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Retired, escaped English/Drama teacher in the English Midlands. Now studying for the heck of it. EM drama, kidlit, Buffy, Rejoin. Cymraeg am byth! I follow back if I think I have something in common - if your bio's empty I probably won't follow you

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This quote is set to be on the intro slide of an undergraduate lecture, soon.

03.11.2025 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Unpaid carers like me save England and Wales about Β£500 million annually yet more and more are pushed into poverty...

03.11.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Where to start with the idiocy of this man? He thinks people in the Home Counties live like hobbits?

Dangerous, toxic and stupid; his cluelessness has yet to be plumbed.

03.11.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope the BBC will challenge Nigel Farage today over the economic damage caused by the Brexit he championed.

He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.

03.11.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1427    πŸ” 381    πŸ’¬ 134    πŸ“Œ 28

Mae e'n hyfryd!

02.11.2025 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The ascent of gammon.

#Brexit #DeformUK

27.10.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 132    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

Emma Thompson is every writer I know right now.

28.10.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.

25.10.2025 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2062    πŸ” 678    πŸ’¬ 90    πŸ“Œ 106
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Clocks go back in the UK tonight. They change in the US on November 2nd. Welcome to the Week When No One Knows What Time It Is πŸ˜†

25.10.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 382    πŸ” 83    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 9

😭

25.10.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The old ones are often the best.

25.10.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I find it hugely depressing. It's like saying goodbye to the sun for months.

25.10.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is always one of the worst days of the year in the UK. The light is dying. The sun will be setting by half-past four tomorrow. Long, dark, cold nights lie ahead.

I hate it when the clocks go back... 😞

25.10.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gonna be honest here and say as a journalist working in Westminster this makes me want to cry

My grandparents had to deal with this crap and now we are, it’s so wrong

How are we here where politicians feel so emboldened to say things that are so obviously racist?

25.10.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 283    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 3

Zombie mosquito.

23.10.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can't spell "Conservative" without "Hypocrisy"

23.10.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Chilling': FBI shocks with visits to homes of innocent protesters under Trump's orders Under orders from President Donald Trump, the FBI has started visiting the homes of innocent protesters, according to a report.In one case, special needs teacher Miles Serafini, 26, told independent j...

Under orders from Trump, the FBI has started visiting the homes of innocent protesters, according to a report ... special needs teacher Miles Serafini, 26, told independent journalist Ken Klippenstein that agents visited his home after he participated in a June protest at an ICE office in AZ

23.10.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC

'New research coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC has found that AI assistants – already a daily information gateway for millions of people – routinely misrepresent news content no matter which language, territory, or AI platform is tested.' 1/2

23.10.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 92    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 16
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Reform Council Asks Opposition for Help Making Cuts After β€˜Desperate’ Search for Savings Falls Short Exclusive: Nigel Farage's struggling flagship Kent administration is now reaching out to other parties, after failing to identify the millions of pounds in savings they promised

Nigel Farage promised that Reform councils would cut local government "waste" in order to slash taxes.

Now the party's flagship Kent administration is set to actually raise taxes and has just started asking opposition parties for help after failing to identify the millions in savings they promised

23.10.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 700    πŸ” 347    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 39
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Ah, that explains a lot. Thanks.

23.10.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Declared independence 1921, actual proper independence '24. My guess is 1922.

23.10.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pregnant women describe miscarrying and bleeding out while in ICE custody, advocates say The ACLU and other groups are pressing for ICE to identify and release all pregnant women in custody and to stop detaining anyone known to be pregnant, postpartum or nursing.

Pregnant women detained by ICE report horrifying treatment: shackling, solitary confinement, no prenatal vitamins, inadequate food. ICE's own directives and regulations require the agency to avoid detention of pregnant people in the first place. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

22.10.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1346    πŸ” 735    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 70

The idea Trump could run a government is equally absurd, yet here we are.

22.10.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

20.10.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1106    πŸ” 458    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 14
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Whomp

21.10.2025 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1310    πŸ” 363    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 23

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