don’t mention this to modern Thatcherites but the tax rises at the start of the Thatcher period were bigger - proportionately - than Labour’s October 2024 Budget
yes Mrs T cut taxes but only after increasing them massively
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This. The Tory hypocrisy knows no bounds. @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social has spent her life fighting for the protection of women and girls from violent men.
It’s so good. And if you have more time for reading, then Gareth Brown (SG civil servant and brilliant bloke) has written a stunning debut novel - the Book of Doors. My top book of 2024.
@bbclaurak.bsky.social come on! How could you let that lying, dishonest, corrupt, disingenuous self-serving Farage go unchallenged? And why even have him on? You’re a disgrace to journalism and should be sacked and off to GB News where your loyalties clearly lie. Appalling.
This is important & necessary. I’d add only that a) It’s clear many of the political & media figures deliberately ignoring these facts are playing with the sort of fire we saw on our streets this summer & b) Laura Kuenssberg’s failure to point this out to Farage was an appalling dereliction of duty.
The Russian disinformation network “Matryoshka” has launched a new campaign on Bluesky. Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, has been one of the first researchers to detect its activity. So far, four Russian-made fake videos have been identified on the platform.
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social candidate for Tree of the Year?
Are you doing the Fringe again in 2025 she asked hopefully?
Why is the government not capable wiping the floor with Nigel Farage every single day like this? Alastair Campbell effortlessly destroys him over his Brexit legacy which by almost every economic and financial measure has been disastrous for the country
@kj45.bsky.social and I were honoured to speak at the co-design session at the #ukstrokeforum #uksf #uksf24 today. We are so grateful to all healthcare professionals who support stroke survivors and their recovery
Well. And wow. Thank you to everyone who attended the co-design session at the #ukstrokeforum #uksf24. Jenks @kj45.bsky.social and I are so grateful to you all. @lisakidd22.bsky.social - thanks and will be in touch re my idea about advice for hospital visiting x
Thank you so much! We’re both a bit tearful. And beyond grateful. And always here to help x
Together we can achieve more. Great streamline for today’s #codesign session at #uksf24 #personalisation #livedexperience #respect @choclit.bsky.social
Thanks @lisakidd22.bsky.social Such a privilege for us both. We are in awe of the dedication of the healthcare professionals who support stroke survivors and their partners.
Eeeek! We’re both quite nervous!
Really looking forward to it.
Hello! Do you think you could promote and post on here at the forum next week? So many of us have left X. #uksf24
Wish the organisers had promoted a Bluesky account. So many of us have deleted X.
Anyone here going to the #ukstrokeforum #uksf24 next week? They’re sadly still using Twitter/X. Hoping some delegates will be on here #stroke #liverpool #strokesurvivors #strokeassociation
My husband and I are talking about our lived experience in a session on embedding co-design in rehab.
There are not enough words in every language on our earth that would enable me to proclaim the depth of my loathing for Fartage
@realeddiemarsan.bsky.social just watching first ep of #thewinterking. You’re astonishing. Is there anything you can’t do, or anyone you can’t play? Brilliant.
Mark 8:36. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his soul?
Such obscene wealth is shameful.
Definition of “kakistocracy” as a government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state.
Word of the day. Or week. Or next four years.
Scratching the surface of Farage and his real political, er, leaning
@adambienkov.bsky.social reports ⏬
Scotland is so beautiful. The night sky over Loch Tay. Then the stunning Falls of Acharn. We had the woods and falls to ourselves. Glorious!
How many spads and what cost of them now?
🔴The Powerful Interests Fighting Jeremy Clarkson’s Countryside Culture War to Avoid Inheritance Tax
Lobby groups are whipping up fears about Labour’s inheritance tax reforms despite figures suggesting the vast majority of UK farms will be unaffected
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Wow, at the weekend Bylines Network not only passed the 30K but also the 35K barriers on BlueSky. Now on Monday we are set to pass the 40K mark if you can share this we might just do it tonight!
Heading up to Loch Tay for soothing restoration - it would have been my mum’s 94th birthday on Saturday. My first without her. Scotland’s beauty is healing #grief #healing #gratitude
