Karl Limpert
@karert.bsky.social
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🚨A hugely important point made by Richard Burgon which all Labour MP’s thinking of voting for this Bill should be made aware of
June 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🚨A hugely important point made by Richard Burgon which all Labour MP’s thinking of voting for this Bill should be made aware of
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Wow. Numbers signing the amendment opposing the governments welfare reforms growing - up to 119 now. Thank you to all the Labour MPs who have had the courage to step up and do the right thing 👏
June 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Wow. Numbers signing the amendment opposing the governments welfare reforms growing - up to 119 now. Thank you to all the Labour MPs who have had the courage to step up and do the right thing 👏
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Labour’s devastating disability benefits cuts are a time bomb
Many of its own MPs won't support measures that could see some people lose £10,000 overnight
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-l...
Many of its own MPs won't support measures that could see some people lose £10,000 overnight
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-l...
Labour’s devastating disability benefits cuts are a time bomb
Many of its own MPs won't support measures that could see some people lose £10,000 overnight
www.thenewworld.co.uk
June 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Labour’s devastating disability benefits cuts are a time bomb
Many of its own MPs won't support measures that could see some people lose £10,000 overnight
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-l...
Many of its own MPs won't support measures that could see some people lose £10,000 overnight
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-l...
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“From November 2026, people would need to score a minimum of four points in at least one daily activity to qualify. Needing help to get in or out of the shower, or supervision to use the toilet are measures that don't meet this threshold”
Shocking
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Shocking
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
What you need to know about DWP disability benefit cuts as big changes unveiled
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has published the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill to enact plans to slash £5billion from the welfare bill by 2030
www.mirror.co.uk
June 19, 2025 at 6:46 AM
“From November 2026, people would need to score a minimum of four points in at least one daily activity to qualify. Needing help to get in or out of the shower, or supervision to use the toilet are measures that don't meet this threshold”
Shocking
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Shocking
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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🔺 EXCLUSIVE: The prisons minister has urged more companies to hire ex-criminals, saying they are just as likely to be reliable, honest and good as any other candidate
Ex-convicts ‘just as reliable’ as other staff, says prisons minister
Lord Timpson, who has campaigned for radical reform of the prison system, stuck by his claim that two thirds of ex-prisoners should never have been jailed
www.thetimes.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
🔺 EXCLUSIVE: The prisons minister has urged more companies to hire ex-criminals, saying they are just as likely to be reliable, honest and good as any other candidate
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NEW
A close look at Truss's legal threat to Starmer
The former Prime Minister has sent a glorious but seemingly hopeless cease-and-desist letter
By me
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo...
Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/01/a-cl...
A close look at Truss's legal threat to Starmer
The former Prime Minister has sent a glorious but seemingly hopeless cease-and-desist letter
By me
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo...
Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/01/a-cl...
January 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
NEW
A close look at Truss's legal threat to Starmer
The former Prime Minister has sent a glorious but seemingly hopeless cease-and-desist letter
By me
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo...
Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/01/a-cl...
A close look at Truss's legal threat to Starmer
The former Prime Minister has sent a glorious but seemingly hopeless cease-and-desist letter
By me
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo...
Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/01/a-cl...
On the school run this afternoon, watched someone get off the 330 bus; not say anything, but make a point of a 👍 as they walked past the front door.
Thought it was a nice gesture.
Then realised it was
@mayoroflondon.bsky.social
Thought it was a nice gesture.
Then realised it was
@mayoroflondon.bsky.social
January 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
On the school run this afternoon, watched someone get off the 330 bus; not say anything, but make a point of a 👍 as they walked past the front door.
Thought it was a nice gesture.
Then realised it was
@mayoroflondon.bsky.social
Thought it was a nice gesture.
Then realised it was
@mayoroflondon.bsky.social
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This appears to be the Truss cease-and-desist letter in full.
So, so tempting to do a close-read post on this, for the public understanding of law.
It is a glorious letter.
So, so tempting to do a close-read post on this, for the public understanding of law.
It is a glorious letter.
That Liz Truss cease and desist letter in full. She has gone completely loco.
Such a brave free speech warrior 🥬🥬🥬
Such a brave free speech warrior 🥬🥬🥬
January 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This appears to be the Truss cease-and-desist letter in full.
So, so tempting to do a close-read post on this, for the public understanding of law.
It is a glorious letter.
So, so tempting to do a close-read post on this, for the public understanding of law.
It is a glorious letter.
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Labour had plenty of time to ponder social care. Now it has a chance to deliver | Sonia Sodha
Labour had plenty of time to ponder social care. Now it has a chance to deliver | Sonia Sodha
Keir Starmer’s government can’t leave the urgent question of how social care will be funded to yet another commission
Politicians from different parties offer up their ideas at election time, citizens vote for their preferred option, and a government is…
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Labour had plenty of time to ponder social care. Now it has a chance to deliver | Sonia Sodha
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Since 1997 there have been no less than 25 commissions, select committee inquiries & white papers on social care.
Labour - who admit social care is in crisis, & that the NHS cannot be fixed without it - just responded by...
... announcing the 26th one 😳
Labour - who admit social care is in crisis, & that the NHS cannot be fixed without it - just responded by...
... announcing the 26th one 😳
January 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Since 1997 there have been no less than 25 commissions, select committee inquiries & white papers on social care.
Labour - who admit social care is in crisis, & that the NHS cannot be fixed without it - just responded by...
... announcing the 26th one 😳
Labour - who admit social care is in crisis, & that the NHS cannot be fixed without it - just responded by...
... announcing the 26th one 😳
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Continuing a theme of Labour not following up work done in opposition.
The government team is more or less the opposition team, so in the absence of a better explanation it seems someone said everything (with a few exceptions) starts over. Thereby losing the early days goodwill.
Very odd.
The government team is more or less the opposition team, so in the absence of a better explanation it seems someone said everything (with a few exceptions) starts over. Thereby losing the early days goodwill.
Very odd.
The announcement of Louise Casey's adult care commission essentially means the Fabian Society inquiry and report on adult care reform that Wes Streeting commissioned in opposition - which reported in 2023 - was essentially a waste of time
January 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Continuing a theme of Labour not following up work done in opposition.
The government team is more or less the opposition team, so in the absence of a better explanation it seems someone said everything (with a few exceptions) starts over. Thereby losing the early days goodwill.
Very odd.
The government team is more or less the opposition team, so in the absence of a better explanation it seems someone said everything (with a few exceptions) starts over. Thereby losing the early days goodwill.
Very odd.
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England captain Ben Stokes ruled out for at least three months with torn hamstring
England captain Ben Stokes ruled out for at least three months with torn hamstring
* Men’s Test captain to undergo surgery in January
* England’s Test summer begins against Zimbabwe in May
Ben Stokes will undergo surgery in January and has been ruled out of action for at least three months with a torn hamstring.
The England men’s…
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2024 at 7:46 PM
England captain Ben Stokes ruled out for at least three months with torn hamstring
Time to listen to my favourite Xmas album: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ1P...
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
YouTube video by Twisted Sister - Topic
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December 24, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Time to listen to my favourite Xmas album: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ1P...
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Royal Wharf in the #RoyalDocks is more than a housing development - it’s a thriving community of 10,000 residents. It stands as a model for how large-scale developments can meet the need for housing while fostering vibrant, sustainable neighbourhoods.
royaldocks.london/articles/roy...
royaldocks.london/articles/roy...
December 23, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Royal Wharf in the #RoyalDocks is more than a housing development - it’s a thriving community of 10,000 residents. It stands as a model for how large-scale developments can meet the need for housing while fostering vibrant, sustainable neighbourhoods.
royaldocks.london/articles/roy...
royaldocks.london/articles/roy...
Kayden hates reading books (although we done it since year dot), but consumes so much knowledge from videos - YouTube.
He'll get some trigger on YT, and then open a Word document, create some random nonsense (to me) such as.
There's alternatives to libraries, for some, these days.
He'll get some trigger on YT, and then open a Word document, create some random nonsense (to me) such as.
There's alternatives to libraries, for some, these days.
December 10, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Kayden hates reading books (although we done it since year dot), but consumes so much knowledge from videos - YouTube.
He'll get some trigger on YT, and then open a Word document, create some random nonsense (to me) such as.
There's alternatives to libraries, for some, these days.
He'll get some trigger on YT, and then open a Word document, create some random nonsense (to me) such as.
There's alternatives to libraries, for some, these days.
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Fix SEN funding to avoid ‘absurd’ council deficits in England, IFS says
Fix SEN funding to avoid ‘absurd’ council deficits in England, IFS says
Thinktank calls on government to set a long-term vision for radical change
Council deficits in England could spiral to “absurd” levels in excess of £8bn in less than three years without radical reform of special educational needs funding, a leading…
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Fix SEN funding to avoid ‘absurd’ council deficits in England, IFS says
How about preventing them from getting sick, by giving them a flu jab & a covid jab when they attend for their booked appointment?
🔺NEW: Wes Streeting has ordered the NHS to prioritise emergency treatment for the sickest patients this winter, in an effort to prevent people dying avoidably in A&E corridors ⬇️
Treat the sickest and forget targets, Wes Streeting tells NHS
As the health service faces a winter crisis, the minister has told bosses to prioritise those in the greatest need, even if it makes overall waiting times longer
www.thetimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 6:56 PM
How about preventing them from getting sick, by giving them a flu jab & a covid jab when they attend for their booked appointment?
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Reeves: “these unnecessary barriers to trade are one of the things that will contribute to the deterioration of living standards and making it harder for British businesses to be competitive on the global stage.”
All true.
So what is Labour going to do about it?!
on.ft.com/4g5fUUL
All true.
So what is Labour going to do about it?!
on.ft.com/4g5fUUL
Reeves calls on EU to drop ‘unnecessary’ trade barriers with UK
Chancellor makes plea in first appearance at Euro finance meeting since Brexit
on.ft.com
December 9, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Reeves: “these unnecessary barriers to trade are one of the things that will contribute to the deterioration of living standards and making it harder for British businesses to be competitive on the global stage.”
All true.
So what is Labour going to do about it?!
on.ft.com/4g5fUUL
All true.
So what is Labour going to do about it?!
on.ft.com/4g5fUUL
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Not presumably the Whitehall machinery taking a bath to explain why the UK government hasn't said any more about EU relations since election. Purely political decision. Not the red lines either, this is about fleshing out a realistic joint action plan which has to involve more detail from the UK.
December 7, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Not presumably the Whitehall machinery taking a bath to explain why the UK government hasn't said any more about EU relations since election. Purely political decision. Not the red lines either, this is about fleshing out a realistic joint action plan which has to involve more detail from the UK.
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Nothing new here from the UK government with regard to EU relations, and nothing that the the EU is hoping to hear as it is just the same line as since July. If this is it for Rachel Reeves visit to Brussels will be seen as an opportunity lost. www.ft.com/content/5636...
Rachel Reeves to pledge ‘ambitious’ economic partnership with EU
UK chancellor will promise to fully honour post-Brexit deals in meeting with bloc’s finance ministers
www.ft.com
December 7, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Nothing new here from the UK government with regard to EU relations, and nothing that the the EU is hoping to hear as it is just the same line as since July. If this is it for Rachel Reeves visit to Brussels will be seen as an opportunity lost. www.ft.com/content/5636...
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As my social media twin says... bsky.app/profile/colu...
December 7, 2024 at 9:15 AM
As my social media twin says... bsky.app/profile/colu...
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Don't understand why my MP finds it necessary to join other MPs to discuss "closure of post offices".
He assured us before the election that Labour would bring banking back to the High Street - more banking hubs (such as PO counters), not just fighting to keep the ones there already.
He assured us before the election that Labour would bring banking back to the High Street - more banking hubs (such as PO counters), not just fighting to keep the ones there already.
November 20, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Don't understand why my MP finds it necessary to join other MPs to discuss "closure of post offices".
He assured us before the election that Labour would bring banking back to the High Street - more banking hubs (such as PO counters), not just fighting to keep the ones there already.
He assured us before the election that Labour would bring banking back to the High Street - more banking hubs (such as PO counters), not just fighting to keep the ones there already.
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Join BlueSky, they said. Honestly, it’s not a liberal echo chamber, they said. And it is pleasingly free of people determined to be unpleasant, they said….
December 7, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Join BlueSky, they said. Honestly, it’s not a liberal echo chamber, they said. And it is pleasingly free of people determined to be unpleasant, they said….