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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 8h

Even Theresa May only did the same thing three times. Do you think we should lend them Kit Malthouse so they can negotiate a compromise with themselves?

Sky News @news.sky.com · 9h

Macron reappoints Lecornu as prime minister - four days after he quit

French President Emmanuel Macron has re-appointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister.

news.sky.com

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 9h

The problem with this is that if the MP doesn't help there's nowhere else the constituent can go, which is perhaps even more true than it was ten years ago. IMV we just need to accept it and give MPs bigger offices so they can do both properly.

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1d

Also a lot of people are parents and those people see teachers regularly and the teachers don't usually look like frothing marxists

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1d

I had a tesco delivery of loads of party food a little while ago and the tesco man was telling me not to worry, my basket wasn't that weird and I wouldn't believe what he saw sometimes. And anyway I now have questions.

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1d

Except diet coke. Love diet coke.

Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1d

I just prefer to know what I'm eating and I'd rather have a smaller amount of full fat full sugar whatever than a big amount of fake low fat low sugar stuff

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1d

In general though I think this country has plenty of space to both build more homes and protect national parks

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1d

This was my thought but I wonder if it's a Brighton-specific measure because AIUI Brighton is quite tight against the South Downs?!

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah like mate stop fantasizing, just pop down to ann summers, it's on every high street, really, it's not that har- *shot rings out*

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1d

One thing you need to know as a future parent is that if you're ever in a soft play with a hangover, a slushie and a coffee will sort you right out

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1d

I just thought they were like, sugar high might rot teeth unhealthy, not hospital unhealthy

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1d

I was just typing this, I don't think any parent is buying their kids slushies because there's a lower sugar content, no one thinks slushies are a healthy option, like, look at them, they're very obviously not healthy!

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Children should avoid drinking slushies with glycerol, says study

Paediatricians studied 21 children in the UK and Ireland who became very ill after the icy drinks.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1d

A quick Google suggests the initial legislation was amended so the great Welsh meal deal is safe for now

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah the sugar tax accidentally made slushies incredibly dangerous for children and they didn't tell anyone this till kids started getting hospitalized