Kathy Webb
@webb998.bsky.social
Retired lawyer. Still a rejoiner. Likes Boro and York City for football , birds, politics, music, books and family in no specific order!
Reposted by Kathy Webb
And then allowed two completely unaffordable tax cuts as a desperate election ploy, screwing up the public finances while leaving the overall tax burden still at a high.
A reminder that this is the same Rishi Sunak who when he was Prime Minister raised taxes to their highest level in more than 70 years
October 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
And then allowed two completely unaffordable tax cuts as a desperate election ploy, screwing up the public finances while leaving the overall tax burden still at a high.
Reposted by Kathy Webb
The news this week is on Green jobs, trade unions and training for 400,000 young people into highly paid, local jobs. This is a government committed to rebuilding our country and helping young people into work. Proud to vote Labour!
![1. Clean energy will bring 400,000 extra jobs by 2030
- [ ] Government publishes first ever national plan to recruit 400k workers
- [ ] 31 priority occupations such as plumbers, electricians and welders
- [ ] 5 new clean energy Technical Excellence Colleges to train next generation of workers
- [ ] A generation of young people across Britain will benefit from the good jobs and high wages
- [ ] trade unions seen as an essential part of the modern workplace and economy
2. Digital version of Veteran Card launched
3. Shropshire’s Ironbridge Gorge Museums saved for the nation
4. Rural pubs across UK will benefit from new government funding to provide extra services for local communities.
5. Government to tackle antisemitism and other racism in the NHS
6. Chancellor’s new investment fast track to make Britain top destination for global investors.
7. Nearly 500 employers fined over £10 million for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage
8. £10 million in new](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:h4oe5ydbclpkhkocdjnaaaww/bafkreidrpqtwtx7mooug6is6im6hamqosydrcizqn6kitkrl6tl7kfjrvu@jpeg)
October 19, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The news this week is on Green jobs, trade unions and training for 400,000 young people into highly paid, local jobs. This is a government committed to rebuilding our country and helping young people into work. Proud to vote Labour!
Reposted by Kathy Webb
I’ll be holding my next MP advice surgery on Thursday 24th October 🗓️
If you live in York Outer and need support with an issue, or want to talk about something happening in our community, please do get in touch to book a slot!
📩 luke.charters.mp@parliament.uk
📞01904 463 444
If you live in York Outer and need support with an issue, or want to talk about something happening in our community, please do get in touch to book a slot!
📩 luke.charters.mp@parliament.uk
📞01904 463 444
October 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I’ll be holding my next MP advice surgery on Thursday 24th October 🗓️
If you live in York Outer and need support with an issue, or want to talk about something happening in our community, please do get in touch to book a slot!
📩 luke.charters.mp@parliament.uk
📞01904 463 444
If you live in York Outer and need support with an issue, or want to talk about something happening in our community, please do get in touch to book a slot!
📩 luke.charters.mp@parliament.uk
📞01904 463 444
Reposted by Kathy Webb
"But with the right support they can still live rich lives. Very rich lives, in some cases. Recently we were able to help “Boris” as raised funds to feed an unspecified number of children. We worked with a newspaper to get him paid hundreds of thousands of pounds to file the same column every week."
Help your local LOSER:
A special charity appeal
A special charity appeal
Help your local LOSER | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
We interrupt this sketch to bring you a charity appeal on behalf of the League Of Special Elected RepresentativeS. To many people, politics looks like a game of rough and tumble…
thecritic.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 6:42 AM
"But with the right support they can still live rich lives. Very rich lives, in some cases. Recently we were able to help “Boris” as raised funds to feed an unspecified number of children. We worked with a newspaper to get him paid hundreds of thousands of pounds to file the same column every week."
Reposted by Kathy Webb
Fred MacMurray on the set of “Double Indemnity” (with Barbara Stanwyck and writer-director Billy Wilder) - BOTD
August 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Fred MacMurray on the set of “Double Indemnity” (with Barbara Stanwyck and writer-director Billy Wilder) - BOTD
Reposted by Kathy Webb
Remembering satirist Tom Lehrer, one of whose most popular works was "The Elements," which is simply the names of all the elements, set to a Gilbert and Sullivan tune from The Pirates of Penzance. Lehrer passed away last week at the age of 97.. youtu.be/AcS3NOQnsQM?...
Tom Lehrer - The Elements - LIVE FILM From Copenhagen in 1967
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
youtu.be
July 28, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Remembering satirist Tom Lehrer, one of whose most popular works was "The Elements," which is simply the names of all the elements, set to a Gilbert and Sullivan tune from The Pirates of Penzance. Lehrer passed away last week at the age of 97.. youtu.be/AcS3NOQnsQM?...
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social John Torode and Greg Wallace not being friends is not a crisis. Gaza and Ukraine etc etc are Crises. Could you please let your friends at BBC News know this . Thanks
July 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social John Torode and Greg Wallace not being friends is not a crisis. Gaza and Ukraine etc etc are Crises. Could you please let your friends at BBC News know this . Thanks
Just fledged bluetit in a plant pot in the garden. Its parents know it's there and are feeding it.
May 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Just fledged bluetit in a plant pot in the garden. Its parents know it's there and are feeding it.
Just seen two house martins at Naburn Lock. Very early birds #yorkbirding
March 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Just seen two house martins at Naburn Lock. Very early birds #yorkbirding
Reposted by Kathy Webb
This is just weird now. This article even contains a lengthy & detailed dismissal of the confected ‘scandal’ from the *only qualified person prepared to go on the record*…
www.thetimes.com/article/4bb9...
www.thetimes.com/article/4bb9...
Reeves put champagne gift on expenses that colleague ‘never got’
The allegation is contained in a whistleblower’s report into concerns about the chancellor’s expenses in 2009 when she worked at Halifax Bank of Scotland
www.thetimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is just weird now. This article even contains a lengthy & detailed dismissal of the confected ‘scandal’ from the *only qualified person prepared to go on the record*…
www.thetimes.com/article/4bb9...
www.thetimes.com/article/4bb9...
Reposted by Kathy Webb
Gaie Delap should not spend a second longer incarcerated.
A peaceful climate protester having to endure misjustice served. Enough.
Please consider reposting and voicing opposition anyway you can.
#FreeGaie
January 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Gaie Delap should not spend a second longer incarcerated.
A peaceful climate protester having to endure misjustice served. Enough.
Please consider reposting and voicing opposition anyway you can.
#FreeGaie
Reposted by Kathy Webb
Reposted by Kathy Webb
Inheritance tax is a funny thing isn't it Ted? It could ruin small family farms like ours with modest buildings and a meagre income. Did you bequeath anything to your children Ted?"
#Farmers #FarmProtest #TractorToffs
#Farmers #FarmProtest #TractorToffs
November 20, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Inheritance tax is a funny thing isn't it Ted? It could ruin small family farms like ours with modest buildings and a meagre income. Did you bequeath anything to your children Ted?"
#Farmers #FarmProtest #TractorToffs
#Farmers #FarmProtest #TractorToffs