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Andrea Walker

@andiviv.bsky.social

Since retirement I have discovered I love gardening. Hiking with my cocker spaniel gives me joy.

117 Followers  |  360 Following  |  14 Posts  |  Joined: 12.11.2024  |  2.1996

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Absolute Stirchley legend telling the flaggers some hard truths

04.10.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
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Nigel Farage on Nathan Gill, "Our leader in Wales. An honest, decent, honourable man. Who has been loyal to me and the party at all times"

30.09.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 454    πŸ” 209    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 33
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Please don't share this.... πŸ˜‚

30.09.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nigel Farage swans around peddling hate on Nick Ferrari’s phone-in | John Crace From immigrants eating the king’s waterfowl to sharia law in London, it’s all there in our Nige’s relativist world

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

24.09.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
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Reform MP says they will negotiate with the Taliban.

28.08.2025 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1254    πŸ” 396    πŸ’¬ 157    πŸ“Œ 82

Have a great time Mike πŸ˜€

15.05.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Prime Minister should show British leadership on Ukraine by inviting President Zelenskyy to address Parliament on Monday.

I'm proud that the UK has been Ukraine's staunchest ally from the start. We mustn't falter in the face of Trump's bullying now.

01.03.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2631    πŸ” 669    πŸ’¬ 120    πŸ“Œ 42
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No second state visit for Trump This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...

Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

28.02.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Sign the Petition Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News

I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHate

23.02.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ukraine War: The New Trump & Putin Axis Explained
YouTube video by The News Agents Ukraine War: The New Trump & Putin Axis Explained

Lie after lie has been told this week about how the Ukraine war started, from the Kremlin and the White House.

Here's our News Agents video essay which explains the truth, and spells out why Trump clings so close to Putin and lives in his warped reality.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cufM...

21.02.2025 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1647    πŸ” 791    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 42
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Tomorrow, I'm giving away a free copy of my latest 'little book of sunshine', which collects >100 new recipes and reflections on how we survive in difficult times.
To be in the draw, just repost this!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1739967038

#BookGiveaway #Cookbook #FoodSky #BookSky #HomeCooking #ChemSky

16.02.2025 09:57 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

14.02.2025 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 21635    πŸ” 6018    πŸ’¬ 526    πŸ“Œ 489

I have changed to the discover column rather than following column and I am finding that works better for me.I still feel like I must be missing something obvious though.

23.01.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s a really good idea Yvonne.

22.01.2025 07:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Silver pieces made by beginners in my workshops-casts of various nature finds including acorns and shells

Silver pieces made by beginners in my workshops-casts of various nature finds including acorns and shells

Cornflowers, Nigella, Russian sage and sweet peas on a sketch book with my illustrations of them alongside with the fountain pen I used to draw them

Cornflowers, Nigella, Russian sage and sweet peas on a sketch book with my illustrations of them alongside with the fountain pen I used to draw them

One of my nature diaries with various named botanical specimens and my drawings of them alongside on a sketchbook, with my fountain pen and other drawing materials alongside

One of my nature diaries with various named botanical specimens and my drawings of them alongside on a sketchbook, with my fountain pen and other drawing materials alongside

Silver pieces made by beginners in my workshops-casts of various nature finds including shepherd's purse, fresh leylandii, acorns and shells

Silver pieces made by beginners in my workshops-casts of various nature finds including shepherd's purse, fresh leylandii, acorns and shells

2 new creative online classes are now live on my site-

🌿my sell-out botanical illustration & mental health w'shop (15 Mar);you'll learn to draw plants in detail & how creative activity improves mental health

🌸my full-length course on casting flowers,shells etc in silver:

workshops.emmamitchell.uk

20.01.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 181    πŸ” 92    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

Dear BlueSkyers. Sadly I'm getting many reports of scammers pretending to be me here, incl messaging people with 'investments' . Pls share/help me spread word that, as you know, THIS IS MY ONLY BLUE SKY account (proved as my handle is an official MoneySavingExpert one). All others are scams

15.01.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3349    πŸ” 2008    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 36
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Black mould, wet clothes and sharing a bed – that’s the reality of the cold snap for my kids and me | Gemma Low-income families like mine have run out of corners to cut. When I spend more on fuel, other areas are drastically affected, says Gemma, a Changing Realities participant

If you do one thing today, please read (and ideally share) this piece on the reality of the cold snap for Gemma @changingrealities.bsky.social & her family www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

14.01.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

The weather hasn’t helped because you are stuck in the house.Lots of people,me included,struggle at this time of year anyway without having had a major op - go easy on yourself.Hopefully if the weather improves you can get outside to do your exercises. Hope you have a better day today.

14.01.2025 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope it goes well for you. I get that it’s never easy with childcare.It must be really hard leaving your son when it has been a particularly challenging time.

12.01.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our Democracy Is Not for Sale It is completely unacceptable for a senior official in the incoming Trump administration to threaten to overthrow the result of our democratic elections.The ...

It is completely unacceptable for a senior official in the incoming Trump administration to threaten to overthrow the result of our democratic elections.

The place to resolve disagreements with our government is in our country, in our Parliament.

09.01.2025 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1195    πŸ” 311    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 17
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The sketchwriter’s gift | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine Kemi Badenoch rose in the House of Commons to challenge the prime minister with a vast range of possible targets. The cost of government borrowing had risen to the highest level since the financial…

The Quiet Bits Out Loud: my SKETCH of Today in Nigel Farage finally saying what he means. thecritic.co.uk/the-...

08.01.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 219    πŸ” 98    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 24
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No more bloody inquiries | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine Oh, you’re into public inquiries, are you? Name your top ten currently ongoing ones. That’s not as hard as it sounds, because there are currently 17 ongoing public inquiries in the UK. Sure…

No More Bloody Inquiries! My SKETCH/RANT of Today in Tory neo-Milibandism. thecritic.co.uk/no-m...

07.01.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
The government is keen to amp up protection measures … like ending the automatic right for parents to homeschool kids if their child is subject to a protection investigation … creating national insurance-style numbers for kids so they don’t fall through the cracks between systems … and ensuring councils hold a register of children who aren’t in school.

They’re hyping the cost-saving ones, too: A cap on the number of branded clothes schools mandate as part of their uniforms to cut costs is included (saving more than Β£50 a child, ministers say), as is a legal entitlement for kids in all primaries to attend free breakfast clubs (saving Β£450 a head).

But that’s not all of it: What the government’s making far less noise about is how the bill would also roll back many of the freedoms given to academy schools by Michael Gove and the Conservatives β€” making them follow national pay conditions and teach a revised national curriculum, while restoring council powers to open new schools

The government is keen to amp up protection measures … like ending the automatic right for parents to homeschool kids if their child is subject to a protection investigation … creating national insurance-style numbers for kids so they don’t fall through the cracks between systems … and ensuring councils hold a register of children who aren’t in school. They’re hyping the cost-saving ones, too: A cap on the number of branded clothes schools mandate as part of their uniforms to cut costs is included (saving more than Β£50 a child, ministers say), as is a legal entitlement for kids in all primaries to attend free breakfast clubs (saving Β£450 a head). But that’s not all of it: What the government’s making far less noise about is how the bill would also roll back many of the freedoms given to academy schools by Michael Gove and the Conservatives β€” making them follow national pay conditions and teach a revised national curriculum, while restoring council powers to open new schools

Major reforms to schooling in England get their second reading (first proper debate) in Parliament today

Politico: The Govt argues the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill "will protect kids vanishing from the education system"

Free breakfast clubs on their way, and overhauling Academies

08.01.2025 07:21 β€” πŸ‘ 78    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
A touch of revision: Farage seemed to change his tune somewhat on Tommy Robinson last night, having been ticked off by Musk for not celebrating the far-right bruiser as some sort of political prisoner. β€œI do question why he’s in prison and being kept in solitary confinement,” Farage said on his GB News show last night, having previously pointed out (quite accurately) that Robinson is in jail for contempt of court.

The real grading system: The Reform leader reckons he could patch things up with the world’s richest man. Farage acknowledged that Musk had called for him to be replaced but said he has since β€œretweeted me twice, and who knows, maybe we’ll make up.”

A touch of revision: Farage seemed to change his tune somewhat on Tommy Robinson last night, having been ticked off by Musk for not celebrating the far-right bruiser as some sort of political prisoner. β€œI do question why he’s in prison and being kept in solitary confinement,” Farage said on his GB News show last night, having previously pointed out (quite accurately) that Robinson is in jail for contempt of court. The real grading system: The Reform leader reckons he could patch things up with the world’s richest man. Farage acknowledged that Musk had called for him to be replaced but said he has since β€œretweeted me twice, and who knows, maybe we’ll make up.”

Here comes the cringe-inducing sycophancy from Farage re. Musk, who called for the Reform leader to go. Via Politico:

08.01.2025 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 4
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The fascist crap Elon Musk is spreading about Jess Phillips is putting her safety at risk and fueling threats from far right. His reckless lies make it even harder to do her job without fear of harm. #ukpolitics

08.01.2025 07:25 β€” πŸ‘ 126    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 4

The world will need to remember the golden rule today. It’s #CashNotStuff for LA. Wait to hear about agreed ways to donate money. Do not arrange to send items unless emergency responders ask for specific things

08.01.2025 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Politico: 'Andrew Norfolk, the reporter who uncovered the grooming scandal in Rotherham, has β€œput the record straight” about Musk’s wild claim that the PM was β€œcomplicit in the rape of Britain” during his time as DPP. β€œIt was Starmer who changed the rules to make more prosecutions possible” he said

08.01.2025 07:29 β€” πŸ‘ 500    πŸ” 182    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5

Just in from mammoth interview session to two bits of news. One that a DV perp got locked up because of something I did and that a vulnerable constituent had a a massive wrongful debt written off after our intervention. This is why I came to politics, this is why I'll just keep cracking on.

07.01.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 13197    πŸ” 1442    πŸ’¬ 1033    πŸ“Œ 91
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Anyway. All I said back this time was:

07.01.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 143    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 0
GBNews’ new man SOLVES the small boats crisis
YouTube video by Zoe Gardner GBNews’ new man SOLVES the small boats crisis

It is good to know that my takedown video really did get to him. He's absolutely never acknowledged me before.

If you want to see what's getting him so mad, here it is (I'd really love it to reach 10k views so consider sharing, liking, etc if you'd be so kind) www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyKI...

07.01.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 470    πŸ” 181    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 12

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