.
They told us Brexit would bring control. Prosperity. Pride. But what did it really bring?
Higher prices. Longer NHS waiting lists.Fewer teachers More division.
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The discussion beneath this post between @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social @chaipatel.net & @sundersays.bsky.social is really worth reading - much more complex/nuanced than the article could be on this point.
We have already moved on from restricting future migration to proposing mass expulsions of people already here, so it seems optimistic to think reducing numbers will improve the standard of our political debate. All that’s likely to happen is the demands of the far right get ever more extreme
February 15, 2026 at 9:07 PM
The discussion beneath this post between @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social @chaipatel.net & @sundersays.bsky.social is really worth reading - much more complex/nuanced than the article could be on this point.
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The BBC World Service is less than two months away from its funding running out.
What on earth is going on?
What on earth is going on?
February 15, 2026 at 9:08 PM
The BBC World Service is less than two months away from its funding running out.
What on earth is going on?
What on earth is going on?
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🚨When we go to hospital, it’s rarely for something easy. But patients and their families are being immediately met with fees just to park their cars. And these charges are going up!
I’ve just signed the petition to Scrap hospital parking charges now
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/parking-...
I’ve just signed the petition to Scrap hospital parking charges now
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/parking-...
Scrap hospital parking charges now!
Need to visit the hospital? Patients, families and NHS staff are being met with rising fees just to park their cars. Join me and sign this petition from 38 Degrees to demand these unfair charges are s...
act.38degrees.org.uk
February 15, 2026 at 9:19 PM
🚨When we go to hospital, it’s rarely for something easy. But patients and their families are being immediately met with fees just to park their cars. And these charges are going up!
I’ve just signed the petition to Scrap hospital parking charges now
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/parking-...
I’ve just signed the petition to Scrap hospital parking charges now
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/parking-...
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The US is still committing war crimes and murder in the Caribbean, and no one seems to care.
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February 15, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The US is still committing war crimes and murder in the Caribbean, and no one seems to care.
bsky.app/profile/thet...
bsky.app/profile/thet...
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Trump’s bizarre Valentine’s Day fundraising letter asked ‘do you still love me?’ — and E Jean Carroll said she received it
E Jean Carroll says she received a Valentine’s Day fundraising email from Trump
Political action committees affiliated with the president has sent several Valentine’s Day-themed emails begging for donations
trib.al
February 15, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Trump’s bizarre Valentine’s Day fundraising letter asked ‘do you still love me?’ — and E Jean Carroll said she received it
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The BBC is a trusted name with broad global appeal - soft power like that allows the U.K. to punch significantly above its weight.
My book about Britain ends with a memory.
Of the first time I ever worked at Broadcasting House as a guest commentator, what that meant to me, and what the BBC means for 🇬🇧’s place in the world.
The idea that the World Service could end is awful, and frankly embarrassing for the British Government.
Of the first time I ever worked at Broadcasting House as a guest commentator, what that meant to me, and what the BBC means for 🇬🇧’s place in the world.
The idea that the World Service could end is awful, and frankly embarrassing for the British Government.
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
February 15, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The BBC is a trusted name with broad global appeal - soft power like that allows the U.K. to punch significantly above its weight.
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Because Pam Bondi is the most corrupt and depraved Attorney General in American history, she doesn't seem to care that it's her job to bring rapists of girls and young women to justice--not be a cheerleader for the fucking Stock Market.
February 11, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Because Pam Bondi is the most corrupt and depraved Attorney General in American history, she doesn't seem to care that it's her job to bring rapists of girls and young women to justice--not be a cheerleader for the fucking Stock Market.
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Racism in football, it’s time to kick Jim Ratcliffe out
A Manchester United fan's perspective on the abhorrent comments by Jim Ratcliffe that the UK has been 'colonised by immigrants' | Mark Cunliffe
@northwestbylines.co.uk @markcunliffe.bsky.social
A Manchester United fan's perspective on the abhorrent comments by Jim Ratcliffe that the UK has been 'colonised by immigrants' | Mark Cunliffe
@northwestbylines.co.uk @markcunliffe.bsky.social
Racism in football, it’s time to kick Jim Ratcliffe out
A Manchester United fan's perspective on the abhorrent comments by Jim Ratcliffe that the UK has been 'colonised by immigrants'
northwestbylines.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Racism in football, it’s time to kick Jim Ratcliffe out
A Manchester United fan's perspective on the abhorrent comments by Jim Ratcliffe that the UK has been 'colonised by immigrants' | Mark Cunliffe
@northwestbylines.co.uk @markcunliffe.bsky.social
A Manchester United fan's perspective on the abhorrent comments by Jim Ratcliffe that the UK has been 'colonised by immigrants' | Mark Cunliffe
@northwestbylines.co.uk @markcunliffe.bsky.social
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This is utter madness.
In 2025/6, the BBC World Service has been funded by £137m from the Foreign Office & £221m from the licence fee.
This is after a 21% (£54.2m) real terms cut since 2022.
The return on this investment in terms of soft power this brings the UK is incalculable.
In 2025/6, the BBC World Service has been funded by £137m from the Foreign Office & £221m from the licence fee.
This is after a 21% (£54.2m) real terms cut since 2022.
The return on this investment in terms of soft power this brings the UK is incalculable.
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:45 PM
This is utter madness.
In 2025/6, the BBC World Service has been funded by £137m from the Foreign Office & £221m from the licence fee.
This is after a 21% (£54.2m) real terms cut since 2022.
The return on this investment in terms of soft power this brings the UK is incalculable.
In 2025/6, the BBC World Service has been funded by £137m from the Foreign Office & £221m from the licence fee.
This is after a 21% (£54.2m) real terms cut since 2022.
The return on this investment in terms of soft power this brings the UK is incalculable.
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The Dawlish - Teignmouth railway line feels like the absolute front line of climate adaptation in Britain (a test we are not passing so far).
And yet somehow, somehow, this article manages to go in-depth on the problems with the line without mentioning the climate once. The sea is literally higher!
And yet somehow, somehow, this article manages to go in-depth on the problems with the line without mentioning the climate once. The sea is literally higher!
Fresh fears for South West's rail link in Dawlish after storms
Taxpayer money has flowed into fixing the rail line connecting Cornwall with the rest of the UK - but the elements have other ideas.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 8:27 PM
The Dawlish - Teignmouth railway line feels like the absolute front line of climate adaptation in Britain (a test we are not passing so far).
And yet somehow, somehow, this article manages to go in-depth on the problems with the line without mentioning the climate once. The sea is literally higher!
And yet somehow, somehow, this article manages to go in-depth on the problems with the line without mentioning the climate once. The sea is literally higher!
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Perhaps I’m too harsh but I don’t have it in me to sympathise with “roll the dice” voters anymore when the dice keep coming up snake eyes
🧵In today’s Times @joshglancy.bsky.social has a brilliant write up of our focus groups he sat in on. Definitely read it in full! But I want to focus on two voters: Kylie & Eve I think have outsized importance in explaining today’s politics
www.thetimes.com/article/b75e...
www.thetimes.com/article/b75e...
February 15, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Perhaps I’m too harsh but I don’t have it in me to sympathise with “roll the dice” voters anymore when the dice keep coming up snake eyes
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if only we had a media and culture secretary @roberthutton.co.uk
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:35 PM
if only we had a media and culture secretary @roberthutton.co.uk
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New deadly Russian poisons ‘must put UK on high alert for attacks’ trib.al/NqfPSoV
New deadly Russian poisons 'must put UK on high alert for attacks'
The UK, Sweden, France, Germany and the Netherlands publicly held Vladimir Putin responsible for Alexei Navalny's poisoning
inews.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
New deadly Russian poisons ‘must put UK on high alert for attacks’ trib.al/NqfPSoV
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NEW: The FBI interview implicating Trump for raping and assaulting a 14 year old took place one day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell, and emails about the credible accusation came around the time Blanche visited Ghislaine Maxwell in pirson. substack.com/home/post/p-...
FBI Interviewed Trump Accuser, Epstein Files Show
Trump was credibly accused of sexual assault in the Epstein files. It's unclear what became of the DOJ's investigation.
substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
NEW: The FBI interview implicating Trump for raping and assaulting a 14 year old took place one day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell, and emails about the credible accusation came around the time Blanche visited Ghislaine Maxwell in pirson. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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There is no more a Bluesky cause than funding BBC World Service but then again we’re generally right about most things
February 15, 2026 at 8:47 PM
There is no more a Bluesky cause than funding BBC World Service but then again we’re generally right about most things
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As defence chiefs, we warn you today about Russia, and say this rearmament is not warmongering | Richard Knighton and Carsten Breuer
As defence chiefs, we warn you today about Russia, and say this rearmament is not warmongering | Richard Knighton and Carsten Breuer
Our security is more uncertain than in decades. But by working together, and by showing strength, Britain, Germany and the rest of Europe can preserve peace, say defence chiefs Richard Knighton and Carsten Breuer
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:57 PM
As defence chiefs, we warn you today about Russia, and say this rearmament is not warmongering | Richard Knighton and Carsten Breuer
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It is absolute and utter neglect to let this come this close to the wire just as the US has let most of its overseas broadcasting shutter.
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:32 PM
It is absolute and utter neglect to let this come this close to the wire just as the US has let most of its overseas broadcasting shutter.
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As Clare Balding just pointed out on BBC Two, this is the first time Team GB has won three gold medals at the same Winter Olympics.
TWO GOLDS IN A SINGLE DAY.
THREE GOLDS IN A WINTER OLYMPICS.
TWO GOLDS FOR MATT WESTON.
THREE GOLDS IN A WINTER OLYMPICS.
TWO GOLDS FOR MATT WESTON.
February 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
As Clare Balding just pointed out on BBC Two, this is the first time Team GB has won three gold medals at the same Winter Olympics.
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Just want to flag that, in total, the UK trades more goods with the EU than services.
It’s a confusing story, because the UK overall has a comparative advantage in services, so has a positive trade balance, whereas we import a lot more goods than we export to the EU…
It’s a confusing story, because the UK overall has a comparative advantage in services, so has a positive trade balance, whereas we import a lot more goods than we export to the EU…
February 15, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Just want to flag that, in total, the UK trades more goods with the EU than services.
It’s a confusing story, because the UK overall has a comparative advantage in services, so has a positive trade balance, whereas we import a lot more goods than we export to the EU…
It’s a confusing story, because the UK overall has a comparative advantage in services, so has a positive trade balance, whereas we import a lot more goods than we export to the EU…
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We owe it to every victim of Jeffrey Epstein to better protect women and girls in Britain. And we will | Jess Phillips
We owe it to every victim of Jeffrey Epstein to better protect women and girls in Britain. And we will | Jess Phillips
I am furious that women and children have to endure a crisis like this for progress to become politically possible. But I will seize this moment, says minister for violence against women and girls Jess Phillips
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:03 PM
We owe it to every victim of Jeffrey Epstein to better protect women and girls in Britain. And we will | Jess Phillips
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I think it's wrong to describe the World Service as "soft power". It's actually "info power". And these days that's a very hard form of power indeed.
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I think it's wrong to describe the World Service as "soft power". It's actually "info power". And these days that's a very hard form of power indeed.
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Starting to get some figures on the actual cost of Trump Tariffs to US households. That’s a lot of cash to lose for no gain.
As most of us realise, tariffs are a Trump Tax on Americans.
As most of us realise, tariffs are a Trump Tax on Americans.
Trump's tariffs cost American households $1,000 last year: Research group
President Donald Trump’s tariffs cost the average American household $1,000 last year, according to new research from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation.
abcnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Starting to get some figures on the actual cost of Trump Tariffs to US households. That’s a lot of cash to lose for no gain.
As most of us realise, tariffs are a Trump Tax on Americans.
As most of us realise, tariffs are a Trump Tax on Americans.
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Reform voters esp women are a menace &are responsible for our countries demise.
They stomp their feet at how bad everything is when they voted Brexit or has seen how it has effed up the u.k.thanks to Farage & are now willing to vote for him!🤦♀️
He is pro PUTIN
PRO ICE
They stomp their feet at how bad everything is when they voted Brexit or has seen how it has effed up the u.k.thanks to Farage & are now willing to vote for him!🤦♀️
He is pro PUTIN
PRO ICE
February 15, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Reform voters esp women are a menace &are responsible for our countries demise.
They stomp their feet at how bad everything is when they voted Brexit or has seen how it has effed up the u.k.thanks to Farage & are now willing to vote for him!🤦♀️
He is pro PUTIN
PRO ICE
They stomp their feet at how bad everything is when they voted Brexit or has seen how it has effed up the u.k.thanks to Farage & are now willing to vote for him!🤦♀️
He is pro PUTIN
PRO ICE
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this is a very worrying development, among a host of worrying developments.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem suggested that her department has a broad role in election security, claiming she has the authority to identify “vulnerabilities” in the election system and implement “mitigation measures” to make sure local and state elections a...
TAT: [Suppressing Dissent]
TAT: [Suppressing Dissent]
Noem boasts of Trump administration ensuring ‘we have the right people voting’ ahead of midterms
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem suggested on Friday that her department has a broad role in election security, claiming she has the authority to identify “vulnerabilities” in the election s…
thehill.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:08 PM
this is a very worrying development, among a host of worrying developments.
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Oh, Daily Mail, never let history get in the way of a dramatic headline.
“Will Andrew become the first royal to go to prison?”
The Tower of London would like a word.
“Will Andrew become the first royal to go to prison?”
The Tower of London would like a word.
February 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Oh, Daily Mail, never let history get in the way of a dramatic headline.
“Will Andrew become the first royal to go to prison?”
The Tower of London would like a word.
“Will Andrew become the first royal to go to prison?”
The Tower of London would like a word.