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Philippa Banks

@phil510

Labour Party member, vegan and I help various dog rescues particularly Nikolina Blagojevic in Bosnia & Holbrook Animal Rescue. Happily married and not interested in crypto etc!!

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Make 2026 the year polluters clean up their act Last year, the government promised to crack down on water pollution. But without public pressure, its plans could once again let big polluters off the hook. We should all be able to enjoy clean lakes,...

I just signed this petition to make 2026 the year big water polluters are finally made to clean up their act. Will you add your name too? @friends-earth.bsky.social action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/mak...

10.03.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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 β€œSend 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 πŸ‘ 23350 πŸ” 5730 πŸ’¬ 631 πŸ“Œ 371
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Almost nobody in the media reported on the former Tory Government's sweeping power grab of the electoral commission. This week Labour have announced that they will reverse what Boris Johnson did and return the commission to independence.

Ofcourse Labour will get absolutely no credit for doing this

05.03.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 1345 πŸ” 473 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 14

Honestly, it’s spectacular. We found it by accident when my 4 kids were young. We walked past the castle ruins, the wild ponies down onto the fantastic beach with it 3 cliffs (!) and a waterfall. Don’t tell everyone about it though πŸ˜‰

06.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Loved Season 1 of Keeping Faith! If you can access S4C there are great dramas on there that don’t get promoted very much. In Welsh but there are subtitles.
Lovely to come across your enthusiasm for 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

06.03.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Not sure if you’ve watched Keeping Faith or The Guest? Both good (in the meantime!)

06.03.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Professional Landscape Photography by Dan Santillo Landscape Photography and Astrophotography of Gower, the Brecon Beacons and beyond.

www.dansantillo.com?fbclid=IwRlR...

06.03.2026 13:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It is! My Dad was from that area so we visited as children. Revisited recently with our children. The town has so many great places to eat and drink plus so much history to investigate too ☺️

06.03.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's #photograph is another moody one from yesterday's dawn #cycle ride. This is a view from the #Conwy bridge, looking towards #Llandudno #Wales #photography

06.03.2026 08:11 πŸ‘ 2311 πŸ” 193 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 3
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It is. Television programmes tend to portray Cymru as moody, depressing etc when I think it’s anything but that. For example Hinterland and Under Salt Marsh. This guys work is beautiful (he is based in South Wales). This is Three Cliffs Bay. My favourite place!

06.03.2026 13:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
A Wild Turkey walks on a lawn.

A Wild Turkey walks on a lawn.

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SteppingOut. Here's a Wild Turkey strutting it's stuff.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #Photo #EastCoastKin

06.03.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

What a great photo of a beautiful place. Love Conwy!

06.03.2026 13:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t you HATE it when you start World War Three and still some people just REFUSE to be distracted?

06.03.2026 01:48 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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How OPERATION EPSTEIN FURY is going so far:

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05.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 9161 πŸ” 2439 πŸ’¬ 263 πŸ“Œ 96

The number of commentators/journalists salivating at blaming Starmer for ruining the β€œspecial relationship” is genuinely pathetic

If anyone ruined it- if it even really exists- here’s a reminder of who did it.

03.03.2026 17:57 πŸ‘ 1121 πŸ” 290 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 20
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Sign the Petition End Publicly Funded Privileges For Boris Johnson Following Covid Inquiry

Boris Johnson has broken his silence with an attack on the Covid bereaved for "wrangling" on about the deaths of our loved ones.

He has no place in public life and must be stripped of all his ex-PM privileges.

If you agree, sign our petition:
c.org/yKDJfh65B2

22.11.2025 11:24 πŸ‘ 107 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 20

I don’t think I could be any more disgusted with some of the British media

Whether you agree with your PM or not, in a situ like this, you do not become a mouthpiece for a foreign President to actively scheme against your own PM

It is the antithesis of patriotism & just plain wrong

04.03.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 103 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Watching the right wing press bang the drum one minute and then complain about migrants the next minute as this new war is going to create a fresh new waves of displaced people. They’re idiots.

04.03.2026 12:09 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s being said a lot that the shadow of Iraq is hanging over Keir Starmer and the Labour Party during this Iran crisis.

It absolutely should. What’s remarkable is how little much of the British media and the rest of politics seem to be thinking about it at all, or learning its lessons.

04.03.2026 12:07 πŸ‘ 1287 πŸ” 228 πŸ’¬ 84 πŸ“Œ 18

Sanchez: β€œWe are not going to be accomplices to something that is bad for the world and that is also contrary to our values and interests, simply because of the fear of reprisals from some.

We have absolute confidence in the economic, institutional and I would also say moral strength of our country

04.03.2026 08:45 πŸ‘ 1706 πŸ” 310 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 27

Spanish PM Pedro SΓ‘nchez on Iran: β€œSpain is against this disaster. Because we understand that governments are here to improve people's lives, to provide solutions to problems, not to make people's lives worse.

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04.03.2026 08:21 πŸ‘ 6320 πŸ” 1917 πŸ’¬ 123 πŸ“Œ 244

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 πŸ‘ 4514 πŸ” 978 πŸ’¬ 142 πŸ“Œ 40
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Clean Water Now - tell your MP to take action Take action A new water law is coming. Soon, MPs will decide whether to finally clean up our rivers, lakes and seas βˆ’ or let toxic pollution continue unchecked. Right now, sewage, farming pollution an...

I just emailed my MP through the #CleanWaterNow campaign 🌊 calling for a new water law to stop pollution and restore rivers, lakes and seas. Every voice matters – will you join me? action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/clean...

04.03.2026 11:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Blackthorn #thicktrunktuesday #trees #woodland #treeclub

03.03.2026 09:48 πŸ‘ 225 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Sign the Petition Support holbrook animal rescue's planning application

c.org/nd6tbzKfh5

02.03.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ooof

02.03.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 1446 πŸ” 287 πŸ’¬ 60 πŸ“Œ 6
On the north coast of Wales, the seaside village of Rhos-on-Sea welcomes the day!   ☺️ #sunrise  #newday
"Sunrise on the Marina" by Terry Kearney (CC0 1.0); edited by 'Nettie.  Original: Flickr.

On the north coast of Wales, the seaside village of Rhos-on-Sea welcomes the day! ☺️ #sunrise #newday "Sunrise on the Marina" by Terry Kearney (CC0 1.0); edited by 'Nettie. Original: Flickr.

On the north coast of Wales, the seaside village of Rhos-on-Sea welcomes the day! ☺️ #sunrise #newday
"Sunrise on the Marina" by Terry Kearney (CC0 1.0); edited by 'Nettie. Original: Flickr.

02.03.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reform are not the Opposition. They have had fewer MPs elected than the Green Party, which had five elected under their banner in this Parliament alone.

STOP. MAINSTREAMING. REFORM.

If the BBC had given them coverage proportional to their actual significance, we would barely know who Farage is.

01.03.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 1536 πŸ” 443 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 18
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a person is holding a small pink violin in their hand ALT: a person is holding a small pink violin in their hand
28.02.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I absolutely agree!

27.02.2026 13:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0