Category: Women’s Institute

‘Too complacent’: how Blair’s advisers misjudged his disastrous WI speech

by The Guardian | Dec 29, 2025 | Alastair Campbell, Labour, National Archives, Politics, Politics past, The Guardian, Tony Blair, UK news, Women's Institute | 0 |

Former PM’s team suggested initial less-politicised drafts seemed patronising and appealed to ‘fuddy-duddy Britain’Brown’s allies could wreck Labour’s 2005 election hopes, Mandelson warnedTony Blair’s key advisers agonised over...

Fit washing machines with filters to reduce microplastic pollution, MPs say

by The Guardian | Sep 21, 2021 | Environment, Fashion, Marine life, Plastics, Politics, Pollution, The Guardian, UK news, Wildlife, Women's Institute | 0 |

Women’s Institute supports initiative, urging manufacturers to take action on plastic microfibresWashing machines should be fitted with filters to prevent microplastic fibres from clothes reaching waterways and the sea,...