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Did a Labour MP really criticise Esther Rantzen for being ‘disrespectful’ ? Just how many ‘do you know who I am ‘ style MPs got elected last year?

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A visitor sunbathing in my garden.....

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Depressing that Wolverhampton NE and SE are so far down the Social mobility index, and the posher Wolverhampton West only average. Why should children have to go to London? www.suttontrust.com/our-research...

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Great signpost in Wednesfield. Locals still call the Town Centre 'The Village' although it hasn't really been that for a long time...

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Another fake caselaw case, this time in US. Use of AI tool admitted. And another irked judge imposing sanctions.

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"I'm unhappy senior politicians are using language reminiscent of [Enoch] Powell and I'm sorry Starmer used some of those phrases." Lord @alfdubs.bsky.social on the "regrettable" language used in the PM's 'island of strangers' speech. @maitlis.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com

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From 1968. In many ways, we have gone backwards

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Suspect this is the current underlying unspoken unedifying government policy....

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Yvette Cooper repeatedly refused to give a straight answer just now on Today to straight Q “Will councils get more money to pay care workers more?” She repeatedly committed to higher carer pay but wouldn’t commit to money so councils can fund it. Think that speaks volumes about the mess we are in.

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"The fact that - on top of everything else - Palantir's NHS offer is just not very good does make one wonder about the source of Wes Streeting's enthusiasm for it. And why the hapless Keir Starmer was dragged along to endorse them by Peter Mandelson." open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

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Bus franchising going ahead in West Mids. How is it working elsewhere? 'West Midlands bus network to come back under public control '- BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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This is bullshit. You can say there are costs, you can even claim the costs outweigh the benefits. But to say that immigration has caused incalculable damage is not just hugely offensive to millions of people and their families, but simply empirically demonstrably wrong

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Adoption Support cuts-why? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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I wrote about Labour’s inability to grasp the nettle on social care in Jan. We are now in full Home Office driven fantasy policy where Labour will neither raise taxes for social care nor allow migrants into the sector. So I assume the plan is to bankrupt it. benansell.substack.com/p/profiles-i...

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There is something bordering on abusive in the way ministers today are talking about public services – Jacqui Smith on universities, and Yvette Cooper on care homes. They are blaming institutions for decisions forced on them by government, without admitting they or changing anything.

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I think this is largely a function of them being trapped by the fiscal situation. They can't fix anything so trying to blame others. It won't work any better than it did for the Tories.

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Predictable but still very depressing. Labour are very much in love with AI and won’t listen to the counter-arguments.

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VE Day Street Party in my street. Well it would be rude not to partake, particularly the samosas...

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BREAKING: “We will be closing the care worker visa for overseas recruitment” - Home Secretary Yvette Cooper Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?

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The Black Country 'queen of crime' Angela Marsons signs eight-book deal www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-countr...

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Intriguing story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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“The controversial 1,000-bed facility is owned by the private prison company GEO Group, which entered into a 15-year, $1 billion contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in February.” $1 BILLION dollars lining the pockets of a private prison company. www.insidernj.com/baraka-arres...

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longhouseman.blog/2025/05/09/t... #arts #socialcare

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So the Lighthouse boutique cinema is being renamed the Lockworks - a not for profit being replaced by a commercial chain. I hope the not-far away local Cineworld survives.... but then its £6 for the Lockworks nearby car park & free in Wednesfield... www.expressandstar.com/news/local-h...

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Reeves was always a problem for Labour. I voted Labour in July 24 but she was the main reason why I almost didnt www.expressandstar.com/uk-news/2025...

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MPs set to vote on whether National Age Assessment Board should be scrapped through amendment to Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill pushed by @basw-uk.bsky.social new.basw.co.uk/policy-and-p... #asylum #ageassessment #socialwork

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One week from today! - Join me for an online discussion organised by @basw-uk.bsky.social West Yorkshire Branch: "Social Worker Identity: Are we submissive or subversive?" Thursday, 15 May 2025 - 6:15pm to 7:45pm basw.co.uk/events/socia...

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Tram disrupted again. Seems to happen a lot….

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📣 This week we've been contacting MPs to urge them to vote for an amendment to the UK Government's Immigration Bill to abolish the National Age Assessment Board. Find out more in this article published by @socialworktoday.bsky.social on our campaign 🔽 www.socialworktoday.co.uk/News/mps-to-...

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I'm wandering how many Ministers & shadows write their own speeches . Are ,eg, Blue Labour really an AI political speechwriting App invented perhaps by one of the many Silicon Valley Trumpites? ... I don't believe Glasman and Rutherford really exist.....

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But this manifestly isn't a way to "counter" Reform. It's just an endorsement of Reform. If it's what Glasman believes, then he should simply join Reform. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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NEW: Internal DWP figures show 700,000 families already in poverty are forecast to be hit by planned disability benefit cuts That's on top of the 250k+ who are predicted to be newly pushed into poverty by the changes By me, for the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Goldman Sachs now expecting 4% inflation by Christmas, led by 6-8% inflation in goods prices. #EconSky

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Latest @theguardian.com cartoon #VEDay80 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Rat Calendar anyone? People are actually selling merchandise about the Birmingham bin strikes www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

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#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1940: John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Grapes of Wrath. The novel follows the fictional Joad family as they lose their farm in Oklahoma and travel to California in search of work and a better life. /1

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A new video has gone live on the Society YouTube site - a version of the talk "The West Midlands, the Slave Trade & Anti-slavery" first given by the Society Chairman Dr Malcolm Dick at Bilston Town Hall on Wednesday 30th April. Do take a look youtu.be/J6nn7EsQ7P4

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Good @dailymirrornews.bsky.social Cartoon in their facsimile of their Sept 9 1940 edition in today's Mirror. Did the wealthy eventually pay their way through WW2?

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MASS LOBBY Against Benefit Cuts💥 📅21st May ⏰12-4pm 📍Westminster Lobby, Jubilee Room Our chance to push MPs to vote against these cuts, to show the strength of support and to take up visible space in Westminster. Join us! www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/mass-lo...

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