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Martin Phillips

@nfliving.bsky.social
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Labour moderate & European. Wales & Scarlets, Man Utd, Red Sox & Commanders. Living in the New Forest & mystified why anyone would live in a city. Occasionally work as a writer/editor/translator gets in the way 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Trump's demands for strategic metals from Ukraine remind me of the way gangsters demand protection money. Nominative determinism that he was named Don.
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
@sotontestclp.bsky.social hello!
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Christmas starts right now. The Great Escape is on.
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Mum just down the road from you says it's lively, so stay safe
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
@baratheongirl.bsky.social take care in the storm.
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I hope there is better response from public sector this time, understanding targets are what public want, not political whim. Under last Labour government there were NHS trusts fiddling procedures to hit targets, rather than improve services. Public are demanding better services
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
BREAKING Sam Allardyce arriving at Etihad
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Angela Barnes @angelabarnes.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Maybe because middle class women of a certain age are in a position to call out this shit without fear of losing a salary they need. And can do it on behalf of young women starting out in their careers who are just as sick of this shit but can’t say anything because they need to earn a living.
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Satvir Kaur MP @laboursatvir.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Great to meet so many at first coffee morning. ☕️ From crime to assisted dying, we covered a range of local and national issues. It’s invaluable hearing from residents so big thank you to all who made time. Keep an eye out for a letter inviting you to a coffee morning soon! ✉️
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Shame. Take care of yourself. Sounds bloody awful
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Jeez that sounds terrible. Have you seen a doctor or spoken to the NHS phoneline?
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Worcester Sauce lookalikes
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Does it sound like serious flu. Take care x
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Please help if you're in that London
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Emma Hardy @emmahardymp.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
✅ Helping children learn ✅ Giving parents free childcare before the school day ✅ Making sure no child goes hungry
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Blasphemy laws have no place in the 21st century. Faith is a matter of individual belief and should play no part in the state
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Janie @janiesherb.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Good Morning. 😊
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
In 55 days, this building will become the epicenter of corruption on our planet.
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
What on earth could be going on? ££££ 🛁
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
A bot with lots of numbers after the name and someone saying he's a bot. They're piling in again
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
My doubt about the number of shops is that we're constantly told retail is tough but vape shops are growing when they rarely seem busy and often have no customers at all when you walk past. Like barbers, nail bars etc. It's a mystery how they have any cash to bank each day
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
The LibDems are always banging on about it ( I wonder why?), got the AV referendum and public rejected idea 2 to 1. Of course LibDems want another system because it gives them more MPs... sorry, because it's more democratic.
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
The Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform grew out of a group formed in the 70s. So discussion has been going for 50 years at least and they can't agree on a single system. That's one reason the debate has gone nowhere. Plus public aren't really bothered.
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Well, afraid this phenomenon is so widespread, even us hicks out in the sticks have our share of barbers vape shops, phone accessory shops and convenience stores that survive despite rarely having customers.
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
"Over a million people signed the people." Wow. Well, in the GE, the Tory vote was about 7 million. The fact a million of them have signed a petition is not a world-shaking thing at all.
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
That is my favourite drive down there. I hope they can get the slopes shored up.
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
@baratheongirl.bsky.social Thank you for the follow. Mum ( over in Bryncethin) showed me pictures of the Bwlch. Looked horrendous.
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Quite a performance of Mae hen Wlad fy Nhadau from the crowd this evening. Adversity can bring out the best in us. Come on bois #wales
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
@danjeffery.bsky.social welcome to the metropolitan elite echo chamber!
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Actual snow here. It's quite rare here as the sea usually keeps the temperature higher so nice treat.
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Kevin is definitely in the Non-Starter pack. Grace is in the Queens of Socials pack of course
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
This is the kind of good clean fun we've come here for. None of the filth we got on Twitter
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Nice
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I don't think we're going to get any down here unfortunately. Would be nice to see the Forest covered in snow
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David Furnell @davefurnell1962.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
More good news from the Labour government £1 billion for local buses including nearly £4 million in Southampton.
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Grok AI calls out its creator for ‘spreading conspiracies and misinformation’ 😂
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Not adult content but it is wtf content - that doesn't look possible
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
You're spot on. The EU won't want to spend years readmitting UK if Tories will just take us out again.
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
That's the Shiv we know and love.
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
So no dancing boys or shoes content? You've changed.
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I grew up in farming country. I was at school with a lot of kids whose parents owned their farms. They came to school in Mercs, they had swimming pools but their parents always claimed they were poor. Farmers are business owners and should pay IHT like everyone else.
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
So how are we all going to get this place really going?
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
A lot of hype but what is telling is that so many people wanted to remain anonymous. Haven't got the courage of their convictions
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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
New research from the IFS showing the closure of youth centres during the 2010s was shortsighted. For every £1 saved, the costs to affected users, crime victims and public spending in the police and the criminal justice system amount to £2.85 ifs.org.uk/publications...
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The effects of youth clubs on education and crime | Institute for Fiscal Studies
Using quasi-experimental variation from austerity-related cuts, I provide the first causal estimates of youth clubs' effects on education and crime.
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
It's real. He was Labour for years
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
Penblwydd hapus Max Boyce. You've captured the spirit of Wales like no- one else, made us laugh and made us shed a tear. The people's Bard and our greatest poet #cymru
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Martin Phillips @nfliving.bsky.social · 27/09/2023
Great great news
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