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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social

Yeah. That was a tough couple of months.

jan 18, 2025, 10:10 am • 10 0

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bittersweet73.bsky.social @bittersweet73.bsky.social

Hahaha..2 bar electric fire no hot water or bathroom. Couldn't afford to give up work to have children so didn't. First 30yrs of my life. After that the 80s 60 -65hr working weeks high unemployment negative equity Things improved for me in last 15trs of my life

jan 18, 2025, 10:26 am • 0 0 • view
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social

That living standards are declining for the first time in decades, that life expectancy is going down for the first time in decades, that housing is unaffordable, that HE is no longer free, etc. - these things are provable facts and don't mean EVERYONE of our generation had a great life.

jan 18, 2025, 10:58 am • 3 0 • view
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John Dalton - brain marinated in woke sauce @johndaledalton.bsky.social

Britain is and undeveloping country. web.archive.org/web/20220121...

jan 18, 2025, 12:06 pm • 0 0 • view
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Sharon O'Dea @sharonodea.com

Yep, proving exactly the point here. A three month industrial dispute > a generation who locked themselves at home for the best part of two years AND will be expected to bear the financial consequences for a lifetime.

jan 18, 2025, 10:26 am • 4 0 • view
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bittersweet73.bsky.social @bittersweet73.bsky.social

Hey..my generation finally paid off WW2 WAR DEBT in early 2000s.. 'life's a bitch and then you die'

jan 18, 2025, 10:28 am • 1 0 • view