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Cat loving, dog friendly, rabbit & ratty pets in past. NHS pensioned worker; socially, environmentally aware person. Live & let live without prejudice for those of like mind
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Yes! my mother especially could be described like this

This from four years ago... And back in the news this week.

UK take note - do not go down the route the USA has and keep the NHS from cradle to grave, not relying on private health care to fill the gaps

The UK's anti-protest laws pre-legitimise far right authoritarianism. Labour must repeal them now. My column today. www.theguardian.com/global/comme...

WoW!

Gen-X knows 🤣

I wonder how those who encourage this would feel if they were on the receiving end of it?!

More health inequalities exacerbated by difficulty in accessing health services.

Truth isn’t what it used to be. Facts are under attack. But this isn’t new - it’s a playbook perfected by Big Tobacco and weaponised by the far right. How do you fight back when reality itself is being rewritten? New EAB writer Guy Chapman reports.

In this new world, if you're not around the table, you're on the menu. If China, Russia, US are allowed to decide Europe's future, our future won't be ours. European leaders...lead! on.ft.com/3CQFzlI

THIS FELINE’S NINE AND FEELIN’ FINE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, GUINNESS

🔥 Lord Sumption says US is now “very, very” unreliable ally - - and the UK should disentangle from it. Absolutely right.

metro.co.uk/2025/02/16/n...

Eighty years after the liberation of Auschwitz, families are still being torn from their homes, dehumanised, and deported. New EAB contributor @riotgrandma.bsky.social asks: Have we really learned from history?

Need something positive to lift my spirits

Incredible!

Pop quiz: People are saying the kid says “you’re not the president you need to go away” — do y’all hear it too?

We have always supported #Ukraine in its battle to repel the Russian invasion. Now more than ever Ukrainians need the backing of all of us in the face of #Trump cosying up to #Putin. Write to your MP, support Ukrainian cultural events, join ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/2025/01/21/d...

Brexit: an unexpected consequence - on Colchester Zoo’s breeding programmes.

Is #freedomofspeech a fundamental human right? What if false claims on social media lead to threats to life or physical harm? Where should the line be drawn? @janiceheppenstall.bsky.social explores the issues in her latest piece for @sussexbylines.co.uk

Keir Starmer Urged to Back Law Blocking Foreign Billionaires Like Elon Musk From Bankrolling UK Political Parties bylinetimes.com/2025/02/12/k...

🙌 Well done everyone! 🙌 Read (and share!) this piece by Robert McMaster, who started the petition:

Zelensky admits that NATO membership is unlikely because of opposition from America, Germany and Hungary—though, he says, the latter would snap into line if ever Trump asked. “No one is giving up.” www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

@post-poliohealth.bsky.social Here are a few articles from the February British Polio Fellowship email I received: time.com/7205614/we-n... Also www.newsweek.com/when-did-we-...

@endpolionow.bsky.social Here are a few articles from the February British Polio Fellowship email I received: time.com/7205614/we-n... Also www.newsweek.com/when-did-we-...

This petition is still running. Please sign it if you haven't already. Currently at 7.641, trying to get to 10,000

Finland has been held up as an international example to follow in tackling homelessness but the Scandinavian country has just reported its first rising numbers in 11 years. 📈 @lgeraghty23.bsky.social reports. ⬇️ www.bigissue.com/news/housing...

Having had to suffer through many years of vaccinations whilst living in India as a child but still having caught polio at one time, I am a strong supporter of vaccinations. I probably would have died from having polio but for the vaccines I'd had previously.

✍️ NHS coffin ships: how saving our NHS could rescue the UK economy As our hospitals turn into ‘coffin ships’ – crumbling, unsafe, and underfunded – we ask the chancellor, will you act before disaster strikes? By Dr John Carlisle

AI chatbots distort and mislead when asked about current affairs, BBC finds Most answers had ‘significant issues’ when researchers asked services to use broadcaster’s news articles as source www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

When you run through the challenges in one life over the course of the austerity years it can seem matter of fact. But the experience is compounding and exhausting | Sam Lewis @bylines.cymru

Time to recognise paramedics as an official emergency service Paramedics face immense stress yet lack official emergency service recognition. It’s time for fair rights, benefits and retirement protections yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/home-af...

Let's get this discussed in parliament at least