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Michael Gove and Sarah Vine show that the class resentments on the right match anything the left can produce. Piece from me, based on Vine’s memoir, which shows how Gove turned on Cameron for treating him like a servant, and paved the way for the Brexit disaster open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...

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So British DOGE's search for wasteful spending discovered that... councils need more money to update their IT systems? www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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On the 50th anniversary of the first Referendum on Europe, when the U.K. was a little saner, David Steel delivers a #Rejoin message #StrongerTogether youtu.be/W1Js-H3QRso?...

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Sums up Reform

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www.bbc.com/news/article... Reform to 'dumb down' diversity and net zero council programmes - BBC News

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I thought the East Midlands was supposed to be flat?

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Anne Hathaway’s Cottage taken from the top of an open-top Bus. #ShakespeareSaturday #Cottages

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Lincoln Cathedral The magnificent West front and some interior shots visited 7/6/24 #Cathedrals

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This is excellent news.

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Misty walk up to Jenkyn Chapel at the edge of Rainow & Saltersford Parish(one of biggest parishes in the country). So remote.The people of Saltersford were so isolated & surrounded by neolithic standing stones. A 4 mile walk both ways to school in Rainow #peakdistrict #Cheshire #history

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Are you a British citizen living in an EU/EEA/EFTA member state who would like to have your say 5 years on from Brexit transition? Now's your chance! Please take part & share widely. @bremaininspain.com @michaelacbenson.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/call-fo...

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Those crazy hippies at the Financial Times are at it again. Why are our governments so afraid to face reality? who are they actually being led by? certainly not their voters.

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Nuclear power: a dream not worth having The Government wants more nuclear power stations, but renewable energy is cheaper, safer, and more sustainable @westenglandbylines.co.uk @stevedawe.bsky.social westenglandbylines.co.uk/business/ene...

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Valley of the Aire, Armley Pastures and Kirkstall, Leeds, 1853, by George I. Alexander, 1832-1913 (Leeds Art Gallery). #NorthernArt

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Our new blackboard finally arrived! Look how shiny and new it is..! Reposting one of my favourite earworms to celebrate.

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I’m currently on leave away from Moscow. But before I left, I asked Russians about their hopes & their concerns.

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

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Now clear they were never prepared for (local) government. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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Reform UK inflaming hostility towards Muslims, leading British Muslims warn

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Reform grapples with internal problems as chairman resigns www.channel4.com/news/reform-...

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The first EU referendum wasn’t just about economics. It was about identity, cooperation and a better future. It was won on hope, not fear. 50 years later, it can be again. ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk

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St Swithin at Wickham. Tower is a Saxon survival interior Victorian Gothic style by Benjamin Ferrey. In the N. aisle Ferrey intended to place angels but his patron Rev William Nicholson had other ideas. He’d bought 4 papier mache elephants in a Paris exhibition. They were copied to make 8

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Spain has the most hours of free electricity in all of Europe, and also the lowest average electricity price. Solar + wind = saving money Gas + nuclear = wasting money

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A sideways look at history - a different view of Ludlow Castle, with Mortimer's Tower on the right. This was the original gatehouse to the castle and is named after the Mortimer family, who built it in the 13th century. I took this shot while standing on the Donkey Steps a former packhorse path 1/2

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Le saint patron des jardiniers ? Saint Fiacre ! 🌱 Cette enseigne de pèlerinage, que l’on fixait sur un vêtement ou un chapeau, vient du prieuré de Saint-Fiacre-en-Brie (Seine-et-Marne). 👨‍🌾

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Blimey, Reform haven't hung about in removing Zia Yusuf from any involvement in the party

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#Gardens #Flowers Not my garden, I hasten to add. Lower Bowden Manor in Berkshire

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#FontsonFriday Beautifully decorated for a village wedding last weekend. St Mary the Virgin #Ilmington #warwickshire If you visit you must try to spot eleven mice by Robert Thompson

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@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social

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🕊️ 50 years ago, Britain chose Europe. The 1975 referendum showed that hope, not fear, can win. We can choose it again. ⤵️

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Gotta love pollsters 😄

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

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#RatsinaSack

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Bonuses banned for 10 English water bosses over sewage pollution

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#FontsonFriday Two for the price of one. A Norman tub font and a Victorian font with a splendid cover. St Swithin’s, Wickham, Berkshire

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Oooh! I’d like one of those ! Mobile library #Libraries

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NEW ANALYSIS: UK's solar power surges 42% to a new record, after the sunniest spring on record * For the first time, solar was >10% of UK generation in consecutive months (April/May 2025) * In 2025, solar has already avoided gas imports that would've cost £600m www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uks...

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