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Retired software developer, cat lover and believer in ethical living
I've just filled in the questionnaire from the national conversation. Do add your tuppence worth too...
www.national-conversation.ox.ac.uk
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The National Conversation
I just took part in The National Conversation to share my views on what it's really like living in our area right now. It's a major UK-wide project by researchers at Oxford University, and it only tak...
https://www.national-conversation.ox.ac.uk
about 2 months ago
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Saying it like it is...
4 months ago
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This is a fantastically helpful simile when thinking about money and how it is created...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/03...
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We can’t run out of emails
I loved this reaction by Tom Butcher to my video transcript on the MMT economy. He said in a comment: It strikes me that no-one spends any time worrying that they will run out of emails. I just type i...
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/03/01/we-cant-run-out-of-emails/
4 months ago
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Social care. No wonder we need immigrants to do it for us. Miserable working conditions, 15 minute slots to do an hour's work, badly paid. Then there's the micromanagement... Maybe we should go back to the days before there were more managers than workers:
theconversation.com/home-care-th...
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Home care: The Dutch model that challenges bureaucracy
Silver economy: an in-home help service provider in the Netherlands is revolutionising care delivery for the elderly with a streamlined, patient-centred approach that trusts community nurses and careg...
https://theconversation.com/home-care-the-dutch-model-that-challenges-bureaucracy-272381
4 months ago
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stoptrump.org.uk/sign-venezue...
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Open letter: UK must not abstain on UN Venezuela vote
Stop Trump Coalition
https://stoptrump.org.uk/sign-venezuela-letter/
6 months ago
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Really worth reading for anyone who supports Ukraine and wants to understand it better...
www.kyivpost.com/post/67351
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On Ideas, Institutions, and Identities: Assessing the Early Days of Independence
In the second of a two-part examination of modern Ukrainian ideas and identities, Canadian scholar Bohdan Krawchenko remembers the heady days and “hollow state” after independence.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/67351
6 months ago
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“Maybe we should just let Xi and Trump switch places. We wouldn’t need to do anything. They could leave the rest of us out of it,” ..a wonderful idea from Wang Jian that I wholeheartedly stand behind!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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‘Americans are democracy’s equivalent of second-generation wealth’: a Chinese journalist on the US under Trump
The long read: Once a stalwart of Hong Kong’s journalism scene, Wang Jian has found a new audience on YouTube, dissecting global politics and US-China relations since the pandemic. To his fans, he’s p...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/14/wang-jian-china-journalist-reports-united-states-donald-trump-xi-jinping?utm_term=68edf1df2f54b8f2d0f97362dc463ec6&utm_campaign=BusinessToday&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=bustoday_email
9 months ago
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Mr Pecksniff's Diary
9 months ago
The LibDems' flag waving was embarrassing, as though an entire political party had got its skirt caught up in its knickers. Ed Davey claims his party is the only hope in standing against 'the forces of darkness'. Perhaps in his next stunt Mr Davey will dress up as Gandalf...
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Pecksniff: Nuremberg Rally or teddy bears’ picnic? Will the real LibDems please stand up…
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniff/pecksniffs-diary-27-09-25/
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Putting this up here because I think its useful to refer to;
www.reddit.com/r/NAFO/comme...
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From the NAFO community on Reddit: Ruzzian bot replies in Social Media be like:
Explore this post and more from the NAFO community
https://www.reddit.com/r/NAFO/comments/1mo9l3s/ruzzian_bot_replies_in_social_media_be_like/
11 months ago
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The Guardian
11 months ago
Ella Baron on Britain’s ‘summer of crime’ – cartoon
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Ella Baron on Britain’s ‘summer of crime’ – cartoon
Nigel Farage has said successive home secretaries have created conditions that are ‘nothing short of societal collapse’
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/aug/12/ella-baron-britain-summer-crime-nigel-farage-cartoon?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1755020172
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How a Finn views Russia:
www.kyivpost.com/opinion/57424
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Opinion: Some Personal Reflections on the Real Russia
A Finnish analyst offers his perceptions of Russia and what it represents.
https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/57424
11 months ago
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Wondering if the American middle class has realised yet that EVERY SINGLE TARIFF is additional tax that they are paying...
add a skeleton here at some point
11 months ago
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Really like this cartoon! With thanks to Stefan Korshak...unfortunately I cannot give attribution to the cartoonist
11 months ago
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weownit.org.uk/news/stop-pr...
@heidialexander.bsky.social
just to let you know that I, like many, many other citizens, think that public ownership of utilities is far better for the good of the country
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Open letter: stop First Group, Arriva and other private firms clinging on to our railway | We Own It
Private firms like First Group and Arriva are fighting to cling on to our railway. The government must impose a moratorium on approval of new rail contracts with private firms.
https://weownit.org.uk/news/stop-private-firms-in-our-railway/
12 months ago
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Buying an electric car is not necessarily the best eco option. And coaches - those maligned leviathons of the road - can be a great option that is way cheaper than a rail ticket.
www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...
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Coaches drive opportunity, growth and net zero — Labour can back them
A well-functioning coach network strengthens local economies, supports employment, and enhances connectivity.
https://www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2025/05/16/alex-mayer-coaches-drive-opportunity-growth-and-net-zero-labour-can-back-them/
about 1 year ago
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Sarah
Bylines Network
about 1 year ago
If Labour won’t defend the principle of immigration, it’ll keep losing the argument, and voters. Yvette Cooper’s interview with Kuenssberg showed just how far the party's shifted. Read how Labour is retreating on immigration without a plan.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@bearlypolitics.co.uk
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‘Who voted for this?’: Why the migration debate needs more honesty, and a plan
Labour promises cuts to migration – but without a plan, care homes, hospitals and families will suffer
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/who-voted-for-this-why-the-migration-debate-needs-more-honesty-and-a-plan/
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I'm sorry that Vote for Policies is closing, but they are replaced by this:
fullfact.org/government-t...
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Government Tracker – Full Fact
Full Fact is monitoring the government’s delivery on its promises
https://fullfact.org/government-tracker/
about 1 year ago
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Led By Donkeys
about 1 year ago
TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus. -Turkish Proverb thanks to Anu Garg...
about 1 year ago
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I'm supporting this petition to send the UK's Warrior vehicles to Ukraine
www.reddit.com/r/NAFO/comme...
#Ukraine
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Send our out of service Warrior IFVs to Ukraine!
https://www.reddit.com/r/NAFO/comments/1kal5v5/send_our_out_of_service_warrior_ifvs_to_ukraine/
about 1 year ago
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Just saying it like it is...
youtu.be/PxpdFm1fJMU?...
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Vladimir, STOP! ✋(animation)
YouTube video by Freeonis [ENG SUB]
https://youtu.be/PxpdFm1fJMU?si=uQePBC98QUkaNiId
about 1 year ago
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I just read this really interesting insight into the USA's internal issues on a Youtube comment: TL;DR The southern states are still fighting the war of independence
#MAGA
#USA
#AmericanPolitics
about 1 year ago
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BladeoftheSun
about 1 year ago
Albert Einstein refused to see people from Israel from 1948 onwards. He called them 'misled and criminal people'.
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Somebody correct me if I am wrong, but aren't tariffs really a tax on the poor? So Trump is yet again reducing the tax his rich buddies pay. Sooo... isn't the answer to sanction them, rather than introduce opposing tariffs?
about 1 year ago
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Consumer power!
www.reddit.com/r/BoycottUni...
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Move over Canada! The rest of the world is jumping onto your Boycott USA bandwagon!
https://www.reddit.com/r/BoycottUnitedStates/comments/1j9yp1l/move_over_canada_the_rest_of_the_world_is_jumping/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
over 1 year ago
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Vranyo gone bananas: it was Zelinskyy who humiliated Trump!
malcontentnews.substack.com/p/igor-girki...
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Igor Girkin Drops Gulag Truth Bomb as US - Euro Rift Widens
War criminal and milblogger Igor Girkin shares his thoughts from prison about the White House fisaco on Friday, as Europe rallies around Ukraine.
https://malcontentnews.substack.com/p/igor-girkin-drops-gulag-truth-bomb
over 1 year ago
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This is interesting, particularly if you look at the annual rankings list. I do slightly wonder if they have taken donkeys into account, though.
www.globalfirepower.com/countries-co...
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Comparison of Russia and United Kingdom Military Strengths (2025)
Comparison of two world military powers in side-by-side format.
https://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-comparison-detail.php?country1=russia&country2=united-kingdom
over 1 year ago
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This makes for interesting reading:
www.globalfirepower.com/countries-co...
over 1 year ago
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This is how we should be funding the extra costs.
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Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services
Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/tax-the-super-rich-to-stop-cuts-to-public-services-1?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky&share=c9b24eca-71c1-4480-ba2a-c6442dbfb428
over 1 year ago
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In all the current kerfuffle, lets not forget to sort out our democracy. Not just PR and a representative second chamber, but who can vote and how easily they can:
over 1 year ago
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So... rumpt is chatting with putin on a regular unofficial basis... and TASS was allowed into the White House without being invited! I shall start paying attention to Ms Maddow...
youtu.be/iSW8ezOmYHs?...
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Maddow: Two new details learned from Trump's Oval Office meltdown
YouTube video by MSNBC
https://youtu.be/iSW8ezOmYHs?si=zzxa2jbDRWSDb87v
over 1 year ago
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This is the real problem now...
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over 1 year ago
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With all the talk sloshing around about kompromat, I'm not too surprised now...
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over 1 year ago
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You are a huge state, but you can't understand why smaller countries won't just allow you to take them over? Maybe its time to ask yourselves just why you feel the need to dominate all the time?
over 1 year ago
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If a novelist can foretell reality (thank you, Margaret Atwood), maybe a map can too...
over 1 year ago
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How to pay for war, defence - and other things... Richard Murphy raises what John Maynard Keynes said in 1941: we must tax the rich more..
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Lord Keynes told us in 1941 how to pay for defence We should follow his advice.
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
https://youtu.be/D8vt7hXlqZM?si=lWws2La-IUnPchHs
over 1 year ago
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How many (most?) Brits really see the situation:
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Britain’s last chance: triumph or turmoil in Europe’s future?
Britain must choose between an unstable alliance with Trump or aligning with a resilient, unified Europe
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/foreign-policy/britains-last-chance-triumph-or-turmoil-in-europes-future/
over 1 year ago
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I have just subscribed to the Gnida Project on Substack. They investigate Russian disinformation projects in Germany. Much of the content is in English, so it is approachable.
substack.com/@gnidaprojec...
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Gnida Project | Substack
Всероссийский научно-исследовательский институт гнид Fake media review
https://substack.com/@gnidaproject?r=211lc1&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-page
over 1 year ago
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Sarah
Theprogressive ✊️
over 1 year ago
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Americans, may I suggest that, when iDJit flies to meet his friend vladimir vladimirovich, you just don't let him back in again?
over 1 year ago
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Just been watching this - illuminating!
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"The PayPal Mafia": The South African Oligarchs Surrounding Trump, from Elon Musk to Peter Thiel
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
https://youtu.be/QAHSgVk84B0?si=zmyLH2cFYDJ9aCx4
over 1 year ago
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I'm just going to put this up here...
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From the NAFO community on Reddit: Trumpian negotiating
Explore this post and more from the NAFO community
https://www.reddit.com/r/NAFO/comments/1ip9wkx/trumpian_negotiating/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
over 1 year ago
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Sarah
George Takei
over 1 year ago
Wow.
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TikToker Explains How MAGA Is A Perfect Example An 'Extinction Burst'—And It Totally Tracks
May the extinction come quickly.
https://www.comicsands.com/tiktok-extinction-burst-maga?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram
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It's time to sign, folks...
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Sign the Petition
National Commission on Electoral Reform
https://actionstorm.org/petitions/ncer?ref=683474
over 1 year ago
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She's nailed it: "Britons care about integration, which can make their attitudes seem inconsistent" ..
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Settled, industrious, essential: it’s time we saw immigration as a British success story | Martha Gill
New arrivals are set to push the population to 72.5 million but the numbers matter less than how well people fit in once here
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/01/settled-industrious-essential-its-time-we-saw-immigration-as-a-british-success-story
over 1 year ago
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US tariffs... is it just me that doesn't understand? They will make goods more expensive for *Americans*, right?? So why do they want them???
#tariffs
over 1 year ago
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Sarah
Politics.co.uk
over 1 year ago
“No wonder the Tories couldn’t deliver it. They first promised it back in 2017, but it’s taken Keir Starmer to get the job done”, writes
@deirdrecostiganmp.bsky.social
♻️ Deposit return scheme will put pounds in your pocket — and help tackle climate change
www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...
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Deposit return scheme will put pounds in your pocket — and help tackle climate change
In July 2024, I became Ealing Southall’s first Irish born and bred Member of Parliament. So, while I’ve lived in London for more years than I care to remember, I still never like to pass up a good opp...
https://www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2025/01/28/deirdre-costigan-deposit-return-scheme-will-put-pounds-in-your-pocket-and-help-tackle-climate-change/
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Well, this is interesting... "The study found that the most left-wing MP is Nadia Whittome in Nottingham East, with a score of 18.8, and the most-right wing is Suella Braverman in Fareham on 80.9. "
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How ‘left’ is your MP? A new picture
A new and original study has mapped our MPs on a left-right scale. What does it tell us about the people who govern us, in the East and nationally?
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/how-left-is-your-mp-a-new-picture/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-left-is-your-mp-a-new-picture
over 1 year ago
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Have I misunderstood something? President Trump is deporting immigrants and wants to remove automatic right to citizenship for babies born in the USA. Where does that leave all the people (including him, obvs) who immigrated there since 1607 vis a vis Native Americans?
over 1 year ago
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