@solent43.bsky.social
Country loving & living in the Purbecks. Yoga novice, golfing nut but with a rubbish handicap.
Left leaning, but not uncritically, realist that wished politicians were in it to make a better world than making a few quid.
Left leaning, but not uncritically, realist that wished politicians were in it to make a better world than making a few quid.
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Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
January 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
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Katherine pretty much nails it ..
January 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Katherine pretty much nails it ..
Why do I feel in 20 years time, we’ll look back on social media the way we think about smoking or drink driving?
January 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Why do I feel in 20 years time, we’ll look back on social media the way we think about smoking or drink driving?
40 min swim to kick off the new year. Lovely.
January 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
40 min swim to kick off the new year. Lovely.
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Starmer: "I think only a few months ago it would have been unthinkable for the things that have been said about Jess Philips without all political parties and the leader of the opposition to call it out in terms...to condemn it..."
January 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Starmer: "I think only a few months ago it would have been unthinkable for the things that have been said about Jess Philips without all political parties and the leader of the opposition to call it out in terms...to condemn it..."
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Two-thirds of workers in England can’t afford private rent. If that’s not a crisis, what is? | Phineas Harper
The government has promised to fix the housing affordability crisis. Relying on the private sector will only make things worse, says writer Phineas Harper
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December 31, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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So, am I hearing it right, UK water cos to raise prices by avg 36% but while some if it is ring fenced (how much OfWat?) they can still pay dividends & CEO bonuses? Their mistakes, our bills @ofwat.bsky.social
December 19, 2024 at 7:26 AM
So, am I hearing it right, UK water cos to raise prices by avg 36% but while some if it is ring fenced (how much OfWat?) they can still pay dividends & CEO bonuses? Their mistakes, our bills @ofwat.bsky.social
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Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
December 18, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
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This cartoon is from 1930.
It could have been today.
It could have been today.
December 12, 2024 at 10:51 PM
This cartoon is from 1930.
It could have been today.
It could have been today.
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I’ve seen a lot of Lib Dem MPs campaigning against the IHT changes to farms and don’t quite know how it fits with the preamble to their constitution:
“The Liberal Democrats …support the widest possible distribution of wealth”
liberalhistory.org.uk/history/prea...
“The Liberal Democrats …support the widest possible distribution of wealth”
liberalhistory.org.uk/history/prea...
Preamble to Liberal Democrat constitution – Journal of Liberal History
liberalhistory.org.uk
November 21, 2024 at 9:02 PM
I’ve seen a lot of Lib Dem MPs campaigning against the IHT changes to farms and don’t quite know how it fits with the preamble to their constitution:
“The Liberal Democrats …support the widest possible distribution of wealth”
liberalhistory.org.uk/history/prea...
“The Liberal Democrats …support the widest possible distribution of wealth”
liberalhistory.org.uk/history/prea...
Shattering news for anyone hoping to be free of the leasehold noose
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Leasehold reforms face more delay due to Tory flaws, minister says
Matthew Pennycook says Labour must close loopholes in changes to rules in England and Wales passed by Gove
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November 21, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Shattering news for anyone hoping to be free of the leasehold noose
www.theguardian.com/money/2024/n...
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Man who told The Times in 2021 that he’d only bought his £4.25m farm to avoid paying inheritance tax to lead protest against inheritance tax 😂🤣😂 www.thesun.co.uk/news/3179317...
Clarkson defies docs to lead 20,000 farmers protesting against 'tractor tax'
JEREMY Clarkson will defy health fears to join up to 20,000 farmers protesting in Westminster over the hated “tractor tax”. The Clarkson’s Farm star, 64 — recovering after a life-saving heart op — …
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November 19, 2024 at 7:00 AM
Man who told The Times in 2021 that he’d only bought his £4.25m farm to avoid paying inheritance tax to lead protest against inheritance tax 😂🤣😂 www.thesun.co.uk/news/3179317...
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