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Mrs B 🐧📎🇪🇺🇺🇦

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Mum of a profoundly disabled teen with a rare genetic condition, sadly lost to epilepsy. #sazberrywashere #sazberry. Geotech engineer. Maths geek. Wokerati. Anti-Tory. Pro 🇪🇺. Refugee from Twitter. ProgressiveAlliance.

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Mrs B 🐧📎🇪🇺🇺🇦 @faithjoc.bsky.social · Nov 26

It is the funeral today. We will celebrate Sarah's life with our family and friends today, and finally lay her to rest. I'm not sure I can bear to say goodbye. She was so precious to us and every minute with her was a gift. I never wanted that to end and now it has after 16 short years. We miss her.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 14h

“Make Brexit work” by raising taxes to stem the ongoing losses.
Slavish devotion to failed ideology has a very high price.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 16h

"There is no doubt that the impact of Brexit has been severe and long-lasting", Rachel Reeves tells Sky News, as she suggests that taxes will now have to go up as a result to "make sure the numbers add up".

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Mrs B 🐧📎🇪🇺🇺🇦 @faithjoc.bsky.social · 13h

The media spent every last bit of their energy looking into Angela Raynor and have run out of steam.

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Mrs B 🐧📎🇪🇺🇺🇦 @faithjoc.bsky.social · 14h

The cost of pet insurance should also be looked into. We pay way more for our dog's insurance than for my life insurance.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 15h

What is ridiculous is to conclude correctly that Brexit is the source of economic pain and then do nothing to reverse it.

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TheBossRoss @thebossross.bsky.social · 15h

Skills look so easy that we often forget how much passion, practice, & time goes into them before they become that & perfect. Every pot made is preceeded by hundreds collapsed, lopsided, broken or flown off the wheel. These aren't mistakes, they're learning.
#GoodMorning, everyone.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15h

Climate Change Committee warns we aren’t doing enough to stem/plan for global warming.

Meanwhile, in response to proposed solar farm,Tice says they “will do all [they] can to stop investors and developers; nothing is off the table”
Reform: a constant whining drag on progress, prosperity and sanity.

UK must prepare for 2C of global warming by 2050, climate advisors warn
CLIMATE GLOBAL WARMING WEATHER
• Wednesday 15 October 2025 at 6:53am
Martin Stew
Science Correspondent
Credit: i-Stock
The UK must prepare for a 2C rise in global temperatures by 2050, according to new analysis from the Climate Change Committee (CCC), commissioned by the government.
The report forecasts that risks from heatwaves, droughts, and wildfires could double over the next 25 years, with some peak river flows increasing by as much as 40%.
itv.com

The Times:

Reform vow to fight 'crazy Miliband over solar farm

Miliband has approved plans for Britain's biggest solar farm, prompting Reform UK to say it would fight to reverse the decision.
The Tillbridge Solar project, in Lin-colnshire, would cover an area equivalent to about 2,000 football pitches.
Farage's party said the scheme would destroy valuable agricultural land, but Labour said it was needed to meet green energy targets and reduce dependency on energy from abroad.
Tillbridge Solar is the tenth large solar project Miliband has approved since taking office. Half of them are in Lin-colnshire, prompting opposition from local Reform and Conservative MPs.
Tillbridge Solar aims to generate electricity for 300,000 homes and the scheme would cover about 1,400 hectares of mainly agricultural land
Michael Shanks, the energy minister, said: "Solar is one of the cheapest and quickest power sources we can build. It is crucial in our mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower, giving us energy security, good jobs and growth across the country."

A report by the Planning Inspectorate said that the project would lead to the loss of about 1,200 hectares of farm-land, including 11l hectares of the highest grade land, and acknowledged the cumulative impact of other solar arrays in Lincolnshire. However, it concluded that this would not be nationally "significant" , with solar taking over less
than 1% of UK farmland.
It added that the biodiversity would benefit from the end of intensive farming on the land and that crop planting
"could be restored should it be needed in the future" for food security.
In a blunt warning to companies behind the schemes, Richard Tice, Reform UK's deputy leader and the MP for nearby Boston & Skegness, said: "We will do all we can to stop investors and developers; nothing is off the table."

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Mrs B 🐧📎🇪🇺🇺🇦 @faithjoc.bsky.social · 14h

Go big or go home, as they say. Just maybe not like Truss. She went insane.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 1d

Faintly amusing that the IFS' argument to Reeves on tax reform is basically: You're fucked either way, so you might as well do something decent for the country while you're taking all this pain www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks...

UK's Reeves should use budget to reform tax system, IFS says

British finance minister Rachel Reeves should use her budget in November to carry out a long overdue reform of the taxation system which could help her to raise more revenue while limiting the hit to the economy, a think tank said on Monday.

www.reuters.com

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Mrs B 🐧📎🇪🇺🇺🇦 @faithjoc.bsky.social · 15h

McSweeney needs to go. To see a party with such an overwhelmingly huge majority throw their advantage away, it is utterly insane.

Mrs B 🐧📎🇪🇺🇺🇦 @faithjoc.bsky.social · 15h

Labour wants to throw the baby out with the bathwater. If their stance is truly to leave the ECHR, they are indistinguishable from the Tories or Reform. No wonder the Greens are so popular now.

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.

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Mrs B 🐧📎🇪🇺🇺🇦 @faithjoc.bsky.social · 15h

So they are just going to blame Brexit but not consider undoing the damage caused by Brexit? It has been nearly 10 years. It isn't unreasonable to ask the question again. The overwhelming response is we want to return to a closer relationship with the EU.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

You can make a 1984-style propaganda video, but it doesn’t mean people have to see it.

Airports refuse to show DHS Sec. Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for government shutdown

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates three major airports, said, its "policies prevent airing of politically partisan messages."

www.cnbc.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Mrs B 🐧📎🇪🇺🇺🇦 @faithjoc.bsky.social · 1d

Being able to spell "Britain" is a start.

Mrs B 🐧📎🇪🇺🇺🇦 @faithjoc.bsky.social · 1d

What a joke. I didn't take English at A level but I did get straight As for my A level exams. Not good enough? If they keep peddling hostile rules like these, the UK will be risking a brain drain.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 1d

I am very aware that you „can‘t just rejoin tomorrow“, but perhaps you could start talking about the relationship with Europe in a non-paranoid, non elephant in the room-way?

Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 1d

The Labour Position is weird. "we absolutely won‘t do something about that thing we think is really bad for the Country, and for which we blame the Tories."
Sounds like being invited late to a party you always wanted to attend, except now you are declining out of pique.

Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 1d

If it’s self damaging for the Conservatives to continue to profess their support for a Brexit no one likes, it’s incoherent - and self damaging - for Labour to both dislike Brexit but at the same time to (largely) support it in its current form.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 2d

Watching the Bibi & Don Show treat this like some grand victory, while people returning to northern Gaza dig the rubble for loved ones' remains, is pretty revolting.

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Mrs B 🐧📎🇪🇺🇺🇦 @faithjoc.bsky.social · 1d

Who started this, I wonder? 🤔

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

US treasury secretary accuses Beijing of trying to damage global economy, as US and China roll out tit-for-tat port fees – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news * Why has US-China trade war restarted and how have markets reacted? The US also began imposing tariffs on imported lumber, kitchen cabinets and some furniture today. The new levies, announced by Donald Trump last month, will introduce a 10% tariff on imports of softwood lumber, while duties on certain upholstered furniture and kitchen cabinets start at 25%. “The 100% tariff does not have to happen. The relationship, despite this announcement last week, is good. Lines of communication have reopened, so we’ll see where it goes.” “President Trump said that the tariffs would not go into effect until November 1. He will be meeting with Party Chair Xi in Korea. I believe that meeting will still be on.” Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

Mrs B 🐧📎🇪🇺🇺🇦 @faithjoc.bsky.social · 1d

Acceptance is the first step. However what follows next matters. Will they have a conversation about rejoining the EU or at least the Single Market? Or will they just use Brexit as a backdrop for their reason to increase taxes?

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

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

Mrs B 🐧📎🇪🇺🇺🇦 @faithjoc.bsky.social · 1d

I want a refund.