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Jeni Hooper

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Educational Psychologist now retired but remaining passionate about making education work for all children. Cancer survivor. Quiet times with knitting, reading and my allotment.

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Iran kills 7 American soldiers after being attacked by the United States without justification and is a "barbaric and terrorist" regime.

The United States kills 150 Iranian school girls for no reason and is on the side of goodness and right.

Yeah, right, Lindsey, you lying drunk.

09.03.2026 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2521    πŸ” 776    πŸ’¬ 224    πŸ“Œ 39

Today the United States wasted another #1B on an illegal war in Iran, money that could have been spent on funding health care or providing SNAP benefits or cancer research or academic scholarships for minorities. I could go on and on but I think you get my point. #endtheiranwarnow

09.03.2026 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 9476    πŸ” 2398    πŸ’¬ 342    πŸ“Œ 88

Could have said established in 2005.

09.03.2026 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trust will make big cuts after falling 500k into the red MAT plans curriculum and staffing 'remodelling' and reductions to central support as it eyes savings over Β£3m

πŸ’Έ A prominent academy trust that issued six of its central team with Teslas will make huge cuts after plunging almost Β£500,000 into the red
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/academy-trust-to-make-big-cuts-after-falling-500k-into-the-red/

09.03.2026 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Just as a point of interest - how many people reading this previously knew about the UK WWII debt that was fully paid off, with interest, 60 years later?

09.03.2026 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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Offer scientists stability or the UK’s health and economy... High costs and an unwelcoming attitude are behind a failure to recruit the best researchers

observer.co.uk/news/science...

08.03.2026 07:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No leader in their right mind should take their nation into this war. Whichever side β€˜wins’, the whole world loses.

08.03.2026 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A degree is expensive, and the loan interest is a burden in the uk. Learning for the joy of it isn't an option for the majority. There must be payback. For years, university, especially Oxbridge, was a finishing school for the rich. Clever ordinary folk were treated with disdain by fellow students.

08.03.2026 08:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Greed. No one needs 15 million a year.

07.03.2026 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No one seems capable of explaining why they are so triggered by Keir Starmer. It's so much more than a rational appraisal of his performance. Has anyone got an explanation.

07.03.2026 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great illustration. Now I understand the shape of barrel leg trousers.

07.03.2026 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Louis Theroux is an enigma. His interviewer was expecting too much of herself. How can he stay so calm and curious when interviewing people that many of us would find repellent?

07.03.2026 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Duke of Windsor with Hitler in the 1930s.

Duke of Windsor with Hitler in the 1930s.

Can’t imagine why but all the talk of Farage flying off to America to talk down his own country brought this to mind.

07.03.2026 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It is not the State that has too much power

It is that the positions meant to execute the power of the State have grown beyond their intent

Leaders are public servants, not omnipotent citizens free to do whatever they want

It’s time we drafted new laws to enforce better behaviour from our leaders

09.05.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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I am frankly more concerned about the apathy of the American public and even more importantly the lack of leadership in the Democratic Party.

This is not a dress rehearsal. Every single American must speak out against this Facist administration.

06.03.2026 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 20217    πŸ” 7897    πŸ’¬ 1086    πŸ“Œ 509
Picture collage. Photo of exterior of Mar a Lago swimming pools etc. 
Bottom picture shows boarded up prefabs in Farage’s constituency.

Picture collage. Photo of exterior of Mar a Lago swimming pools etc. Bottom picture shows boarded up prefabs in Farage’s constituency.

Not difficult to guess who Farage will be backing this weekend.

06.03.2026 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

quite apart from Kemi Badenoch's dismal performance on BBC Breakfast, minimising the work of the RAF, she spoke of Labour 'not being built' for conflict because they came into power to do things like 'breakfast clubs' in such a disparaging way, like feeding kids is a joke ambition

06.03.2026 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 635    πŸ” 116    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 20

Thank you. That is very reassuring.

05.03.2026 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's an assumption that families where the next generation are also doctors, actors, or whatever have inherited talent, which others don't possess. Meanwhile, those first-generation people know how hard it is to get there at all without a support network.

05.03.2026 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He went to a cathedral choir school. He has 4 sons, also musical. Tuition costs extra. I'm being mean really cos it must be an eye watering sum.

05.03.2026 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

She was a witch. I lived in Bolton then. There was such strong support for the miners' strike.

05.03.2026 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Blacksmith then Farrier in WW1. Had to shoot and dispose of the injured horses. Drapers assistant, then soldier blinded by mustard gas. There are no supporters of war in my family.

05.03.2026 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nods in admiration.

05.03.2026 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a man working hard to pay the VAT on his children's school fees. Have some sympathy. He's on Tv every bloody day, and he does voiceovers. Must be nearly there now.

05.03.2026 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Long waiting lists for the NHS where the ADOS is used are resulting in people seeking diagnosis elsewhere. In some cases, people seek a second opinion to gain the autism diagnosis they sincerely believe in.

05.03.2026 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Uta Frith has a long and highly esteemed research role in autism. This article is a valuable exploration of where our understanding of the types of autism is now and whether the concept of a smooth spectrum remains appropriate.

04.03.2026 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Is this going to go on day by day until 2029? You tell us people change their minds. Hold on for a long rollercoster ride.

03.03.2026 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The first rule of choosing somewhere to live is that it is safe, not does it make me richer.

03.03.2026 08:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking for basic information, yes, but scrolling through endless reviews to follow the crowd to a popular restaurant is a no for me. Anyway, all this wasn't possible when I started taking holidays. Guidebooks were the thing then.

02.03.2026 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0