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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1h

I had a tesco delivery of loads of party food a little while ago and the tesco man was telling me not to worry, my basket wasn't that weird and I wouldn't believe what he saw sometimes. And anyway I now have questions.

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1h

Except diet coke. Love diet coke.

Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1h

I just prefer to know what I'm eating and I'd rather have a smaller amount of full fat full sugar whatever than a big amount of fake low fat low sugar stuff

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1h

In general though I think this country has plenty of space to both build more homes and protect national parks

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1h

This was my thought but I wonder if it's a Brighton-specific measure because AIUI Brighton is quite tight against the South Downs?!

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah like mate stop fantasizing, just pop down to ann summers, it's on every high street, really, it's not that har- *shot rings out*

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1h

One thing you need to know as a future parent is that if you're ever in a soft play with a hangover, a slushie and a coffee will sort you right out

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1h

I just thought they were like, sugar high might rot teeth unhealthy, not hospital unhealthy

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1h

I was just typing this, I don't think any parent is buying their kids slushies because there's a lower sugar content, no one thinks slushies are a healthy option, like, look at them, they're very obviously not healthy!

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 2h

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Children should avoid drinking slushies with glycerol, says study

Paediatricians studied 21 children in the UK and Ireland who became very ill after the icy drinks.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 2h

A quick Google suggests the initial legislation was amended so the great Welsh meal deal is safe for now

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah the sugar tax accidentally made slushies incredibly dangerous for children and they didn't tell anyone this till kids started getting hospitalized

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 2h

What???? They come for my spoons hot chocolate, we march tonight

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 2h

Look only one party recently went viral for accepting casework via Grindr

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 2h

a man in a suit and tie is standing next to a young boy and says when i was your age

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing next to a young boy and says when i was your age

media.tenor.com

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 2h

Nandos and coke zero loving spouse says is it all soft drinks or just the ones with sugar?

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 3h

Non-ironically the Lib Dems should do this. Photo op of Ed Davey eating the extra hot when?

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 3h

Are they coming for my tesco meal deal too like Welsh Labour?

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 3h

It's doing what? How did I miss this?

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 3h

Wait what???

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 3h

two women are standing next to each other with one saying please do

ALT: two women are standing next to each other with one saying please do

media.tenor.com

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 3h

... You're really not beating the 'most Labour thing ever' allegations here!

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 3h

LD membership increased and stayed high partly because of big events (Clegg speech, Brexit) but also because the party incentivised local parties to recruit by letting growing local parties keep some of the membership dues. Membership started dropping as soon as they cancelled it.

Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 4h

“…the drop in membership was surprising given the #LibDems' electoral success, which would suggest "a party on the up, in which case you might get more ambitious people wanting to join it".”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
***Oof!***
@timbale.bsky.social

Liberal Democrat membership has halved in 5 years, figures show

Analysis of available figures shows the number of party members has fallen by 49% since August 2020.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 11h

Cutting beer duty and not wine duty is actually not compatible with the Equality Act, in this essay I will

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 11h

Supermarket wine, the wine-beer cost differential is massive in pubs, and I feel like the pub-supermarket differential is bigger for wine too

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