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Richard Dickson

@dickson2902r.bsky.social

Former Project Manager of www.rboc.ac.uk at Coventry University, now local councillor and lover of Warwickshire. Views expressed here are personal and not necessarily those of Warwickshire County Council, Warwick District Council or Kenilworth Town Council

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Liberal Democrats@libdems.org.uk · 2w ago

These statistics reveal an alarming crisis in maternity, with far too many midwives burning out early in their career and in their training. Patients are paying the price, and mothers are left with no alternative but to give birth on understaffed and unsafe wards.

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Resolution Foundation@resolutionfoundation.org · 4w ago

Is welfare spending ''out of control''? It's estimated to be 11.1 per cent of GDP this financial year. That's just 1.1 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen by 0.9 per cent of GDP since 2012-13 ⤵️

chart showing Social security spending as a proportion of GDP, by category: GB
Calum Miller@calummillerld.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We should be tightening all sanctions on Russia to weaken its war machine. This waiver should never have been granted in the first place. I'm glad that Liberal Democrat pressure, spearheaded by Lord Purvis, has secured a guaranteed date for it to be scrapped. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK vows to phase out Russian diesel and jet fuel imports by new year

The ban forms part of the government's package of sanctions on Moscow due to the ongoing war with Ukraine.

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Richard Dickson@dickson2902r.bsky.social · 2mo ago

UK down 7 places to 39th. www.linkedin.com/posts/global...

🆕 Global Peace Index 2026 – Report Out Now! Record Conflicts Drive Peace to Historic Low as AI warfare surges The 2026 GPI reveals a world struggling with the economic consequences of a… | Institut...

🆕 Global Peace Index 2026 – Report Out Now! Record Conflicts Drive Peace to Historic Low as AI warfare surges The 2026 GPI reveals a world struggling with the economic consequences of a record-high...

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Richard Dickson@dickson2902r.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thank you @pollycurtis.bsky.social for the timely reminder of the importance of local news services, whether in #Warwickshire or elsewhere www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @transparencyuk.bsky.social @markpackuk.bsky.social

Britain is in a doom loop: people mistrust democracy and politicians. I say a hope loop is possible too | Polly Curtis

There are ways to address the lack of faith. And unless Starmer, Burnham or Streeting do that, the issue of who is PM is moot, says Polly Curtis of Demos

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