Olive Hill
@owa40.bsky.social
Retired. Likes walking and exercising, movies and grandkids. Not necessarily in that order.
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Do they understand how mad they sound? As if anyone has ever decided to cross the Channel in a small boat because, if they make it, they might get to take a free taxi to a doctor's appointment?
"Pull factors" on steroids.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Pull factors" on steroids.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 5, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Do they understand how mad they sound? As if anyone has ever decided to cross the Channel in a small boat because, if they make it, they might get to take a free taxi to a doctor's appointment?
"Pull factors" on steroids.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Pull factors" on steroids.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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The most disturbing thing about the winter fuel debacle is the chilling effect it'll have on any government which tries to think rationally about pensioner benefits and intergenerational fairness.
We really are in the Nanny State now. New writing from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
We really are in the Nanny State now. New writing from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
Winter Fuel: Proof that Britain has come an old folks' home with a government attached
Welcome to the real Nanny State
open.substack.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The most disturbing thing about the winter fuel debacle is the chilling effect it'll have on any government which tries to think rationally about pensioner benefits and intergenerational fairness.
We really are in the Nanny State now. New writing from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
We really are in the Nanny State now. New writing from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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After building a career pushing anti-vax views, Robert Kennedy said today (at his confirmation hearings) that all **his kids are vaccinated**. Don’t look at what he says (anti-vax is a lucrative position)- look at what he does.
January 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
After building a career pushing anti-vax views, Robert Kennedy said today (at his confirmation hearings) that all **his kids are vaccinated**. Don’t look at what he says (anti-vax is a lucrative position)- look at what he does.
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Who here is inclined to agree?
November 24, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Who here is inclined to agree?
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If the Matt Gaetz report exonerated him, he would not have resigned from Congress to avoid it.
November 16, 2024 at 5:12 PM
If the Matt Gaetz report exonerated him, he would not have resigned from Congress to avoid it.