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Work sometimes, play at everything else. Love #food #Yorkshire #change. 2023 #allotment adventure begins.... All content is mine and not my employers etc.
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‘Revolving door’ between #water companies and #Westminster. Here’s an idea - if politicians are so keen on working at water companies, why don’t they bring them back into public ownership! Starting with Thames Water. Sign our petition if you agree 👇🏽 tinyurl.com/yxht3p94

🌊 "We heard "take back control" again and again, but not to have control of our water always struck me as insane." 82% of us want to end water privatisation, including Stephen Fry. Agree? Share and sign this petition to bring water Thames Water into public ownership: weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...

Water profiteers get: £85bn in dividends. You get a 40% bill hike?!   We refuse to pay for their mess. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te... 🧵

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 5 ‘First Snow’ Artist: Rowland Hilder

A solid day of Yorkshiring

Massive away win for the little fella.

NEW: The government is consulting on plans for the next 10 years of the NHS. It’s your opportunity to tell Wes Streeting to end outsourcing and fix our NHS so it works for patients, not profit. Send or edit our simple-to-use standard response here: weownit.org.uk/nhs-consultation

Vaccinating pregnant women against COVID-19 is a good idea. Why is UK stopping it? 🧪 #healthpolicy #medsky Good article from @chrischirp.bsky.social @sheencr.bsky.social theconversation.com/the-uk-is-no...

Other work by the Ladybird artists. Monsal Dale in Autumn Cover picture, Readers Digest, 1983 Artist: SR Badmin

Here's a list of the public services that have been stolen from YOU since 2010. This government should give them back - paid for with a tax on multi millionaires, borrowing to invest and ending the waste of privatisation. #Budget2024 weownit.org.uk/blog/destruc...

NEED SOME GOOD NEWS? The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels. Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.

Good morning. Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.

Fascinating article from @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social ... A reminder that access to nature and growing spaces should be considered key infrastructure in Planning policy - for the health of people, planet and communities.