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janetsouthcoast.bsky.social
Cats, politics, long walks in the country. Education, social policy. Woke before it was a problem and currently mystified by government’s lack of courage on EU and other policies including foreign policy.
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This is excellent.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

No-one lost more than £300 a year due to Labour’s changes to Winter Fuel Allowance. Labour’s changes to disability benefit could cost some households *more than £10,000 a year* – and the plans tabled this week do nothing to fix that. It’s no wonder campaigners are raising alarms with MPs.

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

submitted 2 days ago • 98 comments

Why are Tories suddenly using the term "white british" in debates on immgration and citizenship? www.ft.com/content/aceb...

submitted 2 days ago • 121 comments

MSNBC dug up the clip of former Trump Sec Def Mark Esper saying that Trump asked him in 2020 to shoot protesters -- an order Pete Hegseth wouldn't rule out following if Trump asked him to do it today

submitted 2 days ago • 168 comments

“Already in the last six years homelessness among disabled families has risen by 75%. What’s going to happen when people can’t use their PIP or the health component of their Universal credit to top up their rent and bills?” Susanna Reid

submitted 3 days ago • 25 comments

New: Teachers at super-strict academy told to hand out 25 detentions a week - whatever their pupils’ behaviour educationuncovered.co.uk/news/teacher... Latest developments at Ark Alexandra Academy, in Hastings, East Sussex.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

When I first saw the headline I assumed it was an error, but on reading the piece I see that no, the Home Office is genuinely suggesting that two children go and live in Brazil without their parents, who are both legal UK residents and employed.

submitted 3 days ago • 15 comments

I thought I was losing my mind when this happened because it was an attempted assassination of a national political leader and it was treated like it was nothing.

submitted 6 days ago • 97 comments

The lying shits who posted it said “You won’t believe this guys. We’re having a day at Dover and the asylum seekers, it’s crazy. “They’re just all coming in, they are. They’re all just flooding in. Look, all the boats, it’s just asylum seekers everywhere.”

submitted 7 days ago • 35 comments

If you're heading to a protest tomorrow, it's important to know your rights. Consult this information from the ACLU. Be peaceful. Be safe. Be careful. Be strong.

submitted 7 days ago • 91 comments

"The HHS document says that another paper it cites found 'an increase in placental blood clotting in pregnant mothers who took the vaccine.' But the paper doesn't contain any reference to placental blood clots or to pregnant women." www.npr.org/2025/06/13/n...

submitted 7 days ago • 1121 comments

As a four-decade veteran of the daily journalism business, let me tell you: Every competent political reporter in this country knows that Trump is trying to establish a dictatorship. The industry's shame is that so few journalists will say so, and the ones who do lose their jobs.

submitted 8 days ago • 192 comments

This is the term we must use now, yes.

submitted 8 days ago • 116 comments

DHS is also lying about him being repeatedly told to back away. The video shows the men who pushed him don’t even open their mouths, they just grab him and get them out of the room without saying a word.

submitted 8 days ago • 109 comments

How many armed #NaziTrumpTroopers does it take to detain & cuff a 52 year old US Senator for the crime of wanting to ask a question❓ 3 apparently but.. they were taking no chances, as backup was inbound Phew imagine if it’d been a 70 year old woman they’d have called the National Guard 🙄🙄🤷🏼‍♂️

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment