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European living in Hastings. Chair Hastings & St Leonards Museum Association. Trustee Ore Community Land Trust and Hastings Story-Telling Festival. Labour Party member
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The Telegraph’s been reproducing versions of this same story for years. Wokeness and a ‘recipe for a crisis’ in membership. But National Trust member retention is higher than comparator organisations despite the cost of living crisis, and visitor numbers have been increasing.

While haters call Labour 'Red Tories,' I call them the fixers cleaning up the Tories' mess. 👇

Today’s report shows that ULEZ works. One year on, the ULEZ expansion is helping to: 🌳 Drive down levels of pollution 🌳 Take old polluting cars off our roads 🌳 Bring cleaner air to millions more Londoners.

A259 at Bulverhythe at Hastings roadworks with temporary lights causing long delays in both directions

Puppets on a Kremlin String? 'You used to rule the world Choosing sides, being undeterred Now after Putin, in secret, phones In a week that world’s disowned!' #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦 @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE?...

You probably read this weekend the government was watering down the workers rights bill. Having looked at the amendments, there’s no weakening of anything, in most cases it’s been toughened up. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The Gulf War. Afghanistan, Iraq, multiple missions against Islamist extremists. Hundreds of British service people dead and wounded. This ignorant, disrespectful fool is a 78-year old heartbeat away from the Presidency.

The government has announced a new long term Plan for Neighbourhoods, with £1.5bn in funding across 10 years to revitalise 75 areas & fight deprivation in order to create thriving towns & stronger communities. 1/2 www.gov.uk/government/p...

Jesus Christ. When was the last time you heard anyone say something like this?

We now have details of the £1.6bn deal for 5000 missiles to be produced for Ukraine. The contract goes to Thales in Belfast, bringing 200 additional jobs. It will treble production of missiles at the site. 1/2

youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?" It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine. #SlavaUkraini #Dontabandonthem

“The important thing is how to react..I rolled up my sleeves and picked up the phone” Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Stand strong, President Zelensky

NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent. “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. “A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.” @kyivindependent.com

Please sign if you can to revoke the 🍊🤡 invitation to the UK. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

I stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦 ❤️ if you do, too.

Note: the Labour govt is making the largest investment in hospices for a generation.

80% of German VOTERS went for parties that promised to have nothing to do with the AFD... MEDIA: Huge win for AFD!

Macron corrects Trump after he claims "Europe is loaning the money to Ukraine. They get their money back."

Well done Germany for turning out in huge numbers to vote yesterday. Yes the AfD may have made gains, but massive turn out has kept their successes down and ensured they will play no part at all in governing Germany. Here are some images for looking at the results in different ways.

On the 3rd anniversary of Russia’s brutal invasion, Europe is in Kyiv. We are in Kyiv today, because Ukraine is Europe. In this fight for survival, it is not only the destiny of Ukraine that is at stake. It’s Europe’s destiny.

We’re opening free breakfast clubs in all primary schools to boost parents' work choices and children's life chances. 750 schools are becoming the first to offer the clubs, set to save parents £450 a year. Find out where to find the early adopter schools👇🏻 educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2025/02/free...

The government's breakfast club scheme is about to get going from April as the 750 schools in the early adopter phase are set to be announced. The schools will cover all 9 English regions, and include schools of different sizes and some which don't currently offer breakfast clubs. 1/2

A significant cyber op is actively trying to take this *VERY IMPORTANT* news article down and erase its existence.

Interesting to note that #bbcnews don't seem to think they should be reporting on these protest rallies in the USA.

Lisa Nandy announces £270m fund for UK’s ‘crumbling’ cultural infrastructure

Foreign Leader Favourability Ratings amongst British Voters: 🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelenskyy Favourable: 64% Unfavourable: 16% NET: +48% 🇺🇸 Donald Trump Favourable: 22% Unfavourable: 73% NET: -51% 🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin Favourable: 4% Unfavourable: 89% NET: -85% Via @YouGov, 16-17 Feb.

Aaaand… here’s what you COULD have won!

Due to the layoffs I am afraid that we have had to take over the running of the US National Parks. We are updating the park regulations but for now the most important thing people can do before visiting a national park is to marinade themselves for 12 hours in olive oil, lime juice & garlic.

Most of the UK farmland sold last year went to tax-dodgers, not real farmers. They exploit inheritance tax breaks, pricing farmers out while barely using the land. They “farm” just enough to meet loopholes, cashing in on rising land values. It’s not about food, it’s a scam for the wealthy.

Last year, the government set up an independent review of sentence policy within the context of prisons being full & demand for places predicted to grow by tens of thousands in the coming years. Part 1 is published today, looking at how we got to the situation of over crowded prisons. 1/2

The government is revealing more plans for rail reform today, as a consultation opens on plans that will see Great British Railways set up (a 'shadow' version already has been) and the creation of a new powerful watchdog that will deal with issues affecting passengers. www.gov.uk/government/n...

More "good" financial news today, so expect another bogus nothingberger of a story to drop later on how Rachel Reeves was once mean to a puppy or some other Bullshit.

Red Tories, the latest. Labour Transport Secretary Hiedi Alexander talks about how the nationalization of railways is going. #ukpolitixw

Actor who played JD Vance in Hillbilly Elegy condemns stars who get political

If you still have any doubt about how utterly cretinous Tories are, watch this debate between Mak (Tory) and Labour’s Peter Kyle - it speaks for itself. #ukpolitics

Labour promised to deliver an extra 2 million appointments a year as a first step to fix the the NHS. And they have reached that target in just 5 months. The impact? More people getting the treatment they need and waiting lists down by 160,000 (compared to a 33,000 rise the year before).

While Tory scum are whinging, Labour is acting. #ukpolitics

The UK is among 18 countries to issue a joint statement in the first anniversary of the death of Alexei Navalny's death. The statement extends condolences, mentions Russia’s dire human rights record and how Russia crushes peaceful dissent. 1/2

Two interesting UK jobs advertised today - Prevent Commissioner and Commissioner for Countering Extremism. I’m currently doing the former on an interim basis only. Please spread the word. www.gov.uk/government/n...