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Ros Scott

@baronessros.bsky.social
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Lib Dem Peer. Deputy Speaker House of Lords. President National Association of Local Councils.

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House of Lords @houseoflords.parliament.uk · 20/05/2025
Members have asked the government to think again on requiring transparency of copyrighted works used to train AI models. The House of Lords voted on a new amendment proposed by Baroness Kidron during 'ping pong' on the Data (Use and Access) Bill. 📄 Find out more www.parliament.uk/business/new...
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Lords consider changes to Data (Use and Access) Bill
Members discuss House of Commons changes in 'ping pong'.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 11/05/2025
Since the general election, Labour has lost more than three times as many voters to the Lib Dems as to Reform. So why is Labour so terrified of the populists? By Mr Pecksniff - follow him on his account! @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
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Pecksniff: The election results swing not to Reform, but to the left
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 02/05/2025
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Liberal Democrats GAIN Oxfordshire - taking control of the council for the first time ever. 12 GAINS to elect 36 Councillors. 🔶
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 02/05/2025
🚨BREAKING🚨 Liberal Democrats have GAINED Cambridgeshire for the first time ever. 🔶 11 GAINS to elect 31 Councillors!
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 02/05/2025
With 16 fantastic GAINS, Liberal Democrats win 43 councillors to become the largest party in Wiltshire. 🔶 We've kicked the Conservatives out of controlling the council.
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Danny Chambers MP 🔶 @dannychambers.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
✅ Offer them a small drink of cool water, don't allow they to lap up huge quantities at once in case they vomit ✅ Travel to the vets in a cold, air-conditioned car More really useful information on preventing heat stroke from @dogstrust.bsky.social www.dogstrust.org.uk/dog-advice/l...
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Caring for your dog during hot weather | Dogs Trust
Keep your dog happy and healthy in warm weather with our advice for safe fun in the sun.
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Danny Chambers MP 🔶 @dannychambers.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
If a dog is collapsed from heatstroke you should: ✅ Bring your dog inside into a shady, well ventilated, cool room ✅Call your local vets and follow their instructions ✅Cool them down by pouring cool to water on them
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House of Lords Home-based Working Committee @hlhomeworking.parliament.uk · 17/03/2025
We're just about to begin our evidence session about data on home-based working with: - Raj Patel University of Essex - Grant Fitzner @grantfitzner.bsky.social Office for National Statistics - Lorna Landells Remit Consulting Watch at 2.15pm here: www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/... #homeworking
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Home-based Working Committee
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House of Lords Home-based Working Committee @hlhomeworking.parliament.uk · 17/03/2025
We're about to examine more data on home-based working with: - Dr Cevat Aksoy @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social - Prof Gordon Harold @camedfac.bsky.social Watch live at 3.20pm here: www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/... #homeworking
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Home-based Working Committee
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Understanding Society @usociety.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Raj, our Associate Director of Policy and Partnerships, gave evidence to @hlhomeworking.parliament.uk yesterday, talking about aspects of homeworking, such as sources of data, and evidence on productivity
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Associate Director gives evidence at Parliament - Understanding Society
Raj Patel speaks before House of Lords Home-based Working Committee Raj Patel speaks before House of Lords Home-based Working Committee
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 17/03/2025
Welcome back to London @mark-carney.bsky.social I can highly recommend the Maple Leaf pub. #PoutineNotPutin
The exterior of Maple Leaf, a Canadian-themed sports bar with a red maple leaf sign and a Canadian Flag hanging outside.Ed Davey smiles while enjoying a meal of Poutine and other Canadian meals with a woman at the Maple Leaf.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 17/03/2025
This is a fascinating story. Marsham and 6 generations of his family kept a detailed log of specific signs of the onset of spring...for 222 years! Starting in pre-industrial Britain is it the longest science experiment of its kind ever undertaken. Really worth a read ⤵️ #gardeningfeed
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From snowdrop to nightjar – how one Norfolk scientist’s valuable record of spring lasted 222 years
Robert Marsham’s “Indications of Spring” is an incredible 222-year record of flora and fauna events that still informs climate studies today
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Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Lovely little exhibition at The Hold in Ipswich. Documenting local migration from Suffolk from Bartholomew Gosnold to New England in 1602 up to the present day.
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House of Lords @houseoflords.parliament.uk · 05/03/2025
Since the pandemic, home-based working, or ‘working from home’, has become significantly more common. The @hlhomeworking.bsky.social committee wants your views on the challenges and opportunities of remote and hybrid working. ➡️ Find out more on YouTube youtu.be/si39qWllI00?...
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Call for evidence launched into remote and hybrid working in the UK
YouTube video by House of Lords
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Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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Call for evidence launched into remote and hybrid working in the UK - Committees - UK Parliament
The House of Lords Committee on Home-based Working has today published a call for written evidence for its inquiry into the effects and future development of remote and hybrid working in the UK. It is...
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Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Honoured and excited to have appointed Chair of a new Select Committee looking at working from home. Definitely a need for a balanced and evidence based look at this .
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Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Conclave - what a great film. @honladymark.bsky.social enjoyed it too but then he’s a Returning Officer and a Roman Catholic…..
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/12/2024
Defra scraps England deadline to register thousands of miles of rights of way
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Defra scraps England deadline to register thousands of miles of rights of way
Campaigners jubilant after government heeded warning 2031 cutoff would mean loss of precious footpaths A deadline for registering historic rights of way is to be scrapped after a warning that the looming cutoff date could result in the loss of thousands…
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Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Merry Christmas everyone.
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Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
I’ll just leave this here …..
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Liam K McGrath @liammcgrath.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Day after Christmas party and the team at Origin Coffee never let me down...
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Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
A view I still enjoy even after 24 Christmases here !
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Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Exactly! It’s why I left.
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Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Worth a read to see how much further this Bill has to go before it becomes law www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/ki...
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Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill: What happens next? | Institute for Government
Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill passed second reading on 29 November by a wider than expected margin, 330–275.
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Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
After 6 1/2 happy years, just attended my final Board meeting at The National Archives. It’s not just about the historic records - modern public records are an essential part of holding Government to account as we are seeing in numerous public inquiries. It’s been a privilege
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Charlotte Cane MP 🔶 @charlotte-cane-mp.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I’m proud to be working hard as your Liberal Democrat MP for Ely & East Cambridgeshire, standing up for our community and tackling the issues that matter to you. Stay informed about my work and how I’m making a difference—sign up for my new newsletter, here: ecld.org.uk/charlotte-cane/newsletter
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Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
When I became a councillor in Suffolk in 1991, the Government was consulting on unitary councils . Plus ca change….
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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 23/11/2024
Did you know there’s a site to search for starter packs of people to follow? Built by @mubashariqbal.com blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
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Bluesky Starter Packs - Bluesky Directory
Browse a list of Bluesky Starter Packs. Discover and connect with your community on Bluesky
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Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
In which Mark writes about our visit to Tirana and a trip to the Parliament
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Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Great article about how the UK is missing the potential for agrivoltaics eastangliabylines.co.uk/energy/energ...
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Energy and food: why is the UK ignoring agrivoltaics?
People worry that solar farms are eating up productive farmland. But this is not necessary. There is a solution. So why are we not doing it?
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Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
In which Mark writes about our trip to Albania
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Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Durrës is the coastal town about 30 minutes drive from Tirana and the former capital. Channeled my inner Alice Roberts with a look at the 2nd century colliseum
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Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Reflecting on a quick weekend break in Tirana. First visit to Albania for both of us. Surprisingly lively city with good cafes and restaurants. Of course no trip complete unless you visit the Parliament
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
With Bluesky user numbers rocketing, more official news accounts are arriving. Here is a starter pack of major media outlets. Feel free to repost, I’ll keep this updated as more arrive.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
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The Top 50 Most Followed UK Political Journalists and Commentators on Bluesky
The leading political commentators and journalists who are testing out the growing alternative to Elon Musk's toxic social media platform
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 16/11/2024
Here’s our map that shows your local Bylines ⤵️ @bylineseast.bsky.social @webylines.bsky.social @centralbylines.bsky.social @yorksbylines.bsky.social @nebylines.bsky.social @bylinesscotland.bsky.social @bylinescymru.bsky.social @nwbylines.bsky.social @sussexbylines.bsky.social @ksbylines.bsky.social
Map showing which Bylines covers each part of the UK
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The House magazine @thehousemag.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
👋👋 Hello everyone! Westminster's magazine is here! Follow us for in-depth reporting on public policy, op-eds from MPs and peers, history, culture, and a whole lot more!
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Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Social media platform Bluesky has picked up more than 700,000 new users in the week since the US election, as users seek to escape misinformation and offensive posts on X. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Bluesky adds 700,000 new members as users flee X after the US election
Social media platform has become a ‘refuge’ from the far-right activism on X, experts say, after Elon Musk teamed up with Donald Trump
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UCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
ON THE BLOG: What future for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill? Former Clerk of the Commons David Natzler argues that remaining neutral on the bill does not preclude the government from taking steps to ensure it is properly drafted and debated.
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What future for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill?
A Private Members’ Bill on assisted dying is set to have its second reading this month. The government has declared itself neutral on the passage of the bill and the policy of assisted dying.…
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ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
This would be a hugely popuar move and #Labour should ignore the #LibDems demands at their peril or see future votes lost to them. They are already losing ground on their resistance to rejoining the EU. Go Ed Davey! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Lib Dems plan to force vote on replacing Lords with elected upper chamber
Party wants to amend government’s bill that would end tradition of hereditary peers to make reforms go further
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Jonathan Jones @sirjjkc.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
My piece on the Attorney General’s new legal risk guidance. I welcome reversal of changes made by Suella Braverman, the commitment to domestic & international law, and the support for lawyers advising when a course is high risk or actually unlawful www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/comm...
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What does the new legal risk guidance for government lawyers mean? | Institute for Government
The Attorney General has issued revised guidance on legal risk.
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Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Ipswich Town! First win of the season. Apparently McKenna was doing his GCSEs last time ITFC won a Premier League game 😁
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CNN @cnn.com · 08/11/2024
Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about some of the people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii after the volcanic eruption, overturning misconceptions about their relationships, ancestry and sex.
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Ancient DNA rewrites the stories of people buried by volcanic eruption in Pompeii | CNN
Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in the ways we think.
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Michael Sheldon 🌎 @michaelsheldo.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Christmas comes early for Putin.
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Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Welcome Creeting St Peter Parish Council! From a corner of Suffolk to the world of rational social media
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Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
Been to an amazing talk by historian William Dalrymple. Guardian review here www.theguardian.com/world/articl...
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‘In Britain, we are still astonishingly ignorant’: the hidden story of how ancient India shaped the west
The flow of knowledge from India to Europe on everything from maths to astronomy has gone unacknowledged by historians
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Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social · 19/09/2024
Just back from visiting the Latvian Parliament with colleagues from the UK. As well as meeting our counterparts in the Saeima, we met with an NGO supporting women, and with the incredibly brave team at the BBC Russian service.
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Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 19/09/2024
New Lib Dem spokesperson team announced
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New Lib Dem spokesperson team announced
Following the highly successful Lib Dem conference, the party's new team of spokespeople in the House of Commons has been announced.
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Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social · 19/09/2024
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,202,414!
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #6,202,414, Ros Scott ‪@baronessros.bsky.social‬, joined on Aug 19, 2024"
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