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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 8h

Cut benefits, cut minimum wage, raise retirement age, means test pensions, get rid of the NHS.

Why are you voting for Farage?

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MaryLou2 @marylou2.bsky.social · 4h

I know I’m repeating myself, it seems to me that politicians policy pronouncers would do well to reflect on their ableist perspectives. Try a mind experiment of “walk in someone else’s shoes” B4 making a statement / decision. Better still ask a focus group!
#deafblind #braintumour #epilepsy #stroke

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MaryLou2 @marylou2.bsky.social · 9h

A skein of geese pass
over. Heralding strength to
endure what lies ahead.

#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt #geese #skein #migration #endure #poem #poetry

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MaryLou2 @marylou2.bsky.social · 2d

Monks bred carp to eat,
Fishermen take bank snaps
by catch and release.

#haiku #daikyhaikuprompt #carp
#carpponds #monestery #fishing #hunting #illusive #trophy #photograph #catchandrelease

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

trickle down economics
trickle down economic
trickle down economi
trickle down econom
trickle down econo
trickle down econ
trickle down eco
trickle down ec
trickle down e
trickle down
trickle dow
trickle do
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MaryLou2 @marylou2.bsky.social · 3d

Sheets of sky drift down
noiselessly, embalm the land,
muffling signs of life.

#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt #fog #foggy
#poem #poetry

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MaryLou2 @marylou2.bsky.social · 4d

Your composition would translate into a great etching too.

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MaryLou2 @marylou2.bsky.social · 4d

And its not ‘just the flu’, and long term consequences must not be diminished as simply something to be tolerated.

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MaryLou2 @marylou2.bsky.social · 4d

Is it silly to weep
at weepy films? Maybe, but
your tears tell the truth.

#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt #maudlin #tears #honesty #weepyfilms #empathy #poem #poetry

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MaryLou2 @marylou2.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe AI can recreate the Great Library of Alexandria, as if the fire and other losses never occurred? Just a thought.

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MaryLou2 @marylou2.bsky.social · 5d

Desolate, love lost,
still my fragile heart beats, pounds
on, no going back.

#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt #desolate
#heartbreak #lostlove #poem #poetry

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MaryLou2 @marylou2.bsky.social · 5d

Love it when ‘Momijigari’ time comes round. So good for the soul to notice and breathe with the beauty. This is the arboretum where my Dad proposed. We took Mum back & listened to her reminisce. Precious.

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MaryLou2 @marylou2.bsky.social · 6d

Family groans,
Dad in-jokes, the worst best laughs
Its what makes us us.

#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt #groan #family #jokes #poem #poetry

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 7d

Everything about his body language whenever a question is asked about the Russian bribes speaks of panic. Farage is vulnerable on this.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 7d

Farage is asked about another two of his MEPs, who made the same pro-Russia statements that Nathan Gill has now pled guilty to being bribed to make.

"Opinions are opinions."

Farage's defence seems to be that they arrived at those views independently and it has nowt to do with him.

Hmm. 🤔 ~AA

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 7d

ICYMI on Sarah Pochin's remarks to Talk TV on Sat, where she complained that “adverts are full of Black people and Asian people”, Lib Dem MP Max Wilkinson said:

"Nigel Farage keeps insisting that racism has no place in his party. Now is his chance to prove it - he must withdraw the whip."

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MaryLou2 @marylou2.bsky.social · 7d

If she’s being triggered by seeing something on the telly that ‘makes her mad’ she should try taking 3 deep breathes, reminding herself that not every thought needs a reaction or to be voiced & use the ‘off’ button more.

MaryLou2 @marylou2.bsky.social · 7d

Coolness, who’s asking?
Gas lit fire, Gnarly, Aura,
IYKYK!

#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt #coolness #GenZ #GenX #GenAlpha #IYKYK
#poem #poetry

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MaryLou2 @marylou2.bsky.social · 8d

Choosing the youngest marginalised voiceless vulnerable to bare budget cuts & suffer more disadvantage, seems a long way off party commitment to addressing child poverty, safeguarding & increasing opportunities in education.

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MaryLou2 @marylou2.bsky.social · 8d

My ego chatters, voices
views on future me, to
halt it ; choose silence.

#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt
#halt #mindfulness #ego #mentalhealth #quiet #silence #poem #poetry

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 9d

ReFuk Election vote catching: “We’ll make efficiency savings and cut your taxes”

ReFuk reality “No we aren’t. We lied”.

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 9d

Reform UK Councils
Council Tax increases

Durham: 4.9%
Worcestershire: 5-10%
Warwickshire: ~5%
Leicestershire: 3%
Kent: 5%
Lincolnshire: 2%+
Staffordshire: ~5%
West Northamptonshire: 5%
Derbyshire: 4.9%
North Northamptonshire: amount TBD
Nottinghamshire: amount TBD
Lancashire: amount TBD

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MaryLou2 @marylou2.bsky.social · 10d

Whats your optimal zeitgeist scenario & timing for a General Strike against Billionaire class. What is on your placard?

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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 10d

Half a million workers set for pay rise as Real Living Wage increases, but public service pay lags behind warns UNISON

"Workers can’t give their all for the public if they’re unable to meet the bills and feed their families," Christina McAnea
unsn.uk/4nlhPr6

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MaryLou2 @marylou2.bsky.social · 10d

Endeavor journeys
on, breathe sky sea, moving life,
breaking boundaries.

#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt #endeavour #poem #poetry #captaincook #BotanyBay #spaceshuttle #growth #personaldevelopment

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MaryLou2 @marylou2.bsky.social · 10d

Jo Monk leader of Worcestershire CC, was a Con Cllr defecting weeks b4 05 25 Election & had access to budget info to make the Reform claims about waste. Worcestershire is land locked = no boats arriving. Now asking public which services to cut or save! Inept divisive, unfit to govern.

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MaryLou2 @marylou2.bsky.social · 11d

‘Pear’ ‘ Apple’ ‘ Hourglass’ ; labels
are for clothes not bodies. My
self, stitched, inside out.

#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt #poem #poetry #pear #apple #hourglass #body #bodyshaming #feminist #self-worth

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