Lizzie Norton
@drlizzienorton.bsky.social
HE policy person, legislative nerd, archaeologist. Usually to be found either bothering the Government, being bossed around by my rabbits, crocheting, listening to Big Finish or wishing I was in a galaxy far far away. Views are my own (She/her).
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These aren't concessions. This is a two-tier system that penalises anyone unlucky enough to become long-term sick or disabled after the arbitrary date of the bill. Utterly pathetic attempt at capitulation, and the rebels had better hold their ground.
BREAKING: Full details of those welfare bill concessions:
1) Only cut benefits for new claimants
2) Spend billions more on employment support
3) Consultation on PIP cuts, with changes to be made at committee stage
Full story here: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
1) Only cut benefits for new claimants
2) Spend billions more on employment support
3) Consultation on PIP cuts, with changes to be made at committee stage
Full story here: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer offers ‘massive concessions’ on welfare bill to Labour rebels
Exclusive: Leading rebels say they have been promised significant changes to planned cuts which could help bill avoid defeat
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
These aren't concessions. This is a two-tier system that penalises anyone unlucky enough to become long-term sick or disabled after the arbitrary date of the bill. Utterly pathetic attempt at capitulation, and the rebels had better hold their ground.
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🚨NEWS🚨
The assisted dying lobby isn’t being honest with you – Disabled people are at risk from this bill
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The assisted dying lobby isn’t being honest with you – Disabled people are at risk from this bill
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The assisted dying lobby isn’t being honest with you – disabled people are at risk from this bill | Lucy Webster
Proponents say the measures being debated in parliament will apply only to people who are on their deathbeds. That isn’t true, says journalist and author Lucy Webster
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🚨NEWS🚨
The assisted dying lobby isn’t being honest with you – Disabled people are at risk from this bill
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The assisted dying lobby isn’t being honest with you – Disabled people are at risk from this bill
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Presumably Sue Gray took the shit list - with local govt and university collapse both on it - with her when she left
I feel like the Labour leadership is once again overestimating the vote-winning potential of a PR blitz. When some combination of universities and either the social care system or the councils that fund it start collapsing on your watch, no one's gonna care that you got a few good headlines first.
May 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Presumably Sue Gray took the shit list - with local govt and university collapse both on it - with her when she left
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It could be the end for many of Britain's universities, but it's an end we've all seen coming for many years and I hope most of us are prepared for.
May 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It could be the end for many of Britain's universities, but it's an end we've all seen coming for many years and I hope most of us are prepared for.
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The deed is done: we went on a long journey through solar, lunar and planetary time yesterday! There will be a write-up, and a book, but that's for a bit later. Meanwhile, enjoy this short film flipping through all 3 volumes and turning the volvelles.
#medievalsky #artistbooks
vimeo.com/1073500748
#medievalsky #artistbooks
vimeo.com/1073500748
Circles of Time artist book
Presentation of the artist book (or maybe I should say box set) that resulted from my Visiting Research Fellowship at Merton College, Oxford, October-December 2024.
vimeo.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The deed is done: we went on a long journey through solar, lunar and planetary time yesterday! There will be a write-up, and a book, but that's for a bit later. Meanwhile, enjoy this short film flipping through all 3 volumes and turning the volvelles.
#medievalsky #artistbooks
vimeo.com/1073500748
#medievalsky #artistbooks
vimeo.com/1073500748
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I got some badges made a couple of days to show solidarity and support for trans people, made a tiktok about it and I've not only sold the initial 25 badges I got made, but have over 350 preorder badges sold. People desperately want to support trans folk 🩷🩵
(100% of profit is going to LGBTYS)
(100% of profit is going to LGBTYS)
April 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I got some badges made a couple of days to show solidarity and support for trans people, made a tiktok about it and I've not only sold the initial 25 badges I got made, but have over 350 preorder badges sold. People desperately want to support trans folk 🩷🩵
(100% of profit is going to LGBTYS)
(100% of profit is going to LGBTYS)
I’m downsizing my doctor who collection to make space to display the things I love from this fandom - if you’re looking for sealed big finish CDs I have a lot listed already with more to come. Thank you ❤️ www.ebay.co.uk/usr/manatee_...
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April 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I’m downsizing my doctor who collection to make space to display the things I love from this fandom - if you’re looking for sealed big finish CDs I have a lot listed already with more to come. Thank you ❤️ www.ebay.co.uk/usr/manatee_...
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if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.
April 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.
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Please share in your networks. Goldsmiths, UoL are offering 5 scholarships in Undergrad & MA courses for Palestinian students. The scholarships include: tuition fee waiver, £19,550 allowance, return trip to & from the UK.
Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
Palestinian Scholarship
www.gold.ac.uk
April 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Please share in your networks. Goldsmiths, UoL are offering 5 scholarships in Undergrad & MA courses for Palestinian students. The scholarships include: tuition fee waiver, £19,550 allowance, return trip to & from the UK.
Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
Eligibility details & further info at link👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...
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Delighted that the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Bill includes a provision that Jonathan Reynolds doesn’t have to break into Scunthorpe steelworks all by himself.
April 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Delighted that the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Bill includes a provision that Jonathan Reynolds doesn’t have to break into Scunthorpe steelworks all by himself.
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MPs being (rightly) recalled over the 2,700 jobs at risk in British steel, while 5,000 university jobs are actively being cut this year with a further 5,000 jobs under threat and very little intervention is... interesting. Academia is also an industry in collapse.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1393...
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1393...
April 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
MPs being (rightly) recalled over the 2,700 jobs at risk in British steel, while 5,000 university jobs are actively being cut this year with a further 5,000 jobs under threat and very little intervention is... interesting. Academia is also an industry in collapse.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1393...
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1393...
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#HappyTransDayofVisibility to all our followers. Stay safe and know that you are seen.
Our show has a trans female lead, a trans creator, other trans cast and lastly trans sensitivity readers, who help make sure our intentions carry through in the writing. Trans people will always be welcome here 🏳️⚧️
Our show has a trans female lead, a trans creator, other trans cast and lastly trans sensitivity readers, who help make sure our intentions carry through in the writing. Trans people will always be welcome here 🏳️⚧️
March 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
#HappyTransDayofVisibility to all our followers. Stay safe and know that you are seen.
Our show has a trans female lead, a trans creator, other trans cast and lastly trans sensitivity readers, who help make sure our intentions carry through in the writing. Trans people will always be welcome here 🏳️⚧️
Our show has a trans female lead, a trans creator, other trans cast and lastly trans sensitivity readers, who help make sure our intentions carry through in the writing. Trans people will always be welcome here 🏳️⚧️
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On #TransDayOfVisibility we celebrate trans people and stand with the trans community against hatred and discrimination.
To all our trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming members, supporters, friends and followers: We respect you, we value you - today and every day.
To all our trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming members, supporters, friends and followers: We respect you, we value you - today and every day.
March 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
On #TransDayOfVisibility we celebrate trans people and stand with the trans community against hatred and discrimination.
To all our trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming members, supporters, friends and followers: We respect you, we value you - today and every day.
To all our trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming members, supporters, friends and followers: We respect you, we value you - today and every day.
If you, like me, are constantly in need of high calibre spooky please preorder this new tome from the incredibly talented @georgiacooked.bsky.social
🪶OFFICIAL BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT 🪶
COMING MAY 1ST 2025: Strange Finds
Twenty-five tales of Horror, Myth and Magic. From award-winning author Georgia Cook.
PRE-ORDER NOW: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2MYQSML
(I'm also working to make it available on Itchio, so keep an eye out.)
#booksky #writing #horror
COMING MAY 1ST 2025: Strange Finds
Twenty-five tales of Horror, Myth and Magic. From award-winning author Georgia Cook.
PRE-ORDER NOW: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2MYQSML
(I'm also working to make it available on Itchio, so keep an eye out.)
#booksky #writing #horror
March 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If you, like me, are constantly in need of high calibre spooky please preorder this new tome from the incredibly talented @georgiacooked.bsky.social
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Lando's leadership of Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back turned out to be a tragically prescient parable for our time. Leaders of institutions: Pay attention! A story in four parts.
cc: Paul Weiss, Columbia University
bcc: all law firms, universities, and civil society organizations
cc: Paul Weiss, Columbia University
bcc: all law firms, universities, and civil society organizations
March 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Lando's leadership of Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back turned out to be a tragically prescient parable for our time. Leaders of institutions: Pay attention! A story in four parts.
cc: Paul Weiss, Columbia University
bcc: all law firms, universities, and civil society organizations
cc: Paul Weiss, Columbia University
bcc: all law firms, universities, and civil society organizations
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We all owe George Lucas an apology. His heavy handed cartoonish depiction of politics was far, far too subtle in the prequels.
March 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
We all owe George Lucas an apology. His heavy handed cartoonish depiction of politics was far, far too subtle in the prequels.
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Morning BlueSky. Another day of ennui, disappointment and bone-cold moral horror awaits us. Have a cup of tea.
March 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Morning BlueSky. Another day of ennui, disappointment and bone-cold moral horror awaits us. Have a cup of tea.
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what a coincidence, I also break down during season one of Andor
March 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
what a coincidence, I also break down during season one of Andor
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"Maybe they are immunocompromised and they need to avoid any sort of illness because they are at high risk for long-term health impacts, disability, or death."
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Why Are People Wearing Masks in 2025?
A Mental Health Professional’s Perspective
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March 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"Maybe they are immunocompromised and they need to avoid any sort of illness because they are at high risk for long-term health impacts, disability, or death."
misfitmentalhealth.substack.com/p/why-are-pe...
misfitmentalhealth.substack.com/p/why-are-pe...
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Regular reminder that there is no reason Labour has to “eye billions of pounds in welfare and other cuts”. It’s more than possible to raise cash with targeted wealth taxes. Austerity is a choice and it’s a choice no matter what colour party is in power.
March 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Regular reminder that there is no reason Labour has to “eye billions of pounds in welfare and other cuts”. It’s more than possible to raise cash with targeted wealth taxes. Austerity is a choice and it’s a choice no matter what colour party is in power.
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Mandelson really is utterly fucking useless. What on earth is he doing out there. www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/03...
Mandelson rebuked after saying Zelenskyy must give ‘unequivocal backing’ to Trump peace plan - Politics.co.uk
Lord Mandelson has been rebuked after saying Ukraine should be the first side to “commit to a ceasefire” in its war with Russia, as he called on Volodymyr Zelenskyy to back Donald Trump’s minerals dea...
www.politics.co.uk
March 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Mandelson really is utterly fucking useless. What on earth is he doing out there. www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/03...
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This thread shows how close US is now getting to a constitutional crisis - as opposed to constitutional drama.
Once the executive freely disregards court orders without sanction then US pretty much has a constitutional crisis.
Things are coming to a head.
Once the executive freely disregards court orders without sanction then US pretty much has a constitutional crisis.
Things are coming to a head.
HAPPENING NOW: A federal judge who ordered the unfreezing of USAID contract spending is voicing frustration as a Trump administration lawyer repeatedly refuses to say whether they have actually taken any steps to implement his 12-day-old order.
February 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This thread shows how close US is now getting to a constitutional crisis - as opposed to constitutional drama.
Once the executive freely disregards court orders without sanction then US pretty much has a constitutional crisis.
Things are coming to a head.
Once the executive freely disregards court orders without sanction then US pretty much has a constitutional crisis.
Things are coming to a head.
OH and whilst I’m asking why isn’t Labour enacting its own statutory lever in the charter for budget responsibility and getting the OBR to model this increase?
February 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
OH and whilst I’m asking why isn’t Labour enacting its own statutory lever in the charter for budget responsibility and getting the OBR to model this increase?
Where’s the statement from the treasury please? Where’s the impact assessment? Why not bring the spending review back to March since this defence spend will affect every other unprotected departmental spend? I feel like I’m in a policy twilight zone - where’s the evidence this ODA cut adds up?
February 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Where’s the statement from the treasury please? Where’s the impact assessment? Why not bring the spending review back to March since this defence spend will affect every other unprotected departmental spend? I feel like I’m in a policy twilight zone - where’s the evidence this ODA cut adds up?