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Charlie Radclyffe

@charlierad.bsky.social

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Advocates for those injured in military + disabled folk, founder http://veteranlawproject.org.uk, trustee Disability Together, spinal cord injury, not a lawyer, MBA, manage land & forestry @ Dartmoor

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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · Jun 27

PIP legislation + my concerns about:

1. Impact on service personnel + veterans harmed on duty (Armed Forces Covenant)

2. Claimed justification

Here's the email I've just sent my MP (Mel Stride) and Ministers at #DWP and #MOD

🧵 (long) #PIP #FOI #AFCS #warpension #Covenant #AFC #disability

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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 6h

Key takeaway from this week’s reflection:

NHS: “we need to generate efficiencies”

Me: “I can show you externally provable figures on 625% system and commissioner ROI for work we do.”

NHS: “if only someone had examples we could use. No-one? Ah well, we’ll have to go elsewhere for ideas.”

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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 5h

🤦‍♂️😤😬

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 18h

And “QLR” will for me always stand for Queens Lancashire Regiment or, if feeling less considerate, the Queens Last Resorts… 😉

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Familoo (Lucy Reed) @familoo.pinktape.co.uk · 19h

Guys, I did a Friday blog post. Like old times! What is the difference between a ‘QLR’ and a QLR? (Yes, it’s about that new QLR case): www.pinktape.co.uk/cases/what-i...

What is the difference between a ‘QLR’ and a QLR?

It’s Friday. I’ve been staring at a screen all day and my eyes have gone funny from scrolling through spreadsheets. I need a change of scene before resuming the trawl. Or failing that a…

www.pinktape.co.uk

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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 18h

As someone unfamiliar with the family court and QLR in this context, I really enjoyed the post.

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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 21h

ICO orders DWP to

"disclose the list of all AI tools DWP plans to place on the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standards Hub"

I.e. publish details of all the AI they are using unless there is a valid reason to keep it secret

h/t @rightsnet.org.uk

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

ico.org.uk

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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 21h

Anyone got any statistics on the number of people in the UK retired from different industries / gov sectors?

E.g.
Teachers - X million
Police officers - Y million
Farmers - Z million

At this stage, I'd be happy with it just for gov sector roles.

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 1d

Exeter people: Exeter Quay bar/pub recommendation

Looking for somewhere to meet for a drink after work today (Friday), before heading out for food at Browns

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 1d

You’re reminded me to offer up our medlars for locals to make use of

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 1d

Nerdy legal treat of the month

#uklegal #contract #law

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 2d

Yep, I’d love to see an African lion doing this too!

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 3d

And first half of Hague’s speech at the 1997 Conservative Conference is here

‘Labour in local government “rotten to the core”’

archive.ph/17iq8

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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 3d

Part 2 of the speech is here:

www.lgcplus.com/archive/hagu...

HAGUE'S SPEECH (FULL TEXT - PART 2)

remainder of William Hague's keynote speech to the Tory party conference today:'The whole United Kingdom needs the Conservative Party now.I am proud to be

www.lgcplus.com

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 3d

Beautiful.

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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 3d

But aren’t conveyancing firms excited about the resultant increase in the number of clients (albeit mostly confused new ones)?!

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 3d

Timeline cleanser

Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 3d

Boxes also work on bobcats

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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 3d

Love it!! Congratulations Neil. 🙏

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 4d

Groundbreaking! The UK Armed Forces has sworn in its first-ever humanist pastoral carer – Dr Neil Weddell. This means thousands of non-religious service personnel will have access to like-minded pastoral support that genuinely reflects their values and worldview. 🧵

First-ever humanist pastoral carer in UK Armed Forces

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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 3d

“free Motability car” 🤦‍♂️😤

And all the rest… 😟

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks for highlighting that, which I’d missed. 🙏

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks for highlighting that, which I’d missed. 🙏

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 3d

Erm, yep, indeed I was

- scoots off to a far flung corner of Dartmoor with his tail between his legs -

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 3d

Politics philosophy and economics
is two thirds hardly a serious degree

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 3d

And I hadn’t even noticed that it goes all the way down to East Prawle

Anyone who’s tried travelling south of Kingsbridge knows that is a ludicrous business development area! 🤦‍♂️

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 3d

The most illogically arranged freeport area I’ve seen

That north eastern bump is only a few miles from my house and is such a remote and poorly supplied area that freeport benefits would be non-existent