Jane
@janeb1234.bsky.social
Our garden, bees, flowers, our cat and other stuff I find interesting. I share pics etc off Pinterest 📷🌸
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A holiday missive from Baroness Michelle Mone*, as told to @ottoenglish.bsky.social
Lady Mone may not appreciate the gift of independent, investigative journalism... but perhaps you know someone who will.
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Lady Mone may not appreciate the gift of independent, investigative journalism... but perhaps you know someone who will.
Giftcards are 15% off with code: TISTHESEASON
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December 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A holiday missive from Baroness Michelle Mone*, as told to @ottoenglish.bsky.social
Lady Mone may not appreciate the gift of independent, investigative journalism... but perhaps you know someone who will.
Giftcards are 15% off with code: TISTHESEASON
👉 subscribe.bylinetimes.com/product/gift...
Lady Mone may not appreciate the gift of independent, investigative journalism... but perhaps you know someone who will.
Giftcards are 15% off with code: TISTHESEASON
👉 subscribe.bylinetimes.com/product/gift...
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Of course. Because keeping people poor is Conservative policy. 🙄
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Minimum wage should not go any higher, suggests Badenoch
Badenoch claimed Labour had tipped the balance too far against workers and in favour of welfare.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Of course. Because keeping people poor is Conservative policy. 🙄
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The Government's ambition's for the future of the railway must not ignore places like Shropshire, where transport links are nowhere near good enough.
#railwaybill #railways #Whitchurch #Oswestry #NorthShropshire #Shropshire
#railwaybill #railways #Whitchurch #Oswestry #NorthShropshire #Shropshire
December 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The Government's ambition's for the future of the railway must not ignore places like Shropshire, where transport links are nowhere near good enough.
#railwaybill #railways #Whitchurch #Oswestry #NorthShropshire #Shropshire
#railwaybill #railways #Whitchurch #Oswestry #NorthShropshire #Shropshire
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What is the Green Party for?
We're here to build a better world, not just win elections.
Organising in communities, in workplaces, growing and shifting power for good - if you want this, join Greens Organise today.
greensorganise.uk#membership_t...
We're here to build a better world, not just win elections.
Organising in communities, in workplaces, growing and shifting power for good - if you want this, join Greens Organise today.
greensorganise.uk#membership_t...
December 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
What is the Green Party for?
We're here to build a better world, not just win elections.
Organising in communities, in workplaces, growing and shifting power for good - if you want this, join Greens Organise today.
greensorganise.uk#membership_t...
We're here to build a better world, not just win elections.
Organising in communities, in workplaces, growing and shifting power for good - if you want this, join Greens Organise today.
greensorganise.uk#membership_t...
Having paid £2.50 for a EuroMillion lottery ticket (something we don't usually do) I'm fully expecting to win....
£2.50......thought they were a quid!
£2.50......thought they were a quid!
a cat is sitting on a couch with its mouth open and making a surprised face .
ALT: a cat is sitting on a couch with its mouth open and making a surprised face .
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December 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Having paid £2.50 for a EuroMillion lottery ticket (something we don't usually do) I'm fully expecting to win....
£2.50......thought they were a quid!
£2.50......thought they were a quid!
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Have you ever built up a big (surprise?) energy debt after moving into a new home? How much was it, how did you try to deal with it? Share you story below or email [email protected] - thanks!
December 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Have you ever built up a big (surprise?) energy debt after moving into a new home? How much was it, how did you try to deal with it? Share you story below or email [email protected] - thanks!
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The main problem with the Labour right is not Starmer but that they forgot how deeply unpopular they were in 2010. How do they suppose the coalition government happened? It was primarily because Labour was detested. To attempt a similar style in 2024 was beyond stupid.
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The main problem with the Labour right is not Starmer but that they forgot how deeply unpopular they were in 2010. How do they suppose the coalition government happened? It was primarily because Labour was detested. To attempt a similar style in 2024 was beyond stupid.
Bought some Staffordshire Oatcakes to try.... that's breakfast tomorrow sorted....
December 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Bought some Staffordshire Oatcakes to try.... that's breakfast tomorrow sorted....
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Oh to sleep as deeply as a new-born grey seal pup...
Photo: Ian Ward, on a long-lens camera
Photo: Ian Ward, on a long-lens camera
December 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Oh to sleep as deeply as a new-born grey seal pup...
Photo: Ian Ward, on a long-lens camera
Photo: Ian Ward, on a long-lens camera
It really does take a 'special' kind of person to sit in the waiting room of a throat & respiratory outpatients ward, under a 'please wear a mask to protect our vulnerable patients' sign - not to wear a mask.....
*moves away* 😷
*moves away* 😷
December 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
It really does take a 'special' kind of person to sit in the waiting room of a throat & respiratory outpatients ward, under a 'please wear a mask to protect our vulnerable patients' sign - not to wear a mask.....
*moves away* 😷
*moves away* 😷
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On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: nine ladies dancing, eight maids-a-milking, seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-a-laying, FIVE GOLD RINGS, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. I hope the ladies like pear; the birds are all mine
December 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: nine ladies dancing, eight maids-a-milking, seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-a-laying, FIVE GOLD RINGS, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. I hope the ladies like pear; the birds are all mine
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Back to their roots: a brief history of trees - in pictures
Source: The Guardian
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#TreeTrunkTuesday
Source: The Guardian
search.app/6Nrcb
#TreeTrunkTuesday
Back to their roots: a brief history of trees – in pictures
Over 120 years ago, a monumental work recording more than 500 species of tree in Britain and Ireland was published. A new version focuses on the pioneering images it contained
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December 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Back to their roots: a brief history of trees - in pictures
Source: The Guardian
search.app/6Nrcb
#TreeTrunkTuesday
Source: The Guardian
search.app/6Nrcb
#TreeTrunkTuesday
Town 'punching above weight' as retail destination
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15 miles from us, Shrewsbury is a regular haunt of ours - great shops, great places to eat and lovely to walk around.
#Shrewsbury
#Shropshire
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15 miles from us, Shrewsbury is a regular haunt of ours - great shops, great places to eat and lovely to walk around.
#Shrewsbury
#Shropshire
Shrewsbury 'punching above weight' as shopping destination
Shrewsbury town centre is said to be attracting shoppers from across the West Midlands and Wales.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Town 'punching above weight' as retail destination
flip.it/eJ8Gnf
15 miles from us, Shrewsbury is a regular haunt of ours - great shops, great places to eat and lovely to walk around.
#Shrewsbury
#Shropshire
flip.it/eJ8Gnf
15 miles from us, Shrewsbury is a regular haunt of ours - great shops, great places to eat and lovely to walk around.
#Shrewsbury
#Shropshire
Benefits stigma is booming. Here are the key myths around the system – debunked
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It started during the Cameron/Osborne tenure and has continued since. To think we have a Labour government is astounding.
There should be no stigma in needing help/support.
flip.it/uagCTk
It started during the Cameron/Osborne tenure and has continued since. To think we have a Labour government is astounding.
There should be no stigma in needing help/support.
5 myths about Britain's benefits system, debunked
Damaging rhetoric around benefit claimants is on the rise after the autumn budget. Here are the key myths around the benefits system.
flip.it
December 9, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Benefits stigma is booming. Here are the key myths around the system – debunked
flip.it/uagCTk
It started during the Cameron/Osborne tenure and has continued since. To think we have a Labour government is astounding.
There should be no stigma in needing help/support.
flip.it/uagCTk
It started during the Cameron/Osborne tenure and has continued since. To think we have a Labour government is astounding.
There should be no stigma in needing help/support.
Definitely this.....
Apart from that, Good Morning 😃
Apart from that, Good Morning 😃
December 9, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Definitely this.....
Apart from that, Good Morning 😃
Apart from that, Good Morning 😃
Humans are built for nature not modern life | ScienceDaily share.google/FB92ivptE7TI...
Yep. Give me nature any day!
Yep. Give me nature any day!
Humans are built for nature not modern life
Human biology evolved for a world of movement, nature, and short bursts of stress—not the constant pressure of modern life. Industrial environments overstimulate our stress systems and erode both heal...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Humans are built for nature not modern life | ScienceDaily share.google/FB92ivptE7TI...
Yep. Give me nature any day!
Yep. Give me nature any day!
Jersey breeding scheme boosts pink pigeon population - BBC News share.google/R1EKgfIaJzOz...
What a beauty!
What a beauty!
Jersey breeding scheme boosts pink pigeon population - BBC News
The zoo transported four pigeons to the Gerald Durrell Endemic Wildlife Sanctuary in Mauritius.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Jersey breeding scheme boosts pink pigeon population - BBC News share.google/R1EKgfIaJzOz...
What a beauty!
What a beauty!
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So many bad-faith attacks on Zack Polanski.
His own partner works in palliative care!
About a third of carers are migrants.
Among other things, Labour has banned them from bringing their partners and kids here.
Labour pretending to care about them is nauseating.
His own partner works in palliative care!
About a third of carers are migrants.
Among other things, Labour has banned them from bringing their partners and kids here.
Labour pretending to care about them is nauseating.
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
So many bad-faith attacks on Zack Polanski.
His own partner works in palliative care!
About a third of carers are migrants.
Among other things, Labour has banned them from bringing their partners and kids here.
Labour pretending to care about them is nauseating.
His own partner works in palliative care!
About a third of carers are migrants.
Among other things, Labour has banned them from bringing their partners and kids here.
Labour pretending to care about them is nauseating.
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Please consider signing this petition.
Gannets need our help 😭
Please 🙏
Gannets need our help 😭
Please 🙏
December 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Please consider signing this petition.
Gannets need our help 😭
Please 🙏
Gannets need our help 😭
Please 🙏
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I’m hiring a caseworker. If you have experience in casework or similar work, and a passion for making a difference for individuals and the wider community, I want to hear from you. Join my team in Diss for four days a week. More info at www.adrianramsay.org.uk/jobs
Jobs — Adrian Ramsay MP for Waveney Valley
www.adrianramsay.org.uk
December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I’m hiring a caseworker. If you have experience in casework or similar work, and a passion for making a difference for individuals and the wider community, I want to hear from you. Join my team in Diss for four days a week. More info at www.adrianramsay.org.uk/jobs
David Cameron didn't read the room before celebrating the 20th anniversary of becoming Tory leader....
www.thepoke.com/2025/12/08/d...
Nothing to 'celebrate'. This tw*t brought us Brexit, Austerity and numerous cuts too deep to be rectified.
www.thepoke.com/2025/12/08/d...
Nothing to 'celebrate'. This tw*t brought us Brexit, Austerity and numerous cuts too deep to be rectified.
David Cameron didn’t read the room before celebrating the 20th anniversary of becoming Tory leader, but we hope he read these 17 scorching clapbacks
Saturday was, astonishingly, the twentieth anniversary of David Cameron becoming the Leader of the Conservative Party. It would be another five years before he became prime minister, ushering in the e...
www.thepoke.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
David Cameron didn't read the room before celebrating the 20th anniversary of becoming Tory leader....
www.thepoke.com/2025/12/08/d...
Nothing to 'celebrate'. This tw*t brought us Brexit, Austerity and numerous cuts too deep to be rectified.
www.thepoke.com/2025/12/08/d...
Nothing to 'celebrate'. This tw*t brought us Brexit, Austerity and numerous cuts too deep to be rectified.
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First time buyers in England are in their mid thirties, mortgages are stretching into old age, and more people condemned to be forever renters bit.ly/44ij8jU English Housing Survey makes depressing reading
First-time buyers were older and more indebted than ever last year
Mortgage terms for new homeowners are getting longer while renters struggle to save for deposits, being left with an average of £39 at the end of the month
bit.ly
December 8, 2025 at 7:02 AM
First time buyers in England are in their mid thirties, mortgages are stretching into old age, and more people condemned to be forever renters bit.ly/44ij8jU English Housing Survey makes depressing reading
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Covid fraud under the Tories cost the UK taxpayer £10.9bn.
VIP lanes and crony contracts.
Lack of anti-fraud controls in Covid scheme.
Money handed out for non-existent employees
Newly formed companies got public money
No competitive tenders
Poor checks on quality.
How much would be recovered?
VIP lanes and crony contracts.
Lack of anti-fraud controls in Covid scheme.
Money handed out for non-existent employees
Newly formed companies got public money
No competitive tenders
Poor checks on quality.
How much would be recovered?
Covid fraud under the Tories cost the taxpayer £10.9 billion
The counter-fraud and error measures during the pandemic under the Conservative Government were accused of being 'so lax they may as well have left the door wide open'
www.mirror.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Covid fraud under the Tories cost the UK taxpayer £10.9bn.
VIP lanes and crony contracts.
Lack of anti-fraud controls in Covid scheme.
Money handed out for non-existent employees
Newly formed companies got public money
No competitive tenders
Poor checks on quality.
How much would be recovered?
VIP lanes and crony contracts.
Lack of anti-fraud controls in Covid scheme.
Money handed out for non-existent employees
Newly formed companies got public money
No competitive tenders
Poor checks on quality.
How much would be recovered?