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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 5h

'“It’s a strange mixture of feelings,” he said. “Being happy, being stressed, sometimes being overwhelmed. Living in Gaza for 27 years, then getting here and being in London, it’s completely shocking. The very basic things here are luxuries in Gaza.”'

Happy, stressed, overwhelmed: Palestinians evacuated from Gaza start their studies in UK

Abdallah, 27, and Soha, 31, describe adjusting to their new lives after leaving their war-torn home

www.theguardian.com

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Tracey @2300.bsky.social · 5h

news.sky.com/story/why-a-...
No surprise that Trump & Netanyahu have chosen to negotiate an end to this because it suits the political plans of both of them at this moment. When Biden proposed virtually the same plan it was rejected.
Trump wants that peace prize so baf, & Netanyahu to stay in govt.

Why Gaza peace agreement seems to finally suit the key players after two years of war

The moment for a peace deal in Gaza seems to finally suit the key players, even without the promised "total defeat" of Hamas.

news.sky.com

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Tracey @2300.bsky.social · 1d

Hope it's not too bad. Enjoy the pie 👍

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Tracey @2300.bsky.social · 1d

Morning all.
Compare Badenoch & her manic Tories with Farage & his rabid Reform party.
There's simply no difference.
Yet it's Labour who are supposedly 'Reform lite' 😂

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LaindonFeminist: 10 Year Keir @viviane49.bsky.social · 1d

Every week Labour delivers improvements and change in Britain.

Every week you aren’t told about it.

Every week the media ignores the good news.

And there’s plenty of it. Here are just ten good things accomplished by our hard working Labour government in 1 week. 👏👏👏

1. 151 flood schemes delivered in 12 months to boost flood resilience across the nation
2. £20m investment in civic museums to protect opening hours & jobs,
3. India Trade Deal Delivers for Scotch Whisky Industry
4. Patients receive earlier access to life-saving treatments as UK trial approval times cut in half from 91 to just 41 days
5. Aspiring teachers can get up to £31,000 tax free through bursaries and scholarships
6. New funds for local leaders to unlock jobs and boost innovation across the country
7. Major home buying overhaul, to save time and money and prevent abortive sales
8. First woman appointed to be Archbishop of Canterbury 👏👏👏
9. Marrying couples to gain freedoms to get married in new locations – from beaches to castles
10. Online appointment requests are now available at your GP practice
11. UK to reform asylum offer to reduce the pull factor for small boat crossings
12. UK reimposes UN sanctions o

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 1d

Local museums in 75 areas across England are to receive £20m funding from the government's Museum Renewal Fund.

It will enable millions of people to continue to celebrate their local heritage through new or improved exhibits, protection of opening hours, jobs and community & educational programmes.

Millions of people to benefit from £20 million to keep local museums open and thriving

£20 million investment in civic museums to protect opening hours and jobs, as part of the government’s ongoing commitment to ensure museums can continue to tell our national story at a local level

www.gov.uk

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LaindonFeminist: 10 Year Keir @viviane49.bsky.social · 1d

Our media lets us down badly :

Labours accomplishments - rarely mentioned

Nigel Farage’s house - dropped/ignored

Nathan Gill’s admission of working for Russia - zilch

Russia/Iran funding Reform/Farage - silence

Instead they spread lies on the Budget/MPs/anything to discredit Labour

Why????

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 1d

Flood defences.

Labour inherited flood defences in the worst condition on record, but through increased funding, 151 flood defence schemes have been delivered in their first year in power.

And across the next decade they have committed £10.5bn for the largest flood defence programme in history.

Protecting communities and powering renewal: Over 24,000 homes and businesses protected from floods in first year

151 flood schemes delivered in 12 months to boost flood resilience across the nation and better protect more than 24,000 homes and businesses.

www.gov.uk

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LaindonFeminist: 10 Year Keir @viviane49.bsky.social · 1d

Why don’t you know what Labour are doing/already achieved?

🌹 Labour’s getting it done.

17 Manifesto pledges delivered,
18 on track,
19 in progress.

That’s real change in just 15 months.
#Labour #DeliveringChange #Starmer

fullfact.org/government-t...

Government Tracker – Full Fact

Full Fact is monitoring the government’s delivery on its promises

fullfact.org

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Tracey @2300.bsky.social · 1d

Phillipson. This woman is more trouble than she's worth.

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Tracey @2300.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't watch any of the Tory conference so I shouldn't really comment.
But from the speeches I've seen clips of it came across as a desperate clown show.
Am I missing something?

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Tracey @2300.bsky.social · 1d

Is that supposed to be a ventriloquist dummy 🤔

Tracey @2300.bsky.social · 1d

What a load of dweebs.

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Tracey @2300.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not sure how they can get past the media wall tbh.

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Tracey @2300.bsky.social · 1d

😂

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 2d

The Labour government has given us an update on progress made with the industrial strategy.

According to the first quarter report for July-Sep, across the 8 sectors identified to focus on in the strategy, the government has secured £250bn of investment, supporting 45,000 jobs.

UK’s Industrial Strategy hits the ground running, securing £250bn in investment and supporting 45,000 jobs

The Government has announced that it has secured over £250 billion of investment into the IS-8 sectors since July, supporting 45,000 high-quality jobs in communities across the UK.

www.gov.uk

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 1d

The Chancellor taking the time out to explain to us a few of the things shes been up to this week:

* getting more companies to list on UK stock exchanges
* meeting global companies to bring in more investment to the UK
* attending the Women in Work summit
* working on the budget

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Tracey @2300.bsky.social · 1d

This bloke is nuts.

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Tracey @2300.bsky.social · 1d

This has as much to do with the MSM stifling Labour's achievements in govt as poor communications.

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Tracey @2300.bsky.social · 1d

The right to protest isn't being prevented, just mounting hysteria curbed The genocide stuff is just nonsensical. This govt is worlds better than the last, & is getting on with the job of sorting out our country for us post Tory.

Tracey @2300.bsky.social · 2d

We've gone full circle back to populism in UK. Like bloody lemmings.
Meanwhile we already have a decent govt getting on with the job, & all people care about is this nonsense.
Another 4 years, so eat it!

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Tracey @2300.bsky.social · 2d

What a surprise. Their only way back in. As sly & self serving as ever.

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Tracey @2300.bsky.social · 2d

He's gone full Trump. He's just as nuts.

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Tracey @2300.bsky.social · 2d

Let them froth.

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Tracey @2300.bsky.social · 2d

Who writes this crap?

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