SloojGud
@sloojgud.bsky.social
Cinema, cemeteries, politics, art, books, travel, UK, style, public transport, education, afternoon naps. Labour Party member. Old crone. She/her.
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You’ll hear some pearl clutching from the Tories today. They should’ve invested in SEND or RAAC schools they left to crumble, instead they frittered cash away.
The Tories once claimed to be the party of pragmatism. Today, that mantle belongs to Labour.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
The Tories once claimed to be the party of pragmatism. Today, that mantle belongs to Labour.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Tory governments spent £325m on free schools that failed or disappeared
More than £10bn was committed to building new schools between 2014-15 and 2023-24, compared with £6.8bn for rebuilding existing schools
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
You’ll hear some pearl clutching from the Tories today. They should’ve invested in SEND or RAAC schools they left to crumble, instead they frittered cash away.
The Tories once claimed to be the party of pragmatism. Today, that mantle belongs to Labour.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
The Tories once claimed to be the party of pragmatism. Today, that mantle belongs to Labour.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Shaun Knowles, #Reform Councillor in Northumberland.
Has so far been paid £9340 for his 'work'.
His 'work' - in SIX months - has consisted of sending just TWO emails, and attending ONE meeting which was to discuss why he hadn't bothered to show up for the previous EIGHTEEN meetings.
Has so far been paid £9340 for his 'work'.
His 'work' - in SIX months - has consisted of sending just TWO emails, and attending ONE meeting which was to discuss why he hadn't bothered to show up for the previous EIGHTEEN meetings.
December 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Shaun Knowles, #Reform Councillor in Northumberland.
Has so far been paid £9340 for his 'work'.
His 'work' - in SIX months - has consisted of sending just TWO emails, and attending ONE meeting which was to discuss why he hadn't bothered to show up for the previous EIGHTEEN meetings.
Has so far been paid £9340 for his 'work'.
His 'work' - in SIX months - has consisted of sending just TWO emails, and attending ONE meeting which was to discuss why he hadn't bothered to show up for the previous EIGHTEEN meetings.
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All weeks deliver under a Labour government. Some weeks, like this one, are outstanding. Protecting workers in the Care sector and a new Strategy for our young people and the launching of GBR. I applaud this government. We need them!
December 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM
All weeks deliver under a Labour government. Some weeks, like this one, are outstanding. Protecting workers in the Care sector and a new Strategy for our young people and the launching of GBR. I applaud this government. We need them!
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Lovely tribute to The Lady Killers but what's striking is how much better almost everything looks today.
www.bfi.org.uk/features/70-...
www.bfi.org.uk/features/70-...
70 years of The Ladykillers: how the locations look today
As the classic Ealing comedy turns 70, we went walking around King’s Cross to see whether Alec Guinness and his motley band of robbers would recognise it today.
www.bfi.org.uk
December 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Lovely tribute to The Lady Killers but what's striking is how much better almost everything looks today.
www.bfi.org.uk/features/70-...
www.bfi.org.uk/features/70-...
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Reform councils have spent twice as much on private sector contracts in the six months since the election compared to a year previously
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Reform's "DOGE" yet to tame outsourcers
Reform councils have spent twice as much on private sector contracts in the six months since the election compared to a year previously
www.newstatesman.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Reform councils have spent twice as much on private sector contracts in the six months since the election compared to a year previously
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Reform spending your money to pay their wealthy friends, because how will they pay for this, by raising your taxes.
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Reform councils have spent twice as much on private sector contracts in the six months since the election compared to a year previously
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Reform's "DOGE" yet to tame outsourcers
Reform councils have spent twice as much on private sector contracts in the six months since the election compared to a year previously
www.newstatesman.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Reform spending your money to pay their wealthy friends, because how will they pay for this, by raising your taxes.
bsky.app/profile/refo...
bsky.app/profile/refo...
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I said *cocks hammer* we won't go until we get some goddamn figgy pudding
December 20, 2023 at 12:09 PM
I said *cocks hammer* we won't go until we get some goddamn figgy pudding
When I was a child I entered a colouring contest and my mum got my nan to post me a toothbrush, pretending I'd won it as a prize. I hadn't thought about this for years but I see that Trump has been awarded the FIFA Peace Prize and for some reason it came into my mind.
December 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
When I was a child I entered a colouring contest and my mum got my nan to post me a toothbrush, pretending I'd won it as a prize. I hadn't thought about this for years but I see that Trump has been awarded the FIFA Peace Prize and for some reason it came into my mind.
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This amendment would force every applicant to provide a negative pregnancy test – regardless of age, sex, or medical condition – a requirement that is medically baseless and needlessly cruel. It is a wrecking amendment, and it lacks all common sense #AssistedDyingBill.
humanists.uk/2025/12/05/n...
humanists.uk/2025/12/05/n...
Needlessly cruel: Peer proposes mandatory pregnancy tests for all in assisted dying amendment
A member of the House of Lords has suggested that anyone applying for an assisted death needs to do a pregnancy test, including men and older people. Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision are disappo...
humanists.uk
December 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This amendment would force every applicant to provide a negative pregnancy test – regardless of age, sex, or medical condition – a requirement that is medically baseless and needlessly cruel. It is a wrecking amendment, and it lacks all common sense #AssistedDyingBill.
humanists.uk/2025/12/05/n...
humanists.uk/2025/12/05/n...
I've just seen the WI trans statement. I strongly support this government's domestic policies but what's is now happening to trans people, a tiny minority, is shameful and indefensible. www.thewi.org.uk/media-centre....
Press Releases
www.thewi.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I've just seen the WI trans statement. I strongly support this government's domestic policies but what's is now happening to trans people, a tiny minority, is shameful and indefensible. www.thewi.org.uk/media-centre....
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If you're worried you suck at picking baby shower gifts, remember that myrrh is something they'd rub on corpses to keep them from smelling.
December 7, 2023 at 10:55 AM
If you're worried you suck at picking baby shower gifts, remember that myrrh is something they'd rub on corpses to keep them from smelling.
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Rightly lots of debates about growth this weekend - rightly because it was low productivity growth that saw wages entirely flatline during the 2010s.
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Rightly lots of debates about growth this weekend - rightly because it was low productivity growth that saw wages entirely flatline during the 2010s.
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Here is the latest update on this Labour government's achievements (including the Autumn Budget 2025):
This government has Nationalised the railways and British Steel, allowed for locally owned buses, created GB Energy, the National Wealth Fund, and created the National Housing Bank.
This government has Nationalised the railways and British Steel, allowed for locally owned buses, created GB Energy, the National Wealth Fund, and created the National Housing Bank.
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Here is the latest update on this Labour government's achievements (including the Autumn Budget 2025):
This government has Nationalised the railways and British Steel, allowed for locally owned buses, created GB Energy, the National Wealth Fund, and created the National Housing Bank.
This government has Nationalised the railways and British Steel, allowed for locally owned buses, created GB Energy, the National Wealth Fund, and created the National Housing Bank.
It's not a high drama budget, though some commentators are screeching that it is a far left tax raid on working people. Again and again, people get upset if public services aren't there for them then are furious when they're expected to contribute.
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
It's not a high drama budget, though some commentators are screeching that it is a far left tax raid on working people. Again and again, people get upset if public services aren't there for them then are furious when they're expected to contribute.
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This is a long and laudable list and what is in the media? - tax goes up and Starmer out. Let's hope people see the improvements in their lives and in services and come to the right conclusion. Do I think this government is perfect - definitely not - do I fear an alternative - definitely.
What spending was announced / funded / committed to in the 2025 Budget?
It's a long list - and likely incomplete, so will add more if I hear of them!
+ recommits to £120bn public investment across the Parliament
+ doubling local roads funding - now over £2bn
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It's a long list - and likely incomplete, so will add more if I hear of them!
+ recommits to £120bn public investment across the Parliament
+ doubling local roads funding - now over £2bn
1/10
November 27, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This is a long and laudable list and what is in the media? - tax goes up and Starmer out. Let's hope people see the improvements in their lives and in services and come to the right conclusion. Do I think this government is perfect - definitely not - do I fear an alternative - definitely.
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What spending was announced / funded / committed to in the 2025 Budget?
It's a long list - and likely incomplete, so will add more if I hear of them!
+ recommits to £120bn public investment across the Parliament
+ doubling local roads funding - now over £2bn
1/10
It's a long list - and likely incomplete, so will add more if I hear of them!
+ recommits to £120bn public investment across the Parliament
+ doubling local roads funding - now over £2bn
1/10
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
What spending was announced / funded / committed to in the 2025 Budget?
It's a long list - and likely incomplete, so will add more if I hear of them!
+ recommits to £120bn public investment across the Parliament
+ doubling local roads funding - now over £2bn
1/10
It's a long list - and likely incomplete, so will add more if I hear of them!
+ recommits to £120bn public investment across the Parliament
+ doubling local roads funding - now over £2bn
1/10
Budget Day, and I'm confident that although it probably won't go as far as I would want it to in taxing the fantastically rich, it will do something. I hope there's something that helps people live in safe, secure, affordable homes. Just now the housung is problematic from top to bottom.
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Budget Day, and I'm confident that although it probably won't go as far as I would want it to in taxing the fantastically rich, it will do something. I hope there's something that helps people live in safe, secure, affordable homes. Just now the housung is problematic from top to bottom.
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Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
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🚨 NEW: Labour is boosting support for our veterans and launching veteran support centres across the UK. A one-stop shop for guidance on health, housing, and jobs.
🌹Find out how many veterans are in your area, enter your postcode here to find a shareable graphic: social.labour.org.uk
🌹Find out how many veterans are in your area, enter your postcode here to find a shareable graphic: social.labour.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🚨 NEW: Labour is boosting support for our veterans and launching veteran support centres across the UK. A one-stop shop for guidance on health, housing, and jobs.
🌹Find out how many veterans are in your area, enter your postcode here to find a shareable graphic: social.labour.org.uk
🌹Find out how many veterans are in your area, enter your postcode here to find a shareable graphic: social.labour.org.uk
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
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I've created a 78 account starter pack for anyone wanting to find out what the Labour Government in the UK are ACTUALLY doing!
- official government department / bodies accounts
- personal accounts of secretaries of state and minsiters
- official Labour party accounts
- Labour Mayor accounts
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- official government department / bodies accounts
- personal accounts of secretaries of state and minsiters
- official Labour party accounts
- Labour Mayor accounts
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October 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I've created a 78 account starter pack for anyone wanting to find out what the Labour Government in the UK are ACTUALLY doing!
- official government department / bodies accounts
- personal accounts of secretaries of state and minsiters
- official Labour party accounts
- Labour Mayor accounts
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- official government department / bodies accounts
- personal accounts of secretaries of state and minsiters
- official Labour party accounts
- Labour Mayor accounts
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Sheffield Friends! Join Graphic Novel Reading Room for their 4th Birthday Celebration!
Monday November 10th 6pm-9pm at the Treehouse Boardgame Café.
Congratulations on four years, Gabi! What an excellent achievement.
Find out more here: www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/festivalprog...
Monday November 10th 6pm-9pm at the Treehouse Boardgame Café.
Congratulations on four years, Gabi! What an excellent achievement.
Find out more here: www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/festivalprog...
October 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Sheffield Friends! Join Graphic Novel Reading Room for their 4th Birthday Celebration!
Monday November 10th 6pm-9pm at the Treehouse Boardgame Café.
Congratulations on four years, Gabi! What an excellent achievement.
Find out more here: www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/festivalprog...
Monday November 10th 6pm-9pm at the Treehouse Boardgame Café.
Congratulations on four years, Gabi! What an excellent achievement.
Find out more here: www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/festivalprog...
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A new restaurant inspired by Sikh ideals of community is arriving in Sheffield this week
#Sheffield
www.thestar.co.uk/lifestyle/fo...
#Sheffield
www.thestar.co.uk/lifestyle/fo...
Vegan and alcohol-free restaurant launching in Sheffield
A new restaurant inspired by Sikh ideals of community is arriving in Sheffield this week.
www.thestar.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
A new restaurant inspired by Sikh ideals of community is arriving in Sheffield this week
#Sheffield
www.thestar.co.uk/lifestyle/fo...
#Sheffield
www.thestar.co.uk/lifestyle/fo...
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Labour delivering on the economy, child protection and speeding up Windrush payments. It’s just in a week’s work for Labour only you don’t hear about it in the amplification of our Media for RW politics. This is what left wing politics means. Every day!
October 25, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Labour delivering on the economy, child protection and speeding up Windrush payments. It’s just in a week’s work for Labour only you don’t hear about it in the amplification of our Media for RW politics. This is what left wing politics means. Every day!