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Alison Glasspool

@alisonglasspool.bsky.social
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Own views. Based in southern England. Charity and community sector specialist. Have mild to moderate lifelong hearing loss. Wear hearing aids. Enjoy Tennis and the outdoors.

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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 2h
Very curious if @rachelmillward.bsky.social used to go to the Pink Parrot before it closed, Park Lane and Busters back in the day 🥰
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 3h
Where is the Climate Justice in this? Barclays and HSBC👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
UK banks are Europe’s biggest coal financiers, report finds
Study says UK-based banks provided $8.3bn in coal financing in four years, with Barclays and HSBC leading rise
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Who can relate? Being in a meeting room and unexpectedly realising that there’s a loop system when you’re struggling to hear? The simple joys, although far too infrequent.
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Gotta love London
Photo of the Central London skyline with the Thames in the foreground and the London Eye in the distance. The sky is blue with fluffy clouds.
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When I walked on the pitch at Anfield for the first time last summer. The very first Liverpudlian I spoke to on the pitch was an Everton fan 🤷🏻‍♀️😂❤️
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here’s to the weekend 🥂
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A glimpse from the Museum of Europe. Soon after WWII the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was drawn up. It was fascinating that it took us three attempts to join the EEC, after being turned down by our neighbour twice. The resilience and reconciliation during that time. 🙏🏼
Photo of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on display at the Museum of Europe.
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
You’ve got this 💪🏼
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Photo of sunrise on a pebbly beach
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Saying the obvious here. No nature recovery, nature based solution to flooding in the Global North will be enough without stopping the continued deforestation and resource extraction that’s happening in too many places around the world.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 17/09/2026
“A real test of this government will be torule out new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. The reason they have decided not to announce that before the by-election in Holborn and St Pancras is incredibly telling.” Caroline Lucas on the government’s refusal to rule out new oil and gas on #BBCQT.
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There’s so much to this 🇪🇺⭐️
Photo of a part of the entrance on the wall at the Museum of Europe. It has capital letters which both say EUUK
The top EUK has an arrow above it pointing left, and then an arrow below it in the middle of the image pointing right with the words BREXIT underneath. 
The bottom EUK has a line underneath it with an X in the middle of it and the words Ukraine underneath it.
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Let the delayed decision to allow new North Sea drilling be a move to not approve any more drilling @andyburnham.bsky.social We’re in a climate emergency. Many of us have felt the fear of wildfires this summer due to the excessive heat & extended drought conditions. Do the right thing Andy!
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Twenty-five years since the skyline of Manhattan changed on what was the most surreal day. A sunny day where most of us were doing the same things that we always did, while knowing that something colossal with lasting ripples had happened. #EndGenderApartheid
Photo of the Manhattan skyline several weeks after the Twin Towers had collapsed. There was smoke still simmering from the Ground Zero site.
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Probably the most reliable form of air travel just now.
Photo of a hot air balloon with a large fluffy cloud behind it.
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What a love ❤️
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
So excited 🎉🎉🎉🩵 #PUSB
Screenshot from Sky Sports with Coventry and Arsenal players waiting to come onto the pitch
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It’s the 26/27 season 🩵❤️ #PUSB #YNWA  Haven’t had a season like this in years 😎
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Thank you ☺️
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Aww 🥰
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
💯
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
For everyone who needs to hear this at the start of the week👇
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Sending love to Jason Arday's family and friends. He was subject of sustained and malicious media attacks which were no doubt more vicious because he was Black. We must now reflect on the impact of a trial by some of the media and online on someone under extreme pressure.
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Not sure that this is the right water level for our native lake bird life 🦆
Photo of two ducks with their body and thin legs high out of the ground, walking in a very shallow algae filled lake.
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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This summer’s fires across the UK have been absolutely devastating. They have injured people, while destroying homes, natural habitats, and food crops, with their smoke negatively affecting public health. [1/3]
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Why do I bake bread on one of the hottest days of the year 🤦🏻‍♀️ Homemade jam is very good with it though 😋
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Getting colander and steamer basket ready for the total eclipse of the sun ☀️ À great use of a protest sign waiting to have a fresh message to go on it 🥰 1/ of multiple 🧵
Sun shining through a steamer basket onto a protest sign painted white. À very small part of the sun is covered by the moon.
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Always value Instagram for positive vibes 🏊🏼‍♀️
Screenshot of an Instagram post (that I should give credit to, but can’t find it again now - disclaimer). 
There is a male swimmer wearing a green hat, he is doing freestyle and his right arm is just leaving the water as he takes a breath on his right side. 
The swimmer is in the sea. There is a lane rope to his left. In the background there are hotels lining the side of the beach. The sky is blue and the sea sparkly and clear.
The text that goes with the picture says
“I wrote my friend a “get better soon” card
he’s not sick I just want him to get better at swimming”
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Why does this classroom layout fill me with fear? 🦻🏼
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Compass @compassoffice.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"Our political system is not working. We don't have fair votes, we don't have fair media and we don't have fair taxes." If we fix these three things, we can start to fix everything else. Things can be Better!
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Curious of this question. In a drought that includes a hosepipe ban, what does an immaculate lawn look like? 🥰🌱
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Posting for the memory.
Photo of three sheep eating brown dry grass sheltering under a mature oak tree, with the sun shining through the branches and glimmers of a golden light blue sky.
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Photo of a swan swimming in an open water inlet. The sky is hazy blue about it with glimpses of pink. The water is as calm as a mill pond and reflecting the colours of the sky. There are sailing boats in the distance.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Trump administration to pay German firm $1.22bn to cut offshore wind leases and instead redirect funds towards fossil fuels. Govts captured by oil/gas companies suffocate people and the planet to reward their paymasters. Disaster politics.
theguardian.com
Trump administration to pay German firm $1.22bn to cut offshore wind leases
Agreement with RWE is fifth deal Trump team has made with energy companies, offering payouts to give up projects
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
💯 this👇
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Action for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice Image: www.instagram.com/ashevillish
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ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network) @whatthewomensay.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Lasting peace requires prioritizing dialogue over escalation, diplomacy over destruction, & long-term stability over short-term victories. Hear ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social on why the choices made today—on #Iran & beyond—will shape the future we build: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMjo...
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
What a messy world we live in
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Who can relate? 😂
Screenshot of an Instagram post. A lady is throwing the ball up to serve. The text says
“Once I fix my serve it’s over for you all”
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Somerset Wildlands @somersetwildlands.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Photo of the sun setting with a pebble beach and sea in the foreground.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Who audits big companies for mega fees? On paper it is the big four accounting firms - Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC. But they use offshore networks. There people without proper control do audits remotely. For bigger profits. Offshoring of audits is not disclosed. archive.ph/MBclD
ft.com
Big Four’s use of offshore auditors sparks concern from UK accounting watchdog
Financial Reporting Council says it will monitor how the largest firms manage their overseas teams for the next year
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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This week, half of England has been declared officially in drought, with July set to be the driest on record after winter floods, and wildfires are breaking out across the UK. The immense damage to nature, farming and communities is real and happening fast. [1/2]
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The scrapes have dried up round here too.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Is “pragmatic” the new, “grown up” word? Andy, there’s nothing “pragmatic” about drilling for more oil & gas - to even consider it with the planet literally on fire is total madness. How many times must we say it will do nothing for energy bills or security? It would be an act of utter recklessness
theguardian.com
Burnham promises ‘pragmatic’ approach to North Sea oil and gas
PM tells reporters the government cannot ignore the energy resource ‘when people are struggling’
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Has anyone seen how the wildlife is struggling in all this heat? The poor duckling in the algae was a sorry site.
Photo of a young duck trying to find a way out of the algae. It has a slight break between two ‘continents’ of algae on both sides of it.
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
So this 👇🎾💪🏼
Screenshot of Tennis Collective coach in the full flow of a serve. The ball is tossed high, knees bent and racket stretched all ready to power through and hit the ball. He is on a clay court with Scottish tenement flats situated behind the court.
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend this crucial debate on water ownership? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
actionnetwork.org
Ask your MP to attend the water debate
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend th...
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Who’s struck by the close proximity of the trees and that they are fast growing pines that are on fire near Bordeaux? A large man-made forest planted for industrial purposes and to limit the advancement of sand dunes. I’m not an ecologist, but there’s a resource imbalance here.
Screenshot of Google maps showing the Gironde wildfire area to the west of Bordeaux.
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Alison Glasspool @alisonglasspool.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Haven’t listened to this in a little while 🥰🎧 You Picked Me Up youtu.be/Pyfbt6piOLA
youtu.be
You Picked Me Up
YouTube video by Coventry Elim Worship
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