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Deborah

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Educator, parent, householder, patron of the Arts.

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Doctors Without Borders report dire humanitarian crisis in Darfur -civilians suffering “indiscriminate and ethnically targeted violence,” incl widespread killings, rape, kidnappings & severe hunger. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/defaul...
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Trixie ☕︎ @dixie13.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
#booksky
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
This will probably come as no surprise to anyone www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/nig...
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'He's done nothing': Nigel Farage accused of only using Clacton 'for photo opportunities'
There are murmurs of discontent in Clacton, and Nigel Farage remains an elusive presence in his own constituency.
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The government's plans to increase the minimum wage by at least 6.7% (and by as much as 18% for some age groups) past the final hurdle in the Commons yesterday. It was unopposed - I guess no one in the Tories or Reform could face going on record to oppose increasing the wages of millions.
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Terms and Conditions of Employment - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : ' Terms and Conditions of Employment' on Tuesday 25 March 2025.
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Interesting to see that inflation has fallen to 2.8% in February, down from 3% in January. This is perhaps unexpected. The Bank of England, last month, said they expected inflation to rise to as high as 3.7% across this year, before falling back down to 2%. So this is good news for the country.
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UK inflation falls to 2.8% in boost for Rachel Reeves before spring statement
Bigger-than-forecast decline in annual rate in February is positive news for chancellor in run-up to Commons address
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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
I suggest the UK will take over Florida. We could give it to the Palestinians. No, better still let's relocate the Israel there. The people of Florida can be fitted into some other American state. That would do.
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A bag of sand ? If it's comfortable , I suppose . . . Thank you @suethesoul.bsky.social‬ for sharing #FoxOfTheDay
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Clive Jones MP @clivejonesmp.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The PM has started important attempts to reset our relationship with Europe. This won’t be simple. Yesterday, I asked when we can expect tangible changes to our trading relationship with the EU, and for recognition of the impact of Brexit upon our economy’s ability to grow. (5/5)
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 25/03/2025
Ukrainians always stand for peace. They’ve proven it by joining international peace and security operations in many countries and saving thousands of lives. 🧵 1/8 👇
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/03/2025
First off, Pete Hegseth is a disgrace and should be fired. Second, instead of being an asshole and trash-talking the journalist, he should be thanking him for not posting anything top-secret that’s still to come.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Under my leadership, Canada will invest in our security, meet our 2% spending target by 2030 — and pull our full weight in NATO.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
A reminder that the supposedly "tongue in cheek" comments referred to here actually involved Reform UK donor Charlie Mullins demanding that "someone should kill" Sadiq Khan and "dump the Muslim mayor"
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
£2 billion new investment to support biggest boost in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation £2 billion injection of new grant funding to deliver up to 18,000 new social and affordable homes www.gov.uk/government/n...
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£2 billion new investment to support biggest boost in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation
Hard working families to get safe and secure homes as Chancellor announces £2 billion injection of new grant funding to deliver up to 18,000 new social and affordable homes.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 25/03/2025
Austerity is political anthrax. Fortunately for Starmer, there's an alternative. 👉 NEW @yougov.co.uk polling shows 46% of Brits think the best way to grow the economy is with a new trade deal with the EU, vs 28% who think the government should cut benefits. uk.news.yahoo.com/avoid-politi...
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Avoid ‘political anthrax’ of austerity with better EU deal, think tank urges
Best for Britain said improving trading relations with the EU would be more popular than cutting benefits.
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Your regular reminder 👇 🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS 🏫 78% want publicly owned schools 💧 73% want publicly owned water 🚂 70% want publicly owned rail ✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail 🚍 67% want publicly owned buses 💡 65% want publicly owned energy
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EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities
Privatisation has failed.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Tory MP James Cartlidge: “We must stand up to Macron” Healey: “Drop that Brexit rhetoric” Labour is being way too cautious on the reset with the EU but this kind of put down to the relentlessly adolescent EU-phobic rightwing is very welcome.
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Drop 'Brexit rhetoric' over
EU defence fund, Healey says The defence secretary dismissed calls to
'stand up to the EU' and said the government favoured a co-operative approach to security challenges
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La Reine des Metaphores @metaphorqu.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Are those the Chancellor's words or is it just more #JournoBollox? Reeves to put £2bn into affordable housing to ‘sweeten the pill’ of cuts www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Reeves to put £2bn into affordable housing to ‘sweeten the pill’ of cuts
Chancellor will announce plans to fund 18,000 social homes before fraught spring statement on Wednesday
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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Electoral Commission estimates that 8 million people who should have the right to vote are missing from the register. - More than 1/4 of eligible adults U-35 are missing - So are 1/4 black & Asian citizens, & - 4 in 10 citizens who live in privately rented housing open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...?
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Eight million reasons to end this scandal
Britain's electoral registers are not fit for purpose. It would cost little to put them right.
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
A nighttime #FoxOfTheDay spotted in Brighton by ‪@naturalcoach.bsky.social‬
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Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Signal is very secure but it’s not govt approved for sharing classified info. Also Waltz set some messages to disappear which violates records laws lol the whole thing is incredible. Here’s an archived link to pass the paywall: archive.is/2025.03.24-1...
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Daniel Zenon Klein @danielzklein.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
My favorite part is Hegseth saying we are currently clear on opsec" in a fucking signal text chain that someone had inadvertently added a journalist to. You couldn't write this as a farce
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
The US national security clusterfuck is leading the BBC News in the UK. Anchor Clive Myrie doesn’t know whether to laugh or just stare down the camera lens and scream, “WTF?!” Vance & Hegseth trash-talking Europe is picked up strongly. Trump’s US is a global laughing stock.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 24/03/2025
⚡️ US senators urge the Trump administration to transfer $300B in seized Russian assets to Ukraine.
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US Senators Push for $300 Billion in Seized Russian Assets to Help Ukraine
A bipartisan group of US senators urged President Trump's administration to transfer over $300 billion in frozen Russian assets to Ukraine for military support.
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
What happens when quantum computers can finally crack encryption and break into the world’s best-kept secrets? It’s called Q-Day—and when it happens, it might be the worst holiday of all time: www.wired.com/story/q-day-...
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The Quantum Apocalypse Is Coming. Be Very Afraid
What happens when quantum computers can finally crack encryption and break into the world’s best-kept secrets? It’s called Q-Day—the worst holiday maybe ever.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 24/03/2025
Make sure you’re inviting the right person to your Signal group! To help confirm someone’s identity and keep track of your contacts, @signal.org offers nicknames and information about the groups you share in common with your contacts. Learn about Signal’s identifiers:
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Understanding every one of Signal’s identifiers
We’ve heard some questions about the difference between Signal usernames, phone numbers, profile names, profiles, and nicknames. Let’s talk about it.
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Katherine Clark @whipkclark.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Medicaid covers nearly 1 in 2 kids across Massachusetts — so parents don't have to choose between booking a doctor's appointment or paying rent. That's what Republicans call waste. That's what they're cutting. All to help the rich get richer. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/24/m...
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Don't believe those telling you this is the same as the Tories and Labour are bringning in austerity. They are not. Labour are radically improving how the state works to help us all. 6/6
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
“Anyone — including foreign governments — can purchase $TRUMP anonymously, boosting the value of the coin and enriching Trump.” "On a basic level, $TRUMP allows Trump to convert the power and prestige of the presidency into cash.” CORRUPT AF popular.info/p/trump-and-...
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Trump pumps eponymous meme coin
On Sunday, President Trump used his social media platform, Truth Social, to promote his eponymous meme coin, $TRUMP.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 24/03/2025
🚨 Russia has stolen 164 ancient Ukrainian artifacts from Crimea, with key figures identified in the plundering, including Russian museum officials and intelligence heads. The stolen items were taken from Nymphaion and Panticapaeum excavation sites.
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Russia Steals 164 Ancient Ukrainian Artifacts From Crimea With Key Looters Identified
Report indicate 164 archaeological items have been illegally removed from Crimea, as museum officials push narratives to support Russia’s occupation of Ukraine.
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Richard Benwell @richardbenwell.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Here's our #PlanningBill Second Reading briefing to go with the blog: wcl.org.uk/docs/Plannin... We hope Parliamentarians and Government will work across parties to take this chance to make planning work for nature.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
The 1952 law under which Trump seeks to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident who helped organize protests at Columbia University, was ruled unconstitutional in 1996 — by Trump’s sister, a judge. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
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Law in Mahmoud Khalil’s Case Was Once Struck Down — by Trump’s Sister
Judge Maryanne Trump Barry ruled that the law invoked against Mr. Khalil violated the Constitution by giving unfettered discretion to the secretary of state.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 24/03/2025
DC plans to push in what he sees as “a good direction”. Past "good directions" include: 👉🏽 Iain Duncan Smith, later called "incompetent" by DC; 👉🏽 Brexit, later admitted as "an error" by DC; 👉🏽 Boris Johnson, later branded "not a fit and proper person" by DC. 👍🏽~AA www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Dominic Cummings breaks silence after secret dinner with Nigel Farage
Former top Johnson aide says he ‘might spend more time on SW1’ after revelation of meeting before Christmas
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Richard Barfield @richardbarfield.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
#politics #EU #business #trade #Brexit #rejoin #MPs #starterpack UK MPs (past and present) & peers working for better UK-EU relations Please follow them all to show them your support. go.bsky.app/ECm8eQS
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Deborah @deborah122.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
We should be doing the same!
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I mean, Denmark immigration officials could deny their entry and send them to an El Salvador prison
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AntiDr @antidr.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
No need for NYT sugarcoating: SpaceX will NEVER win authentically any future contract given the current situation
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
We care about the economy because we care about people.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Pernicious.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
There is absolutely no way Greenland should let in a representative of an overtly hostile nation, in fact the wife of someone explicitly threatening to “take” it. Turn her plane back.
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Librarian Fella @librarianfella.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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The Disappeared: Trump’s Mass Deportation Machine and the Shadow Prison in El Salvador
In 2025, 238 Venezuelan men vanished—secretly deported to El Salvador’s CECOT prison. This is the story of forced disappearance in America’s name.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Companies in the EU are starting to look for ways to ditch Amazon, Google, and Microsoft cloud services amid fears of rising security risks from the US www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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Trump’s Aggression Sours Europe on US Cloud Giants
Companies in the EU are starting to look for ways to ditch Amazon, Google, and Microsoft cloud services amid fears of rising security risks from the US. But cutting ties won’t be easy.
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Dr Gráinne Nic An tSaoi @justgronya.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Potholes are one of the truest signs of how far a council has fallen in its duty. Labour stepping up to literally fix the foundations in a meaningful way.
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Politics in the U.K. @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
What a lying wanker. No diesel generator can run all the systems and keep the lights on for an airport the size of Heathrow. #ukpolitics
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
A duo of cubs for your #FoxOfTheDay today , shared by ‪@bebedi.bsky.social‬ on BlueSky !
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Politics in the U.K. @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Well, well, well, would you look at that? The Tory MP, the Honourable Dimwit Griffith, has been caught enjoying round of freebies. Typical, isn’t it? While ordinary people struggle with the cost of living, he’s out here lapping up perks like it’s his birthright. #ukpolitics
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
UK law denies the full minimum wage rate to workers below the age of 21. They pay full price for housing, food, shoes, clothes, transport, medicines and other essentials. Output of their labour is not sold at lower price. Legalised age discrimination, exploitation of young workers.
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Prem Sikka: A boost in the minimum wage is welcome, but more must be done to improve people’s material conditions
'Despite the increase, the minimum wage will still be comparatively low, and millions will live below the minimum acceptable standard of living.'
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Germany urges Britain to rejoin EU customs union Sounds like a plan www.politico.eu/article/germ...
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Germany urges Britain to rejoin EU customs union
Call is at odds with UK Labour’s own post-Brexit red lines.
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