The choice couldn't be clearer! 🔵 🆚️ 🟠

If you like the thought of sewage pumping into our rivers and off our beautiful coastline at an alarming rate, Duncan's your guy.

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Ozempic and steroids: what do they say about ‘beauty’?

Both drugs have become normalised in the UK, despite steroids being illegal for non-medical use and Ozempic being prescription-only. Why do they appeal, and at what risk?

✍️ Natalia Periáñez-García

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How we grow, make & eat food isn’t working for everyday people anymore.

We hear five expert perspectives on why food is so important for climate, nature & health, now and for the next generation📽️

Rosie Boycott Rob Percival Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 Tim Benton #TheFoodConversation

What's your view on Brexit & our current relationship with the EU?
Has taking back control brought you & the country prosperity in the past 8 years since we voted?
St George's Day is a good day to reflect on our country's state.
#FridayMotivation

If you're pro-EU, then do give Jacob a follow. An expert in EU law, he has a particular interest in Brexit and writes great threads giving insights and analysis on the latest EU news from there and here. His 'here' reports often come with a touch of snark. :)

Norfolk's coastal paradise & its sewage woes. From Mundesley to Caister-on-Sea, sewage spills prompt concerns over water quality & public health.

-- Owen Sennitt (Local Democracy Reporting Service) on the battle against #SewagePollution .Feargal Sharkey

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Kit Malthouse MP So this is the actual report - not a spinned and misleading headline.
First, UK does not even appear in the list of ‘major economies’, and second, the actual report states ‘geographical co-location’ as the key driver in trade growth (ie: UK to EU trade, not UK to APAC).
As with…

Theatre producer caught employing an under age actress; political fixer imprisoned for selling honours; tainted by the suspect death of a friend and time spent in WW2 Nazi labour camp.
An amazing life not least his pantomime in Ipswich!

Planning rules are frequently touted as holding back the country. But there are occasions when #planning regulation has a purpose for the greater good & even occasions when their enforcement should be stronger....
#development #regulation #architecture #environment

After 12 years and £4m the grand designer who ignored the planning rules loses his battle with the community...

Owen Sennitt tells the tale of a London theatre impresario versus his Norfolk community & North Norfolk District Council

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Norfolk's #Sewage crisis: from King’s Lynn to Caister-on-Sea. With Anglian Water in the spotlight, calls for action grow louder.

-- Owen Sennitt (Local Democracy Reporting Service) looks at the responses to last year’s sewage surge. Feargal Sharkey

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Where is our money going?
On ads on GB News
UK Tory Govt is biggest advertiser on GB News, spending more than £1 million of our taxpayer's money on ads Byline Times

So when that tax is coming out of your pay packet, think about that
#GeneralElectionNOW
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Carol Vorderman Lord Bamford's son Jo Bamford is the $10billion heir to JCB and has co-founded an investment fund for the 'green' hydrogen sector. You must appreciate how incestuous these ties are, conflicts of interest, the revolving door between private business and Govt for profiteering.…

CHESTNUT FARM. West Beckham, NR25 6NX. Open Sunday 14th April 11am-5pm. A mature 3 acre garden with many rare and unusual plants. Refreshments in aid of another charity. More details here findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/17225/c…

Visited Southend Airport Station yesterday - reminded of the stories of its construction, built on a fixed price by Network Rail for Stobart, who then owned the airport. Immune to cost increases & receiving for sometime the bulk of, higher than expected, ticket revenue.

It’s a profoundly sad thing when you’ve spent your whole life feeling childish joy at the sight of the sea, but now when you see children on the beach, you worry about sewage.

🚨The Information Commissioner's Office say they are now 'considering' complaints about the Conservative party's leaflets.

The leaflets are labeled as 'Driving Charge Notices' and demand voters' details to avoid a charge

bylinetimes.com/2024/04/09/con…

Daily Mail's 793rd front page re Angela Rayner with letter from Richard Holden Richard Holden MP Tory Chair + the stench of Holden's desperation (no constituency for him in GE) & obsession...

A few Holden facts
🔹Fined £100 for dropping litter after having a go at 'litter louts'…

Superb article about how we misjudge & trap people into the #benefits system.
'It’s time to envision a future where people are empowered to reclaim agency over their lives, where support systems serve as catalysts for growth rather than barriers to progress'. Absolutely right.

WHO estimates 1 in 4 older adults experience social isolation.

'Given the many competing demands that health and social care...face, is tackling loneliness a priority? We would argue yes', say The Lancet Healthy Longevity editors.

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