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Gwen Forkin-Richardson

@gwened02.bsky.social
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Mum to 2 boys and a Bruce, EDI specialist, coach, EFT Practitioner.

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It's Clacton by-election day. Or, if you prefer, Farage-Commons-standards-inquiry-reopening-eve.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Is “pragmatic” the new, “grown up” word? Andy, there’s nothing “pragmatic” about drilling for more oil & gas - to even consider it with the planet literally on fire is total madness. How many times must we say it will do nothing for energy bills or security? It would be an act of utter recklessness
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Burnham promises ‘pragmatic’ approach to North Sea oil and gas
PM tells reporters the government cannot ignore the energy resource ‘when people are struggling’
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Insane satellite imagery. This is the change from May to July. Europe has cooked. (🎥 Colin McCarthy)
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St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School @seawigan.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Y9 Final Match Report - A valiant effort from the team Read the match report here: www.arrowsmith.wigan.sch.uk/news/2026-06...
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St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School @seawigan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Y9 students win "Team of the Year" title! Some of our Y9 boys are part of U14's Golborne Hawks team, who won this year's Warrington Division 1 League and were named Team of the Year by Golborne Sports Club.  Many Congratulations to:  Noah Richardson, Alfie Simm, Max Smith, Manny, Logan Welsh
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Tell the climate deniers "It is hotter today, the end." via Extinction Rebellion
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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 09/06/2026
If white working class boys are discriminated against and being white is any material part of the reason for it, the Equality Act will be engaged.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Just saying…. #BookSky
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St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School @seawigan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
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St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School @seawigan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A fantastic gesture from our Year 7 pupils giving the Year 11s a guard of honour on their last day. An amazing atmosphere and a wonderful way to celebrate the end of their journey with us. 👏🎓
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Dimi Reider @dimireider.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Not sure if it's Webb hosting #r4today or Robinson - Tommy Robinson. Apparently, the UK police are hardwired to think white people are always perpetrators and brown people are always victims? Apparently, the MacPherson Report is the core issue & we should reconsider if institutional racism exists?
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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
If you think there isn’t serious threat to safe and legal abortion access in UK you aren’t paying attention. Don’t be mislead into complacency - support the call to decriminalise abortion and make it a human right to put it beyond the reach of the Farage Fanboys. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk
Reform candidate for Makerfield by-election calls abortio...
Robert Kenyon, who is standing against Andy Burnham, suggested on social media that women falsely claim rape to terminate pregnancies and has links to far-right figures
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St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School @seawigan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Our Y9 football team are Wigan & Leigh Schools Cup Winners! www.arrowsmith.wigan.sch.uk/news/2026-05...
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Y9 boys' football team are Wigan & Leigh Schools Cup Winners!
Congratulations to our Y9 Boys’ Football Team who won the Wigan and Leigh Schools Cup Final this week with a huge 7 – 2 win against Cansfield High School. This capped off a long season that started in...
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St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School @seawigan.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
www.wigantoday.net/your-world/s... Thank you Wigan Today for sharing our recent successful Ofsted inspection. #wigan #ashtoninmakerfield
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Watchdogs give a Wigan school top marks following their latest inspection
The latest inspection of a Wigan high school by Ofsted inspectors have found it strong in all the key areas. See what the headteacher has to say
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St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School @seawigan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A heartfelt thank you to all our Year 11 pupils, parents and staff for such a beautiful Leavers’ Mass yesterday. Wishing our pupils every success and happiness for the future as they begin their next chapter. Special thanks to Father John for leading such a meaningful service. #ClassOf2026
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St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School @seawigan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
As our Y11 students start their GCSE exams, we share this prayer with them to help them on this difficult journey. More prayers for young catholics can be found on this website: young-catholics.com/118/a-studen...
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St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School @seawigan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Read about last night's Y9 football team victory last night! www.arrowsmith.wigan.sch.uk/news/2026-05...
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Our Year 9 football team secure their place in the final!
The SEA Year 9 football team booked their place in the final with a hard-fought and well-deserved semi-final victory over Standish High School last night. In what proved to be a tightly contested enco...
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Claire Langhamer @clairelanghamer.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
On protecting what matters. @ihr.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @histassoc.bsky.social History UK www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Protecting What Matters: A joint statement by the Historical Association, History UK, Royal Historical Society and the IHR
Protecting what matters: A joint statement by the Historical Association, History UK, Royal Historical Society and the IHR
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𝘚𝘪 @leedsinshetland.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
1-0 Justin James Justin #lufc
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Beren Cross @berencross.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
After 45 years of waiting and at the 19th time of asking, Leeds United finally beat Manchester United in the league at Old Trafford for the first time since 1981. Daniel Farke is on his knees. They go six points clear of Tottenham in 18th! #lufc
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Bernie Banshee @berniebanter.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Old King Cole had an open goal And an open goal had he. He called for a pass, it arrived at last So he put in row twenty three.
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Gwen Forkin-Richardson @gwened02.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
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Help us appeal the High Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project
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RF_Dude Слава Україні 🇺🇦 @rfdude.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
In 2 parts, an absolutely brilliant & moving performance by Sir Ian McKellen (who has been doing this role since the 1960s) Do enjoy, and realize that this part was written by Shakespeare 400 years ago - the more things change, the more they stay the same...
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Kudos to whoever it was at the @financialtimes.com who went with those air-quotes!
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Jim Ratcliffe says he is ‘sorry’ for offending ‘some people’ with immigration remarks
Ineos founder has come under pressure to apologise for claim the UK was being ‘colonised’
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St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School @seawigan.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Read about the Y9 boys' rugby team's victory here! 👏 🏉 www.arrowsmith.wigan.sch.uk/news/2026-02... Congratulations to the team - we are very proud of you & thanks to all the supporters!
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SEA Boys' Y9 Rugby Team are through to the North West Counties Competition!
North West Counties Final Score: St Edmund Arrowsmith 20 – 18 Great Sankey Our Y9 rugby team produced a thrilling comeback victory against a strong Great Sankey side, securing a hard‑fought 20–18 win ...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
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St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School @seawigan.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Read about our Y9 Boys' Rugby Team's success in the NW Counties Group Stage yesterday 🏉 FANTASTIC RESULT! Well done to the team! 👏👏 www.arrowsmith.wigan.sch.uk/news/2026-01...
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Y9 Boys' Rugby give an OUTSTANDING performance in the North West Counties group stage!
Yesterday our year 9 pupils travelled over to Widnes to take on Wade Deacon in the North West Counties group stage with a depleted squad due to illness. Despite this, the team team responded with a fa...
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 02/12/2025
This year, we helped local partners in Bradford, Wigan and Knowsley bring neighbours together for amazing community events. People reconnected and HOPE grew. With your donation, we can roll this out to more towns across the country in 2026. secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/182892/...
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HOPE not hate | End of year Appeal | Help us support communities under pressure
Across the UK, people are doing everything they can to hold their communities together. With your support, we can help them go even further in 2026.
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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Incredible scenes on BBC Look North.
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Aliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Yeah, but voters do care, Mahmood, they care a lot They care that you’re tearing children away from the only home they’ve ever known and sentencing them to years of fear, instability, and trauma They care that violent racist criminals like Tommy Robinson are applauding your policies
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Empirical support for the idea of "crank magnetism,” which describes the phenomenon where belief in one type of conspiracy or pseudoscience attracts multiple types: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Gwen Forkin-Richardson @gwened02.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Happy Father’s Day @berniebanter.bsky.social
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Bernie Banshee @berniebanter.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
The Heavenly Chorus has the king of harmony. Farewell Brian, I’m sparing in my use of ‘genius’ and ‘legend’ but if those words didn’t apply to Brian, they never applied to any musician. You changed music and music changed the world. There’ll never be another. youtube.com/watch?v=7oRb...
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The Beach Boys- California Girls (1965)
YouTube video by Daniel Allen
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Gwen Forkin-Richardson @gwened02.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Connections Puzzle #720 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦
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Gwen Forkin-Richardson @gwened02.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
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Gwen Forkin-Richardson @gwened02.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Strands #454 “Next to the bobby pins” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵
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Gwen Forkin-Richardson @gwened02.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.” MPs are watching. We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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Decriminalise abortion and make it a protected human right.
Women’s rights are under threat from the far right. Nigel Farage just called our abortion laws “utterly ludicrous” – and now MPs are watching him. A vote in Parliament could finally make abortion a pr...
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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
This is a brand new letter by “Not in Our Name - Women”, a collective group of cisgender women who support the transgender community and object to the false divide between women’s rights and transgender rights. If you’re a cis woman you can sign your support here ⤵️
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Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community
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MrPaulRobinson @mrpaulrobinson.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Black smoke signifies that no pope has been chosen, white smoke shows that a new pontiff has been elected and a mix of yellow and blue smoke indicates that Leeds have been promoted #lufc
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James McEnaney @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Said it before and I'll say it again: Men who don't believe women even have the right to their own bodies are telling you that the Supreme Court judgement is a huge victory for women's rights and feminism. And they're managing to keep a straight face while they do it.
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Gwen Forkin-Richardson @gwened02.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️ Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the rollback of trans rights in the UK.https://goodlawproject.org/s/851fc4
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Graham Smyth @grahamsmyth.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Leeds United have won promotion to the Premier League. #lufc
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Bernie Banshee @berniebanter.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Oh take me down to the haiku city Where the grass is green and the girls Ah fuck it. #NationalHaikuDay
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Gwen Forkin-Richardson @gwened02.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
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Gwen Forkin-Richardson @gwened02.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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Gwen Forkin-Richardson @gwened02.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
One hundred years of Young People Today: a thread. 2001: Rude and selfish, stuck in front of the TV all day 1/
Doomed to be selfish 
THURSDAY'S Gazette re-garding young people today made me realise Britain is doomed. 
Our culture no longer passes wisdom from par-ents to children. They rarely meet. We have lost skills we had, are unaware how to store and prepare 
food, clean thoroughly, help one another for no re-ward and be a society. 
If children spend so long in front of TV etc, they are not using their initiative or learning to interact and become completely self centred. This culture of both parents working leaves them out of touch, unable to guide and disci-pline, show care and love. 
So, children think life should be as it is on TV, 
The only things that matter are rudeness, cash, drinking, gambling, sex and being like their peers. What hope for the future? 
When children have rules and boundaries they know where they stand and a parent who enforces them has little trouble as long as they grow up with them from the start. 
CARING GRANDMA (Name and Address Supplied)
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