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PensionSeagull @pensionseagull.bsky.social · 1d

''It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair''

Seagulls Programmes @seagullsprogrammes.bsky.social · 2d

On this day 2006, #BHAFC lose 3-0 to #BlackpoolFC at Withdean in League One, watched by 5,146. The result means we drop 2 places to 20th in the table. Campaigning for Falmer was at its height and the cover showed a picture from the latest march. seagullsprogrammes.co.uk/200607

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PensionSeagull @pensionseagull.bsky.social · 1d

Job only half done to reform the UK pensions system, pensions minister says
www.professionalpensions.com/news/4520080...

The Pensions Minister is only saying what many of us in our industry have been saying for some time

Job only half done to reform the UK pensions system, pensions minister says

The government and the pensions industry have only done “half of the job” to reform the pensions system, pensions minister Torsten Bell says.

www.professionalpensions.com

PensionSeagull @pensionseagull.bsky.social · 3d

Overcoming Pensions Commission challenges 'not an easy path to tread'
www.professionalpensions.com/news/4519982...

Difficult, but just as important that the Pensions Commission replicates the success of the Turner Commission.

Overcoming Pensions Commission challenges 'not an easy path to tread'

The Pensions Commission must overcome various challenges if it is to replicate the success of the Turner Commission, which will “not be an easy path to tread”, according to Aon.

www.professionalpensions.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

I didn’t think I’d ever say this: let’s hope the Tory party can be saved | Polly Toynbee

Britain badly needs a grownup party of the centre right. It won’t come from Badenoch – it may come from a new generation of one-nationers, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

www.theguardian.com

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PensionSeagull @pensionseagull.bsky.social · 3d

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Yes

Has Kemi Badenoch sounded the death knell for one nation Conservatism?

The Tory leader’s shift to the right has left its centrist wing wondering if its tradition still has a future

www.theguardian.com

PensionSeagull @pensionseagull.bsky.social · 4d

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...

Grim news to start the week.
Best wishes Lewis

Former England rugby captain Lewis Moody reveals MND diagnosis

Former rugby World Cup winner, 47, tells BBC he has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease

www.theguardian.com

PensionSeagull @pensionseagull.bsky.social · 6d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A sobering read for a Saturday morning.

If you liked Brexit, you’re going to love what the Conservatives want next | Polly Toynbee

Leaving the ECHR could mean higher food prices and an even bigger blow to trade. The Tories’ new proposals will end the party for good, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

www.theguardian.com

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PensionSeagull @pensionseagull.bsky.social · 9d

Quite a performance

Seagulls Programmes @seagullsprogrammes.bsky.social · 9d

On this day 2022, Roberto De Zerbi's first game in charge of #BHAFC is away at #LFC. He's rewarded with an excellent performance, Leandro Trossard's hat-trick earning us a 3-3 draw, watched by 53,336 (2,928 Albion). seagullsprogrammes.co.uk/202223

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We Are Brighton @wearebrighton.com · 9d

Since the summer of 2022, Brighton have taken £273 million from Chelsea, 12 Premier League points and eliminated the Blues from the FA Cup

No wonder #BHAFC CEO Paul Barber described Chelsea as his best customer back in August 😂

No wonder Paul Barber named Chelsea as Brighton best customer

Brighton CEO Paul Barber described Chelsea as the Albion's best customer after taking £273 million from the Blues over the past three years

www.wearebrighton.com

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PensionSeagull @pensionseagull.bsky.social · 9d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Let’s see how long it takes for the £122m to be paid back

UK government wins £122m pandemic case against Michelle Mone-linked firm over faulty PPE

Trial heard 25m surgical gowns supplied by PPE Medpro to protect NHS staff were unusable and could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’

www.theguardian.com

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PensionSeagull @pensionseagull.bsky.social · 10d

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

A great read - enjoy

Ryder Cup 2025: Guardian writers select their standout moments

From Shane Lowry’s victory jig to the emergence of a new US star, our team’s picks from an electrifying weekend

www.theguardian.com

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Richard Corbett @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 20d

Neil Kinnock points out that Brexit:
- cost UK economy £100bn a year
- reduced tax revenues by £40bn a year
- exited UK from system where asylum seekers are processed by first EU country entered & can be returned there

Says time to put #RejoinEU on the agenda…

independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

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PensionSeagull @pensionseagull.bsky.social · 20d

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

Much deserved medal for Amy

‘You can be an academic badass and a track goddess’ – GB sprinter Amy Hunt revels in shock 200m silver

Hunt powers from sixth to second with the kind of fearless attitude that helped her come back from a quadriceps rupture

www.theguardian.com

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PensionSeagull @pensionseagull.bsky.social · 22d

Apart from a typo "Bloom does NOT undermine his staff in public.' hard to argue with much here.
After 4 games are we were we want to be? No, but there is a long way to go this season

We Are Brighton @wearebrighton.com · 22d

Staff changes at other Premier League clubs resemble soap operas. Or in the case of Nottingham Forest and Nuno, a summer-long Greek tragedy

The swift and decisive way Brighton replaced David Weir with Jason Ayto is yet another sign of how well-run #BHAFC are, writes @warrenmorgan.bsky.social

Decisiveness replacing Weir with Ayto shows how well Brighton are

Brighton were decisive in replacing David Weir with Jason Ayto, unlike other clubs whose staff and player changes become soap operas

www.wearebrighton.com

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 24d

I’m old enough to remember when Conservative Party leaders believed in law and order.

Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 24d

Kemi Badenoch refusing to acknowledge that Tommy Robinson is "far-right", now on LBC, and refusing to condemn Elon Musk's words. In fact she says what Musk said *isn't* incitement. So what would be incitement then? How violent would his words have to be before he was deemed a threat to this country?

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PensionSeagull @pensionseagull.bsky.social · 24d

That is grim news for Jack and #OfficialBHAFC

Andy Naylor @andynaylorbrighton.bsky.social · 24d

Brighton and England under-21's prospect Jack Hinshelwood has been ruled out for up to eight weeks by ankle ligament damage. #BHAFC

www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...

Hinshelwood set for six to eight weeks out with ankle ligament injury

www.nytimes.com

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Andy Naylor @andynaylorbrighton.bsky.social · 24d

Brighton and England under-21's prospect Jack Hinshelwood has been ruled out for up to eight weeks by ankle ligament damage. #BHAFC

www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...

Hinshelwood set for six to eight weeks out with ankle ligament injury

www.nytimes.com

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 24d

This is how blatantly the #BBC and other news favours Reform.
This is appalling and unbalanced and needs addressing NOW.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...

Reform, with 0.7% of all MPs, featured in 25% of BBC's recent 10pm news bulletins

Astonishingly, a party with 18 times as many MPs as Reform has received one-third less coverage on BBC News at 10.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 24d

If you wrap yourself in national flags and go on a fascist march with violent thugs… you shouldn’t be validated by our media.
It was a march for racism, for radicalised prejudice, for mass deportations and for threat against ethnic minorities. It was an ugly expression of division.
Shameful.