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Semi retired school business leader. MAT trustee/independent consultant. ISBL Fellow and Patron. Received the ISBL CEO award for services to the SBM profession. A very proud grandma. All views are my own.

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‘It beggars belief’: MoD sources warn Palantir’s role at heart of government is a threat to UK’s security Experts say that claims UK data remains under government ownership miss the point that the company has the capability to build its own detailed picture of the British population, and even infer state ...

"Palantir, the US AI surveillance and security firm with hundreds of millions of pounds in UK government contracts, poses 'a national security threat to the UK', according to two anonymous high-level sources working with the Ministry of Defence."

14.03.2026 19:51 👍 228 🔁 113 💬 8 📌 9

You’re lucky - 3 fence panels down here 😩🤦🏼‍♀️

13.03.2026 08:55 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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a monkey in a suit and tie holds up a sign that says 10 ALT: a monkey in a suit and tie holds up a sign that says 10

Woo hoo 🎉🎉 some lucky guesses but chuffed with that today 🥂😍

13.03.2026 08:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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13.03.2026 07:00 👍 12 🔁 9 💬 15 📌 0
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Revealed: Peter Mandelson's Russian Connections and Palantir Lobbying Links The disgraced peer was appointed by Keir Starmer's Government despite warnings about his role on the board of a Russian defence conglomerate linked to Moscow's early-warning missile systems

📌 ICYMI — Revealed: Peter Mandelson’s Russian Connections and Palantir Lobbying Links

The disgraced peer was appointed by Keir Starmer's Government despite warnings about his role on the board of a Russian defence conglomerate linked to Moscow's early-warning missile systems

12.03.2026 07:45 👍 81 🔁 46 💬 1 📌 4

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10.03.2026 16:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The war on Iran is already upending the Middle East. Look to the Gulf states to see how | Nesrine Malik Countries such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE are finding their carefully projected image of stability has been blown away, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The war on Iran is already upending the Middle East. Look to the Gulf states to see how | Nesrine Malik

09.03.2026 06:30 👍 117 🔁 45 💬 10 📌 7

Given Trump's illegal war that is devastating the Middle East and pushing up energy bills, Keir Starmer should advise the King to call off April’s state visit to the US.

A state visit should not be given to someone who repeatedly insults and damages our country.

08.03.2026 16:12 👍 983 🔁 258 💬 35 📌 18
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Celebrating wonderful women everywhere across the globe today 💖

08.03.2026 09:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A cartoony style illustration from the 1980s ladybird Children’s Classics version of the tale, showing Mole and Ratty rowing on the river

A cartoony style illustration from the 1980s ladybird Children’s Classics version of the tale, showing Mole and Ratty rowing on the river

On this day 8th March 1859 Kenneth Grahame, author of Wind in the Willows, was born in Edinburgh

Artist: Martin Aitchison (1983)

08.03.2026 08:12 👍 509 🔁 101 💬 2 📌 7
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To all the education super hero women who inspire and support everyone they work with.
We are blessed to work with so many amazing women.
Thank you to you all.
#InternationalWomensDay2026

08.03.2026 08:19 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage want Britain to blindly follow Trump into this illegal war, even though the President has no plan for what comes next.

There is nothing patriotic about outsourcing Britain’s foreign policy to Donald Trump.

08.03.2026 08:18 👍 2272 🔁 535 💬 92 📌 22
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07.03.2026 23:47 👍 23 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

The King is supposed to be visiting the USA *next month*. This is the definition of a diplomatic nightmare. In all seriousness, I would urge him to pull a sickie.

08.03.2026 08:35 👍 4635 🔁 741 💬 336 📌 55

BBC going with bitter sarcasm for their main headline this morning.

"Huge fire engulfs Kuwait City tower as Trump accuses Starmer of seeking to 'join wars after we've already won'"

08.03.2026 07:43 👍 793 🔁 117 💬 22 📌 5
Screenshot of a Mirror article with the headline, “Nigel Farage jets off to meet Donald Trump and ‘talk down Britain’ at swanky dinner”.

Screenshot of a Mirror article with the headline, “Nigel Farage jets off to meet Donald Trump and ‘talk down Britain’ at swanky dinner”.

It’s nice to know where Nigel’s priorities are. 🏝️

07.03.2026 08:27 👍 186 🔁 70 💬 22 📌 4

God help us if Farage ever gets elected here in the UK 😱

07.03.2026 22:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Subpoena all of it. And him, too. The FBI found this witness credible enough to interview her four times. Enough with this cover up.

07.03.2026 01:30 👍 4088 🔁 1273 💬 66 📌 30
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Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.

How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

07.03.2026 01:20 👍 23390 🔁 5740 💬 632 📌 374
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Anyone who wants Britain to join the war in Iran needs their head examined They don't know what they want to achieve, why they're doing it or what the consequences might be. They are lost in the void.

Anyone who wants Britain to join the war in Iran needs their head examined open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

06.03.2026 07:44 👍 2055 🔁 525 💬 103 📌 63
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Oopsie - 007, Toy Story and video games fails today 🤷‍♀️ Thanks Penny W - have a great weekend ❤️

06.03.2026 09:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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06.03.2026 07:41 👍 11 🔁 8 💬 13 📌 1

'The Government made the citizens so stupid they couldn't read, they couldn't write, they could barely talk. All they could do was believe the propaganda.' - George Orwell 1984

No even Orwell never imagined something as dystopian as 2026 USA.

05.03.2026 21:14 👍 187 🔁 48 💬 3 📌 2

The same technological pinpoint accuracy that was used to slaughter children in Gaza now being used to slaughter children in Iran.

05.03.2026 08:24 👍 803 🔁 410 💬 35 📌 17

If I was @zackpolanski.bsky.social, I would be pointing out to the BBC that whatever model they use to justify giving Farage & his boot-lickers season tickets for every BBC show under the sun must surely now treat Green Party politicians in exactly the same way. Might even be one for the lawyers...

04.03.2026 09:02 👍 4513 🔁 979 💬 142 📌 40
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Spanish PM Sánchez responds to Trump:

"Spain is against this disaster... Govts are here to improve people's lives... It is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are unable to fulfill that mission use the smoke of war to hide their failure, and in the process, fill the pockets of a few."

04.03.2026 11:24 👍 8373 🔁 2889 💬 201 📌 451

Well he’s no Obama !!

03.03.2026 18:40 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Spot on !

03.03.2026 07:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Does he have to return the FIFA Peace Prize now?

02.03.2026 18:19 👍 1942 🔁 213 💬 131 📌 9