Sarah
@rosielea.bsky.social
A retired, active, non meat eating, pacifist. Who loves to travel, discuss politics, promote Kindness & exercise her dog.
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Sarah
@rosielea.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Experienced a fabulous tasting menu at an amazing vegan/vegetarian restaurant in London last night.
France 2025
Beauty, floods & protests
Beauty, floods & protests
April 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
France 2025
Beauty, floods & protests
Beauty, floods & protests
Decay & renewal.
Hartsholme Park today
Hartsholme Park today
February 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Decay & renewal.
Hartsholme Park today
Hartsholme Park today
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President Trump and Elon Musk have taken steps to close The United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, in the past two weeks. Here's what the agency does, and why the new administration is targeting it.
What Is USAID, and What Does the Agency Fund?
The agency’s funding accounts for a tiny portion of the federal budget, but its structure may have made it an easy target for Trump-era cost-cutting.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
President Trump and Elon Musk have taken steps to close The United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, in the past two weeks. Here's what the agency does, and why the new administration is targeting it.
Spotted at Malaga airport. Great idea as anyone who has tried using a public loo accompanied by a small child appreciate.
January 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Spotted at Malaga airport. Great idea as anyone who has tried using a public loo accompanied by a small child appreciate.
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The fact that so many are being taken in by an insane pitch from right wing politicians that the UK needs to leave the ECHR - based on a wildly inaccurate & misleading premise - is an indictment of UK media’s inability to call it out
Leaving the ECHR will undermine all our rights. It’s that simple
Leaving the ECHR will undermine all our rights. It’s that simple
Former Tory Brexit Secretary joins insane call for UK to leave ECHR.
My latest film explains why joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR will do nothing to stop small boats & it will undermine all our rights
Please watch & share
youtu.be/RlxcYDYFGJ0?...
My latest film explains why joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR will do nothing to stop small boats & it will undermine all our rights
Please watch & share
youtu.be/RlxcYDYFGJ0?...
Former Tory Brexit Secretary joins call for UK to leave ECHR - hold onto your seats
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
January 14, 2025 at 6:16 AM
The fact that so many are being taken in by an insane pitch from right wing politicians that the UK needs to leave the ECHR - based on a wildly inaccurate & misleading premise - is an indictment of UK media’s inability to call it out
Leaving the ECHR will undermine all our rights. It’s that simple
Leaving the ECHR will undermine all our rights. It’s that simple
Top of the world. Well not really, just The Torcal de Antequera, looking out towards Malaga Spain
January 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Top of the world. Well not really, just The Torcal de Antequera, looking out towards Malaga Spain
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‘Actively dangerous’: 15,000 doctors sign letter begging Senate to reject RFK Jr for health secretary
Kennedy, among other controversies, has spread misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Kennedy, among other controversies, has spread misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
15,000 doctors sign letter begging Senate to reject RFK Jr for health secretary
Kennedy, among other controversies, has spread misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine
www.independent.co.uk
January 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
‘Actively dangerous’: 15,000 doctors sign letter begging Senate to reject RFK Jr for health secretary
Kennedy, among other controversies, has spread misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Kennedy, among other controversies, has spread misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
The first 6 months: what has Labour actually done? eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/the...
The first 6 months: what has Labour actually done?
Yesterday we highlighted some of the achievements of our new government in its first six months. Here we explore some of the detail
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The first 6 months: what has Labour actually done? eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/the...
Soggy New Year’s Day, 6 mile walk in the Lake District. Fabulous scenery, but a tad wet.
January 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Soggy New Year’s Day, 6 mile walk in the Lake District. Fabulous scenery, but a tad wet.
Christmas Eve sunset, Whisby Nature Reserve. Season’s greetings everyone
December 24, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Christmas Eve sunset, Whisby Nature Reserve. Season’s greetings everyone
Bee-harming pesticides' emergency approvals to end
Some good news for Bees in the UK
Some good news for Bees in the UK
December 21, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Bee-harming pesticides' emergency approvals to end
Some good news for Bees in the UK
Some good news for Bees in the UK
Visiting my sister who has this beautiful view from her flat
December 18, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Visiting my sister who has this beautiful view from her flat
Spotted this beautifully made postbox topper today in a local village
December 4, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Spotted this beautifully made postbox topper today in a local village
Despite all my hard work, I can hardly speak a word. I am however able to read a bit.
December 4, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Despite all my hard work, I can hardly speak a word. I am however able to read a bit.
Bee-harming pesticides found in majority of English waterways
How appalling.
How appalling.
December 2, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Bee-harming pesticides found in majority of English waterways
How appalling.
How appalling.
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Oh come on Labour - so depressing to hear Pat McFadden say UK has no plans for a youth mobility scheme with the EU. We have schemes with NZ, Australia, Canada, Japan, Iceland, Uruguay & more - only reason not to have one with EU is fear of right wing press. Such cowardice @bbclaurak.bsky.social
December 1, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Oh come on Labour - so depressing to hear Pat McFadden say UK has no plans for a youth mobility scheme with the EU. We have schemes with NZ, Australia, Canada, Japan, Iceland, Uruguay & more - only reason not to have one with EU is fear of right wing press. Such cowardice @bbclaurak.bsky.social
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Here's the link to today's installment of my Yuletide folk horror novel Christmas Ghosts and the Holly Queen. I'll be sharing the following one on Sunday, December 1st. open.substack.com/pub/lucyas/p...
Christmas Ghosts and the Holly Queen (8)
Here's the eighth installment of the serialisation of my Yuletide folk horror novel
open.substack.com
November 29, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Here's the link to today's installment of my Yuletide folk horror novel Christmas Ghosts and the Holly Queen. I'll be sharing the following one on Sunday, December 1st. open.substack.com/pub/lucyas/p...
Back in London, enjoying the crisp night air & vibrant atmosphere
November 28, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Back in London, enjoying the crisp night air & vibrant atmosphere
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Ahead of Friday’s vote on assisted dying, our Rest Is Politics LEADING guest is Kim Leadbeater, the MP behind the bill, with a deep dive on the issues, plus we talk about the murder of her sister Jo Cox, why Parliament needs to change its ways and much more alastaircampbell.org/2024/11/109-...
109. Is it time to legalise assisted dying? (Kim Leadbeater)
Should assisted dying be legalised? How did the murder of her sister, Jo Cox, impact British politics? Why is the job of an MP so difficult? Rory and Alastair are joined by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater to...
alastaircampbell.org
November 25, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Ahead of Friday’s vote on assisted dying, our Rest Is Politics LEADING guest is Kim Leadbeater, the MP behind the bill, with a deep dive on the issues, plus we talk about the murder of her sister Jo Cox, why Parliament needs to change its ways and much more alastaircampbell.org/2024/11/109-...
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If you are in Oklahoma or know others that are with school age children, please pass this along to them. Defense of Democracy created opt-out forms for Ryan Walter’s forced bible instruction. Let’s keep getting in good trouble!
#EduSky #Resist
kfor.com/news/oklahom...
#EduSky #Resist
kfor.com/news/oklahom...
Non-profit creates opt out forms against State Superintendent Ryan Walters
A non-profit called Defense of Democracy has created opt-out forms for parents who want their child to have no interaction with Ryan Walters in any capacity, which includes the recent prayer video.
kfor.com
November 24, 2024 at 7:48 PM
If you are in Oklahoma or know others that are with school age children, please pass this along to them. Defense of Democracy created opt-out forms for Ryan Walter’s forced bible instruction. Let’s keep getting in good trouble!
#EduSky #Resist
kfor.com/news/oklahom...
#EduSky #Resist
kfor.com/news/oklahom...
Had a sort out of our medicine cupboard today. I don’t think I’ll need to buy any pain killer any time soon
November 25, 2024 at 11:19 AM
Had a sort out of our medicine cupboard today. I don’t think I’ll need to buy any pain killer any time soon
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“The economic cost of Brexit, reliably estimated at around 5% of GDP and with a total loss to government coffers by 2035 of over £300bn, is unlikely to be offset by attempting to ‘make Brexit work’ – a slogan which rather confirms that it hasn’t”
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
Brexit – an unwelcome truth
Labour’s continued silence on Brexit might just reveal an unwelcome truth; another reason, perhaps, to use the Brexit telescope?
westenglandbylines.co.uk
November 24, 2024 at 4:01 PM
“The economic cost of Brexit, reliably estimated at around 5% of GDP and with a total loss to government coffers by 2035 of over £300bn, is unlikely to be offset by attempting to ‘make Brexit work’ – a slogan which rather confirms that it hasn’t”
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
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The Times journalist who fought to get the story about the Reform MP who kicked his girlfriend multiple times @georgegreenwood.bsky.social tells how hard the newspaper had to right to get the information released.
So who has been protecting the Reform MP?
So who has been protecting the Reform MP?
As an addendum to this, it took four months to get this information, which would have been publicly available at the time of conviction.
The Times had to appoint counsel and attend a hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court to secure its release. That is not an expense all publishers can afford.
The Times had to appoint counsel and attend a hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court to secure its release. That is not an expense all publishers can afford.
November 22, 2024 at 10:00 AM
The Times journalist who fought to get the story about the Reform MP who kicked his girlfriend multiple times @georgegreenwood.bsky.social tells how hard the newspaper had to right to get the information released.
So who has been protecting the Reform MP?
So who has been protecting the Reform MP?