Clare Bonetree

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

The UK public, all demographics, support climate action. A huge public campaign led to the Climate Change Act, and it has meant more action on job creation, nature protection, energy security, and wellbeing.

It is obvious the Conservatives are listening to vested interests not the public interest.

This also isn’t true!!! There is a public consultation NOW OPEN and you can go have your say. Obviously they want to present it as a done deal but it’s not.

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Totally agree, wkg class voices not heard. Properly funding arts = properly funding artists. Also it's not a binary of working class / 'generationally wealthy' - plenty of 'middle class' writers who aren't able to create, <1 month's pay away from not being able to keep their kids housed / fed etc.

Brilliant speech from @zackpolanski.bsky.social - investing in climate, stopping the boats thro safe & legal routes, introducing a wealth tax on the very wealthiest, challenging privatisation, building community & spreading a #PoliticsOfHope @greenparty.org.uk #gpconf

The courage to write of solidarity and hope at a moment of tragedy and fear

"We have a vision for this place we call home. Boldness means connecting with how hard it is right now for so many people. It means listening, not just finger pointing. It means presenting a positive vision not just of the future but what we can all do right now." ZACK POLANSKI GREEN PARTY LEADER GREEN PARTY CONFERENCE BOURNEMOUTH 3-5 OCTOBER 2025

"We will break the shackles of poverty and hardship that lock so many in. We will end rip-off Britain." - @zackpolanski.bsky.social

But on the upside I've got a great collection of jokes

omg yes, that's it! (that is one of my all-time favourite jokes) (I've collected a few relevant favourite jokes over 30+ years of living with pain and chronic illness)

but I feel so freeeeeeeee!

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales Leader's Speech - Zack Polanski at Green Party Conference 2025

if you're feeling the need for a dose of optimism and enthusiasm, if you want to feel hopeful, join in with the other 17K people watching @zackpolanski.bsky.social live www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZx9... (then join the Green Party!)

It also doesn't make sense not to offer vaccines for family and carers of clinically vulnerable people

Alone in the Age of Quantum Uncertainty by Dick Westheimer Alone in the Age of Quantum Uncertainty          all verbs out-heaven death             &nbs…

This lovely poem cut right through me, just what I needed. Maybe you do too. In a hard world, poetry can help us stay soft, at least under the armour. oneartpoetry.com/2025/10/01/a... #poetry

There were two paths for America and Lilith Fair was one of them. Sadly it chose the other | Emma Brockes The all-female music festival from the 90s was a counterpoint to that era’s misogyny. Trump’s US could do with some of that hope and promise today, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Who’s eligible for the 2025 COVID-19 vaccine, or ‘Autumn Booster’? This blog post was reviewed and updated in September 2025. When autumn comes, protection from any earlier COVID-19 vaccination you may have had will be starting to wane. For those who are more likely ...

Some under 75 are still eligible, e.g those on immunosuppressive biological therapies (including, ironically, those taking a drug used to treat severe Covid in hospital) ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/26/w...

Today I experienced the latest in a run of incidences of unreliable police computer systems, when I rang Action Fraud to ask where was my 'confirmation email' with case ref. no. to be told "oh sometimes they just don't arrive". So you'll forgive my scepticism about digital ID...

Textile artwork created with different coloured leaves in shades of gold and brown sewn together to form a leaf shape, on a white surface

The delicate sewn artworks using real leaves by UK artist Susanna Bauer #womensart

oh no, George! Puts my woes in perspective. Seriously though, my heart is aching for Emma #TheArchers

It amounts to taxing children who have more siblings

Hearing Jonny speak was one of my highlights of Labour Party conference - do read his piece

Be more Quaker

Classic Quaker response: considered, thoughtful, assured, full of care

Three Poems by Melissa Fite Johnson Estranged Villanelle For forty years, I shared only the good— my mother and I in a booth every Thursday, long talks that avoided my childhood memories. I left out the times she stood, threatened to…

When someone writes the poem you've been trying to and you find yourself sitting dressed smartly on a train travelling for work trying to keep the implosion inside, invisible oneartpoetry.com/2025/09/26/t...

BBC Radio 3
Train Tracks

Tom McKinney with a musical and cultural celebration of a landmark moment: the 200 year anniversary of the birth of the modern railway.

"The BBC’s typical response to that criticism is to become defensive, and that response can often amount to appeasement." mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/09/fara... (via @lrb.co.uk blog www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...)

Having flashbacks now (I spend a lot of hours most weeks on trains)

Digital IDs are a terrible, dangerous idea for numerous reasons.

But, even on their own terms, what's the gap they're supposed to fill?

It seems many people don't realise that we already have eVisas. All migrants get this "digital record" of their status and permission anyway.

The excitement of waiting for Petroc T's trainbto pull into Pitlochry was actually quite affecting, thrilling radio! And he's off again! Good speed Petroc #BBCRadio3 #TrainTracks

Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

There is already a petition in the UK that has passed 453k signatures against digital ID scheme. Please sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Yes a single ID is more convenient, and there are ways to partition information that are secure, but there is nothing more secure than physical separation of data.

Using multiple forms of ID which already exist, each with specific scope has huge privacy benefits and is inherently more secure. /3