Right, that's it. I'm cancelling my Green Party membership!

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Please make it stop!

I had one of those when trying to see James O'Brien's page.
What's going on?

@mrjamesob.bsky.social You really should be on Threads, James. It's so much better than Bluesky. I only come over here now to see what you've posted.

In any culture, surely!

Of The Empire We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness. - Mary Oliver

God this poem is haunting me again.

Nigel Farage branded a 'fake patriot' who voters will reject TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak accused the Reform UK leader of plotting to strip away rights from millions across the country, and relying on 'gimmicks and stunts'

EXC: Spoke to TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak about Nigel Farage, workers rights, and why some union members are losing faith in Labour
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Oh shucks.

So true!

It's Wednesday. x

My main focus at present is my new kitten, Teddy. He's 7.5 weeks old and a little darling.

Ask your MP to oppose the Government's asylum changes The Government is cutting refugee protection in half, from five years to two and a half. This change is likely to vastly increase the cost and chaos of the asylum system, whilst creating more uncertai...

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Starmer and Trump Could Learn Something from Harold Wilson Wilson's decision to keep British troops out of Vietnam shows that the 'Special Relationship' doesn't always require obedience, argues Hannah Badawi-Crook

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Starmer and Trump Could Learn Something from Harold Wilson Wilson's decision to keep British troops out of Vietnam shows that the 'Special Relationship' doesn't always require obedience, argues Hannah Badawi-Crook

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Odious creep, isn't he.

Kent County Council: stop wasting money and start prioritising Kent services KCC is planning to spend £600k on 8 parking spaces while trying to cut our libraries and tips. It's time they started serving the people. Add your name to help stop the waste:

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Grounded Conversations (@mckechnietrouble) on Threads I had prepared a completely different thread today. But the last 24 hours made something else necessary. Many people — particularly in the United States — seem genuinely confused about why Spain, the ...

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My son and little grandsons are in Las Vegas. I daren't visit them.

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

My son and little grandsons are in the USA. I daren't visit.
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Why being kind helps others and benefits you too Research suggests that acts of kindness, in whatever form they take, can have positive effects on your both your mental and physical health.

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Wow.

We are not one homogenous mass of people. We are individuals. Stop bloody pigeonholing pensioners as if we all work off the same brain.