@Alterknitive

I bloody well knitted my way out of nursing! Now working as one half of @eweandply. Ravelry ID: alterknitiveuk Etsy shop: Shawlpins and needles.

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Joined May 2012
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Hey @cha0tic are you working the Declan Mckenna gig tonight? My littlest chick is right at the front :)
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Watching John Wick 4. He is driving at speed the wrong way around the Arc de Triomphe on at Saturday night. Is it likely that anyone will notice?
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Here's to the small maker. Help us get the word out. We thought it would be good to give you a chance to win a £500 Gift Card to spend on our website. Enter via the link in reply to be in with a chance to win. Good luck.
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I haven't been able to respond to the formal consultation to close rail ticket offices as it's non-accessible to me. So I've drawn my concerns based on real experiences using the rail system. @HarrietHarman as my MP please speak up for me on this issue. @TransportForAll
Drawing based on experiences travelling by rail. Image split into 8 squares, showing 4 different issues. Each with the present & future if ticket offices are closed. Text reads: PRESENT: The ticket office is a consistent, easy to locate source of info & assistance FUTURE: Closed ticket offices mean using time & energy to find station staff. Making journeys slower & more stressful PRESENT: When there is an emergency, access failure or hate crime ticket office staff can be reached quickly FUTURE: When there is an emergency, access failure or hate crime staff are harder to locate, reducing safety PRESENT: When assistance fails as it often does, companions or other passengers can ask ticket office staff for help FUTURE: When assistance fails no one is there to help. Damaging confidence & making the rail network non-accessible PRESENT: Rail travel is a viable, if imperfect means of travelling nationally for work & leisure FUTURE: Rail travel is unreliable, slower & less safe

ALT Drawing based on experiences travelling by rail. Image split into 8 squares, showing 4 different issues. Each with the present & future if ticket offices are closed. Text reads: PRESENT: The ticket office is a consistent, easy to locate source of info & assistance FUTURE: Closed ticket offices mean using time & energy to find station staff. Making journeys slower & more stressful PRESENT: When there is an emergency, access failure or hate crime ticket office staff can be reached quickly FUTURE: When there is an emergency, access failure or hate crime staff are harder to locate, reducing safety PRESENT: When assistance fails as it often does, companions or other passengers can ask ticket office staff for help FUTURE: When assistance fails no one is there to help. Damaging confidence & making the rail network non-accessible PRESENT: Rail travel is a viable, if imperfect means of travelling nationally for work & leisure FUTURE: Rail travel is unreliable, slower & less safe

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The government and the Bank of England are again calling today for wage restraint to beat inflation - as if the whole cost of beating inflation must fall on wage-earning households and not the companies and banks that are causing it or the wealthy who are gaining. A thread....
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#showYourStripes showyourstripes.info/s/europ…

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Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe

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We reported earlier this year about the impact of HMRC late filing penalties on people on low incomes. We'd be really grateful for anyone who can share their personal stories - either in this thread or in confidence via a DM. taxpolicy.org.uk/2023/03/09/…

Penalising the poor: HMRC charged 400,000 with penalties when they had no tax to pay

Between 2018 and 2020, almost 400,000 people earning less than £13,000 received a penalty for not filing a tax return on time. Very few of them had any tax to pay, given that the tax-free personal…

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Andrea Jenkyns MP claims millions have voted to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights. This is not correct. Millions voted to leave the EU but the ECHR is an entirely separate entity. buff.ly/45CLGDP
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A quick response to the terrible argument that won't die - "inheritance tax is double taxation". taxpolicy.org.uk/iht_terribl…

The terrible argument that won’t die: “inheritance tax is double taxation”

Here’s Jacob Rees-Mogg in Wednesday’s Telegraph: We hear this a lot. But it’s a terrible argument: Literally every day: And so on and so on. The point is: there is no principle that we don’t pay tax…

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Is Kwasi Kwarteng living in a parallel universe? @Channel4News tonight with @cathynewman "I don't think politicians should have to apologise for everything" "People come up to me and say you did your best. We understand." He was trying to flog himself to a fake Korean company when caught out by @ByDonkeys a matter of weeks ago!! Collective noun for this govt A Shambles of Tories!!
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"I'm not going to apologise... what was done was done." Former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng refuses to apologise over his time in office alongside Liz Truss, and tells @cathynewman he would like to see lower taxes under Rishi Sunak.
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Notwithstanding the fact that I thought my opinion of Johnson could not be lower - if we are fortunate he's only ruined the country for a generation - this is a quite extraordinary interview. theguardian.com/books/2023/a…

Anthony Seldon on Boris Johnson: ‘At his heart, he is extraordinarily empty’

The distinguished historian and headteacher discusses his latest book about a contemporary prime minister, a devastating – and dispiriting – account of Johnson’s chaotic reign

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It's time to take a close look at Jacob Rees Mogg isn't it? This man has nothing that isn't condescending to offer - with his rock solid belief that any conclusion he comes to must be the correct one. Of late this disgusting Tory has gone into darker places however 1/20
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HERE IT IS! The UK's very *first* tactical voting website for the local elections - SHARE THIS EVERYWHERE and let's get the Tories OUT! ✅ stopthetories.vote/ #GTTO #StopTheTories
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Elections are happening in parts of the country in a matter of weeks. New rules mean we need ID to vote. Here’s a summary of some ID that you can and can’t use. Please share: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/get…

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Private water companies have been dumping sewage and letting infrastructure crumble for over 30 years. Sign the petition to bring water into public ownership! @We_OwnIt weownit.org.uk/act-now/lets-…
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This lady has just spent 2 mins absolutely eviscerating the Conservatives on their record on EVERYTHING 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #BBCQT “ I’m staggered that you think you’re succeeding… Watch and listen!
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1000s of words have been said in reply to Lineker. It interests me that hardly anyone has looked closely at what terms and phrases were being used in Germany in the 1930s to see if they match (or not) what's said today by Ms Braverman. I offered a list, meant only as a starter.
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Exactly 200 years after William Wilberforce founded the Anti-Slavery Society, here’s Suella Braverman at a facility to which she hopes to deport trafficked victims of modern slavery.
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I don’t want to share, because I do want to win. I also want this company to carry on doing what they are doing, because I think they’re fab. #JeansGiveaway #SlowFashion #TheBestJeans
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