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Anti-Brexit, Hiker, Improviser, Coach, Agilist, Technologist, Leader, Student, and more.. 🏳️🌈 He/Him Views expressed are my own.
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Reform MP installed solar panels on his farm to save money on energy bills, despite his party pledging to tax solar energy and claiming renewables are more expensive.
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Why would you report as fact a claim that even the person making it admits is entirely made up? www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
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There are all manner of routes into the House of Lords, yet the only path that’s actually justifiable in a democratic society is missing: one which sees Lords elected fairly by the people. https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/how-are-peers-appointed-to-the-house-of-lords/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_med…
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Trump violates the Canada-US-Mexico Free Trade agreement that he himself signed www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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More Britons would rather have the EU than the US as Britain's closest trading partner The EU: 53% (+2 from 2 Mar 2020) The US: 21% (+4) Neither: 7% (-3) yougov.co.uk/topics/inter...
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“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs, whatever.”
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"We've got 1.5 million people unemployed," Pierce said on GB News. "Make them work. They take the jobs or you don't get benefits." He specifically targeted young jobseekers, arguing that care home work would be "just the job for them"... www.gbnews.com/news/benefit...
Rory Stewart, "We're in an unbelievable hole.. 9.2 million economically inactive people" "Part of the problem might be that we've created a really rubbish working environment.. Jobs are poorly paid.. Stressful.. People in the UK work longer hours than they do in Europe, for less money"
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🔴Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world, @mc00.bsky.social reports
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🔥 OK, let’s REALLY test out the power of this new Bluesky community. All of you #Rejoin folk out there… You saw that we just appointed Dominic Grieve & Caroline Lucas as co-Presidents… And you know our 23,000 membership is now growing fast… So - are we doing this? Are you IN? Then join! 👇👇
This is how you verify yourself on Bluesky - if you're a company, journalist, MP, government dept, etc, you can use your domain to prove who you are and stop impersonation. There are some fake accounts popping up already, hopefully news orgs, governments and companies will get across this soon.
💡 Tip: You can set your website as your username on Bluesky! This is one form of self-verification, and we especially encourage official organizations and brands to do this! Examples include @npr.org @react.dev @duolingobrasil.com.br. Here's our guide for how to do this:
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