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@drbarbarajane.bsky.social

Economic historian (rural, agricultural, mass housing), mother, grandmother, owned by working cocker spaniels, parish councillor, never vote Tory, NO dms!

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This is how Spanish TV announced the boycott of Eurovision

If Russia is banned for what they're doing to Ukraine, surely Israel should be banned for what they're doing in Palestine?

When is the UK going to boycott Eurovision?

07.12.2025 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 472    πŸ” 159    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 6

I will never forget or forgive this vile man people died alone while he partied!

07.12.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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This needs more investigation....

07.12.2025 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In the last 24hours the @CalaisAppeal fundraiser total has increased THREE TIMES OVER.

Like the Grinch, my heart is growing 3 sizes today ❀️❀️πŸ₯ΉπŸ₯Ή

Thank you so much to the good people sharing & donating - please keep passing it on! Love wins!!

07.12.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 161    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Agree πŸ’― With Mr. Olbermann.....

07.12.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1214    πŸ” 386    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 14
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Bet this won’t be headlined in the Telegraph, Mail, Sun n Express !!!

07.12.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 95    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Happy birthday & you have good taste in fireplaces! Almost exactly the same as mine πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ˜‚

07.12.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.

07.12.2025 01:09 β€” πŸ‘ 25628    πŸ” 5627    πŸ’¬ 2187    πŸ“Œ 538
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Full list of North East businesses fined Β£1m after employing illegal workers The 15 businesses listed below have been caught unlawfully employing staff, and have been dealt with as a result

Reform UK Durham’s Councillor Andrew Harrison has some explaining to do…

Full list of North East businesses fined over Β£1million after employing illegal workers:

www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

On this list is Churchills Management Limited of Seaham. Fined Β£40k.

07.12.2025 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 194    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 9

Interesting what Crick notes.

Farage like Mogg and Johnson are really just grown up versions of their teenage selves. Lots of public school boys leave fully formed - and armed with an entitlement and a sense of empowerment that takes them through the rest of their lives.

07.12.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 625    πŸ” 191    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 7
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Very well said and done Emily Thornberry!

Couldn't agree more with her with what she says in this video!

06.12.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 133    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 8
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Young people on benefits to be offered construction and hospitality work The government says it will fund training and work experience for 350,000 not in work or education.

Bad article by the BBC here on a hugely important policy announcement from the Labour government.

"Young people on benefits to be offered construction & hospitality work"

Truth: they are 2 example sectors for 1 part of the plan, which has at least 6 different types of bespoke support.

1/2

07.12.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Someone should remind him about what happened to people like him during the French Revolution, then he might not be so keen on public executions.
#OligarchsOut

07.12.2025 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Senior DWP civil servant blames victims for carer’s allowance scandal Neil Couling said failings by individual claimants β€˜at the heart’ of crisis, despite a report finding DWP shortcomings β€˜unacceptable’

Senior DWP civil servant blames victims for carer’s allowance scandal.

Ridiculous.

People punished for providing unpaid care. Complex rules and cliff-edge limits result in benefits withdrawn for going over by pennies.

Thousands prosecuted. Meanwhile, no one charged for the Post Office scandal.

07.12.2025 09:32 β€” πŸ‘ 253    πŸ” 121    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 9
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How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🀑 🫣

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Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: β€˜That’s the way back to Africa’ Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to β€˜dismiss’ hurt of alleged targets

Yinka Bankole was 12 when Farage spotted him in the playground:

β€œHe towered over me. β€˜Where are you from?’ he asked. Within seconds of offering my rather confused and sputtering answers, he had a clear response: β€˜That’s the way back to Africa,’.”

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

06.12.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 467    πŸ” 201    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 8
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But an inquiry into child sexual abuse was β€œspaffing money up the wall”

07.12.2025 06:44 β€” πŸ‘ 151    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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Future of London's oldest children's hospice in jeopardy - BBC News The Richard Hospice needs to fill a Β£1.3m funding gap by the end of the year.

There’s a BBC article here about the difficulties the hospice is facing. There are so many things where I think surely the government should be funding this thing β€” that instead have to rely on charity β€” and hospices, especially children’s hospices, are top of that list.

07.12.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The entire thing is a house of cards based on β€œbut we like being racist”

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From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent

07.12.2025 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 9117    πŸ” 2860    πŸ’¬ 144    πŸ“Œ 144
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America’s affordability crunch is real β€” and worse under Trump The president may pretend it’s a hoax but his policy agenda has added to the squeeze

America’s affordability crunch is real β€” and worse under Trump on.ft.com/4pngIJ1 | opinion

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Beaver β€˜escape artist’ mystery A mysterious beaver has appeared in Norfolk, prompting excitement and an investigation into which enclosure it escaped from

The best wildlife story this week: a beaver whose origin is unknown and whose timing is perfect.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...

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Can two Amazons survive? Invisible e-waste is poisoning the world β€œI live in Accra, Ghana,” says Isaac Dinwe, who works for Closing the Loop, a Dutch company that works with the electronics industry to increase global recycling. β€œThe e-waste problem in my country is...

E-waste,which refers to discarded electrical or electronic devices,is the fastest growing domestic waste stream in the world,it is highly toxic.Much of this e-waste,largely produced by rich countries,is dumped in poor nations with Asia and Africa major destinations news.mongabay.com/2025/12/can-...

06.12.2025 06:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Waste plan at UK's largest opencast mine Ffos-y-Fran 'dangerous' There are safety worries as three large spoil tips are set to be left above Merthyr Tydfil.

Concerns have been raised over the safety of 3 large spoil tips set to be left above Merthyr Tydfil following the closure of the UK's last opencast coalmine.A geotechnical report prepared for the council warns of a significant risk of slope instability from Ffos-y-Fran. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

05.12.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Pioneering North Sea rewilding initiative joins European Rewilding Network | Rewilding Europe The partners of the Rewilding Dogger Bank coalition are working to protect and restore Dogger Bank as the ecological beating heart of the North Sea. Their efforts to raise the profile of marine…

In recognition of its ecological importance,the Dogger Bank has been designated as 3 Natura 2000 marine MPAs,yet despite its legally protected status,it still faces serious ecological threats,including industrial fishing,energy extraction,and intensive shipping. rewildingeurope.com/news/pioneer...

05.12.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Bright Side: Mediterranean’s first dolphin sanctuary for captive animals to open in Italy Italy is set open the Mediterranean’s first sanctuary for dolphins that have lived in captivity, offering a natural but supervised home for the animals as marine parks across Europe close. Located off...

The San Paolo Dolphin Refugeis,Taranto,Italy sets to open the Mediterranean’s first sanctuary for dolphins that have lived in captivity,offering a natural but supervised home for the animals as marine parks across Europe close and will prioritise welfare over numbers www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

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The Wheels Are Falling off the Nigel Farage Project The Reform leader's increasingly rattled public appearances betray a growing sense that the opportunity of a lifetime could be about to slip from his fingers

The Reform leader's increasingly rattled public appearances betray a growing sense that the opportunity of a lifetime could be about to slip from his fingers.

Why the wheels could be about to fall off the Farage project

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-wheels...

06.12.2025 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1342    πŸ” 394    πŸ’¬ 178    πŸ“Œ 50
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If he really posted this the US is truly fuxxed πŸ‘‡πŸ»πŸ˜³

06.12.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Administration Finalizes New Rule That Weakens the Endangered Species Act New rule paves way for extractive industries to destroy habitat of imperiled species

Trump has quietly gutted the endangered species act. He does not care about any animals that will now die off and become extinct.

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