Lesley B
@lesleybraith.bsky.social
Retired therapist. Love life, family and cat. Left wing, pro humanity and kindness. Keen to maintain my sense of humour and joy despite the world going mad.
Interested in age and ageing - read my blog lesleyonage.blogspot.com and get in touch
Interested in age and ageing - read my blog lesleyonage.blogspot.com and get in touch
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come for a walk with me
Come for a Walk With Me
YouTube video by Michael Spicer
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November 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
come for a walk with me
Such a good evening seeing @watsoncomedian.bsky.social at the Cheese and Grain tonight - fantastic, funny, engaging show from Mark - thank you! (despite GWR’s best efforts!)
November 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Such a good evening seeing @watsoncomedian.bsky.social at the Cheese and Grain tonight - fantastic, funny, engaging show from Mark - thank you! (despite GWR’s best efforts!)
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Greens Organise co-chair, the brilliant Steve Jackson with a passionate pitch to socialists.
Greens Organise is here to transform the Green Party of England & Wales into a mass party of the left.
If you’re interested in base building, cadre building or community organising - join us.
If you’re interested in base building, cadre building or community organising - join us.
October 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Greens Organise co-chair, the brilliant Steve Jackson with a passionate pitch to socialists.
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This country is awash with money. The very rich are rich beyond imagination. So when Starmer wants to stay within his arbitrary fiscal rules, who does he decide to take money from? The very rich? No, from people with disabilities who depend on benefits for the bare minimum of a decent life.
March 18, 2025 at 6:36 AM
This country is awash with money. The very rich are rich beyond imagination. So when Starmer wants to stay within his arbitrary fiscal rules, who does he decide to take money from? The very rich? No, from people with disabilities who depend on benefits for the bare minimum of a decent life.
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Denying refugees citizenship simply on the grounds that they arrived here “illegally” on small boats *when there are no legal routes* for most to use takes cynicism to new heights. If Govt thinks such performative cruelty will see off Reform, they’re wrong - it’s more likely to strengthen it
February 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Denying refugees citizenship simply on the grounds that they arrived here “illegally” on small boats *when there are no legal routes* for most to use takes cynicism to new heights. If Govt thinks such performative cruelty will see off Reform, they’re wrong - it’s more likely to strengthen it
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🔴Keir Starmer's Reform-Lite Strategy Reaches Breaking Point
The Government's attempt to mimic the anti-migrant, anti-refugee politics of Nigel Farage is a recipe for moral degradation and defeat
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/keir-starm...
The Government's attempt to mimic the anti-migrant, anti-refugee politics of Nigel Farage is a recipe for moral degradation and defeat
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/keir-starm...
Keir Starmer's Reform-Lite Strategy Reaches Breaking Point
The Government's attempt to mimic the anti-migrant, anti-refugee politics of Nigel Farage is a recipe for moral degradation and defeat
www.adambienkov.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🔴Keir Starmer's Reform-Lite Strategy Reaches Breaking Point
The Government's attempt to mimic the anti-migrant, anti-refugee politics of Nigel Farage is a recipe for moral degradation and defeat
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/keir-starm...
The Government's attempt to mimic the anti-migrant, anti-refugee politics of Nigel Farage is a recipe for moral degradation and defeat
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/keir-starm...
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Day 43 of #365DaysOfSmiles
Patient penguin
Patient penguin
February 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Day 43 of #365DaysOfSmiles
Patient penguin
Patient penguin
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With Labour showing a low opinion of the electorate and misunderstanding that many want control and compassion not cruelty…
It’s time to return to an article from @anandmenon.bsky.social and @jdportes.bsky.social from the time of the riots last summer on how to address the immigration issue
It’s time to return to an article from @anandmenon.bsky.social and @jdportes.bsky.social from the time of the riots last summer on how to address the immigration issue
Enough of ‘stop the boats’ – this is how to address the immigration issue
The riots, while profoundly depressing, reveal some uncomfortable things about UK society – here’s how we tackle them, write professors Anand Menon and Jonathan Portes
www.independent.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
With Labour showing a low opinion of the electorate and misunderstanding that many want control and compassion not cruelty…
It’s time to return to an article from @anandmenon.bsky.social and @jdportes.bsky.social from the time of the riots last summer on how to address the immigration issue
It’s time to return to an article from @anandmenon.bsky.social and @jdportes.bsky.social from the time of the riots last summer on how to address the immigration issue
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This woman knows what she's talking about, get her elected.
January 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This woman knows what she's talking about, get her elected.
So good, so right, so true
Every. Single. Word. Brutal and very honest stuff by the brilliant @zoejardiniere.bsky.social.
The time has come to start assessing the skills of refugees, see them as a valuable resource, get them contributing, the constant vilification is simply wrong.
youtu.be/JUYqV1AnDVA?...
The time has come to start assessing the skills of refugees, see them as a valuable resource, get them contributing, the constant vilification is simply wrong.
youtu.be/JUYqV1AnDVA?...
DEPORTATIONS: What are they good for?
YouTube video by Zoe Gardner
youtu.be
December 15, 2024 at 10:38 AM
So good, so right, so true
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Syria: There is hope and this is what it looks like iandunt.substack.com/p/syria-ther...
December 13, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Syria: There is hope and this is what it looks like iandunt.substack.com/p/syria-ther...
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says the public want to leave the ECHR
Let him know he’s wrong by sharing this widely
Let him know he’s wrong by sharing this widely
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says
“We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants”
Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY
“We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants”
Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says public want to leave the ECHR - let’s put the record straight
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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December 6, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says the public want to leave the ECHR
Let him know he’s wrong by sharing this widely
Let him know he’s wrong by sharing this widely
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Step one completed - adopt a cat…
Meet Marmite
Meet Marmite
December 3, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Step one completed - adopt a cat…
Meet Marmite
Meet Marmite