Louise Preston 💙🌹
@nwsoul.bsky.social
Happily retired and taking Tony Benn’s tips on living longer by spending time with my grand children, trying to keep up with technology and taking an interest in current affairs. No DMs thank you
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"It’s been argued that it’s systems, not people that are the problem. After an evening where people shared their thoughts on defence, education, benefits and immigration, I’d counter that and say people are definitely the problem." 😄
🍺 What happens when politics goes down the pub?
One Suffolk voter went along to her MP’s ‘Pint & Politics’ – and found plenty of opinions, rather less empathy, and a striking generational divide.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
One Suffolk voter went along to her MP’s ‘Pint & Politics’ – and found plenty of opinions, rather less empathy, and a striking generational divide.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Pint & Politics? No more thanks, I’ve seen enough entitlement for one lifetime
When the local MP invited me to talk politics in the pub, I listened and learnt a lot about my community
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
"It’s been argued that it’s systems, not people that are the problem. After an evening where people shared their thoughts on defence, education, benefits and immigration, I’d counter that and say people are definitely the problem." 😄
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'The Blues Brothers' is the best musical Ever Made!
#MusicSky
#FilmSky
#TCMParty
youtu.be/1l4W1keTWV0?...
#MusicSky
#FilmSky
#TCMParty
youtu.be/1l4W1keTWV0?...
The Blues Brothers, Aretha Franklin, Matt "Guitar" Murphy & John Lee Hooker
YouTube video by ™GROWING BELUSHI
youtu.be
September 8, 2026 at 6:17 AM
'The Blues Brothers' is the best musical Ever Made!
#MusicSky
#FilmSky
#TCMParty
youtu.be/1l4W1keTWV0?...
#MusicSky
#FilmSky
#TCMParty
youtu.be/1l4W1keTWV0?...
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Nature is so beautiful ❤️❤️
September 5, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Nature is so beautiful ❤️❤️
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This iconic 1971 photo of Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes has always said so much without saying a word.
Two women. Two raised fists. One shared fight for equality.
Dorothy passed in 2022. Now Gloria is gone too.
Two giants who helped change America.
Rest in power, Gloria. ✊🏼✊🏾
Two women. Two raised fists. One shared fight for equality.
Dorothy passed in 2022. Now Gloria is gone too.
Two giants who helped change America.
Rest in power, Gloria. ✊🏼✊🏾
September 3, 2026 at 12:46 PM
This iconic 1971 photo of Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes has always said so much without saying a word.
Two women. Two raised fists. One shared fight for equality.
Dorothy passed in 2022. Now Gloria is gone too.
Two giants who helped change America.
Rest in power, Gloria. ✊🏼✊🏾
Two women. Two raised fists. One shared fight for equality.
Dorothy passed in 2022. Now Gloria is gone too.
Two giants who helped change America.
Rest in power, Gloria. ✊🏼✊🏾
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Just copy & share everywhere please.
Absolutely thumping.
Absolutely thumping.
September 2, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Just copy & share everywhere please.
Absolutely thumping.
Absolutely thumping.
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This really is very good. The diagnosis is spot on, the delivery is refreshing and real. Now we have to hope he can back up these powerful words with real, radical action that starts to reverse it all.
Andy Burnham DESTROYS years of privatisation in first speech in Commons as Prime Minister #politics
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE
m.youtube.com
September 2, 2026 at 5:13 AM
This really is very good. The diagnosis is spot on, the delivery is refreshing and real. Now we have to hope he can back up these powerful words with real, radical action that starts to reverse it all.
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FINALLY - someone telling the truth to the electorate.
Andy Burnham's first speech, "From the 1980s this country took a series of wrong turns"
"Political power was centralised"
"Economic power, privatised"
"The country, deindustrialised"
"Austerity followed"
"And then Brexit compounded the damage"
"Change begins with honesty"
"Political power was centralised"
"Economic power, privatised"
"The country, deindustrialised"
"Austerity followed"
"And then Brexit compounded the damage"
"Change begins with honesty"
September 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
FINALLY - someone telling the truth to the electorate.
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Andy Burnham's first speech, "From the 1980s this country took a series of wrong turns"
"Political power was centralised"
"Economic power, privatised"
"The country, deindustrialised"
"Austerity followed"
"And then Brexit compounded the damage"
"Change begins with honesty"
"Political power was centralised"
"Economic power, privatised"
"The country, deindustrialised"
"Austerity followed"
"And then Brexit compounded the damage"
"Change begins with honesty"
September 1, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Andy Burnham's first speech, "From the 1980s this country took a series of wrong turns"
"Political power was centralised"
"Economic power, privatised"
"The country, deindustrialised"
"Austerity followed"
"And then Brexit compounded the damage"
"Change begins with honesty"
"Political power was centralised"
"Economic power, privatised"
"The country, deindustrialised"
"Austerity followed"
"And then Brexit compounded the damage"
"Change begins with honesty"
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The wankers will go after him but frankly I love this.
🇬🇧🇺🇦 UK Prime Minister Burnham played a Smiths song on guitar with Ukrainian soldiers during his first overseas trip as PM.
They performed an Oasis song for him in return.
They performed an Oasis song for him in return.
August 24, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The wankers will go after him but frankly I love this.
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We do not build the reservoirs needed to store the rain that falls here.
We do not build strategic food reserves needed to maintain provision in hard times.
We failed to build effective stores of PPE, to protect us in pandemics.
This country has long been governed by people who do not prepare.
We do not build strategic food reserves needed to maintain provision in hard times.
We failed to build effective stores of PPE, to protect us in pandemics.
This country has long been governed by people who do not prepare.
August 19, 2026 at 7:38 AM
We do not build the reservoirs needed to store the rain that falls here.
We do not build strategic food reserves needed to maintain provision in hard times.
We failed to build effective stores of PPE, to protect us in pandemics.
This country has long been governed by people who do not prepare.
We do not build strategic food reserves needed to maintain provision in hard times.
We failed to build effective stores of PPE, to protect us in pandemics.
This country has long been governed by people who do not prepare.
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Red-whiskered Bulbul 21 cm
live: forests and urban gardens, eating a mixed diet of fruits, nectar, and insects.
Thriving easily in human-made gardens and urban parks, well-known for its cheerful, flute-like calls
Asia, including India, China.
Introduced areas: Parts of Australia, US and Hawaii
live: forests and urban gardens, eating a mixed diet of fruits, nectar, and insects.
Thriving easily in human-made gardens and urban parks, well-known for its cheerful, flute-like calls
Asia, including India, China.
Introduced areas: Parts of Australia, US and Hawaii
August 15, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Red-whiskered Bulbul 21 cm
live: forests and urban gardens, eating a mixed diet of fruits, nectar, and insects.
Thriving easily in human-made gardens and urban parks, well-known for its cheerful, flute-like calls
Asia, including India, China.
Introduced areas: Parts of Australia, US and Hawaii
live: forests and urban gardens, eating a mixed diet of fruits, nectar, and insects.
Thriving easily in human-made gardens and urban parks, well-known for its cheerful, flute-like calls
Asia, including India, China.
Introduced areas: Parts of Australia, US and Hawaii
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A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
August 16, 2026 at 6:38 AM
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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Ofcom, the Met, Parliament need to take a look at coverage like this from Pearson and The Telegraph after the Jason Arday tragedy. Unconscionable bile. #r4today
August 15, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Ofcom, the Met, Parliament need to take a look at coverage like this from Pearson and The Telegraph after the Jason Arday tragedy. Unconscionable bile. #r4today
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I can tell why Tice’s squeeze holed up in Dubai …
She can’t read the runes at all.
It was Farage’s cowardly stupid stunt from first to last and we all know who looks extraordinarily foolish. Extraordinarily it ain’t the man with a bin on his head.
It’s the man who ran away from him this morning
She can’t read the runes at all.
It was Farage’s cowardly stupid stunt from first to last and we all know who looks extraordinarily foolish. Extraordinarily it ain’t the man with a bin on his head.
It’s the man who ran away from him this morning
August 14, 2026 at 10:39 AM
I can tell why Tice’s squeeze holed up in Dubai …
She can’t read the runes at all.
It was Farage’s cowardly stupid stunt from first to last and we all know who looks extraordinarily foolish. Extraordinarily it ain’t the man with a bin on his head.
It’s the man who ran away from him this morning
She can’t read the runes at all.
It was Farage’s cowardly stupid stunt from first to last and we all know who looks extraordinarily foolish. Extraordinarily it ain’t the man with a bin on his head.
It’s the man who ran away from him this morning
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Polling closes 10pm tonight.
Let's remember "How Count Binface accidentally provided one of the most hilarious political circuses of all time, leaving Nigel Farage looking on in Clacton"
Let's remember "How Count Binface accidentally provided one of the most hilarious political circuses of all time, leaving Nigel Farage looking on in Clacton"
Big trouble in Little Clacton – The Great Clacton Bin-Off
How Count Binface accidentally provided one of the most hilarious political circuses of all time, leaving Nigel Farage looking on in Clacton
centralbylines.co.uk
August 13, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Polling closes 10pm tonight.
Let's remember "How Count Binface accidentally provided one of the most hilarious political circuses of all time, leaving Nigel Farage looking on in Clacton"
Let's remember "How Count Binface accidentally provided one of the most hilarious political circuses of all time, leaving Nigel Farage looking on in Clacton"
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Happy 77 birthday to Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler!
📸Joby Sessions
📸Joby Sessions
August 12, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Happy 77 birthday to Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler!
📸Joby Sessions
📸Joby Sessions
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The US is punishing Canada for giving EU cheese exporters better treatment.
John Clarke provide analysis on how the row is likely threaten the erosion of rules governing global trade.
John Clarke provide analysis on how the row is likely threaten the erosion of rules governing global trade.
Travesty of language – the hollowing-out of the most-favoured nation clause
The United States is stripping the world trading system’s foundational most-favoured nation principle of its meaning and the European Union has clumsily joined that bandwagon
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
August 11, 2026 at 9:59 AM
The US is punishing Canada for giving EU cheese exporters better treatment.
John Clarke provide analysis on how the row is likely threaten the erosion of rules governing global trade.
John Clarke provide analysis on how the row is likely threaten the erosion of rules governing global trade.
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...held on Saturday 29th is here👇
A repost would really really help but understandably v few people will see to the end of the thread (hoping a few will).
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...
A repost would really really help but understandably v few people will see to the end of the thread (hoping a few will).
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...
August 6, 2026 at 7:11 PM
...held on Saturday 29th is here👇
A repost would really really help but understandably v few people will see to the end of the thread (hoping a few will).
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...
A repost would really really help but understandably v few people will see to the end of the thread (hoping a few will).
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...
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I've been advised to go on PIP(my autism,ADHD & PMDD together are disabling & my breakdown means my income's 1/4 of what it was)but I really don't want to do that.
If you'd like to learn to draw plants & how creative activity alters our brain biochemistry to improve mental health my August class...🧵
If you'd like to learn to draw plants & how creative activity alters our brain biochemistry to improve mental health my August class...🧵
August 6, 2026 at 7:07 PM
I've been advised to go on PIP(my autism,ADHD & PMDD together are disabling & my breakdown means my income's 1/4 of what it was)but I really don't want to do that.
If you'd like to learn to draw plants & how creative activity alters our brain biochemistry to improve mental health my August class...🧵
If you'd like to learn to draw plants & how creative activity alters our brain biochemistry to improve mental health my August class...🧵
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Look for the Helpers…
August 5, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Look for the Helpers…
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Absolutely no comment
August 4, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Absolutely no comment
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Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
August 3, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.