@finstumpf.bsky.social
Tweeting in a personal capacity. Retweets aren’t endorsements. Encouraging communities to appreciate the assets they have close to home.
December 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Today's customs union vote is entirely symbolic, it's true. But what does it symbolise that no one is now arguing *for* Brexit?
thecritic.co.uk/regr...
thecritic.co.uk/regr...
December 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Today's customs union vote is entirely symbolic, it's true. But what does it symbolise that no one is now arguing *for* Brexit?
thecritic.co.uk/regr...
thecritic.co.uk/regr...
December 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
December 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Back in June, we celebrated the next generation of changemakers at the #ClimateChallengeCymru ceremony, showcasing schools across Wales with bold, innovative ideas to tackle our biggest environmental challenges, inspired by @earthshotprize.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Back in June, we celebrated the next generation of changemakers at the #ClimateChallengeCymru ceremony, showcasing schools across Wales with bold, innovative ideas to tackle our biggest environmental challenges, inspired by @earthshotprize.bsky.social
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CRYNHOI CADWCH GYMRU’N DACLUS 2025 🎥
Nôl ym mis Mehefin, dathlwyd y genhedlaeth nesaf o grewyr newid yn seremoni #HerHinsawddCymru, gan ddangos ysgolion ledled Cymru â syniadau beiddgar, arloesol i fynd i’r afael â heriau amgylcheddol mwyaf Cymru, wedi eu hysbrydoli gan @earthshotprize.bsky.social
Nôl ym mis Mehefin, dathlwyd y genhedlaeth nesaf o grewyr newid yn seremoni #HerHinsawddCymru, gan ddangos ysgolion ledled Cymru â syniadau beiddgar, arloesol i fynd i’r afael â heriau amgylcheddol mwyaf Cymru, wedi eu hysbrydoli gan @earthshotprize.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
CRYNHOI CADWCH GYMRU’N DACLUS 2025 🎥
Nôl ym mis Mehefin, dathlwyd y genhedlaeth nesaf o grewyr newid yn seremoni #HerHinsawddCymru, gan ddangos ysgolion ledled Cymru â syniadau beiddgar, arloesol i fynd i’r afael â heriau amgylcheddol mwyaf Cymru, wedi eu hysbrydoli gan @earthshotprize.bsky.social
Nôl ym mis Mehefin, dathlwyd y genhedlaeth nesaf o grewyr newid yn seremoni #HerHinsawddCymru, gan ddangos ysgolion ledled Cymru â syniadau beiddgar, arloesol i fynd i’r afael â heriau amgylcheddol mwyaf Cymru, wedi eu hysbrydoli gan @earthshotprize.bsky.social
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A key Russian tactic is “razvedka boyem” – reconnaissance through battle – in which an enemy’s weaknesses are discoverd by constant probing. In September, Russian drones over Poland shut airports, inadvertantly revealing an easy way of wreaking chaos. Dozens of sightings have been reported since.
December 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A key Russian tactic is “razvedka boyem” – reconnaissance through battle – in which an enemy’s weaknesses are discoverd by constant probing. In September, Russian drones over Poland shut airports, inadvertantly revealing an easy way of wreaking chaos. Dozens of sightings have been reported since.
Yes more incompetence under the @conservatives.bsky.social government.
See also Bibby Stockholm, Jenrick hotels, et al
See also Bibby Stockholm, Jenrick hotels, et al
"£13.6bn was spent on PPE procurement, with 38 billion items purchased - although 11 billion were unused by 2024. Losses were estimated at £10bn from over-ordering and £324m of fraud"
Covid scheme fraud hit £10.9bn but much 'beyond recovery', report says
The response to the pandemic led to "enormous outlays of public money which exposed it to the risk of fraud and error", a report says.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Yes more incompetence under the @conservatives.bsky.social government.
See also Bibby Stockholm, Jenrick hotels, et al
See also Bibby Stockholm, Jenrick hotels, et al
Why can’t more politicians be like her?
@kemibadenochmp.bsky.social
@kemibadenochmp.bsky.social
Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern looks back on her life, from an early religious upbringing to the seat of global politics.
Former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern: 'Where do I find hope? Young people'
www.bigissue.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Why can’t more politicians be like her?
@kemibadenochmp.bsky.social
@kemibadenochmp.bsky.social
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Musk’s trillion-dollar payout “floats beyond Neptune, about 17,000 times the distance of a mere moonshot” - my column on why Elon’s out-of-this-world pay targets are as damaging as they are distant as.ft.com/r/3beb41c7-1... via @financialtimes
How executive pay went galactic
[FREE TO READ] Elon Musk’s $1tn incentive plan supercharges a long history of rewards driving up executive pay
as.ft.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Musk’s trillion-dollar payout “floats beyond Neptune, about 17,000 times the distance of a mere moonshot” - my column on why Elon’s out-of-this-world pay targets are as damaging as they are distant as.ft.com/r/3beb41c7-1... via @financialtimes
December 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
December 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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This has made grin, so I'm sharing it 😍 @sturdyalex.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Empathy that lasts a lifetime’: charity bridges gap between Bradford schools
Pupils from schools with differing demographics meet and play under charity scheme set up after city’s 2001 riots
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This has made grin, so I'm sharing it 😍 @sturdyalex.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
December 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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This is fascinating and disturbing from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com on rise of 'financial nihilism' (cc @aminsamman.bsky.social !) in the asset economy www.ft.com/content/c17a...
The housing crisis is pushing Gen Z into crypto and economic nihilism
Locked out of home ownership, young adults are turning to risky financial behaviour
www.ft.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This is fascinating and disturbing from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com on rise of 'financial nihilism' (cc @aminsamman.bsky.social !) in the asset economy www.ft.com/content/c17a...
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekWforWindows
Day 5 #HayCastle
Outside the Clive Hicks-Jenkins and the Art of the Book exhibition. On until 08 March and well worth going in.
#WeekWforWindows
Day 5 #HayCastle
Outside the Clive Hicks-Jenkins and the Art of the Book exhibition. On until 08 March and well worth going in.
December 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekWforWindows
Day 5 #HayCastle
Outside the Clive Hicks-Jenkins and the Art of the Book exhibition. On until 08 March and well worth going in.
#WeekWforWindows
Day 5 #HayCastle
Outside the Clive Hicks-Jenkins and the Art of the Book exhibition. On until 08 March and well worth going in.
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Big Issue discovers fate of 455 Yo-yo Homes sold under Right to Buy for £35.7m, then repurchased for nearly £100m.
Councils buy back Right to Buy homes for over 3x sale price in 'economic madness'
www.bigissue.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Big Issue discovers fate of 455 Yo-yo Homes sold under Right to Buy for £35.7m, then repurchased for nearly £100m.
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NEW: Major row erupts within Labour ranks as 11 Welsh Labour Senedd Members accuse Keir Starmer of “rolling back the existing devolution settlement”
They call UK Gov approach to regeneration programme in Wales:
“At best deeply insensitive, at worst a constitutional outrage”
They call UK Gov approach to regeneration programme in Wales:
“At best deeply insensitive, at worst a constitutional outrage”
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
NEW: Major row erupts within Labour ranks as 11 Welsh Labour Senedd Members accuse Keir Starmer of “rolling back the existing devolution settlement”
They call UK Gov approach to regeneration programme in Wales:
“At best deeply insensitive, at worst a constitutional outrage”
They call UK Gov approach to regeneration programme in Wales:
“At best deeply insensitive, at worst a constitutional outrage”
December 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
December 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM