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Self-contained: (of a person) quiet and independent; not depending on or influenced by others. Retired. Former librarian, information manager, archivist. Northumbrian. European.
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I just signed the petition "Strip MPs of their Fuel Allowance" and wanted to ask if you could add your name too. This campaign needs all the support we can get behind it. You can read more and sign the petition here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Strip MPs of their Fuel Allowance
Strip MPs of their Fuel Allowance

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are cancelling the winter fuel allowance for pensioners and are calling upon us to make sacrifices and accept difficult financial decisions. This is a grave and...

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Also now with the added benefit of being free from Elmo's malign influence

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I support the ban, but is this really the best use of parliamentary time/political capital at the moment? Is there data on prevalence of smoking among pub goers? Can we do something about those ridiculous vapes that look like demented steam engines and smell like cheap soap?

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People: Hey, Starmer. Water companies, meter standing charges, Europe, Tory megabuck sleaze Starmer: Smoking in beer gardens

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Thames Water may not be financeable or investible but it is bankruptable. Then the govt can buy the assets for a few pence in the pound and create a publicly owned not-for-profit out of the ruins. No shareholder dividends. No multimillion bonuses for failure www.theguardian.com/business/art...

Thames Water says without steep bill increase it’s ‘neither financeable nor investible’
Thames Water says without steep bill increase it’s ‘neither financeable nor investible’

Debt-laden company tells Ofwat if it cannot charge customers 59% more, it ‘would prevent turnaround and recovery of company’

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Presumably Agnetha, Björn and Benny with Anni-Frid just on her way...

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Fact check. The many plays attributed to William Shakespeare were not in fact written by him. They were actually written by someone else, with the same name.

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I thought Kitt could drive itself. And would probably turn you in to the local police.

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Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome! Fremde, etranger, stranger. Gluklich zu sehen, je suis enchante, Happy to see you, bleibe, reste, stay. Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome

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It will be the beginning of the end for the political parties we know. Centrists and left wing will fight over the Labour name and brand as the party splits. Similarly the One World and hard right tories will both want to be 'Conservatives'.

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Self-contained: (of a person) quiet and independent; not depending on or influenced by others. Retired. Former librarian, information manager, archivist. Northumbrian. European.
41 followers110 following43 posts