Sarah Patey

Nations Ratify High Seas Treaty, Setting Stage for Greater Ocean Protection | Oceana Oceana’s Chief Scientist Dr. Katie Matthews says, “For the first time, we have the legal foundation to safeguard marine diversity in waters that belong to everyone and no one at the same time. What ma...

Amidst all the misery, some really great news.

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And here's a great example of how to combat climate change on a local level. We need a lot more of this:
www.norwich.gov.uk/news/article....

In amongst all the excitement I fear many have missed this outstanding bit of trolling by Friedrich Merz.

The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants.

What can the 1975 referendum teach us 50 years on? Fifty years after Britain’s first Europe referendum, its lessons still echo through today’s political and cultural landscape

🕊️ 50 years ago, Britain chose Europe.

The 1975 referendum showed that hope, not fear, can win.

We can choose it again. ⤵️

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I had a simple question: Has President Trump increased has net worth since taking the White House? And if so, by how much?

The answer was more surprising than I anticipated. Simply put, he has more than doubled his net worth in 4 months.

Here's how:

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On Europe, Labour should reconsider its 'red chains' Labour’s reset with the EU will fail to deliver a significant boost to economic growth. A fundamental refashioning of the EU-UK relationship would require Labour to think again about freedom of moveme...

This sentence feels so taboo. It's liberating to hear it said.

'The future goal of British policy cannot forever be to satisfy the purported and unstated motivations behind a decade-old referendum result.'

mailings.cer.eu/insights/eur...

Norwich in Rouen, 2025: art, music and memories Norwich and Rouen deepen ties of friendship during a vibrant 2025 exchange trip full of fun and culture

They found a forgotten photo album from WWI in a Norwich attic. This emotional gift linked past to present during a heartfelt twinning cultural exchange in Rouen.

Discover the story behind the century-old images and their journey home | Sarah Patey

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @sarahjop.bsky.social

Here’s how to give more pensioners the Winter Fuel Payment The announcement that more pensioners are to get the winter fuel allowance is welcome. But there are practical problems. Here is a solution.

eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/welfare...

Here’s how to give more pensioners the Winter Fuel Payment The announcement that more pensioners are to get the winter fuel allowance is welcome. But there are practical problems. Here is a solution.

Here's an interesting solution:
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/welfare...

Neither Labour nor the Conservatives use First Past the Post for their own elections (at least until they reach the final two).

They rightly feel that it would be ridiculous to have a leader supported by only 23-24% of the party.

Yet they insist on this nonsense for mayoral elections.

Nine months in power: how does Labour’s legislative plan look? Since the election, the government has been busy making new laws, but most people have not noticed. So, here’s a roundup of progress.

Politics isn’t just scandal and shouting matches. Most of it is slow, technical, and absolutely vital – like making sure our laws actually work. Here's what the government’s been quietly up to. Stephen McNair reports.

The promise of psychedelic medicine Nature’s strangest compounds may hold the key to treating mental illness where conventional drugs have failed

“Half of antidepressant users see no benefit. Relapse rates hit 80% after ceasing medication.

A new generation of treatments is on the horizon – led by the work of Dr Ayla Selamoglu at Cambridge University.”

Psychedelic medicine, explained 👇

Removing trade barriers with the EU should be the UK priority.

What can Keir Starmer do in a world buffeted by Donald Trump? The government is leaning into this moment of turbulence but can it make a difference.

And not one single mention of the largest trading partner sitting on our doorstep with whom it would be easy to increase trade.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Children with autism: gently helping to lift the mask Children with autism, especially girls, are too often overlooked and misunderstood. It's time for a system that recognises and supports their needs

Manuela Perteghella MP writes…

Children with autism, especially girls, are too often overlooked and misunderstood. It's time for a system that recognises and supports their needs.

Different, not less: my life as a 10-year-old with autism People judge me for being different, but autism helps me achieve amazing things – including publishing books and writing articles

Absolutely amazing that a 10-year-old wrote this!!

Good for her, it's absolutely lovely. ❤️

Do have a quick read. 👇

Different, not less: my life as a 10-year-old with autism People judge me for being different, but autism helps me achieve amazing things – including publishing books and writing articles

"To me the world can look scary. Like for example going to the supermarket. There are lots of people in there, loud noises, bright lights and not knowing what is around the next aisle. It can make me have a sensory overload, and causes me to have a meltdown."

She's 10 - and wrote this. Respect.

Meme with a white box on the left hand side inside the box is a rainbow coloured infinity sign and underneath that reads "Autism Acceptance Month" on the right hand side of the meme is a black box with text that reads "Bylines Network - proudly telling citizen stories of autism. Journalism by the people for the people. help us do more" with a QR code to the right and a link to https://chuffed.org/project/bylinesnetwork

We bring you this fantastic article from @northwestbylines.co.uk

World Autism Awareness Day is 2 April, and we explore what autism is and how understanding of the condition has improved over the years
#AutismAcceptance
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...

There are better ways for Rachel Reeves to find the money she needs Richard Murphy’s proposals for simple, rapid tax reforms could easily raise the money Rachel Reeves needs, without penalising the poor

The welfare reforms included in Rachel Reeves’ spring statement have caused anguish among disabled people, charities & the Labour Party.

Prof @richardjmurphy.bsky.social has identified 30 simple changes to the tax system. Just one of them could raise sums needed without breaking Labour’s promises.

Britain’s tax and spend dilemma Some excellent graphical analysis from the FT as part of the wider conundrum facing the country with a rapidly growing ageing population. Accompanying the news that “the UK’s public debt burden has surged faster than that of any other big advanced economy since the eve of the Covid-19 pandemic, helping drive up interest payments and limiting the country’s capacity to spend more on defence and care for an ageing population”. As of last year, more tax revenue was spent on servicing government debt than on education.

Fascinating graph that I’ve never seen before - govt spending vs tax for age groups from the FT

More than 20 Metropolitan Police officers broke down the front door of a Quaker meeting house to arrest six women who had met to discuss climate change and Gaza. It is thought to be the first time in the history of the famously ­pacifist Quakers that police have forced their way into one of their places of worship. The women, aged between 18 and 38, were sitting in a circle eating hummus and bread sticks on Thursday evening as part of a ­“welcome meeting” for Youth Demand, which calls itself a non-violent protest group.

I know the right wing media finds it all very difficult so, in an attempt to be helpful, this is what an actual interference with free speech looks like.

UK can’t ‘re-join’ the EU. We have to start from scratch Psychologically and legally, we have to accept we have no special way back in. But with realism and political will, it's not impossible

I agree, I do really think the seemingly most painful way of reset is long-term the optimal one for the UK, ie rejoin as full members. I set out some of the obstacles for doing so in this @eastangliabylines.co.uk piece: eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/... but I think it is still the right move.

The perennial challenge of permanent exclusion Permanent exclusion is on the rise. Is it being used with good reason and to good effect, or is it an ineffective sticking plaster?

The views of an experienced SENCO.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/educati...

@alicemlabour.bsky.social

But ... but ... I can't see it in the @quietriotpod.bsky.social bookshop!