Steve Hughes
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Steve Hughes
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@adamthomaswalton.bsky.social looking forward to this tonight bankvault.cymru/event/garlle... hope the show goes well, will catch up later
Garlleg – N’Famady Kouyate, Berian, DREY, Jack Bagshaw – The Bank Vault
bankvault.cymru
August 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Winter Sun, by Stuart Moxham
11 track album
moxham.bandcamp.com
August 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Monday's i: Charge VAT on private health schemes to fund NHS, Kinnock tells Reeves
#TomorrowsPapersToday
August 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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This morning my weather app said 'clouds'. I said 'yes'.

#photography #NaturePhotography #landscape #stumpylake
August 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
@gidcoe.bsky.social @marcrileydj.bsky.social Stuart Moxham from Young Marble Giants has new tracks out and they're great!
moxham.bandcamp.com/album/winter...
Winter Sun, by Stuart Moxham
11 track album
moxham.bandcamp.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
How are you voting @catherinefookesmp.bsky.social ?
I am hearing from constituents who are still desperately concerned about the Welfare Bill, and what it will mean not only for their future but for young people as well. I will be voting against this cruel bill - please encourage your local MP to do the same.
July 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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I am hearing from constituents who are still desperately concerned about the Welfare Bill, and what it will mean not only for their future but for young people as well. I will be voting against this cruel bill - please encourage your local MP to do the same.
June 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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"I am one of several disabled MPs, and not once did anyone from the Cabinet or No 10 reach out to me."

✍️ Labour MP @emmalewellmp.bsky.social on why she will vote against the government's Welfare Bill
I will vote against the Welfare Bill - I don’t want anyone to feel the regret I've had since 2015
I remember walking through the voting lobby in 2015 to vote in favour of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill.
www.politicshome.com
June 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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"Where are we now with this welfare reform bill, will it pass, do you think?"

Labour MP Brian Leishman: "I hope not"
June 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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According to multiple sources this afternoon, in Parliament, Liz Kendall will announce ‘concessions’ on the welfare bill.

Do not clap.

These aren’t concessions.

This isn’t compassion.

It’s a PR fudge to mask cuts that will devastate lives.

#DisabilityRights #TakingThePIP
June 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Jeez. The government hopes the reduction of 100,000 people forced into poverty - down from 250,000 under Keir Starmer’s original plans - will be enough to persuade Labour MPs to vote for the revised welfare bill on Tuesday.

You heard that correctly!

news.sky.com/story/extra-...
Extra 150,000 people will still be forced into poverty despite welfare U-turn
The government hopes the reduction of 100,000 people - down from 250,000 under the original plans - will be enough to persuade Labour MPs to vote for the revised welfare bill on Tuesday.
news.sky.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Labour has improved its welfare bill. I still won’t be voting for it | Peter Lamb
Labour has improved its welfare bill. I still won’t be voting for it | Peter Lamb
The government’s concessions would still leave thousands in distress. I can see a better way – and I urge No 10 to finally listen, says Labour MP Peter Lamb
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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#AmnestyInternational UK called the revisions to the welfare bill “nothing more than a superficial attempt to get MPs to vote through this cruel and harmful legislation”.

#PIP #BenefitCuts #HumanRights

www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Disability benefit cuts violate human rights even with concessions, MPs warned
MPs are being urged to reject the government's disability benefit cuts ahead of a vote on Tuesday (1 July).
www.bigissue.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Key architect of the welfare rebellion Debbie Abrahams tells ITV News the concessions still don't go far enough

'We implore the government to think again', she said

Abrahams says she'll vote against the bill or abstain unless there are further changes
June 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Labour MP Nadia Whittome, "We don't want to be voting against this Welfare Bill, we want the government to pull it"

"We want them to engage and consult disabled people and come back with a proposal that protects the dignity of disabled people" #C4News
June 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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As a visibly physically disabled MP, my view on the welfare bill is clear: we need a reset and fast | Marie Tidball
As a visibly physically disabled MP, my view on the welfare bill is clear: we need a reset and fast | Marie Tidball
I’m still waiting for sufficient reassurance that the plans match Labour’s manifesto promises to disabled people, says Marie Tidball, co-chair of the disability parliamentary Labour party
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Pundits are framing the welfare bill chaos as Downing Street’s failure to communicate the moral case for cuts - but there is no moral case. That’s the problem. These plans are staggering assaults on support that won’t help disabled people into work. No one can sell that.
June 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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*Green MPs will be voting against the two-tier Welfare Bill

It’s very shameful the Labour MP for Birkenhead is one of the 10 Labour MPs sponsoring the PIP Bill.
June 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Dear PM, thanks for the welfare concessions, but I still won’t vote for your bill. Scrap the whole thing | Richard Burgon
Dear PM, thanks for the welfare concessions, but I still won’t vote for your bill. Scrap the whole thing | Richard Burgon
Your government is choosing to balance the books on the backs of disabled people. That’s not the country we are supposed to be building, says Labour MP Richard Burgon
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Disabled Labour MP says welfare U-turn would create ‘unethical two-tier system’

Olivia Blake dismisses Starmer’s welfare bill changes as ‘plucked from the air’ and urges rebels to stand firm

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Disabled Labour MP says welfare U-turn would create ‘unethical two-tier system’
Olivia Blake dismisses Starmer’s welfare bill changes as ‘plucked from the air’ and urges rebels to stand firm
www.theguardian.com
June 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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I am pleased to announce the imminent return of my YouTube series Yes, How Can I Help?, in which I ward off the threat of AI by accurately answering all the questions in the world. Inviting your queries on any subject at all (ideally not my career). Go!

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Mark Watson
Comedian, author, that sort of thing.
www.youtube.com
May 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
@cerysmatthews.bsky.social Ailsa Mair has just launched her new ep 'Mesolithic Mermaid' in Machynlleth. The title track ends with a beautiful lament for a lost world and includes recordings of seals by Ben Porter
thefairytalecellist.bandcamp.com/album/mesoli...
Mesolithic Mermaid, by Ailsa Mair
3 track album
thefairytalecellist.bandcamp.com
May 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Mesolithic Mermaid
open.spotify.com
May 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM