Elaine Ashley
@elainecas.bsky.social
Interested in Fair trade, Fossil Free Divestment and anything else that generally makes the world a better place. Born at 317.73ppm
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NEW: A major boost for mutuals and co-operatives across the UK as package of support to grow the sector is announced.
We've long called for regulators to play a greater role in enabling growth. Today's big news is another promising step on our journey to doubling the co-operative and mutual sector📈
We've long called for regulators to play a greater role in enabling growth. Today's big news is another promising step on our journey to doubling the co-operative and mutual sector📈
December 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
NEW: A major boost for mutuals and co-operatives across the UK as package of support to grow the sector is announced.
We've long called for regulators to play a greater role in enabling growth. Today's big news is another promising step on our journey to doubling the co-operative and mutual sector📈
We've long called for regulators to play a greater role in enabling growth. Today's big news is another promising step on our journey to doubling the co-operative and mutual sector📈
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If you...
👉are making a new claim for UC and believe you need the health element
👉are on UC and will be requesting a WCA soon
👉are already on LCW but want to be assessed for LCRWA
Check if you need to take action now because of the UC Bill 👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/avoidin...
👉are making a new claim for UC and believe you need the health element
👉are on UC and will be requesting a WCA soon
👉are already on LCW but want to be assessed for LCRWA
Check if you need to take action now because of the UC Bill 👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/avoidin...
Avoiding The April 2026 Health Element Rate Cut To Universal Credit:
www.disabilityrightsuk.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If you...
👉are making a new claim for UC and believe you need the health element
👉are on UC and will be requesting a WCA soon
👉are already on LCW but want to be assessed for LCRWA
Check if you need to take action now because of the UC Bill 👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/avoidin...
👉are making a new claim for UC and believe you need the health element
👉are on UC and will be requesting a WCA soon
👉are already on LCW but want to be assessed for LCRWA
Check if you need to take action now because of the UC Bill 👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/avoidin...
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💼 IN THE BUDGET:
Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirms a call for evidence on support for co-op growth, as part of our shared mission to double the size of the co-operative sector.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirms a call for evidence on support for co-op growth, as part of our shared mission to double the size of the co-operative sector.
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
💼 IN THE BUDGET:
Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirms a call for evidence on support for co-op growth, as part of our shared mission to double the size of the co-operative sector.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirms a call for evidence on support for co-op growth, as part of our shared mission to double the size of the co-operative sector.
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BREAKING: 🎶 Flash mob takes over King’s Cross Station in a protest against climate-wrecking Rosebank oil field.
Rosebank’s future is undecided. But together, we can stop it.
@climatechoirs.bsky.social have used their voices - will you use yours? 📣
Join us 👉 bit.ly/rosebankchoir
Rosebank’s future is undecided. But together, we can stop it.
@climatechoirs.bsky.social have used their voices - will you use yours? 📣
Join us 👉 bit.ly/rosebankchoir
September 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
BREAKING: 🎶 Flash mob takes over King’s Cross Station in a protest against climate-wrecking Rosebank oil field.
Rosebank’s future is undecided. But together, we can stop it.
@climatechoirs.bsky.social have used their voices - will you use yours? 📣
Join us 👉 bit.ly/rosebankchoir
Rosebank’s future is undecided. But together, we can stop it.
@climatechoirs.bsky.social have used their voices - will you use yours? 📣
Join us 👉 bit.ly/rosebankchoir
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The Climate Choir strikes again in King's Cross! 🎵🎶🎵 Rosebank, Rosebank, YOU SHALL NOT PASS! Burning the #Rosebank oil would emit more than 200 million tons of CO2, while not helping our energy security because the oil would be sold on the international markets. It's madness.
BREAKING: 🎶 Flash mob takes over King’s Cross Station in a protest against climate-wrecking Rosebank oil field.
Rosebank’s future is undecided. But together, we can stop it.
@climatechoirs.bsky.social have used their voices - will you use yours? 📣
Join us 👉 bit.ly/rosebankchoir
Rosebank’s future is undecided. But together, we can stop it.
@climatechoirs.bsky.social have used their voices - will you use yours? 📣
Join us 👉 bit.ly/rosebankchoir
September 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The Climate Choir strikes again in King's Cross! 🎵🎶🎵 Rosebank, Rosebank, YOU SHALL NOT PASS! Burning the #Rosebank oil would emit more than 200 million tons of CO2, while not helping our energy security because the oil would be sold on the international markets. It's madness.
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Alongside my poppy at the cenotaph this year, I’ll be wearing the red triangle to remember the liberation 80 years ago of humanists who were held in the camps wearing this badge like other political opponents of fascism. We must have courage to stand against fascism and for freedom in every age.
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Alongside my poppy at the cenotaph this year, I’ll be wearing the red triangle to remember the liberation 80 years ago of humanists who were held in the camps wearing this badge like other political opponents of fascism. We must have courage to stand against fascism and for freedom in every age.
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UNISON WIN! 🎉
Dorset HealthCare University, Dorset County Hospital, and University Hospitals Dorset trusts have stood down their SubCo proposals.
A result of UNISON members getting organised and building power ✊ An inspirational campaign by the cleaners, porters, security and catering staff 💯
Dorset HealthCare University, Dorset County Hospital, and University Hospitals Dorset trusts have stood down their SubCo proposals.
A result of UNISON members getting organised and building power ✊ An inspirational campaign by the cleaners, porters, security and catering staff 💯
October 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
UNISON WIN! 🎉
Dorset HealthCare University, Dorset County Hospital, and University Hospitals Dorset trusts have stood down their SubCo proposals.
A result of UNISON members getting organised and building power ✊ An inspirational campaign by the cleaners, porters, security and catering staff 💯
Dorset HealthCare University, Dorset County Hospital, and University Hospitals Dorset trusts have stood down their SubCo proposals.
A result of UNISON members getting organised and building power ✊ An inspirational campaign by the cleaners, porters, security and catering staff 💯
So sad. So many beautiful poems such as A Blade of Grass.
We’re sorry to learn of the death of poet Brian Patten aged 79. Brian was the youngest of the trio of best-selling Mersey Poets who shot to fame in the early 1960s. (Photo: Brian Patten by Chris Gleave).
September 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
So sad. So many beautiful poems such as A Blade of Grass.
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The algo obviously HATES us talking about this.
So would you do us a favour and share?
UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews
youtu.be/WmFD42E5_W4
So would you do us a favour and share?
UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews
youtu.be/WmFD42E5_W4
UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews
YouTube video by Larry & Paul
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July 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The algo obviously HATES us talking about this.
So would you do us a favour and share?
UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews
youtu.be/WmFD42E5_W4
So would you do us a favour and share?
UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews
youtu.be/WmFD42E5_W4
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It's a special moment when a co-operator, as a Minister of State, gets to introduce new legislation that fulfils such an important priority of our movement.
Here's our Chair, Jim McMahon, on why today's English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill is so crucial. It's why we're in politics.
Here's our Chair, Jim McMahon, on why today's English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill is so crucial. It's why we're in politics.
July 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It's a special moment when a co-operator, as a Minister of State, gets to introduce new legislation that fulfils such an important priority of our movement.
Here's our Chair, Jim McMahon, on why today's English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill is so crucial. It's why we're in politics.
Here's our Chair, Jim McMahon, on why today's English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill is so crucial. It's why we're in politics.
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What's all the fuss about the PLANNING & INFRASTRUCTURE BILL? Why's @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @bengoldsmith.bsky.social & @elliechowns.bsky.social hot under the collar?
3 words: Nature Restoration Fund!
Our explainer below & our evidence-based briefing here: www.mpwatch.org/blog/plannin...
3 words: Nature Restoration Fund!
Our explainer below & our evidence-based briefing here: www.mpwatch.org/blog/plannin...
May 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
What's all the fuss about the PLANNING & INFRASTRUCTURE BILL? Why's @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @bengoldsmith.bsky.social & @elliechowns.bsky.social hot under the collar?
3 words: Nature Restoration Fund!
Our explainer below & our evidence-based briefing here: www.mpwatch.org/blog/plannin...
3 words: Nature Restoration Fund!
Our explainer below & our evidence-based briefing here: www.mpwatch.org/blog/plannin...
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Dear Mr. Clegg
I have started a business, selling the contents of your house
I knew when I launched I did not have legal access your house
Without this access my company will not be profitable
Others have told me I have a flawed business model, but I disagree
Please advise how I should proceed
I have started a business, selling the contents of your house
I knew when I launched I did not have legal access your house
Without this access my company will not be profitable
Others have told me I have a flawed business model, but I disagree
Please advise how I should proceed
May 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Dear Mr. Clegg
I have started a business, selling the contents of your house
I knew when I launched I did not have legal access your house
Without this access my company will not be profitable
Others have told me I have a flawed business model, but I disagree
Please advise how I should proceed
I have started a business, selling the contents of your house
I knew when I launched I did not have legal access your house
Without this access my company will not be profitable
Others have told me I have a flawed business model, but I disagree
Please advise how I should proceed
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This dirty water is a disgrace! The choir head to River Wye to call for an end to factory farm pollution and for its once pristine waters to be restored to health and life. We thank the Goddess of the Wye for gracing us with her presence! #riverpollution #wye #avara #cargill #factoryfarming
May 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This dirty water is a disgrace! The choir head to River Wye to call for an end to factory farm pollution and for its once pristine waters to be restored to health and life. We thank the Goddess of the Wye for gracing us with her presence! #riverpollution #wye #avara #cargill #factoryfarming
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
Petition: Make the arts part of UK National Renewal | Campaign for the Arts
The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.
www.campaignforthearts.org
May 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
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Happy Star Wars Day.
May the force be with you on May the 4th and also every day.
#StarWarsDay #StarWars #MayThe4thBeWithYou
May the force be with you on May the 4th and also every day.
#StarWarsDay #StarWars #MayThe4thBeWithYou
May 4, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Happy Star Wars Day.
May the force be with you on May the 4th and also every day.
#StarWarsDay #StarWars #MayThe4thBeWithYou
May the force be with you on May the 4th and also every day.
#StarWarsDay #StarWars #MayThe4thBeWithYou
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Yesterday, April 30th, it was 26° in Bristol. Today, it's May... or is it July?! Bristol Climate Choir declare it #TooHotForApril
Let's keep #Rosebank oil in the ground, and keep the heatwaves for the summer!
#climatechange #heatwave #unseasonal #nonewoil #stoprosebank #weirdweather #green #vote
Let's keep #Rosebank oil in the ground, and keep the heatwaves for the summer!
#climatechange #heatwave #unseasonal #nonewoil #stoprosebank #weirdweather #green #vote
May 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Yesterday, April 30th, it was 26° in Bristol. Today, it's May... or is it July?! Bristol Climate Choir declare it #TooHotForApril
Let's keep #Rosebank oil in the ground, and keep the heatwaves for the summer!
#climatechange #heatwave #unseasonal #nonewoil #stoprosebank #weirdweather #green #vote
Let's keep #Rosebank oil in the ground, and keep the heatwaves for the summer!
#climatechange #heatwave #unseasonal #nonewoil #stoprosebank #weirdweather #green #vote
and never forget the enchanting youtu.be/4__t_wWEguk?...
April 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
and never forget the enchanting youtu.be/4__t_wWEguk?...
great one for @treelinedlanes.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
great one for @treelinedlanes.bsky.social
So excited to see in this article that 'Save our Bank' campaign played a small part in this. It shows that it is worth fighting for what we believe in even when the situation seems hopeless.
The UK's Co-op Bank being bought by Coventry Building Society was a rare good news story - returning the Co-op to mutual ownership.
Read @ethical-consumer.bsky.social editor Rob Harrison on @cuebcustomerunion.bsky.social 's campaign for remutualisation:
www.banktrack.org/blog/the_coo...
Read @ethical-consumer.bsky.social editor Rob Harrison on @cuebcustomerunion.bsky.social 's campaign for remutualisation:
www.banktrack.org/blog/the_coo...
www.banktrack.org
April 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
So excited to see in this article that 'Save our Bank' campaign played a small part in this. It shows that it is worth fighting for what we believe in even when the situation seems hopeless.
Why is this not on mainstream media? Police breaking doors to arrest people talking !
We stand with Quakers of Britain in condemning yesterday’s meeting house police raid.
Quakers have always held space for discussing moral issues. This raid is a violation of civil liberties and a desecration of a place of worship.
A full apology is needed.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers have always held space for discussing moral issues. This raid is a violation of civil liberties and a desecration of a place of worship.
A full apology is needed.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
www.quaker.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Why is this not on mainstream media? Police breaking doors to arrest people talking !
#BBC reporting on issues with #cocoa supplies pushing up prices for Easter chocolate. Don't assume cocoa farmers are seeing the benefit - look for #Fairtrade to be sure - Divine, @tonyschocolonely.bsky.social, Cocoa Loco, to name a few as well as some supermarket brands like The Co-Operative.
March 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
#BBC reporting on issues with #cocoa supplies pushing up prices for Easter chocolate. Don't assume cocoa farmers are seeing the benefit - look for #Fairtrade to be sure - Divine, @tonyschocolonely.bsky.social, Cocoa Loco, to name a few as well as some supermarket brands like The Co-Operative.
who could live in a world without @beefanddairy.bsky.social ? Support them now 😀
A reminder that it is MAXFUNDRIVE! The podcast exists thanks to the kind support of the listeners. A HUGE thank you to those who support. If you like the show, why not consider it? maximumfun.org/join
March 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
who could live in a world without @beefanddairy.bsky.social ? Support them now 😀
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International Women's Day - the fight for equality
Women have always been central to trade unions and the struggle for a more equal society from the Bryant and May matchgirls to the fight for recognition and equal pay.
#IWD2025 #AccelerateAction
Women have always been central to trade unions and the struggle for a more equal society from the Bryant and May matchgirls to the fight for recognition and equal pay.
#IWD2025 #AccelerateAction
March 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
International Women's Day - the fight for equality
Women have always been central to trade unions and the struggle for a more equal society from the Bryant and May matchgirls to the fight for recognition and equal pay.
#IWD2025 #AccelerateAction
Women have always been central to trade unions and the struggle for a more equal society from the Bryant and May matchgirls to the fight for recognition and equal pay.
#IWD2025 #AccelerateAction
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Breaking: 200-strong Climate Choir stages flashmob in St Paul's Cathedral, demanding that @churchofengland.org - a top ten UK landowner - #rewild 30% of its land.
Nature is in crisis. Time to #RewildTheChurch!
@wildcard.land
#ChurchofEngland #nature #wildlife #choir #climate #whatwouldjesusdo
Nature is in crisis. Time to #RewildTheChurch!
@wildcard.land
#ChurchofEngland #nature #wildlife #choir #climate #whatwouldjesusdo
March 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Breaking: 200-strong Climate Choir stages flashmob in St Paul's Cathedral, demanding that @churchofengland.org - a top ten UK landowner - #rewild 30% of its land.
Nature is in crisis. Time to #RewildTheChurch!
@wildcard.land
#ChurchofEngland #nature #wildlife #choir #climate #whatwouldjesusdo
Nature is in crisis. Time to #RewildTheChurch!
@wildcard.land
#ChurchofEngland #nature #wildlife #choir #climate #whatwouldjesusdo