Reposted by Amanda Petersjulieinstitches.bsky.social @julieinstitches.bsky.social · 18/09/2026www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/la...greatbritishlife.co.ukHow Horrockses put Lancashire on the fashion map80 years after the iconic label was born, a landmark exhibition is bringing its remarkable story home 0194
Reposted by Amanda PetersDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The hospitality industry are back lobbying for a VAT cut They don't mention the cost: £12bn They don't mention who gets the £: ❌ The smallest most vulnerable businesses? Get nothing ❌ Consumers? Prices won't fall ✅ McDonald's gets £400m. Big chains are big winners 🧵: 11319153
Reposted by Amanda PetersJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026As @nadinebh.bsky.social this is just pathetic, self-serving BS. The Treasury doesn't keep some secret set of books the public can't see! Especially since the OBR, the UK has a remarkably transparent approach to the public finances. The dogs in the street knew what the fiscal position was... 712328
Reposted by Amanda PetersDeb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang. ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...ifloz.substack.comKING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKSCarney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler 1002005769
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Burnham's got a long way to go.....maybe he should try eating some bara brith instead.... 000
Reposted by Amanda PetersAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The state of this. A lovely day out for Badenoch and Philp, playing dress up and making pronouncements about early release schemes - having left the country with one hundred available men's prison places, after fourteen years in charge. You read that right. One hundred places. 1451888708
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Fair play, the Co-op is making colossal amounts of hay, while the sun shines from their new patron's proverbial..... 000
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Why on earth not just put the Emergency briefing film on bbc i player now? All this messing about trying to use it as a campaign tool (petitions to get the Govt to show it on all 4 channels, like some PSB from the 40s) is just game playing. If you want to reach 'ordinary' people, go where they are. 073
Reposted by Amanda PetersDignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 30/07/2026"Even the finest medicine cannot relieve every form of suffering...Recognising those limits is not a criticism of palliative care. It is an acknowledgement of reality. That is precisely why improving palliative care and legalising assisted dying are complementary, not contradictory." 22615
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Fabulous thread on workhouses as early providers of healthcare. Fascinated by how they were used by some women as maternity hospitals. But the birth certificate would always show the full address (not 'the workhouse') to avoid stigma. 120
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I imagine the whole of Burnham's PR &comms team are busy taking lessons from this one...... 000
Reposted by Amanda PetersProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026bsky.app/profile/rahm... 12603130
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 23/07/2026So what was the answer? Burnham seems to have waded into the subject via early release (God knows why - his hero/saviour complex?) and now we have a totally inexperienced Minister having to deal with the fallout of that. We'd made a good start in fixing the nightmare Tory prison legacy. A shame. 010
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Burnham is known for telling whatever truth suits him at the time. Why shouldn't Darren Jones call that out from Day one? I don't care what colour the Govt is - I want them to be honest, and not just make stuff up because it's 'good comms'. 010
Reposted by Amanda PetersKatie @katieest1.bsky.social · 21/07/2026People who've leaked, briefed, undermined and connivied behind colleagues backs are cross about a tweet. You made the bed or give out what you get, whatever own it. 0132
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 21/07/2026So it's ok for Burnham (and other ego driven chancers) can scheme, plot and connive to oust a Labour leader and Prime Minister. But then everyone else has to suck it up, and pretend he's the best thing since sliced bread? Well fuck that. Because fair's fair. Even if he plays dirty. 000
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Ah, but if a comprehensive plan is produced, without an accompanying saccharine press statement from the eyelash fluttering Leader, does it really exist? 010
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Wish he'd stayed at H&SC. I saw him answering questions in the Commons a few weeks ago and he was really good - completely on top of his brief and understood instinctively how to combat the nonsense from the opposition. Will he be replaced by a Burnham 'debt' rather than someone with some skills.. 030
Reposted by Amanda PetersLabour Women's Network @labourwomensnet.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Forever our first female Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves MP. History made and a glass ceiling smashed. Thank you, sister🌹 291
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Oh come on Nicole...I know all the charities need to keep in with Govt, but it's an obvious PR stunt. You do them all the time, so does he. Admittedly more dramatic than the lectern, but for the same purpose. 160
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Eh?! I mean, it's a small pool ...who else is there? Racking my brains to think of someone who'd accept it. I know many politicians are venal. But I have higher standards for Wales! Hope my faith in humanity isn't going to be shot to pieces.... 120
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Jesus. That is really, really stupid. I watched him in the Chamber a few weeks ago, under really difficult lit circumstances, and he was superb. Can't imagine who could be better? 150
Reposted by Amanda PetersJennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 20/07/2026He didn’t end it. I’m not knocking the ambition - it was a huge, huge issue at the time, but unfortunately it still is. Numbers in GM are higher than they were in 2016, when he ran for mayor, and getting on for where they were when he was elected 78217
Reposted by Amanda PetersThe Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 20/07/2026This is very disappointing. Such an important and undervalued brief which was for years held by a succession of uninterested itinerants. A prisons minister who genuinely cared and who was starting to see results. 441258282
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 20/07/2026What utter crap the Observer journalists write. (This from the i) Do they know nothing at all about Starmer's background and family? Pathetic. 3279
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Surely he wouldn't be stupid enough to move Bridget? 040
Reposted by Amanda PetersSarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 17/07/202629 men, 4 women and a bin wasting a colossal amount of money in a fake bullshit election to fuel Farage's ego, while dozens of people in Clacton sleep in tents on the beach and in closed shop doorways, and my kid's nursery begs for old toys from parents. Livid, disgusted, exhausted. Sick of it all. 720770
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Only now seen the full PMQs. I absolutely adore the powerhouse that is @carolynharris.bsky.social and still live in hope of bumping into Keir on the Mumbles.... 010
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Yep, and the deposit is £500, not £300. My bad. 🙄 . Still think it's bonkers though!! 120
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Wow. So - depending on how many lose their deposits - the council will receive a maximum of 34x£300 (£10,200). But each of the 34 candidates is entitled to claim costs for sending one letter to every elector. So costs = 34x £68.250) = £2,320,500. £2.3 MILLION. That's not democracy - that's bonkers 261
Reposted by Amanda PetersHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Trump's embarrassing rant last night about an election he lost six years ago made two things very clear: 1. He's not focused on making life better for Americans. Not even close. 2. We should act now to counteract any efforts to undermine our elections. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...mobilize.usHands Off Our Vote in 2026! · Indivisible**We know that Trump and his Big Lie cronies are plotting to do everything they can to undermine our elections in 2026.** Whether it’s trying to end mail-in voting, targeting registration programs, bl... 13452981658
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Oh God. I'm a delegate at conference and I worry I will have to listen to this meaningless crap over and over again.... 020
Reposted by Amanda Peterskaybell27.bsky.social @kaybell27.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Congratulations to Khan, his commitment to London citizens has been exemplary, he has made London a city to be proud of. His insight and experience will now also be able to benefit the House of Lords. 4353
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Fair play....legal perseverance and commitment paying off. (And rightly so) 000
Reposted by Amanda PetersEd Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 16/07/2026📅Just a note to say: I've begun to put together a rolling list of public events I'll be talking at in the coming months (mostly post-Sept, mostly to publicise my new book, Trade World). Do come along if any are happening near you! More details here: edconway.substack.com/p/eventsedconway.substack.comEventsA rolling list of events, live and online, where I'll be talking about Trade World 185
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The Tories are out Reforming Reform, here in #Bradford Council - It was a Tory Cllr that put forward a typically sad, nasty, little motion about banning flags. Hand in glove with Reform Cllrs all the way....dressing up patriotism as racism. 001
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 16/07/2026District Councils in Wales were so furious at being forced into unitary authorities that they were determined to spend everything in their coffers. I was working for Women's Aid at the time - have to say lots of local groups benefited from that! (And the 2 tier system was nonsense, with hindsight) 100
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Absolutely that last sentence. 'In a world that no longer knows what good government looks like, success itself became impossible to recognise'. 021
Reposted by Amanda PetersBridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 16/07/2026308,770 people started an apprenticeship in 2025/26. That's 8.7% more than last year. Apprenticeship starts collapsed on the Tories’ watch and young people took the biggest hit. They've never dropped once under this Labour government. 69428
Reposted by Amanda PetersThis Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Love the floral display on these steps leading up to a Victorian tenement building on Queen's Drive on the Southside of Glasgow. Cont./ #glasgow #queensdrive #architecture #architecturephotography #flowers #summer 411803202
Reposted by Amanda PetersRuth @ruthr1.bsky.social · 15/07/2026#pmqs .. I can think of no greater loss to Labour than losing Keir Starmer as our leader .. the last 40 mins reinforced that opinion.. if you haven’t seen it please watch it in its entirety and please don’t rely on political journalists who shape their journalism with their own bias 116714
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Absolutely brilliant thread from Dan Neidle. I have to say I find the idea of Burnham really understanding the consequences of this hard to imagine. And I just don't see the 'brilliant politician' Burnham being willing to incur deep unpopularity, just to do the right economic thing! 010
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Delighted for him. But such a shame the Labour Party's only 'coalition of the willing' turned out to be a bunch of less than impressive MPs & Councillors, desperate for a poll boost and incapable of appreciating anything other than glib PR messaging, and believing that's going to be enough. 🤯 020
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 14/07/2026'Accelerate the reset'....WTF? Starmer has been negotiating from Day 1 on a reset....using his skills and earning EU respect.(Not just pretending it's all terribly simple and rejoining is just a click of the fingers). Burnham, at best, will continue the job. At worst, he'll screw it all up. 140
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Frankly, all this does is show how pointless polling is. 000
Reposted by Amanda PetersBudd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 08/07/2026It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days. 344213785869
Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I'd never heard of Mehdi Hasan. Thought he was absolutely awful, arrogant etc, and he clearly has a massive ego. Then I read his wiki profile (edited by him I suspect). He flip flops on his 'views' almost as much as Burnham. Don't have him on again please Alastair! 000
