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Heather Bruce
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Interested in a kinder and inclusive society that realises that we're all in one world together.
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Goodbye US free trade deal, and good riddance

Nigel Farage & Lee Anderson may not mind chlorinated chicken, but the vast, vast majority of Brits think US food standards are bloody disgusting

bsky.app/profile/davi...
Bloomberg now reporting as I did last month that the UK government is ready to sign up for dynamic alignment on food and drink regulations.

Though detailed negotiations will be rather challenging. And EU doesn't yet have a mandate.

(repost - wrong link 1st time) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
UK Signals Openness to EU Court Oversight of Key Food Checks
The UK is prepared to retain some regulatory alignment with the European Union and accept supervision of the bloc’s court over a deal to cut checks on imports of foods and agricultural products, a mov...
www.bloomberg.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Absolutely wonderful #desertislanddiscs @bbcsounds.bsky.social @BBCRadio4 with @dockendenltd.bsky.social whose compassion and integrity rings through all her work and a life that's being so very well lived. Thankyou. @laurenlaverne.bsky.social
1/3 Absolutely honoured+++ to have had the HUGE privilege to share my life story to music on @BBCRadio4 Desert Island Discs. I was so surprised to be asked to be a part of this programme, that I had to triple check that they had asked the right Donna Ockenden!!!
March 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Lovely day for a round the lake ebikle ride
March 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Well I'm a fan 😻
Update:
CatsOnACouch: 394K
Senatorvance: 283K ✅
Jdvance: 1.5M
VP: 14.9M and Dropping 💅💅💅💅💅📉📉📉
March 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Early evening meal for Hedgehog.... first one I've seen this year. Hope it has somewhere cosy to go
March 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Ebikling season again
🥰
March 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Ending the night with this.
*Get your hankies*
A D-Day veteran called a gracious and humbled Zelenskyy a hero.
March 1, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.

“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”

AOC 🔥🎯
January 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Tailoring fit for a King, President Zelensky 👌
March 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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“The pandering to Trump must end — it only encourages his tyranny” Wow - at last a Times columnist calls out Trump appeasement for what it is. Well done Matthew Syed

www.thetimes.com/article/5d18...
The pandering to Trump must end — it only encourages his tyranny
Never again can we allow the bully in the White House to isolate one of our friends as he did Ukraine
www.thetimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:41 AM
@octopus.energy why does it take more than a week to get Saving Session results?
February 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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All credit to yet another courageous whistleblower, Josie Stewart.
And shame on those who drove her out of her career
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Kabul evacuation whistleblower wins case against UK government
Civil servant Josie Stewart found to have been unlawfully dismissed in 2022 after she told BBC about failures
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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It is this Thursday. Book now!
Book your place now. Middlesex Uni presents Joy Warmington leading a provocative webinar on Bringing about Social Change: the challenge of complexity. With a focus on issues such as racism. Chaired by Prof Vijaya Nath
February 20th at 12.30pm GMT.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-br...
WEBINAR: Bringing about social change: the challenge of complexity
Bringing about social change: the challenge of complexity
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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‘Roses are red, violets are blue, we teach CPR, so you can learn too’ 💕

Our #ValentinesDay gift to you is an invite to our free CPR training pop-ups. 3 in 4 cardiac arrests happen at home, so learning these skills could help to save someone you love.

Search 'London Lifesavers events' 🔎
February 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
So important
Please sign and send this letter to your MP. End the profiteering on our water and stop pollutingthe Lakes
@robmacf.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
@michellescrogham.bsky.social
@timfarron.bsky.social
Privatisation has failed.

My Private Members Water Bill is an unmissable chance to put public ownership of our water back on the table as a solution.

In less than 2 minutes, you can make sure your MP attends my Bill’s crucial debate on 28th March: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Ask your MP to attend my Water Bill debate
After years of bill hikes, shareholder pay-outs, and pollution, it couldn't be clearer that privatisation has created a crisis in our water system. We can't leave the future of this critical natio...
actionnetwork.org
February 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
BBC News - Son saves dad twice giving bone marrow then a kidney
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Such a lovely story ❤️
Son saves dad twice with bone marrow and kidney donations
Joshua, 23, was travelling in Australia when he got the phone call about his dad's failing kidney.
www.bbc.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Good for her
Integrity needs to be celebrated
January 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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It's #FlyDay...who's ready for the Big Garden Birdwatch weekend??

"Meeeeeee!"
January 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Nobody asked us for #SquirrelAppreciationDay plans, but here they are anyway 🌰

Tomorrow, we're handing over the Bluesky keys to Priscilla, the most chronically online red squirrel and self-styled Queen of Formby 🐿️✨

She made us post this photo because she says "it's my best side". 📸Gary Bailey
January 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Beautiful pictures
Needed today
Today is known as #BlueMonday but we'd like to blow those January blues away by sharing some of our favourite wow moments in the Lake District 🤩

What's your favourite 'wow' Lake District moment?

Photo credits:
Gillian Easterbrook
martingarnett_photography
markshetherington
January 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Eek! The Big Garden Birdwatch is just around the corner! 🐦

Here's another chance to practise your spotting... did you get it right?

Sign up for the big weekend here: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈
January 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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PSST! Want some really tall sunflowers? For free?
As a thank-you to our new followers here on Bluesky, here's a code that will get you a FREE pack of 'Giganteus' tall sunflower with your order.😀
Just put in GIANTSUN at checkout!
Limited time offer, we'll turn it off once 200 have gone!
January 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Just 1 teaspoon of neonicotinoids can kill 1.25 BILLION bees.

Yesterday, over 1 million voices told the UK Government: stop allowing banned pesticides in our countryside.

DEFRA, it’s time to end ‘emergency’ use.

Protect pollinators vital to nature's recovery & our food security.
January 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM