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A truly accomplished star of The Repair Shop - Mark Stuckey who entertained the audience at Sheringham Little Theatre.

Being able to identify hoaxes, avoid scams & debunk propaganda is a civic skill required in today's information society. That's why curriculum for students in Finland includes media literacy lessons, aimed at safeguarding a precious resource: the truth. Via @aljazeera.com

Ye Gods!

“We paid £80 billion back in PFI debts for JUST £12 billion of assets.” @richardburgon.bsky.social at our House of Commons event. 🤑Private Finance will always be a rip off & the government must drop plans to reintroduce it into our NHS. Read our MP Private Finance briefing. vist.ly/4nnc6

In this Anglia TV News clip I respond to the government’s new Water White Paper, a blueprint of their plans before any law is drafted. I was clear that our water system needs to return to public ownership. 1/3

Board of Peace - Season 1

Grey and overcast here... but still a few starlings blackbirds, pigeons, jackdaws, collared doves, house sparrows, Robin, blue tit and squirrels.... Yesterday saw a firecrest for first time ever. What a joy. The final day of Big Garden Birdwatch is a rewarding way to spend a Sunday.

Andrew Rossindale, elected as Tory MP for Romford & who defected to ReformUK on 18th January 2026 has spoken.... The NHS would be under threat and private insurance is an alternative ...

Local elections across East Anglia won’t take place this year. The government says it’s a postponement tied to devolution – critics say voters are being denied a say. The reality is more complicated. eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/loc...

📣📣📣 A major warning has finally surfaced... The UK government quietly published a shortened intelligence report revealing that global ecosystem collapse is now a direct threat to our national security. Read more, by Rupert Read.

Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) scandal.... 👇

"we need to build manufacturing capacity. The state doesn’t have to produce every medicine we need, but we do need more public capacity so we can never again be held to ransom." True of every sector, from defence to healthcare...

Board of Peace. Which is more sickening 1. Fact that membership determined by Trump, cost $1 bn, has a charter naming one person, "Chairman Trump" who may adopt resolutions or initiatives on its behalf without consulting the board & who is a member for life. Or 2. that Tony Blair has joined?

Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich. They know that a hostile environment is not conducive to accumulation. They can increase real wages for workers. Govt can tax super-rich at higher rates, impose wealth tax and redistribute.

When a NATO power threatens allies over territory, the alliance itself is weakened. Liz Crosbie analyses what’s now at stake ⤵️ eastangliabylines.co.uk/foreign-poli...

Ursula von der Leyen speaks of Europe needing to speed up its independence in defence & security. Such withdrawal from purchasing US goods, will have major consequences for US companies & put at risk hundreds of thousands of US jobs - and that's really not a good deal for Americans.

Is James Comey being proved right? Is Trump behaving like a Mafia boss? Are tariff threats akin to protection money demands? And if you disagree with him, he takes you out? #Greenland #r4today #USForeignPolicy

Citizen science at its peak: the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch turns 500,000 back gardens into a distributed monitoring network. Help save wildlife without leaving home: data + birds + biscuits. Details in the article ⤵️

Motivation is key... it's not about better democracy no matter what propaganda is spouted, its about control, power and oligarchy.

500 more ambulances says Wes Streeting on #r4today Here ambulance staff called out spent 4 hours sorting out social care - bed, commode, carers - for lady who fell. She was not taken to hospital. Ambulances also substitute for beds when wards & corridors are full. Ambulances need be on road.

Unless politics shifts, another million children could be pushed deeper into hardship. Kate Moore asks the question: who will act? eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/welfare...

From a wild patch of land in 1999 to a beloved tradition... Snowdrop Sundays at St Margaret’s began in February 2000 as a hopeful way to welcome the new millennium. Martin Castle invites you to visit this February to enjoy flowers, cake, art and fellowship #SnowdropSunday

Some UK petrol stations will stop selling diesel in 2030 due to lack of demand, thinktank claims: A thinktank, New AutoMotive, predicts that some UK petrol stations, particularly in London, will cease selling diesel by 2030 due to declining demand, with up to 8,400 st… https://ranked.news/132866?u=b

Bees may hold the secret to communication with aliens, scientists find

A Time of Monsters - Everyone should listen to @rutgerbregman.com first Reith Lecture. Europe builds handbags. USA, hardware. The brightest no longer aspire to social good but to increase private wealth & a life in consultancy, finance & corporate law. Vice wins. Not virtue. This must change.

My first Reith Lecture is now out in video form: A Time of Monsters. On moral decay, elite cowardice, and why we need a moral revolution. Watch here 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=fUJ-... (With one tiny edit at 4:28, for those who notice such things 😉)

The benefit cap. The two-child limit. Years of austerity. Now 4.5 million children live in poverty. Child poverty isn’t just numbers. It’s cold bedrooms, missed meals, exclusion, poor health & futures curtailed.

Good lord... the rationale for austerity was flawed.... "due to a series of spreadsheet errors". George Osborne has a lot to answer for. Not least our failing essential public services which have been cut to the bone & are crumbling.

Use of X see 👇 @bengoldsborough.bsky.social @kemibadenochmp.bsky.social @steffanaquarone.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social @terryjermymp.bsky.social @adrianramsay.bsky.social

Another letter from America by Guy Anthony Ayres asks a stark question: is Trump steering the US toward open imperialism abroad? Read his analysis here ⤵️ eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/let...

Americans are often told the US “subsidises” European defence. In reality, NATO is a system designed to project American power and protect American interests. eastangliabylines.co.uk/opinion/lett...

At a time when US is threatening Europe and world order, this is outrageous. It is also appalling that UK govt and govt departments use X as their primary comms outlet. @steffanaquarone.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social

The three kings have arrived, the 12 days of Christmas are past. So in case you missed our Twelve days of Christmas here a 🧵 of the gifts our lovely authors sent to you.... We start with the Partridge....

More from @markpackuk.bsky.social on his question about the government use of X: government will carry on prioritising X for government comms, despite the evidence about X's promotion + protection of unlawful activity. It no longer pays to advertise there lordseyeview.substack.com/p/will-the-g...

"Obesity is not a failure of character. It's a complex, chronic condition shaped by biology and a highly obesogenic environment. Willpower alone is not enough and framing weight loss as solely a matter of discipline does harm." BBC News

On the eleventh day of Christmas, “eleven pipers piping” isn’t fantasy – it’s a school hall, a recorder club, and children learning to breathe, listen and play together. That quiet moment matters. And the learnt skill lasts a lifetime.

Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business

The story of Europe’s economic decline while US is 'soaring' is everywhere. But it is wrong. It is a myth. Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US. Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.

On the 8th day of Christmas my true love sent to me..... eight maids a-millking Only down at Old Hall Farm, our maids have four legs, not two – except in the early morning Happy Moo Year 🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄

“It’s perfectly reasonable for him to represent Roman Abramovich or he can act as shadow attorney general. But he cannot do both.”

#GoodNews - not quite #UniversalBasicIncome, but headed in that direction. With the understanding that people in poverty's problem is lack of money #UBI @ubilabnetwork.bsky.social www.bigissue.com/news/housing...

On the 7th day of Christmas… Care, persistence and collective responsibility matter more than numbers. So our seven Swans are seven rescue stories – and the incredible work of The Waterfowl Sanctuary.

We are now well into our 12 days of Christmas. So if you have missed 1-6, grab a cuppa ☕️ and enjoy a 🧵 recap.... On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me ... a partridge in a pear tree

🔥 Fireworks shouldn’t hurt the people and animals we love, writes Amaya Edwards. Every bang feels like a shock to the system. Horses flee, wildlife hides, veterans relive trauma. Silent fireworks and safer celebrations are a kinder way. It’s time to change. eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...

On the 6th Day of Christmas.... A goose is never just a goose, writes Peter Thurlow. Absurd on land, terrifying in flight – this bird has been a guardian, a prophet, a war symbol, and the Holy Spirit itself. One creature, centuries of contradiction. Or just a goose?

With thanks to Graham Denny for his help & advice about turtle dove conservation....

Every year, people mock this tree. But I love it anyway. It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything. Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨

The untold tale behind the Carol of the Bells How the Christmas classic got its start as a cry of Ukranian liberty and defiance | Tetiana Tomaby