Laurie Dunkin Wedd
@ldw1.bsky.social
Bought no coal or gas since 1977, no flights since 2006, no petrol since 2015. You can give up fossils too!
PV, EV, domestic battery.
ME/CFS. #UBI
Kent UK.
Sometimes musical.
PV, EV, domestic battery.
ME/CFS. #UBI
Kent UK.
Sometimes musical.
Further, I think the untrammelled behaviour of media - both trad and social - have made the job of politician, and especially leader, a most ineligible one.
February 6, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Further, I think the untrammelled behaviour of media - both trad and social - have made the job of politician, and especially leader, a most ineligible one.
Yes. And perhaps especially when a new admin comes in after 14 years, lacking experience. It wasn’t an easy gig, but oh my! - what a mess.
February 6, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Yes. And perhaps especially when a new admin comes in after 14 years, lacking experience. It wasn’t an easy gig, but oh my! - what a mess.
No: time has already told that!
February 6, 2026 at 10:43 AM
No: time has already told that!
It’s tragic that a decent PM will be brought down by Mandelson’s sleaze – but it’s a matter of when, not if | Polly Toynbee
February 6, 2026 at 10:41 AM
I disagree. The ‘Your Party’ debacle proves my point, I think: a minimum level of competence is required.
Piss-up. Brewery.
Piss-up. Brewery.
February 6, 2026 at 10:38 AM
I disagree. The ‘Your Party’ debacle proves my point, I think: a minimum level of competence is required.
Piss-up. Brewery.
Piss-up. Brewery.
Sorry - didn’t mean to be dismissive.
But my point still holds: if he “has allowed himself to be the mouthpiece of ill-appointed advisors”, that is on him. And if “that is the system”, who is in charge of the system?
Finally, there is no point in core beliefs if your actions don’t betray them.
But my point still holds: if he “has allowed himself to be the mouthpiece of ill-appointed advisors”, that is on him. And if “that is the system”, who is in charge of the system?
Finally, there is no point in core beliefs if your actions don’t betray them.
February 6, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Sorry - didn’t mean to be dismissive.
But my point still holds: if he “has allowed himself to be the mouthpiece of ill-appointed advisors”, that is on him. And if “that is the system”, who is in charge of the system?
Finally, there is no point in core beliefs if your actions don’t betray them.
But my point still holds: if he “has allowed himself to be the mouthpiece of ill-appointed advisors”, that is on him. And if “that is the system”, who is in charge of the system?
Finally, there is no point in core beliefs if your actions don’t betray them.
If we treated drug addiction as a medical problem rather than a crime - as per @zackpolanski.bsky.social - a lot of low-level crime would disappear.
February 6, 2026 at 9:55 AM
If we treated drug addiction as a medical problem rather than a crime - as per @zackpolanski.bsky.social - a lot of low-level crime would disappear.