Elaine Wyatt

Well, he didn't mess with his words. Direct and to the point.

“Blair seems to be anointing a potential next leader.”

“It felt like a benediction. It felt like an endorsement.”

Will Tony Blair’s praise for Shabana Mahmood boost her leadership prospects - or backfire?

I've limited my Facebook time to help manage groups and pages, post messages, check my profiles, and then go offline. Deleted Threads and staying here feels much better. Facebook and now Threads is doom and gloom even after attempting to sort algorithms for months. So tiring. Happiest here.

I'm going to have that stuck in my head now!

😂😂😂😂😂

I'm pretty sure he won't, as he is misrepresenting free speech; only his own speech should be free, not others'.

Absolutely!

This happened about ten years ago. Brain has given up trying to stop me 😂👍

I'd like the profession of journalism to be more proven in laws and documentation. I love citizen journalism and those who comment and create. But, but here needs to be a distinction & protection between those who have trained and worked in professional journalism to stop this long abused loophole.

We need hope, not cynicism The Green Party is ready for the change people are demanding

People are choosing a politics of decency, courage and imagination.

They’re choosing a politics that doesn’t scapegoat the vulnerable or remain quiet on injustice.

People are choosing to make hope normal again.

www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Wednesday 10 December, member speaking in the Lords chamber

🕒 #HouseOfLords from 3pm includes:

🟥 two-child benefit cap
🟥 social media bans for children under 16
🟥 #PlanningBill
🟥 #EmploymentRightsBill
🟥 #AviationFuelBill

➡️ See full schedule and watch online
www.parliament.uk/business/new...

I suppose some people will be happy or not depending on how much trust they have in their councils.

If i type #Environment #ClimateChange
I will be shown more of those subjects or #CatMemes #CraftAle 👍😂

And you can also go into your settings and block certain subjects and keywords so it won't show on your feed unless you are following a person.

On your profile, you can add interests and likes to your profile with a hashtag. This helps flag up what you like. When the Feed starts showing you what you're not interested in, click three dots to the right and it should look like the photo. Select what you'd like from the options. Takes 2/3 days

Ouch!

Oh, and it's a lot more friendly!

It might get a bit weird. Clears itself up very quickly if you carry on telling the algorithms what you're interested in 👍

Welcome back. Good to have more people posting back here again. Adam is a good egg. Give him a follow if you can @adampembs.bsky.social

Illicit Finance Summit to build international coalition against dirty money The UK will host a major international summit next summer to tackle the flows of dirty money around the world, which are making the UK’s streets less safe.

Good! But do something faster. Tackling this has seemed very slow in the last decade or so. www.gov.uk/government/n...

If you are unsure, that's fine. They don't mind and would prefer questions and give advice, than not.

Home | ACT Early Act early and tell us your concerns in confidence.

actearly.uk

The other problem is when their parents have also been radicalised.

To parents: Prevent and Act Early Campaign has an amazing amount of advice, links and resources.

There is help and guidance. The link to what has been mentioned is in the next thread.

Oh good. Just what we need. More wind and rain. It's been relentless in Pembrokeshire this year.

Yep and we should be seeking it all back. Not just for the economic side but as a warning this is not acceptable.

YouTube video by Prem Sikka House of Lords Budget 4Dec2025

A good speech in the House of Lords.

youtu.be/JULfDbqjFgI?...

75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors

75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men

It is interesting that Jeremy Corbyn has been an MP for 42 years and led the opposition for 5 years.

He's been on Question Time once.

Nigel Farage, 44 times.

Our Media is corrupt, corrupt to the core.

Abolutely brilliant! So many people with young families from all walks of life and society really benefitted from the Sure Start scheme and hubs. In the long run it was proven that they saved money and lives while helping communities bond.

Personally, I know they really helped me with my eldest.

How do we go about reporting suspected Bot or troll accounts on BlueSky? And, has anyone had any success in having some removed. There is a sudden rise in accounts with next no followers rising up posting memes and the usual bot and troll themes.