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Shian
@shian22.bsky.social
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Retired NHS nurse, book lover, Rambler, Brummie, and frustrated writer. Currently busy despairing about the state of world, its politics and climate. This might be why I drink too much.
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If you follow the links you will find a lot to sugest that the case was very poorly investigated. A panel of international experts reviewed the cases concluding 'there was no
medical evidence to support malfeasance
causing death or injury in any of the 17 cases
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I've written for the Metro on how Starmer's latest attempt to look 'tough' on asylum seeker hotels has exposed him as a coward.

A government spending more just in order to inflict greater misery on refugees is beyond contempt - & that contempt is showing up in the polls. metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward
The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.
metro.co.uk
I can't believe you'd ask that question when there is such an obvious answer. Blair is a lying greedy corporate toad.
So you might make a correction about your claim about Green MPs
Welcome, I joined about Christmas time. Since then I have got involved with the basic essential stuff (delivering leaflets, stuffing envelopes) also been to some inspiring meetings, won a bottle of malt whisky and met Zack Polanski ..
All great.
If you read the reports it is probable that under funding, poor management and systemic failure is a more likely cause of the deaths But of course blaming one person let's the system of the hook.
Sadly I can't see any hope while RTD remains show runner. I found his second era unwatchable (well I didn't watch the last season) I am old enough to remember watching William Hartnell episodes with my dad, and have always found something to love in every era until the awful 60th 'specials' onward.
Think you will find all 4 Green MPs were there and voted against (that is a matter of Parliamentary Record)
I find it telling that Rushbridger does occasional columns for the Independent. It makes me wonder of he doesn't like the drection The Guardian has gone, or they don't lime him.
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Privileged economist gives his opinion about something that won’t affect him at all, but will plunge more people in to poverty and despair. When you’re not affected by the cost of living crisis, 1p tax increase is the same as a 3p tax rise apparently. We should all be willing to suffer 🤡
Lots of Labour despair on the timeline today.
The next election is likely more than three years away. The route to winning it starts by acknowledging that some more short term pain is probably required to get into a position where victory is possible.
This budget is going to be painful. But 1/3
Following that both both the next Labour Government and the next episode of Dr Who will be bitter disappointments that will prove unpopular with the public.
But it never stops them getting more government contracts does it?
(Cough) Winson Green ie HMP Birmingham taken over by G4S, 5 years later after 2 riots and general chaos they had to hand it back. Incompetent bastards... let's give then more prisons to mess up.
Apart from the ones who know the vaccines will kill you stuff is BS and make sure they and their family are fully up to date. The worst of the worst.
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Hate to tell you this Ed, but that Mothin bloke got your Bald Politics slogan out before you!

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Today has been such an inspirational day in Gipton & Harehills, a full day of campaigning & networking with people from the community
Catching up with key people behind last years breakthrough for the Green Party in Gipton and Harehills!

You've heard of Bold Politics, get ready for Bald Politics
Ohhhhhh that is a puzzle Phil. I wonder if she has any allies from her home North West, Manchester even.
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I wonder if Sarah Pochin ever gets as worked up about the overrepresentation of multimillionaire, privately educated elites in her own party…
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What Sarah Pochin MP sees when the Chase is on.
The only good thing you can say about him is 'he isn't Wes Streeting'.
That post of mine is nearly a year old. Well, 10 months later I'd writing what you have. Starmer is so much worse than even I expected
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By American fascism and their pathetic little puppets, like you.
While there are so many things to be gloomy about, at least we seem to be having an amazingly colourful autumn.
I am not sure Harold Wilson would be too impressed either, seeing the higher education system that he expanded and opened up to people like me being turned into money grabbing debt machine.