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Robin Wiles

@rnw1961

Cat lover, retired, avid book reader and theatre attendee. Stoke City fan for my sins. Married to a wonderful Scot, Deb.

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Farage talking arrant and nasty shit here. You can't get an autism/SEND diagnosis from a GP. People are having to wait years for one. This is just Trump/Kennedy stuff, with a flavour of Badenoch & the right wing UK media

24.04.2025 12:05 πŸ‘ 231 πŸ” 92 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 9
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Robin's fundraiser for Epilepsy Action Help Robin Wiles raise money to support Epilepsy Action

To mark Purple Day on Wednesday 26th March 2025 for Epilepsy Action, I have had my hair & beard dyed purple.
You can sponsor me at www.justgiving.com/page/robin-w...

23.03.2025 15:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Majority of Brexit voters β€˜would accept free movement’ to access single market Europe-wide polling finds UK and EU leaders now out of step with public opinion and pursue β€˜ambitious reset’

Interesting

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

12.12.2024 11:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Democracy For Sale - Safeguard Democracy A survey to make a people-powered plan to safeguard Britain's democracy from leading investigative journalists who write about lobbying and dark money

Worth filling in

democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard

08.12.2024 12:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Asked by Sky News whether his fellow Reform MP previously being jailed for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend, and then subsequently lying to voters about it, should be grounds for his expulsion from the party, Nigel Farage replies that "I've got a million followers on TikTok" and storms off

28.11.2024 19:46 πŸ‘ 2053 πŸ” 618 πŸ’¬ 135 πŸ“Œ 58
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A great British bookshelf revolt buries Johnson’s Unleashed A new craze is sweeping the nation’s bookshops up and down the country in a peaceful protest about a certain disgraced ex-PM’s book Unleashed

A great British bookshelf revolt buries Johnson’s Unleashed

A new craze is sweeping the nation’s bookshops up and down the country in a peaceful protest about a certain disgraced ex-PM’s book Unleashed
@gemmagould.bsky.social

27.11.2024 17:45 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 5
Graphic reading β€œOver 4,000 supporters have written to the health secretary. Join them and demand he rules Palantir out of the NHS.” with an image of Wes Streeting and flying email envelopes

Graphic reading β€œOver 4,000 supporters have written to the health secretary. Join them and demand he rules Palantir out of the NHS.” with an image of Wes Streeting and flying email envelopes

Palantir’s troubling history of surveillance, wrongful detentions and attacks on the NHS – as well as one of its founders’ previous comments about our health service – mean it shouldn’t be anywhere near our patient data.

Write to Wes Streeting ✍️
goodlaw.social/ss1q

25.11.2024 17:23 πŸ‘ 321 πŸ” 171 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 6
Redirecting...

The fabulous Brampton Museum in Newcastle-under-Lyme

www.facebook.com/share/v/1UmH...

27.11.2024 08:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He really ought to keep his fat mouth shut (Johnson, not @mrjohncrace.bsky.social !)

27.11.2024 05:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don't forget too that in many areas there are Parish/Town Councils as well.

25.11.2024 07:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The disadvantages of two-tier arrangements can be counterbalance by good partnership working involving all relevant agencies.

25.11.2024 07:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can't read the full article because of the pay wall, but a few thoughts on the idea of abolishing District/Borough Council as someone who worked for one of them for 22 years.

25.11.2024 07:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Definition of β€œkakistocracy” as a government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state.

Definition of β€œkakistocracy” as a government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state.

Word of the day. Or week. Or next four years.

20.11.2024 13:57 πŸ‘ 46351 πŸ” 9744 πŸ’¬ 1516 πŸ“Œ 617
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I’m a farmer – and I’m glad to see tax loopholes closing for cynical investor landowners | Guy Singh-Watson It could have been better designed, but Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tweak will help farmers with mud on their boots, says farmer Guy Singh-Watson

Rational and considered thoughts about farmers and inheritance tax - from a farmer.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

23.11.2024 12:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Bit unfair to obnoxious turds!

22.11.2024 15:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'd have thought it would be difficult for them to hide their motivation given that Christian is the first word of their title.

22.11.2024 15:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

UK
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

21.11.2024 19:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Captain Tom Foundation inquiry: three key failings A book deal, personal appearance and plans for a swimming pool were all criticised by the Charity Commission

Surely they could/should be charged with fraud and embezzlement?

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

21.11.2024 19:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Captain Sir Tom Moore's family 'benefited significantly' from links to charity, report finds Hannah and Colin Ingram-Moore have described the Charity Commission inquiry as "unjust and excessive".

Why isn't this woman in the criminal courts?
news.sky.com/story/ingram...

21.11.2024 18:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I'd had the same thoughts - surely they could be charged with fraud or embezzlement?

21.11.2024 19:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I heard that Andrew Tate tried to come stretch his awkward wings here and got banned in just one day.

Sorry, hate has no home here. Stay in the bad place, thanks.

20.11.2024 15:29 πŸ‘ 110785 πŸ” 8298 πŸ’¬ 2021 πŸ“Œ 462

I read yesterday that the far right were planning to join in - rebuffed by the organisers, but I doubt that'll stop some of them.

19.11.2024 13:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just finished reading this fantastic novel

19.11.2024 10:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Missed that!

18.11.2024 22:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@stokecityfc.bsky.social

18.11.2024 12:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Totally agree. No doubt Children in Need raise a lot of funds for charities and good causes but surely it is better to donate directly a local one that you know and support, keeping the money in the local economy.

17.11.2024 11:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0