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Sue Anderson

@suzieanderson.bsky.social
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Unpaid carer and charity trustee living in London, previously a Labour councillor, civil servant, NHS worker. Interests art, music, environment, social justice etc

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Sue Anderson @suzieanderson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Visited #Ealing yesterday to meet friends and see the excellent #EalingWildlifePhotographer of year exhibition in #WalpolePark Some great photos.
Left bottom corner a coot amongst multi colour reflections on waterA Little Owl pokes out his head from a hole in a treeA grey Feral Pigeon with branches and leaves behind
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Sue Anderson @suzieanderson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#wildflowerhour #Compositae rule. A couple of roadside wildflowers from #Kenton #Harrow
White daisy like flower with delicately cut green leavesYellow daisy like flowers against green foliage
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 28/09/2026
Welcome to the world, little foal 🐴! In August 2026, a remote sanctuary on Kazakhstan's steppe welcomed the first Przewalski's horse, one of the rarest equines on Earth, to be born on these grasslands in 200 years. Read his story: www.unep.org/news-and-sto... #GenerationRestoration
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Sue Anderson @suzieanderson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Went for a walk down the Grand Union Canal near #ParadiseFields #Greenford not the right time of day for beavers but saw coots, moorhens and a couple of cats. A pleasant autumn stroll in the sunshine.
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Sue Anderson @suzieanderson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#wildflowerhour Ivy flowers attracting bees and a Comma, and Hedgerow Cranesbill still going strong in a garden near St Albans.
Sunshine on yellow Ivy flowers and a Comma butterflyWhite flowers against green leaves
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 15/09/2026
Tell me again that climate change is a hoax.
Chart showing global annual temperature abnormalities between 1880 and 2024
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Rockwatch - The UK's Nationwide Geology Club for Children @rockwatch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Excitement is building as we prepare to come together at Rockwatch HQ in London to judge this year’s Rockstar Young Geologists’ Competition! We can’t wait to explore the ideas, discoveries and geological creativity shared by our brilliant young entrants. #Rockwatch #RockstarCompetition
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British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · 14/09/2026
📢 Nottingham! Join us for Geo-Explorers, an after school club for geology enthusiasts! The club is for children aged 8 to 11 and is based at our HQ in Keyworth. The clubs run for 5 weeks and costs £30. 9 Nov to 7 Dec Sign your child up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/geo-explor...
A poster promoting the Geo-Explorers after-school club featuring images of a volcano, a fossilised dino skeleton, a microscope and some minerals.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Thames Water hit by £2bn bill for finance costs and advisers’ fees. Result of years of borrowing to pay dividends, cost passed to customers. TW has violated terms of its licence, has numerous criminal convictions. Must be brought into public ownership. archive.ph/FXmvV
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Thames Water hit by £2bn bill for finance costs and advisers’ fees
Embattled UK utility faces mounting costs as government debates moving ahead with temporary nationalisation
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org · 13/09/2026
Displacement may change where you live. It should never define who you are.
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org · 12/09/2026
There are people behind every crisis. Wherever they may come from, show your solidarity with all who are displaced.
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Association of British Commuters @abcommuters.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"The Railways Bill could allow companies within Great British Railways to have private shareholders... These companies could carry out any GBR function - even train operations or infrastructure management... We shouldn't be creating a back door that allows privatisation to creep in."
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Sue Anderson @suzieanderson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Not really #wildflowerhour but here we go...sloe, hawthorn, wild rose, elder
Dark blue sloe berries - fruit of the blackthorn- against green 
foliageRed hawthorn berries and green leavesRed rosehips with various green hedgerow plants in the backgroundGlossy purply black elderberries amongst bramble stalks and ivy
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 03/09/2026
If you agree with us that profiteering has no place in children's social care, add your name to our petition now: vist.ly/5h75g
Graphic with a quote by Luke Myer MP, "“Private providers extract high margins while councils raid reserves and increase council tax, disproportionately in areas of high deprivation just to keep children safe.”
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org · 04/09/2026
Nobody chooses to become a refugee. But we can choose compassion. We can choose solidarity. We can choose to uphold the rights that belong to every human being. Because refugee rights are human rights.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 02/09/2026
The new Prime Minister has challenged 40 years of privatisation 😮 Let's keep the pressure on for public ownership ✊
Two politicians, quotes on privatization and high bills.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 24/08/2026
Thames Water's creditors say a new Board would "fix the foundations" of the failing utility. Rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, more like. The only thing that will fix the foundations of England's water industry is public ownership. 1/2
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 14/08/2026
There is a big MYTH going around that it is unaffordable to take Thames Water into public ownership If you've ever wondered why this is a myth, we wrote this blog JUST FOR YOU Read and share it with friends and family: vist.ly/5eu9y
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5 things Thames Water doesn't want you to know
Thames Water thinks you’re a fool.
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 14/08/2026
Delegates are gathering this month in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, for #UNCCDCOP17 to forge solutions to the interconnected challenges of desertification, land degradation and drought. More info: www.unep.org/events/confe...
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Sue Anderson @suzieanderson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Check out this from We Own It. I just wrote to @gareththomasmp.bsky.social about this weownit.org.uk/act-now/writ...
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Write to your MP: reject the creditors' last-ditch attempt to keep Thames Water privatised
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Sue Anderson @suzieanderson.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I’ve signed a letter calling for Angela Eagle and Ofwat to reject the last-ditch deal from Thames Water's creditors. Can you sign and share it as well? weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...
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Sign our open letter to Angela Eagle
I’ve signed a letter calling for Angela Eagle and Ofwat to reject the last-ditch deal from Thames Water's creditors. Can you sign and share it as well?
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org · 26/07/2026
The Refugee Convention was built on a powerful belief: that protecting people forced to flee is a responsibility we all share. For 75 years, that promise has been upheld through solidarity. Together, we can help keep that promise alive.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 26/07/2026
We don't have to look outside Britain to find how England's water should be run In the UK, Scotland has the lowest water bills, invests the most in infrastructure, and pays out NO dividends Andy Burnham and Angela Eagle, do the right thing - take Thames Water into special administration
A graphic that shows the different models of water ownership in Britain, with private ownership in England, Not-for-profit in Wales and public ownership in Scotland
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Sue Anderson @suzieanderson.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Really important to support art and culture and make it accessible to all. Please back this campaign @gareththomasmp.bsky.social
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 25/07/2026
To every trans Londoner: this city is yours too. Today we celebrate London Trans+ Pride and reaffirm a simple truth: you should be free to live as yourself, without fear or prejudice. You are loved. You are wanted. You belong here.
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Sue Anderson @suzieanderson.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
To the wetlands at #HeadstoneManor #Harrow for #aquaticplants #wildflowerhour Which made me realise how little I know about aquatic plants
Brown bulrush flower spike surrounded by fluffy beige bulrush heads Purple loosestrife on the bank of the #YeadingBrookTasselled  beige flower heads on sedge? Reedmace? Little egret beloe
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 11/07/2026
Today we mark the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide. We honour the more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys killed, remember all those forcibly displaced, and reaffirm our commitment to standing against hatred and division.
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The Mayor of London at Srebrenica: Lessons the World Cannot Ignore
YouTube video by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
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Sue Anderson @suzieanderson.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
A watercolour collage based on an idea from #EssoldoMixedMedia Roses from my watercolour class with #KerrySlack @heatherlsmith.bsky.social @hayleysnailey.bsky.social
Watercolour collage - stylised pink roses and rosebuds attached to a background of light and dark blue-grey leaves
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 07/07/2026
Climate finance isn’t charity, it’s an investment in global stability and a livable planet. From funding clean energy to drought-resilient seeds for farmers, it cuts emissions and strengthens communities. Explore why it matters and see real-world impact examples: www.un.org/en/climatech...
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Sue Anderson @suzieanderson.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Too hot to walk far for #wildflowerhour today but took a photo of honeysuckle by an allotment path and a bramble in flowering above the out of control eleagnus in my back garden #climbingplants
Pale pink bramble flowers growing up through the green leaves of eleagnusYellow and cream honeysuckle flowers covering a chainlink fence
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The NHS was founded 78 years ago today. It was built after the devastation of the Second World War when the country was bankrupt - but when the people demanded a society built on fairness and dignity for all. Today, we must defend the right to healthcare and rebuild our social security system.
Photo of Nya Bevan with a quote saying: "Illness is neither an indulgence for which people have to pay, nor an offence for which they should be penalised, but a misfortune the cost of which should be shared by the community."
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 28/06/2026
On International LGBT+ Pride Day, we celebrate London’s diversity and the freedom to be who you are and love who you love. London stands proud as a beacon of equality. Next weekend, hundreds of thousands of people will take to the streets of the capital for Pride in London 🏳️‍🌈
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 28/06/2026
Cutting methane emissions is one of the fastest, cheapest & most effective ways to slow global warming. A new Call to Action from UN Secretary-General António Guterres outlines proven ways for governments, industry & financial institutions to rapidly cut methane emissions: ow.ly/9jwx50Zhrnu
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org · 27/06/2026
During #Pride and every day: LGBTIQ+ refugee rights are human rights. No exceptions, no compromises, no discrimination.
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Queen Bees Brentford FC @queenbeesbfc.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Good luck to Kristoffer Ajer in Norway’s opening game against Iraq tonight. 🇮🇶 🇳🇴 Here he is, pictured with his national team in their World Cup promotional campaign. (From top to bottom: away kit, home kit, third kit.) 👑 🐝
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 16/06/2026
London leads by example, matching ambition with action on air pollution, public transport investment & supporting young people. We’ve been recognised with the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize 2026. This award belongs to the communities, businesses & organisations building a better London for everyone.
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
VERY EXCITING The government finally pushes back against Thames Water's creditors' dodgy deal Saying they "will always act in the national interest — and our priority is protecting consumers" 🙌🙌🙌 WELL DONE everyone campaigning on this, keep going! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Thames Water moves step closer to nationalisation after government objects to rescue deal
A government spokesman tells the BBC the current offer "does not do enough to protect consumers or the environment".
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 15/06/2026
Calling all budding photographers... 📸👇
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Sue Anderson @suzieanderson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
#wildflowerhour #Churchyardflowers went to St Mary's #HarrowontheHill A very neat and tidy churchyard, the wilder lower churchyard might have had more unusual flowers. Anyway here are old friends Nipplewort, White Clover, Daisy and Green Alkanet @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social
Nipplewort. Yellw daisy like flower, distinctive slender dark green stemsWhie clover. 4 offwhite blooms in the lawnDaisy. White flower yellow centre in a lawn9Green Alkanet. Small blue flowers at the top of a stalk with triangulsr green leaves. Gravestone behind
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Sue Anderson @suzieanderson.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Football is nothing without its fans. Back fan ownership and help put the future of football in the hands of the people who make the game ⚽ party.coop/fan-owned-fo...
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I support fan-owned football
Football is nothing without fans – but too often our voices are not heard in the way our clubs are run.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 13/06/2026
I condemn any attempt to sell property in the settlements in the West Bank, be that in London or anywhere else in the world. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/...
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London mayor slams event touting illegal Israeli settlement land sales
'Great Israeli Real Estate Event' promotes the sale of stolen Palestinian land in settlements in the occupied West Bank.
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The Geologists' Association @geolassoc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Join us & @rockwatch.bsky.social on 13-14 June at Lyme Regis Fossil Festival for a weekend full of family-friendly fossil-related fun. Look out for our stand in the Lister Gardens Marquee. Plus, Ben Cunningham, one of our Student Representatives, will be giving a free talk at the Driftwood Cafe.
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Sadiq Khan @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The world's biggest clean air zone. Expanding the ULEZ wasn’t an easy decision, but evidence continues to show it was the right one for the health of millions of Londoners 💚 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Emergency hospital admissions fell after introduction of London’s T-charge and Ulez, study suggests
Imperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zones
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Rockwatch - The UK's Nationwide Geology Club for Children @rockwatch.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Less than a week to go - we hope to see you with your young geologists at the Festival!
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Absolutely fantastic protest with Feargal Sharkey, Ash Smith and Peter Hammond @windrushwasp.bsky.social the Dirty Business campaigners 🤩 Government must regulate water companies until they're unprofitable, then PUBLIC OWNERSHIP Otherwise privatisation will waste £44 BILLION in next 10 years
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Sue Anderson @suzieanderson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Late again for #wildflowerhour Anyway here are my #lawnflowers Geranium family definitely the winners here.
One small white flower  in the grass. Hedgerow cranesbillHerb Robert - small pink flowers and delicately cut leavesA small yellow flower - Herb BennetSmall pale pink flowers and grass. Another cranesbill.
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Ajay Maru @ajaymaru.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Ward panel meeting this evening with the police in Wealdstone discussing local concerns with residents and business owners. Cllr’s @CllrShahania @MurphyStrachan @simply_yusuf @HarrowLabour @MPSHarrow #MPSWealdstone @gareththomasmp.bsky.social @krupesh.co.uk @navinshah-cbe.bsky.social
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Sue Anderson @suzieanderson.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
#wildflowerhour #orchidchallenge one solitary bee orchid on the verge of the Northwick Park roundabout #Harrow
A small orchid - flowers with red markings on pink tinged white petals against a background of low growing green foliage
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Sue Anderson @suzieanderson.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Check out this from We Own It. weownit.org.uk/act-now/prot...
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Railways Bill: Demand your MP protect passengers' rights and our environment
The Railways Bill must protect passengers' rights and our environment
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Peter Gibbs @petergibbs.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
In case you hadn't grasped the magnitude of the problem on a day when UK temperature records are being annihilated.
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