Petunia Clash
@petuniaclash.bsky.social
Swapped the NET tram for the Eurostar. Forever European. Representing me. Bedankt 🇳🇱
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Take a breath. Look behind the hostile headlines. What this government is on the verge of doing is to expand this one-in-one-out deal into, essentially, a safe and legal route from France. It is - and has always been - the only solution to dangerous crossings and what has been needed for years.
September 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Take a breath. Look behind the hostile headlines. What this government is on the verge of doing is to expand this one-in-one-out deal into, essentially, a safe and legal route from France. It is - and has always been - the only solution to dangerous crossings and what has been needed for years.
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If Jeff Bezos can spend that much on a wedding, he can afford to pay his taxes and his workers.
June 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
If Jeff Bezos can spend that much on a wedding, he can afford to pay his taxes and his workers.
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Nigel Farage's new non-dom policy "would provide a very large and expensive tax windfall to a small number of very wealthy people who are already here... [that] would amount to £34bn of lost Government revenue over five years"
taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/06/23/b...
taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/06/23/b...
The £34bn cost of Reform UK’s “Britannia card” proposal
Reform UK’s Britannia Card would let wealthy foreigners pay £250,000 to avoid UK tax — but would likely cost £34bn and reduce skilled migration.
taxpolicy.org.uk
June 23, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Nigel Farage's new non-dom policy "would provide a very large and expensive tax windfall to a small number of very wealthy people who are already here... [that] would amount to £34bn of lost Government revenue over five years"
taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/06/23/b...
taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/06/23/b...
Swimming in Lake Lucerne reminds me again of how those in charge of releasing untreated crap into UK waterways need to go to prison.
June 21, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Swimming in Lake Lucerne reminds me again of how those in charge of releasing untreated crap into UK waterways need to go to prison.
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'What we're really asking for is for a first year doctor to go from £17.50 an hour to just under £23 an hour'
Dr Melissa Ryan from the British Medical Association Resident Doctors Committee speaks to #BBCBreakfast as doctors in England take part in a ballot on industrial action
Dr Melissa Ryan from the British Medical Association Resident Doctors Committee speaks to #BBCBreakfast as doctors in England take part in a ballot on industrial action
May 27, 2025 at 6:39 AM
'What we're really asking for is for a first year doctor to go from £17.50 an hour to just under £23 an hour'
Dr Melissa Ryan from the British Medical Association Resident Doctors Committee speaks to #BBCBreakfast as doctors in England take part in a ballot on industrial action
Dr Melissa Ryan from the British Medical Association Resident Doctors Committee speaks to #BBCBreakfast as doctors in England take part in a ballot on industrial action
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One of the strangest ironies of the last ten years has been watching Britain immersing itself as deeply as ever in memories of WW2 while proudly turning its back on the project that emerged from it.
May 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
One of the strangest ironies of the last ten years has been watching Britain immersing itself as deeply as ever in memories of WW2 while proudly turning its back on the project that emerged from it.
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In case you missed it ...
For average UK taxpayers, EU membership cost around 11p per day, 82p per week or £3.50 per month. For that we got packed shelves, picked crops, frictionless trade, skilled EU workers, and freedom to live, work, study & retire across 32 European nations!
#BrexitHasFailed
For average UK taxpayers, EU membership cost around 11p per day, 82p per week or £3.50 per month. For that we got packed shelves, picked crops, frictionless trade, skilled EU workers, and freedom to live, work, study & retire across 32 European nations!
#BrexitHasFailed
August 19, 2024 at 10:13 AM
In case you missed it ...
For average UK taxpayers, EU membership cost around 11p per day, 82p per week or £3.50 per month. For that we got packed shelves, picked crops, frictionless trade, skilled EU workers, and freedom to live, work, study & retire across 32 European nations!
#BrexitHasFailed
For average UK taxpayers, EU membership cost around 11p per day, 82p per week or £3.50 per month. For that we got packed shelves, picked crops, frictionless trade, skilled EU workers, and freedom to live, work, study & retire across 32 European nations!
#BrexitHasFailed
UK train passengers apologising to each other as they try to make the most of the inadequate train service provided to them at significant cost.
March 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
UK train passengers apologising to each other as they try to make the most of the inadequate train service provided to them at significant cost.
Train guard on the platform at Durham station disrupts the morning peace by announcing the carriage versus platform numbers in the style of a bingo caller.
March 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Train guard on the platform at Durham station disrupts the morning peace by announcing the carriage versus platform numbers in the style of a bingo caller.
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It's that time of the year. The Utrecht fish digi-doorbell opens today for the fifth time. You can watch a live feed and help migrating fish through the sluice gate. It's ace. Here's my piece about it from a couple of years ago www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
It’s lo-fi Attenborough! Why the internet’s going wild for a ‘fish doorbell’
QI has tweeted about it, American football players have put it on their TikTok and over a million viewers have been hooked in. All you do is wait for a fish, press a button – and save their lives
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
It's that time of the year. The Utrecht fish digi-doorbell opens today for the fifth time. You can watch a live feed and help migrating fish through the sluice gate. It's ace. Here's my piece about it from a couple of years ago www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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A low traffic neighbourhood outside a primary school in Utrecht means kids can safely cycle or play in the street after school
March 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A low traffic neighbourhood outside a primary school in Utrecht means kids can safely cycle or play in the street after school
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I’ll never forget hearing from people, eager to help & already active in this field, whose calls were not even returned.
🚨 Michael Gove Told Officials to Buy 10,000 Ventilators From Dyson During Pandemic in ‘Affront’ to Procurement Rules
My latest report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social ⤵️
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/05/m...
My latest report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social ⤵️
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/05/m...
Michael Gove Told Officials to Buy 10,000 Ventilators From Dyson During Pandemic in ‘Affront’ to Procurement Rules
Evidence published by the Covid Inquiry reveals that the Conservative Minister was “insistent that an order” was placed with leading Brexiter Sir James Dyson’s firm
bylinetimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I’ll never forget hearing from people, eager to help & already active in this field, whose calls were not even returned.
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This is just incomprehensible. The UK has a desperate shortage of GPs which is leading to longer waiting times & difficulties accessing care yet a lack of jobs is forcing GPs out of the NHS with some taking up work as Uber drivers to pay the bills!
news.sky.com/story/gps-wo...
news.sky.com/story/gps-wo...
GPs 'working as Uber drivers' because they can't find jobs as medics warn of 'unprecedented crisis'
Experts told Sky News that a lack of core funding for GP practices means there is not enough money to recruit - at a time when demand for appointments has reached an all-time high.
news.sky.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is just incomprehensible. The UK has a desperate shortage of GPs which is leading to longer waiting times & difficulties accessing care yet a lack of jobs is forcing GPs out of the NHS with some taking up work as Uber drivers to pay the bills!
news.sky.com/story/gps-wo...
news.sky.com/story/gps-wo...
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In 2019 Nigel Farage's Brexit Party voted against plans to tackle Russian propaganda, calling claims of Russian interference "scare stories"
One of his MEPs was Nathan Gill, who has just been accused in court of taking bribes in exchange for defending Russia in the European Parliament
One of his MEPs was Nathan Gill, who has just been accused in court of taking bribes in exchange for defending Russia in the European Parliament
February 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
In 2019 Nigel Farage's Brexit Party voted against plans to tackle Russian propaganda, calling claims of Russian interference "scare stories"
One of his MEPs was Nathan Gill, who has just been accused in court of taking bribes in exchange for defending Russia in the European Parliament
One of his MEPs was Nathan Gill, who has just been accused in court of taking bribes in exchange for defending Russia in the European Parliament
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🔥 This is an absolutely devastating set of figures on the UK public's view of Brexit.
Absolutely damning. Look at each category one by one - particularly the economic ones. YouGov article on these data here. 👉 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Absolutely damning. Look at each category one by one - particularly the economic ones. YouGov article on these data here. 👉 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
January 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🔥 This is an absolutely devastating set of figures on the UK public's view of Brexit.
Absolutely damning. Look at each category one by one - particularly the economic ones. YouGov article on these data here. 👉 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Absolutely damning. Look at each category one by one - particularly the economic ones. YouGov article on these data here. 👉 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Really struck today by how many of the people most responsible for the Brexit shitshow were actively rewarded for their stupidity/dishonesty. Knighthoods, Damehoods, peerages, newspaper columns, seats in the House of Commons… It’s a mark of how deep the rot has gone into the fabric of our society.
January 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Really struck today by how many of the people most responsible for the Brexit shitshow were actively rewarded for their stupidity/dishonesty. Knighthoods, Damehoods, peerages, newspaper columns, seats in the House of Commons… It’s a mark of how deep the rot has gone into the fabric of our society.
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Thank God Starmer is prime minister. Imagine if we had someone in that position desperately doing whatever Musk wanted, as Badenoch evidently would. This moment would amount the complete subordination of Britain to a foreign tech billionaire.
January 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Thank God Starmer is prime minister. Imagine if we had someone in that position desperately doing whatever Musk wanted, as Badenoch evidently would. This moment would amount the complete subordination of Britain to a foreign tech billionaire.
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Company established by Musk in the UK 3 weeks ago on December 12th!! Why we wonder!!
Pull your finger out @uklabourparty.bsky.social, grow some balls and stop even more "corruption" destroying what's left of our democracy
Right now you have a majority the likes of which you might never see again
Pull your finger out @uklabourparty.bsky.social, grow some balls and stop even more "corruption" destroying what's left of our democracy
Right now you have a majority the likes of which you might never see again
This is important.
'We don’t know what that company is for but if Musk did want to pour £100m into the next UK election, as it’s been reported, this is how he could do it.'
From the UK Government's website👇👀 find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/1613...
'We don’t know what that company is for but if Musk did want to pour £100m into the next UK election, as it’s been reported, this is how he could do it.'
From the UK Government's website👇👀 find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/1613...
January 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Company established by Musk in the UK 3 weeks ago on December 12th!! Why we wonder!!
Pull your finger out @uklabourparty.bsky.social, grow some balls and stop even more "corruption" destroying what's left of our democracy
Right now you have a majority the likes of which you might never see again
Pull your finger out @uklabourparty.bsky.social, grow some balls and stop even more "corruption" destroying what's left of our democracy
Right now you have a majority the likes of which you might never see again
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The problem is not the EU but rather the last Gov’t negotiated the first trade deal in history which actually involved walling the country off from a trading bloc made up of its nearest neighbours - making it harder both to sell your stuff & buy their stuff. Some might call that economic lunacy
December 9, 2024 at 4:03 PM
The problem is not the EU but rather the last Gov’t negotiated the first trade deal in history which actually involved walling the country off from a trading bloc made up of its nearest neighbours - making it harder both to sell your stuff & buy their stuff. Some might call that economic lunacy
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Utrecht in the Netherlands is the most bikable city in the world. They have launched the ‘10-minute Utrecht’ strategic programme.
"Utrecht will be always beautiful. A city that grows with history. A city that has everything you need nearby."
Read it 🔽
healthyurbanliving.utrecht.nl/our-vision-f...
"Utrecht will be always beautiful. A city that grows with history. A city that has everything you need nearby."
Read it 🔽
healthyurbanliving.utrecht.nl/our-vision-f...
November 29, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Utrecht in the Netherlands is the most bikable city in the world. They have launched the ‘10-minute Utrecht’ strategic programme.
"Utrecht will be always beautiful. A city that grows with history. A city that has everything you need nearby."
Read it 🔽
healthyurbanliving.utrecht.nl/our-vision-f...
"Utrecht will be always beautiful. A city that grows with history. A city that has everything you need nearby."
Read it 🔽
healthyurbanliving.utrecht.nl/our-vision-f...