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“Well, I never did”, as my dad used to say.

Val Andrew @valandrew.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Thanks for another great quiz @pennywpennyw.bsky.social ! This morning i failed on war films 🤷‍♀️ and %age of water in the human body !! Clearing I’m drinking way too much water 🤦🏼‍♀️🤪 A respectable score of ….

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Penny W @pennywpennyw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🔹🔷🟦 #FridayQuiz 🟦🔷🔹 🔹 Like, share and repost 🔹 Have a go and good luck! 🔹 Share your score below with a gif 🔹 Share the quiz with whoever you want! Happy #Friday! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It seems very clear to me that all the anti-Iran stuff is being pushed purposefully to make the US/UK accept an Iraq style invasion. Be aware that there is a purpose behind all this BS.

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Val Andrew @valandrew.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A couple of very lucky guesses but failed on the Disney question (granddaughters will be horrified 🤦🏼‍♀️)…a lucky …. Have a wonderful weekend 💖

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Penny W @pennywpennyw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

South West Water pleaded guilty to sewage dumping, fined £8m, a decade after the events. Yet govt introduced more deregulation. England's water industry controlled by organisations with criminal convictions. None has licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Customers fleeced.

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South West Water fined almost £8m for sewage spills

South West Water previously entered guilty pleas to pollution offences spanning six years.

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Aaron King @9000lives.org · 01/10/2026

ICYMI The practical and straightforward guide to your school leadership team's first inclusion strategy. #UKed #EduSky #InclusionStrategy

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Burnham could change tax relief on pension contributions for his projects. Gross tax relief in 2024-2025 was £83.9bn. 71% went to 7.7m additional & higher rate taxpayers. 29% to 30.4m basic rate taxpayers. Giving relief to all at 20% leaves £14.5bn spare for social care. But equality/equity?

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Comparison of state pension in G7 shows that the UK state pension is the least generous. Countries have wide variance in how retirement incomes are funded and how returns are calculated. Purists might want more nuanced data but this is what we have. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

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Val Andrew @valandrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The whole story is full of holes - found myself wondering who might benefit from continuing the war with Iran 🥺🫣👀😳

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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Well this would be great. But the biggest question in my mind is whether this system would turn into a massive cash cow for private companies, at the expense of the taxpayer: www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

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PM proposes NHS style social care system

Burnham wants to offer access to free social care services in England. He'll put his plans before voters at the next general election.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026

peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the UK population. The govt can do so immediately by increasing income tax-free personal allowance by £3,000. All it needs to do is to end subsidies to commercial banks.

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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship

Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population

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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. 45. Male bumblebees develop from unfertilised eggs. They have no father. So 100% of their genes will be in common with their mother, the queen. They also have no stinger! #bees #biodiversity #nature #environment #bumblebees #worldbeesanctuary

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Penny W @pennywpennyw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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RecoveringXtian @recoveringxtian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I found it refreshing to catch a glimpse of his ugly carcass on the news but not hearing a single word he was saying. Almost like I hit the mute button as usual.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Bloomberg reports that officials directly involved in an internal Pentagon investigation found that Peter Thiel’s Palantir Maven Smart System played a significant role in the February 28 U.S. strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Palantir should not have a seat in the house of Lords. Tom Watson shouldn't be allowed to work for Palantir and be a Lord he should be fired ASAP.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 20/09/2026

We complain about our politicians. But who put them there? Peter Thurlow argues that cleaning up politics might have to start with the voters.

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To clean up politics we have to start with the voters

It’s the voters who put the politicians where they are, so shouldn’t we begin there?

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 20/09/2026

I don't think we disdain the center-right enough. First, they rode nativist populist tigers to power to get their tax cuts and deregulation; Then, they lost control of their own parties to those tigers; Now, they sit in lucrative jobs as columnists writing about how it's all the left's fault.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is so true.

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Val Andrew @valandrew.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Socrates 2400 years ago - mankind has learned little 🤷‍♀️

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Val Andrew @valandrew.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A bit late to this week’s party and only managed a ……..

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Penny W @pennywpennyw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

2022: Labour's Tom Watson thanks Epstein's friend former Lord Peter Mandelson in his maiden speech in the Lords 2026: Labour's Tom Watson says he wants Palantir to drive a "paradigm shift in public services in Britain" My view: This looks like the revolving door in action

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS

A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Palantir have just bought themselves a Labour Lord with close links to the Labour government. No other word to describe this other than corruption. How can Watson remain a member of the House of Lords and keep the Labour whip?

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

£72million can’t fix this. Nothing can fix this. This is Reform. A bunch of raging liabilities who shouldn’t ever be anywhere near public office. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Reform's Dan Thomas resigns as Wales leader after arrest

Thomas said he has done nothing wrong as Gwent Police confirms arrest on suspicion of assault.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Good plan, Australia and Canada. Huge sigh, UK. How long do we wait, how much do we lose, how stupid do we have to be?

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Val Andrew @valandrew.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

😱 so the government is not only resisting investment in our children’s education they are also compromising their safety too 🤷‍♀️ not acceptable !

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A reminder that Delo previously pled guilty in the US to violating money laundering protections and agreed to pay a $10 million fine for "willfully” breaking the law with his BitMex platform, which was described as "in effect a money laundering platform.” This is who owns Farage now

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Penny W @pennywpennyw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

He’s done it! Here it is! 🔹🔷🟦 #FridayQuiz 🟦🔷🔹 🔹 Like, share and repost 🔹 Have a go and good luck! 🔹 Share your score below with a gif 🔹 Share the quiz with whoever you want! Happy #Friday! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It’s great to see Zubir Ahmed MP speaking up about Palantir in this way. All politicians should be doing so in my opinion!🚨 Link to article: www.lbc.co.uk/article/form... jujuliagrace.substack.com

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

So pleased to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social demanding the Government’s suppressed then redacted report on ecosystem collapse be published in full. People can’t prepare for what they don’t know - concealing this report is unforgivable #WildSummit

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Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full

Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This government is still sitting on parts of a buried report laying bare catastrophic risks facing us from ecosystems collapse. My message to @andyburnham.bsky.social: tell the truth. Release the report in full. And prepare the country for what's coming. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full

Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis

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