Laine
@choogie.bsky.social
Avid reader of fiction. Politically curious. Long work history in offender education. Don’t have a clue about much. Retired.
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Incredible response from @mrjamesob.bsky.social to Nigel Farage taking calls on LBC this morning.
Fifty seconds of perfection.
Fifty seconds of perfection.
September 19, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Incredible response from @mrjamesob.bsky.social to Nigel Farage taking calls on LBC this morning.
Fifty seconds of perfection.
Fifty seconds of perfection.
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Telegraph article:
"The OBR found that the average migrant worker pays more in tax than they receive in public services throughout their lives compared to British-born workers."
The headline:
"The OBR found that the average migrant worker pays more in tax than they receive in public services throughout their lives compared to British-born workers."
The headline:
September 13, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Telegraph article:
"The OBR found that the average migrant worker pays more in tax than they receive in public services throughout their lives compared to British-born workers."
The headline:
"The OBR found that the average migrant worker pays more in tax than they receive in public services throughout their lives compared to British-born workers."
The headline:
Trivial post - lifted duvet last night to get into bed and a “monstrous” spider 🕷️ crawled across the duvet. Took me ages to get to sleep….!
September 11, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Trivial post - lifted duvet last night to get into bed and a “monstrous” spider 🕷️ crawled across the duvet. Took me ages to get to sleep….!
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A reminder if you use libraries (bc sometimes ppl are apologetic to authors about it) - don't be! We get paid! I get almost as much per borrow as I do per sale! And I LOVE libraries, they were a lifeline when the kids were little in particular.
It's worth noting that, in the UK and Ireland, via the PLR scheme, authors (and other creatives) are paid for library loans of their works. www.bl.uk/plr/
Public Lending Right (PLR): Eligibility & Registration
We are the national library of the UK
www.bl.uk
September 5, 2024 at 8:42 AM
A reminder if you use libraries (bc sometimes ppl are apologetic to authors about it) - don't be! We get paid! I get almost as much per borrow as I do per sale! And I LOVE libraries, they were a lifeline when the kids were little in particular.
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🚨THIS WEEKEND please join me & The British Heart Foundation in inspiring the nation to learn LIFE SAVING CPR❤️
450,000 people have now engaged with the FREE online training course to learn CPR in JUST 15 MINUTES! Let’s make it a million!🙏
www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-...
450,000 people have now engaged with the FREE online training course to learn CPR in JUST 15 MINUTES! Let’s make it a million!🙏
www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-...
August 31, 2024 at 10:24 AM
🚨THIS WEEKEND please join me & The British Heart Foundation in inspiring the nation to learn LIFE SAVING CPR❤️
450,000 people have now engaged with the FREE online training course to learn CPR in JUST 15 MINUTES! Let’s make it a million!🙏
www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-...
450,000 people have now engaged with the FREE online training course to learn CPR in JUST 15 MINUTES! Let’s make it a million!🙏
www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-...
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The tories shouting & screaming that the £22B black hole doesn’t exist. It’s all lies according to them.
Well here is the evidence in the letter from the office for budget responsibility, from their review back in March!
#NeverVoteTory #ToryLiars
Well here is the evidence in the letter from the office for budget responsibility, from their review back in March!
#NeverVoteTory #ToryLiars
August 27, 2024 at 9:05 PM
The tories shouting & screaming that the £22B black hole doesn’t exist. It’s all lies according to them.
Well here is the evidence in the letter from the office for budget responsibility, from their review back in March!
#NeverVoteTory #ToryLiars
Well here is the evidence in the letter from the office for budget responsibility, from their review back in March!
#NeverVoteTory #ToryLiars
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Starmer to end £40m helicopter contract in break from Sunak era.
Starmer and his defence secretary, John Healey, have decided not to renew a contract for helicopter transport which is due to expire at the end of the year after it was extended in 2023 at Sunak’s personal insistence.
Starmer and his defence secretary, John Healey, have decided not to renew a contract for helicopter transport which is due to expire at the end of the year after it was extended in 2023 at Sunak’s personal insistence.
Starmer to end £40m helicopter contract in break from Sunak era
Former PM and ministers drew criticism for the VIP flights Labour says were ‘symbol of their government’
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2024 at 7:01 AM
Starmer to end £40m helicopter contract in break from Sunak era.
Starmer and his defence secretary, John Healey, have decided not to renew a contract for helicopter transport which is due to expire at the end of the year after it was extended in 2023 at Sunak’s personal insistence.
Starmer and his defence secretary, John Healey, have decided not to renew a contract for helicopter transport which is due to expire at the end of the year after it was extended in 2023 at Sunak’s personal insistence.
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If the minimum wage is £22,308 a yr, why does the govt expect a pensioner to live on £11,531? You can judge country on how it treats it's elderly.
Elderly are struggling to eat & 25% live in poverty.
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#GTTO
#ToriesOut
theconversation.com/matching-sta...
Elderly are struggling to eat & 25% live in poverty.
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#GTTO
#ToriesOut
theconversation.com/matching-sta...
August 23, 2024 at 4:22 AM
If the minimum wage is £22,308 a yr, why does the govt expect a pensioner to live on £11,531? You can judge country on how it treats it's elderly.
Elderly are struggling to eat & 25% live in poverty.
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#GTTO
#ToriesOut
theconversation.com/matching-sta...
Elderly are struggling to eat & 25% live in poverty.
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#GTTO
#ToriesOut
theconversation.com/matching-sta...
o2 mobile contract needs renewing. Spent an inordinate amount of time on the phone.
Offer of 4 different tariffs before the advisor listened to what I was saying and magically found a tariff that offered more GB, unlimited texts and calls for 1/2 the cost of what I’m currently paying!
Offer of 4 different tariffs before the advisor listened to what I was saying and magically found a tariff that offered more GB, unlimited texts and calls for 1/2 the cost of what I’m currently paying!
August 22, 2024 at 3:16 PM
o2 mobile contract needs renewing. Spent an inordinate amount of time on the phone.
Offer of 4 different tariffs before the advisor listened to what I was saying and magically found a tariff that offered more GB, unlimited texts and calls for 1/2 the cost of what I’m currently paying!
Offer of 4 different tariffs before the advisor listened to what I was saying and magically found a tariff that offered more GB, unlimited texts and calls for 1/2 the cost of what I’m currently paying!
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Very tired today of reading news reports detailing the names, roles and history of the men lost in the yacht accident only to add ‘and their wives and a daughter’ as if an afterthought.
August 20, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Very tired today of reading news reports detailing the names, roles and history of the men lost in the yacht accident only to add ‘and their wives and a daughter’ as if an afterthought.
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President Obama: "Our politics has become so polarised these days that all of us, across the political spectrum, seem so quick to assume the worst in others unless they agree with us on every single issue. We start thinking that the only way to win is to scold and shame."
August 21, 2024 at 3:33 AM
President Obama: "Our politics has become so polarised these days that all of us, across the political spectrum, seem so quick to assume the worst in others unless they agree with us on every single issue. We start thinking that the only way to win is to scold and shame."
If you decide to follow me, please don’t automatically DM me, this is not a dating app.
August 19, 2024 at 6:58 AM
If you decide to follow me, please don’t automatically DM me, this is not a dating app.
Just read my first “nasty” response and it was to @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social. Being an MP does not give anyone the right to automatically be horrid. You can disagree with policies etc and still be courteous
Let's try not to mess this up.
August 18, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Just read my first “nasty” response and it was to @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social. Being an MP does not give anyone the right to automatically be horrid. You can disagree with policies etc and still be courteous
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Nothing says “patriot” like declaring you’re a non-resident to try to escape a large tax bill: www.thetimes.com/uk/social-me...
Tommy Robinson explores his tax options amid HMRC investigation
The far-right agitator’s influence is surging in the wake of the Southport stabbings, but an inquiry into his web of companies may result in a bill for millions
www.thetimes.com
August 17, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Nothing says “patriot” like declaring you’re a non-resident to try to escape a large tax bill: www.thetimes.com/uk/social-me...
Hmm, perhaps I should be on Threads then ….!
"It's simple, Prime Minister: X is for people who think that Britain is about to lock up everyone who isn't woke, Bluesky is for people who think that sounds like a terrific idea, and Threads is for people who have no idea what either of the others are on about."
August 17, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Hmm, perhaps I should be on Threads then ….!
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“Several posts on Facebook claim that mpox (the disease caused by the monkeypox virus) is actually a side effect of the Covid-19 vaccines. This is not true.”
Can’t believe we even need these fact checking articles. It’s a sad reflection of where we are.
https://fullfact.org/health/mpox-covid-vaccin…
Can’t believe we even need these fact checking articles. It’s a sad reflection of where we are.
https://fullfact.org/health/mpox-covid-vaccin…
Mpox has nothing to do with the Covid-19 vaccines - Full Fact
Mpox is caused by the monkeypox virus. It is not a side effect of vaccination.
buff.ly
August 17, 2024 at 7:11 AM
“Several posts on Facebook claim that mpox (the disease caused by the monkeypox virus) is actually a side effect of the Covid-19 vaccines. This is not true.”
Can’t believe we even need these fact checking articles. It’s a sad reflection of where we are.
https://fullfact.org/health/mpox-covid-vaccin…
Can’t believe we even need these fact checking articles. It’s a sad reflection of where we are.
https://fullfact.org/health/mpox-covid-vaccin…
@adamcreme.bsky.social I’m sure you’re aware but just in case, see below re Nigella
Today has been a good day.
Not only has the incomparable Nigella Lawson (@nigella.bsky.social) joined @bsky.app but I have a ready source of puns in @pundamentalism.bsky.social.
Not only has the incomparable Nigella Lawson (@nigella.bsky.social) joined @bsky.app but I have a ready source of puns in @pundamentalism.bsky.social.
a close up of a dog 's face with its eyes closed .
ALT: a close up of a dog 's face with its eyes closed .
media.tenor.com
August 16, 2024 at 9:55 PM
@adamcreme.bsky.social I’m sure you’re aware but just in case, see below re Nigella
@crimegirl.co.uk hope you’re going to be relaying the exploits of Liam on here as well?
August 16, 2024 at 9:53 PM
@crimegirl.co.uk hope you’re going to be relaying the exploits of Liam on here as well?
I would just like to give a special #FollowFriday shoutout to @neverevertory.bsky.social and @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social, two absolutely fantastic UK Politics accounts.
Please make to sure you are following them, if your not your missing out!
#FBPE #ReJoinEU
Please make to sure you are following them, if your not your missing out!
#FBPE #ReJoinEU
August 16, 2024 at 9:48 PM
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As I’m on @seanjones.org list of lawyers, I feel I should post something lawyerly. So, here is a guide to Labour’s proposed changes to UK employment law. Do bookmark it. We’ll keep it updated. And it’s written by Connie Cliff, the doyenne of employment-law PSL’s.
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Employment Essentials: Employment law changes 2024
The King's Speech in July laid out a number of employment law reforms as part of Labour's New Deal for Working People. We explore the two new Bills; Employment Rights Bill and the Draft Equality (Race...
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August 15, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Can anyone tell me how to bookmark/pin a post please?