Judith Bunting @judithbuntingld@respublicae.eu
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RT @g__j: High standing charges are a pernicious feature of the regulated energy market, especially for many of the worst-off households. Octopus will waive standing charges for upto 100,000 hard-up customers for 1, 3 or 6 months this Winter.
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RT @AlPinkerton: Well, that’s bound to inspire the confidence of the public and the markets.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62970803
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@DeafMuslimUK @BritishDeafNews @DeafinitelyT @maryhareschool @BDA_Deaf @FLM_UK @BBCSeeHear @RNID @SignHealth @SignatureDeaf & @JohnBishop100 (or whoever manages his feed)
RT @HeriotWattBSL: At @HeriotWattBSL we are excited to let everyone know we are researching what Deaf BSL users watch on TV, funded by @BSLZone. We are a…
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Diversity & inclusion are not just about identifying issues with individual stories. The bigger problem is systemic.
How diverse are the people behind the camera? Who sets the editorial agenda?
From @marcusryder, this time without the paywall.
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READ THIS: Worried about how the new 'Energy Price Guarantee? @MoneySavingExp 's explanation for what's happening is the best I've come across.
NB: This is NOT a cap on energy costs.
Use more, pay more. Use less, pay less.
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/energy-price-cap-guarantee-/#5
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A pivotal time in history.
Chemistry may be a lifeline.
Many of the global challenges we face will require the knowledge & skills of chemists.
https://edu.rsc.org/feature/why-the-world-urgently-needs-more-chemists/4015156.article
@OxfordMaterials @OxfordChemistry @WomenInChem_UoM @RoySocChem @BristolChem #Science
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Why support small businesses w Energy costs?
👨🏭 In 2021, SMEs provided 61% of all employment in UK private sector = 16.3m people.
👷♀️Small businesses (0-49 employees) employed 12.9m = 48% of the total working population of the UK.
@fsb_policy
https://www.fsb.org.uk/uk-small-business-statistics.html
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Sadly cancelled. In light of the Queen’s funeral on 19th.
RT @judithbuntingld: Sunday 18th at 18:15 - Brighton
The only @royalsociety debate of the Conference Season
@newscientist @nature @Scientists4EU @EP_ScienceTech @ScienceMagazine @absw @RogerHighfield @DavidShukman @BBCMorelle
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Knew it was coming, but it's still horribly hard to believe.
RIP.
Damn.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61585886
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@BobCrauford His record speaks for itself.
The problem for JRM is that the world has moved on. 'Squeezing “every last cubic inch of gas” from the North Sea' might have been a great policy in the 80s, but now we know that's not such a great idea.
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@ShutMinds @LibDems Useful?! @EdwardJDavey has been calling for a price-cap freeze since July. Has a motion before parliament scheduled for this week.
Johnson, btw, could have put help in place anytime he wanted this summer but he stayed away on holiday.
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@ShutMinds @ThomasEvansAdur @LibDems @LaylaMoran Coincidence - though maybe we are simply moved to offer some hope after the awful events of the past couple of days. 😎
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⚽️ A fair deal that holds the powerful to account, to make sure they do their bit too.
🏹 Where everyone plays by the same rules.
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🚸 A fair deal that gives everyone the opportunity to get on in life, wherever they start.
✊ A fair deal that puts power in your hands, so you can do your bit – for your children, your community, your business and your environment.
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READ THIS: What do Liberal Democrats Stand For?
I was asked this recently by a journalist-friend.
It seems obvious to me and, hopefully, you as well. But, if you're not sure, this is the perfect fix.
Highlights below.
https://judithbunting.co.uk/what-do-liberal-democrats-stand-for/
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FUTURE UK?
The Truss Cabinet - the horror in full:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62806708
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FUTURE UK?
At least the Minister for Levelling up, Simon Clarke, MP for Middlesborough, should understand what levelling up means.
Michael Gove, MP for Surrey Heath, gave 10 times more funding to some wealthy areas of England than to the poorest.
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FUTURE UK?
Truss's new Minster for Energy is "an investor in oil and coal mining through Somerset Capital Management, the fund management firm he co-founded and still benefits from financially".
Yes, it's Jacob Rees-Mogg.
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RT @WillBlackWriter: Very revealing Tory comment on Channel 4 news: 'Why should WE give HAND-OUTS to people who are never going to vote Tory?"
1) YOU are NOT giving money - it's OUR money. You are administrators
2) Preventing people from dying through cold or hunger
3) Goodbye blue wall!
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Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ Former MEP for SE England, writer, speaker, science TV.
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