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Retired, Ordained Presbyter of U.K. Methodist Movement " founded " by John Wesley's search for Social Holiness. Stockport, just south of Manchester, & love other people, and places, globally.
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BBC News - Pope Leo XIV calls Church 'a beacon to illuminate dark nights' in first mass www.bbc.com/news/article...

Travel warnings at the Station at Barry Island. Be warned.

🚨 Our sports and leisure facilities are in danger. Will you show your support for this Bill, which would give our sports venues additional, automatic protection? Sign and share below! 👇 party.coop/sportsvenues...

Tell Texas Lt. Governor: We will protect the separation of church and state: Several proposals in Texas would indoctrinate public school children with a specific version of Christianity and the lies of Christian nationalism. act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/tx-scho...

Only remembering things that "Our Nige " has never denied. What a nice person.

Putin throwing his weight around, again.

Stop Trump billionaires from meddling in our elections. Tell the UK to ban foreign political donations: action.eko.org/a/uk-ban-all...

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AMEN !

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BREAKING: China raises tariffs on all US goods from 84% to 125% with effect from April 12

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Truly, sadly, painfully, I say " Amen !"

We need to hold on to the example of the #RochdalePioneers as the founders of true #Cooperation.

A poetic summary of the mess being Trumpeted around the world

💯Steve Coogan gets it ! English water companies work for a handful of shareholders around the world, while pouring sewage into our rivers and seas. 💦 Water should be in public ownership. 💩Find out how much your water company has profited from pollution: weownit.org.uk/privatisatio...

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

Well, some good news, at last..... Noel Skum, the richest gerry manderer, is defeated in Wisconsin Election for a judge.

🔥 🔥 "Following the judgement issue by a French court today, Marine Le Pen... has been sentenced to an immediate five year ban on running for political office, four years imprisonment (two years with an electronic tag, two years suspended), and a €100,000 fine."

jpit.uk/response-to-... What Churches in the U.K. are saying about recent budget statements by the Labour Party.

BBC News - Race to save lives and ancient artefacts in South Korea as wildfires rage www.bbc.com/news/article...

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A condensed summary of the recent history of economic changes, locally and globally. #AGoodRead BBC News - I thought the free market was forever - then Trump came along - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Middlesbrough Council’s financial crisis under ex-Mayor Andy Preston left a £13.4m hole - new report exposes mismanagement and tough fixes @northeastbylines.co.uk

We have been keeping a log of sewage dumping for 2 years now with no sign of improvement in the water companies’ performance. Here is the latest in our #SewageWatch series:

Ben Houchen's job claims don't hold up - wages lag, poverty rises, and promised high-paid jobs remain elusive @northeastbylines.co.uk

Yorkshire’s rivers and waterways polluted for over 430,000 hours in 2024 Yorkshire Water revealed to be in the top five offending companies for sewage discharges By Brian McHugh for @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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England and Wales’s leasehold system may soon be replaced by commonhold, shifting power from landlords to tenants. But will it really work? @northeastbylines.co.uk

New #StrongMessageHere is up, on #BBCSounds and all podcast platforms. This week, the language politicians use around welfare, disability and mental health. Has it changed? Has it made any difference? www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Slashing benefits would push the most vulnerable further into poverty, worsening inequality and deepening social divisions | Bruno De Oliveira writes for @sussexbylines.co.uk

Enjoying this podcast at the moment. A lovely listen, so it is.

Elon Musk’s daughter says father’s rally gesture was ‘definitely a Nazi salute www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Former Tory Minister Michael Gove wanted to “circumvent” the regulatory process to push a bid by James Dyson to supply NHS ventilators during the pandemic. Prototype “did not get through testing”. Another episode in the neverending state-corporate cronyism and corruption.

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What childhood was like before vaccines www.vox.com/health/40268...

Trump to revoke legal status for 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, putting them on a fast-track to deportation. Reversal of the welcome received under President Biden's administration. Trump respects no law, treaty, humanitarian policy. He can't be trusted. archive.ph/pkmf3

The United States has paused major portions of its intelligence sharing with Ukraine, squeezing the flow of vital information that Kyiv has used to repel invading Russian forces and strike back at select targets inside of Russia.

🚨 NEW: Our communities are getting a boost with the Government's Plan for Neighbourhoods, including £1.5 billion of investments in local communities and co-ops across the country - directed by communities themselves.

FT says "The US Congress is missing in action". Also civil society, trade unions, press, Church, judiciary, academics missing as the US shifts to fascism. All protecting their position, currying favours. What of the long-term? Europe slow to respond. Need new alliances. archive.ph/hVMn8