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Sally Richards

@sallyrichards4.bsky.social
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Exploring spirituality and ageing, Russian language and art. Kindness and truth matter and so does social care reform.

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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
At last a social care announcement about improving work force conditions!
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thank God Reform is standing up for masked, knife-wielding, ex-cons. Society's most marginalised group.
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...
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First Past the Post means millions of our votes make no difference to parliament. Add your name now to demand a fairer voting system
It only takes 30 seconds
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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Moments on Moscow streets 101 years ago Henry Sara's photos capture the Soviet Union in a period of uncertainty, 8 years after the revolution and a year after Lenin's death These images and more are online at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
Moscow street scene taken in 1925. The driver of a horse-drawn cab or cart is caught staring back at the camera.Photograph of children on a street corner in Moscow, taken in 1925. One is wearing a Red Army hat and lighting a cigarette.
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I've signed. Will you? Add your name to help make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority, and stand with the communities affected by wildfires. campaigns.nationaltrust.org.uk/page/196457/...
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I've signed. Will you? Add your name to help make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority, and stand with the communities affected by wildfires.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
BREAKING; The UK has lost confidence in Jim Ratcliffe. Actually, that happened when he scooted off to Monaco to avoid paying tax, tried to force fracking on Britain, and claimed the UK had been ‘colonised by migrants’. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
£72m for Reform over the weekend could be just the tip of the iceberg There's nothing to stop Elon Musk giving, via a UK X subsidiary, £300m to Restore Britain today Or a Trump ally giving £500m to Farage via a UK-registered firm There's a v narrow window to tackle big money in the elections bill
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Well he was warned... Another instance of damage or destruction to what is irreplaceable. And so many precious and unique lives lost....
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I agree this is certainly one of the best reflections I have read on the tragic Arday case. There are no easy solutions here but an appeal to principled thinking to make sense of a situation and for people and institutions to do better in future.
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LabourList @labourlist.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🔴 ‘Andy Burnham is right to put care before assisted suicide’ Douglas McAllister MP ✍️ for LabourList Read now👇 labourlist.org/2026/08/andy...
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‘Andy Burnham is right to put care before assisted suicide’ – LabourList
On a recent visit to an elderly care home in Golders Green, Andy Burnham made an important observation about the long-running assisted suicide debate. Before…
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I wish I had a vote in Clacton! #VoteBinface
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JonGlue @jonglue.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I just published Connecting #Communities to #SocialCare Reform on Medium. jonglue.medium.com/connecting-c...
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Connecting Communities to Social Care Reform
In the UK we have a new Prime Minister who said he will put “whatever political capital I have into fixing” social care. With an…
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Steve Chalke @stevechalke.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The problem of our overcrowded prisons will never be resolved until we ask different questions. The majority of adults in our prisons were first criminalised as teenagers. So what about tackling the school to prison pipeline & thinking about how we break the cycle of reoffending?
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 28/07/2026
The French navy described it as a “small-arms firing exercise” Which seems a bit rude about Chris Philp's biceps
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The manifesto we’ve been waiting for. #VoteBinface
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Catriona Seth @catrionaseth.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Are you aged between 16 and 25? Do you love reading? Could you read all the books on the Booker or International Booker Longlist and suggest which would be enjoyed by school pupils across the UK? If so, get in touch! #SchoolsLaureate
A boy and girl hold a book open. They are surrounded by laurels and above a ribbon reading "The Schools' Laureate"
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Important point. If people are not aware of a benefit, they don’t vote to defend it.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"My message to the people of the UK is that I'll train the new guy but you're going to have to stick with one of them eventually."
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
He would get my vote!
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
At last!
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Farage Headlines Crypto-Backed Festival Amid His Own Crypto Scandal
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Farage Headlines Crypto-Backed Festival Amid His Own Crypto Scandal
Nigel Farage is taking a break from the scandal about his ties to crypto investors by headlining a rightwing festival backed by crypto investors.
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Or remove the triple lock?
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Very good that our MP @anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social is advocating for action. Bit worried how much more dodgy money and crypto-currency will be pumped into UK politics over the summer. Hope the Representation of the People Bill will be strengthened during the delay.
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Sonia Silva ❤️ @vallygirl.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
If I were Nigel Farage, I’d dip into that £5 million crypto gift just to fund a video that can compete with this! 🤣 HILARIOUS ⬇️
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Britain’s politics has changed, but our voting system hasn’t. I’m asking my MP to support an independent National Commission on Electoral Reform so we can build a voting system fit for modern Britain. Join me. action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/194914/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
Ask your MP to support electoral reform
It only takes 30 seconds
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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 07/07/2026
How do you resign from a job you weren't actually doing? Asking for a friend
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
My friend Helen has chosen such an important cause for her fundraiser. So many people are affected by this horrid condition. Please do support her effort too. www.justgiving.com/page/helen-b...
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Helen's fundraiser for Parkinson’s UK
Help Helen barker raise money to support Parkinson’s UK
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I second this!
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Jonathan Foyle @jonathanfoyle.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Another damaged panel of John Hutton’s important glass art at @coventrycathedral.bsky.social - one was broken by a vandal a couple of years ago - this recent one affecting the Angel Gabriel was a rigging accident. Such a great building, such a shame to see.
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Superb range of posters @britishgerontology.bsky.social 2026 at Oxford Brookes
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Apt poster for @britishgerontology.bsky.social 2026 conference
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Elizabeth Harrison @corardens.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
This is extremely bad.
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
A very good statement expressing how Oxford citizens are feeling. 🙏
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Some very good news! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Resident doctors in England call off strike after new offer from government
The walkout had been due to start at 07:00 BST on Monday and last until Friday.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Men who commit this kind of violence with this kind of rhetoric are not protecting women and girls; they are trying to legislate which men have the right to harm women and girls (and of course it's men like them and not those other men).
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🙏 Pope Leo
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Tommy Robinson, Nigel Farage and the ‘Pure Cold Rage’ Used to Trigger a Racist Pogrom in Belfast Mainstream politicians have stood by as the global far-right campaigns for anti-migrant violence on our streets. Now we're suffering the consequences, argues Adam Bienkov
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Tommy Robinson, Nigel Farage and the ‘Pure Cold Rage’ Used to Trigger a Racist Pogrom in Belfast
Mainstream politicians have stood by as the global far-right campaigns for anti-migrant violence on our streets. Now we're suffering the consequences, argues Adam Bienkov
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Today June 10th is Age Without Limits Day. Plenty to think about here! www.agewithoutlimits.org
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We need to change the way we think about ageing | Age without limits
The Age Without Limits campaign aims to change the way we all think about ageing and support a growing movement of people and organisations working to make society more age-inclusive.
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Armenia's pro-West government wins election despite Russian pressure
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's Civil Contract Party secures nearly 50% of the vote, comfortably beating the other contenders.
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
No one should be making profits from vulnerable children. Yet £1 out of every £5 paid to private providers of children’s social care is taken out in profit. Time to end this scam! Add your name now. weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-p...
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End profit in children’s social care
£1 out of every £5 paid to private providers of children’s social care is taken out in profit.
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Seva @seva.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Russian economy and society have been reorganized around war. There are now powerful domestic incentives that make ending the war difficult and even dangerous for Russia’s president. Jeremy Morris @jeremymorris.bsky.social and myself in Foreign Affairs (open access)
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The Inertia of Russia’s War
Why Putin can’t end the conflict.
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
In local elections, the voting system means councils often don’t reflect how people actually voted. So millions of local votes don’t help shape the final result. We need a voting system where all local voters help shape what happens next. action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/2401/pe...
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ADD YOUR NAME: Every vote should help shape the final result
In English local elections, the voting system means councils often don’t reflect the way people actually voted. That leaves many voters feeling powerless, because even when lots of people vote for cha...
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The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com · 24/05/2026
Acclaimed Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev urged President Vladimir Putin to end the “carnage” in Ukraine on Saturday after his new movie set during the war came runner-up at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Russian Director Zvyagintsev Denounces Ukraine War ‘Carnage' at Cannes Awards - The Moscow Times
Acclaimed Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev urged President Vladimir Putin to end the “carnage” in Ukraine on Saturday after his new movie set during the war came runner-up at the Cannes Film Festiv...
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Tomorrow Sunday 24th is the event of the year in Old Headington @headingtonnews.bsky.social
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The Well-read Naturalist @wellreadnaturalist.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
If you are interested in achieving a deeper understanding of the writings of William Shakespeare (as I certainly am), this interview with @nicosiamarissa.bsky.social will open an entirely new area of exploration into his works: food and cooking. #Booksly podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
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Marissa Nicosia,
Podcast Episode · New Books in Early Modern History · May 19 · 48m
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The gradual process of undermining scrutiny looks to be well underway in Reform led Kent CC. A clear warning of what lies ahead for the future of our democracy.
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Sally Richards @sallyrichards4.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Worrying developments yet again!
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