Sheila
@ladysilel.bsky.social
Loves theatre, travelling books and art, Jane Eyre 2006, Outlander and Wolf Hall
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How have the media and others forgotten the 14 years of god awful Tory Government. How have they forgotten the mess they left , underfunded public services, prisons on the verge of collapse, 7 million on the NHS waiting list and so much more. It's going to take more than 19 months to fix.
February 9, 2026 at 11:02 AM
How have the media and others forgotten the 14 years of god awful Tory Government. How have they forgotten the mess they left , underfunded public services, prisons on the verge of collapse, 7 million on the NHS waiting list and so much more. It's going to take more than 19 months to fix.
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Economists estimate that the UK has 1.8m fewer jobs now than it would have had without Brexit.
You did that.
Now fuck off, we know what your brand of reform looks like already.
You did that.
Now fuck off, we know what your brand of reform looks like already.
February 9, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Economists estimate that the UK has 1.8m fewer jobs now than it would have had without Brexit.
You did that.
Now fuck off, we know what your brand of reform looks like already.
You did that.
Now fuck off, we know what your brand of reform looks like already.
The beginning of cottage pie doing in the slow cooker later to be topped with cheesy mash and browned in the oven
February 8, 2026 at 11:34 AM
The beginning of cottage pie doing in the slow cooker later to be topped with cheesy mash and browned in the oven
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“Reform UK’s flagship council has been accused of telling a “blatant lie” after its claim of nearly £40m in savings on net zero was found to be based on hypothetical projects for which there was no documentation.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform-run Kent council accused of fabricating £40m net zero savings
Exclusive: Disclosures show figures cited by council leader rested on unfunded ideas listed briefly in budget papers
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:50 PM
“Reform UK’s flagship council has been accused of telling a “blatant lie” after its claim of nearly £40m in savings on net zero was found to be based on hypothetical projects for which there was no documentation.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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ITV Play of the Week - A Midsummer Night's Dream (7th February 1965). Benny Hill gives his Bottom an airing with the likes of Patrick Allen, Peter Wyngarde, Alfie Bass and Bernard Bresslaw also appearing.
youtu.be/Rx2lQ-iMqMA?...
youtu.be/Rx2lQ-iMqMA?...
ITV Play of the Week: A Midsummer Night's Dream (7 February 1965)
YouTube video by The Benny Hill Fan Consortium
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February 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
ITV Play of the Week - A Midsummer Night's Dream (7th February 1965). Benny Hill gives his Bottom an airing with the likes of Patrick Allen, Peter Wyngarde, Alfie Bass and Bernard Bresslaw also appearing.
youtu.be/Rx2lQ-iMqMA?...
youtu.be/Rx2lQ-iMqMA?...
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Beautiful everyday Ladybird things
Village shop (1964)
Artist: Harry Wingfield
Village shop (1964)
Artist: Harry Wingfield
February 7, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Beautiful everyday Ladybird things
Village shop (1964)
Artist: Harry Wingfield
Village shop (1964)
Artist: Harry Wingfield
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Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to…
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
The new leader of Reform UK Wales lives in Bath, not Wales
Martin Shipton The newly appointed leader of Reform UK in Wales hasn’t moved back to his home town in the Valleys, but has bought a £1m house near Bath, we can reveal. Dan Thomas, the former Conservat...
nation.cymru
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to…
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
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The wave of support for Keir Starmer has left me emotional this morning.
It feels Like our country has woken from a drugged slumber that was poisoned by populists and racism.
We’ve changed overnight. It’s impressive.
It feels Like our country has woken from a drugged slumber that was poisoned by populists and racism.
We’ve changed overnight. It’s impressive.
February 7, 2026 at 7:49 AM
The wave of support for Keir Starmer has left me emotional this morning.
It feels Like our country has woken from a drugged slumber that was poisoned by populists and racism.
We’ve changed overnight. It’s impressive.
It feels Like our country has woken from a drugged slumber that was poisoned by populists and racism.
We’ve changed overnight. It’s impressive.
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The PM has appointed Richard Walker as his new Cost of Living Champion.
He will work across Government, enhancing partnerships with businesses, regulators & other organisations to consider how the Government can go further to deliver on its priority of easing the cost of living for families.
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He will work across Government, enhancing partnerships with businesses, regulators & other organisations to consider how the Government can go further to deliver on its priority of easing the cost of living for families.
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February 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The PM has appointed Richard Walker as his new Cost of Living Champion.
He will work across Government, enhancing partnerships with businesses, regulators & other organisations to consider how the Government can go further to deliver on its priority of easing the cost of living for families.
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He will work across Government, enhancing partnerships with businesses, regulators & other organisations to consider how the Government can go further to deliver on its priority of easing the cost of living for families.
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Just joined you all and emailed my MP to thank him and his team for the work they do, and to show my support for the PM.
I also highlighted just how many people I have seen on here & Threads who are utterly fed up of the media attacks and those by Greens & Lib Dem...
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I also highlighted just how many people I have seen on here & Threads who are utterly fed up of the media attacks and those by Greens & Lib Dem...
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February 6, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Just joined you all and emailed my MP to thank him and his team for the work they do, and to show my support for the PM.
I also highlighted just how many people I have seen on here & Threads who are utterly fed up of the media attacks and those by Greens & Lib Dem...
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I also highlighted just how many people I have seen on here & Threads who are utterly fed up of the media attacks and those by Greens & Lib Dem...
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Mandleson will be the catalyst to bring in changes that will clean up our politics. And Gordon Brown and Keir Starmer are exactly the duo to pull it off. Every cloud has a silver lining.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We owe it to Epstein’s victims and to British democracy to demand historic change | Gordon Brown
The abuse of women by figures such as Epstein, and of political power by the likes of Mandelson, must be confronted. As far as I am able, I will play my part, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brow...
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Mandleson will be the catalyst to bring in changes that will clean up our politics. And Gordon Brown and Keir Starmer are exactly the duo to pull it off. Every cloud has a silver lining.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There’s a v cynical media and political blindspot in the Epstein shitshow. A feeding frenzy to get rid of Starmer while red-carpeting Farage into No10. Who is named in the files. As is Candy, Reform’s treasurer. With Bannon. And Brexit.
Don’t cry about abuses of power and then do nothing about him.
Don’t cry about abuses of power and then do nothing about him.
February 5, 2026 at 7:44 AM
There’s a v cynical media and political blindspot in the Epstein shitshow. A feeding frenzy to get rid of Starmer while red-carpeting Farage into No10. Who is named in the files. As is Candy, Reform’s treasurer. With Bannon. And Brexit.
Don’t cry about abuses of power and then do nothing about him.
Don’t cry about abuses of power and then do nothing about him.
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😠😠😠
Oh FGS!
Get a fecking grip people and stop being media dupes!
Has anyone died from covid?
Have we been lied to re leaving the EU?
Has anyone lost their
Mortgage?
A reminder of PMs who knowingly screwed the country. And one who wants to.
I support Sir Keir.
Unfollow me if you are a media dupe
Oh FGS!
Get a fecking grip people and stop being media dupes!
Has anyone died from covid?
Have we been lied to re leaving the EU?
Has anyone lost their
Mortgage?
A reminder of PMs who knowingly screwed the country. And one who wants to.
I support Sir Keir.
Unfollow me if you are a media dupe
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 AM
😠😠😠
Oh FGS!
Get a fecking grip people and stop being media dupes!
Has anyone died from covid?
Have we been lied to re leaving the EU?
Has anyone lost their
Mortgage?
A reminder of PMs who knowingly screwed the country. And one who wants to.
I support Sir Keir.
Unfollow me if you are a media dupe
Oh FGS!
Get a fecking grip people and stop being media dupes!
Has anyone died from covid?
Have we been lied to re leaving the EU?
Has anyone lost their
Mortgage?
A reminder of PMs who knowingly screwed the country. And one who wants to.
I support Sir Keir.
Unfollow me if you are a media dupe
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Morning all.
Photographer Alec Gill, Hessle Road, Hull 1970s. Snorkel Parka’s rule!
Photographer Alec Gill, Hessle Road, Hull 1970s. Snorkel Parka’s rule!
February 4, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Morning all.
Photographer Alec Gill, Hessle Road, Hull 1970s. Snorkel Parka’s rule!
Photographer Alec Gill, Hessle Road, Hull 1970s. Snorkel Parka’s rule!
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Let’s start with the cunts who were rewarded for dragging us out of the European Union and costing us over £100 billion per annum?
A cost that rises every year.
The Tories and Reform want to charge Mendelson with treason — so do I.
But he’s not the only traitor in the room.
A cost that rises every year.
The Tories and Reform want to charge Mendelson with treason — so do I.
But he’s not the only traitor in the room.
February 3, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Let’s start with the cunts who were rewarded for dragging us out of the European Union and costing us over £100 billion per annum?
A cost that rises every year.
The Tories and Reform want to charge Mendelson with treason — so do I.
But he’s not the only traitor in the room.
A cost that rises every year.
The Tories and Reform want to charge Mendelson with treason — so do I.
But he’s not the only traitor in the room.
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Tonight, Labour MPs voted to scrap the two child limit – a move that puts us on course to drive the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament.
The Tories and Reform UK voted against it.
Don’t let anyone tell you voting Labour doesn’t make a difference 🌹
The Tories and Reform UK voted against it.
Don’t let anyone tell you voting Labour doesn’t make a difference 🌹
February 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Tonight, Labour MPs voted to scrap the two child limit – a move that puts us on course to drive the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament.
The Tories and Reform UK voted against it.
Don’t let anyone tell you voting Labour doesn’t make a difference 🌹
The Tories and Reform UK voted against it.
Don’t let anyone tell you voting Labour doesn’t make a difference 🌹
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When Mandelson was a Hartlepool MP the football club mascot H'ANGUS stood for mayor as a joke, promising free bananas for all. Unbelievably, he was elected and gained Mandelson's hatred. Stuart Drummond did such a good, conscientious job he was re-elected TWICE. Mandelson was loathed.
February 3, 2026 at 8:48 AM
When Mandelson was a Hartlepool MP the football club mascot H'ANGUS stood for mayor as a joke, promising free bananas for all. Unbelievably, he was elected and gained Mandelson's hatred. Stuart Drummond did such a good, conscientious job he was re-elected TWICE. Mandelson was loathed.
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Also this - I must have read it 20+? years ago, and it's a cracking audio version. Having goldfish brain also = brand new, but cosily familiar listen here, so extra good.
Also this - I must have read it 20+? years ago, and it's a cracking audio version. Having goldfish brain also = brand new, but cosily familiar listen here, so extra good.
BBC Sounds - Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Behind the Scenes at the Museum on BBC Sounds.
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February 1, 2026 at 1:45 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
Also this - I must have read it 20+? years ago, and it's a cracking audio version. Having goldfish brain also = brand new, but cosily familiar listen here, so extra good.
Also this - I must have read it 20+? years ago, and it's a cracking audio version. Having goldfish brain also = brand new, but cosily familiar listen here, so extra good.
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The Tale of Two Thomases. Read our latest post on Hilary Mantel's Cromwell and his relationship with Thomas More.
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The Tale of Two Thomases
A three part series on Mantel’s Cromwell and his relationship with Thomas More.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:59 PM
The Tale of Two Thomases. Read our latest post on Hilary Mantel's Cromwell and his relationship with Thomas More.
open.substack.com/pub/wolfhall...
open.substack.com/pub/wolfhall...
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New month, new books! - Sally
February 1, 2026 at 10:32 AM
New month, new books! - Sally
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every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
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I liked it better when tech entrepreneurs looked like this.
January 30, 2026 at 8:24 AM
I liked it better when tech entrepreneurs looked like this.
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Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
January 30, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️