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LaIslaBonita

@laislabonita.bsky.social
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❤️ music, arts, literature, poetry, travel, health, co-pro, PPI, equality, spirituality, theology, psychology, cats, nature. Celt, Christian, socialist, activist. Up for new adventures albeit small ones. Woke & proud!

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David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 13h
Couples with £1 million and a family home will be able to avoid contributing anything to the collective good of their children’s and grandchildren’s country says Kemi Badenoch. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Couples would be able to leave £1m and family home exempt from inheritance tax under Tories, says Badenoch – UK politics live
Conservative leader says proposed measures would halve the number of families paying inheritance tax
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Tim Featherstone-Griffin @timfg.bsky.social · 5h
I just do NOT UNDERSTAND why no-one wants to talk about raising inheritance tax to fund social care etc. And I REALLY DO NOT understand why Kemi can propose exactly the opposite and no-one thinks it a bit dubious to hand £6bn to the wealthiest 5% in the country. Do people just not realise??
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13h
From the new Private Eye
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LaIslaBonita @laislabonita.bsky.social · 19h
100th anniversary of choral #evensong broadcast on BBC TODAY. Live from Westminster Cathedral at 3pm on Radio 3 or later on @bbcsounds.bsky.social #cofe #narthex #choral www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 3 - Choral Evensong, Westminster Abbey
Live from Westminster Abbey to mark the 100th anniversary of BBC Choral Evensong.
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LaIslaBonita @laislabonita.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I have to say - despite my current feelings towards the Russian state - their riposte to the US offer of ‘help’ on the plague? bacterium escape /infectoion was absolutely perfect. I mean who the heck needs ‘help’ from #RFK !
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This 👇
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LaIslaBonita @laislabonita.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
He’ll learn lol! #gbbo
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LaIslaBonita @laislabonita.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You could flipping apologise Paul! And it did look like a certain style of hat. Grrr. #gbbo
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LaIslaBonita @laislabonita.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Assessing the technical skills used in each seems possible to me #gbbo
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LaIslaBonita @laislabonita.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#gbbo I do like that they are playing a bit with the format and I’d say overall it is working - wasn’t sure about the relative element but - so far so good (may be my feelings on sharing my kitchen lol)
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 06/10/2026
The hypocrisy 👀 Sarah Pochin MP bought an £800,000 second home on a Welsh island two days after raising concerns in Parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities.
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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communiti
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"I'm not a defence expert." Even by Kemi Badenoch's lamentable standards, this is agonising. Just give thanks she will never, ever be Prime Minister. 🙏 #politicslive
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LaIslaBonita @laislabonita.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Lovely Harvest lunch together today after service @bradfordcathedral There’s something special about sitting down IN the church together to eat and just get to know each other a bit better. And the team organising it had made such a lovely ambience it felt quite special. Very yummy food too! #cofe
Tables set for a meal with autumn /Harvest themed decorations in the cathedral Close up of autumn /Harvest themed table decorations in the cathedral
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LaIslaBonita @laislabonita.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#narthex
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Joanna Hardy-Susskind @joannahs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Be under no illusion: this is a significant victory for everyone who stuck their neck out and defended jury trials, day after day, clause by clause. But it is not a comprehensive victory. Magistrates should not be allowed to send people to prison for two years.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
It does raise this point of two-tiered
justice..


Reform's Sarah Pochin believes the
sentence handed to the 64-year-old who
blew up a ULEZ camera was
disproportionate'.
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churchtimes.bsky.social @churchtimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🍽️ Food and hospitality can unite people of different views, says Steve Chalke #ChurchTimes
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Steve Chalke: Let’s choose connection over division
IT IS a simple idea, but a powerful opportunity. Across the UK, our communities are under strain. Loneliness is growing. Mistrust and fear seem louder than they once were. Too many people feel unseen, unsafe, or simply forgotten. Yet, another stor...
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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Phenomenal question, revealing answer. Love to see it
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Katie Lam just said the secret but inevitable bit out loud - Conservatives opposing our reform of the Triple Lock are actually on track to scrap or means test the State Pension www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Sarah Lawton @sarahelawton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 02/10/2026
The family of Renee Good who was shot by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis has officially sued the US administration. We all saw what happened. They executed her. Justice for Renee and her family.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs"
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LaIslaBonita @laislabonita.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#cofe #christian #hopenothate #standuptoracism @reformexposed.bsky.social
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LaIslaBonita @laislabonita.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
help.care4calais.org/page/200621/... Please sign and share - challenge this really awful ‘game’ from #Reform.
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Reform's small boats game breaches app store rules - demand they remove it!
We urgently need your help to demand that Google and Apple remove Reform's small boats game from their app stores. Add your name >>
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here, Burnham suggests that people arrested for holding paper signs are on one end of the Palestine Action “spectrum”, while people spraying paint on military planes thought to be used to support Israel’s genocide in Gaza are on the “extreme” end… Neither act is terrorism.
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ScouseLakes @scouselakes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sure Start health services being brought back to EVERY FAMILY CENTRE! #Lab26
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Richard Kemp @richardmskemp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh Danni, my heart 🥹 #GBBO
Noel and baker Danni. Noel is saying, “You’re not like anyone else, and that’s why you’re great.”Baker Danni saying, “which is that, in the right circumstances,”Danni smiling bright and saying, “I can make quite a few friends.” Danni being lifted in the air by baker Gary while the rest of the bakers all cheer.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Burnham on Social Care in July: "I ask the media, can we not let the country look at this in a clear-eyed way without all of the overwriting? On this issue, please, can we not have a factual debate? Allow people to weigh up the options and come to a considered view based on the facts?" The media:
Daily Mail: BURNHAM'S TRIPLE SHOCKThe Daily Telegraph: TRIPLE LOCK SCRAPPED BY 2030 (with a monstering photo of Burnham)Daily Express: IT'S A CRYING SHAME FOR OUR NATIONThe Sun: LOCKY HORROR SHOW
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This mindset is the least we deserve from a leader. Of course it has to be turned into action. But this kind of ambition and love for the country, this kind of personal but positive vision is what takes people with you. How feeble-minded Farage and Badenoch seem. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Photo of Burnham waving to the audience in front of HOPE AGAIN backdrop Burnham was not going to die wondering. He knew he might be delivering one of the longest suicide notes in history, but he did it anyway. Because he couldn't not do it. Better to go down remaining true to his principles than being slowly airbrushed out of history like the previous six prime ministers. Failures all. Andy was prepared to burn through all his political capital right there in Liverpool, right then. Not just for his own legacy but for a country he wanted to rebuild. It was the only way he could look himself in the mirror.
Honour his parents.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here’s the moment @labourlewis.bsky.social read out the letter at a fringe event at Labour conference hosted by @the-citizens.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/the-...
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Michael Crick is in no mood for Jacob Rees-Mogg’s failed ideas wrapped in a posh accent. Superb. 🔥
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
First Nottinghamshire, now Derbyshire. Pathetic avoidance of scrutiny. Reform-led Derbyshire County Council bans Derbyshire Live’s Local Democracy Reporter www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-n...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Trump repeatedly says Kim Jong Un "is a friend of mine" and "likes Trump" and Trump says, "I like him"
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LaIslaBonita @laislabonita.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@annadixonmp.bsky.social this has to stop.
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LaIslaBonita @laislabonita.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@andyburnham.bsky.social this has to stop right now @shabanamahmood.bsky.social
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Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🥳 UK economy grew more than thought in the second quarter. • GDP +0.5% qq versus a previous estimate of +0.4% (same with GDP per head) • Strong business investment growth (see 👇) • Current account balance (exc. precious metals) smallest in 5 years at 1% of GDP thanks to services exports
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LaIslaBonita @laislabonita.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#cofe this looks very interesting and helpful. Is anyone actively doing things in their church to support people living with dementia? Would love to hear about that. #disability #dementia #faith #narthex
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...
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Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment
It’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
UK Nationals.
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RAF Fairford live updates: Five men arrested over suspended bomb plot are UK nationals from London, say counter terror police
The counter terror police say the investigation has led to multiple lines of new enquiry
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ed Miliband, 'Every experience I've had in the two months that I've been Foreign Secretary tells me: our future lies in a deeper, stronger partnership with the EU." So much more refreshing and honest than Keir Starmer's disastrous make Brexit work nonsense.
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Dean @herne-thehunter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Imagine having Al Carns - a former Colonel in the Special Boat Service, with honours for gallant and distinguished service - available to be Defence Secretary and deciding to go with this guy instead
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LaIslaBonita @laislabonita.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#cofe #narthex
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The fact that this was *previously used as a campaign ad during the presidential campaign* removes any real defense as to its purpose. Its not a public service announcement. Its a campaign ad that has become state propaganda.
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LaIslaBonita @laislabonita.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
bradfordcathedral.org.uk/category/job... Two posts one clergy/one educational at #Bradford Cathedral #cofe
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Job Vacancies - Bradford Cathedral
For advertising job vacancies
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Progress www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Six arrested after anti-migrant protest at Gosport marina
Heeding calls from far-right activist Daniel Thomas, hundreds of protesters turned out in Hampshire
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 23/09/2026
⚡️'Ukrainians did not choose this war. We choose not to die,' Zelensky says to UN General Assembly as he calls for peace.
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'Ukrainians did not choose this war. We choose not to die,' Zelensky says to UN General Assembly
President Volodymyr Zelensky, on Sept. 23, addressed the U.N. General Assembly, calling for continued support for Ukraine, stressing the importance of negotiations, and warning that Ukrainians will co...
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LaIslaBonita @laislabonita.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
bradfordcathedral.org.uk/category/job... Two posts one clergy/one educational at #Bradford Cathedral #cofe
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Job Vacancies - Bradford Cathedral
For advertising job vacancies
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The first architect of the White House ballroom resigned after warning repeatedly that Trump was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes, the Washington Post reports. “I am the code,” Trump said www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
By Sarah Blaskey and Jonathan O'Connell
In the weeks leading up to his resignation last year, the first architect on the White House ballroom clashed with President Donald Trump over design features that the architect believed violated building safety codes, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions and corroborating documents reviewed by The Washington Post.
James McCrery II withdrew from the project last October after warning repeatedly that Trump was insisting on a preliminary design that did not provide adequate emergency exit routes or fire-containment measures, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private discussions.
Trump brushed off McCrery's concerns, they said, and the president countered that no building codes apply to White House construction.
"I am the code," Trump said.
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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If you have FND or know someone who does please help us build support networks for those with this condition by working with the brilliant Rocky - email my office if you want to get involved
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Social Market Foundation @smfthinktank.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🤔What if the BBC lost its public funding? Pull funding from everything except news, and it means the culture and broadcasting industry stands to lose 18k-29k jobs and £3.7-6bn of output. Our latest report adds concrete numbers into a debate usually had in the abstract.
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