@richard1942.bsky.social
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The government is living in an alternate reality. During WW2, Michael Foot and others wrote Guilty Men about the disastrous failure of the British elite’s appeasement policy: their inability to grasp the world they were living in. He’d have a field day with this lot.
January 21, 2026 at 11:51 AM
The government is living in an alternate reality. During WW2, Michael Foot and others wrote Guilty Men about the disastrous failure of the British elite’s appeasement policy: their inability to grasp the world they were living in. He’d have a field day with this lot.
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This hasn’t aged well..
January 20, 2026 at 4:34 PM
This hasn’t aged well..
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Elon Musk is having a cry because the CEO of Ryanair said that X is a cesspit and Musk is an idiot.
I don't like Ryanair, but he's not wrong.
I don't like Ryanair, but he's not wrong.
January 16, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Elon Musk is having a cry because the CEO of Ryanair said that X is a cesspit and Musk is an idiot.
I don't like Ryanair, but he's not wrong.
I don't like Ryanair, but he's not wrong.
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Water Privatisation is NOT a failure.
It is a spectacular success... for them.
Vast profits for a terrible service, for something you will always need.
And if they go bankrupt from vast debts they have stolen
You pay.
Renationalise without compensation and throw them in jail
It is a spectacular success... for them.
Vast profits for a terrible service, for something you will always need.
And if they go bankrupt from vast debts they have stolen
You pay.
Renationalise without compensation and throw them in jail
January 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Water Privatisation is NOT a failure.
It is a spectacular success... for them.
Vast profits for a terrible service, for something you will always need.
And if they go bankrupt from vast debts they have stolen
You pay.
Renationalise without compensation and throw them in jail
It is a spectacular success... for them.
Vast profits for a terrible service, for something you will always need.
And if they go bankrupt from vast debts they have stolen
You pay.
Renationalise without compensation and throw them in jail
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Two sides of the same coin.
Don't let Trump's America become Farage's Britain.
Don't let Trump's America become Farage's Britain.
January 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Two sides of the same coin.
Don't let Trump's America become Farage's Britain.
Don't let Trump's America become Farage's Britain.
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Brits don’t side with bullies. Yet, Nigel Farage can’t help cheering them on.
January 6, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Brits don’t side with bullies. Yet, Nigel Farage can’t help cheering them on.
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“A customs union would eliminate the paperwork, tariffs and quotas that are choking our trade.”
@AlPinkerton.bsky.social
@AlPinkerton.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 8:00 AM
“A customs union would eliminate the paperwork, tariffs and quotas that are choking our trade.”
@AlPinkerton.bsky.social
@AlPinkerton.bsky.social
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Wishing everyone a Happy New Year.
May the year ahead bring hope, progress, and opportunity for all.
May the year ahead bring hope, progress, and opportunity for all.
January 1, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year.
May the year ahead bring hope, progress, and opportunity for all.
May the year ahead bring hope, progress, and opportunity for all.
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Perhaps the NHS should spend more on well trained midwifery and obstetric professionals who respect eachother and less on expensive advisers who get ignored.
Win win ......
Midwife leading Nottingham maternity inquiry charging NHS up to £26,000 a month - The Guardian
Win win ......
Midwife leading Nottingham maternity inquiry charging NHS up to £26,000 a month - The Guardian
December 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Perhaps the NHS should spend more on well trained midwifery and obstetric professionals who respect eachother and less on expensive advisers who get ignored.
Win win ......
Midwife leading Nottingham maternity inquiry charging NHS up to £26,000 a month - The Guardian
Win win ......
Midwife leading Nottingham maternity inquiry charging NHS up to £26,000 a month - The Guardian
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Human rights watchdog should investigate local election delays, Lib Dem leader urges
news.sky.com/story/sir-ed...
news.sky.com/story/sir-ed...
Sir Ed Davey writes to human rights watchdog over local election delays
The Liberal Democrat leader said in his letter to the Equalities and Human Rights Commission that nearly ten million people could see their democratic rights "ripped away".
news.sky.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Human rights watchdog should investigate local election delays, Lib Dem leader urges
news.sky.com/story/sir-ed...
news.sky.com/story/sir-ed...
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Happy Monday! I arrived on scene late for the first sunrise of winter when the sun was already high above the horizon, but as a reward the shimmer was super-wide and beautifully even. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
December 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Happy Monday! I arrived on scene late for the first sunrise of winter when the sun was already high above the horizon, but as a reward the shimmer was super-wide and beautifully even. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
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Our economic system is broken, the rules of the game were written by rich people for rich people. Inequality is growing and it’s no good to rich and poor alike. We need new rules.
December 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Our economic system is broken, the rules of the game were written by rich people for rich people. Inequality is growing and it’s no good to rich and poor alike. We need new rules.
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English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
Death rates rise when NHS cuts back on nursing
Using lower-paid workers to plug the gaps left by a failure to hire registered nurses damages safety, new research has shown
www.thetimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
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Something to brighten a Monday morning.
#macromonday
#macromonday
December 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Something to brighten a Monday morning.
#macromonday
#macromonday
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Germany shifts over 2 million e-bikes every year. France: over 500,000.
Britain? It will be lucky to get to 150,000. Why?
Because people need to feel safe to cycle, and that requires serious and sustained government support, which has not been forthcoming.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Britain? It will be lucky to get to 150,000. Why?
Because people need to feel safe to cycle, and that requires serious and sustained government support, which has not been forthcoming.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Cycling is changing at speed – but is Britain keeping pace?
Emulating the bike-friendly highways enjoyed by our continental neighbours will take a lot more money and political will
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Germany shifts over 2 million e-bikes every year. France: over 500,000.
Britain? It will be lucky to get to 150,000. Why?
Because people need to feel safe to cycle, and that requires serious and sustained government support, which has not been forthcoming.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Britain? It will be lucky to get to 150,000. Why?
Because people need to feel safe to cycle, and that requires serious and sustained government support, which has not been forthcoming.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
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There is a crisis facing our NHS. For far too many people, there is a real danger that an ambulance won’t come on time, or that they may spend hours waiting in A&E because our NHS has been pushed to breaking point.
Only an emergency package of support can shore up our NHS through the months ahead
Only an emergency package of support can shore up our NHS through the months ahead
December 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
There is a crisis facing our NHS. For far too many people, there is a real danger that an ambulance won’t come on time, or that they may spend hours waiting in A&E because our NHS has been pushed to breaking point.
Only an emergency package of support can shore up our NHS through the months ahead
Only an emergency package of support can shore up our NHS through the months ahead
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Liberal Democrats have won more local by-elections than any other party in 2025.
In real elections up and down the country, only the Lib Dems are taking on Reform and winning.
In real elections up and down the country, only the Lib Dems are taking on Reform and winning.
December 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Liberal Democrats have won more local by-elections than any other party in 2025.
In real elections up and down the country, only the Lib Dems are taking on Reform and winning.
In real elections up and down the country, only the Lib Dems are taking on Reform and winning.
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Today MPs voted in favour of the 10 minute rule bill on a new UK-EU Customs Union. A new arrangement would help reduce economic burdens and create a more reliable system for exporters. With the economic pressure increasing, Parliament needs to act.
December 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Today MPs voted in favour of the 10 minute rule bill on a new UK-EU Customs Union. A new arrangement would help reduce economic burdens and create a more reliable system for exporters. With the economic pressure increasing, Parliament needs to act.
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if we had not closed half our or general and acute beds
if we did not have the 2nd lowest bed base per 1000 in the OECD
if those beds were not full of people waiting community services but fit to leave
if we had not decimated public health, primary care and community nursing
no crisis to see
if we did not have the 2nd lowest bed base per 1000 in the OECD
if those beds were not full of people waiting community services but fit to leave
if we had not decimated public health, primary care and community nursing
no crisis to see
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
if we had not closed half our or general and acute beds
if we did not have the 2nd lowest bed base per 1000 in the OECD
if those beds were not full of people waiting community services but fit to leave
if we had not decimated public health, primary care and community nursing
no crisis to see
if we did not have the 2nd lowest bed base per 1000 in the OECD
if those beds were not full of people waiting community services but fit to leave
if we had not decimated public health, primary care and community nursing
no crisis to see
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David Dimbleby has raised an uncomfortable question: is it just possible that our royal family is....plain greedy ? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/monarc...
The King and Prince William must open the books on their enormous riches
The senior royals have amassed a great fortune without any scrutiny. For most of their subjects, these are testing financial times—we must have transp...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
David Dimbleby has raised an uncomfortable question: is it just possible that our royal family is....plain greedy ? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/monarc...
Streeting is Secretary of State for Health and SOCIAL CARE
Streeting needs to go
Streeting needs to go
The Government spends an average of £230,000 a year on every single child in care
Of that more than £60,000 is profit that never even goes near a child
The corporations get that, but if you foster a child you get only £10,000.
A sick system that has been twisted for profit
Of that more than £60,000 is profit that never even goes near a child
The corporations get that, but if you foster a child you get only £10,000.
A sick system that has been twisted for profit
December 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Streeting is Secretary of State for Health and SOCIAL CARE
Streeting needs to go
Streeting needs to go
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The Government spends an average of £230,000 a year on every single child in care
Of that more than £60,000 is profit that never even goes near a child
The corporations get that, but if you foster a child you get only £10,000.
A sick system that has been twisted for profit
Of that more than £60,000 is profit that never even goes near a child
The corporations get that, but if you foster a child you get only £10,000.
A sick system that has been twisted for profit
December 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The Government spends an average of £230,000 a year on every single child in care
Of that more than £60,000 is profit that never even goes near a child
The corporations get that, but if you foster a child you get only £10,000.
A sick system that has been twisted for profit
Of that more than £60,000 is profit that never even goes near a child
The corporations get that, but if you foster a child you get only £10,000.
A sick system that has been twisted for profit
