sandgrownboy.bsky.social
@sandgrownboy.bsky.social
Allotment gardener at over 55°N. Exasperated Labour member, struggling DIYer, careful budgeter. One time cyclist. I’m not selling anything, not touting a business. Not buying nothing neither. Just doing the social. Tend to follow UK based blueskers
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Thanks to those coming forward, trainee teacher numbers are at a post-pandemic high.

We're getting more children back in classrooms, more teachers in front of them.

We promised 6,500 new teachers driving up standards in our schools. Labour is delivering.

Better with Labour. 👍
December 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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13 Labour MPs voted in favour of the bill, which was tabled by the Lib Dems.

Nigel Farage did not vote.
December 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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When you look at Nigel Farage, never forget that he idolises a US President who sucks up to Putin and despises our continent, culture and values
December 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Their crime - being against genocide
"The legal limit for holding someone on remand is 6 months, yet 8 young activists have been locked up for over a year. They’ve been on hunger strike for more than 30 days, and you wouldn’t know it from our supposedly “trusted” BBC — total silence."
via Piara Mia
December 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
X is not above the law goodlawproject.org/s/b85130
X is not above the law
goodlawproject.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Richest 1/1000th of world’s population controls 3 times more wealth than the poorest 50%. "The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies & democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency..." www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...
Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined | Common Dreams
A landmark report on global inequality shows that the chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else continued to expand this year
www.commondreams.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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🔴 REVEALED 🔴

The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.

📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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"UK arms imported by Israel have doubled in 2025.
This is only one part of the UK’s complicity in Israel’s genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people."
www.facebook.com/waronwant/po...
via War on Want
War on Want
UK arms imported by Israel have doubled in 2025. This is only one part of the UK’s complicity in Israel’s genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people. Keep reading for 4 more thing you.....
www.facebook.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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We don't need more cars in urban areas. We need more public transport and bike lanes. #r4today
December 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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It's no surprise that the UK's new visa restrictions will hold back economic growth.

We're already hearing anecdotal reports in Cambridge that the flagship research sector is finding losing highly skilled staff, and the national picture seems similar.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Land of free speech wants to ensure your speech is suitable 😡

Proposing it to be "mandatory" to hand over the info, & other details - incl email addresses & telephone numbers used in the last five years, as well as the names, addresses, numbers, & birthdays of family members will also be required.
US plans to start checking all tourists' social media
The potential social media mandate being proposed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would apply to anyone visiting, whether they require a visa or not.
news.sky.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Lithuania on Tuesday ⁠declared a state of emergency and asked parliament to authorise military support for police and border guards after a wave of smuggler balloons ‍from Belarus ⁠repeatedly disrupted air traffic in recent months.
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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carbrain people want all our infrastructure focused on cars so they can pass through an area faster, meanwhile the people that live in that area walk and ride bicycles. it makes no sense to cater to passersby
December 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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December 9, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Exclusive: Anti-genocide activist Ani.says clears fourth bogus arrest...
Exclusive: Anti-genocide activist Ani.says clears fourth bogus arrest
Police hit the anti-genocide protester with arrest after arrest — and again they’ve been forced to admit they had nothing. Solidarity with Ani
www.thecanary.co
December 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Does Europe Finally Realize It’s Alone?

by Nathalie Tocci

Washington’s new National Security Strategy ratifies an adversarial relationship

Europeans lulled themselves into the belief that #Trump is unpredictable and inconsistent but ultimately manageable.

This is strangely reassuring, but wrong.
Does Europe Finally Realize It’s Alone?
Washington’s new National Security Strategy ratifies an adversarial relationship.
foreignpolicy.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Dear Fellow Canadians,

If we have been listening, Trumpistan has been telling us since he came into office...

CUSMA will not be renewed.

If you own a business, you need to diversify right now.

Stop buying US products.

Stop buying cars manufactured in the US.

Stop visiting the US.
December 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Clacton, another Friday with no Nigel Farage MP surgery.

In fact doesn’t appear to have even visited.

#AnywhereButClacton
December 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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spotted on Facebook - brilliant
December 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Racism allegations WILL derail Farage’s bid to become Britain’s next PM.
There you go @cnn.com - fixed that headline for you.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/04/e...
Racism allegations could derail right-wing populist Nigel Farage’s bid to become Britain’s next PM | CNN
Former schoolmates of UK politician Nigel Farage have publicly accused him of racist and antisemitic behavior during his teenage years. He denies the claims, but could they dent his rising popularity?
edition.cnn.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM