Val Andrew
@valandrew.bsky.social
Semi retired school business leader.
MAT trustee/independent consultant. ISBL Fellow and Patron. Received the ISBL CEO award for services to the SBM profession. A very proud grandma.
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MAT trustee/independent consultant. ISBL Fellow and Patron. Received the ISBL CEO award for services to the SBM profession. A very proud grandma.
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What a shocking waste of opportunity this government has proved to be.
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan, report warns
Public accounts committee finds Labour’s progress ‘appears to have stalled’ despite billions of pounds in investment
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:26 AM
What a shocking waste of opportunity this government has proved to be.
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The Govt announcement today risks taking us down a road of no return by jeopardising the legal framework that protects us all.
Undermining the ECHR or leaving as some propose, means dismantling a safety net that protects everyone.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
Undermining the ECHR or leaving as some propose, means dismantling a safety net that protects everyone.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
Liberty responds to government's planned asylum and returns policy - Liberty
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Govt announcement today risks taking us down a road of no return by jeopardising the legal framework that protects us all.
Undermining the ECHR or leaving as some propose, means dismantling a safety net that protects everyone.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
Undermining the ECHR or leaving as some propose, means dismantling a safety net that protects everyone.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
👀😱 I hope the Clayton electorate who voted for him are proud of him !!
Meanwhile… the grifting liar and Brexiter in chief, Farage… rakes it in from jobs *other than* being a constituency MP… and his constituency rots. Made poorer and angrier by his Brexit.
When they say everything is broken, this is what they mean.
(Private Eye)
When they say everything is broken, this is what they mean.
(Private Eye)
November 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
👀😱 I hope the Clayton electorate who voted for him are proud of him !!
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🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
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This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
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As Karoline Leavitt concludes her press briefing and walks off, @andrewfeinberg.com asks: "What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?"
She did not respond.
She did not respond.
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Are the Greens...on to something? These people seem quite worried.
And today it's the turn of The Times to try and patronise us all.
Every single day the right wing establishment tries to close ranks.
And every day we are growing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Every single day the right wing establishment tries to close ranks.
And every day we are growing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Are the Greens...on to something? These people seem quite worried.
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Image Credit: Tiny Buddha
November 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Image Credit: Tiny Buddha
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I wonder when he will start suing news outlets for describing his barefaced lies about the 2020 election as barefaced lies…
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I wonder when he will start suing news outlets for describing his barefaced lies about the 2020 election as barefaced lies…
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I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
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The life and death of computer billionaire Mike Lynch bit.ly/4oxTxeX
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The life and death of computer billionaire Mike Lynch bit.ly/4oxTxeX
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It’s as if they think we’ve all been in a coma for the last 15 years, rather than watching the Tories smash it all up in front of us.
Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
The 'Great Noticing' Era
Ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
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November 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It’s as if they think we’ve all been in a coma for the last 15 years, rather than watching the Tories smash it all up in front of us.
Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
Hmmm - the truth will out eventually ….. 👀 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Revealed: The billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site
Special report: Uniserve was paid £1.4bn for Covid contracts that included supply of £178.5m in never-used equipment
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Hmmm - the truth will out eventually ….. 👀 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The PPE scandal gets worse the deeper you look bit.ly/3LQ9pdX
Revealed: The billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site
Special report: Uniserve was paid £1.4bn for Covid contracts that included supply of £178.5m in never-used equipment
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The PPE scandal gets worse the deeper you look bit.ly/3LQ9pdX
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New Yorker article very much worth reading: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
New Yorker article very much worth reading: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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🔴We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🔴We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
So sad to hear that she’d died 💔 news.sky.com/story/shirle...
'Iconic, wise' Shirley Valentine actress Pauline Collins dies
The actress's family thanked her carers, saying "she could not have had a more peaceful goodbye".
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November 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
So sad to hear that she’d died 💔 news.sky.com/story/shirle...
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USA wants to export it excessive drug prices to the UK as Ambassador threatens to shut down drug firms in UK unless NHS pays more bit.ly/47CrROE
US ambassador: Reform drug prices or face pharma exodus from Britain
Warren Stephens says American companies will cancel UK investments and shut facilities here if no agreement reached with Trump
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November 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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I’m constantly amazed that more people aren’t demanding we have a fair electoral electoral system which guarantees minority supported parties aren’t able to gain total power! Where is the passion for change?
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I’m constantly amazed that more people aren’t demanding we have a fair electoral electoral system which guarantees minority supported parties aren’t able to gain total power! Where is the passion for change?