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Lost in Chopeshire. Educated at one of the worst 365 schools in England..expect infinitives to be split. BA(Hons) Teapot Valuation = Software Architect.
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#FranceInMoviesOrSongs Nick car lass Nicole Be 🤦‍♀️

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#FranceInMoviesOrSongs Good Moaning Vietnam

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Beurre blanc and winding road 🤦‍♀️ #SongsAndMoviesForTheKitchen

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Which castle..and what film did it feature in.

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Morning

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NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline? Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s What should we make of this? www.ft.com/content/a801...

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chng.it/JZdrBMjY4V Also signed..

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Morning

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Nigel Farage showed his true colours as Trump's spokesman in Britain once again. Zelensky showed courage and integrity in that room - in stark contrast to Farage’s cowardly approach of licking Trump’s boots.

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The next session of the Education Select Committee's inquiry into Solving the SEND Crisis is getting underway shortly. I will be posting updates here for @tesmagazine.bsky.social this morning.

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Under the leadership of Cllr Mike Cox, Dep. Council Leader and cabinet member for finance, Lib Dem cllrs have successfully delivered a balanced 2025/26 budget for BCP. This achievement faced minimal opposition from the Conservatives, who'd led the council into deficit during their administration.

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youtu.be/Jk0nUUqG_Ag?...

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Just look how this post is going down on 'X'. Averaging ~10 unhinged replies a minute, many from 'verified' accounts. Don't think I can continue posting there much longer.

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If Brexit had never happened… …we’d be much wealthier, with more investment in public services, better trade - and with our parliament & govt having spent the last decade doing far more productive things. 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺

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Worth noting also: the Christian Right ADF, which is pursuing anti abortion legal cases in the UK with funding from the US, is also a charity meaning its activities are subsidised by your taxes. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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The ‘final’ evaluation report of the bus fare cap (covering 10 months of the £2 cap) is now out. Lots to digest here but key point is it did what it was meant to: “The evidence suggests… it has reduced the cost of living and has increased bus patronage, particularly for those on lower incomes.”

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youtube.com/watch?v=Yyho... The Only Living Boy in New Cross on piano..which is nice.

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youtu.be/MCqfr91vFws?... I'll keep sharing this stuff.. it's rambly but the nearest thing to coherent opposition to the oligarch sponsored apocalypse.

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Each home will come with its own lifeboat...

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Although I have concerns about much of this poll, it's a record-setting 7% share for Alba that is most egregious. With pollsters that *don't* have high-Alba house effects, the party has averaged 2.1% since 2021, peaking at 3%. Norstat, average 4%, peak 5%. FindOutNow, average 5.7%, peak 7%.

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Spot the cat

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BERNIE SANDERS: Vaccines do not cause autism. Do you agree? RFK Jr: As I said, I'm not going into HHS with any preordained-- SANDERS: I asked you a simple question, Bobby RFK Jr: If you show me those studies ... SANDERS: That is a very troubling response

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BCP has "transformed" its children's services, now rated "good" in its latest Ofsted inspection. Cllr Richard Burton, member for children, said: "BCP is now a much better place for children and young people to live. Our children's services team has done very well." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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