Reposted by Suzanne DPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report and the Tories destroyed them www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.comSure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study findsNew Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report 32715312
Suzanne D @suz-d.bsky.social · 01/05/2025I’d love to see the fire risk assessment for this Chase & Status gig. 🔥 010
Reposted by Suzanne DSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Could you ever have imagined you would see a headline like this in your lifetime 922172696872
Reposted by Suzanne DClive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Privatisation is the fundamental reason why water is in crisis. The only other country with fully privatised water is Chile. We’re a global outlier, clinging to a failed Ponzi scheme while our rivers choke and bills rise. It’s time to bring water back into public hands. 32607216
Suzanne D @suz-d.bsky.social · 18/04/2025The CrossCountry Train from Mcr to Devon is quite the ride today. Groups of middle-aged men singing, teenagers standing in the aisle on the phones and everyone appears to be supping a can of strong lager at 10am. Oh I do like to be beside the seaside… 000
Reposted by Suzanne DPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/04/2025UK govt considering nationalising British Steel. Better than handing billions of free money to private foreign companies. Can't succeed without ending profiteering by energy water sectors, which inflates industry cost. If steel can be nationalised why not water and energy. They are essential too.bbc.co.ukNationalisation an option for British Steel, says governmentThere are fears among ministers that the company's blast furnaces could run out of raw materials within days. 32628194
Suzanne D @suz-d.bsky.social · 08/04/2025“They’re just not good enough”. Exactly, I recently test drove a Ford Explorer EV, a Volvo EX30 and a Kia EV3. The Ford was good, but it just wasn’t good enough. And just too big. The Kia EV3 is great. #EV 000
Reposted by Suzanne DGeorge Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 05/04/2025A point not made enough: the UK runs a trade goods deficit with the US so shouldn’t be paying any tariffs at all based on the White House formula (10% is not a “win”). 731219431
Reposted by Suzanne DJohn Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 04/04/20252) Trump has had the same impact on economic uncertainty as a global pandemic. 732896893
Suzanne D @suz-d.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Pixel & Dot arrived with us two years ago today. Happy Gotcha Day! Enjoy the blossoms 🌸 000
Reposted by Suzanne DJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Ha!! Seen in Greenland. 🤣🤣 #MAGA 1174431874
Suzanne D @suz-d.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Pixel & Dot can only dream of climbing this beautiful magnolia tree. 0152
Suzanne D @suz-d.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Someone (Dot) has scarcely left my lap since I got home this morning. A week is a long time in kitty world. 020
Suzanne D @suz-d.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Hope you can view this. With my Irish/Canadian heritage, this makes my heart leap. Happy St Patrick’s Day ☘️ www.threads.net/@gurdeeppand...threads.net 000
Suzanne D @suz-d.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Day two in Spain and my diet has gone a bit beige/yellow. Bread, potatoes, fried dough, eggs & cheese. Red wine is providing a little variation. This vegetarian needs some greens! 010
Reposted by Suzanne DTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Russia has kidnapped tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. Putin was indicted for this crime. Yale has a unit searching for them. Musk eliminated the funding. inews.co.uk/news/world/m...inews.co.ukMusk cuts the team finding Ukrainian children stolen by RussiaTrump’s federal cost-cutting - led by Elon Musk's Doge – has now hit the unit helping rescue Ukrainian children taken by Russia 23567253701
Suzanne D @suz-d.bsky.social · 13/03/2025A day well spent with the volunteers for the #VictoriaBaths #BigClean2025 The volunteers did all the hard work cleaning the historic pool buildings ready for our events season to kick off this weekend. Hope they all had some fun whilst they helped maintain some of Manchester’s finest heritage. 000
Reposted by Suzanne DProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 12/03/2025🧵Censor, purge, defund - how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science & universities. This isn't chaos - it's deliberate & well-established methods. I've mapped 40 actions into 3 categories covering attacks on science, attacks on universities and international collaboration. 1/16 29934508
Suzanne D @suz-d.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Great article with loads of lovely data points. I’m so very incredibly massively happy that I no longer have a long commute by car to work. Now I can walk to local facilities and green spaces, and cycle to work. #chorlton #activetravel 000
Suzanne D @suz-d.bsky.social · 09/03/2025This was amazing. As it was a surprise present I wasn’t at all prepared for the impact it would make on me. Excellent. Find it and see it. #Tones #GerelFalconer @thelowry.com 000
Reposted by Suzanne DCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 05/03/2025You've been asking yourself "where is the Canadian guy"? But you knew he would show up just when we needed him. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ozb...youtube.comWe Are CanadianYouTube video by Jeff Douglas 20738581446
Reposted by Suzanne DYouGov @yougov.co.uk · 05/03/2025In 2.5 weeks, Donald Trump has gone from a +38 net favourability rating among Reform UK voters to -8 All Britons Favourable: 15% (-7 from 16-17 Feb) Unfavourable: 80% (+7) Reform UK voters Favourable: 45% (-21) Unfavourable: 53% (+25) yougov.co.uk/politics/art... 24350139
Reposted by Suzanne DRichard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity. 17517566322556
Reposted by Suzanne DEmma Kennedy @emmakennedy.bsky.social · 04/03/2025MAGA America can go fuck themselves. "Some random country" Go look up how many UK and French troops have been killed fighting when we came to America's aid post 9/11. FUCK YOU JD VANCE. 1235541
Reposted by Suzanne DCALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 02/03/2025This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second. 20255395336868
Suzanne D @suz-d.bsky.social · 01/03/2025The Manchester illustrator Stan Chow sure does capture the moment. #SlavaUkraini 010
Reposted by Suzanne DMarina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Why are so few people talking about this? Either they don’t know, or they’re pretending not to know …and I don’t know which is worse. 651100425
Reposted by Suzanne DJohn Simpson @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social · 01/03/2025The view from Moscow. 1711024
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Suzanne D @suz-d.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Still can’t believe these men want to destroy so much of what makes America great. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThree billionaires: America’s oligarchy is now fully exposed | Robert ReichAs Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk alter US media, the connections between wealth and power are in plain sight 000
Suzanne D @suz-d.bsky.social · 24/02/2025On our posh inter-railing trip we got to spend a day wandering around this lovely typical Italian town, Lecco. Had a pizza, enjoyed a walk along the lake, tried (and failed) to see inside the famed bell tower, and shared some local wine. I bloody love Italy. 000
Suzanne D @suz-d.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Arrived in Zurich a little late but nicely unfrazzled. Time for a lovely little wander around the Old Town. 000
Suzanne D @suz-d.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Posh inter-railing. The food (and wine) helps pass the time as we speed past the UK and French countryside. Destination Switzerland! 010
Suzanne D @suz-d.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Pixel & Dot have come to some kind of agreement on sharing the desk cat bed. 010
Reposted by Suzanne DEmma Kennedy @emmakennedy.bsky.social · 16/02/2025This shit doesn’t happen in France and I’ll tell you why: the rich went too far once and they cut all their heads off and now, when those in power fuck workers over, the French stop working. Don’t forget your real power Americans. They don’t let you have unions for a reason. 5845331163
Reposted by Suzanne DGuy Verhofstadt @guyverhofstadt.bsky.social · 16/02/2025In this new world, if you're not around the table, you're on the menu. If China, Russia, US are allowed to decide Europe's future, our future won't be ours. European leaders...lead! on.ft.com/3CQFzlIon.ft.comWho will defend Europe?Caught between an aggressive Russia and a disengaging America, the continent’s western democracies must now rearm — or pay the price 792200791
Reposted by Suzanne DProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 13/02/2025🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9 47999515726
