'ED: Article updated 8.30pm 23.04.24 to reflect the fact that Boris Johnson only spent £900,000 painting a Union Jack on a plane, not £900mn as originally stated. Even Johnson couldn’t have spent £900mn on a flag. Probably.'
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We are delighted to be announcing our endorsement of Sean Woodcock and Cllr Freddie van Mierlo 🔶 . Proportional representation is the key to unlocking our democracy and building a happier, more equal and more sustainable society. #WinAsOne compassonline.org.uk/press-release-…

Patience is a virtue and may be wearing thin, but when it comes to the Gibraltar deal we’ll have to be virtuous just a little longer | Debbie Eade

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Beware of the dragon: why ‘that flag’ is still a cause for concern

The St George's flag invokes a spectrum of reactions. It reveals the fine line between national identity and nationalism

Via East Anglia Bylines
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What have we got to be proud of in our flag?
Crumbling roads
Crumbling infrastructure
Rise of Victorian diseases
90,000 people a year dying in poverty
Dentist deserts
Child bed poverty
Bankrupt councils
90,000 people a year dying in poverty
#StGeorgesDay
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On the day that the #RwandaBill was passed, a reminder of the myths that were being peddled by politicians and the media four years ago in this 2020 piece by Rick Dillon So what's changed? sussexbylines.co.uk/politics/human…

A #StGeorgesDay special.
Who knows about the less glamorous also-rans who vied to become patron saint of England?
By Duchess Gemma (MTE) aka Ms Tonks🐟 🇪🇺🇬🇧🕷
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With political calls for more flags to be flown, let’s look at patriotism and pride, and why some of us are less than proud of our flag | Mark Cunliffe

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/what-h… Mark Cunliffe #StGeorgesDay Adam Bienkov Toby Earle 🇺🇦 Threads tobyontv HappyToast★
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Endometriosis awareness: join the conversation

During Endometriosis Action Month, we talked to a Birmingham woman who is calling for more openness about the condition
#Endometriosis Aimee Morley Endometriosis UK
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The Safety of Rwanda bill – why MPs should reject the Lords’ (Afghan) amendment | The Rwanda plan is cruel, and the deceit about ‘safe routes’ for refugees is immoral, but softening the impact for one group is not the answer

Via Yorkshire Bylines
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The Safety of Rwanda bill – why MPs should reject the Lords’ (Afghan) amendment | The Rwanda plan is cruel, and the deceit about ‘safe routes’ for refugees is immoral, but softening the impact for one group is not the answer | Dr Stella Perrott

#Rwanda
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theguardian.com/business/2024/…
Kennet sells off publicly owned land for development and their own profit. The privatisation of water had absolutely no public benefit at all. It was a purely ideologically driven and private profit driven, dressed up under the heading of ‘efficiency’.

#sewagepollutionupdate Steve Backshall interviews Thames Water.
Will ecocide be how we get water companies in jail?
South West Water in court in Plymouth.
Anglia Water can’t provide Norfolk villages with basic sanitation.

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Who is paying the lawyers to defend the big money interests behind the Thames Water Scam?

Wouldn't be the billpayers would it?

Can we have some transparency Ofwat please?

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Not only do Thames Water shareholders refuse to put their own money in to save the business they have sucked almost dry, they just keep sucking money out.

Ofwat - Regulator or spectator?

Defra UK - Inept or complicit?

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Richard Murphy argues that #StudentLoans are really a deeply unfair tax, and should be abolished.

-- Stephen McNair unpacks Richard Murphy #TaxingWealthReport further in his #SundayLongRead

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Floods and Brexit damage our food supply

Storm Henk’s recent heavy rain and new Brexit rules are damaging UK farmers’ capacity to feed the nation and threatening our food security

Chas Manthium ⭐🇪🇺🎥
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New writer Giovanna Procacci, with Colin Gordon and Hazel Pennington, reports the wonderful news that an Italian court has overturned the prosecution of those wrongly sentenced for running the Riace project.

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Unspoken wounds: the lingering impact of sexual assault across generations | At the end of his mother’s life, John Heywood discovered a secret she had kept for years, which had had a devastating and lasting impact

HistoryandHeritageYorkshire Byline Times

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