Steve Foote
@lazylefteye.bsky.social
Proud son of a nuclear test veteran. Enjoy making and playing stringed instruments, usually badly! But if you’re having fun you’re doing it right!
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We have been inundated with requests for the poem 'I wonder if they really knew' by April Quinlan, so we have added it as a free download to our website. You can download the PDF for free by following this link:
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I wonder if they really knew - Poem by April Quinlan | LABRATS
A digital PDF copy of the fantastic poem - 'I wonder if they really knew' by April Quinlan. April is the wife of Nuclear Test Veteran Terry Quinlan and presented this poem to Alan Owen at the All-Test...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We have been inundated with requests for the poem 'I wonder if they really knew' by April Quinlan, so we have added it as a free download to our website. You can download the PDF for free by following this link:
www.labrats.international/product-page...
www.labrats.international/product-page...
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Boris Johnson’s lack of leadership over the seriousness of Covid led to the first lockdown being introduced too late, which contributed to the loss of 23,000 lives, the official inquiry into his handling of the pandemic has concluded
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Boris Johnson's lack of leadership blamed for 23,000 Covid deaths
A scathing report by inquiry chair Baroness Hallett also criticises the Department of Health, led by the current Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald and the then minister Matt Hancock
inews.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Boris Johnson’s lack of leadership over the seriousness of Covid led to the first lockdown being introduced too late, which contributed to the loss of 23,000 lives, the official inquiry into his handling of the pandemic has concluded
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inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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These are Farage’s boats – we must not let him off the hook
We must bring Brexit into the equation
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We must bring Brexit into the equation
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These are Farage's boats – we must not let him off the hook
We must bring Brexit into the equation
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November 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
These are Farage’s boats – we must not let him off the hook
We must bring Brexit into the equation
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
We must bring Brexit into the equation
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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The NHS could be left with “huge holes” in its medical workforce if foreign doctors leave the health service, according to the medical regulator
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November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The NHS could be left with “huge holes” in its medical workforce if foreign doctors leave the health service, according to the medical regulator
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
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Brace yourself, Britain. What you’re about to read may come as a shock.
Free post:
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November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Brace yourself, Britain. What you’re about to read may come as a shock.
Free post:
open.substack.com/pub/fleetstr...
Free post:
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In response to the order by Trump for US to resume nuclear testing, the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, of which the Western Shoshone's Native Community Action Council are a member, will be at the gates of the Nevada National Security Site for an educational Peace Camp today November 21, 2025.
November 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
In response to the order by Trump for US to resume nuclear testing, the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, of which the Western Shoshone's Native Community Action Council are a member, will be at the gates of the Nevada National Security Site for an educational Peace Camp today November 21, 2025.
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This is a beautiful review of the ‘Radioactive patriarchy’ documentary: Women examine the impact of Soviet nuclear testing - Rebecca Hogue writing on the powerful documentary of Aigerim Seitenova theconversation.com/radioactive-...
‘Radioactive patriarchy’ documentary: Women examine the impact of Soviet nuclear testing
Over a 40-year period, up to 1989, the Soviet Union detonated 456 nuclear weapons in present-day Kazakhstan. A new documentary sees three generations of women speak about wounds and healing.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This is a beautiful review of the ‘Radioactive patriarchy’ documentary: Women examine the impact of Soviet nuclear testing - Rebecca Hogue writing on the powerful documentary of Aigerim Seitenova theconversation.com/radioactive-...
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House of Dynamite is having good effect at getting people thinking around the precariousness of global security with the nuclear weapons of mass destruction www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on a new nuclear age: great powers should not restock a house of dynamite | Editorial
Editorial: Donald Trump’s remarks on resuming nuclear testing have highlighted the risks. Proliferation must not be considered inevitable
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November 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
House of Dynamite is having good effect at getting people thinking around the precariousness of global security with the nuclear weapons of mass destruction www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite and please remember this - the ECHR is much more than a treaty. It’s a quiet promise - a shield against abuse of power, a lifeline for the vulnerable, a declaration of who we are as a nation
Labour’s plan risks weakening protections for all of us. Human rights are universal - politicians may not always find them politically convenient but it shouldn’t fall to any government to say who those rights should and should not apply to. It’s a slippery slope to oblivion youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...
The government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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November 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite and please remember this - the ECHR is much more than a treaty. It’s a quiet promise - a shield against abuse of power, a lifeline for the vulnerable, a declaration of who we are as a nation
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Why haven't you arranged a date yet Keir Starmer? Steve has to arrange special accommodation and travel arrangements due to his disability. We need plenty of notice to travel to meet you. No 10, we are ready to arrange it now.
November 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Why haven't you arranged a date yet Keir Starmer? Steve has to arrange special accommodation and travel arrangements due to his disability. We need plenty of notice to travel to meet you. No 10, we are ready to arrange it now.
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This is no way to treat our veterans Prime Minister.
It’s now over a month since PM agreed on BBCBreakfast to meet with the nuclear test veterans (having kept them waiting more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition) & still no date offered by his office
It’s now over a month since PM agreed on BBCBreakfast to meet with the nuclear test veterans (having kept them waiting more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition) & still no date offered by his office
These national heroes have now waited more than a year for a meeting with Keir Starmer to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition. They are now in their eighties and are dying waiting for justice. This is no way to treat veterans Prime Minister
youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...
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Video emerges of Deputy PM,Defence Secretary & other Ministers BACKING compensation for Nuclear Vets
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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November 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This is no way to treat our veterans Prime Minister.
It’s now over a month since PM agreed on BBCBreakfast to meet with the nuclear test veterans (having kept them waiting more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition) & still no date offered by his office
It’s now over a month since PM agreed on BBCBreakfast to meet with the nuclear test veterans (having kept them waiting more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition) & still no date offered by his office
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This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
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Don't forget, register for this fantastic webinar at 9 pm on Wednesday, 19th November. Listen to great talks and discussions.
www.labrats.international/post/holding...
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Holding the Memories - 19th Nov
Join us on the 19th of November at 9 pm in the UK for a fantastic free webinar entitled 'Holding the Memories'. The webinar will discuss the fight for Nuclear Archival Justice. It brings together affe...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Don't forget, register for this fantastic webinar at 9 pm on Wednesday, 19th November. Listen to great talks and discussions.
www.labrats.international/post/holding...
www.labrats.international/post/holding...
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Keir Starmer shamed as 10 million see video of Labour’s broken promises to our nuclear veterans
What’s it going to take Prime Minister? 20 million? 50? In opposition you shook the hands of these national heroes, I won’t let you shake them off now
www.mirror.co.uk/news/keir-st...
What’s it going to take Prime Minister? 20 million? 50? In opposition you shook the hands of these national heroes, I won’t let you shake them off now
www.mirror.co.uk/news/keir-st...
Keir Starmer shamed as 10m people see video of broken promises to nuke veterans
On Remembrance Day, more than 10m people have seen a viral video of Labour's broken promises to Britain's nuclear heroes
www.mirror.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Keir Starmer shamed as 10 million see video of Labour’s broken promises to our nuclear veterans
What’s it going to take Prime Minister? 20 million? 50? In opposition you shook the hands of these national heroes, I won’t let you shake them off now
www.mirror.co.uk/news/keir-st...
What’s it going to take Prime Minister? 20 million? 50? In opposition you shook the hands of these national heroes, I won’t let you shake them off now
www.mirror.co.uk/news/keir-st...
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This is no way to treat our veterans Prime Minister.
It’s now over a month since PM agreed on BBCBreakfast to meet with the nuclear test veterans (having kept them waiting more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition) & still no date offered by his office
It’s now over a month since PM agreed on BBCBreakfast to meet with the nuclear test veterans (having kept them waiting more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition) & still no date offered by his office
These national heroes have now waited more than a year for a meeting with Keir Starmer to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition. They are now in their eighties and are dying waiting for justice. This is no way to treat veterans Prime Minister
youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...
youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...
Video emerges of Deputy PM,Defence Secretary & other Ministers BACKING compensation for Nuclear Vets
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This is no way to treat our veterans Prime Minister.
It’s now over a month since PM agreed on BBCBreakfast to meet with the nuclear test veterans (having kept them waiting more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition) & still no date offered by his office
It’s now over a month since PM agreed on BBCBreakfast to meet with the nuclear test veterans (having kept them waiting more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition) & still no date offered by his office
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In Remembrance Week, we remember those who have not made it this far. Please watch this excellent account of NAVAD Day 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnk4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnk4...
05 National Atomic Veterans Awareness Day 2025
YouTube video by exposure magazine
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November 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
In Remembrance Week, we remember those who have not made it this far. Please watch this excellent account of NAVAD Day 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnk4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnk4...
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A very busy week to remember those who have not made it this far. A special blog on the anniversary of Grapple X.
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Grapple X Events
Today is the anniversary of Grapple X, on the 8th of November 1957. With a yield of 1.8 megatons, it was 140 times the size of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The bomb was dropped from Valiant XD824, p...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A very busy week to remember those who have not made it this far. A special blog on the anniversary of Grapple X.
www.labrats.international/post/grapple...
www.labrats.international/post/grapple...
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This week's blog features 'The Greatest Force on Earth Live' by Sascha Snow. Filmed as part of the Oral History project, it is now available to watch.
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THE GREATEST FORCE ON EARTH LIVE
The Oral History Project was an incredible success, the testimonies of the veterans will be held in perpetuity at the British Library for generations to listen to and understand how the testing progra...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This week's blog features 'The Greatest Force on Earth Live' by Sascha Snow. Filmed as part of the Oral History project, it is now available to watch.
www.labrats.international/post/the-gre...
www.labrats.international/post/the-gre...
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This will impact EVERYONE.
Combined with other anti-protest measures proposed like bans on face coverings, the Crime & Policing Bill will see the right to protest in the UK stripped to the bone.
Protest is fundamental to democracy. We must protect it.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/govern...
Combined with other anti-protest measures proposed like bans on face coverings, the Crime & Policing Bill will see the right to protest in the UK stripped to the bone.
Protest is fundamental to democracy. We must protect it.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/govern...
Government's repeat protest restrictions worse than feared - Liberty
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This will impact EVERYONE.
Combined with other anti-protest measures proposed like bans on face coverings, the Crime & Policing Bill will see the right to protest in the UK stripped to the bone.
Protest is fundamental to democracy. We must protect it.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/govern...
Combined with other anti-protest measures proposed like bans on face coverings, the Crime & Policing Bill will see the right to protest in the UK stripped to the bone.
Protest is fundamental to democracy. We must protect it.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/govern...
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This is no way to treat our veterans Prime Minister.
It’s now over a month since PM agreed on BBCBreakfast to meet with the nuclear test veterans (having kept them waiting more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition) & still no date offered by his office
It’s now over a month since PM agreed on BBCBreakfast to meet with the nuclear test veterans (having kept them waiting more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition) & still no date offered by his office
These national heroes have now waited more than a year for a meeting with Keir Starmer to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition. They are now in their eighties and are dying waiting for justice. This is no way to treat veterans Prime Minister
youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...
youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...
Video emerges of Deputy PM,Defence Secretary & other Ministers BACKING compensation for Nuclear Vets
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This is no way to treat our veterans Prime Minister.
It’s now over a month since PM agreed on BBCBreakfast to meet with the nuclear test veterans (having kept them waiting more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition) & still no date offered by his office
It’s now over a month since PM agreed on BBCBreakfast to meet with the nuclear test veterans (having kept them waiting more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition) & still no date offered by his office
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Today we've been to parliament again - supporting
@leahtalks.bsky.social and calls for an independent regulator to oversee public bodies involved in wrongdoing - like
@defencehq.bsky.social.
More here www.chinookjusticecampaign.co.uk/news/chinook...
@leahtalks.bsky.social and calls for an independent regulator to oversee public bodies involved in wrongdoing - like
@defencehq.bsky.social.
More here www.chinookjusticecampaign.co.uk/news/chinook...
Chinook families join calls for an independent regulator to oversee public bodies involved in wrongdoing | Chinook Justice Campaign
Poppy in memory of those who lost their lives on ZD576 outside Westminster Abbey - November 4th 2025
www.chinookjusticecampaign.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Today we've been to parliament again - supporting
@leahtalks.bsky.social and calls for an independent regulator to oversee public bodies involved in wrongdoing - like
@defencehq.bsky.social.
More here www.chinookjusticecampaign.co.uk/news/chinook...
@leahtalks.bsky.social and calls for an independent regulator to oversee public bodies involved in wrongdoing - like
@defencehq.bsky.social.
More here www.chinookjusticecampaign.co.uk/news/chinook...
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After 18 months, ministers have finally agreed to meet our families.
Last night, the PM confirmed ministers would meet us.
But we want @primeministeruk.bsky.social to join that meeting or else
@defencehq.bsky.social will be marking its homework again.
www.itv.com/news/meridia...
Last night, the PM confirmed ministers would meet us.
But we want @primeministeruk.bsky.social to join that meeting or else
@defencehq.bsky.social will be marking its homework again.
www.itv.com/news/meridia...
www.itv.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
After 18 months, ministers have finally agreed to meet our families.
Last night, the PM confirmed ministers would meet us.
But we want @primeministeruk.bsky.social to join that meeting or else
@defencehq.bsky.social will be marking its homework again.
www.itv.com/news/meridia...
Last night, the PM confirmed ministers would meet us.
But we want @primeministeruk.bsky.social to join that meeting or else
@defencehq.bsky.social will be marking its homework again.
www.itv.com/news/meridia...
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NHS dentists crisis sees surge in GoFundMe appeals from desperate people in pain
The British Dental Association brands it ‘Victorian’ that Brits having to beg for charity to pay for essential dentistry which should be available on the NHS
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The British Dental Association brands it ‘Victorian’ that Brits having to beg for charity to pay for essential dentistry which should be available on the NHS
www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
Huge surge in GoFundMe appeals as Brits desperate for proper dental care
The British Dental Association brands it ‘Victorian’ that Brits having to beg for charity to pay for essential dentistry which should be available on the NHS
www.mirror.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM
NHS dentists crisis sees surge in GoFundMe appeals from desperate people in pain
The British Dental Association brands it ‘Victorian’ that Brits having to beg for charity to pay for essential dentistry which should be available on the NHS
www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
The British Dental Association brands it ‘Victorian’ that Brits having to beg for charity to pay for essential dentistry which should be available on the NHS
www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...