Pam Thorn
@pamthorn.bsky.social
Retired priest, formerly social worker and teacher. Wife, mother, grandmother
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Wes Streeting has been accused of taking a “chaotic and incoherent approach” to reforming the NHS which makes it unlikely the government will hit its own targets, according to a damning report by the Institute for Government (IfG)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wes Streeting accused of ‘chaotic and incoherent approach’ to NHS reform
Exclusive: thinktank report finds health secretary has failed to improve productivity, with the health service unlikely to meet its targets
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Wes Streeting has been accused of taking a “chaotic and incoherent approach” to reforming the NHS which makes it unlikely the government will hit its own targets, according to a damning report by the Institute for Government (IfG)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child & even worse - these changes were introduced by the government without consultation, warning and no evidence base
🚨This is not what I expect from a Labour government
THESE SHOCKING cuts are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child - the Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Fund is a lifeline for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England
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THESE SHOCKING cuts are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child - the Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Fund is a lifeline for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England
youtu.be/7roDSM-GPBY?...
Devastating cuts for some of most vulnerable children in England is not what I expect from Labour
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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November 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child & even worse - these changes were introduced by the government without consultation, warning and no evidence base
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A white journalist at a white BBC has made what looks like a hit piece about a white writer charged with racism by a number of writers of colour. The twist? The BBC attacks the writers of colour.
Solidarity with all Black and Brown people fighting to be treated with dignity. Screw the racist BBC.
Solidarity with all Black and Brown people fighting to be treated with dignity. Screw the racist BBC.
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 AM
A white journalist at a white BBC has made what looks like a hit piece about a white writer charged with racism by a number of writers of colour. The twist? The BBC attacks the writers of colour.
Solidarity with all Black and Brown people fighting to be treated with dignity. Screw the racist BBC.
Solidarity with all Black and Brown people fighting to be treated with dignity. Screw the racist BBC.
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Happening today outside SEA LIFE London from 10.30am – join us! 🐧
October 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Happening today outside SEA LIFE London from 10.30am – join us! 🐧
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Finally. Something we can all see, but something without which western governments continue to hide behind weasel words - the UN finds Israel is committing a genocide. The entire law abiding western world now has a legal obligation to act. Having failed with only a moral one.
September 18, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Finally. Something we can all see, but something without which western governments continue to hide behind weasel words - the UN finds Israel is committing a genocide. The entire law abiding western world now has a legal obligation to act. Having failed with only a moral one.
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Trump’s heading to Scotland this weekend and wants the next Open at his Turnberry course. I just told The R&A: DO NOT give it to him :x: Will you join me too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
Don't allow Trump's Turnberry golf course to host The Open Championship
The Open Championship must not give in to the UK government's lobbying and allow Donald Trump to host one of the world's biggest, oldest and respected golf tournaments at any of the golf courses he ow...
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July 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Trump’s heading to Scotland this weekend and wants the next Open at his Turnberry course. I just told The R&A: DO NOT give it to him :x: Will you join me too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
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REVEALED: David Lammy placed the former UK president of the world’s biggest fossil fuel advertiser on the board of the foreign office after she gave him a £5000 donation: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/lammy-appo...
Lammy appointed Labour donor to plum foreign office role
Exclusive: Karen Blackett donated £5,000 to foreign secretary’s office last year. Now she’s been given a paid role as a non-executive director in his department.
democracyforsale.substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
REVEALED: David Lammy placed the former UK president of the world’s biggest fossil fuel advertiser on the board of the foreign office after she gave him a £5000 donation: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/lammy-appo...
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If we don't contest this full-frontal assault on our freedom, far worse will come.
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Palestine Action isn’t a danger to British democracy – but Yvette Cooper is | George Monbiot
The home secretary is apparently an admirer of the suffragettes. I have no doubt that if they were active today she would proscribe them, too, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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July 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
If we don't contest this full-frontal assault on our freedom, far worse will come.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Didn't Cooper receive £215,000 in donations from Zionist organisations last year? Just asking.
July 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Didn't Cooper receive £215,000 in donations from Zionist organisations last year? Just asking.
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So people go to serve with the IDF and come back to the uk with zero police action. No investigation. Others object to IDF war crimes and the law acts, arrests, prosecutes. Can someone explain this?
July 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
So people go to serve with the IDF and come back to the uk with zero police action. No investigation. Others object to IDF war crimes and the law acts, arrests, prosecutes. Can someone explain this?
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My own thoughts on why this govt has no idea what fairness is medium.com/@rupertgsdav...
The UK’s Welfare Bill shines a spotlight on how little we understand what “fairness” is.
Starmer’s Labour Party is facing serious trouble over its proposals to cut Personal Independence Payments (PIP) for disabled people. One in four Labour MPs have said they would vote against a bill…
medium.com
July 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
My own thoughts on why this govt has no idea what fairness is medium.com/@rupertgsdav...
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Thank you @richardburgon.bsky.social 👏
I am one of over 100 Labour MPs to have signed the Parliamentary Amendment to vote down the Disability Cuts Bill at next Tuesday's vote.
A Labour government exists to tackle poverty - not to force hundreds of thousands more disabled people into it.
A Labour government exists to tackle poverty - not to force hundreds of thousands more disabled people into it.
June 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Thank you @richardburgon.bsky.social 👏
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Labour pushes on with 'catastrophic' disability benefit cuts: 'The government is just not listening'
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Labour pushes on with 'catastrophic' disability benefit cuts
Labour has announced a Universal Credit and Personal Independence Bill, the next stage in making its disability benefit cuts law.
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June 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Labour pushes on with 'catastrophic' disability benefit cuts: 'The government is just not listening'
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Read this by Sheila Hancock on VE Day:
“Because I now deeply fear the dangerous signs of history repeating itself, I want everyone to remember that war is terrible. On VE Day 1945, the world was looking at the complete destruction of many cities, some by us.”
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“Because I now deeply fear the dangerous signs of history repeating itself, I want everyone to remember that war is terrible. On VE Day 1945, the world was looking at the complete destruction of many cities, some by us.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My VE Day was nothing like our image of it today. I hope we can honour what it really meant | Sheila Hancock
Our street party tea was a muted celebration, full of uncertainty. Then, as now, we faced a long struggle towards a better world, says actor and writer Sheila Hancock
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May 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Read this by Sheila Hancock on VE Day:
“Because I now deeply fear the dangerous signs of history repeating itself, I want everyone to remember that war is terrible. On VE Day 1945, the world was looking at the complete destruction of many cities, some by us.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“Because I now deeply fear the dangerous signs of history repeating itself, I want everyone to remember that war is terrible. On VE Day 1945, the world was looking at the complete destruction of many cities, some by us.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There’s a lot happening in the world rn
Stories like this are easy to miss
However, this planet is our home
This is a fire alarm going off
Can you hear it?
Stories like this are easy to miss
However, this planet is our home
This is a fire alarm going off
Can you hear it?
Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.
84% of the world's coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record
Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.
bit.ly
April 27, 2025 at 6:47 AM
There’s a lot happening in the world rn
Stories like this are easy to miss
However, this planet is our home
This is a fire alarm going off
Can you hear it?
Stories like this are easy to miss
However, this planet is our home
This is a fire alarm going off
Can you hear it?
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TRUMP HAS NOW DEPORTED MULTIPLE U.S. CITIZEN CHILDREN WITH CANCER
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Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer
Two families who had lived in the United States for years, including a child with cancer and a pregnant mother, were deported by ICE on Friday.
www.rollingstone.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
TRUMP HAS NOW DEPORTED MULTIPLE U.S. CITIZEN CHILDREN WITH CANCER
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Dear God
52 people including 50 CHILDREN have now died in Gaza due to severe malnutrition - they were starved to death.
- Gaza Ministry of Health
- Gaza Ministry of Health
April 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Dear God
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“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.
March 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.
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I wonder if we could hit 500 reposts of this post 👇. This is important 🚨
THIS IS SHOCKING - the financial links between MPs and the private healthcare sector. We have just completed research showing that...
MPs received more than £2.7m in donations from individuals and companies directly or indirectly connected to the private healthcare sector between 2023 and 2025 🚨
MPs received more than £2.7m in donations from individuals and companies directly or indirectly connected to the private healthcare sector between 2023 and 2025 🚨
March 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I wonder if we could hit 500 reposts of this post 👇. This is important 🚨
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On Friday, a whole mountain west of Glengarriff was burnt, with a wall of flames visible through the night for miles around.
It's pure ecocide, layered on top of ecocide (sheep), and it just beggars belief that this is still going on in the year 2025.
It's pure ecocide, layered on top of ecocide (sheep), and it just beggars belief that this is still going on in the year 2025.
March 2, 2025 at 6:05 AM
On Friday, a whole mountain west of Glengarriff was burnt, with a wall of flames visible through the night for miles around.
It's pure ecocide, layered on top of ecocide (sheep), and it just beggars belief that this is still going on in the year 2025.
It's pure ecocide, layered on top of ecocide (sheep), and it just beggars belief that this is still going on in the year 2025.
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The Labour Government have increased Defence spending - but at the cost of Overseas Direct Assistance - in the wake of USAID closure, this is a disaster for the world's poorest peoples.
February 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The Labour Government have increased Defence spending - but at the cost of Overseas Direct Assistance - in the wake of USAID closure, this is a disaster for the world's poorest peoples.
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Labour could use some green common sense ...
It is unbelievably counterproductive to fund increased defence spending by cutting aid to the most fragile countries, or by squeezing stretched departmental budgets. Why does the PM not fund this by increasing taxes on the most wealthy rather than further burdening the poorest?
February 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Labour could use some green common sense ...