alisonseed.bsky.social
Work in assessment. Single mum to a brilliant small boy. Interested in education, rowing, politics and cats (not necessarily in that order)
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Ooo, good choice of venue.
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Anti-vaxxers are wrong but this is unnecessary. And what do you mean ‘malfunctioning’?
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What happens when we run out of letters?? 😬
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Not the best way to protest, I agree. Food security does sort of affect everyone though.
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Both are dangerous. To be fair the Southport attacked hadn’t been radicalised though - not sure Prevent would have helped.
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Or perhaps they did pick up on danger signs, but decided they couldn’t help as he hadn’t been radicalised as such?
The problem seems to have been that there was no-one they could pass him over to. Why wasn’t he in some sort of secure mental health unit? He was clearly unwell.
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To be fair I think the terror attack thing is a down to a technicality. There has to be a clear political motive for something to be declared a terror attack. Sounds like he was just interested in violence, not politics. Same outcomes though.
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Either Pulp or Suede. I’d edge slightly toward Pulp. (Honourable mention for The Bluetones).
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Isn’t a phaal mega hot?
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Might be nice if the far right came up with a solution to all child sexual abuse then, rather than just focussing on this (important as it is).
I unfortunately came across CSA far too often in my job. That included victims of rape gangs, but also more kids abused by close family members or friends.
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I don’t disagree. I think this is one place they really really need to cooperate, but don’t. Maybe because if they did they couldn’t use it to attack one another about it.
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Tbf there was cross party consensus on many issues Phillips has campaigned and brought forward bills about. From memory she worked with Andrew Mitchell closely on domestic violence legislation. The parties don’t like to celebrate what they’ve done together though - puts some voters off.
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Pretty much, yes. Although grooming and abuse was an issue all of the time I was teaching (so going back over twenty years) so I don’t think anyone comes out of this well.
Labour would find implementing the recommendations of the Jay review in full an easy win, which I think they’re looking at tbf
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‘Could’ is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that headline.
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They don’t invite the Green Party nearly enough (as I’ve said elsewhere). They do seem to be on more than they were though - Carla Denyer has been a few things recently.
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I agree with that.
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I don’t think how much time he gets on the BBC makes much difference. It’s his social media presence that has made him popular. Reform voters don’t seem to be big fans of ‘mainstream media’.
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More than they used to be, but still not enough.
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And you’re entitled to, but personally I think the BBC should be representative as the national broadcaster. Given recent poll results that means more air time for Reform and the Greens.
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Yeah, Trump isn’t known for making deals at all, is he?
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Chamberlain was dealing with a dictator who’d been in power for several years.
Starmer can’t act without knowing what Trump plans to do. Let’s face it, Trump has form for saying what he needs to to get elected and then not following through.
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If you’re talking about Trump he isn’t even president yet, so it’s probably prudent to wait and see what his actual policies will be.
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Probably around the party’s conference.
There’s an argument it should be reflective of the share of popular vote, rather than seats tbf.
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Does being quiet make someone a poor leader? Not sure I agree.
I can see why he’s cautious with Musk, given he’s a key member of the incoming Trump administration.
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Because, like it or not, a large (and increasing) proportion of the British people vote for him. They have to have him on. They don’t have to let him spout his lies unchallenged.
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We had a lot overnight but it turned to rain unfortunately. I have a very grumpy five year old now 😂
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If you’re that bothered why did you comment?
Do I think Campbell is a good person? Probably not. Do I think he has interesting points to raise (whether I agree with them or not)? Almost certainly.
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The efforts at undermining civil servants was definitely deliberate.