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Rachal Minchinton
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Fundraising, Welsh , Indy Curious, leftie! Loves wine, shoes and most things that are bad for me.
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Astonishing evidence at the Covid Inquiry.

The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.

Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.

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May 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
April 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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NEW. Trump poll nos. on foreign policy tanking 📉

‼️ Unlike Trump, Americans personally sympathize more w Ukraine overRussia by 56-3

👀 Disapprove Trump's foreign policy by 13 pts (50% to 37 %); in Jan they approved 39% to 37%.

Ambushing Zelensky at Oval despite propaganda looks to be a disaster.
Analysis | Americans don’t love Trump’s methods on Ukraine
They increasingly support a negotiated end to the war and even territorial concessions to Russia — but not necessarily like this.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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RFK JR on Measles Outbreaks just now: "It is not unusual. There are measles outbreaks every year."

It is actually very unusual. This is the first Measles death in the US in 10 years.
February 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The horror of being added to a new parents WhatsApp group
an older woman is crying while leaning against a door .
Alt: an older woman is crying while leaning against a door
media.tenor.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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How Kemi Badenoch's spokesman responded today when I asked which of the communities living in the UK she was referring to when she described them as "peasants"
January 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Badenoch seems confused about the difference between means-testing and inflation protection. That’s pretty basic.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Kemi Badenoch says Tories looking at 'means testing' state pension triple lock
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch was accused of plotting to leave pensioners worse off by means testing the triple lock - which governs how much the state pension rises each year
www.mirror.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Tories will consider means testing pension triple-lock, Badenoch says.

UK state pension is one of the lowest in OECD countries.

It is the only/main source of income for majority of pensioners.

Tory plan to impoverish/kill pensioners; won't tax the rich.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tories will consider means testing pension triple-lock, Badenoch says
Major policy shift follows speech admitting the Tories made mistakes and offered policies without plans while in power
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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The Telegraph has finally found some unemployed people it sympathises with
January 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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This is an astonishingly ill-informed and amoral assessment for the political editor of the BBC to have reached, about someone spreading extremist conspiracy theories and using them to whip up hatred against elected politicians. I'd say I'm surprised, but sadly I'm not.
Staggeringly generous summary by Chris Mason just now: "Elon Musk no doubt has transformed the volume of this conversation, ensuring that the government was confronted with a reality it couldn't sidestep".
January 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Suella Braverman has just told #lbc listeners that not only has Italy built a wall on "its border with Turkey" but that she has been there "and seen it."
January 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
People really ought to stop irritating me this week. It’s not going to end well. For them.
a man wearing a floral shirt says honey we 're going into battle
Alt: a man wearing a floral shirt says honey we 're going into battle
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:00 PM
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"Some jobs are productive and others less so," says Kemi Badenoch, whose own job has involved trying to start a culture war with autistic children, calling for civil servants to be locked up, and attempting to start an online spat with Doctor Who
November 25, 2024 at 2:02 PM
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Dydd Gwener bois ffantastig... 🍻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🍰
November 22, 2024 at 7:09 AM
November 21, 2024 at 11:37 PM
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This. The most effective way to 'smash the gangs' is by offering safe routes for refugees to get here.
Powerful letter from the chief executive of Refugee Action in the @theguardian.com
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'Keir Starmer has said “we have got to do everything we can”. This must start with safe routes.'
November 21, 2024 at 10:36 AM
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for some reason I’ve remembered what Jeremy Clarkson, who said he bought land to avoid inheritance tax, said on live TV about striking public sector workers (extra marks for use of ‘us’)
November 19, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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Apollo Fundraising's Marketing Department have been busy lately. Did you see our new ad in today's @museumsassociation.bsky.social newsletter?
November 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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#BBCNews - 'Exploitative' children's home profits to be curbed in England
www.bbc.com/news/article...
By @sanchia7.bsky.social
'Exploitative' children's home firm profits to be curbed
The new measures aim to stop private care home providers benefiting excessively from a stretched system.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:14 AM
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Think today might be Blue Friday as the numbers here explode.

Do say hi if your charity is new here and I'll add you to the pack.

#BlueFriday
November 15, 2024 at 8:38 AM
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I see that UK Labour’s habit of using friendly journalists to write bonkers pieces blaming Sue Gray for all the woes of the world carries on.

I would put the Labour Party’s contingent liability for constructive dismissal in this case at £ several million by now

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sue Gray’s final departure marks the moment that the Starmer project gets serious | Martin Kettle
The prime minister has finally grasped that Downing Street must control the narrative, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2024 at 8:19 AM
I am loving Blue Sky starter packs which have helped me develop a far broader mix of content than before. However I’m hating my new varifocals (yes I’m that old) - which mean whatever I’m looking at is blurry 🤣
a woman with purple hair and glasses is wearing a pink dress and a necklace .
ALT: a woman with purple hair and glasses is wearing a pink dress and a necklace .
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2024 at 9:42 PM
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“Boris Johnson’s government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at the height of the Covid pandemic.”

When we bemoan the long waiting lists and missed routine treatments, remember that this is part of the reason.
Covid inquiry told Treasury blocked request for 10,000 NHS beds
NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard says the decision, in July 2020, was very disappointing.
buff.ly
November 11, 2024 at 9:07 PM
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A lot of men want to rape women and get away with it - and women probably should not forget that.
November 6, 2024 at 5:59 AM