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Mrs. G

@janbellina.bsky.social

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Re-tyred Englishwoman who’d love to ride her bicycle but is not keen on dying just yet. Sad about the planet. Loves the British Isles / North West European Archipelago (see, we ARE still in Europe!). Don’t expect a cohesive theme; just what’s on my mind.

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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 2h

Followed by the phrase "tiny amounts of people".

Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 3h

😂x

Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 3h

She can call you Al.

Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 3h

This explains all! My daughter was given a thick wadge of forms to fill in for her ADHD assessment. It sat completed on her mantelpiece for many weeks.

Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 3h

They were called The Pictae in Britannia by the invading Romans, in what is now Scotland. For centuries after, only sailors and those in their culture got inked; probably because of infection risk.

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bring on the headless horses @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 1d

so for the last two christmases i didn't have a tree because of the cats (they are terrors). but look what i found! it's a cat tower/christmas tree! i could have a tree again!

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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 3h

No, just less persecuted.

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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 4h

I can understand that. Most don't even know people like you, so it's easier to stir them up. I'm just doing all in my power to shift voting intentions away from Reform. They won Runcorn in a by-election by just six votes.

Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 4h

I watched this on the news this morning. The archaeologists wait while they blast a mountain to rubble so they can unearth (un-rock) the next few prints.

Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 4h

Got it in one, sunshine! 😁

Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 4h

There are many who are unteachable, but don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Many others are former Labour voters who just feel impotent. They can be won to a better argument.

Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 4h

Maybe, but calling people who have been deceived "fuckwit" is not going to warm them to any arguments you may choose to make. Make them angry with Farage, not you.

Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 4h

I was fibbing.

Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 5h

They are all letting him take them out, one state at a time. He hasn't the firepower if blue states said 'no' all at once.

Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 5h

The big risk is to very young children, before they reach vaccination age, who would have been protected by herd immunity. Breast milk would begin to build immunity if the mother had been vaccinated.

Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 5h

🤣 Love it! I watch Harry Potter 3 times a week, to counter all the American politicians flooding our news channels (and clogging up our golf courses and cotswold pubs).

Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 5h

I'm indigenous. When all those white dudes set off in the Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria, Mayflower, etc. My ancestors stayed put. 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 5h

And Streeting wants more private/NHS 'partnerships'.

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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 5h

🚨 BIG NEWS from EveryDoctor! 🚨

We’ve been digging into PFIs + what we found is shocking: 💷 69 NHS trusts are locked into paying £21.1bn to private companies over the next 20 years.

That’s money that should fund doctors, nurses + patient care, not profits.

👉 everydoctor.org.uk/nhs-trusts-t...

Graphic by EveryDoctor highlighting NHS debt from private finance initiatives. The text reads “£21.1 billion in PFI payments – a debt that can’t be ignored.” Below, a hospital illustration is wrapped in chains secured with a padlock featuring a pound symbol, surrounded by company logos for BIIF, Innisfree, Sun Life Financial, and Semperian, symbolising financial control over healthcare.

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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 5h

I immediately went into Terry Pratchett 'Going Postal' mode. 📍📌

Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 5h

Yes. 😕

Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 5h

If I got that letter I'd frame it and use it as a character reference.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 20h

watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily

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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 5h

@everydoctor.org.uk They won't say it out loud, but this is what the right wing plans for the NHS in the UK.

Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 6h

Peterborough, England.

Image credit: Chris Dixon 2021
Rippling canal water with reeds and trees, with thatched and tiled cottages on the opposite bank in sunlight on a clear winter day