Janet Edwards
@janiete.bsky.social
Centre-left moderate. Value: family, friendship, good society, MUFC. Hate biased journalism and celeb obsession. Tweeting own views.
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BBC reporter arrested and deported from Turkey after covering protests
BBC reporter arrested and deported from Turkey after covering protests
Mark Lowen considered ‘threat to public order’ after reports on nationwide anti-government demonstrations
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The BBC correspondent Mark Lowen has been arrested and deported from Turkey after reporting on the country’s largest anti-government protests in years.
The broadcaster said Lowen was arrested in Istanbul on Wednesday, having been there for several days to cover the protests, which were prompted by the arrest last week of the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
BBC reporter arrested and deported from Turkey after covering protests
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Another bill passed the Commons yesterday, with the Tobacco and Vapes bill, introducing a number of verge positive measures, passed its third reading.
The bill now goes to the Lords.
Details on the measures and the rather bizarre voting patterns on the bill are included in the images.
The bill now goes to the Lords.
Details on the measures and the rather bizarre voting patterns on the bill are included in the images.
March 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Another bill passed the Commons yesterday, with the Tobacco and Vapes bill, introducing a number of verge positive measures, passed its third reading.
The bill now goes to the Lords.
Details on the measures and the rather bizarre voting patterns on the bill are included in the images.
The bill now goes to the Lords.
Details on the measures and the rather bizarre voting patterns on the bill are included in the images.
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The government has published their Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits & Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper consultation.
It is a very long document with supporting files.
But please give it a read through.
To much of the media is syphoning these plans down to a single word: 'cuts'.
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It is a very long document with supporting files.
But please give it a read through.
To much of the media is syphoning these plans down to a single word: 'cuts'.
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Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper
www.gov.uk
March 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The government has published their Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits & Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper consultation.
It is a very long document with supporting files.
But please give it a read through.
To much of the media is syphoning these plans down to a single word: 'cuts'.
1/2
It is a very long document with supporting files.
But please give it a read through.
To much of the media is syphoning these plans down to a single word: 'cuts'.
1/2
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February 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Remember when @BBC initiated investigations into previous Tory chancellors to verify their credentials? Osborne, Hammond, Javid, Sunak, Zahawi!!, Kwartang or Hunt? No, me neither. Written all over @ChrisMasonBBC face he knows it's a dirty political attack. We deserve better.
February 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Remember when @BBC initiated investigations into previous Tory chancellors to verify their credentials? Osborne, Hammond, Javid, Sunak, Zahawi!!, Kwartang or Hunt? No, me neither. Written all over @ChrisMasonBBC face he knows it's a dirty political attack. We deserve better.
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Inevitably the same people who lost their shit over Starmer receiving a free concert ticket are now losing their minds because he turned down free membership of a golf course.
November 16, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Inevitably the same people who lost their shit over Starmer receiving a free concert ticket are now losing their minds because he turned down free membership of a golf course.