April
@april11.bsky.social
💙NHS, I’m a keen but not a very good gardener! My politics are centred to the left. Love travelling, dogs and the arts.
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It might be time to stop treating Farage as if he's some sort of special confidante of Trump. The human skid mark hasn't got a clue what's going on in the White House, as the Chagos situation demonstrated, or what on earth Trump will do next.
March 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
It might be time to stop treating Farage as if he's some sort of special confidante of Trump. The human skid mark hasn't got a clue what's going on in the White House, as the Chagos situation demonstrated, or what on earth Trump will do next.
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Norfolk and Suffolk could have a joint mayor. You can respond to the public consultation with your views.
See below for more details and link to consultation ⬇️
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See below for more details and link to consultation ⬇️
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Consultation opens on joint mayor role for Norfolk and Suffolk
Consultation seeks views on an elected mayor to lead a combined Norfolk and Suffolk authority.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Norfolk and Suffolk could have a joint mayor. You can respond to the public consultation with your views.
See below for more details and link to consultation ⬇️
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See below for more details and link to consultation ⬇️
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BREAKING: The USDA, under DOGE orders, has accidentally fired staff working to combat bird flu. It’s now trying to rehire them.
It follows the accidental firing of nuclear safety staff last Friday.
And the accidental firing of FAA’s experienced aviation safety staff.
Incompetence will be deadly.
It follows the accidental firing of nuclear safety staff last Friday.
And the accidental firing of FAA’s experienced aviation safety staff.
Incompetence will be deadly.
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
BREAKING: The USDA, under DOGE orders, has accidentally fired staff working to combat bird flu. It’s now trying to rehire them.
It follows the accidental firing of nuclear safety staff last Friday.
And the accidental firing of FAA’s experienced aviation safety staff.
Incompetence will be deadly.
It follows the accidental firing of nuclear safety staff last Friday.
And the accidental firing of FAA’s experienced aviation safety staff.
Incompetence will be deadly.
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Kemi Badenoch tells Keir Starmer that "we had a Budget in March this year and tractors were not blockading the streets of Whitehall afterwards."
Anyway, here's the 'go slow' protest by farmers that blockaded the streets around Parliament following the Conservative Government's last Budget in March
Anyway, here's the 'go slow' protest by farmers that blockaded the streets around Parliament following the Conservative Government's last Budget in March
November 27, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Kemi Badenoch tells Keir Starmer that "we had a Budget in March this year and tractors were not blockading the streets of Whitehall afterwards."
Anyway, here's the 'go slow' protest by farmers that blockaded the streets around Parliament following the Conservative Government's last Budget in March
Anyway, here's the 'go slow' protest by farmers that blockaded the streets around Parliament following the Conservative Government's last Budget in March
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The solar gold rush:
"Norfolk is at the centre of a heated national debate over renewable energy, with five proposed solar farms threatening to engulf 17,000 acres of the county’s arable countryside."
Threatening food security, or enhancing energy security, or both?
"Norfolk is at the centre of a heated national debate over renewable energy, with five proposed solar farms threatening to engulf 17,000 acres of the county’s arable countryside."
Threatening food security, or enhancing energy security, or both?
Startling 17,000-acre solar surge sparks Norfolk uproar
Norfolk's vast farmland faces a solar farm surge, sparking debate over renewable energy and agricultural survival
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 27, 2024 at 5:03 PM
The solar gold rush:
"Norfolk is at the centre of a heated national debate over renewable energy, with five proposed solar farms threatening to engulf 17,000 acres of the county’s arable countryside."
Threatening food security, or enhancing energy security, or both?
"Norfolk is at the centre of a heated national debate over renewable energy, with five proposed solar farms threatening to engulf 17,000 acres of the county’s arable countryside."
Threatening food security, or enhancing energy security, or both?
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Kemi Badenoch, "Perhaps he can show concern for the 1,100 people who found out yesterday that they could lose their jobs at Vauxhaul's plant in Luton" #PMQs
Keir Starmer, "The EV mandate was introduced by the last government.. She was the Business Secretary that introduced them"
Keir Starmer, "The EV mandate was introduced by the last government.. She was the Business Secretary that introduced them"
November 27, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Kemi Badenoch, "Perhaps he can show concern for the 1,100 people who found out yesterday that they could lose their jobs at Vauxhaul's plant in Luton" #PMQs
Keir Starmer, "The EV mandate was introduced by the last government.. She was the Business Secretary that introduced them"
Keir Starmer, "The EV mandate was introduced by the last government.. She was the Business Secretary that introduced them"
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget
November 21, 2024 at 12:16 PM
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget
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🔴Exposing the Real UK Race Riot Instigators: The Key Players and Transatlantic Network Around Tommy Robinson
Nafeez Ahmed uncovers a worrying nexus of tech platforms and far-right conspiracy – with links to Europe, Russia and the January 6 insurrection
bylinetimes.com/2024/08/08/e...
Nafeez Ahmed uncovers a worrying nexus of tech platforms and far-right conspiracy – with links to Europe, Russia and the January 6 insurrection
bylinetimes.com/2024/08/08/e...
Exposing the Real UK Race Riot Instigators: The Key Players and Transatlantic Network Around Tommy Robinson
Robinson has been blamed for stoking the unrest, but the tentacles of disinformation are global. Nafeez Ahmed uncovers a worrying nexus of tech platforms and far-right conspiracy – with links to Europ...
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 9:12 AM
🔴Exposing the Real UK Race Riot Instigators: The Key Players and Transatlantic Network Around Tommy Robinson
Nafeez Ahmed uncovers a worrying nexus of tech platforms and far-right conspiracy – with links to Europe, Russia and the January 6 insurrection
bylinetimes.com/2024/08/08/e...
Nafeez Ahmed uncovers a worrying nexus of tech platforms and far-right conspiracy – with links to Europe, Russia and the January 6 insurrection
bylinetimes.com/2024/08/08/e...
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Some private children’s homes "profiteering" by charging local authorities £15,000 a week to look after one child.
83% of children’s homes owned by companies.
Govt tells companies to voluntarily reduce profiteering - no chance.
End privatisation scam.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
83% of children’s homes owned by companies.
Govt tells companies to voluntarily reduce profiteering - no chance.
End privatisation scam.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Halton private children's homes 'charging £15k a week per child'
The chief executive of Halton Council accuses some companies of
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Some private children’s homes "profiteering" by charging local authorities £15,000 a week to look after one child.
83% of children’s homes owned by companies.
Govt tells companies to voluntarily reduce profiteering - no chance.
End privatisation scam.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
83% of children’s homes owned by companies.
Govt tells companies to voluntarily reduce profiteering - no chance.
End privatisation scam.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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As C4 explains, children of single farmers with the average value of a farm (£2.2m) will pay £140k tax. It’s zero if the farmer is married. The govt plans mean farmers will receive a £1.5m tax free allowance. That’s £1m more than the most of the population.
November 19, 2024 at 10:06 PM
As C4 explains, children of single farmers with the average value of a farm (£2.2m) will pay £140k tax. It’s zero if the farmer is married. The govt plans mean farmers will receive a £1.5m tax free allowance. That’s £1m more than the most of the population.
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Now that I've fled Leon's site for bluer skies, I'm sure I'll be called an #Ex-X, but personally, I'll always consider myself a #TwitterQuitter.
November 18, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Now that I've fled Leon's site for bluer skies, I'm sure I'll be called an #Ex-X, but personally, I'll always consider myself a #TwitterQuitter.
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💥 NEWS! 💥
Delighted to announce that we have TWO new Presidents at European Movement UK:
Caroline Lucas and Dominic Grieve
Our former President, Michael Heseltine stepped down at the AGM this weekend.
Onwards and definitely upwards!
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/new-european...
Delighted to announce that we have TWO new Presidents at European Movement UK:
Caroline Lucas and Dominic Grieve
Our former President, Michael Heseltine stepped down at the AGM this weekend.
Onwards and definitely upwards!
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/new-european...
Caroline Lucas and Dominic Grieve join forces as new European Movement Co-Presidents
Caroline Lucas and Rt Hon Dominic Grieve KC have been unveiled as the new Co-Presidents of European Movement UK, the country’s fastest-growing pro-European organisation
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 10:02 AM
💥 NEWS! 💥
Delighted to announce that we have TWO new Presidents at European Movement UK:
Caroline Lucas and Dominic Grieve
Our former President, Michael Heseltine stepped down at the AGM this weekend.
Onwards and definitely upwards!
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/new-european...
Delighted to announce that we have TWO new Presidents at European Movement UK:
Caroline Lucas and Dominic Grieve
Our former President, Michael Heseltine stepped down at the AGM this weekend.
Onwards and definitely upwards!
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/new-european...
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This is good news. Another case where the previous govt turned a blind eye to outrageous profiteering by private providers; the pattern of Tory govt.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Exploitative' children's home firm profits to be curbed
The new measures aim to stop private care home providers benefiting excessively from a stretched system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 7:53 AM
This is good news. Another case where the previous govt turned a blind eye to outrageous profiteering by private providers; the pattern of Tory govt.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Thinking of the people of Afghanistan - particularly the women
#HumanRights #RuleofLaw
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
#HumanRights #RuleofLaw
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Revealed: the truth behind the Taliban’s brutal Kabul ‘regeneration’ programme
Using satellite imagery, social media footage and resident testimony, investigation shows trail of devastation as houses razed in the Afghan capital, leaving thousands homeless
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Thinking of the people of Afghanistan - particularly the women
#HumanRights #RuleofLaw
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
#HumanRights #RuleofLaw
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Farmers and how only the super rich, less than 100 a year will be taxed, and still at only 20%.
November 17, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Farmers and how only the super rich, less than 100 a year will be taxed, and still at only 20%.
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I stand with my friend Sangita.
![Screenshot of Sangita Myska’s tweet on X reading:
“Anyone else been given a “friendly nudge” not to “tweet about Gaza/Israel so much” because “it could be misconstrued [in the media industry]”
I have.
To the person concerned: unlike you, I’m not a bully, biased or a coward. I’m evidence driven.
Try it again and I’ll out you.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ckia47p4xlas3xpmisgrllck/bafkreifadhpmltto6e4s2kubwovpl2psueumh6fxolntw5m5gp7dztwtee@jpeg)
November 17, 2024 at 6:31 PM
I stand with my friend Sangita.
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If you are a socialist and support people, not greedy billionaires, mega corporations and their ever increasing profits which are stolen from you.
RT this and find some more friends.
RT this and find some more friends.
November 15, 2024 at 6:04 PM
If you are a socialist and support people, not greedy billionaires, mega corporations and their ever increasing profits which are stolen from you.
RT this and find some more friends.
RT this and find some more friends.
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Me every time a new person is announced on that man’s team.
November 15, 2024 at 4:41 AM
Me every time a new person is announced on that man’s team.
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Home Office ‘cut corners’ to buy asbestos-ridden prison, NAO finds.
In October last year Matt Dathan and I found it had paid £15m to buy the site after it had been bought by developers for £6m a year earlier.
Now the Public Accounts Committee has opened a probe.
www.thetimes.com/article/46cb...
In October last year Matt Dathan and I found it had paid £15m to buy the site after it had been bought by developers for £6m a year earlier.
Now the Public Accounts Committee has opened a probe.
www.thetimes.com/article/46cb...
Home Office ‘cut corners’ to buy asbestos-ridden prison
The department has been accused of failing to do due diligence before the £15 million purchase following government pressure to move asylum seekers from hotels
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2024 at 7:10 AM
Home Office ‘cut corners’ to buy asbestos-ridden prison, NAO finds.
In October last year Matt Dathan and I found it had paid £15m to buy the site after it had been bought by developers for £6m a year earlier.
Now the Public Accounts Committee has opened a probe.
www.thetimes.com/article/46cb...
In October last year Matt Dathan and I found it had paid £15m to buy the site after it had been bought by developers for £6m a year earlier.
Now the Public Accounts Committee has opened a probe.
www.thetimes.com/article/46cb...
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Just joined from that Twitter place, I followback.
November 11, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Just joined from that Twitter place, I followback.
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It’s almost like austerity was an incredibly short-sighted and damaging political choice
New research from the IFS showing the closure of youth centres during the 2010s was shortsighted. For every £1 saved, the costs to affected users, crime victims and public spending in the police and the criminal justice system amount to £2.85
ifs.org.uk/publications...
ifs.org.uk/publications...
The effects of youth clubs on education and crime | Institute for Fiscal Studies
Using quasi-experimental variation from austerity-related cuts, I provide the first causal estimates of youth clubs' effects on education and crime.
ifs.org.uk
November 15, 2024 at 3:25 AM
It’s almost like austerity was an incredibly short-sighted and damaging political choice
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Amos Goldberg, Professor of Genocide Studies at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem "Yes, it is genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. Jewish history will henceforth be stained"
Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased?
Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased?
November 14, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Amos Goldberg, Professor of Genocide Studies at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem "Yes, it is genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. Jewish history will henceforth be stained"
Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased?
Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased?
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Hello BlueSky. We had held off starting a dedicated channel to see how BlueSky evolved instead posting all of our 10 Bylines on @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social, but given how fast BlueSky is growing, now is the time to make the jump.
Please help spread the word that Central Bylines are now here
Please help spread the word that Central Bylines are now here
November 13, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Hello BlueSky. We had held off starting a dedicated channel to see how BlueSky evolved instead posting all of our 10 Bylines on @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social, but given how fast BlueSky is growing, now is the time to make the jump.
Please help spread the word that Central Bylines are now here
Please help spread the word that Central Bylines are now here
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I have started collecting names for #FBPE Starter Packs and Top 500/1000 follower league and will do daily follow back posts.
Like and/or Repost in you would like to be added.
This is be opt-in only.
Like and/or Repost in you would like to be added.
This is be opt-in only.
November 13, 2024 at 6:04 AM
I have started collecting names for #FBPE Starter Packs and Top 500/1000 follower league and will do daily follow back posts.
Like and/or Repost in you would like to be added.
This is be opt-in only.
Like and/or Repost in you would like to be added.
This is be opt-in only.