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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 5h

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Steve Chalke @stevechalke.bsky.social · 23h

In my view, the main reason we’re living in an age of ‘over diagnosis’ of mental health issues, is because we have an ‘under investment’ in community development and well-being.

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 1d

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nicola @gleanniucha.bsky.social · 1d

Please, if good television matters to you, repost or repackage this video until everyone you follow has seen it

#televisionmatters

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Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 1d

Reform lied to get elected to Kent County Council, promising tax cuts in their election material.

The only tax councils have any say over is council tax & now Reform are saying they will increase it.

Failure to deliver on what they promised after just 5 months.

#NeverVoteReform #NeverFarage

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 1d

Well I never!!!!!!!!

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 1d

I’m booked in for flu & covid on Friday! Go for it!

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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 3d

Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 2d

On reports that Reform’s DOGE unit in Kent has found no savings and is set to hike council tax, Lib Dem Daisy Cooper MP:

"Reform's pledge to slash millions...has turned out to be nothing but smoke & mirrors

"Like his idol Elon Musk, Zia Yusuf has spectacularly failed to deliver what DOGE promised"

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 2d

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 2d

Bl**dy hell she’s my MP!!!!!😠

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 2d

Not a serious person. Zero mention of what this would mean for the over a million British citizens whose own access to welfare in the EU is protected by the withdrawal agreement.

EU citizens living in UK shouldn’t be allowed welfare benefits, says Tory rising star

Katie Lam — who is earning plaudits on the Conservative right — calls for Brexit withdrawal agreement to be reopened.

www.politico.eu

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 2d

Good to hear I get the impression Scotland is more welcoming to refugees than here in my part of Kent!

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3d

UK workers using food banks, bosses feast.

Melrose CEO, 1,112 times the average employee wage.
Tesco, 375
Person, 355
Compass, 330
Marks & Spencer, 261
British Associated Foods, 218
Sainsbury's, 195

Can't rebuild economy/society without equitable distribution of income and wealth.

The government must ensure fair distribution of income

'The average real wage of workers has hardly moved from the 2008 level whilst bosses never had it so good.'

leftfootforward.org

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Dr Debra Kidd @debrakidd.bsky.social · 16d

Brexit Boats. That's what they should be called from now on!

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 16d

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"

"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"

-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 9d

What the internet's for.

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 9d

Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 2d

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Deb Fielden @debfielden.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. What a woman she was. Words to live by 👌🏻

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 3d

📣“1. We are the people.
2. We won’t be silenced.
3. Stop the fascists, now.” 📣

An honour to stand & express solidarity alongside hundreds of fellow residents in #Faversham, & successfully block the route of a few dozen “Patriots” who bottled it and crawled off to social media.

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 3d

Well done and thank you Faversham your own Cable Street moment! All communities need to do this!

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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 3d

The people (Tories and Reform) who tell you your rights are safe if we leave the ECHR as they’ll replace them with British laws also told you our trade, borders and NHS was safe if we left the EU because they’d negotiate amazing trade deals, take control of our borders and fix the NHS…..

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 3d

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 3d

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Donnachadh McCarthy @donnachadhmc.bsky.social · 3d

Please help combat BBC news blackout of Green Party!
@zackpolanski.bsky.social was the only party leader not interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg during their party conference.
So please RT his cracking conference speech..

Donnachadh McCarthy @donnachadhmc.bsky.social · 4d

Whatever your party politics, @zackpolanski.bsky.social leaders speech deserves to be heard..

www.youtube.com/live/TZx9Vng...

Leader's Speech - Zack Polanski at Green Party Conference 2025

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

www.youtube.com

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Amy @amzomac.bsky.social · 3d

Working class voices are rarely the forefront of what we hear.

We ALL have problems.

MOST of them are because of our class system.

Our job is to reconcile our differences along these lines. As far as we can.

Fuck the bullshit they feed us.

We need to stand together.

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 3d

I agree I see it with my 7yr old summer born grandson who loves books but hates the sch reading books! 😩

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