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@wealdsaint

Middle Aged Saints Fan in Kent. #Saintsfc Married to a Danish Lady Two adult sons Hope to rejoin wife and sons as EU Citizens some day

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By the time I came along in 1966 my grandparents had an upstairs bathroom. But they continued to use their chamber pot. Old habits die hard

24.01.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a country we can only spend what we earn.
When we have any politician that is brave enough to say that leaving the EU has cost us Β£140 Billion, and that all the "difficult" decisions about what we as a nation can afford should reference the lies told by vote leave 9 years ago

27.06.2025 20:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Without cheating and googling I would say 1982

19.06.2025 18:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1970's childhood memories πŸŽ‰

19.06.2025 17:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reform UK Outsourcing Oversight of Kent County Council – This Is Not Local Democracy Reform UK is outsourcing control of KCC to party bosses in Londonβ€”bypassing elected councillors and threatening staff. This isn't local democracy. Kent deserves better. Read Cllr Geoff Samme's full st...

www.maidstonelibdems.co.uk/news/article...

02.06.2025 17:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Letter: We are not strangers Letter to the editor

β€œI woke up with a sense of dread…”

A moving, deeply personal account from an EU citizen in Cambridge on how Labour’s new rhetoric is shaking people’s sense of belonging.

Don’t miss this powerful open letter. πŸ‘‡

15.05.2025 07:38 πŸ‘ 281 πŸ” 118 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 6
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My VE Day was nothing like our image of it today. I hope we can honour what it really meant | Sheila Hancock Our street party tea was a muted celebration, full of uncertainty. Then, as now, we faced a long struggle towards a better world, says actor and writer Sheila Hancock

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My late father's view was similar. In 1940 as a child he witnessed the blitz in Southampton. In 1946 as a teenager he visited Hamburg "Not one brick sat upon another".

03.05.2025 07:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Britain, a trading nation, now has a vital choice to make about its priority trading partners:

- the EU, where agreements are made, kept, reciprocal, based on international norms, & enforced by a court

- the USA, where agreements are made, broken, changed & broken again at a whim, with no recourse

18.04.2025 18:07 πŸ‘ 2596 πŸ” 798 πŸ’¬ 115 πŸ“Œ 45
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Divided Reform UK reports own MP to police amid bullying claims Party chair and Lee Anderson issue statement alleging female employees complained against Rupert Lowe

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

07.03.2025 18:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My father had a pair of shorts made of sail cloth that dated from his National Service in the late 40's. He was still gardening in them into the 21st Century

26.01.2025 08:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rather striking, what’s happened since the 2016 Brexit referendum…

19.01.2025 11:33 πŸ‘ 97 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 9
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2024: Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves ask for ideas for growth because 'make brexit work' isn't working

2018: Keir Starmer explains how the UK should be in a Customs Union and inside the EU Single Market

Perhaps 2024 Starmer could chat with 2018 Starmer, and pick up an idea or two πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

28.12.2024 18:22 πŸ‘ 818 πŸ” 241 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 20
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Lizzie Lou supervising the festive decorations

25.12.2024 13:51 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Moved over from Twitter (Refuse to call it Ex!)
Can't beat a cat pic for a first post

16.11.2024 20:24 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0