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pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 8h
Thank you indeed Jackie
pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 9h
Where can one see said documentary?
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pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 15h
It’s not belief in democracy at all. It’s the woeful stewardship of successive labile governments

We will have global authoritarianism unless they get their act together
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pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 2d
As is his terrible twin Trump!
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pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 2d
Sure hope he is right about Rayner. The sooner the better!
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pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 2d
In 100 years time they’ll be using Covid to explain NHS shortfalls just like they are now

Health is a basic, as in fundamental, service and successive governments have wrecked it!

Swinney: No 'shortcut' to NHS wait time reduction www.bbc.com/news/article...
Swinney: No 'shortcut' to NHS wait time reduction
Ahead of the SNP conference, the first minister said some patients are waiting 'far too long' for treatment.
www.bbc.com
pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 2d
Yes there are financial constraints; the results of 14 years of Tories at Westminster

As usual those most in need are paying the cost

Why is no politician ever held to account for mismanagement?

Move to scale back 10-year mental health strategy labelled 'disastrous' www.bbc.com/news/article...
Stormont scaling back mental health strategy is 'devastating'
It is estimated £1.2bn is needed to implement the 35 actions initially set out in 2021.
www.bbc.com
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pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 2d
A very worrying article indeed

Stephen Miller is the most dangerous man in the Trump administration | Judith Levine www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Stephen Miller is the most dangerous man in the Trump administration | Judith Levine
In the White House deputy chief of staff, we see that Maga will not simply end with Trump. We must keep our eyes on Miller
www.theguardian.com
pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 2d
It would make a mockery of the whole thing
pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 3d
Don’t count the chickens just yet
pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 3d
Not sure who is being quoted here but I must strenuously disagree. It is facile to put any peace, which I unreservedly welcome and am thankful for, down to Trump as though he alone made it happen. That is patently not the case!

The man sows confusion and uncertainty and then reaps the benefit!!
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pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 3d
No! No! No!

An outrageous interference with medicine

Once again promoting the notion that the only healthy person is an employed person

The value of people is being reduced to economic equations
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pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 4d
She should not be subjected to this torment again
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pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 4d
The header says it all!

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on political chaos in France: the gift that keeps on giving to Marine Le Pen and the far right | Editorial
Editorial: Influential abroad, Emmanuel Macron’s strategic errors at home are bringing mainstream French politics into disrepute at a crucial moment
www.theguardian.com
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pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 4d
x.com/peston/statu...

Don’t like “X” but Heseltines words are worth reading!
Robert Peston on X: "Heseltine has just addressed a packed meeting of the European Movement at Tory conference. He does not show the restraint of most party leaders in his critique of Farage and Reform: “right wing equivalents to the fascists of the thirties are back on the march: Le Pen in France," / X
Heseltine has just addressed a packed meeting of the European Movement at Tory conference. He does not show the restraint of most party leaders in his critique of Farage and Reform: “right wing equivalents to the fascists of the thirties are back on the march: Le Pen in France,
x.com
pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 4d
Starmer is behaving like the ostrich and burying his head

He may not take Jenrick seriously, but others will
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pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 5d
From the rather blasé comment she is quoted as having uttered it looks like she didn’t even bother to get details

Or perhaps she wanted to seem “cool” in front of the “tech-kids”

Either way it’s clear that rules for ministers are optional
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pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 5d
This may not be popular, but in current circumstances it is wise.

Irish government to divert billions of extra euros to savings funds www.bbc.com/news/article...
Irish government to divert billions of euros to savings funds
Details of the additional funding were announced in the budget presented by the finance minister.
www.bbc.com
pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 5d
I am if the view that France’s current predicament is a symptom of the global assault and deconstruction of liberal norms in governance

Other nations are being similarly assaulted including the UK
Very concerning!

Macron should step down early, says his first PM www.bbc.com/news/article...
Macron should step down early and call presidential vote, says his first PM
Édouard Philippe's intervention comes a day after the French president's latest PM resigned just days into the role.
www.bbc.com
pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 5d
What on earth are they hoping to achieve with this nonsense

Honestly, if this were an individual rather than a government I’d strongly suspect that such an appeal was being driven by plain hubris.

It feels like the government is as a marionette dancing to the beat of populism
pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 5d
This is just plain barking mad!!

Prosecutors to appeal decision to drop Ó hAnnaidh case www.rte.ie/news/uk/2025...
Prosecutors to appeal decision to drop Ó hAnnaidh case
The Crown Prosecution Service in the UK is to appeal a recent decision to throw out the terror case against Kneecap band member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh.
www.rte.ie
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pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 5d
For certain sure’ and most tragically, you are right!
pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 5d
Exactly so

I can’t understand how statements like that about the judiciary are not a disciplinary matter in the HOC!
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pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 5d
Two questions:

1. Who on earth signed off on ten-year contracts ?

2. Who is inspecting these services?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper
Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of
www.bbc.co.uk
pckenny.bsky.social
pckenny.bsky.social @pckenny.bsky.social · 6d
For sure, Drogheda should be granted city status!

Drogheda campaigners launch film calling for city status www.rte.ie/news/leinste...
Drogheda campaigners launch film calling for city status
Campaigners are to launch a new film that they say shows how Drogheda's rapid expansion over the past three years means it should now be classed as Ireland's newest city.
www.rte.ie