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Aidan Baker @dorsetnorth.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #PubSignThursday #Devon #Exeter The Holt, Cathedral Close, Exeter, Devon.

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Aidan Baker @dorsetnorth.bsky.social · 2d

Happy #PumpClipWednesday #Devon #Exeter The Holt, Cathedral Close, Exeter, Devon.

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Aidan Baker @dorsetnorth.bsky.social · 5d

Happy #PostBoxSaturday #Dorset G6R Wall Box, Yetminster Road, Chetnole (nr. Sherborne), Dorset.

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Aidan Baker @dorsetnorth.bsky.social · 7d

Happy #FingerPostFriday #Dorset South West Coast Path, Chickerell Firing Range (nr. Weymouth), Dorset.

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Helen Baggott | Editor ~ Author ~ Speaker @postedinthepast.bsky.social · 7d

The Cottage Hospital, Blandford – sent in 1905 to Miss Saunders in Okehampton:

Am having a nice time. I hope you are.

#PostedInThePast

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 11d

It is *essential* that the government restores the independence of the Electoral Commission in its forthcoming Elections Bill:

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

UK government urged to restore Electoral Commission’s independence to protect democracy

Oversight of watchdog could be abused by a future authoritarian government, report warns

www.theguardian.com

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Aidan Baker @dorsetnorth.bsky.social · 13d

Happy #PostBoxSaturday #Devon #Honiton G6R Wall Box, Exeter Road, Honiton, Devon.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 13d

Good to see 2nd set of meeting notes from the National Estate for Nature group now been published: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68c04a...

Including commitment to "mapping all members’ land holdings to enhance transparency"

Here's my attempt to map them: whoownsengland.org/2025/06/10/m...

Mapping the ‘National Estate for Nature’ – and what it should do next

This post is by Guy Shrubsole. Image: the Lulworth Ranges in Dorset, on a long lease from the Weld Estate to the Ministry of Defence. Back in March, the Government announced it was forming a new &#…

whoownsengland.org

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Aidan Baker @dorsetnorth.bsky.social · 14d

Happy #FingerPostFriday #Dorset Club Corner, Leigh (nr. Sherborne), Dorset.

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Aidan Baker @dorsetnorth.bsky.social · 15d

Happy #PubSignThursday #Cornwall #Saltash The Railway, Lower Fore Street, Saltash, Cornwall.

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Aidan Baker @dorsetnorth.bsky.social · 15d

Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation

For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...

you.38degrees.org.uk

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Aidan Baker @dorsetnorth.bsky.social · 19d

Happy #PostBoxSaturday #Wilts #Wiltshire #Warminster Twin E2R Pillar Box, together with modern day Parcels & Franked Mail box, Station Road, Warminster, Wiltshire.

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Aidan Baker @dorsetnorth.bsky.social · 21d

Happy #FingerPostFriday #Devon Colestocks Road, Feniton, Devon.

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NigelSadler @nigelsadler.bsky.social · 29d

Nice little video. 15 pints from the 60s and 70s that have long gone. How many did you try? 🍻

youtu.be/TmZifpPTVmk?...

15 Old Pub Pints from the ’60s & ’70s You’ll Never Taste Again

YouTube video by Dear Old Britain

youtu.be

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The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society @letterappsoc.bsky.social · 26d

Happy #PostboxSaturday, everyone! This is the postbox that started the hashtag, found on Peveril Downs, the place where the idea for The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society was born. #Swanage ☺️📮☁️🎉

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Aidan Baker @dorsetnorth.bsky.social · 26d

Not much of a surprise in the Tory rag, who can’t see Reform eradicating the their beloved party🤔

Aidan Baker @dorsetnorth.bsky.social · 26d

You could say, hiding in Swanage😊

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Aidan Baker @dorsetnorth.bsky.social · 26d

Was not the result expected, particularly following City’s build up to the game? Still, my lot have a long awaited fixture at Southampton tomorrow lunchtime😊

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Deano S @dean426.bsky.social · 26d

#BlueSkyArtsShow
#Home town Exeter.

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Aidan Baker @dorsetnorth.bsky.social · 27d

Happy #PostBoxSaturday #Devon #Plymouth E2R Pillar Box, Southside Street, Plymouth, Devon.

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Aidan Baker @dorsetnorth.bsky.social · 28d

Happy #FingerPostFriday #Dorset Peveril Point, Swanage, Dorset.

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Aidan Baker @dorsetnorth.bsky.social · 29d

Happy #PubSignThursday Drusilla’s Inn, near Horton (Wimborne), Dorset.

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Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform.bsky.social · Sep 10

First Past the Post stands to make a mockery of the electorate at the next election, boosting some parties and punishing others, all based on tiny differences in vote share. www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

Electoral reform is urgent – or an extreme party could win a majority in Parliament

The APPG for Fair Elections first called on the government to establish a ‘National Commission on Electoral Reform’ last November, in the wake of t...

www.politicshome.com

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Aidan Baker @dorsetnorth.bsky.social · Sep 9

#TidesoutTuesday Sandbanks, Poole.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · Sep 8

The FT is demanding that the government bow down to the demands of financial markets. In the process, they reveal their lack of economic understanding and their own weak relationship with democracy. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/09...

Bond markets do not rule – governments do

James Carville, adviser to Bill Clinton, once said that if there were reincarnation, he would like to come back as the bond market, because then he could “intimidate everybody”. The Financial Times ha...

www.taxresearch.org.uk

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