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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 8h

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 1d

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 1d

Being a grandparent enables time for all of this!!!!

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly have we deskilled teacher so much schools need to buy this? It’s like all the phonic schemes etc when L&S was free and accessible!

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Amy @amzomac.bsky.social · 1d

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 1d

Three was excellent with no letters in first row!!!! 👏

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 1d

@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social any comments?

Dr Helen J Williams 🇪🇺🇵🇸 @helenjwc.bsky.social · 1d

@warwickmansell.bsky.social
I wondered if you’d like to take a look at this? And maybe @oaknational.bsky.social might explain this ?

Dr Helen J Williams 🇪🇺🇵🇸 @helenjwc.bsky.social · 1d

How do we feel about this? @oaknational.bsky.social receive £43m of public money and yet, wait for it, they are charging via MEI £135 per teacher for a course on how to use their materials: mei.org.uk/event/b935a0...

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 1d

Reform UK's deputy leader has broken parliamentary rules by failing to register hospitality. So what's the story with Richard Tice, the French villa and the ex-Kremlin minister?

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/13/r...

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 2d

We cannot allow extremists to divide us.

Our city must always be a place where people of all faiths and none can live side by side knowing they aren’t just safe to be who they are - they are celebrated for it.

All beliefs are welcome in London – we cannot allow extremists to divide us | Sadiq Khan

Attacks against Jewish and Muslim communities are on the rise, and some politicians are exacerbating tensions by appealing to our worst instincts, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

www.theguardian.com

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 1d

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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 1d

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DamsonEd @damsoned.bsky.social · 1d

Look, Mr Gibb plays fast and loose with the data he presents… who knew? 🤷‍♀️

How can policy be dictated by an inner sanctum of favoured individuals over wine and crisps?

Our children really do deserve better.

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Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell.bsky.social · 1d

"It provides an unparalleled insider account of how the English education system has ended up in such a mess."Very interesting counter-balance by @joehanley.bsky.social to hagiography around Nick Gibb and Cons ed policymaking, urging you to read Mr Gibb's book. yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/educati...

Gibb it a rest! A review of Nick Gibb’s Reforming Lessons

Nick Gibb’s Reforming Lessons aims to defend his ministerial legacy, but instead reads like a desperate attempt to rewrite England’s education failures

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 1d

Bridget you’d have my full backing if I knew you were taking advice from those on the chalk face who really know how children learn and start from Early Years as the last labour government did with firm foundations!

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DCminx 🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 'The Chernukhins are cultivating new political friends...they hosted Reform UK Deputy Leader Richard Tice along with his partner, the journalist Isabel Oakeshott.'
unherd.com/newsroom/ric...

Richard Tice holidays with Russian oligarch on Riviera

The Russian oligarch Vladimir Chernukhin and his wife, Lubov, have long been known for their generous support for the Conservative Party. Since 2012 Lubov has given the party at least £2.1 million, as...

unherd.com

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Sevenoaks, Dartford and Gravesham Liberal Democrats @sevenoakslibdems.bsky.social · 2d

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Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @patrickopatrick.bsky.social · 2d

When a Reform campaigned for Kent Council they promised to cut council tax, improve education, fix the roads plus social care etc

They’re raising council tax ❌
Raiding £2 million from the education budget ❌
Done zip for social care ❌
Roads still have same potholes & flooding issues ❌

#ReformLiars🤥

Frustrations grow as path continues to flood year after year

Questions are being asked about an ongoing flooding problem at a popular park that no one seems willing to fix.

www.kentonline.co.uk

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 2d

Oh I do hope so!
Travelling from Ashford Interbational to St Pancras International to get the train to Paris and thunder through Ashford Int. again is so galling!

The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 2d

If Trenitalia gets approval for its proposed London-Paris service, it has pledged to call at Ashford International. www.railtech.com/new-routes/2...

Italy’s FS vows to reopen Ashford and revive Kent’s Channel Tunnel link

  Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) has become the first would-be Eurostar rival to make a concrete pledge to reopen Ashford International, the Kent station shuttered since 2020.…

www.railtech.com

Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 2d

Spot on Pam!

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 2d

But if evidence emerges that someone on the breadline has filled in a form wrong, they have to pay it back and they will be arrested if it looks like it may be intentional. This is outrageous. So arrest him, and interview him under caution.

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

www.theguardian.com

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 2d

Contributed and love your cover of Lean on me!

The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 3d

We've just hit *LAUNCH* on a @kickstarter.com to fund our debut album #HollowChapters. We've finished 7 of the mixes (explainer & extracts in video via link), but as independent artists need a final push to get over the line 🎶

PLEASE share and support if you can

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...

The Marsh Family: debut album campaign

Support an independent musical family group in releasing their debut album of ten original folk-pop songs, "Hollow Chapters" in 2026.

www.kickstarter.com

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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 3d

We've just hit *LAUNCH* on a @kickstarter.com to fund our debut album #HollowChapters. We've finished 7 of the mixes (explainer & extracts in video via link), but as independent artists need a final push to get over the line 🎶

PLEASE share and support if you can

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...

The Marsh Family: debut album campaign

Support an independent musical family group in releasing their debut album of ten original folk-pop songs, "Hollow Chapters" in 2026.

www.kickstarter.com

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 2d

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

This Is Fascism

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 2d

Since being widowed I’ve found reading books very hard but listening to books can be done while doing other things so I’ve joined audiobooks on Libby my library app & I need recommendations for a good listen not Val McDermid as I’ve listened to nearly all of hers! Perhaps a different genre? TIA!

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 2d

31% of the vote gives Reform 351 seats, an overall majority of 52! First Past The Vote in all its unfair, ridiculous glory. We need electoral reform now!

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 3d

Nowcast Update: Reform Steady, Labour at lowest & Greens at highest since GE24.

RFM: 351 (+346), 31.0% - (52 Maj.)
LAB: 103 (-308), 20.3%
LDM: 76 (+4), 13.5%
SNP: 43 (+34), 2.7%
CON: 35 (-86), 17.8%
GRN: 8 (+4), 10.2%
PLC: 6 (+2), 1.0%
Oth: 9 (+4), 3.5%

electionmaps.uk/nowcast

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Lorna Walter @lornawalter.bsky.social · 2d

Can we have books for 75yr olds too please? 🙂

School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 2d

Books for 16 year olds. 📚👍🏼
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-fa...
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Books for 16-year-olds - favourites chosen by teens including titles by Nicola Yoon, Julie Murphy, Sarah J. Maas, Jenny Han, S. F. Williamson, Laura N...

Books for 16 year olds

Books for 16 year olds - favourites chosen by teens with titles by Nicola Yoon, Julie Murphy, Sarah J. Maas and S. F. Williamson.

schoolreadinglist.co.uk

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