Ian Blakemore
@ianblakemore8.bsky.social
Work sometimes, play at everything else.
Love #food #Yorkshire #change. 2023 #allotment adventure begins.... All content is mine and not my employers etc.
Love #food #Yorkshire #change. 2023 #allotment adventure begins.... All content is mine and not my employers etc.
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‘Revolving door’ between #water companies and #Westminster.
Here’s an idea - if politicians are so keen on working at water companies, why don’t they bring them back into public ownership!
Starting with Thames Water.
Sign our petition if you agree 👇🏽
tinyurl.com/yxht3p94
Here’s an idea - if politicians are so keen on working at water companies, why don’t they bring them back into public ownership!
Starting with Thames Water.
Sign our petition if you agree 👇🏽
tinyurl.com/yxht3p94
January 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
‘Revolving door’ between #water companies and #Westminster.
Here’s an idea - if politicians are so keen on working at water companies, why don’t they bring them back into public ownership!
Starting with Thames Water.
Sign our petition if you agree 👇🏽
tinyurl.com/yxht3p94
Here’s an idea - if politicians are so keen on working at water companies, why don’t they bring them back into public ownership!
Starting with Thames Water.
Sign our petition if you agree 👇🏽
tinyurl.com/yxht3p94
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🌊 "We heard "take back control" again and again, but not to have control of our water always struck me as insane."
82% of us want to end water privatisation, including Stephen Fry.
Agree? Share and sign this petition to bring water Thames Water into public ownership: weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
82% of us want to end water privatisation, including Stephen Fry.
Agree? Share and sign this petition to bring water Thames Water into public ownership: weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
January 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
🌊 "We heard "take back control" again and again, but not to have control of our water always struck me as insane."
82% of us want to end water privatisation, including Stephen Fry.
Agree? Share and sign this petition to bring water Thames Water into public ownership: weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
82% of us want to end water privatisation, including Stephen Fry.
Agree? Share and sign this petition to bring water Thames Water into public ownership: weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
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Water profiteers get: £85bn in dividends. You get a 40% bill hike?!
We refuse to pay for their mess. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te... 🧵
We refuse to pay for their mess. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te... 🧵
84% Hike for Sewage in Rivers? Tell OFWAT: Enough is Enough!
On 19th December, OFWAT will announce one of the biggest water bill hikes in history.
Despite overwhelming public opposition, water bosses are pressuring our regulator to approve a staggering 40% ave...
actionnetwork.org
December 2, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Water profiteers get: £85bn in dividends. You get a 40% bill hike?!
We refuse to pay for their mess. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te... 🧵
We refuse to pay for their mess. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te... 🧵
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 5
‘First Snow’
Artist: Rowland Hilder
‘First Snow’
Artist: Rowland Hilder
December 5, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 5
‘First Snow’
Artist: Rowland Hilder
‘First Snow’
Artist: Rowland Hilder
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A solid day of Yorkshiring
December 2, 2024 at 5:05 PM
A solid day of Yorkshiring
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Massive away win for the little fella.
December 2, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Massive away win for the little fella.
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NEW: The government is consulting on plans for the next 10 years of the NHS.
It’s your opportunity to tell Wes Streeting to end outsourcing and fix our NHS so it works for patients, not profit.
Send or edit our simple-to-use standard response here: weownit.org.uk/nhs-consultation
It’s your opportunity to tell Wes Streeting to end outsourcing and fix our NHS so it works for patients, not profit.
Send or edit our simple-to-use standard response here: weownit.org.uk/nhs-consultation
Make your voice heard: 10-year NHS plan consultation
weownit.org.uk
November 21, 2024 at 2:07 PM
NEW: The government is consulting on plans for the next 10 years of the NHS.
It’s your opportunity to tell Wes Streeting to end outsourcing and fix our NHS so it works for patients, not profit.
Send or edit our simple-to-use standard response here: weownit.org.uk/nhs-consultation
It’s your opportunity to tell Wes Streeting to end outsourcing and fix our NHS so it works for patients, not profit.
Send or edit our simple-to-use standard response here: weownit.org.uk/nhs-consultation
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Vaccinating pregnant women against COVID-19 is a good idea. Why is UK stopping it? 🧪 #healthpolicy #medsky
Good article from @chrischirp.bsky.social @sheencr.bsky.social
theconversation.com/the-uk-is-no...
Good article from @chrischirp.bsky.social @sheencr.bsky.social
theconversation.com/the-uk-is-no...
The UK is no longer offering COVID vaccines to pregnant women – here’s why that might be a bad idea
From spring 2025, pregnant women will no longer be eligible for free COVID vaccines in the UK.
theconversation.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Vaccinating pregnant women against COVID-19 is a good idea. Why is UK stopping it? 🧪 #healthpolicy #medsky
Good article from @chrischirp.bsky.social @sheencr.bsky.social
theconversation.com/the-uk-is-no...
Good article from @chrischirp.bsky.social @sheencr.bsky.social
theconversation.com/the-uk-is-no...
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Other work by the Ladybird artists.
Monsal Dale in Autumn
Cover picture, Readers Digest, 1983
Artist: SR Badmin
Monsal Dale in Autumn
Cover picture, Readers Digest, 1983
Artist: SR Badmin
November 16, 2024 at 8:11 AM
Other work by the Ladybird artists.
Monsal Dale in Autumn
Cover picture, Readers Digest, 1983
Artist: SR Badmin
Monsal Dale in Autumn
Cover picture, Readers Digest, 1983
Artist: SR Badmin
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Here's a list of the public services that have been stolen from YOU since 2010.
This government should give them back - paid for with a tax on multi millionaires, borrowing to invest and ending the waste of privatisation.
#Budget2024
weownit.org.uk/blog/destruc...
This government should give them back - paid for with a tax on multi millionaires, borrowing to invest and ending the waste of privatisation.
#Budget2024
weownit.org.uk/blog/destruc...
The destruction of the last 14 years, in numbers
This is the reality of austerity. Since 2010, government cuts to public services mean the UK has become a broken country. Our public buildings and spaces have been sold off, our children have fewer pl...
weownit.org.uk
October 30, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Here's a list of the public services that have been stolen from YOU since 2010.
This government should give them back - paid for with a tax on multi millionaires, borrowing to invest and ending the waste of privatisation.
#Budget2024
weownit.org.uk/blog/destruc...
This government should give them back - paid for with a tax on multi millionaires, borrowing to invest and ending the waste of privatisation.
#Budget2024
weownit.org.uk/blog/destruc...
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NEED SOME GOOD NEWS?
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
November 15, 2024 at 1:59 PM
NEED SOME GOOD NEWS?
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
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Good morning.
Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
November 14, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Good morning.
Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
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Fascinating article from @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social ... A reminder that access to nature and growing spaces should be considered key infrastructure in Planning policy - for the health of people, planet and communities.
Dig for sanity! Brits turn to allotments to beat food poverty, boost mental health, and bring back the insects and bees! | Kate Moore
Growing resilience – food security and health in one patch
Dig for sanity! Brits turn to allotments to beat food poverty, boost mental health, and bring back the insects and bees!
eastangliabylines.co.uk
August 26, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Fascinating article from @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social ... A reminder that access to nature and growing spaces should be considered key infrastructure in Planning policy - for the health of people, planet and communities.