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Wife, Mum, Nana, Music lover, Libdem Councillor

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Trump, Musk, Weidel, Le Pen: These are collaborator-populists who triumph at the ballot box and yet would sell their country to a Russian despot iandunt.substack.com/p/these-are-...
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These are the men and women who betrayed Ukraine
Some of them are fascist collaborators. Some of them are self-interested Machiavellians. Some are merely cowards. All of them have blood on their hands.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 15/10/2026
"The Conservatives are certainly creating clear dividing lines with Labour – as Andy Burnham asks people to dip into their pockets to pay a little extra for a National Care Service, Badenoch wants to slash welfare to cut taxes for the rich."
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Kemi Badenoch, queen of delusion
The Tories think they’re doing brilliantly when they’re not. And their leader’s incoherent plan will make it harder for them to win
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Reform UK has now lost 171 councillors: 60 resigned, 45 went Independent, 30 defected, 24 were kicked out, 5 lost their seats, 5 are suspended and 2 were disqualified. Jim McIlroy is the second group leader to quit in a fortnight, after Brian Smith on North Tyneside. Updated chart.
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Francesca @frasmi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#totp not a huge Abba fan probably won't stay up much later.
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Francesca @frasmi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#totp oh no not punk, worst part of 70's music
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Francesca @frasmi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#totp #nototp
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Renee Zellweger Bridget Jones
ALT: Renee Zellweger Bridget Jones
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · 07/10/2026
Death toll from Russian strike on Pryluky apartment block rises to 5 – prosecutor's office #Ukraine
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Death toll from Russian strike on Pryluky apartment block rises to 5 – prosecutor's office
Five civilians were killed and at least 20 people were injured as a result of a morning Russian missile attack on Pryluky in Chernihiv region, the Chernihiv Regional Prosecutor's Office reported on Telegram on Wednesday morning.
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Jayo @jayo-dublin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Margaret Thatcher’s government initiated a policy under the 1981 Regulation 909 that allowed local education authorities to sell off school playing fields considered surplus to their requirements. But not the private schools! Even took away free school milk to underprivileged areas.
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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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David Hewson @davidhewson.com · 08/10/2026
It's only nineteen years since the Tories last promised to do away with inheritance tax for most people. Never happened of course. www.theguardian.com/money/2007/o...
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Only millionaires will pay inheritance tax, promise Tories
George Osborne pledges to raise inheritance tax threshold to £1m.
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Irish News 🇮🇪 @news-flows-ir.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Puffin island on cusp of closure as it runs out of water Lundy is in "real jeopardy" and could be evacuated if supplies run out, bosses say.
bbc.co.uk
Puffin island Lundy on cusp of closure as it runs out of water
Lundy is in "real jeopardy" and could be evacuated if supplies run out, bosses say.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/10/2026
Oli Dugmore brilliantly outlines the struggles young people face today. Brexit robbed them of countless opportunities. Restoring our EU membership is the easiest way to help our young people.
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Mr T @mrtmdc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A couple of comments here, 1. Never ever take financial advice from a daily mail journalist they are not experienced qualified or licensed to give such advice. 2. The betrayal in the BREXIT saga took place 10 years ago when some people lied to the electorate about what BREXIT would mean.
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Mr Snodes @mrsnodes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
He’s yet to deliver on it but it really brings home how incredibly unsuited to the job Starmer was.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY…
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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pink Paradise at Dawn. This morning on Glastonbury Tor shortly before sunrise.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Exmoor National Park @exmoornp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fancy joining our Young Rangers on an extreme beach clean up? It will earn you 20% off at our Centres by 30 Sept as part of our Pay with Exmoor Care scheme! Saturday 26 September Glenthorne Beach To find out more or join in please get in touch at plasticfreeexmoor@gmail.com 📷Shaun Davey
Fancy joining our Young Rangers and helping with an extreme beach clean up? It will earn you 20% off at our Centres by the end of Sept as part of our Pay with Exmoor Care scheme!

Saturday, 26 September Glenthorne Beach — one of Exmoor’s most remote beaches.
Very few people visit this beautiful part of the Exmoor coastline, but throughout the year, large amounts of ocean debris and fishing gear are washed ashore. Much of this waste is collected from the beach and stored in one of the ruins just above the shoreline.
If you’d like to find out more or join in please get in touch at plasticfreeexmoor@gmail.com.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I’m at the Lib Dem conference and, as ever, that’s Christmas sorted.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Laura Kuenssberg asks if it bothers Labour's Bridget Phillipson that people who create jobs and pay a lot of tax, citing, Jim Ratcliffe, move abroad - except, that's not the full story. My View: Did you know companies owned by Jim Ratcliffe have received public support worth around £630 million?
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Taylor Green @taylorgreensky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sweet Gizmo ❤ 💙 💜 A Beautiful Soul with a Great Spirit. These animals deserve only the Best. Bendiciones 🙏 #bekindtoanimals youtube.com/shorts/1fALa...
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Our goodest boy Gizmo needs a new family 🙏🥺
YouTube video by Humane Society of Broward County
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The RNLI rescued Luftwaffe pilots in WW2 because the organisation is there to 'save life at sea' - it's something to be immensely proud of. But as I've said many times before Farage and Co don't seem to have pride in Britain and its institutions beyond flags and crap Enoch Powell said 60 years ago.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/09/2026
Suffolk police release footage of Noah Woods as search for missing boy continues
theguardian.com
Suffolk police release footage of Noah Woods as search for missing boy continues
Hundreds of volunteers join hunt for three-year-old who went missing on Tuesday afternoon A massive search operation is under way in and around a Suffolk village for a missing three-year-old boy with autism, supported by hundreds of volunteers. Suffolk police have said the hunt for Noah Woods remains a missing persons investigation with no indication anything sinister has happened. Continue reading...
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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Link for verification: www.suffolk.police.uk/news/suffolk...
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Noah
Police are appealing for help to locate a missing three-year-old boy in Brantham.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Remember quantitative easing. Bank of England created £895bn, bought gilts/bonds, City speculators profited. Govt could keep them, save interest/redemption costs. NO. It is selling them at £120bn loss, pushing up interest rates. Adding about £47bn to govt debt by 2031, the City profits.
theguardian.com
Bank of England urged to slow or halt bond-selling to slash UK borrowing costs
Economists urge John Healey to press Bank to change policy that is costing the exchequer billions of pounds
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 13/09/2026
Police release images of six men sought after violent disorder in Portsmouth. The force has appealed to anyone who recognises the six men to contact police on 101 or report information online, quoting reference 44260435943 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...?
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David Cavlovic🇨🇦🍁 @davidcavlovic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Exmoor National Park @exmoornp.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Job Opportunity here with West Somerset Primary Care Network in partnership with Exmoor National Park Authority...
Job Opportunity here with West Somerset Primary Care Network in partnership with Exmoor National Park Authority...
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Green's Baroness Bennett points out that Palantir did not have any experience in health data and only got NHS contracts after being introduced by the now disgraced Peter Mandelson Making the case that data ownership should be with the NHS, not with external parties
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Exmoor National Park @exmoornp.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
2/2 Cont... The birds are satellite tracked so their movements can be followed. When juvenile, sea eagles explore over a wide area, then at around 4 they return to where they fledged to breed. Find out more about the white-tailed eagle project here www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/nature-and-l...
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White tailed eagles
Get the full lowdown and FAQs on white tailed eagles in Exmoor National Park
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badwebsites @badwebsites.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Killer Pork.
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badwebsites @badwebsites.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Salmonella is in dog things. If you purchased dog supplements in New York & don't want to kill your dog, READ THIS.
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David Hewson @davidhewson.com · 08/09/2026
When the Germans Come Hits BookBub This September Good news to share: When the Germans Come has been chosen for a UK BookBub feature this September, running in their historical fiction list on the 9th. If you don't know BookBub, it's one of the biggest deal-alert services for readers, and a…
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When the Germans Come Hits BookBub This September
Good news to share: When the Germans Come has been chosen for a UK BookBub feature this September, running in their historical fiction list on the 9th. If you don't know BookBub, it's one of the biggest deal-alert services for readers, and a feature like this puts the book in front of a huge number of people who love historical fiction but may never have come across Louis Renard, Jessica Marshall, or wartime Dover otherwise.
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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 08/09/2026
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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It was a beautiful start to the week in Glastonbury. Photo taken at sunrise from St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 07/09/2026
Friendships meant everything to me as a child. I worry today’s young people are being robbed of that | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
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Friendships meant everything to me as a child. I worry today’s young people are being robbed of that | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
We sat in the park, laughing for hours, talking about nothing. Today’s childhoods are digital – and the result is an epidemic of loneliness, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A man who's not even an MP declares himself Shadow Home Sec, another resigns from a Great Office of State he's never held, two men with zero standing to represent UK and France sign a treaty and instead of exposing this bizarre festival of delusion media is praising their reenactment costumes. WTAF
Dear Nigel,
5 September 2026
MY COMMITMENT
At Reform UK's conference today, I have publicly committed to increasing the tax-free Personal Allowance to £15,000, in my first Budget called within the first 100 days of a Reform government.
This change would cut taxes for 40 million British taxpayers.
It would take 2.9 million people out of income tax altogether. It would ensure that the State Pension was not taxed.
It would be worth almost £1000 to an average working couple.
It would form the centerpiece of a new bargain with British workers; a new bargain that puts them first, and ahead of welfare cheats, foreign nations, and the bloated civil service.
MY OFFER OF RESIGNATION
This isn't an aspiration, nor is it an aim. It is a promise. It is a promise I made to thousands of party members in Birmingham and millions of voters across the country live and on camera. And it is a promise I plan to keер.
If I do not deliver it, I should not remain Chancellor. Please consider this my letter of resignation.
failing to The British people are sick and tired of Chancellors and Governments deliver on their promises. In business, those who fail to deliver are sacked, not given honours. Reform, as a party of successful businesspeople, will bring that culture to Westminster. The British people deserve accountability and, with you as Prime Minister, they will get it.
Britain is broken. Britain needs Reform. And we must deliver.
Yours sincerely,
Robert Jennick.
Robert Jenrick MP
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Absolutely stunning sky at sunset tonight in Glastonbury. 💜🩷
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Perfectly normal.
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Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Traffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with group
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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 05/09/2026
Anyway, good to hear strong condemnation of the racist mob at Dover from Burnham
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Steppenläufer Tumbleweed
ALT: Steppenläufer Tumbleweed
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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
WTF? We're importing these far-right intimidation techniques from the USA; Burnham needs to clamp down on it PDQ. Ridiculous that Starmer has international human rights organisations chastising us for the proscription of Palestine Action, but this is acceptable. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Disruption at Port of Dover as masked men hold protest
Images appear to show hundreds of protesters, all dressed in black and wearing face coverings.
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SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Isn't the answer all too obvious, if awful?
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Not that many years since a popular position in right-wing British politics was calling for the police to use significant force to remove protesters blocking roads Of course, that was when environmentalists were doing it
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SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is why we, rightly, have a 78 Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, which is essentially the same as the old law of public nuisance. Arrest them. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Traffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with group
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SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Rightly. These people too need to be arrested and convicted.
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Karma & Chaos @karma-chaos.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Nature is so beautiful ❤️❤️
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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Brexit benefit
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