Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 4hIn order to refute Brexit supporters’ claims as to the cost of membership - what is the source of this information? 100
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Seen Trump ( pictures on social media) asleep plenty of times in meetings with people tip toeing around him- how come you guys haven’t seen it? 040
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The oldest pensioners (and still the majority )are on the older basic state pension which hasn’t yet reached £200/week.However the birth rate dropped a lot in the 1960s-so by the time we move into the 2030s the numbers of pensioners will be declining. This must also affect the cost of SP provision 110
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Most of the older pensioners - usually those over 70-are on the old style basic state pension currently £184.90 a week (less than £10,000 pa).How many could manage on that? Has to be topped up by benefits, so why not just up it to a decent level, and cut out the all the demeaning benefit claiming ? 090
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Manchester Man(of the people). Is that really all he’s got to think about? Surely there’s other stuff beyond £2 bus fares and drinking on football terraces? What about climate change water pollution etc.What about lack of jobs for all ages. Cost of domestic heating rising by 24% on 01/01.? 130
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026💯% - we were offered the same touring conditions as the US artists get and the philistine doing the negotiation turned it down flat. Estimated £bns a year for the Exchequer generated by Brit artists touring outside the UK lost and the soft power. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. 010
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Do we even care? What is he doing about the things that actually matter? 000
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026What’s sauce for the gander ( NF in this instance ) - is not sauce for the goose. Double standards as always. 020
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I think this govt are scared that the Brexit Row will kick off again. Well yes in certain quarters it will - but the 60 odd percentage of us that want to rejoin should stand together against it. We know what is likely to happen disinformation etc - we have to call it out for what it is and fast . 020
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I am really pleased for Canada - been looking to see what they produce that we can buy - chickpeas is a big one. I am really hacked off at the UK -still after a decade of Brexit disaster and sliding down economically and politically-nobody here has grasped the nettle. It has to happen -but when? 120
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The expression we use 🇬🇧 is :- put to sleep - it’s gentler and seems kinder 010
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It’s all about profit-if they can find a way to monetarise what they do they will. Doesn’t matter which company it is & what they are offering, they will charge a fee for any extra offered if they can. Follow the money-never a truer word spoken. It is not pleasant to watch those snouts in the trough 011
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Ok thanks for that. I know they have been battling with Wigan Council over it - my bad. 000
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Cameron allowed it b’cos he thought Remain wld win and shut down the anti EU side of his party. Ref.was advisory but Cameron sed whatever you decide we will do-that put the tin hat on it. Leave won on a slender majority -UK was sunk, hasn’t recovered &is sinking further. Nobody will face up to it. 001
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 29/08/2026100% agree Sarah. It was only ever supposed to be advisory, but a certain Cameron D told the voters whatever you decide we will do, so after that there was no going back. Yeah. 030
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Hope this gave you and the team a boost. just goes to show it’s never too late ! 👏 010
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Can I add “ cheap polyester flags” on roundabouts. Didn’t that just make you feel it was so worth it? . And all for what? Breaks my heart how far we have fallen in the last decade. 010
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026It makes me so angry. Apparently our touring bands etc were offered the same deal as the Americans get & it was turned down flat when ties with the EU were being cut as fast as possible. Earnings for the country & cultural influence gone. Ignorance by a certainTory negotiator on full display. 020
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026HerDept issued a consultation paper on switching to IPTV. Just googled it.BBC & Ch4 &5 & itv want to move to the Freely app as majority of tv viewer stream( app owned by Freesat) No monthly fees but there is an initial set up cost.Move will either be in 2034 or44. Decent internet speed is needed 000
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026You are not the alone in wondering that- there is the huge row about the Astley Warehouse Development built in the middle of a housing estate in her constituency. (The unhappy residents post about it on Instagram). She is also the minister for deciding what will happen with funding for the BBC. 220
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Don’t they realise people who have high cost of living - rent, mortgage, heating, food and other utility bills, and live in uncertain times - don’t have lots of kids 010
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Why doesn’t the board tip up behind her when she puts all her weight on the front? 000
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I was shocked to discover workhouses were only abolished in 1930 110
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 15/08/2026He may have made people feel a sense of pride and joy - but when it came right down to it, there was absolutely nothing. He was only interested in what was in it for him. He wasn’t interested in what he could do for anybody else. No time for the man 000
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Oh yes please go to the US and make some “ real money” - it’s where you actually want to be anyway. 010
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Cost of parking is an issue. I rarely find what I want in shops so I end up buying on line. Most of the city centres are full of the same chains. No small businesses can afford the rents & business rates. Retail rents too high to hold a lot of stock on site.High streets as they once were are over. 010
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026If you voted for Count Binface -I think you would get an excellent concerned and active MP looking out for Clacton’s interests. If you vote for anybody else 🤷♀️ 010
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I am so hoping it’s a win for the bin. But realistically I fear Fauxrage will be back - that’s why they are doing the big anti immigrants campaign this week- it’s all they’ve got 080
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Layla’s statement was merely what we all know to be the case 030
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 29/07/2026No criticism whatsoever - and kudos to you for doing what you do. I was just curious to understand why there haven’t been many nationwide protests. I get that people have to work and can’t be protesting all the time. I hope the mid terms stop him doing any further damage. 000
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I asked a question about this on another thread. As a Brit I am confused as to why people aren’t out on the streets at the very least standing in silent vigil - think Hungary- to try and stop what’s going on. If you are relying on the midterms, well I hope you get what you want 🤷♀️ 600
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I just don’t get why there aren’t more protests of one sort or another. Are you not allowed to gather and object to what your govt. is doing if you don’t like it? There is strength in numbers-silent vigils as in Hungary-if enough people turn up &just stand there often enough they do take notice. 100
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I really hope you guys get an honest election. From what I am reading from over here 🇬🇧 there may very well be cause for concern on that front. 1100
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The majority of the British people are unlikely to want a General Election. We just want some steady sensible government looking out for all of us not just the ministers and their pals. 020
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Chlorinated chicken refers to poultry washed or sprayed with chlorine solutions during slaughter to kill harmful bacteria like Salmonella and Campylobacter. Used in the US as a "Pathogen Reduction Treatment", it’s banned in UK &EU due to concerns that it masks bad farming and hygiene standardscampylobacter.in 120
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Speaking as a UK reader of these comments - a question occurs - you want to get rid of the man (don’t we all) - what are you going to do if the mid terms are rigged in his favour? How do you deal with that ? 000
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 24/07/2026He doesn’t know whereof he speaks . Hasn’t been here for years. Let’s hope it stays that way 070
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 23/07/2026The comment that £50 doesnt even buy a meal - not everybody can afford to eat out at all. But for some that £50 pays to keep the lights on in the dead of winter. 110
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 23/07/2026vAT is not charged in business rates - so this is a simple 20% reduction of business rates 010
Wendyjs @wendyjs.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Vat does not apply to business rates - it is not charged on them. It’s a simple reduction of business rates 100
