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Lucy O'H

@lucyclearly.bsky.social
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Do a bit of coaching, sing a bit, want a better world.

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Lucy O'H @lucyclearly.bsky.social · 1h
Says the man known for his truthfulness. And this would dent his ego - Johnson got Brexit over the line with Russia's help.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 3h
Oh superb! Someone has got the glorious screenshot, of Russian Brexit bottery at its best. bsky.app/profile/marc...
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Lucy O'H @lucyclearly.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
He is saying what most of us are thinking.
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Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Excl with @jessicaelgot.bsky.social - bleak new forecasts from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation suggest soaring energy and housing costs mean Labour could be set to preside over the worst parliament for living standards in modern history: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Labour could oversee worst parliament on record for living standards, study warns
Energy and housing costs threaten biggest decline in modern times unless bold action taken, says thinktank
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Lucy O'H @lucyclearly.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/business/202... I know the world has changed and isnt it a bit chicken and egg when the cost of a first class stamp is £1.80
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Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs amid restructure and fall in letter deliveries
Postal service says cuts will focus on on head office and ‘support function roles’
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Lucy O'H @lucyclearly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Personally, I think this is the right thing.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 22/09/2026
YouGov’s latest poll shows that 628 constituencies want to rejoin the EU. Only 4 don't. It’s time to talk about EU membership. bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-mo…
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Reform-run North Northamptonshire Council is the latest to propose rescinding the council's climate emergency declaration. The motion will likely pass, as Reform have a majority. Northamptonshire remains in a state of drought following the record-breaking temperatures over the summer.
Motion 1 –

To be proposed by Cllr Leon Gibbs and seconded by Cllr Lee Duffy

 

“This Council notes that:

 

1.     On 28 July 2021, North Northamptonshire Council resolved to declare a “Climate and Environment Emergency” and endorsed the Climate Change Framework previously established by the Shadow Authority.

 

2.     At the same meeting, Full Council considered a separate motion seeking to commit the Council to achieving carbon neutrality by 2030. That motion was not supported by Council.

 

3.     A 2030 carbon neutrality target was subsequently adopted and incorporated into the Council’s Carbon Management Plan, approved by the Executive on 22 December 2022.

 

4.     On 9 September 2025, the Executive agreed to align the Council’s carbon neutrality target with the prevailing UK statutory Net Zero target of 2050. The Carbon Management Plan has subsequently been reprofiled to reflect that decision and to consider deliverability, resources, funding and feasibility.

 

This Council believes that:

 

·       Protecting and enhancing our natural environment, reducing unnecessary energy consumption and making responsible use of public resources do not depend upon maintaining a declaration of emergency.

 

·       Environmental and energy considerations should be addressed where they are material to a decision.

 

·       The Council should focus its resources on practical, achievable and measurable interventions which reduce energy consumption and waste, improve the efficiency and resilience of Council assets, protect and enhance the natural environment and deliver value for money.This Council therefore resolves to:

 

1.     Rescind the Climate and Environment Emergency Declaration: Rescind resolution 30(i) of the meeting of Full Council held on 28 July 2021, thereby ending North Northamptonshire Council’s declaration of a “Climate and Environment Emergency”.

 

2.     Refocus the Carbon Management Plan: Request the Executive to continue the refocusing of the Carbon Management Plan following the decision in September 2025 to align the Council’s carbon neutrality target with 2050, prioritising practical, achievable and measurable interventions which reduce energy consumption and waste, improve the efficiency and resilience of Council assets, protect and enhance the natural environment, secure external investment where appropriate and deliver value for money.

 

3.     Replace Climate Change Impact Assessments with Environmental Consideration Assessments: Introduce Environmental Consideration Assessments (ECAs) in place of the existing Climate Change Impact Assessment (CCIA) process. These will focus on environmental impacts where material to a decision. Any specific legal requirements should continue to be met, without imposing unnecessary administrative requirements where no material environmental impacts arise.

 

4.     Reaffirm practical environmental responsibility: Reaffirm the Council’s commitment to protecting and enhancing North Northamptonshire’s natural environment and to pursuing practical measures which deliver environmental, financial or community benefits for the people who live here.”
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Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
To call this distasteful is the understatement of the century. He wouldn’t be saying this - never has before - if it weren’t for the fact he has a book coming out and he wants to drum up sales. Sickening. Also treasonous, by the by. Let the woman rest in peace, ffs. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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Diana’s Earl Spencer brother says Charles ‘went ballistic’ in phone call after her death
Earl Spencer spoke exclusively with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg about claims he has made in a new book.
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Lucy O'H @lucyclearly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Billionaire Chris Rokos, who paid £330m in tax last year, to quit UK share.google/ChH594wt4U9L... Man complains about 11% tax bill, whilst retaining more money than is possible to spend.
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Billionaire Chris Rokos, who paid £330m in tax last year, to quit UK
Hedge fund tycoon is latest financier to exit amid fears among super-rich over tax rises
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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 24/08/2026
Brexit was a monumentally stupid idea, part 1,356.
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Lucy O'H @lucyclearly.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Burnham commits to Starmer’s Brexit red lines in blow to hopes of rejoining EU | The Independent share.google/BiVEXzTY9nTp... Sigh
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Blow to hopes of rejoining EU as Burnham commits to Starmer red lines
The prime minister has promised to be ‘bolder’ than his predecessor in taking the UK back to the heart of Europe but Downing Street refused to provide a ‘running commentary’ on discussions
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David Hardstaff @davidhardstaff.co.uk · 17/08/2026
More to the point, we should be demanding that Bridgen provide verifiable proof that he isn't, to a large extent, sharing the DNA of a root vegetable - all observations based on his career so far would tend towards that conclusion.
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Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Never said this before… But hats off to Nigel Farage He managed to con his own Clacton constituents into voting for welfare cuts that will screw over 1 in 5 of them 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It’s time we sorted out the press. Constant misinformation to protect their donors and fossil fuels is destroying lives and our planet. The Government must step up and stop being cowardly.
Sorry Zack Polanski this long hot summer is not the apocalypse - it's like a gloriously long holiday in France
..with village green cricket thrown in good measure
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I don’t think there’s ever been a clearer example of the British media bullying someone, who was so clearly vulnerable, to death so shamelessly in my lifetime for engagement and clicks And now we’ll have to watch the people that did it claim they’re shocked, and horrified Revolting
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 14/08/2026
Cambridge University should have known better, Fleet Street should have known better, the people hungrily absorbing every bit of news about it, making newsrooms feel like they had to keep going with it as a story, should have known better, horrible horrible horrible
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Gareth Davies @garethtbij.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I see we’re overthinking the alerts
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Apparently £5million can’t buy you enough security to protect you from an imaginary threat.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Farage has properly lost his touch. Old confident Farage would have known to play along with the Binface gag. New insecure Farage can't bring himself to do it. And that's why the headlines are about him staying away from the vote rather than the fact that he won it.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I came first in the Clacton by-election! Of the candidates who bothered to turn up for the results. Here is my victory speech!
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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A complete waste of time. Including Reform's.
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What Was the Point?
Across the land, grass has withered and died under the relentless glare of the burning sun. A climate catastrophe to be sure, but one that s...
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Lucy O'H @lucyclearly.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This option was a result of poor investment decision making, choosing the cheapest option which didn't change behaviour. Cambridgeshire is one of the poorest connected counties in terms of public transport. share.google/ob29C1mX1QKR...
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'Significant' drop off in Cambridgeshire busway passengers
Bus frequencies will decrease after a reduction in people using the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway.
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Someone just asked “Why waste time reading the book when you can just watch the movie?” and long story short it's perfectly acceptable to remove toxic people from your life.
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Roland Butter @rolandbutter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Oh, Clacton folk, you are so boring and predictable. Notice he still can't bring himself to attend the constituency he "represents". Usual lies to try and justify his absence. The police did not advise him to stay away, as he claimed.
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Hard Boiled Egg @perigominas.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Farage now a world record holder in showing contempt for his voters. Every other previous holder massively limited themselves to doing so after they'd been declared the winner. Brilliant out-of-the-box thinking there by the man who triggered a pointless By-election costing taxpayers 250k
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Chris Gough @toulousain.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Farage yet again exposed as a lying cunt.
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RJ BaHarker @rjbarker.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Petition to have all media use the phrase 'Nigel Farage, who famously lost almost ten thousand votes to a talking bin,' when referring to the man.
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Jon Hewlett @jonhewlett.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
There is no dispute Essex police have denied the story. Farage is pathetic
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Jay Wright @jay.wright43.com · 14/08/2026
Essex police deny advising Farage not to attend 🤔
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Cambridge Skeptics @cambskeptics.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Jason Arday’s case raises questions about scrutiny and standards. But one disputed professor does not prove that DEI has hollowed out academia, any more than campus conformity claims justify political control. The evidence still matters more than the narrative. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Jason Arday and the simmering culture war that made his case explode
Holly Baxter investigates a movement that has been convinced for a long time that conservative students are being silenced across the world
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 11/08/2026
Reform promised to “throw open the books” in Suffolk. Within weeks, its council had broken the rules twice while launching a potentially £500,000 court battle. Now the detailed findings are being kept confidential. Is this what Reform government looks like? @eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Goodbye to the rules: Reform are the masters now
Suffolk’s Reform council broke the rules twice within weeks of taking power. So why are the findings secret?
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Be easy to work with.
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 06/08/2026
The first female president of Ireland is no stranger to marginalisation. But a trip to the West Bank proved how extreme injustice can become normalised if there is no accountability, which "the EU has levers" to change
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[Interview] Ireland’s Mary Robinson on Israel-Palestine: ‘Unless there is accountability, the situation is going to get so much worse’
The first female president of Ireland is no stranger to marginalisation. But a trip to the West Bank proved how extreme injustice can become normalised if there is no accountability, which "the EU has levers" to change
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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Alas, one more lesson in how universities will sacrifice academic freedom to curry favor with donors. An Israeli professor lost a prestigious US job offer after speaking out on Gaza. Now the university is paying him $250,000. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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An Israeli professor lost a prestigious US job offer after speaking out on Gaza. Now the university is paying him $250,000
The University of Minnesota withdrew an offer from Raz Segal to lead its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies after an organized campaign against his hiring
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Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
'A record number of people have been referred to the government’s anti-terror programme, with a 39% rise over the last year, including a 20% rise in referrals for extreme rightwing ideology, according to official data released on Thursday.' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Extreme rightwing referrals to Prevent rise 20% amid record anti-terror reporting
Programme aiming to stop people turning to terrorism gets 39% rise in referrals in year to September 2025 – the highest number on record
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Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Education should be freely available to all, regardless of socioeconomic background. Anything less deprives us all of an insane amount of talent. Anyone who advocates for a populace unable to think & reason for itself is the enemy of civilization and humanity. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Student loan repayment rates an 'unsustainable burden', chancellor told
More than 120 MPs and peers have asked John Healey to carry out an "urgent review" of repayments.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
But they seemed like such nice, patriotic, community-minded chaps. (Except the ones currently facing murder, child abuse & assault charges, obviously.)
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Reform UK Warwickshire under George Finch’s toxic leadership have haemorrhaged councillors. They have now just 17/57. He wouldn’t survive a vote of no confidence.
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'Let's see what happens at the ballot box': Warwickshire County Council leader George Finch reflects on Reform-Restore battle and defections
Warwickshire County Council leader George Finch has expressed confidence voters will stick with Reform UK in areas where councillors have defected to Restore Britain.
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Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"We have to recognise that water security is a critical part of our food security and food security is our national security… " Welcome to the future. Sure, let’s drill for more #FossilFuels www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Prolonged drought could cause shortage of some foods, farmers' union head says
NFU president Tom Bradshaw calls on the government to take action to prevent extreme weather affecting the UK's food supply.
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Stevie Bennett @steviebennett.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Lucy O'H @lucyclearly.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... The Home Office is living up to its reputation.
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EU citizens in UK get letters telling them post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’
After years of building lives in UK, potentially thousands of EU citizens could be told they have no right to remain
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Glad someone senior from the sector is pushing back. Labour MPs need to understand the serious real anger from graduates and the people who produce them. And the dangerous financial situation they have allowed to fester, or indeed worsened, in one of Britain’s leading sectors.
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Labour has harmed universities as much as Trump, London School of Economics head says
LSE vice-chancellor Larry Kramer points to domestic student fees freeze, international student limits and rise in employers’ national insurance
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Lucy O'H @lucyclearly.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
@railindustry.bsky.social so what's your view of single fares only (removal of return fares) and dynamic rail pricing?
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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
One big thing to notice is that Reform were doing better in the lower turnout byelections because their voters would still turn out in higher numbers. If they’ve lost that ability too they’re in real trouble
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Clio2 @clio2.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Surprise. Not www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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ECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’
Exclusive: As wildfires rage across Europe, Frank Elderson tells the Guardian nature loss poses a growing risk to the global economy
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
NEW: A PR firm used at least 15 fake personas — equipped with fake emails, fake websites, and in some cases, fake AI-generated faces — to send me dozens of pitch emails about its (very real) clients. Those clients told me they had no idea this was happening. futurism.com/artificial-i...
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We Are Alarmed by This PR Firm Using a Small Army of Fake AI-Powered Publicists to Barrage Journalists With Pitches for Its Clients
A PR firm called Movchan Agency operated a roster of fake PR representatives, some with AI faces, to pitch journalists on stories. Why?
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Lucy O'H @lucyclearly.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
@heidialexander.bsky.social
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