Annie
@originaltoady.bsky.social
I’m 65 in a fortnight sleeping on a sofa bed in my daughter’s new (to her) home, with tree and presents at foot of bed and 3yo grandsons helium dinosaur “Mr Rex” bopping my head. My son (visiting) has been given my guest room because he has flu, so is quarantined. #DuvetknowitsChristmas
December 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I’m 65 in a fortnight sleeping on a sofa bed in my daughter’s new (to her) home, with tree and presents at foot of bed and 3yo grandsons helium dinosaur “Mr Rex” bopping my head. My son (visiting) has been given my guest room because he has flu, so is quarantined. #DuvetknowitsChristmas
Here we go, then. Good Luck everyone. # StormEowyn.
January 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Here we go, then. Good Luck everyone. # StormEowyn.
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'Many of us...have a feeling that we are living in a country where fanatics, hooligans and eccentrics have got the upper hand.'
British Ambassador to Berlin, 1933.
British Ambassador to Berlin, 1933.
January 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
'Many of us...have a feeling that we are living in a country where fanatics, hooligans and eccentrics have got the upper hand.'
British Ambassador to Berlin, 1933.
British Ambassador to Berlin, 1933.
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Trump did not invite France’s Macron, the UK’s Starmer or Germany’s Scholz for the inauguration but instead invited those countries’ fascists Reconquest/Zemmour (France), the AfD/Weidel (Germany) and Reform/Farage (UK).
As a friend just said, it’s not an inauguration. It’s a rally.
As a friend just said, it’s not an inauguration. It’s a rally.
January 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Trump did not invite France’s Macron, the UK’s Starmer or Germany’s Scholz for the inauguration but instead invited those countries’ fascists Reconquest/Zemmour (France), the AfD/Weidel (Germany) and Reform/Farage (UK).
As a friend just said, it’s not an inauguration. It’s a rally.
As a friend just said, it’s not an inauguration. It’s a rally.
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Nigel Farage, who claims to represent the interests of "ordinary" working people, has just taken almost £200,000 from a gold bullion merchants in order to be their "brand ambassador"
January 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Nigel Farage, who claims to represent the interests of "ordinary" working people, has just taken almost £200,000 from a gold bullion merchants in order to be their "brand ambassador"
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How absurd is this situation?
BREAKING: Mitigating the Labour Government's two-child benefit cap in Scotland will cost £155 million in the first year, a new government report has found.
Full story to follow.
Full story to follow.
January 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
How absurd is this situation?
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Nigel Farage's latest register of MPs' interests shows he was in the US *again* in December, and was paid *£189,000* for four hours work promoting a gold bullion dealer.
January 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Nigel Farage's latest register of MPs' interests shows he was in the US *again* in December, and was paid *£189,000* for four hours work promoting a gold bullion dealer.
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Despite what politicians say, in my experience NHS patients aren’t bothered about ‘choosing their healthcare provider’. They just want their local NHS hospital to function properly. But guess who loves it? Private companies seeking to infiltrate the NHS🚨
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January 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Despite what politicians say, in my experience NHS patients aren’t bothered about ‘choosing their healthcare provider’. They just want their local NHS hospital to function properly. But guess who loves it? Private companies seeking to infiltrate the NHS🚨
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The Times has now, belatedly, after losing at IPSO, published a *second*, further correction of Matthew Parris's ignorant and bigoted article about people claiming disability benefits.
The original version is here: archive.ph/UIXn2
The original version is here: archive.ph/UIXn2
January 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The Times has now, belatedly, after losing at IPSO, published a *second*, further correction of Matthew Parris's ignorant and bigoted article about people claiming disability benefits.
The original version is here: archive.ph/UIXn2
The original version is here: archive.ph/UIXn2
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DWP official tells PAC hearing that it estimates that 45% of households in receipt of LHA had shortfall against their rent as of August 2024 [with rents currently rising at 8.7% a year and LHA rates frozen again from April 2025]
December 2, 2024 at 4:14 PM
DWP official tells PAC hearing that it estimates that 45% of households in receipt of LHA had shortfall against their rent as of August 2024 [with rents currently rising at 8.7% a year and LHA rates frozen again from April 2025]
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Not only has Brexit stripped away our freedoms, damaged our businesses and hiked prices for everyone...
...It's also costing a fortune.
...It's also costing a fortune.
Britain sets aside £10bn for future payments to EU – eight years after Brexit vote
Exclusive: To cover the continuing costs of Britain’s divorce from Europe, the government has accounted for £20.6bn in future payments for Brussels staff and diplomats’ pensions, as well as the UK’s…
buff.ly
December 2, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Not only has Brexit stripped away our freedoms, damaged our businesses and hiked prices for everyone...
...It's also costing a fortune.
...It's also costing a fortune.
Didn’t Labour persistently say they had fully costed plans ready to go throughout the election campaign? Including social care? #BBCLauraK
November 17, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Didn’t Labour persistently say they had fully costed plans ready to go throughout the election campaign? Including social care? #BBCLauraK