Gillian Openshaw
@gillianopenshaw.bsky.social
I love all things political, travel & sewing. I support Project Linus UK and the amazing kennel free @Dogs4Rescue.bsky.social
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I have created a Starter Pack for everyone who loves dogs. Please share and let me know if any other dog charity etc could be added. Thanks 🐕🐕🐕😍😍😍
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"We're clamping down on this and smashing the business model of criminals selling these abused and smuggled puppies."
@dannychambers.bsky.social
@dannychambers.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"We're clamping down on this and smashing the business model of criminals selling these abused and smuggled puppies."
@dannychambers.bsky.social
@dannychambers.bsky.social
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The ultimate irony of halving net immigration numbers:
You can do it without reducing small boats crossings at all!!
This is Nigel Farage’s immigration doom-loop & Starmer is up to his neck in the death trap like the Tories before him 🤦♀️
You can do it without reducing small boats crossings at all!!
This is Nigel Farage’s immigration doom-loop & Starmer is up to his neck in the death trap like the Tories before him 🤦♀️
May 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The ultimate irony of halving net immigration numbers:
You can do it without reducing small boats crossings at all!!
This is Nigel Farage’s immigration doom-loop & Starmer is up to his neck in the death trap like the Tories before him 🤦♀️
You can do it without reducing small boats crossings at all!!
This is Nigel Farage’s immigration doom-loop & Starmer is up to his neck in the death trap like the Tories before him 🤦♀️
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EASTER SUNDAY SCHOOL episode out now.
Join @pimlicat.bsky.social and @sturdyalex.bsky.social as they talk about:
🏳️⚧️: ramifications of the SC decision on the Equality Act,
🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺: Trump’s failure to get peace in 24 hours
🇫🇷🇬🇧: the latest plan for asylum seekers
open.spotify.com/episode/1s9P...
Join @pimlicat.bsky.social and @sturdyalex.bsky.social as they talk about:
🏳️⚧️: ramifications of the SC decision on the Equality Act,
🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺: Trump’s failure to get peace in 24 hours
🇫🇷🇬🇧: the latest plan for asylum seekers
open.spotify.com/episode/1s9P...
Sunday School: More Equal Than Others
Quiet Riot · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
EASTER SUNDAY SCHOOL episode out now.
Join @pimlicat.bsky.social and @sturdyalex.bsky.social as they talk about:
🏳️⚧️: ramifications of the SC decision on the Equality Act,
🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺: Trump’s failure to get peace in 24 hours
🇫🇷🇬🇧: the latest plan for asylum seekers
open.spotify.com/episode/1s9P...
Join @pimlicat.bsky.social and @sturdyalex.bsky.social as they talk about:
🏳️⚧️: ramifications of the SC decision on the Equality Act,
🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺: Trump’s failure to get peace in 24 hours
🇫🇷🇬🇧: the latest plan for asylum seekers
open.spotify.com/episode/1s9P...
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Brilliant economic analysis by Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Brilliant economic analysis by Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com
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🎉BONUS EPISODE: Grin & Share It 😀
Join @pimlicat.bsky.social and @sturdyalex.bsky.social for an entire show dedicated to good news only. And given this week, boy do we need it! 🌼🌈🦫🔬
🟢 open.spotify.com/episode/5jsg...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Join @pimlicat.bsky.social and @sturdyalex.bsky.social for an entire show dedicated to good news only. And given this week, boy do we need it! 🌼🌈🦫🔬
🟢 open.spotify.com/episode/5jsg...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
BONUS: Grin And Share It Special
Quiet Riot · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:11 AM
🎉BONUS EPISODE: Grin & Share It 😀
Join @pimlicat.bsky.social and @sturdyalex.bsky.social for an entire show dedicated to good news only. And given this week, boy do we need it! 🌼🌈🦫🔬
🟢 open.spotify.com/episode/5jsg...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Join @pimlicat.bsky.social and @sturdyalex.bsky.social for an entire show dedicated to good news only. And given this week, boy do we need it! 🌼🌈🦫🔬
🟢 open.spotify.com/episode/5jsg...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
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🍊 Tariff Day Special: TRUMPONOMICS 🍊
I get nervous when everyone agrees. So I asked top economist Vicky Pryce to help me properly kick the tyres of Trump's economic policies. And - whisper it - but could they actually work?
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🏮 open.spotify.com/episode/7MZu...
I get nervous when everyone agrees. So I asked top economist Vicky Pryce to help me properly kick the tyres of Trump's economic policies. And - whisper it - but could they actually work?
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🏮 open.spotify.com/episode/7MZu...
LIBERATION DAY SPECIAL: Trumponomics
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · S2, E40 Bonus · 27m
podcasts.apple.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
🍊 Tariff Day Special: TRUMPONOMICS 🍊
I get nervous when everyone agrees. So I asked top economist Vicky Pryce to help me properly kick the tyres of Trump's economic policies. And - whisper it - but could they actually work?
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🏮 open.spotify.com/episode/7MZu...
I get nervous when everyone agrees. So I asked top economist Vicky Pryce to help me properly kick the tyres of Trump's economic policies. And - whisper it - but could they actually work?
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🏮 open.spotify.com/episode/7MZu...
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Some news: I'm presenting and co-writing a new short Radio 4 series, Untaxing.
It's about how tax affects our lives: from the Laffer Curve, to the Beatles, to Jaffa Cakes, and modern day avoidance.
1.45pm on Radio 4, every day next week, and on BBC Sounds as each episode airs.
It's about how tax affects our lives: from the Laffer Curve, to the Beatles, to Jaffa Cakes, and modern day avoidance.
1.45pm on Radio 4, every day next week, and on BBC Sounds as each episode airs.
March 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Some news: I'm presenting and co-writing a new short Radio 4 series, Untaxing.
It's about how tax affects our lives: from the Laffer Curve, to the Beatles, to Jaffa Cakes, and modern day avoidance.
1.45pm on Radio 4, every day next week, and on BBC Sounds as each episode airs.
It's about how tax affects our lives: from the Laffer Curve, to the Beatles, to Jaffa Cakes, and modern day avoidance.
1.45pm on Radio 4, every day next week, and on BBC Sounds as each episode airs.
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Great value restaurant food in central London. The House of Commons restaurant. Great prices😉
March 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Great value restaurant food in central London. The House of Commons restaurant. Great prices😉
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Another great piece from Material World author Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social
Something for your Saturday read with coffee 👇👇👇
news.sky.com/story/how-do...
Something for your Saturday read with coffee 👇👇👇
news.sky.com/story/how-do...
How Donald Trump's tariffs are wreaking chaos in the British metal industry
Producers have been in a race against time, fighting weather and a changeable political climate to avoid paying millions in import fees.
news.sky.com
March 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Another great piece from Material World author Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social
Something for your Saturday read with coffee 👇👇👇
news.sky.com/story/how-do...
Something for your Saturday read with coffee 👇👇👇
news.sky.com/story/how-do...
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S1E1: Narcissus & Echo - The Influencer & The Follower
Most of what you think you know about the story of Narcissus, is wrong. This isn’t a tale of pride or vanity.
Let @sturdyalex.bsky.social take you on a journey.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/13qu...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Most of what you think you know about the story of Narcissus, is wrong. This isn’t a tale of pride or vanity.
Let @sturdyalex.bsky.social take you on a journey.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/13qu...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Narcissus & Echo - The Influencer & The Follower
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 15/03/2025 · 59m
podcasts.apple.com
March 15, 2025 at 6:45 AM
S1E1: Narcissus & Echo - The Influencer & The Follower
Most of what you think you know about the story of Narcissus, is wrong. This isn’t a tale of pride or vanity.
Let @sturdyalex.bsky.social take you on a journey.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/13qu...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Most of what you think you know about the story of Narcissus, is wrong. This isn’t a tale of pride or vanity.
Let @sturdyalex.bsky.social take you on a journey.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/13qu...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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🐀 NEW Sunday School: Rats-in-Sack Latest 🐀
Reform UK turn on each other. The Trump cabinet turn on each other. Pour the schadenfreude straight in your ears with @pimlicat.bsky.social and @sturdyalex.bsky.social.
SPOTIFY 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/4R5l...
APPLE 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Reform UK turn on each other. The Trump cabinet turn on each other. Pour the schadenfreude straight in your ears with @pimlicat.bsky.social and @sturdyalex.bsky.social.
SPOTIFY 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/4R5l...
APPLE 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Sunday School: Rats-in-Sack Latest
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 09/03/2025 · 50m
podcasts.apple.com
March 9, 2025 at 8:16 AM
🐀 NEW Sunday School: Rats-in-Sack Latest 🐀
Reform UK turn on each other. The Trump cabinet turn on each other. Pour the schadenfreude straight in your ears with @pimlicat.bsky.social and @sturdyalex.bsky.social.
SPOTIFY 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/4R5l...
APPLE 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Reform UK turn on each other. The Trump cabinet turn on each other. Pour the schadenfreude straight in your ears with @pimlicat.bsky.social and @sturdyalex.bsky.social.
SPOTIFY 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/4R5l...
APPLE 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
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🚨NEW RESEARCH🚨
Closer ties with the EU could deliver growth of up to 2.2%.
Clawing back up to half of the damage caused by Brexit.
Delivering double the impact of a UK-US trade deal, according to the govt's own analysis.
And all within Starmer's red lines.
www.thetimes.com/article/8423...
Closer ties with the EU could deliver growth of up to 2.2%.
Clawing back up to half of the damage caused by Brexit.
Delivering double the impact of a UK-US trade deal, according to the govt's own analysis.
And all within Starmer's red lines.
www.thetimes.com/article/8423...
Research claims EU deal will fuel growth — and Labour is listening
A report says Britain can mend some of the economic damage of Brexit without crossing the red lines set by Keir Starmer
www.thetimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
🚨NEW RESEARCH🚨
Closer ties with the EU could deliver growth of up to 2.2%.
Clawing back up to half of the damage caused by Brexit.
Delivering double the impact of a UK-US trade deal, according to the govt's own analysis.
And all within Starmer's red lines.
www.thetimes.com/article/8423...
Closer ties with the EU could deliver growth of up to 2.2%.
Clawing back up to half of the damage caused by Brexit.
Delivering double the impact of a UK-US trade deal, according to the govt's own analysis.
And all within Starmer's red lines.
www.thetimes.com/article/8423...
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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🔴Twenty More Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
Twenty More Government Reforms the Media Hasn't Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
bylinetimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🔴Twenty More Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
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It’s with a heavy heart that I’ve been forced to write to Claire Coutinho again.
January 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It’s with a heavy heart that I’ve been forced to write to Claire Coutinho again.
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💥 It passes!! 💥
The Youth Mobility (EU Countries) Bill has just passed its first reading.
No opposition voiced by the govt. your thousands of emails stopped them shutting it down.
Well done @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social on a superb speech. 👏👏👏
The Youth Mobility (EU Countries) Bill has just passed its first reading.
No opposition voiced by the govt. your thousands of emails stopped them shutting it down.
Well done @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social on a superb speech. 👏👏👏
January 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
💥 It passes!! 💥
The Youth Mobility (EU Countries) Bill has just passed its first reading.
No opposition voiced by the govt. your thousands of emails stopped them shutting it down.
Well done @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social on a superb speech. 👏👏👏
The Youth Mobility (EU Countries) Bill has just passed its first reading.
No opposition voiced by the govt. your thousands of emails stopped them shutting it down.
Well done @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social on a superb speech. 👏👏👏
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❗ TODAY ❗
I'm proud to present my 🇪🇺 Youth Mobility Scheme Bill 🇬🇧 – a vital step to give young Brits the chance to live, work, and study across Europe.
The botched Brexit deal robbed them of these opportunities. It's time to fix that and reset our relationship with the EU.
I'm proud to present my 🇪🇺 Youth Mobility Scheme Bill 🇬🇧 – a vital step to give young Brits the chance to live, work, and study across Europe.
The botched Brexit deal robbed them of these opportunities. It's time to fix that and reset our relationship with the EU.
January 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
❗ TODAY ❗
I'm proud to present my 🇪🇺 Youth Mobility Scheme Bill 🇬🇧 – a vital step to give young Brits the chance to live, work, and study across Europe.
The botched Brexit deal robbed them of these opportunities. It's time to fix that and reset our relationship with the EU.
I'm proud to present my 🇪🇺 Youth Mobility Scheme Bill 🇬🇧 – a vital step to give young Brits the chance to live, work, and study across Europe.
The botched Brexit deal robbed them of these opportunities. It's time to fix that and reset our relationship with the EU.
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Myself and Alba are often tired in the evening (me from helping dogs, her from her illness).
I often think about skipping the little 50 yard hike up to the rock. But I've never regretted us going up there once.
💜
I often think about skipping the little 50 yard hike up to the rock. But I've never regretted us going up there once.
💜
January 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Myself and Alba are often tired in the evening (me from helping dogs, her from her illness).
I often think about skipping the little 50 yard hike up to the rock. But I've never regretted us going up there once.
💜
I often think about skipping the little 50 yard hike up to the rock. But I've never regretted us going up there once.
💜
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Snow day for our sanctuary dog Bear 🐶❄️ Her double layer fur is keeping her nice and warm
dogs4rescue.co.uk/our-dogs/bear/
dogs4rescue.co.uk/our-dogs/bear/
January 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Snow day for our sanctuary dog Bear 🐶❄️ Her double layer fur is keeping her nice and warm
dogs4rescue.co.uk/our-dogs/bear/
dogs4rescue.co.uk/our-dogs/bear/
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If you managed to log off over Christmas and the New Year, you might be wondering why right-wing politicians are suddenly calling for a new inquiry into child grooming gangs, how Elon Musk is involved, and how the govt is responding.
Here's what you need to know - a timeline👇1/
Here's what you need to know - a timeline👇1/
January 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
If you managed to log off over Christmas and the New Year, you might be wondering why right-wing politicians are suddenly calling for a new inquiry into child grooming gangs, how Elon Musk is involved, and how the govt is responding.
Here's what you need to know - a timeline👇1/
Here's what you need to know - a timeline👇1/
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Just in from mammoth interview session to two bits of news. One that a DV perp got locked up because of something I did and that a vulnerable constituent had a a massive wrongful debt written off after our intervention. This is why I came to politics, this is why I'll just keep cracking on.
January 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Just in from mammoth interview session to two bits of news. One that a DV perp got locked up because of something I did and that a vulnerable constituent had a a massive wrongful debt written off after our intervention. This is why I came to politics, this is why I'll just keep cracking on.
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Have written about Meta's really important decision to ape Musk's vision of online publishing. It poses big Qs for the EU/UK about whether there's the will to regulate these companies, and with Silicon Valley and MAGA in alliance, whether there's even the means.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
Zuck goes Musk
The Social Network is broken
open.substack.com
January 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Have written about Meta's really important decision to ape Musk's vision of online publishing. It poses big Qs for the EU/UK about whether there's the will to regulate these companies, and with Silicon Valley and MAGA in alliance, whether there's even the means.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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NEW: Andrew Norfolk broke the grooming gang story, 15 years ago. His exclusive interview on today’s News Agents
is deeply powerful, not least for his anger about those political figures now exploiting it and the victims for their own purposes.
Listen 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
is deeply powerful, not least for his anger about those political figures now exploiting it and the victims for their own purposes.
Listen 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The journalist who exposed the grooming scandal breaks his silence
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 07/01/2025 · 32m
podcasts.apple.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
NEW: Andrew Norfolk broke the grooming gang story, 15 years ago. His exclusive interview on today’s News Agents
is deeply powerful, not least for his anger about those political figures now exploiting it and the victims for their own purposes.
Listen 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
is deeply powerful, not least for his anger about those political figures now exploiting it and the victims for their own purposes.
Listen 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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💒 NEW: Sunday School - Elon hearts Tommy. Nigel, not so much.📚
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk through the weeks news, Musk’s British obsession, as well as Braverman’s GCSE Geography fail.
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/6ovQ...
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk through the weeks news, Musk’s British obsession, as well as Braverman’s GCSE Geography fail.
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/6ovQ...
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Sunday School - Musk hearts Tommy; Nigel, not so much.
Quiet Riot · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 5, 2025 at 8:37 AM
💒 NEW: Sunday School - Elon hearts Tommy. Nigel, not so much.📚
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk through the weeks news, Musk’s British obsession, as well as Braverman’s GCSE Geography fail.
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/6ovQ...
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk through the weeks news, Musk’s British obsession, as well as Braverman’s GCSE Geography fail.
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/6ovQ...
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...