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Sally Taylor

@salskibe.bsky.social
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Love trees and hedges. Interested in politics, arts and building community. Also, youth work and education.

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Claire @clairepull.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
An 8 page newsletter, that'll be really expensive to mail out to 15million households, right? So that would also mean that it would be really expensive to mail them back to Reform, right? I'm assuming everyone knows the Reform freepost address?
Screenshot from X stating that Reform will mail an 8 page newsletter to 15 million households called the 'reformer'
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John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Nothing is more important than intimidating asylum seekers
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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live.
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Sally Taylor @salskibe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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What would make your life easier? Martin Lewis asks public for ‘small ideas’ to improve UK
Finance expert launches Small Ideas Initiative to gather ‘practical, low-cost’ ideas to put before cross-party panel
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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart
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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The only way we're ever going to 'solve' Ofsted is to stop it being a competition. Have two categories: all fine/needs support. If you buy into the idea that the competition is what makes people work harder you'll never get away from the problem. This includes posts about 'doing well' in Ofsteds.
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Sally Taylor @salskibe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Getting rid of professional youth services was one of the worse things David Cameron did with his ‘Big Society’. Youth workers are skilled at building communities and connections for young people. www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
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‘There’s a lot of silence’: have we created a new ‘Lonely Generation’?
Learning to be one human among many has always been a little lonely and discombobulating. But young people around the world are lonelier than ever. Why?
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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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Ruth @ruthr1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Utterly appalling! Well done the rest of them including Bruce !
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Pissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯🤔...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Maximum monthly State Pension. Luxembourg £5,426 Norway £1,839 Switzerland £1,657 Denmark £1,486 Sweden £1,373 Belgium £1,338 Netherlands £1,322 France £1,254 Spain £1,238 UK £997 Guess which is unaffordable?
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Sally Taylor @salskibe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.independent.co.uk/travel/uk/en...
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Why Yorkshire’s ‘worst city’ is one of the best Northern getaways
On a visit to Kingston-Upon-Hull, Rory Buccheri discovers the meaning behind the phrase ‘it’s never dull in ‘Ull’
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This artwork was created over the past year by a local Birmingham artist collective who wanted to bring unty from discord by repurposing the divisive Nationalist flags into a massive Brummie Reunion Jack. Suffice it to say, the inspiration for Goldship's magnificent work has not taken it well.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.
It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

Johnson on X
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Suiseki (水石) are small naturally occurring or shaped rocks which are appreciated for their aesthetic or decorative value. It's also the name of the art of arranging them into meaningful forms. [📸 Szilajka Erzsébet] Original post
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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Brilliant blog from @theniceman.bsky.social. This is exactly how I feel about education atm and the issue I try to counteract with my books.
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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 24/09/2026
Mix-and-match card offer. Pick 5 for £12 or pick 10 for £20 (that's a tenner off buying individually). The whole range is included. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/greeting-cards
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Greeting Cards | Bold Illustrated Cards UK | Gail Myerscough
Bold illustrated greeting cards for all occasions. Blank inside. Designed in Manchester, made in the UK. £3 each. 5 cards for £12. Ten for £20.
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is not AI agents going rogue, but OpenAI. This hack took the company months to notice and then they notified a public email address rather than the appropriate government agency. www.ft.com/content/5613... OpenAI ‘agent’ hacked an Australian health service website
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OpenAI ‘agent’ hacked an Australian health service website
AI lab took months to spot the problem, which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called ‘obviously unacceptable’
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This chart published by the Economics Laboratory, shows that the UK social spending is 23% of GDP, covers NHS, social security and support services. It is a useful rebutal to neoliberals calling for cuts to the NHS, state pension and other benefits. www.linkedin.com/posts/charto...
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Drawing Across The Ocre, painting by Simon Palmer (b. 1956), Yorkshire landscape artist.
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Sally Taylor @salskibe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Devastating for many Hull families in an area where there is not much alternative employment www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Jim Ratcliffe halts production at Hull chemical plants over ‘ridiculous’ gas prices
Billionaire owner of Ineos says company ‘cannot compete’ with global market despite efficiency of Humberside sites
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Neoliberals want to end the triple-lock on state pension They inflict low wages, consign millions to poverty. Govt spending on state pension as % of GDP in G7 countries. Italy 12.8 France 12 Germany 9.8 Japan 8.9 USA 6.6 Canada 4.7 UK 4.7 UK has one of the least generous pensions in the G7.
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How does the UK State Pension measure up globally?
A global comparison of State Pension provision highlights the onus on individuals in the UK to build pension savings for their retirement, rather than leaving
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Devon Dympsy @devondympsy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Love this... (artist: Janis Goodman)
Image shows a drawing by artist Janis Goodman and it shows a huge computer that is plugged into 4 electrical sockets and is guzzling water via a hose attached to 2 taps. There is a woman sat nearby. This drawing is titled "The Data Centre Who Came To Tea"
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Steve Reed on 25 March explaining that the £100k cap on donations "will therefore apply retrospectively, so it includes all donations from overseas electors received from today". Yes, but how are people who never bother going to Parliament supposed to know that?
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Beautiful to watch
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum. Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Reform Party might go to the European Court of Human Rights - the court it wants to leave To challenge retrospective legislation ("not the British way") - but retrospective legislation (loss of indefinite leave to remain) is the core of its immigration policy
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Today about 100 people took part in a mass trespass in the Prime Minister’s constituency. There’s a right to roam over just 1% of Makerfield, & today the landowner proved our point for us: putting up fencing & calling the police. @andyburnham.bsky.social - please open the door to the countryside!
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
BBC News: Mass trespass staged in PM Andy Burnham's constituency "They walked on to the Winstanley Hall estate in Wigan as part of their calls for a change in the law to bring in a Scottish-style right of responsible access to land and water that is privately owned." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Mass trespass staged in Prime Minister Andy Burnham's Makerfield constituency
Protestors walked on to a private estate in Wigan as part of their calls for the right to roam.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Pretty sure that the Daily Mail did not give Daniel Thomas's mum a new house within the allotted 48hr timescale of his demands. Meanwhile "Danny Tommo" took himself down to Portsmouth to harass passersby for not sharing his opinion about people waving flags. Hope his victim is is ok, he did well
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Sally Taylor @salskibe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Too many things which sound familiar here www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How Sweden lost its soul – and stopped being Sweden | Martin Gelin
In 2022 my country entered a new era of cruelty. It will take more than one election to get the old, tolerant Sweden back, writes Swedish journalist Martin Gelin
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10/09/2026
London's homicide rate hit its lowest level since records began. Yet 40% of the public thought that murders had risen since 2019. That’s the danger of disinformation. We cannot accept it, and to defeat it, we’ve got to put pressure on the social media companies who profit from it.
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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Just brilliant.
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is #Fingertips - our new music video in support of @samaritans.bsky.social and released today on #WorldSuicidePreventionDay If you can, we'd really appreciate a small donation to our fundraiser for them - aiming for £1,000 by the end of this month. Do share 🙏❤️👇 tiltify.com/@themarshfam...
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10/09/2026
A dark blizzard of disinformation is warping the public’s perception of our great city. But we know the truth: our homicide rate is lower than every major US city, neighbourhood crimes are down and we’ve been ranked #1 city in the world 11 years in a row. My piece for The Times.
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We must fight back against troll army’s lies about London
There is a dark blizzard of disinformation online, where our capital is described as a lawless dystopia in decline — this couldn’t be further from the truth
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 09/09/2026
Tonight, #C4Dispatches airs the findings of a year-long investigation into Tommy Robinson’s money: where it came from, and where it went. We’ll be sharing some of the key moments throughout the programme. 🍿
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Finally they came for the Daily Mail and my irony meter just packed up and left and I never heard from it again.
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FinnMackay @finnfox.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
There is no such thing as an illegal asylum seeker. If any of us had to flee for our lives international law recognises that we may not be able to get visas overnight or at all, have money, have passports, fly out of a national airport...so we'd have to go however we could.
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God @thegodshow.com · 08/09/2026
If you can look at this photo without your heart breaking, then you don’t have a soul.
Palestinian children watching Lion King in Gaza
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Tomorrow night, Channel 4 Dispatches airs the findings of a year-long investigation into Tommy Robinson’s finances. Watch it. Then come back here. We’ve got more to show you.
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PeteGulls @gullssinceaboy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nigel Farage’s promise of extreme authoritarian govt. Scum of the earth.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 05/09/2026
This morning at 7:30am, a group of men dressed in black and their faces covered, gathered in Dover. The men, members of the anti-migrant vigilante group Patriot Platform, proceeded to block the port of Dover and several roads nearby. Our briefing: hopenothate.org.uk/2026/09/05/p...
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Patriot Platform’s masked members march on Dover – HOPE not hate
At approximately 7:30 this morning, hundreds of black-clad members of Patriot Platform, a far-right vigilante unit, blockaded roads in Dover. They marched north east off...
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
An essay I've just written for @nytimes on why Big Tech is the 21st Century’s equivalent of the East India Company: "What It Would Take to Dismantle the Most Powerful Companies in the World" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...
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Opinion | What It Would Take to Dismantle the Most Powerful Companies in the World
A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.
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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
What the lying Liar said just after the referendum...
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The number of asylum seekers being housed in hotels is down by 50%. And the backlog of people who have claimed asylum is down from 175,000 to 40,000, the lowest since 2019. But we mustn’t let facts get in the way of spreading fear and hatred and coming up with crackpot policies.
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com
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Sally Taylor @salskibe.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Walking the Peak District, I discovered a wonderful rejection of the right’s monotone vision of England | John Harris
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Just…WOW Instagram: @worldsgreatestperformance
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