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Retired educational professional. Head of Dept, Senior Examiner GCSE and A level. Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate. Writer. FBPE https://www.libdemvoice.org/top-of-the-class-divide-76308.html https://philosophynow.org/issues/153/Plaiting_Gravy

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Farage's #Brexit xenophobia has put the UK steel industry in peril and threatens to hinder UK tourists going to the EU, just in the last week. Reform plans to cut public spending by Β£275Billion. Cuts on this scale will endanger every school, medical facility, local authority etc etc in the UK.

11.10.2025 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

#Stanley v Newport. Injuries & suspensions cause worry. We must stand up and be counted. Keep getting that ball into the opposition box. We are favourites for tomorrow, but that must not affect the basics, passing, shooting, 100% effort, keeping our emotions under control. C'mon #AccringtonStanley

10.10.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UK Steel: EU unveils plan to slash import quotas, devastating impact 07 October 2025: The EU Commission proposes new import quotas, which will severely curtail UK steelmakers access to their biggest export market. This could have a devastating impact on the industry.

Total folly of #Brexit revealed again. European Commission will slash existing tariff-free import quotas to around 18 million tonnes, potentially this could be a disaster for UK steel. The EU market is the destination for 78% of all UK steel exports. shorturl.at/u3Tls #RejoinEU #ClimateCrisis

08.10.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Badenock's distorted views lead to outperform Reform, away from one nation policies. Her latest calamity is to repeal the #Climate Change Act. The Chief Exec of the CBI says "The scientific reality of climate change makes action from business and Govt imperative. #RejoinEU

04.10.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Stanley v Barnet tomorrow. Our injury list, Madden, Sass, Farrend, Rawson, Connor, to name a few. We have young players ready. Barnet have just been promoted, have something to prove. Consistency, shape, crosses into Barnet box etc all important. C'mon #AccringtonStanley

03.10.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Company linked to Michelle Mone ordered to repay government Β£122m over Covid PPE High Court rules PPE Medpro provided government with 25 million faulty surgial gowns during pandemic

At last the worst excesses of the Tory Govt during the Covid crisis are being exposed &, to some extent, put right. PPE Medpro, a company closely linked to Lady Mone & husband Doug Barrowman ordered to repay Β£122M for their part in this rip off of the UK taxpayer.https://shorturl.at/pX8gv #RejoinEU

01.10.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Listening to #Farage one may think this iman is merely misguided. His record as a constituency MP tells a different story. This charlatan has never held a single surgery for constituents. Utter contempt for the voters. #FarageOut

23.09.2025 07:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Stanley 2 MKD 1 Great stuff, 2 consecutive wins. Goals from Caton and Sinclair sealed the win. Stanley dominated in most of the first half, and performed well in the second. MKD were one of the fancied teams pre season, let's see what this great win means for Stanley. C'mon #AccringtonStanley

20.09.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Stanley v Milton Keynes tomorrow. The Dons were pre season favourites, they have slipped but are still strong. Stanley's win last week should do wonders for our confidence. We know that if we shower the opposition box with crosses we have the forwards to score. C'mon #Accringtonstanley

19.09.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Stanley 1 Colchester 0 Great stuff, Stanley's first win of the season. Stanley rained balls into the Colchester box until Sinclair cracked in that great goal. Now the sky's the limit. C'mon #AccringtonStanley

13.09.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Stanley v Colchester tomorrow. We are the only League 2 team who haven't won yet. We can put that right tomorrow. 100% effort, ball into their box from the wings, it's important to win games in front of our own supporters. C'mon #AccringtonStanley

12.09.2025 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Call to strip Johnson of ex-PM allowance over alleged profiting from contacts The Guardian published a series of stories based on leaked data provided by a non-profit organisation.

The #LiberalDemocrats have called for #BorisJohnson to be stripped of his access to an allowance for former prime ministers over allegations he has profited from contacts he made while in office. shorturl.at/qWz6o
#RejoinEU

09.09.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The brass neck of #Fararge & his acolytes is breathtaking, he thinks he can lie and many people won't see through it. Oxford Migration Observatory reports 'asylum seekers know because the UK no longer part of EU & not party to EU’s fingerprint database they cannot be quickly identified & sent back.

08.09.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Proud patriot Isabel Oakeshott moves to Dubai to avoid tax hike Isabel Oakeshott has said Labour's 'pernicious tax on private schools' prompted her to relocate to Dubai with her kids.

The great con trick, that's ReformUK. Richard Tice commutes every month to Dubai to see his partner. She lives there 4 tax purposes (yes tax avoidance), & she objects to private schools having to pay fair tax. They are parasites. shorturl.at/d55UX #RejoinEU #ClimateCrisis #StandwithUkraine

05.09.2025 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Reform’s Decision to Ban Journalists from Conference Branded β€˜Shocking’ by Press Freedom Watchdog A leading press freedom group has accused Reform UK of drawing from the β€œauthoritarian playbook” by blocking media outlets from attending its annual conference this weekend. The party informed DeSmog ...

#ReformUK shows hypocrisy of the highest degree by banning New World reporters from their party conference. Reform's Nottinghamshire brethren show their own hypocrisy by banning their councillors from talking to journalists.
shorturl.at/Saqh8 #RejoinEU #ClimateCrisis #StandwithUkraine

04.09.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Philosophical Investigations by Wittgenstein, The EnglishText of theThird Edition, read for free at writeon.atspace.co.uk, then Writing of Distinction from main menu. This work is considered by many as the greatest work of philosophy of the 20th century.

03.09.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Free #films now available on your mobile, The Dam Busters, The Conformist etc. Also #literary and #philosophical gems, The Brontes, #Wittgenstein etc. At writeon.atspace.co.uk. Use the menu top right.

03.09.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Are Trump’s tariffs pushing rivals India and China closer together? American president’s targeting of India with hefty levies, coupled with his efforts to strengthen ties with Pakistan, could cost him a powerful ally in the Asia-Pacific region, reports Alisha Rahaman ...

Trump has driven India right into the hands of China. Because of the sycophantic nature of Trump's cabinets no one has ever warned of these dangers. Trump himself so unfitted, lacks concentration & knowledge, & his style is to serve his own narcissism. shorturl.at/wmMjS #RejoinEU #ClimateCrisis

02.09.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Victoria Derbyshire grills Richard Tice over claim ECHR withdrawal won’t β€˜unravel’ the Good Friday Agreement "That doesn't make sense"

As #Reform spits out bigotry and hate to obtain a few grubby votes it could do real damage to the UK. Reform's thoughtless plan to leave the ECHR totally ignores the fact that people on both sides of the Irish border voted for the NIAgreement, which is predicated on mship of ECHR shorturl.at/p6RAL

01.09.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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US blocks Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas from attending UN meeting in New York The decision comes as France leads international efforts to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN meeting next month.

Trump administration shames the US population once more by blocking Palestinian leader. Trump launched attacks on the media, courts, civil servants & former allies like John Bolton. amassing more power for the 'great' leader. Incompetent, cruel couldn't run a bath. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

30.08.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Stanley v Shrewsbury tomorrow. Josh Smith, Dan Martin, and Tyler Walton coming back from injury. We need a first win, discipline, work rate, strong tackles will all play their part. C'mon #AccringtonStanley

29.08.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's Cabinet Meeting Was Stuffed With Flattery for Dear Leader Donald Trump's latest Cabinet meeting was a spectacle of flattery, with the president's appointees shamelessly praising him for saving America.

Some will laugh, some will cry. The sycophancy that dominates Trump's meetings should shame every US citizen. It also means that if his 'Cabinet' behave like this what are they like when giving 'advice'. It's stomach churning. In the UK we'd say they couldn't run a bath! shorturl.at/elgCV

27.08.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Nigel Farage’s β€˜fag packet’ migrant deportation plans don’t add up Nigel Farage claims he would deport 600,000 asylum seekers in the first term of a Reform government and ramp up detentions of those who come here illegally. But the numbers don’t quite add up, as Alic...

Farage's bigotry clear, he doesn't care about other human beings so long as it gets a few grubby votes. His #Brexit xenophobia cripples the UK, making it impossible for proper talks between UK & EU. He's quite happy to see UK as an international pariah by ripping up human rights. shorturl.at/YLXsY

26.08.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Burglaries and shoplifting "decriminalised" as most offences don’t result in a suspect being charged The Liberal Democrats have warned that burglaries and shoplifting are being effectively β€œdecriminalised,” after shocking figures uncovered by the party show how few of these offences resulted in a sus...

#LibDems have raised the shocking situation re shoplifting across the UK. These are appalling figures & must be addressed by new thinking e.g. abolish Crime Commissioners, put the money into fighting shoplifting. shorturl.at/jzCDc
#RejointheEU #ClimateCrisis #StandwithUkraine

25.08.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nigel Farage pledges to deport small boat asylum seekers Plans outlined by the Reform UK leader would see the country taken out of the European Convention on Human Rights.

#Farage spits out his message of hate, regardless of the trauma that many asylum seekers have endured. He also talks of leaving the ECHR. After weakening the UK with his Brexit madness, he now suggests isolating the UK morally. Madness from a bigot. #RejoinEU www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

23.08.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Stanley v Grimsby tomorrow. New striker Paddy Madden should be available, let's hope he's got his shooting boots on. Grimsby unbeaten in five. Last season Stanley won, we want more of the same tomorrow. C'mon #AccringtinStanley

22.08.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Proposed Ukraine land concessions are Putin's trap, EU top diplomat tells BBC Kaja Kallas' warning comes as Donald Trump sets a two-week period to assess peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv.

As #Putin stitches #Trump up like a kipper it's well to remember Putin's track record. It is lies, lies and more lies. As Trump plays the sycophant Putin has not moved one iota from his original position. Strength is one thing he will understand. #Standwithukraine www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

22.08.2025 08:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Asylum hotel use shows small fall this year as Tory failure haunts Labour New Home Office figures have revealed the number of asylum seekers mounting on hotels as Keir Starmer faces a huge headache following a High Court ruling over Epping

The hypocrisy of the Tories on migrants is breathtaking. Badenoch, desperate to grasp at straws, moves to the extreme right. Contrast that with the Refugee Council which praises the Govt "Bringing the asylum system back from the brink of collapse is a genuine achievement". shorturl.at/72dun

21.08.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The recent meetings involving #Trump, #Putin, #Zelenskyy & European leaders should send shudders down the spines of all who want a good peace 4 Ukraine. Trump's simplistic childlike approach hides a malevolent narcissism. Please read attached article. shorturl.at/fIsMl #StandwithUkraine

19.08.2025 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Stanley v Salford tomorrow. Joe Bauress available which should bode well. We are the underdogs but there are signs e.g. Carabao Cup against Peterborough, that we can at least hold out own in League 2 and maybe, just maybe, get stuck into those top 10 positions. C'mon #AccringtonStanley

15.08.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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