LyndaM
@lyndamarshall.bsky.social
Try to be kind but be accountable. Labour. European. Artist/sculptor/curator,retired Librarian/Teacher, Mudlarker. Archeology. Politics is my soap opera. I love my dog. Northern. Enthusiasts and experts are my jam.
Reposted by LyndaM
Amazing. NYT has more confirmation that Trump's decision to bomb Iran was motivated in large part by the way the Israeli strikes were "playing" on Fox News, which drove him to want credit for it
June 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Amazing. NYT has more confirmation that Trump's decision to bomb Iran was motivated in large part by the way the Israeli strikes were "playing" on Fox News, which drove him to want credit for it
Reposted by LyndaM
Starmer confirms in PMQs that the government will be looking at “the threshold” on winter fuel payments “as part of the next fiscal event.”
May 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Starmer confirms in PMQs that the government will be looking at “the threshold” on winter fuel payments “as part of the next fiscal event.”
Reposted by LyndaM
The Brexit mood music has changed. You can’t wang on about sovereignty and fish any more and expect people to care. Trade deals aren’t massively convincing either. People just don’t want hassle and higher bills. That’s all Brexit actually delivered. We’re very tired of the failure.
(Letters, Times)
(Letters, Times)
May 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The Brexit mood music has changed. You can’t wang on about sovereignty and fish any more and expect people to care. Trade deals aren’t massively convincing either. People just don’t want hassle and higher bills. That’s all Brexit actually delivered. We’re very tired of the failure.
(Letters, Times)
(Letters, Times)
Reposted by LyndaM
Baby boomers, like me, didn't have material trinkets but we had hope, a free education, secure employment and affordable housing.
Generation Z have none of these, little wonder they suffer from anxiety and depression.
Generation Z have none of these, little wonder they suffer from anxiety and depression.
March 19, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Baby boomers, like me, didn't have material trinkets but we had hope, a free education, secure employment and affordable housing.
Generation Z have none of these, little wonder they suffer from anxiety and depression.
Generation Z have none of these, little wonder they suffer from anxiety and depression.
Oh hello Andrew Neill? Can’t have been a midlife crisis (too
old) so have you been held hostage, in a coma, a symptom of Long Covid?
old) so have you been held hostage, in a coma, a symptom of Long Covid?
Although in our defence, there really were very few clues that he was like this.
March 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Oh hello Andrew Neill? Can’t have been a midlife crisis (too
old) so have you been held hostage, in a coma, a symptom of Long Covid?
old) so have you been held hostage, in a coma, a symptom of Long Covid?
I really want Bluesky to work for me and I get I curated my Twitter feed over years BUT BS seems so slow for me, behind news time often - any clues on getting the algorithm working better?
March 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I really want Bluesky to work for me and I get I curated my Twitter feed over years BUT BS seems so slow for me, behind news time often - any clues on getting the algorithm working better?
Reposted by LyndaM
Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
Reposted by LyndaM
To be clear, I believe that the US should be thanking Zelenskyy and Ukraine for standing up and defending freedom. They’re the ones bearing this burden in lives and disruption. It’s only the small and insecure who think they should be thanking us.
February 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
To be clear, I believe that the US should be thanking Zelenskyy and Ukraine for standing up and defending freedom. They’re the ones bearing this burden in lives and disruption. It’s only the small and insecure who think they should be thanking us.
Reposted by LyndaM
No-one could imagine Trump speaking to Putin like that. Which is one of the reasons that just happened.
February 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
No-one could imagine Trump speaking to Putin like that. Which is one of the reasons that just happened.
Bloody hell - stooges or overtired toddlers ? so worrying ( but fully expected) #whitehouse #Trump #vance #ukraine
February 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Bloody hell - stooges or overtired toddlers ? so worrying ( but fully expected) #whitehouse #Trump #vance #ukraine
yes
Every news channel has been saying all day the Tate brothers' history is one of misogyny, their return is shady, and the effect on victims traumatic.
AND YET... all of them are standing by to livecast any remark the Tates care to make after landing, live and in full.
You are part of the problem.
AND YET... all of them are standing by to livecast any remark the Tates care to make after landing, live and in full.
You are part of the problem.
misogyny.deal
February 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
yes
Reposted by LyndaM
Merz just said on German TV that the primary priority of his government will be to ensure that Europe can achieve full strategic independence from the United States in the defence against Russia.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.
February 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Merz just said on German TV that the primary priority of his government will be to ensure that Europe can achieve full strategic independence from the United States in the defence against Russia.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.
Reposted by LyndaM
President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.
February 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.
Reposted by LyndaM
Ooooops. Another big Trump, Kennedy and Musk screw-up...
USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them..
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them..
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Ooooops. Another big Trump, Kennedy and Musk screw-up...
USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them..
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them..
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
Reposted by LyndaM
A Trump shill on Newsnight claims there are more people in prison in UK jails for freedom of speech violations than in Putin’s Russia.
These people are radicalised, insane, plain stupid or some combination of all three.
These people are radicalised, insane, plain stupid or some combination of all three.
February 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A Trump shill on Newsnight claims there are more people in prison in UK jails for freedom of speech violations than in Putin’s Russia.
These people are radicalised, insane, plain stupid or some combination of all three.
These people are radicalised, insane, plain stupid or some combination of all three.
Reposted by LyndaM
A modest claim from a party that couldn't fix potholes or train dentists.
Kemi Badenoch says “our country and all of Western civilisation will be lost” if the Conservatives don’t return to government.
February 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A modest claim from a party that couldn't fix potholes or train dentists.
Reposted by LyndaM
A welcome antidote to the xenophobic nonsense about "low-wage" migrant workers that floods the opinion pages of the Telegraph and Times.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In an NHS ward I saw how Britain relies on immigrants. Yet still we tell them they’re not wanted | John Harris
My dad’s journey through the health and social care systems proves what politicians secretly know: we’ll be lost if they succeed in ‘sending them home’, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A welcome antidote to the xenophobic nonsense about "low-wage" migrant workers that floods the opinion pages of the Telegraph and Times.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by LyndaM
It won't capture the headlines but Labour has met its pledge for 2m extra hospital appointments.
A close relation is having cataracts treated 5 days after diagnosis.
Unsexy but important stuff.
A close relation is having cataracts treated 5 days after diagnosis.
Unsexy but important stuff.
February 17, 2025 at 7:16 AM
It won't capture the headlines but Labour has met its pledge for 2m extra hospital appointments.
A close relation is having cataracts treated 5 days after diagnosis.
Unsexy but important stuff.
A close relation is having cataracts treated 5 days after diagnosis.
Unsexy but important stuff.
Reposted by LyndaM
John Major is on R4 now being very critical of the Trump administration, which he calls very different to any US presidency he has seen. Major says JD Vance's speech in Munich was "not statesmanship" and it is odd to lecture about free speech while "cuddling Mr Putin".
February 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
John Major is on R4 now being very critical of the Trump administration, which he calls very different to any US presidency he has seen. Major says JD Vance's speech in Munich was "not statesmanship" and it is odd to lecture about free speech while "cuddling Mr Putin".
Reposted by LyndaM
In this new world, if you're not around the table, you're on the menu.
If China, Russia, US are allowed to decide Europe's future, our future won't be ours.
European leaders...lead!
on.ft.com/3CQFzlI
If China, Russia, US are allowed to decide Europe's future, our future won't be ours.
European leaders...lead!
on.ft.com/3CQFzlI
Who will defend Europe?
Caught between an aggressive Russia and a disengaging America, the continent’s western democracies must now rearm — or pay the price
on.ft.com
February 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
In this new world, if you're not around the table, you're on the menu.
If China, Russia, US are allowed to decide Europe's future, our future won't be ours.
European leaders...lead!
on.ft.com/3CQFzlI
If China, Russia, US are allowed to decide Europe's future, our future won't be ours.
European leaders...lead!
on.ft.com/3CQFzlI
‘Sweet moderation, heart of this Nation’ I loved this album but it’s beginning to look like we have bigger asks than just ‘a living wage, cradle to grave’ of our Government now in the face of the Global pressure.
February 15, 2025 at 8:41 AM
‘Sweet moderation, heart of this Nation’ I loved this album but it’s beginning to look like we have bigger asks than just ‘a living wage, cradle to grave’ of our Government now in the face of the Global pressure.
Reposted by LyndaM
It's like we all live at Four Seasons Total Landscaping now.
February 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It's like we all live at Four Seasons Total Landscaping now.
Reposted by LyndaM
It's been a long time since Private Eye's satire has made me audibly wince, but this is so to the point if it were a knife people would demand it be banned.
February 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
It's been a long time since Private Eye's satire has made me audibly wince, but this is so to the point if it were a knife people would demand it be banned.
With everything going on and what seems to be a brewing concerted effort to influence our Country the #BBC needs to finance, hire and up its news and investigative game. Except influence has been happening at BBC too?
February 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
With everything going on and what seems to be a brewing concerted effort to influence our Country the #BBC needs to finance, hire and up its news and investigative game. Except influence has been happening at BBC too?