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Jenny Rhodes @jennyrhodes42.bsky.social · 3h

Change is in the air…

European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 3h

For the first time in years, senior Labour figures are saying it plainly.

Wes Streeting: “I’m glad that Brexit is a problem whose name we now dare speak.”
Keir Starmer: “They lied to this country, unleashed chaos, and walked away after Brexit.”

The silence is breaking. The damage is undeniable.

Starmer and Streeting break silence on Brexit’s damage

We're the UK's largest pro-European movement. Our goal is to reverse the calamity of Brexit and restore relations with our European neighbours.

www.europeanmovement.co.uk

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angelicaarcher.bsky.social @angelicaarcher.bsky.social · 6h

😂

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angelicaarcher.bsky.social @angelicaarcher.bsky.social · 7h

This 👇🏻

Ian Lance Richardson @ricojosh.bsky.social · 7h

The evidence is extensive; the happiest nations are almost always the most equal. When we compare the Scandanavian countries to the UK, and especially the US, it's pretty obvious who is getting it right & who isn't.

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angelicaarcher.bsky.social @angelicaarcher.bsky.social · 7h

This 👇🏻

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 8h

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

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angelicaarcher.bsky.social @angelicaarcher.bsky.social · 8h

Ouch

Surgeons' Hall Museums @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 8h

This is a Kollmann’s dilator. It would be used to open up a urethra that may have become closed (also known as a stricture). It is inserted into the urethra & the expanding blades are opened like an umbrella. It was invented by German Urologist Arthur Kollmann.

A long curved metal instrument. It has a handle and you can see where the blades would expand out to help remove the blockage.

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Todd Burt @gtburt.bsky.social · 1d

Monday Records - Now Spinning

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angelicaarcher.bsky.social @angelicaarcher.bsky.social · 8h

Brilliant.

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angelicaarcher.bsky.social @angelicaarcher.bsky.social · 8h

👇🏻 ideally, none.

Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 13h

I wonder how many Reform councillors in Kent will be left in a couple of years?
www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/ne...

Reform councillor suspended amid investigation into ‘lewd remarks’

A Reform UK councillor has been suspended amid an investigation into allegations of misconduct following a complaint by “several women”.

www.kentonline.co.uk

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Neil Donaghy @neild1962.bsky.social · 1d

I was lucky to be stood in the perfect spot when this beautiful Eastern Yellow Robin popped out of the undergrowth for a final feed at dusk in the rainforest at O' Reilly's Lodge, Queensland, Australia. What an amazing place packed full of great birds and stunning scenery #birdingaustralia #birds

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 1d

Labour spads looking at the massive increase in support for the Greens, "obviously this means we need to be even more like Reform".

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since since Zack Polanski took over last month

www.theguardian.com

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ivy @askylitocean.bsky.social · 1d

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 12h

The lower part of a tombstone from Roman Chester (Deva). While the name does not survive, the inscription details that the individual was an optio in the Roman army who died by shipwreck. Now part of the collections at the Grosvenor Museum in Chester. 📸 My own #EpigraphyTuesday

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 13h

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The Prime Minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

It’s about time

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The prime minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

www.independent.co.uk

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 12h

The entrance to Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn, with its three concentric stone walls. Dating from around 3500-2400 BC, the ‘Maeshowe-type’ cairn is built into the side of Wideford Hill, near Kirkwall in Orkney. 📸 My own #TombTuesday #Prehistory #Orkney

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Paula Waldron @paulawaldron.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #BirdOfTheDay The theme is wings, so here’s an American Robin showing off his. Love to watch them on a fall day enjoying crab apples. #birds

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 12h

I guess talking about Brexit damage is a start. But insisting we make this shitshow ‘work’ and forcing taxpayers to pay for some of the inevitable and ongoing loss feels like a wildly illogical response to the problem.

Photos of Wes Streeting above article and Farage below…

Text: It comes after The Independent revealed in March that Brexit had cost UK business £37bn a year as the result of a 5 per cent drop in trade with the EU.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10h

Many on the right will try and belittle and undermine what’s happening.

But here’s the truth. Tens of thousands are joining Greens. Polls are at record highs. People are just starting to feel hope again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

The truth about the green party's booming membership

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 22h

TOMORROW on SMR Rejoin Radio we ask: "Has Nasty Nigel FINALLY met his NEMESIS in Zack Polanski?" PLUS: The Marsh Family need YOU! With music from Willie Dowling! 6pm!
can't wait? Then get YOUR copy BEFORE anyone else! Subscribe TODAY for just £5 a month & bag yourself ALL the SMR Goodies #RejoinEU

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Save Redland Library @saveredlandlibr.bsky.social · 7d

8pm TODAY on @SkyArts

The Art Mysteries
s3 Ep 3, The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch

Waldemar Januszczak uncovers the secret meanings hidden within The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch

@januszczak.bsky.social

El Eremita @dinamitteros.bsky.social · Jun 8

Hieronymus Bosch. The Garden of Earthly Delights, c.1503–1515

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angelicaarcher.bsky.social @angelicaarcher.bsky.social · 21h

This'll be good 👇🏻. He always is.

JANUSZCZAK @januszczak.bsky.social · 3d

Satanists! As there is no description of the Devil in the Bible he/she had to be invented by artists! They did a fabulous job of imagining the unimaginable. So in Art’s Most Satanic next Tuesday on Sky Arts at 9pm I throw caution to the waves and go Devil hunting! And I end up in weird places!

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · May 2

Made in Saddleworth, Oldham and Manchester: Annie Kenney (1879-1953), born in Springhead, started working in cotton mills at age 10 and became a leading suffragette in the Women's Social and Political Union. She was jailed 13 times and repeatedly force-fed. 1/9

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angelicaarcher.bsky.social @angelicaarcher.bsky.social · 22h

Love this festival 💕

Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 1d

The annual Harvey's Harvest Festival in Lewes took place at the beginning of October and was a joyful affair | Ginny Foster
@ginnyfos.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk

Harvest Festival – Harvey’s way

The annual Harvey's Harvest Festival in Lewes took place at the beginning of October and was a joyful affair

sussexbylines.co.uk

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Prof Janina Ramirez @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social · 1d

It was my immense honour to be at the launch of The Singh Twins’ new exhibition at Kew Gardens. I’ve written the introduction to the catalogue for ‘Botanical Tales and Seeds of Empire’’. You must get along to see it - meanwhile revel in their work 😍😍😍 lovely to see @willdalrymple.bsky.social too x

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angelicaarcher.bsky.social @angelicaarcher.bsky.social · 1d

Love their work. Wonderful!

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 2d

Every person should have fair access to Britain’s green spaces, coastlines, and waterways.

Read our plan to unlock them:

This Land is Your Land - Restoring Public Paths Through Nature

In the UK, access to public paths is shrinking. Thousands of miles of disused railway lines, canal towpaths and green spaces sit unused or blocked off. Our new policy will transform these forgotten…

www.libdems.org.uk

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