Karen Young

Just fix the damned potholes! How we fix potholes in Cambridgeshire, why we still have to, and what we’re doing to get ahead of the problem.

open.substack.com/pub/notesfro... take a look at this fabulous explanation of what we are doing to fix potholes in Cambridgeshire.

Horribly on the nail. chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/enem...

Have just finished reading the excellent Empireworld by @sathnam.bsky.social in one gulp. Not a comfortable read but well evidenced and balanced. Thank you for writing it.

Doing what they least want you to do How Britain should respond to Trump’s national security strategy

This is so good. 100% agree. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Cambridge Growth Company The latest news from Cambridge City scrutiny committee about the Cambridge Growth Company and its plans to expand and improve the city.

My take on what we heard from the Cambridge Growth Company at the latest scrutiny meeting at the City Council.
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Labour Cambridge says it’s One Cambridge Fair for All. In deeds money talks. Shame on them @CambridgeLDs

So depressing! Putin needs to be tried as a war criminal. He cannot win.

And thanks to you Anthony. You are a fount of information and I always learn something from you.

Very disappointing. They were a great school.

A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...

I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

We escaped war and torture but now we feel unsafe in Britain Special report: Amid protests and rising aggression towards asylum seekers across the country, we spoke to those being targeted

I’ve been frustrated to see so much of the ongoing story about asylum seekers and the protests against them covered without hearing from those seeking asylum and now being met with hostility and hatred

I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇

Burst water main Hills Road and Red Cross Lane junction Summary of Situation A burst water main has occurred on the A1307 Hill Road at the junction with Red Cross Lane and Nightingale Avenue. The incident has resulted in a significant carriageway failure r...

Burst water main on Hills Road and Red Cross Lane near Addenbrookes. Update here: karenyoung.uk/2025/08/21/b...

Trump is angry with a world that won't give him easy deals | Rafael Behr In the Middle East as in Ukraine, the president is discovering that simple bullying tricks don’t resolve complex international crises, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The world stage will never feel like a Maga rally to Trump and he will resent that more and more www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Good news.

Thanks Anthony. I really like this!

The New European is renaming itself to The New World. Fab publication - highly recommended. See FT article
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Some people deny reality because they’re confused.
Some deny it because they’re scared.
Some because they’re angry.
But then there’s something deeper, something more organised.
Something I call disordered denial.

Really sorry. How awful you have to go through this.

Very proud to be part of this.

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A core feature of the Trump regime is its embrace of "authoritarian democracy", as a battering ram with which to demolish any obstacle to its power.

The very notion of "authoritarian democracy" can sound contradictory.

But it's an old & dangerous idea, that needs to be better understood. [THREAD]

A councillor's comments re new reform council

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@chadbourn.bsky.social

Reform councillors as seen through the eyes and experience of an existing councillor.
S/s 4 is particularly shocking.

The transformative story of dance and its power to heal and uplift:

Paska, traditional Ukrainian Easter bread, from my dear aunt 🤩

I just picked up these cuties from the post office.
Gorgeous!

Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.

Remind you of anyone?

'We know what we are fighting for' — Zelensky's Easter address to Ukraine in full President Volodymyr Zelensky has lauded Ukraine's "resilience, compassion, and humanity" in his Easter address on April 20, adding the country's faith has "not faded over 1,152 days of full-scale war....

⚡️ 'We know what we are fighting for' — Zelensky's Easter address to Ukraine in full.

Zelensky lauded Ukraine's "resilience, compassion, and humanity," adding the country's faith has "not faded over 1,152 days of full-scale war."

1500 more GPs added to the workforce or have they?
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
The headline this week was 1500 more GPs have been added to the workforce since the change in the rules around recruitment of GPs in the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) allowed GPs to be recruited.

Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.

Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

Russian strikes on Kryvyi Rih, Kherson, Sumy, Odesa, Dnipro and many other Ukrainian cities are strikes on civilians. Deliberate strikes at locations where people are gathered.
The Geneva Convention defines this as war crimes⤵️

‘I don’t want migrants to give up hope’: why Nicola Kelly ‘betrayed’ her ex-colleagues at the Home Office Kelly has been called a traitor for leaving her government job to write about immigration. But, she says, something has to be done about the chaos and injustice

It's been a whirlwind of a week since the book was published. I'm so grateful for all the support - every share, sale, post and recommendation helps get the word out there. I really appreciate it and I know that those I've written about do, too. Thank you. 🧡

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