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Recently retired MFL teacher, Francophile, enjoying being a full time grandma, gardener and corgi guardian.

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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
europeanmovement.co.uk
Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I’ll look it out tomorrow! Some of the photos were really lovely (these monuments were always it seemed to me in the most beautiful places) as he was a keen amateur photographer too.
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Thank you for posting this. My father was fascinated by prehistoric monuments, so we visited many when holidaying as a child. He later took photos of as many as he could, wrote and self published a book about the monuments in England - I have a copy.
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
www.national-conversation.ox.ac.uk
national-conversation.ox.ac.uk
The National Conversation
I just took part in The National Conversation to share my views on what it's really like living in our area right now. It's a major UK-wide project by researchers at Oxford University, and it only tak...
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Andy Burnham: Kick Palantir out of our NHS!
I just signed the campaign calling on the Prime Minister to kick Palantir out of our NHS and police, can you ad your name now?
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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act.38degrees.org.uk
Don’t backtrack on climate action!
🥵 The UK is sweltering under extreme heat. Disrupted trains. School closures. Hospitals under pressure. Yet some politicians want to abandon action that would prevent these extreme heatwaves in the fu...
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Always grateful for proper research to confirm a hunch but you would expect that if you think less you would get worse at thinking
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Labour won by 20 points and net immigration is down by over 80% in two years. But sure write your column again.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Further evidence the net zero economy is one of the few parts of the economy that is booming. Truly insane that now is the time politicians start attacking one of the only sources of growth for UK businesses. www.businessgreen.com/news/4530440...
businessgreen.com
UK net zero economy tops £105bn and supports 1.1 million jobs
UK's burgeoning net zero industries hailed as economic 'powerhouse' following latest study from CBI Economics
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
When the father of a murdered son makes a public statement saying "we do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension", then I believe it's incumbent on any news outlet reporting on Farage's comments to ensure people know he has chosen to disregard the family's wishes.
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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frisson310.bsky.social @frisson310.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Go AOC! youtube.com/shorts/NjgMR...
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He Did Not Expect THIS!
YouTube video by MoveOn
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
CARE WORK IS HIGHLY SKILLED WORK and only paid so poorly because of the failure of successive governments to value it properly
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Paul Mainwood @paulmainwood.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I dunno, seen from the USA, I'd think it might be clear why bulldozing your mates into key political roles, while ignoring their past actions, incentives and criminal connections might be detrimental to your government's ability to deal with these things.
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/pa...
foxglove.org.uk
Email your MP about Palantir's NHS contract
On April 16, MPs will debate Palantir's NHS data contract. Ministers are already exploring the break clause. Email your MP and ask them to be there
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Kent County Council: stop wasting money and start prioritising Kent services
KCC is planning to spend £600k on 8 parking spaces while trying to cut our libraries and tips. It's time they started serving the people. Add your name to help stop the waste:
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Translation: "I started something I can't finish and broke something I can't fix so I'm going to walk away and pretend it's your fault"
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/si...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Sign the UK’s biggest ever thank you card!
We’re trying to break the record for the UK's biggest ever thank you card - dedicated to everyone in our community who makes life a bit easier. The neighbour offering a helping hand, the kids’ footbal...
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 29/03/2026
Save the date: celebrate St George’s Day in London. Join us in Trafalgar Square for a free, family-friendly festival celebrating the best of English culture with live music and performances. When: Sunday 19 April Location: Trafalgar Square Time: 12pm–6pm www.london.gov.uk/events/st-ge...
A large outdoor stage set up for a St George’s Day celebration, with a group of performers standing in a row under bright stage lights. A crowd of people in coats watches from the foreground. The stage backdrop and banners display “Mayor of London” branding, red graphic patterns, and a stylised dragon illustration. A banner across the top of the stage reads “Celebrate St George’s Day.” The scene takes place in an open public square with buildings visible behind the stage.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 29/03/2026
Today’s Palm Sunday procession to St Martin-in-the-Fields across Trafalgar Square marked the beginning of Holy Week, the most important time in the Christian calendar.
A choir dressed in white robes with red hems stands in formation in an outdoor square, each person holding an open songbook. Behind them is a large bronze lion statue and historic buildings. In front of the choir, a small donkey with a basket attached to its side is being held by a person wearing a long green garment and bright yellow boots.A procession walks up wide stone steps in a busy city setting. At the front, a robed figure carries a large metal cross. Behind, a small donkey on a lead walks beside two people in layered clothing, one wearing bright yellow boots. Following them is a choir dressed in white robes with red hems, holding long wooden poles and songbooks. A large crowd trails behind on the pavement and street, with red double‑decker buses and historic buildings visible in the background.Inside an ornate church with high arched ceilings, chandeliers, and large windows, a group of people in robes stands near the front, arranged in small clusters. A choir in white robes with red hems is gathered to one side behind wooden pews. Additional people sit in the pews throughout the space, facing forward. The setting is bright and decorative, with carved details, gold accents, and black wooden galleries lining the walls.A procession of robed choristers walks through Trafalgar Square, each holding an open songbook and long palm fronds. They wear white robes with bright red garments underneath. The group passes a large stone monument inscribed with a dedication to Major General Sir Henry Havelock. Behind them, the National Gallery and other historic buildings stand in the background.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
These 52 people could have stopped a national and a world catastrophe any time they chose to. They confirmed Noem, Bondi, Hegseth, et al, okayed DOGE and tariffs, and green lighted Trump’s military attacks. The country and the world reels. Fifty-two people.
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
you.38degrees.org.uk
End the sewage pollution scandal
We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Such an interesting read! open.substack.com/pub/colingor...
open.substack.com
How far back in time can you understand English?
An experiment in language change
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
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National Commission on Electoral Reform | Open Britain
Millions of votes don't count under First Past the Post. Sign the petition for an independent National Commission on Electoral Reform to review how Britain elects its MPs.
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Many of the migrants Ratcliffe claimed colonised UK care for us in hospitals like these👇🏼 They work in care homes, they teach in schools etc & pay taxes here He left to avoid paying tax & putting £’s back into UK. As he doesn’t want to contribute, he should shut his mouth and eff off❗️ End of🤷🏼‍♂️
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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Don’t leave refugees in limbo: Scrap the 20-year wait
Imagine living in limbo for 20 years, not knowing if you’ll be allowed to stay in the only home your children have ever known. That is the reality facing refugees under new government proposals. A gr...
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela. Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law. Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Best take so far. Venezuela has long deserved liberation from Maduro’s ghastly regime. I shed no tears for him. The question is, will it lead to a democratic transition, or regional chaos, and even more upheaval for the long suffering Venezuelan people? I hope the former but fear the latter.
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
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you.38degrees.org.uk
WASPI scandal: Pay out compensation to the women affected
The Government has announced it will reconsider whether to compensate the WASPI women, following growing pressure and undisclosed "evidence" Last December, the Government announced women born in the ...
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Yes, the Academy Trust bought the language school a couple of years ago. KLS has been based within the languages department for a while before that, and taught lots of other languages as well as A level and EFL.
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
@theniceman.bsky.social New initiative at my former school - which has a huge 6th form.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 10/11/2025
I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC. The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
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Sign the petition: Save our National Parks
🚨 The Treasury is threatening our national parks. Dartmoor, the Lake District & wild places could be bulldozed for development. Once gone, they're gone for ever. Join me and sign now to protect them:
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Just read an excellent Substack from @pkrugman.bsky.social : Exploiting Male Rage. While focused on the US, there’s a lot here to think about in the UK too, especially after the protests and marches last weekend.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/09/2025
‘We’re winning a battle’: Mexico’s jaguar numbers up 30% in conservation drive
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‘We’re winning a battle’: Mexico’s jaguar numbers up 30% in conservation drive
Conservationists hope that in 15 years species will no longer be at risk of extinction in Mexico – but challenges remain
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
3/ Very diverse group of people, all having fun. Despite the rain showers. And as a bonus some really lovely dogs too!
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
2/. I’m posting this as a small illustration of how very nice this country generally is.
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Lovely family meet up yesterday in Camberley (chosen because it is halfway between where two families live). Spent the afternoon in Frimley Park. There were families celebrating a birthday, a cricket match, a children’s sports event, a crowded playground. 1/2
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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Britain is going great guns isnt it? Signing trade deals with 🇺🇸 🇮🇳 🇪🇺a £10bn deal with Norway, fastest growing economy in G7, interest rates & mortgages down, launch of modern industrial strategy, a new National Wealth Fund, decentralising power & improving workers rights 👏
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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
This headline is inaccurate. It is people granted refugee status who will have their lives wrecked again by an idiotic, unworkable policy, pushing homelessness for refugees NOT people seeking asylum onto councils Be cruel & appease racism is the actual Govt strategy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Home Office set to halve time asylum seekers spend in hotels
The time given to people granted asylum to move from hotels to their own accommodation will be cut from 56 to 28 days.
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
@patrickopatrick.bsky.social Another one for the collection. And yes, I think they are very obviously doing that.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The Labour Party is nothing without principles. Even Blair’s first actions were about principle. The Human Rights Act. Freedom of Information. Devolution. Education, education, education.
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
I am a very big fan of @monkemma.bsky.social She’s amazing!
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elimuann.bsky.social @elimuann.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Did find these snippets in a report from Kent Police (www.kent-pcc.gov.uk/what-we-do/p...)
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/08/2025
Unhinged tweets and absurd self-promotion? Two can play at that game | Margaret Sullivan
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Unhinged tweets and absurd self-promotion? Two can play at that game | Margaret Sullivan
Gavin Newsom’s counterpunching against Trump serves as a master class in flipping the script – and boosting his own profile
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Serena @serenadawson.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
@patrickopatrick.bsky.social In case you haven’t already seen this - I wonder if this is where our esteemed KCC leader got her ‘facts’?
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