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Nicky

@haystackgirl.bsky.social
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I have a microscopic patch of this planet. It’s enough. Binned off the other place. So far this looks better. The natural world rules. Don’t argue with it.

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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Come on people! Let’s all close our eyes and HOPE really hard that our lives will improve” What an utterly infantile message. And no @lucympowell.bsky.social for that reason and plenty of others I will not be rejoining the Labour Party.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
For accuracy and transparency Starmer’s government stepped in but everyone was so busy irrationally hating him you failed to see what he was actually getting done. The same goes for pretty much everything Burnham has claimed as his own.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Just some of the lists I’ve been added to. Particularly love the ‘hedgehog safety’ one 😂
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Pre Burnham. Byline Times. Looking like contenders for being part of the coup. From the same article.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
He’ll duck and dive to protect his popularity. No matter what the cost.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
But you just twiddle your thumbs Mr Burnham and use a lot of words to say absolutely nothing.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
These two incidents just kicked off in Dudley in the last hour.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
So we needed a new PM why?
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
It wasn’t Burnham. It was Starmer who did this.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Call me old fashioned but I don’t think this is appropriate language from an MP.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
And once you’ve got one you can split it and make more for free! My house is south facing and particularly near the house the sun is relentless. They’re just starting to go over now but still providing some colour.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
He’s sure getting a lot done for a man who’s buggered off on holiday after 2 weeks in the job. All the MPs posting this like it all just happened overnight.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
It’s all so sketchy. “I’ll let you know the details towards the end of the year”.! He must know the details to go ahead with his plan. Or maybe he’s just crossing his fingers and hoping it works out. He has serious history of wasting people’s money. £104 million’s worth.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Forgot the pic 🙄
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
That performative tittle-tattle has cost our efforts on energy security, net zero and climate change. Just so people in cities can have cheaper bus fares.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Well. It’s not off to a good start. Look where the funding is coming from to pay for a quid off your bus fare.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The economy is not the story here. That Burnham has little interest in energy security, climate change and net zero is the story here.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The most worrying thing about this city centric policy is where he’s moved the money from. Anyone worried about climate change, and let’s face it we all should be, should worry harder. Burnham is sending out a big signal with this. He’s a climate change denier.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Is it good for the climate? This is how cheaper fares are being funded.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Well money has to come from somewhere. Quid off your bus fare = “What climate change?”
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
There is a nasty undercurrent to this story. It tells us Mr Burnham is not so bothered about climate change. Give with one hand, take away with another.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
You’re not. I live in a 330 yr old house. Thick stone walls and lath and plaster. Listed. No space in small back garden. No space in bathroom for a hot water cylinder. And to cap it all I live in a World Heritage Site. We’d have to destroy the house to get a heat pump in here.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I guess it takes a man to write your last line completely missing the point. Burnham two hours into the bloody job. Perhaps he should have kept her. Looks like he might need her.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Well it all seems to be going swimmingly.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
See all those little insects that look like flies? They’re bees. Campanula bees. On my Campanula plant. They’re about 0.6cm long. Teeny tiny perfectly formed little bees.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Meant to say, Corbyn has deleted this shameful post and all others from the last 15 days. Now what’s that all about?
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Seems like Lucy isn’t a fan of free speech. Replies turned off. What the hell is she so scared of? The truth?
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
It’s official. I am no longer a Labour Party member. Never been so insulted by my party. These two sentences alone made me damned sure I’d done the right thing. Absolutely tone deaf.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Yeah. Very radical. Bit like the radical Starmer who has this at white paper stage. His clean air drive was a disaster and wasted millions when he cancelled it because it made him unpopular. So Burnham. That’s who says it. bsky.app/profile/csav...
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Curiously I don’t even know who the him is.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
So I’ve just sent in the second form saying I definitely want to resign and now this. Why the hell are they dragging this out?
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
If you’re going to quote Starmer at least quote accurately. It was the PLP who decided he wasn’t the right person to lead the Party into the next GE. This is part of the transcript of his speech. He accepted that other people didn’t think he was the right person.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Not sure this politician is going to learn. He has an aversion to being unpopular.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Well maybe it’s because it’s a bit embarrassing. Let’s take ULEZ for example. London Mayor pressed on with it even though he knew it was making him unpopular. It’s a success. Manchester Mayor? Not so much.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Compare and contrast. One Mayor wasn’t thinking about his popularity. The other was. Which one is a man of the people?
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Have to say this email from The Labour Party this morning pissed me off. All gushing about how great Starmer was and how he’s changed the party. Then goes on to say how important membership is to fight for a Labour Mayor in Manchester! Burnham abandoned his post. He can bloody fight for it.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Too late for all that. The tactics of this coup was a great big punch in the face for the members and I’ll be amazed if there is a leadership election. I’ve waited decades to get the PM I wanted. This is all way above my tolerance level. They’re making fools of the members. Never again for me.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Too late Ruth. I always said Starmer was Labour’s last chance of being great. I now have no interest in what comes next. They can get on with the job without me and without my money. And don’t be so sure they’ll be a leadership election. Burnham is battering down the back door.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I changed my mind. I’m past caring.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
And this. Is the money being managed properly?
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
He has been very committed but there is also this. The MOD has a reputation for wasting colossal amounts of money.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
From the BBC
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Well maybe bigging up what the government is actually achieving rather than endlessly posting about how bad Reform are on a platform where there are virtually no Reform voters would help. There’s a lot of positives to talk about. You could start by reposting this!
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Speaking of crying that it’s unfair.
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I’d say the same to you but you haven’t got anything to carry on with. Except crossing your fingers and chanting hope. Meanwhile
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Look at the state of this. What has this man ever achieved in 42 years as an MP?
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I’ll start
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Everyone ok with this?
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Nicky @haystackgirl.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Not sure how many of these young women were members of the Israeli government.
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