Stroke survivor, helping at https://nitter.gq/t.co/cqZEY5eX12 and the House of Lords and other agencies. My own views on issues I care about.
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Great to be invited and attend a Visit of Thanksgiving and Remembrance in Honour of Queen Elizabeth II by His Majesty King Charles III and the unveiling of Parliament's Platinum Jubilee gift
It was a credit to the Doorkeepers who organized everything in the freezing cold.
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POV: You’re coming home after a journey around the Moon. 🌕
Before reentering Earth’s atmosphere at the end of Artemis II, the Orion spacecraft’s crew module — carrying the astronauts — separated from the service module that provided propulsion and power throughout the mission.
Thank goodness worst care home ever Hungerford House bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2ev…
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EARTHSET.
April 6, 2026.
Humanity, from the other side. First photo from the far side of the Moon. Captured from Orion as Earth dips beyond the lunar horizon. Photo: NASA
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🐣✝️ Wishing a joyous Easter Sunday to Christians celebrating in the UK, the Commonwealth and around the world today.
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As the last of the hereditary peers prepare to depart the House of Lords, with some of them may also go hand-me-down robes, worn by generations before them.
Dr Robin Eagles for @GeorgianLords considers the symbolism of those robes worn by peers.
historyofparliament.com/2026…
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🚨 BREAKING: 6 million people are facing hunger in the UK, including 2m children.
This is a 20% increase compared to pre-pandemic levels.
These new stats from DWP reveal a heart-breaking injustice; too many people are being trapped in severe hardship.
Defence spending is not set to get an extra £270 billion fullfact.org/politics/keir-s… via @FullFact
Government drops plans for new immigration returns unit promised in manifesto fullfact.org/politics/govern… via @FullFact
The government finally corrects its misleading sunbeds claim fullfact.org/health/the-gove… via @FullFact
A sad day for #Freemasons RMBI Care Co to sell residential care home portfolio laingbuissonnews.com/care-ma… via @LaingBuisson News
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We are very sad to hear that Jim Wallace, Liberal MP & MSP from 1983-2007, and Deputy First Minister of Scotland from 1999-2005, has passed away.
In 2022-25, Lord Wallace participated in our #OralHistory project, contributing over 5 hours of reflections on his life and career.
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Today is a dual anniversary. On this day 50 years ago, my first book was published and 27 years ago I became a peer
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The House of Lords and the Parliament Acts nortonview.wordpress.com/202…
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We have published a report on the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.
We are calling for amendments to tighten the Bill to punish the perpetrators and not the victims.
Read all our recommended amendments: publications.parliament.uk/p…
The last uncontacted tribe in South America outside the Amazon is holding out in an ever-shrinking island of forest, as bulldozers clearing land for cattle ranchers rapidly close in on them. Please email the Paraguayan authorities, urging them to act now. act.survivalinternational.or…
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The King and Queen, and Members of the Royal Family, at St George’s Chapel in Windsor today for the annual Garter Day service and procession.
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✊ Take action to stop the mining on Hongana Manyawa land 👉 svlint.org/IndonesiaTW
VIDEO: 🇮🇩 Nickel rush for stainless steel, EVs guts Indonesia tribe's forest home
The home of the Hongana Manyawa Indigenous tribe on Halmahera Island was once provided sanctuary and sustenance. But it is now being eaten away by the world's largest nickel mine
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Died #OTD 1870, Charles Dickens.
#DYK Dickens was once a parliamentary journalist, writing for The Mirror of Parliament? His reporting of the 1835 Northamptonshire North by-election even inspired The Pickwick Papers. Find out more 👇 @TheVictCommons ow.ly/Ehjn50zRxA9"
