The real fritter
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So this is Bluesky. AFC Bournemouth since 1967. Music . Badgers. Being outside. Always worked with young people. Socialist. Kitchen dancer.
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Just to be clear:
- Paracetamol does not cause autism.
- Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK
- We do not have a massive free speech problem here.
- Britain is not on the verge of civil war.
These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.
- Paracetamol does not cause autism.
- Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK
- We do not have a massive free speech problem here.
- Britain is not on the verge of civil war.
These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.
September 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Just to be clear:
- Paracetamol does not cause autism.
- Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK
- We do not have a massive free speech problem here.
- Britain is not on the verge of civil war.
These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.
- Paracetamol does not cause autism.
- Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK
- We do not have a massive free speech problem here.
- Britain is not on the verge of civil war.
These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.
The landlord industry is doing too well: www.newstatesman.com/politics/eco...
September 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Why was Prison Officers Association speaking about its members working in Oasis Restore secure school on @channel4news.bsky.social when this is legally meant to be a secure children’s home, not a child prison?
August 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Why was Prison Officers Association speaking about its members working in Oasis Restore secure school on @channel4news.bsky.social when this is legally meant to be a secure children’s home, not a child prison?
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Starmer: UK will recognise Palestine
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
August 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Starmer: UK will recognise Palestine
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
@britainremade.bsky.social Hi, is there any information available re who funds you? Many thanks.
May 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
@britainremade.bsky.social Hi, is there any information available re who funds you? Many thanks.
With all this talk of benefits cuts. Will attendees in the Lords still get their £350 a day and subsidised food and drink?
Which side are you on Labour ? @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
Which side are you on Labour ? @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
With all this talk of benefits cuts. Will attendees in the Lords still get their £350 a day and subsidised food and drink?
Which side are you on Labour ? @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
Which side are you on Labour ? @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.”
The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.
The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.
March 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
'We're going to need a bigger pram'
'We're going to need a bigger pram'
US suspends all military aid to Ukraine in wake of Trump-Zelenskyy row
Decision affects ammunition, vehicles and other equipment including weapons in transit
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
'We're going to need a bigger pram'
'We're going to need a bigger pram'
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Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro
March 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro
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This weekend's reading.
The Byline Times website is reported to have been suffering from a DDOS attack. Someone doesn't like us reading their articles. So buy a copy. Or subscribe and they'll post it to you.
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The Byline Times website is reported to have been suffering from a DDOS attack. Someone doesn't like us reading their articles. So buy a copy. Or subscribe and they'll post it to you.
👇👇
February 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This weekend's reading.
The Byline Times website is reported to have been suffering from a DDOS attack. Someone doesn't like us reading their articles. So buy a copy. Or subscribe and they'll post it to you.
👇👇
The Byline Times website is reported to have been suffering from a DDOS attack. Someone doesn't like us reading their articles. So buy a copy. Or subscribe and they'll post it to you.
👇👇
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Here's one of the warnings I gave in an article before the US election. It's devastating to see it all happening.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
February 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Here's one of the warnings I gave in an article before the US election. It's devastating to see it all happening.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Care experienced children and adults have been championing change through self-led groups and organisations since the 1970s. Shouldn’t it now be the norm for care experienced people to be in the majority at policy-making tables.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the care experience: looked-after children and care leavers must be heard | Editorial
Editorial: The increased visibility of people whose lives have been shaped by social services is a change for the better
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Care experienced children and adults have been championing change through self-led groups and organisations since the 1970s. Shouldn’t it now be the norm for care experienced people to be in the majority at policy-making tables.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Thank you kids. "Dozens of American students at a U.S. military installation in Germany walked out of their middle school on Tuesday as part of protests aimed at an official visit by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth...." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth’s visit to U.S. base in Germany met with student walkout
The civil disobedience by dozens of middle-schoolers — and some adults — was aimed at the Trump administration’s rollback of DEI initiatives.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Thank you kids. "Dozens of American students at a U.S. military installation in Germany walked out of their middle school on Tuesday as part of protests aimed at an official visit by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth...." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Denying refugees citizenship simply on the grounds that they arrived here “illegally” on small boats *when there are no legal routes* for most to use takes cynicism to new heights. If Govt thinks such performative cruelty will see off Reform, they’re wrong - it’s more likely to strengthen it
February 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Denying refugees citizenship simply on the grounds that they arrived here “illegally” on small boats *when there are no legal routes* for most to use takes cynicism to new heights. If Govt thinks such performative cruelty will see off Reform, they’re wrong - it’s more likely to strengthen it
Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, has been criticised for saying that some people claiming sickness and disability benefits are “taking the mickey”.
Maybe enoble all the people claiming such benefits so they can claim the £350 a day attendance allowance in the House of Lords.
Maybe enoble all the people claiming such benefits so they can claim the £350 a day attendance allowance in the House of Lords.
February 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, has been criticised for saying that some people claiming sickness and disability benefits are “taking the mickey”.
Maybe enoble all the people claiming such benefits so they can claim the £350 a day attendance allowance in the House of Lords.
Maybe enoble all the people claiming such benefits so they can claim the £350 a day attendance allowance in the House of Lords.
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Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
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I wrote about government plans for the deprivation of liberty of looked after children (Clause 10 of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill):
thebarristergroup.co.uk/blog/clause-...
thebarristergroup.co.uk/blog/clause-...
Locking up children under the Children Act 1989 – some thoughts on Clause 10 of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Pupil barrister Carolyne Willow explores the implications of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill on safeguarding and liberty deprivation for vulnerable children in care.
thebarristergroup.co.uk
January 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I wrote about government plans for the deprivation of liberty of looked after children (Clause 10 of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill):
thebarristergroup.co.uk/blog/clause-...
thebarristergroup.co.uk/blog/clause-...
This is a fabulous programme.
BBC RADIO 4 - Laurie Anderson: Desert Island Discs www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Laurie Anderson, artist
Laurie Anderson, artist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This is a fabulous programme.
And this. It's happening Reg.
💌 𝗢𝗯𝗲𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲?
Meta is not an outlier.
There are vanishingly few media channels that aren't bending the knee to the new king of chaos...
... and the world will never be the same again.
Meta is not an outlier.
There are vanishingly few media channels that aren't bending the knee to the new king of chaos...
... and the world will never be the same again.
Obey in Advance?
Zuck is not the only one skating to where the puck is going to be…
read.ultraprocessed.news
January 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
And this. It's happening Reg.
This.
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This.
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Pity Farage wasn’t asked about this - he should be forced to own it @bbclaurak.bsky.social @theneweuropean.bsky.social
January 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Pity Farage wasn’t asked about this - he should be forced to own it @bbclaurak.bsky.social @theneweuropean.bsky.social
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The economic cost of Brexit to the UK now exceeds what it paid into the EU over its entire 47 years of membership.
A colossal, unprecedented act of economic self-harm sold to a nation by grifters and snake oil salesmen.
A colossal, unprecedented act of economic self-harm sold to a nation by grifters and snake oil salesmen.
January 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The economic cost of Brexit to the UK now exceeds what it paid into the EU over its entire 47 years of membership.
A colossal, unprecedented act of economic self-harm sold to a nation by grifters and snake oil salesmen.
A colossal, unprecedented act of economic self-harm sold to a nation by grifters and snake oil salesmen.
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The word used by Labour to describe the Badger cull yet it still goes on.
Please sign the petition for the cull to end: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Please sign the petition for the cull to end: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
December 29, 2024 at 4:34 PM
The word used by Labour to describe the Badger cull yet it still goes on.
Please sign the petition for the cull to end: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Please sign the petition for the cull to end: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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NEW: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Our initial analysis of the Bill was published this morning. Sorry we cannot join the chorus of congratulations. We expect so much more for children and young people.
article39.org.uk/childrenswel...
Our initial analysis of the Bill was published this morning. Sorry we cannot join the chorus of congratulations. We expect so much more for children and young people.
article39.org.uk/childrenswel...
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill | Article 39
article39.org.uk
December 18, 2024 at 5:33 PM
NEW: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Our initial analysis of the Bill was published this morning. Sorry we cannot join the chorus of congratulations. We expect so much more for children and young people.
article39.org.uk/childrenswel...
Our initial analysis of the Bill was published this morning. Sorry we cannot join the chorus of congratulations. We expect so much more for children and young people.
article39.org.uk/childrenswel...