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It's the foreign aid budget I assume, judging by the trees

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Not sure it's really about currency as identity. The UK issues its own currency and as a consequence retains control of the money supply. History has shown this can be a very useful thing.

Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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My speech from the conference debate on 'Zionism is Racism’ motion

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Regrettable that conference did not pay more attention.

But of a stretch. Think the rats / cats are a comment on Birmingham council

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Penny Mordaunt on Kemi Badenoch channeling her inner Rumsfeld: "there will be challenges that we know about, but she's thinking about being a prime minister who is able to deal with challenges we don't know about yet, and that's impressive"

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On a visit to Dunwich yesterday I had a very interesting conversation with a resident of 25+yrs about the wildfire. He was anything but complimentary about National Trust & their land management esp. in regard to fire breaks or lack thereof.

MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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Another misty dawn by the Exeter canal. You have to grab these fleeting moments, there aren’t that many of them in a year

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If my (now long departed) 1980s MotoGuzzi is anything to go by, those Ferraris are gonna be plagued with electrical problems in that weather #MalaysianGP #F1

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Investors want a return, and investment does not need to come only from countries with medieval attitudes to human rights, made rich by accident of ancient oil deposits.

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My God. It’s takes something special for me to have more sympathy for Rees-Mogg than his interviewer.

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 02/10/2026

Not really, at least in the context of your previous message to which I was replying, but an interesting pivot.

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 02/10/2026

I prefer Jacob Rees-Mogg's view, and rather amusingly, according to Suella he is better placed to express a view on Englishness.

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 02/10/2026

The restaurants do sell the fish to eat. Is your problem with eating fish or with the commodification of labour?

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 01/10/2026

Jobseeker's allowance is £75 a week for ages 18yo. Minimum wage at 18 is £379 a week. It's hard to believe that there are thousands of vacancies going unfilled.

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 01/10/2026

I can't see anywhere that this was implied in my posts.

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 01/10/2026

Three months in I'm impressed with Octopus Agile (plus the open source home automation software Home Assistant). Last year in September I used £110 of electricity. This year under £65 🥳

Surely no-one would argue that the super wealthy should not pay their fair share. My point is one of scale. It's disingenuous to suggest that we can fix the structural problems in our society by taxing billionaires while the rest of us pay nothing.

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Where did you get that idea? Certainly not from anything I've posted.

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Patronising and rude, always a charming combination.

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You could drain the billionaires dry and it would pay for the NHS for a few months. And no it's not the fault of the older generation that their homes grew hugely in value. But it is a fact.

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Rude. I was replying to your point about a small number amassing wealth.

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It wasn't all he said on this subject fortunately

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Before the housing boom in the UK earlier this century, people in their sixties had accumulated approx. 4x the wealth of those in their thirties. Estimates put that multiplier at about 9x now.

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There are no local authorities, parliamentary constituencies, or recognized neighborhoods in the UK where overall life expectancy at birth falls below the current state pension age of 66. Lowest is Blackpool men, at 73.

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Wealth Gap Risk Register 2025

The massive wealth inequality is largely between those who got on the housing ladder before the boom in prices and those who did not. 49% of all household wealth in the UK is held by the over 60s fairnessfoundation.com/risks-2025?h...

fairnessfoundation.com

An online resource that collates evidence about the impacts of wealth inequality, the solutions and public attitudes to all of the above

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 29/09/2026

Life expectancy in 1970 was 72, pension age 65 for men, 60 for women. Average pension years per pensioner 9.5. Life expectancy now is 81, pension age 66. Average pension years per pensioner 15. Pension age is rising but not in step with life expectancy.

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Starling murmuration, Snape bridge, Suffolk earlier this evening

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 29/09/2026

Totally consistent with other Meta offerings.

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 28/09/2026

The never a problem bit?

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 28/09/2026

I don't think I'm misremembering when I say the phone network here in east Suffolk was better for calling 20 years ago.

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Debenore @debenore.uk · 28/09/2026

#r4today vs. the UK mobile phone network in 2026

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The point he made about plunging people into crisis was a very good one. I would have liked to hear Laura put that exact point to Philp when claimed later in the show that the Conservatives plan to cut £bns from welfare.

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If Philp thinks it will return £5bn to the coffers if we go back to 2016 civil service staffing levels, we can infer that being a member of the EU saved us that money. And £5bn saved is a big dent in the net contribution of approx £7.5bn.

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Does he think we won't work this out? Perhaps, if he's judging the rest of us by his own standards.

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Chris Philp suggesting they'll take the civil service staffing levels back to 2016 levels. But the Brexit his party first instigated then implemented directly caused the increase in civil service jobs.

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Gloria De Piero comparing now to the 1997-99 period when Labour were gifted an economy in great shape with the tough decisions already taken by Kenneth Clarke 🙄

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In 2005 Labour's 35.2% share of the popular vote was the lowest of any majority government in UK electoral history at the time.

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I rolleyes at the lazy way they measure his importance by the number of elections he won.

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