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Denise Bickley

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Just trying to be positive in an overwhelming world. Vegan, volunteer, beach cleaner, mum sidmouthplasticwarriors.org

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Claire Wright @wrightclaire.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
It was absolutely lovely delivering in beautiful #Sidmouth for the inspiring @denisebickley.bsky.social this afternoon. Known her for years. She's superb. #DeniseforSidmouth
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Denise Bickley @denisebickley.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit
Stop Trump Coalition
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Denise Bickley @denisebickley.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can...
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Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit
Stop Trump Coalition
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 09/02/2025
Farage using what is happening in the US to go after people in the UK with the help of the Telegraph
US foreign aid funded legal advice for trans asylum seekers in Britain
Nigel Farage accuses Joe Biden of pushing ‘massive societal and political interference’ in the UK
The Sunday Telegraph9 Feb 2025By Benedict Smith US REPORTER

The US state department approved funding of $25,000 to Rainbow Migration, which gives legal advice to LGBT+ asylum seekers
US FOREIGN aid funded legal advice for transgender asylum seekers in Britain, as well as a raft of diversity initiatives in the UK, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal.
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Denise Bickley @denisebickley.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Standing for Devon County Council in May elections and doing my first doorknocking session today! Eek!
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Denise Bickley @denisebickley.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Anyone want to try this delicious oat milk? #vegan or not, use my referral code for 15% off overherd.uk/products/oat...
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Oat Milk Powder | Delicious & Instant Powdered Vegan Milk
Sustainable oat milk powder, just add water or stir into hot drinks as an instant vegan creamer. It’s gluten free, creamy and made with organic oats.
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Wera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 06/02/2025
In just 3 years, children have become 50% more likely to develop a mental health problem. This #Children'sMentalHealthWeek, we must make sure that children who need support don't slip through the cracks. That's why @libdems.org.uk want to see mental health hubs for young people in every community.
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Carol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The man Trump is a monster Greenland “needs to be American” Canada “needs to become the 51st state” Gaza - during his inauguration period he described it as having “great beaches, we can really make something great there” like it’s a feckin holiday resort www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...
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Trump says he wants US to 'take over' Gaza and resettle Palestinians - live updates
Donald Trump says the US could turn Gaza into
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
If Government were to approve #Rosebank oilfield, it would be an unforgivable act of environmental vandalism & simply can’t be squared with #climate commitments. Anyone else recall Reeves’s pledge to be first Green Chancellor? How long ago it seems now…@stopcambo.bsky.social
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PM faces growing internal backlash over potential approval of Rosebank oilfield
Labour MPs describe ‘breaking point’ in relations, calling for Keir Starmer to stand by party’s manifesto commitments
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 02/02/2025
Charing Cross Road, pedestrianised today. Glorious. Because whenever you take cars away, cities get better.
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Washington County Democrats @washcodems.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
We Won't Go Back.
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Dr Caz 🌳🇪🇺 🇺🇦🔸 @drcj.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Spending a Saturday morning catching up on the print edition of December’s @bylinetimes.bsky.social This article by @tom--scott.bsky.social neatly summarises quite a few of my counselling sessions from the past year, and the LA fires hadn’t even happened yet. bylinetimes.com/2024/11/11/d...
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Donald Trump is a Catastrophe for our Climate and we Must Start Preparing for the Disasters to Come
Governments around the world need to act now to prevent the worst of what is coming our way
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Don't let people forget.
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Peter Cook: Brexorcist in Chief: Reboot Britain @brexitrage.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
You smashed it !!! 😘🤩🙃🫠😅🤣🥲😝☺️😍😂😄😃😀😁🤭🤗 We added 7000 signatures in less than two days, after virtually zero movement for a month. Keep it going! Target 100 000 this coming week !! 💥💯 Sign, share and deliver us from #Brexit. youtu.be/fTNRmgoZJkc?... #RejoinEU @gavinesler.bsky.social
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Rejoin the EU - Help us reach 100 000 signatures
YouTube video by Peter Cook
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Denise Bickley @denisebickley.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
10-11 tomorrow #Sidmouth #beachclean
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Over 1,000 joined together to block the strand today outside the RCJ including @jonathanpienews.bsky.social & Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall . We will not be swayed by the extreme sentences handed down to those peaceful protestors sounding the alarm on climate collapse – justice for the #LordWalney16
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Britain has become a world-leader in cracking down on climate activism & right to peaceful protest is under attack as never before. Solidarity with brave #16 who are appealing their draconian sentences today. Big Oil should be in the dock, not peaceful protesters. Me for @guardian👇#DefendourJuries
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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The UK government must act in the interests of the people it represents and make fossil fuel companies - not taxpayers - pay for the damage caused by flooding and other climate disasters. Take action now: act.gp/3WDOain
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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
🚨 BREAKING: Shell just announced annual profits of more than $23 BILLION.⁠⁠ They are BURNING THE PLANET and laughing all the way to the bank. How on earth is this fair?⁠⁠
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Rachel Gilmour, MP for Tiverton and Minehead @rachelgilmourld.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
EHCP FAILINGS IN DEVON According to the PAC report released last week, in Devon (as of 2023), on just 4.9% of occasions did Devon County Council issue EHCPs within the Government's 20-week timeframe. Contrastingly, Somerset Council issued 42.1% of EHCPs within the same 20-week window. #Devon
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
A third runway at #Heathrow in the midst of a climate emergency is a vile act of vandalism. Rachel Reeves is happy to burn the planet for a tiny (probably elusive) increment of GDP. How does this benefit us? Article coming later today.
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Gary Holpin Photography @garyholpinphoto.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Good morning! We're heading back to #Devon for our next 'Eye in the sky' shot, with a foggy sunrise over the iconic Haldon Belvedere Castle.... #exeter
A drone shot of a foggy sunrise over the iconic Haldon Belvedere Castle near Exeter
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British Dental Association @thebda.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
“We are still seeing dentists leaving” says Hannah Woolnough. “We’re still seeing them reducing their NHS provision because this contract simply is not a financially viable model for a dental practice.” Why we need urgency and ambition from Government 👉 www.bda.org/news-and-opi...
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Denise Bickley @denisebickley.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Please sign and share www.change.org/p/stop-recre...
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We Can Make an Impact.
Stop Recreational Shooting of Wild Birds on Braunton Marshes - Love-a-duck, don't blast it
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 28/01/2025
Tonight, in a House of Commons vote, Labour and Conservative MPs failed to back our plans to protect customers from footing the bill for water company bailouts. 
Liberal Democrats forced a parliamentary vote to ensure it is creditors not customers, who pay when water companies go bankrupt.
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Richard Foord MP @richardfoordld.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
1/2 After more than a decade of Tory environment secretaries ignoring the science and licensing bee-killing pesticides, I wholeheartedly welcome this long-overdue decision. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Government overturns Tory measure and bans emergency use of bee-killing pesticide
Emergency use of Cruiser SB, a neonicotinoid pesticide highly toxic to bees, to be outlawed in UK in line with EU
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Marie Goldman MP @mariecgoldman.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The system for supporting children with special educational needs is broken and families are suffering. In Essex, just 0.9% of EHCPs are issued on time, and nationally, 37.4% are delayed by 6 months or more. The Government must act now. Children can’t wait. Read my article here: bit.ly/40uBwTT
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
A violent criminal? A threat to society? A danger to democracy? No, no and no. This is someone being punished again and again for giving a damn about humanity and the living world. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Just Stop Oil protester, 78, has jail term extended after no suitable tag found
Exclusive: Gaie Delap told she will have to serve 20 more days that correspond to period of time at home after recall
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Margot Hodson @margothodson.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Really disappointed that the #CANBILL has been pushed onto the long grass. This is not the way to treat the future of the planet. BBC News - Climate and Nature Bill falls as MPs vote to end debate www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Climate and Nature Bill falls as MPs vote to end debate
The proposed law would have compelled the UK to meet new legally binding targets on climate change.
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Denise Bickley @denisebickley.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Amazing! Thank you @richardfoordld.bsky.social
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 23/01/2025
A tiny 2% wealth tax, on 20k people would raise £24 billion per year to spend on the things that urgently need fixing in our country. We need some tax justice - the more money you have the less tax you pay and vice versa - that’s absurd.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 20/01/2025
⏰The Govt have under 2 weeks to block the bailout of Thames Water. 📑25,000 people have signed the petition to take Thames Water into public ownership. #Thames has failed and shouldn't be rewarded with a £3 billion bailout. Agree? Sign our petition tinyurl.com/yxht3p94
Activists outside the high court in London with banners. Text: Take Thames water into public ownership. Sign our petition
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Richard Foord MP @richardfoordld.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I am looking forward to robustly supporting the #CANBill this Friday. @zero-hour.bsky.social
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
NEW: Downing Street refuses to condemn the Trump administration for withdrawing from the Paris climate accord, saying it will not give a “running commentary” on executive orders. Also no comment on Elon Musk’s Nazi salutes. No 10 spokesman says he has not seen them.
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Denise Bickley @denisebickley.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
My short walk to my local #lidl in #sidmouth - doing a litter pick on the way - yielded this. We are disgusting but my main thought all the time is... we produce too much rubbish and we can't cope with it. #recycling is not the answer.
a full bag of rubbish
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Kim Sherrell @web.kim · 19/01/2025
The French Human Rights League is asking the public to join them in a mass exodus of X, formerly Twitter, on US Inauguration Day #Jan20 🎩: @jimmacmillan.com #HelloQuitteX #Xodus
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French movement asks X users to leave platform on US inauguration day
The French Human Rights League (LDH) is asking the public to join them in a mass exodus of X, formerly Twitter, on January 20.
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Herbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
93% of Brits won't wear fur, but the UK still imports it from cruel farms that gas and electrocute animals. It's drenched in toxic chemicals, too. Let's close this loophole - ban all fur imports & sales now! #FurFreeBritain petition.parliament....
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Petition: Ban Fur Imports into the UK
We ask the Government to ban the import and sale of all fur products in the UK. Fur farming is banned here due to cruelty, yet imports support suffering abroad. We believe that this ban would align UK laws with ethical and environmental responsibility, closing the loophole that fuels the fur trade.
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Butterflies Katz ⓥ @butterflieskatz.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
WASHINGTON, DC: Wendy Penner wears a sign, as thousands of #protesters representing a variety of rights groups gather for a march on January 18, 2025. #Activists were rallying in opposition to the incoming #Trump administration’s policy objectives before the presidential #inauguration.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.
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Herbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Lions 🦁 🎨 VeganSideKick
The image is a comic strip from Vegan Sidekick featuring two characters having a conversation about eating animals. The dialogue is as follows:

1. Character 1: "Hi, how come you kill animals and eat them?"
2. Character 2: "Because lions do, and I am an unrelenting killing machine. It’s nature. The circle of life."
3. Character 1: "Okay. So when you see an animal, you salivate and have an uncontrollable predatory urge to chase and kill them?"
4. Character 2: "LOL taking my words literally and then twisting them and putting them inside my mouth. Typical vegan."
5. Character 1: "So you are in control of your actions, and have absolutely nothing stopping you from being vegan."
6. Character 2: "Duh, yes. I am in control of my actions, but I won’t go vegan."
7. Character 1: "Why?"
8. Character 2: "Lions."

The comic highlights the inconsistency in justifying eating animals by comparing human behavior to that of lions.
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
How many more wake-up calls do we need? We don’t have long to stop catastrophic damage to the natural world we love and rely on. The Climate and Nature Bill will be voted on next week - there's no excuse for politicians of any party not to vote for it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Window to stop decline of England’s nature closing fast, watchdog says
Office for Environmental Protection calls for urgent action after finding government is falling short on most targets
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Richard Foord MP @richardfoordld.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
People across Devon will be feeling the chill this winter as a result of high energy costs. Yet it does not need to be this way. With proper insulation, investment in green energy, and upgraded infrastructure, we can warm our homes and cool our planet. www.midweekherald.co.uk/news/2485451...
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COLUMN: We cannot let people live in cold and damp homes
Many older residents have agonised over whether cranking up the heating was affordable.
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Vegan FTA @veganftaofficial.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Cows held captive by the dairy industry are stuck in a cycle of suffering and misery to steal their milk. 💔 👉: TAKE ACTION: Tell Peet’s Coffee to drop the non-dairy milk upcharge today! drove.com/.2N5Y ☕️ Credits: bobbysud (IG) / all clips spotted on thesavemovement (IG) - DM for credit
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Denise Bickley @denisebickley.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Apocalyptic Capitalism www.filmsforaction.org/articles/apo...
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Apocalyptic Capitalism
Chris Hedges | The charade of the 21st United Nations climate summit will end, as past climate summits have ended, with lofty rhetoric and ineffectual cosmetic reforms. Since the first summit more tha...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
This is a great initiative, that we should all support. I've donated. Will you? freeourfeeds.com
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Free Our Feeds
Let's take social media away from billionaire capture.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 08/01/2025
Ministers have finally responded to our call to take action on sewage pollution, promising they won’t “look the other way” 👀 But actions speak louder than words. When South West Water spilled sewage in November, they did nothing at all. goodlaw.social/rkuf
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Government says it won’t ‘look the other way’ on sewage dumping | Good Law Project
But when South West Water spilled sewage in Newquay, ministers did nothing.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 08/01/2025
MPs are calling for the resignation of the chief exec of South West Water, the company that’s also being sued by Jo Bateman. Let’s turn the tide against the bosses putting profit over people. As Jo says: “The right to swim in waters without sewage should be a given”
Screenshot of a letter from Ben Maguire MP to Susan Davy, the chief executive of South West Water, calling for her resignation.
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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
This week, I signed a letter demanding South West Water improve transparency around water quality. To keep our waters safe, they must share alert sewage data with @sascampaigns.bsky.social
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
1. This is what it’s really about. Farage, Truss and co have no convictions of their own. They are mere channels for the demands of capital. Here they are, supporting a climate science-denying lobby group funded by oil and oligarchs. www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧵
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Farage and Truss attend UK launch of US climate denial group
British arm of Heartland, which has taken fossil and Republican funding, to be led by ex-Ukip head Lois Perry
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Denise Bickley @denisebickley.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
My son is studying Germany for A level history. I asked him for the main reasons Hitler could become so powerful. Poverty, hatred of certain people, anger at situation of Germany after WW1, propoganda. Compare to now... poverty, hatred, anger (covid, Islam, brexit, climate change), propoganda. 🧵
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