Paul Kellagher
@paulkellagher.bsky.social
Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor and Canoe coach with a passionate interest in making adventure activities accessible for everyone. Mountain Training provider. Registered Social Worker. Experienced leader and Technical Expert in inclusive adventure.
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"You left Europe because you wanted less boats. You have more boats. You left Europe because you wanted more investment. You have less investment."
Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania on the UK's decision to leave the European Union.
Watch in full ➡️ bit.ly/4qkZnS0
Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania on the UK's decision to leave the European Union.
Watch in full ➡️ bit.ly/4qkZnS0
November 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"You left Europe because you wanted less boats. You have more boats. You left Europe because you wanted more investment. You have less investment."
Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania on the UK's decision to leave the European Union.
Watch in full ➡️ bit.ly/4qkZnS0
Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania on the UK's decision to leave the European Union.
Watch in full ➡️ bit.ly/4qkZnS0
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the National Trust said it’s an unprecedented year for acorns and I love this for him
October 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
the National Trust said it’s an unprecedented year for acorns and I love this for him
Banning phones in schools seems simple doesn’t it?
But it’s not. Like many of the challenges facing our young people it’s complicated and nuanced.
www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/202...
#DecisionMaking #Phones #Youth
#KidsTheseDays
But it’s not. Like many of the challenges facing our young people it’s complicated and nuanced.
www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/202...
#DecisionMaking #Phones #Youth
#KidsTheseDays
Sorry, Wrong Numbers: Early Stats Don't Support School Cellphone Bans
Increasingly banned at school.
Photo By: Kaboompics.com
Cellphone bans in schools are all the rage. Recently, New York became the fourth state to embark on one, as part of a budget deal
www.realclearinvestigations.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Banning phones in schools seems simple doesn’t it?
But it’s not. Like many of the challenges facing our young people it’s complicated and nuanced.
www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/202...
#DecisionMaking #Phones #Youth
#KidsTheseDays
But it’s not. Like many of the challenges facing our young people it’s complicated and nuanced.
www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/202...
#DecisionMaking #Phones #Youth
#KidsTheseDays
@uklabourparty.bsky.social under the leadership of Starmer continues to follow the same failed Tory mantra of austerity and attacking the most vulnerable in society. Another proposal to cut disability support by Reeves. Meanwhile corporate profits soar
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Chancellor says she ‘can’t leave welfare untouched’ this parliament as budget looms
Rachel Reeves understood to be eyeing cuts to Motability scheme as she tries to plug hole in country’s finances
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
@uklabourparty.bsky.social under the leadership of Starmer continues to follow the same failed Tory mantra of austerity and attacking the most vulnerable in society. Another proposal to cut disability support by Reeves. Meanwhile corporate profits soar
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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How austerity hit young people.
In the decade after 2010 councils’ funding for youth services in England and Wales suffered a real-terms cut of 70%.
By 2023, 1,200 publicly run youth centres closed.
Young people abandoned to fund tax cuts for corporations the rich.
In the decade after 2010 councils’ funding for youth services in England and Wales suffered a real-terms cut of 70%.
By 2023, 1,200 publicly run youth centres closed.
Young people abandoned to fund tax cuts for corporations the rich.
Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris
These vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social division, polarisation and loneliness, says Guardia...
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:33 AM
How austerity hit young people.
In the decade after 2010 councils’ funding for youth services in England and Wales suffered a real-terms cut of 70%.
By 2023, 1,200 publicly run youth centres closed.
Young people abandoned to fund tax cuts for corporations the rich.
In the decade after 2010 councils’ funding for youth services in England and Wales suffered a real-terms cut of 70%.
By 2023, 1,200 publicly run youth centres closed.
Young people abandoned to fund tax cuts for corporations the rich.
Emily Maitlis asking some really important questions about Starmers judgement
"Starmer now faces grim questions about women vs men in public life, rich vs poor, council flat vs diplomat."
Angela Rayner was dropped over a 40k tax bill - will our US ambassador who maintained ties with a convicted paedophile face the same fate?
@maitlis.bsky.social
Angela Rayner was dropped over a 40k tax bill - will our US ambassador who maintained ties with a convicted paedophile face the same fate?
@maitlis.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Emily Maitlis asking some really important questions about Starmers judgement
Out West. Donegal bay from my kayak #wildatlanticway
August 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Out West. Donegal bay from my kayak #wildatlanticway
Sunset on Lough Erne eclipsed behind the round tower of Devenish monastery #Fermanaghlakelands
August 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Sunset on Lough Erne eclipsed behind the round tower of Devenish monastery #Fermanaghlakelands
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Israel's engineered famine in Gaza is only the latest episode in a long and dark history, from Ireland to north America, of colonial regimes using enforced starvation as a weapon of war against Indigenous peoples, to drive them out and steal their lands.
theconversation.com/the-dark-his...
theconversation.com/the-dark-his...
theconversation.com
August 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Israel's engineered famine in Gaza is only the latest episode in a long and dark history, from Ireland to north America, of colonial regimes using enforced starvation as a weapon of war against Indigenous peoples, to drive them out and steal their lands.
theconversation.com/the-dark-his...
theconversation.com/the-dark-his...
Ever shifting light mirrored in wet sand. #wildatlanticway
August 8, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Ever shifting light mirrored in wet sand. #wildatlanticway
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Amazed it took 40 years to reach this conclusion. It was obvious in the 80s, if you bothered to look.
Thatcher used the working-classes' own money to bribe them into voting to destroy their futures, and the Tories have been worshipping her for it ever since.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Thatcher used the working-classes' own money to bribe them into voting to destroy their futures, and the Tories have been worshipping her for it ever since.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Right to buy in England ‘fuelled housing crisis and cost taxpayers £200bn’
Common Wealth report calls discounted sales of council homes one of the ‘largest giveaways in UK history’
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Amazed it took 40 years to reach this conclusion. It was obvious in the 80s, if you bothered to look.
Thatcher used the working-classes' own money to bribe them into voting to destroy their futures, and the Tories have been worshipping her for it ever since.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Thatcher used the working-classes' own money to bribe them into voting to destroy their futures, and the Tories have been worshipping her for it ever since.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The state we are in.
24m Britons, 36% of the population, live below minimum socially acceptable living standard.
Wealth systematically transferred to the rich - 1% have more than 70% of the population combined.
Can't rebuild without improving spending power of the bottom 50% of population.
24m Britons, 36% of the population, live below minimum socially acceptable living standard.
Wealth systematically transferred to the rich - 1% have more than 70% of the population combined.
Can't rebuild without improving spending power of the bottom 50% of population.
New report shows 24 million people in the UK are below minimum socially acceptable living standards
New research reveals a sharp rise in the number of individuals in the UK living in households with incomes below the Minimum Income Standard (MIS).
www.lboro.ac.uk
August 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The state we are in.
24m Britons, 36% of the population, live below minimum socially acceptable living standard.
Wealth systematically transferred to the rich - 1% have more than 70% of the population combined.
Can't rebuild without improving spending power of the bottom 50% of population.
24m Britons, 36% of the population, live below minimum socially acceptable living standard.
Wealth systematically transferred to the rich - 1% have more than 70% of the population combined.
Can't rebuild without improving spending power of the bottom 50% of population.
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The average EU govt spending on social welfare is 19.2% of GDP, ranging from 8.1% to 25.7%.
The UK spends 10.6% yet govts constantly cut benefits and right wing media says welfare is unaffordable.
Taxing the rich is off the political agenda.
ec.europa.eu/eurostat/sta...
The UK spends 10.6% yet govts constantly cut benefits and right wing media says welfare is unaffordable.
Taxing the rich is off the political agenda.
ec.europa.eu/eurostat/sta...
Government expenditure on social protection
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ec.europa.eu
July 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The average EU govt spending on social welfare is 19.2% of GDP, ranging from 8.1% to 25.7%.
The UK spends 10.6% yet govts constantly cut benefits and right wing media says welfare is unaffordable.
Taxing the rich is off the political agenda.
ec.europa.eu/eurostat/sta...
The UK spends 10.6% yet govts constantly cut benefits and right wing media says welfare is unaffordable.
Taxing the rich is off the political agenda.
ec.europa.eu/eurostat/sta...
How Democracy dies in plain sight
July 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
How Democracy dies in plain sight
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Where even food is a weapon of war bit.ly/46nbiqX
Starvation and despair in Gaza: ‘Aid is just another injustice’
Israel’s delivery of is aid criticised as Palestinians grapple for food — and, even for those with money, vendors have nothing to sell thanks to looting
bit.ly
July 22, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Where even food is a weapon of war bit.ly/46nbiqX
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Stop selling arms to Israel then.
July 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Stop selling arms to Israel then.
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We have repeatedly warned that getting these reforms wrong will backfire considerably, leading to poorer living standards and quality of life. In turn, worsening health and social outcomes will only risk further excluding people from work and participating in society.
July 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We have repeatedly warned that getting these reforms wrong will backfire considerably, leading to poorer living standards and quality of life. In turn, worsening health and social outcomes will only risk further excluding people from work and participating in society.
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We now strongly urge the government to stand by their pledge to undertake genuine and meaningful dialogue with disabled people on the review of PIP, where reform is centred on the rights and dignity that all disabled people deserve.
July 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We now strongly urge the government to stand by their pledge to undertake genuine and meaningful dialogue with disabled people on the review of PIP, where reform is centred on the rights and dignity that all disabled people deserve.
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While elements of the Bill, such as the uplift to basic rate of UC & removing cuts to PiP, will protect people from hardship, the overall impact of this legislation will do more harm than good.
It is disappointing that the government still felt it necessary to push it through.
It is disappointing that the government still felt it necessary to push it through.
July 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
While elements of the Bill, such as the uplift to basic rate of UC & removing cuts to PiP, will protect people from hardship, the overall impact of this legislation will do more harm than good.
It is disappointing that the government still felt it necessary to push it through.
It is disappointing that the government still felt it necessary to push it through.
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Children in England ‘living in almost Dickensian levels of poverty’.
Not enough water to wash, a bed, decent food, rats biting through walls, mouldy rooms.
Result of years of real wage/benefit cuts.
4.5m children live in poverty due to political choices.
Govt can end two child benefit cap.
Not enough water to wash, a bed, decent food, rats biting through walls, mouldy rooms.
Result of years of real wage/benefit cuts.
4.5m children live in poverty due to political choices.
Govt can end two child benefit cap.
‘Full of rats’: Children facing almost-Dickensian levels of poverty
A report from the Children’s Commissioner noted a range of concerns, including living in cramped and poor conditions
www.independent.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Children in England ‘living in almost Dickensian levels of poverty’.
Not enough water to wash, a bed, decent food, rats biting through walls, mouldy rooms.
Result of years of real wage/benefit cuts.
4.5m children live in poverty due to political choices.
Govt can end two child benefit cap.
Not enough water to wash, a bed, decent food, rats biting through walls, mouldy rooms.
Result of years of real wage/benefit cuts.
4.5m children live in poverty due to political choices.
Govt can end two child benefit cap.
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The world we know was built on mass killings, weaponised disease, sexual violence, cultural erasure, and slavery.
And genocide *always* went hand-in-hand with ecocide.
You won't understand what's happening globally today if you don't understand these basic facts.
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And genocide *always* went hand-in-hand with ecocide.
You won't understand what's happening globally today if you don't understand these basic facts.
share.google/QBvjiWN6GEKR...
Inquiry finds British committed genocide on Indigenous Australians
It is the country's first formal "truth-telling" inquiry that ran for four years from 2021.
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July 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The world we know was built on mass killings, weaponised disease, sexual violence, cultural erasure, and slavery.
And genocide *always* went hand-in-hand with ecocide.
You won't understand what's happening globally today if you don't understand these basic facts.
share.google/QBvjiWN6GEKR...
And genocide *always* went hand-in-hand with ecocide.
You won't understand what's happening globally today if you don't understand these basic facts.
share.google/QBvjiWN6GEKR...