Lesley Bourke
@marlon6.bsky.social
Cats, books, wildlife, and fairness.
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🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
Petition: Make the arts part of UK National Renewal | Campaign for the Arts
The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.
www.campaignforthearts.org
May 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
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"All the signs are that new UK government is going to make the most important decision of its term in office in the coming weeks.
Unfortunately, it looks very much as if it will make the wrong one."
Unfortunately, it looks very much as if it will make the wrong one."
If you tolerate this – then your country will be next
A UK-US trade deal may offer temporary relief from tariffs, but at what cost to Britain’s economy, food standards, and long-term EU relationships?
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 8:57 AM
"All the signs are that new UK government is going to make the most important decision of its term in office in the coming weeks.
Unfortunately, it looks very much as if it will make the wrong one."
Unfortunately, it looks very much as if it will make the wrong one."
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Labour and the EU, a Beckett play:
Lab: "We want a closer relationship with Europe"
EU: "How about this?"
Lab: "No, not like that."
EU: "How about this?"
Lab: "No, not like that."
EU: "OK....how about this?"
Lab: "No, not like that."
Continue to general election and...curtain(s)
Lab: "We want a closer relationship with Europe"
EU: "How about this?"
Lab: "No, not like that."
EU: "How about this?"
Lab: "No, not like that."
EU: "OK....how about this?"
Lab: "No, not like that."
Continue to general election and...curtain(s)
UK will not accept EU offer to join pan-European customs union ‘at present time’, minister says - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
UK will not accept EU offer to join pan-European customs union ‘at present time’, minister says – UK politics live
Housing minister shoots down idea floated by Maroš Šefčovič designed to help reset UK-EU discussions
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Labour and the EU, a Beckett play:
Lab: "We want a closer relationship with Europe"
EU: "How about this?"
Lab: "No, not like that."
EU: "How about this?"
Lab: "No, not like that."
EU: "OK....how about this?"
Lab: "No, not like that."
Continue to general election and...curtain(s)
Lab: "We want a closer relationship with Europe"
EU: "How about this?"
Lab: "No, not like that."
EU: "How about this?"
Lab: "No, not like that."
EU: "OK....how about this?"
Lab: "No, not like that."
Continue to general election and...curtain(s)
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Let’s be clear.
Donald Trump isn’t interested in a better world… he’s interested in a better world for Donald Trump.
The next four years will be about him settling scores and creating a world in his own image. The man doesn’t have an altruistic bone in his body.
Get ready for ugly!
Donald Trump isn’t interested in a better world… he’s interested in a better world for Donald Trump.
The next four years will be about him settling scores and creating a world in his own image. The man doesn’t have an altruistic bone in his body.
Get ready for ugly!
January 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Let’s be clear.
Donald Trump isn’t interested in a better world… he’s interested in a better world for Donald Trump.
The next four years will be about him settling scores and creating a world in his own image. The man doesn’t have an altruistic bone in his body.
Get ready for ugly!
Donald Trump isn’t interested in a better world… he’s interested in a better world for Donald Trump.
The next four years will be about him settling scores and creating a world in his own image. The man doesn’t have an altruistic bone in his body.
Get ready for ugly!
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French pupils denied entry to the UK by British officials due to a trivial post-Brexit form error. 🤦🏻♂️
Sad for those kids and so frustrating. Is this really what the UK voted for?
Sad for those kids and so frustrating. Is this really what the UK voted for?
Brexit strikes French school trip, blocking them from UK
A minor paperwork error left 100 French schoolchildren stranded, highlighting Brexit’s costly impact on UK tourism
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 6:12 PM
French pupils denied entry to the UK by British officials due to a trivial post-Brexit form error. 🤦🏻♂️
Sad for those kids and so frustrating. Is this really what the UK voted for?
Sad for those kids and so frustrating. Is this really what the UK voted for?
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Spending time online can leave you with a warped view of the world and that's a shame. Good people have always outnumbered bad people and things generally get better. Hold onto that x
January 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Spending time online can leave you with a warped view of the world and that's a shame. Good people have always outnumbered bad people and things generally get better. Hold onto that x
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This is important & necessary. I’d add only that a) It’s clear many of the political & media figures deliberately ignoring these facts are playing with the sort of fire we saw on our streets this summer & b) Laura Kuenssberg’s failure to point this out to Farage was an appalling dereliction of duty.
Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
January 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is important & necessary. I’d add only that a) It’s clear many of the political & media figures deliberately ignoring these facts are playing with the sort of fire we saw on our streets this summer & b) Laura Kuenssberg’s failure to point this out to Farage was an appalling dereliction of duty.
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Be careful everyone.
There’s an account impersonating @regaresearch.bsky.social
They are sending phishing DMs telling you that you have won a turntable. Don’t engage. I’ve reported and blocked.
There’s an account impersonating @regaresearch.bsky.social
They are sending phishing DMs telling you that you have won a turntable. Don’t engage. I’ve reported and blocked.
November 24, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Be careful everyone.
There’s an account impersonating @regaresearch.bsky.social
They are sending phishing DMs telling you that you have won a turntable. Don’t engage. I’ve reported and blocked.
There’s an account impersonating @regaresearch.bsky.social
They are sending phishing DMs telling you that you have won a turntable. Don’t engage. I’ve reported and blocked.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #789,237!
November 12, 2024 at 7:14 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #789,237!
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🚨Reform leader Nigel Farage believes two thirds of Brits would back joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the European Convention on Human Rights.
If you think he’s talking boll**** share this widely to let him know
youtu.be/HZjy4vb3img?...
If you think he’s talking boll**** share this widely to let him know
youtu.be/HZjy4vb3img?...
Nigel Farage believes two thirds of Brits would back joining Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
August 22, 2024 at 4:31 PM
🚨Reform leader Nigel Farage believes two thirds of Brits would back joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the European Convention on Human Rights.
If you think he’s talking boll**** share this widely to let him know
youtu.be/HZjy4vb3img?...
If you think he’s talking boll**** share this widely to let him know
youtu.be/HZjy4vb3img?...
@ragmo.bsky.social Hello and welcome 😁😁
October 12, 2023 at 8:47 PM
@ragmo.bsky.social Hello and welcome 😁😁
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Wearing a mask these days sure gets me a lot of people asking “are you sick?”
I wish there were a succinct (and non-argumentative) way of saying, “no, I’m just unusually dedicated to, you know… the opposite of that”
I wish there were a succinct (and non-argumentative) way of saying, “no, I’m just unusually dedicated to, you know… the opposite of that”
October 12, 2023 at 3:23 PM
Wearing a mask these days sure gets me a lot of people asking “are you sick?”
I wish there were a succinct (and non-argumentative) way of saying, “no, I’m just unusually dedicated to, you know… the opposite of that”
I wish there were a succinct (and non-argumentative) way of saying, “no, I’m just unusually dedicated to, you know… the opposite of that”
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Looking forward to our retail launch in WH Smith and Waitrose on 26 October. Please tell your friends to support us!
October 12, 2023 at 11:52 AM
Looking forward to our retail launch in WH Smith and Waitrose on 26 October. Please tell your friends to support us!