Mina
@itsmina2.bsky.social
Allotment holder, travel enthusiast, loves making cakes and does a bit of knitting!
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Most of the UK’s economic problems since Brexit would have been avoided if it had stayed in the European Single Market and Customs Union and it’s time to move closer to the EU, writes former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt.
https://bit.ly/485lgN4
https://bit.ly/485lgN4
In this new Age of Empires, why UK must choose Europe over isolation
Most of the UK’s economic problems since Brexit would have been avoided if it had stayed in the European Single Market and Customs Union and it’s time to move closer to the EU, writes former Belgian P...
www.scotsman.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Most of the UK’s economic problems since Brexit would have been avoided if it had stayed in the European Single Market and Customs Union and it’s time to move closer to the EU, writes former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt.
https://bit.ly/485lgN4
https://bit.ly/485lgN4
Squashes and pumpkins have been amazing this year - all this from one plant per variety.
September 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Squashes and pumpkins have been amazing this year - all this from one plant per variety.
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Johnson and Cummings’ secret meeting with Palantir founder revealed
Johnson and Cummings’ secret meeting with Palantir founder revealed
Non-disclosure of apparent meeting a year before firm won NHS role raises serious questions over transparency
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Johnson and Cummings’ secret meeting with Palantir founder revealed
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Call for drive for more local produce - I support this, to focus Government, especially local Governments, if nothing else www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Marks & Spencer food chief calls for ‘concrete target’ on British produce
Alex Freudmann says ministers need to increase proportion of food eaten in UK that is grown or reared in Britain
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Call for drive for more local produce - I support this, to focus Government, especially local Governments, if nothing else www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Not quite ready - but looking forward to eating these grapes.
August 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Not quite ready - but looking forward to eating these grapes.
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A rare and beautiful capture of Migaloo, a well-known brilliant white humpback whale. It was reportedly the only white albino whale in the world until an all-white calf had been sighted just a few years ago.
August 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
A rare and beautiful capture of Migaloo, a well-known brilliant white humpback whale. It was reportedly the only white albino whale in the world until an all-white calf had been sighted just a few years ago.
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Post-Brexit licences for exporting food to EU cost UK firms up to £65m last year.
Brexit has brought higher business/household costs, loss of exports and jobs.
In the Trumpian trade wars, the UK must forge closer relationship with Europe. Rejoin the EU.
Brexit has brought higher business/household costs, loss of exports and jobs.
In the Trumpian trade wars, the UK must forge closer relationship with Europe. Rejoin the EU.
Post-Brexit licences for exporting food to EU cost UK firms up to £65m last year
Government to promise it will scrap existing scheme by reaching new deal with Brussels in next 18 months
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Post-Brexit licences for exporting food to EU cost UK firms up to £65m last year.
Brexit has brought higher business/household costs, loss of exports and jobs.
In the Trumpian trade wars, the UK must forge closer relationship with Europe. Rejoin the EU.
Brexit has brought higher business/household costs, loss of exports and jobs.
In the Trumpian trade wars, the UK must forge closer relationship with Europe. Rejoin the EU.
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OFWAT probes exec pay at water companies. Yorkshire Water bypassed rules, paid execs through offshore parent company.
Govt was told legislation was weak.
Why was govt/Ofwat not proactive?
End the cat-and-mouse games. Nationalise water. Let customers and employees vote on exec pay.
Govt was told legislation was weak.
Why was govt/Ofwat not proactive?
End the cat-and-mouse games. Nationalise water. Let customers and employees vote on exec pay.
Ofwat probes payments to water bosses after Yorkshire row
The regulator, which is due to be abolished by the government, has written to water companies to investigate whether they have paid executives via offshore vehicles, Sky News learns.
news.sky.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:32 AM
OFWAT probes exec pay at water companies. Yorkshire Water bypassed rules, paid execs through offshore parent company.
Govt was told legislation was weak.
Why was govt/Ofwat not proactive?
End the cat-and-mouse games. Nationalise water. Let customers and employees vote on exec pay.
Govt was told legislation was weak.
Why was govt/Ofwat not proactive?
End the cat-and-mouse games. Nationalise water. Let customers and employees vote on exec pay.
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US Senate Report Shows Private Equity 'Devastates' healthcare.
Squeezes the life out of hospitals and doctor's offices,
High debt, staff cuts, asset-stripping, profiteering, low quality care
PE expanding in UK, owns hospitals, GP surgeries, care homes; cataract, hip/knee replacement surgeries.
Squeezes the life out of hospitals and doctor's offices,
High debt, staff cuts, asset-stripping, profiteering, low quality care
PE expanding in UK, owns hospitals, GP surgeries, care homes; cataract, hip/knee replacement surgeries.
New Senate Report Details How Private Equity 'Devastates' Hospital Systems | Common Dreams
US Senator Chris Murphy exposes how private equity firms destroyed hospitals in his home state.
www.commondreams.org
August 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
US Senate Report Shows Private Equity 'Devastates' healthcare.
Squeezes the life out of hospitals and doctor's offices,
High debt, staff cuts, asset-stripping, profiteering, low quality care
PE expanding in UK, owns hospitals, GP surgeries, care homes; cataract, hip/knee replacement surgeries.
Squeezes the life out of hospitals and doctor's offices,
High debt, staff cuts, asset-stripping, profiteering, low quality care
PE expanding in UK, owns hospitals, GP surgeries, care homes; cataract, hip/knee replacement surgeries.
Just made a batch of tomato relish - what a new taste sensation. Thank you @lesleebarron.bsky.social for the inspiration and recipe. Used my black kumquat tomatoes for the recipe and already made cheese and relish toasties. Delicious!
August 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Just made a batch of tomato relish - what a new taste sensation. Thank you @lesleebarron.bsky.social for the inspiration and recipe. Used my black kumquat tomatoes for the recipe and already made cheese and relish toasties. Delicious!
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The energy transition is in full swing. Renewables have now surpassed fossil fuels as #1 for energy investment.
2025: Renewables investment to hit $780B
Last decade: Renewables up 109%
Grids & storage up 44%
Energy efficiency up 42%
Electrification up 131%
Oil down 34%, gas down 19%
Coal up 13%
2025: Renewables investment to hit $780B
Last decade: Renewables up 109%
Grids & storage up 44%
Energy efficiency up 42%
Electrification up 131%
Oil down 34%, gas down 19%
Coal up 13%
August 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The energy transition is in full swing. Renewables have now surpassed fossil fuels as #1 for energy investment.
2025: Renewables investment to hit $780B
Last decade: Renewables up 109%
Grids & storage up 44%
Energy efficiency up 42%
Electrification up 131%
Oil down 34%, gas down 19%
Coal up 13%
2025: Renewables investment to hit $780B
Last decade: Renewables up 109%
Grids & storage up 44%
Energy efficiency up 42%
Electrification up 131%
Oil down 34%, gas down 19%
Coal up 13%
Grapes and apples have done so well this year. Cannot wait to pick the apples next month.
August 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Grapes and apples have done so well this year. Cannot wait to pick the apples next month.
Eating a rainbow #homegrown #allotment
August 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Eating a rainbow #homegrown #allotment
My sea of chillies - the only thing lovely this heat!
August 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
My sea of chillies - the only thing lovely this heat!
This weekend’s harvest - first batch of chickpeas harvested and a massive amounts of currants. Podding and jam making has started. #Allotment
July 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This weekend’s harvest - first batch of chickpeas harvested and a massive amounts of currants. Podding and jam making has started. #Allotment
Elephant garlic and onion harvest. The most disappointing harvest ever!! Elephant garlic only half the size. Onions for the first ever impacted by onion fly and had to get rid off quite a few plants. Anyone else had issues with their garlic and onions? Any tips for next year? #allotment
June 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Elephant garlic and onion harvest. The most disappointing harvest ever!! Elephant garlic only half the size. Onions for the first ever impacted by onion fly and had to get rid off quite a few plants. Anyone else had issues with their garlic and onions? Any tips for next year? #allotment
June 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Reform is a Limited Company
Farage owns 53%
It was formed in 2019 to push for a “no-deal Brexit”
It wants to reintroduce the Liz Truss budget
It wants to privatise the NHS
& invest in fossil fuels
Close the BBC
& break International law
It’s a scam
Please retweet widely
Farage owns 53%
It was formed in 2019 to push for a “no-deal Brexit”
It wants to reintroduce the Liz Truss budget
It wants to privatise the NHS
& invest in fossil fuels
Close the BBC
& break International law
It’s a scam
Please retweet widely
May 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Reform is a Limited Company
Farage owns 53%
It was formed in 2019 to push for a “no-deal Brexit”
It wants to reintroduce the Liz Truss budget
It wants to privatise the NHS
& invest in fossil fuels
Close the BBC
& break International law
It’s a scam
Please retweet widely
Farage owns 53%
It was formed in 2019 to push for a “no-deal Brexit”
It wants to reintroduce the Liz Truss budget
It wants to privatise the NHS
& invest in fossil fuels
Close the BBC
& break International law
It’s a scam
Please retweet widely
Chickpeas are doing well even with the lack of rain. #allotment
May 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Chickpeas are doing well even with the lack of rain. #allotment
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‘Catherine’s Rose’. Named for HRH Princess of Wales by the RHS.
Bred by Harkness Roses.
A contribution from the sale of Catherine’s Rose will go to The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. #roses 🌱
roses.co.uk
Bred by Harkness Roses.
A contribution from the sale of Catherine’s Rose will go to The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. #roses 🌱
roses.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
‘Catherine’s Rose’. Named for HRH Princess of Wales by the RHS.
Bred by Harkness Roses.
A contribution from the sale of Catherine’s Rose will go to The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. #roses 🌱
roses.co.uk
Bred by Harkness Roses.
A contribution from the sale of Catherine’s Rose will go to The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. #roses 🌱
roses.co.uk
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Catherine’s Rose: the Royal Horticultural Society has named a rose, bred by Harkness Roses, after the Princess of Wales to celebrate the healing power of nature and the role spending time outdoors plays in supporting our mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing.
May 9, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Catherine’s Rose: the Royal Horticultural Society has named a rose, bred by Harkness Roses, after the Princess of Wales to celebrate the healing power of nature and the role spending time outdoors plays in supporting our mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing.
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Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
May 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
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A private equity firm just bought £1.6 BILLION worth of the NHS.
It will make bigger profits by hiking rents for hospitals and NHS facilities. Previous govts privatized the estate.
That means less money for frontline healthcare. NHS already drained by PFI and private contractors.
It will make bigger profits by hiking rents for hospitals and NHS facilities. Previous govts privatized the estate.
That means less money for frontline healthcare. NHS already drained by PFI and private contractors.
A private equity firm just bought £1.6 BILLION worth of the NHS
Assura has sold NHS buildings to a US private equity giant, making £1.61 billion from infrastructure that we should own
www.thecanary.co
April 14, 2025 at 6:53 AM
A private equity firm just bought £1.6 BILLION worth of the NHS.
It will make bigger profits by hiking rents for hospitals and NHS facilities. Previous govts privatized the estate.
That means less money for frontline healthcare. NHS already drained by PFI and private contractors.
It will make bigger profits by hiking rents for hospitals and NHS facilities. Previous govts privatized the estate.
That means less money for frontline healthcare. NHS already drained by PFI and private contractors.
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Brexit was greatest act of economic self-harm as
U.K. sanctioned itself.
But our idiocy got Trumped with 🇺🇸 tariff rollercoaster.
Nationalist fantasies end in economic pain.
Time to choose: stability/security with Europe or race to bottom on Tump rollercoaster ride?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/w...
U.K. sanctioned itself.
But our idiocy got Trumped with 🇺🇸 tariff rollercoaster.
Nationalist fantasies end in economic pain.
Time to choose: stability/security with Europe or race to bottom on Tump rollercoaster ride?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/w...
How Brexit, a Startling Act of Economic Self-Harm, Foreshadowed Trump’s Tariffs
Britain’s decision to leave the European Union in 2016 was sold to voters as a magic bullet that would revitalize the country’s economy. Its impact is still reverberating.
www.nytimes.com
April 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Brexit was greatest act of economic self-harm as
U.K. sanctioned itself.
But our idiocy got Trumped with 🇺🇸 tariff rollercoaster.
Nationalist fantasies end in economic pain.
Time to choose: stability/security with Europe or race to bottom on Tump rollercoaster ride?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/w...
U.K. sanctioned itself.
But our idiocy got Trumped with 🇺🇸 tariff rollercoaster.
Nationalist fantasies end in economic pain.
Time to choose: stability/security with Europe or race to bottom on Tump rollercoaster ride?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/w...
New Orchard planted, the trees are blossoming. Hopefully, something to harvest later in year. #allotment
April 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
New Orchard planted, the trees are blossoming. Hopefully, something to harvest later in year. #allotment