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@jojonesorkney.bsky.social

Retired teacher & musician. Still fulfilling Pulpit Supply around the Orkney Parish as needed. Occasionally, do a spot of Step-On Tourist Guiding in Orkney too, in English or French. Wife, mother, and grandmother.

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Take the Pledge: “I’ll never vote for Nigel Farage” Join thousands across Britain taking the Never Nigel Pledge. Say no to hate and division and help stop Reform UK from tearing apart our communities. Let's show there is strength in standing together f...

Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities.

secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/... @hopenothate.org.uk

08.05.2025 10:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Elon Musk Is Under Investigation For Conflicts Of Interest, Drug Abuse, and Ties To China and Russia House Oversight Democrats have demanded Elon Musk's FBI background check information as they are investigating Musk for conflicts of interest, drug abuse, and ties to China and Russia.

Oh www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/elon-musk-...

02.05.2025 23:14 — 👍 1898    🔁 509    💬 118    📌 40

@georgetakei.bsky.social wishing you a very happy 88th birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊!

21.04.2025 00:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Video footage appears to contradict Israeli account of Gaza medic killings The footage was reportedly filmed by a Palestinian paramedic killed by Israeli forces along with 14 others in March.

BBC News - Video footage appears to contradict Israeli account of Gaza medic killings
www.bbc.com/news/article...

06.04.2025 20:19 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Ex-Tory Jamie Greene convinced other MSPs will leave 'right wing populist' party SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Greene, who announced on Friday he had joined the Lib Dems, claimed his former party was “not a happy ship” under new leader Russell Findlay.
06.04.2025 14:01 — 👍 16    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0
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Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC

05.04.2025 20:44 — 👍 78594    🔁 17687    💬 1380    📌 1382
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Hats off to the very strong #HandsOff signage yesterday!

Thanks for making your voices heard. 🙏

06.04.2025 19:49 — 👍 50905    🔁 7347    💬 912    📌 212
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.

—With love,
Your American allies.

05.04.2025 22:03 — 👍 83740    🔁 19623    💬 1893    📌 1145

#HANDSOFF #NYC

05.04.2025 21:07 — 👍 68639    🔁 10595    💬 1018    📌 389
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🔥🔥🔥 Check out this scathing letter that Dem Leader Hakeem Jeffries just sent to Trump demanding the firing of Pete Hegseth 🔥🔥🔥

25.03.2025 22:21 — 👍 1377    🔁 335    💬 134    📌 33
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"What we're really looking to hear this afternoon is much more about the Chancellor's plans for growth because that's really what Labour was promising when they came into office last year."

Sarah Olney

26.03.2025 13:12 — 👍 23    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 1

BREAKING: The Supreme Court upholds Biden law requiring serial numbers and background checks for untraceable ghost gun kits by a 7-2 ruling.

The kits allow anyone to build a gun at home with no serial number nor registration.

Biden is keeping America safe.

Trump endangers us all.

26.03.2025 15:28 — 👍 784    🔁 141    💬 15    📌 2
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Journalist Who Was Invited Into 'War Plans' Group Chat Bluntly Calls Out Trump Administration's Lies The lying liars and the lies they tell.

The lying liars are back at it...

26.03.2025 16:04 — 👍 1721    🔁 175    💬 58    📌 4
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UK-EU defense pact really does depend on fish, European minister warns Countries including France are said to want to tie a new post-Brexit security deal to more beneficial access to British waters, potentially holding up military cooperation.

In the face of growing threats to democracies globally it would be the height of madness for any country to play politics over a vital defence pact – we surely all have bigger fish to fry.

www.politico.eu/article/uk-e...

26.03.2025 15:13 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Complete nonsense from Mike Waltz who knows better. He likely thought he was inviting someone else with same initials and fucked up. Every 13 year old can grok this idiotic move.

26.03.2025 00:11 — 👍 12344    🔁 1961    💬 1128    📌 134
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Spring Statement 2025: Key points at a glance Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled her plans for the UK economy in the House of Commons.

The Spring Statement was a missed opportunity. The government has chosen to continue the pain for small businesses - leaving communities facing the prospect of more closures on the high street - while putting the squeeze on many families.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

26.03.2025 15:40 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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The Spring Statement was a missed opportunity to deliver the change our communities are crying out for.

The Government had the chance today to kickstart growth by scrapping their jobs tax.

Instead they have chosen to inflict more pain on small businesses, GPs and care homes.

26.03.2025 15:45 — 👍 9    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Marjorie Taylor-Greene attacks NPR and PBS as ‘communist,’ calls for funding to ‘end’ | CNN Business For Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and other House Republicans, today’s DOGE subcommittee hearing is about tarnishing PBS and NPR with accusations of bias and targeting them for defunding.

Whack-job Marjorie Taylor Greene attacks NPR and @pbs.org as ‘communist,’ calls for funding to ‘end’

My daughter grew up on great educational PBS programming, and NPR reports the highest quality, accurate, non-partisan news in our nation.

Meaning, THE TRUTH.

www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/m...

26.03.2025 16:46 — 👍 1158    🔁 284    💬 241    📌 48
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"People can’t see a GP or dentist. Social care is broken.

"The public were promised change. Eight months on, where is the change?"

@libdemdaisy.bsky.social responds to the Government's Spring Statement

26.03.2025 17:55 — 👍 75    🔁 30    💬 1    📌 4
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Trump Signs Order in Attempt to Vastly Reshape U.S. Elections Read more here.

THIS should terrify everyone. Trump wants to steal the right to vote from all non-white bodied Americans, and further rig our system to help billionaires stay in power, and keep struggling Americans struggling.

Trump Order Could Disenfranchise Millions of Voters democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

26.03.2025 00:10 — 👍 1301    🔁 665    💬 163    📌 58
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Reeves accused of balancing books on back of UK’s poorest Labour is braced for a backlash from its MPs over welfare cuts called ‘appalling’ by a foodbank charity Rachel Reeves was accused of balancing the books at the expense of the poor in her spring statement, as official figures showed three million households could lose £1,720 a year in benefits. The chancellor confirmed welfare cuts of £4.8bn, but insisted the government’s priority was to restore stability to the public finances in the face of rising global borrowing costs. Continue reading...

Reeves accused of balancing books on back of UK’s poorest

26.03.2025 20:14 — 👍 124    🔁 30    💬 22    📌 5

Oh, perfect. Trump has put Musk and his staffers in charge of investigating how Jeffrey Goldberg ended up in the Signal chat. I’m sure we can all expect a thorough, unbiased report any day now (Sarcasm).

26.03.2025 18:32 — 👍 8161    🔁 902    💬 344    📌 59
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"Rachel Reeves inherited a dreadful economy from the Conservatives, but her budgets have hit small businesses and undermined growth.

"Liberal Democrats want to see a new UK-EU customs deal. That would do more for growth than anything this government's put forward."

@eddavey.libdems.org.uk

26.03.2025 19:05 — 👍 126    🔁 44    💬 2    📌 0
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🚨🚨🚨 READ the NEW group chat texts released as Trump administration grapples with DISASTROUS fallout:

26.03.2025 20:23 — 👍 303    🔁 116    💬 17    📌 4
Fair Trade's role in Scotland
YouTube video by Willie Rennie Fair Trade's role in Scotland

Organisations across Scotland have much to celebrate in their promotion of Fair Trade, not least in St Andrews which is celebrating two decades of being a Fair Trade town.

However there is still work to do to make sure that we're not just meeting the standard but engaging fully with Fair Trade.

26.03.2025 09:40 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🗞️As an old newspaperman, this Mark Twain adage is ringing a bell this morning:

"Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel."

🗞️The Atlantic is handling these inept, lying enemies of the people with the truth ... and nothing but the truth.

26.03.2025 14:56 — 👍 8967    🔁 1933    💬 141    📌 55

I had legit completely forgotten this.

25.03.2025 23:37 — 👍 42885    🔁 13145    💬 1637    📌 642
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Donald Trump announces new 25% tariffs on cars from overseas President made announcement days before he is expected to unveil reciprocal tariffs on other imported goods Donald Trump announced plans to impose sweeping 25% tariffs on cars from overseas on Wednesday, days before the president is expected to announce wide-ranging levies on other goods from around the world. “What we’re going to be doing is a 25% tariff for all cars that are not made in the United States,” Trump said in the Oval Office. “We start off with a 2.5% base, which is what we’re at, and go to 25%.” Continue reading...

Donald Trump announces new 25% tariffs on cars from overseas

26.03.2025 21:39 — 👍 187    🔁 61    💬 64    📌 27
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Colbert Hilariously Loses It After Hegseth Tries To Throw Atlantic Journalist Under The Bus Over War Plans Group Chat Stephen Colbert is all of us.

Exactly, Stephen.

26.03.2025 21:45 — 👍 13171    🔁 2147    💬 241    📌 111

I'm not saying anything novel here but it really is just truly despicable to watch them use THEIR OWN COLOSSAL SCREW UP to slander the reporter THEY INCLUDED ON THEIR CLASSIFIED GROUP CHAT

25.03.2025 23:11 — 👍 54017    🔁 10816    💬 3867    📌 773

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