Sophie Dennis
@sophiedennis.bsky.social
Head of User-Centred Design & Product @MadeTech. ex @ukhsa @nhsdigital @cxpartners @dwpdigital. Devon exile in Yorkshire. #sophiesthatux she/her
Boots were doing them. £100 ish.
December 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Boots were doing them. £100 ish.
There is no upper limit
There is no such thing as “too many mince pies”
There is no such thing as “too many mince pies”
December 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
There is no upper limit
There is no such thing as “too many mince pies”
There is no such thing as “too many mince pies”
Sayce is right that DWP has a “mixed culture”. Many staff want to “learn and improve” but others are of the Couling victim-blaming defensive mould. Good to see this rejected by Pat McFadden, but while it prevails among top CS real change will remain elusive.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
DWP needs overhaul to restore trust after carer’s allowance scandal, adviser says
Liz Sayce, who led inquiry into department’s failures, ‘distressed’ at carers being blamed for running up huge overpayments
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Sayce is right that DWP has a “mixed culture”. Many staff want to “learn and improve” but others are of the Couling victim-blaming defensive mould. Good to see this rejected by Pat McFadden, but while it prevails among top CS real change will remain elusive.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Indeed. I think the valid critique is whether in the real world politicians would actually implement the fiscal response required.
December 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Indeed. I think the valid critique is whether in the real world politicians would actually implement the fiscal response required.
Yes. My admittedly limited understanding is that in current conditions, for example, with high inflation, it would require gov to raise taxes. Which as we can see is really unpopular during a COL crisis caused by inflation. Would politicians really do that or would they just keep printing £££?
December 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Yes. My admittedly limited understanding is that in current conditions, for example, with high inflation, it would require gov to raise taxes. Which as we can see is really unpopular during a COL crisis caused by inflation. Would politicians really do that or would they just keep printing £££?
Oh amazing @malross.bsky.social !! Enjoy!!
December 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Oh amazing @malross.bsky.social !! Enjoy!!
Sending hugs and 🍷
December 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Sending hugs and 🍷
Ooh quite possibly…
December 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Ooh quite possibly…
Reposted by Sophie Dennis
I am so tired of waiting.
Aren't you,
for the world to become good
and beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
and cut the world in two-
and see what worms are eating
at the rind.
Aren't you,
for the world to become good
and beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
and cut the world in two-
and see what worms are eating
at the rind.
December 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I am so tired of waiting.
Aren't you,
for the world to become good
and beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
and cut the world in two-
and see what worms are eating
at the rind.
Aren't you,
for the world to become good
and beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
and cut the world in two-
and see what worms are eating
at the rind.
Reposted by Sophie Dennis
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.
December 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.
Reposted by Sophie Dennis
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
You do not have to walk on your knees
For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
December 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
You do not have to walk on your knees
For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.