@derekallum.bsky.social
Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities.
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Take the Pledge: “I’ll never vote for Nigel Farage”
Join thousands across Britain taking the Never Nigel Pledge. Say no to hate and division and help stop Reform UK from tearing apart our communities. Let's show there is strength in standing together f...
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May 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities.
secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/... @hopenothate.org.uk
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We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to protect the climate, by putting an end to new oil and gas projects. Will you join me in signing the petition? www.stopcambo.org.uk/p/no-new-oil...
ACT NOW: No New Oil!
A once-in-a-generation opportunity to protect the climate.
www.stopcambo.org.uk
April 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to protect the climate, by putting an end to new oil and gas projects. Will you join me in signing the petition? www.stopcambo.org.uk/p/no-new-oil...
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"Labour aren't inspiring confidence, I am worried about investment from what I'm hearing" Ed Davey tells The News Agents.
Lib Dem's Ed Davey: "I'm very disappointed with Labour's first six months in government"
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has made a speech saying the UK should rejoin the customs union - and he wishes Labour would be a lot stronger in its critic...
buff.ly
January 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
"Labour aren't inspiring confidence, I am worried about investment from what I'm hearing" Ed Davey tells The News Agents.
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While Badenoch admits that the Tories didn't prepare for life outside the EU (but doesn't apologise), Ed Davey actually proposes a positive way forward.
The LibDems should be the official opposition. Let's hope they can influence Starmer.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The LibDems should be the official opposition. Let's hope they can influence Starmer.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK should seek new customs union with EU, Lib Dems to say
Leader Ed Davey to call for talks to begin immediately, urging ministers to be ‘far more positive, far more ambitious’
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
While Badenoch admits that the Tories didn't prepare for life outside the EU (but doesn't apologise), Ed Davey actually proposes a positive way forward.
The LibDems should be the official opposition. Let's hope they can influence Starmer.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The LibDems should be the official opposition. Let's hope they can influence Starmer.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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This morning I asked the Minister of State for Health Karin Smyth whether the £100mln promised to hospices by the govt will be additional money or will be eaten up by the extra NICs they now have to pay.
Sadly she didn’t want to sponsor me for the Strictly Rowcroft event I will be joining!
#hospice
Sadly she didn’t want to sponsor me for the Strictly Rowcroft event I will be joining!
#hospice
December 19, 2024 at 12:52 PM
This morning I asked the Minister of State for Health Karin Smyth whether the £100mln promised to hospices by the govt will be additional money or will be eaten up by the extra NICs they now have to pay.
Sadly she didn’t want to sponsor me for the Strictly Rowcroft event I will be joining!
#hospice
Sadly she didn’t want to sponsor me for the Strictly Rowcroft event I will be joining!
#hospice
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Clive Efford, Labour MP, in the Commons:
"I wonder what it means when a (political) party talks about sovereignty and then is willing to sell itself entirely to a foreign owner..."
"I wonder what it means when a (political) party talks about sovereignty and then is willing to sell itself entirely to a foreign owner..."
December 19, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Clive Efford, Labour MP, in the Commons:
"I wonder what it means when a (political) party talks about sovereignty and then is willing to sell itself entirely to a foreign owner..."
"I wonder what it means when a (political) party talks about sovereignty and then is willing to sell itself entirely to a foreign owner..."
I agree with everything in this post apart from the apostrophe.
If the right wing press are going to react with outright hysteria when Starmer mutes even the smallest moves towards the EU Labour may as well come up with something more progressive and more in line with it's own supporters feelings on Europe.
December 19, 2024 at 9:42 AM
I agree with everything in this post apart from the apostrophe.
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*WE’VE ALL lost!!!
December 19, 2024 at 7:43 AM
*WE’VE ALL lost!!!
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Well played!
David Lammy, the UK Foreign Minister, handles drunken Dima (Medvedev) in exactly the right way.
Russia makes threats when it's in trouble.
#StandWithUkraine
David Lammy, the UK Foreign Minister, handles drunken Dima (Medvedev) in exactly the right way.
Russia makes threats when it's in trouble.
#StandWithUkraine
December 18, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Well played!
David Lammy, the UK Foreign Minister, handles drunken Dima (Medvedev) in exactly the right way.
Russia makes threats when it's in trouble.
#StandWithUkraine
David Lammy, the UK Foreign Minister, handles drunken Dima (Medvedev) in exactly the right way.
Russia makes threats when it's in trouble.
#StandWithUkraine
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The Prime Minister urgently needs to close any loophole’s that might allow foreign billionaires like Elon Musk to bankroll British political parties
NEW: Clacton MP Nigel Farage, along with party treasurer Nick Candy, meet Elon Musk in what is believed to be Reform UK leader’s fourth trip to US since UK election.
December 17, 2024 at 4:01 PM
The Prime Minister urgently needs to close any loophole’s that might allow foreign billionaires like Elon Musk to bankroll British political parties
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“The economic cost of Brexit, reliably estimated at around 5% of GDP and with a total loss to government coffers by 2035 of over £300bn, is unlikely to be offset by attempting to ‘make Brexit work’ – a slogan which rather confirms that it hasn’t”
Brexit – an unwelcome truth
Labour’s continued silence on Brexit might just reveal an unwelcome truth; another reason, perhaps, to use the Brexit telescope?
westenglandbylines.co.uk
December 17, 2024 at 10:57 AM
“The economic cost of Brexit, reliably estimated at around 5% of GDP and with a total loss to government coffers by 2035 of over £300bn, is unlikely to be offset by attempting to ‘make Brexit work’ – a slogan which rather confirms that it hasn’t”
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Taking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake.
Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme
Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme
Bring back Erasmus+ and youth mobility in Europe
Taking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 16, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Taking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake.
Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme
Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme
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Still, at least we live in a country where people who went to prison for assaulting their girlfriend can become Reform Party Members of Parliament.
December 16, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Still, at least we live in a country where people who went to prison for assaulting their girlfriend can become Reform Party Members of Parliament.
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Last week, the government undertook some of the most wide-reaching policy initiatives we've seen in years. And hardly anyone seems to know a damn thing about it. inews.co.uk/opinion/fina...
Finally, we've got a radical agenda from the Government
This is one of the most far-reaching governance projects we've seen in our lifetime
inews.co.uk
December 17, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Last week, the government undertook some of the most wide-reaching policy initiatives we've seen in years. And hardly anyone seems to know a damn thing about it. inews.co.uk/opinion/fina...
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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
-- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917
-- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917
December 16, 2024 at 11:09 AM
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
-- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917
-- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917
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The government’s council plans won’t devolve power but take it away from local communities and shift it to distant, higher tier authorities, many of whom, like DCC, have proved themselves to be inept at running day-to-day services.
December 17, 2024 at 9:46 AM
The government’s council plans won’t devolve power but take it away from local communities and shift it to distant, higher tier authorities, many of whom, like DCC, have proved themselves to be inept at running day-to-day services.
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If the Tories did something very, very stupid and then Labour insisted on perpetuating it, at some point it stops being just a Tory problem.
Feels like we're getting there quickly with Brexit. The reset noises are like deciding to chuck a glass of water on a raging inferno - not a serious solution.
Feels like we're getting there quickly with Brexit. The reset noises are like deciding to chuck a glass of water on a raging inferno - not a serious solution.
December 14, 2024 at 1:13 PM
If the Tories did something very, very stupid and then Labour insisted on perpetuating it, at some point it stops being just a Tory problem.
Feels like we're getting there quickly with Brexit. The reset noises are like deciding to chuck a glass of water on a raging inferno - not a serious solution.
Feels like we're getting there quickly with Brexit. The reset noises are like deciding to chuck a glass of water on a raging inferno - not a serious solution.
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For those keeping track ...
1.5 million houses in 5 years means more than 800 houses per day, 7 days a week.
800 x 365 (days) = 292,000
292,000 × 5 (years) = 1.46 million.
Impossible without foreign tradesmen/women.
1.5 million houses in 5 years means more than 800 houses per day, 7 days a week.
800 x 365 (days) = 292,000
292,000 × 5 (years) = 1.46 million.
Impossible without foreign tradesmen/women.
December 14, 2024 at 1:16 PM
For those keeping track ...
1.5 million houses in 5 years means more than 800 houses per day, 7 days a week.
800 x 365 (days) = 292,000
292,000 × 5 (years) = 1.46 million.
Impossible without foreign tradesmen/women.
1.5 million houses in 5 years means more than 800 houses per day, 7 days a week.
800 x 365 (days) = 292,000
292,000 × 5 (years) = 1.46 million.
Impossible without foreign tradesmen/women.
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Emerging research indicates ChatGPT and OpenAI language models consume huge amounts of energy and water - a cause for environmental concern?
The Hidden Environmental Costs of Chat GPTs: A Conversation with Bing Copilot - Bylines Scotland
Emerging research indicates ChatGPT and OpenAI language models consume huge amounts of energy and water - a cause for environmental concern?
bylines.scot
December 13, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Emerging research indicates ChatGPT and OpenAI language models consume huge amounts of energy and water - a cause for environmental concern?
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Brexit has damaged every business & industry sector. It needs addressed now!
Music and the arts: ‘We need to resolve Brexit disaster’
Horticulture: ‘Brexit has caused delays and damage …a reset is vital’
Farmers: ‘We need to reduce friction at the border’
Business: ‘UK needs to put in hard yards
Music and the arts: ‘We need to resolve Brexit disaster’
Horticulture: ‘Brexit has caused delays and damage …a reset is vital’
Farmers: ‘We need to reduce friction at the border’
Business: ‘UK needs to put in hard yards
Brexit reset: five business leaders on how they’d like relations with the EU to change
Rachel Reeves has spoken of a reset in EU relations. Here, experts in everything from music to farming explain what they hope it will mean
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Brexit has damaged every business & industry sector. It needs addressed now!
Music and the arts: ‘We need to resolve Brexit disaster’
Horticulture: ‘Brexit has caused delays and damage …a reset is vital’
Farmers: ‘We need to reduce friction at the border’
Business: ‘UK needs to put in hard yards
Music and the arts: ‘We need to resolve Brexit disaster’
Horticulture: ‘Brexit has caused delays and damage …a reset is vital’
Farmers: ‘We need to reduce friction at the border’
Business: ‘UK needs to put in hard yards
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The Home Builders Federation has said that Labour's plans to build 1.5 million new homes is UNACHIEVABLE due to skills shortages, an ageing workforce and Brexit 💥
So in other words, Starmer's own red lines on Freedom of Movement will stop Labour from getting the skilled builders it needs from Europe
So in other words, Starmer's own red lines on Freedom of Movement will stop Labour from getting the skilled builders it needs from Europe
Labour's vow to build 1.5 million homes during not possible due to 'national crisis' of skills shortage, says housing boss
The head of the largest housebuilding firm in the United Kingdom has said Labour's vow to build 1.5 million homes during this parliament is not possible due to a severe skills shortage.
www.lbc.co.uk
December 14, 2024 at 12:33 PM
The Home Builders Federation has said that Labour's plans to build 1.5 million new homes is UNACHIEVABLE due to skills shortages, an ageing workforce and Brexit 💥
So in other words, Starmer's own red lines on Freedom of Movement will stop Labour from getting the skilled builders it needs from Europe
So in other words, Starmer's own red lines on Freedom of Movement will stop Labour from getting the skilled builders it needs from Europe
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I wish her only health and happiness but this really is ridiculous. Until we stop the deification of these frankly entirely ordinary people it’s hard to see how we evolve out of the stagnant stupor that continues to hold back the United Kingdom. How can anyone take this seriously.
December 13, 2024 at 12:02 PM
I wish her only health and happiness but this really is ridiculous. Until we stop the deification of these frankly entirely ordinary people it’s hard to see how we evolve out of the stagnant stupor that continues to hold back the United Kingdom. How can anyone take this seriously.
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If youth mobility is the price of a closer relationship, it is a very cheap one indeed.
"This is not free movement. It is a visa deal, of the sort which we already have with countries like Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan." @iandunt.bsky.social
"This is not free movement. It is a visa deal, of the sort which we already have with countries like Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan." @iandunt.bsky.social
Brexit screwed young people - now it's payback time
If youth mobility is the price of a closer EU relationship, it is a very cheap one indeed
buff.ly
December 13, 2024 at 8:17 AM
If youth mobility is the price of a closer relationship, it is a very cheap one indeed.
"This is not free movement. It is a visa deal, of the sort which we already have with countries like Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan." @iandunt.bsky.social
"This is not free movement. It is a visa deal, of the sort which we already have with countries like Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan." @iandunt.bsky.social