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DameV17

@mitsouko17.bsky.social
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My daughter and son are my top priority. My personal views only here. Former school chair of governors; former lawyer ; current policy person. North west England. Woke ! Oh yes. Ally.

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DameV17 @mitsouko17.bsky.social · 1h
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Graham Ward @yelobeli.bsky.social · 1h
Let me see… the man who lied to his wives, lied to the Queen, lied to employers, who has dodgy unexplained liaisons with Russian oligarchs and who used a Brexit he never believed in to elbow his way into Number 10 - and he accuse Burnham of lying?
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 15h
Channel 4 News foreign correspondent Secunder Kermani was briefly detained at Tel Aviv Airport and blocked from entering Israel last night, until the decision was reversed. He is there to cover the country's elections x.com/SecKermani/s...
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“I felt a great disturbance in the internet, as if millions of fascist and racist voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.”
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Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Disturbance in the Force
Alt: Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Disturbance in the Force
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David Pick @davidmichaelpick.net · 11/10/2026
Timing matters. I suspect more attacks on Russian data centres would likely to have a real impact on the amount of disinformation circulating in the US in the run up to the midterm elections, especially since early voting is starting. It's a strategy with a potential long term payoff for Ukraine.
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📎Hope🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🪬🟦 @crickettehkm.bsky.social · 19h
Share your favorite photo of President Obama. It’s fun, makes people smile and pisses off tangerine mussolini 😊
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Liv Kolb @liv29.bsky.social · 20h
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DameV17 @mitsouko17.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Oh good grief LFC
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DameV17 @mitsouko17.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Finally, a helpful intervention in the ‘overdiagnosis’ wars. But where’s the money to answer this tragedy? | John Harris
There is much to agree with in the Fonagy review into mental health support. Without serious public funding, however, its approach won’t work, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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DameV17 @mitsouko17.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
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DameV17 @mitsouko17.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Me too. Xx
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DameV17 @mitsouko17.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
No Wonder.
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Wyn @rp2024.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Andrew, we also fail badly on rehabilitation, maintenance of external family/social connections, support for people leaving prison and reduction of reoffending. The UK'S justice and prison service is not fit for the 21st Century, is it?
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DameV17 @mitsouko17.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Macabre collection
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DameV17 @mitsouko17.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🤩🤩
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Chief Constable of the PSNI asks Sec State to review the Parades Commission determination allowing the Drumcree parade: www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Drumcree: Michelle O'Neill receives PSNI investigation letter
The first minister says she will "co-operate with the investigation".
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Schona Jolly KC @womaninhavana.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
An inspired win for Navi Pillay and international law, at a time when it, along with its institutions, are coming under sustained attack (indeed on the very day). Congratulations Navi Pillay! #nobelpeaceprize
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DameV17 @mitsouko17.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I’m afraid to confess I had the sheet music for this and played it on my descent recorder
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DameV17 @mitsouko17.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
But she’s never wrong is she
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Astounding Badenoching. Pure, liquid Kemi.
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NHS at risk of ‘system failures’ as demand for ADHD and autism care soars, inquiry finds www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oc…
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NHS at risk of ‘system failures’ as demand for ADHD and autism care soars, inquiry finds
England-focused review led by Prof Peter Fonagy returns stark warning and calls for shift to ‘needs-led’ system
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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Really sad news. Thinking of my very talented colleagues today
bbc.co.uk
BBC to cut raft of Radio 4 programmes including You and Yours
The corporation said it would be investing in a new consumer programme, while announcing more cuts.
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judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Vote !!!
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DameV17 @mitsouko17.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It was a bit weird.
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It was a great induction day for this year’s cohort of students. They are so impressive. I’m running a new Masters degree in digital policy @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk & really looking forward to the academic year.
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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Just got round to reading @samfr.bsky.social's piece on reversing Brexit. It is as good as billed. Basically, it all boils down to one thing: if EU member states want the UK inside the tent, a way will be found. But there is no way back without full and unconditional acceptance of the four freedoms.
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The route back into the EU
Back in 2022 I wrote about the long-term prospects for undoing Brexit and made two predictions.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Trump: "I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama ... I can do whatever I want, if I want."
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DameV17 @mitsouko17.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
wtf omg omg 😮😩
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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
i still think this is one of the finest JKR commentaries of the era
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Bad Enoch reveals design for ‘Iron Dome’ “It’s a great design that can be used to stop drones and also draining stewed rhubarb.” said the Tory Chancellor “it’s worth every Penny of public money.”
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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The entire Iron Dome announcement was about Badenoch getting another fawning headline in the Tory press. That’s it, there was no more … and that’s why she was humiliated today when asked to explain it
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
From Katy Brand on Insta www.instagram.com/p/DeJq9Xvo-o...
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Benedict #FBPE 🇬🇧 🇪🇺FBR💙 #NAFO #FELLAS @cosmogalaxy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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DameV17 @mitsouko17.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hope you’ve been having a wonderful time !
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DameV17 @mitsouko17.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Iconic
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DameV17 @mitsouko17.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Tory Bayeux Tapestry is very funny and a great skewering of most of the main characters, apart from Angela Rayner who looks absolutely iconic in every image
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DameV17 @mitsouko17.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Strange approach in the bit I saw of the Tory electoral broadcast. Purports to show the quality of Tories. I can only conclude there are only these few ones and the rest are shit.
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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DameV17 @mitsouko17.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Paying taxes is punishment is it? Some might say it's a contribution to the infrastructure and regulations (like the rule of law) that enables you to build a successful business and, being less transactional, your contribution to society..
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Dee Lomas @deelomas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
As a child, I used to watch the Wizard Of Oz and wonder how someone could talk if they didn’t have a brain. Now that I’m older and I have social media… I wonder no longer…
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DameV17 @mitsouko17.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Great read www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
theguardian.com
John Cooper Clarke looks back: ‘Getting older sucks – it’s marginally better than being dead’
The punk poet on his heroin years, dressing like Ronnie Wood, and achieving his boyhood ambition
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John Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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For Kemi, being the Nasty party is not toxic but a badge of honour | John Crace
The Tory leader says the party’s plans to cut people’s benefits are no more than ‘common sense’
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DameV17 @mitsouko17.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is almost certainly true, and the UK fails women refugees in multiple ways, including by refusing safe routes to come here, wrongly rejecting asylum claims, barring family reunion & not recognising trafficking victims promptly or at all. If only Mahmood had the power to do something about this
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Nearly all women arriving on small boats have been raped, says Shabana Mahmood
Home secretary warns people traffickers will exploit asylum seekers because they decide who comes to the UK
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Memorable Presidential Quotes In History From FDR: "The only thing we have to fear... is fear itself." From JFK: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." From our Vulgarian-In-Chief:
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DameV17 @mitsouko17.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Entirely sensible.
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