Lover of stories, nature, words, culture. Communicator. Feminist. Ex-EU citizen.

Devon/London
Joined February 2011
Remember his name. A hero who died protecting others. Continue the thread using the hashtag #FarazTahir to honour his name 🙏🏽❤️‍🩹
Faraz Tahir, the sole male victim in the Bondi Junction stabbing, was a Pakistani Ahmadi seeking refuge in Australia. His life marked by bravery & escape from persecution in his homeland was tragically cut short. Let's honor & remember Faraz Tahir's courage 🙏 #SydneyAttack
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Ian Hislop, "Three British aid workers have been killed, whereas 30,000 Palestinians have been killed.. It's grim but true. If you kill people who aren't Palestinians, then it suddenly becomes unacceptable" Clive Myrie, "How has Netanyahu explained the deadly strike?" Paul Merton, "These things happen in war" Ian Hislop, "Biden has now said enough is enough and Israel have got to change the way they pursue the war" Clive Myrie, "Biden said in a statement he was outraged and heartbroken" Ian Hislop, "He's so furious, he just signed a new arms shipment" #HIGNFY
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On Sep 13, 1944, a princess from India lay dead at Dachau concentration camp. She had been tortured by the Nazis and then shot in the head. Her name was Noor Inayat Khan. The Germans knew her only as Nora Baker, a British spy who had gone into occupied France using the code name Madeline. She carried her transmitter from safe house to safe house with the Gestapo trailing her, providing communications for her Resistance unit. Wireless operators in France had a life expectancy of six weeks. Noor was actively transmitting for over three times as long. While she was in France, every other wireless operator in her network was slowly picked off until she was the last radio link between London and Paris. It was "the most dangerous and important post in France." She was offered a way back to Britain and refused. In fact, in her transmissions to London, she once said that she was having the time of her life, and thanked them for giving her the opportunity to do this. She was captured by the Gestapo, but never gave up; she made three attempts at escape. One involved asking to take a bath, insisting on being allowed to close the door to preserve her modesty, and then clambering onto the roof of the Gestapo HQ in Paris. Her last word before being shot was, "Liberté!"
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Reminders for the week. Pass them on to family, friends and loved ones…
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As the drought warnings kick in and the great and the good assemble to speak crisis I am sitting next to one of many of my farm wetlands created by the beavers. The solution is obvious. Let them be. Reintroduce them swiftly in numbers everywhere. They will reirrigate the land.
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If you see a Guide Dog on an escalator, please be patient. Guide dogs are taught how to get on & disembark an escalator to keep them safe. Any unexpected movements could result in an accident for either of us. Even after a long day, look how concentrated @Kika_GuideDog is ⬇️⬇️
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Unless we create safe routes to asylum, *we* are complicit with the people smugglers These are the facts: 👉🏽Migrant numbers are down, not up 👉🏿UK receives fewer than other countries 👉🏼Most who arrive are granted asylum Pitel is misleading the country
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If you care about the NHS, please take two minutes to watch this video. It explains why the NHS Bill - which MPs will vote on on Tuesday - will be such bad news. Please let your MP know what you think of it. Please also RT so others can understand too.
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93k NHS staff vacancies. £6bn spend on temporary staff to fill gaps. 55% of staff working unpaid extra hours each week. 44% saying they've felt ill with work related stress. NHS desperately needs long term workforce planning. Govt must make this happen this week. R/T if you agree
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The Vote Leave cabal promised us £18bn a year (£350m/week) for the NHS. That would easily cover the cost of Social Care reform. Vote Leave are now the Government. Where's the money they promised? Why are they raising taxes instead?
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27 year old Zarifa Ghafari became Afghanistan's first female mayor in 2018. The Taliban killed her father & has vowed to kill her. “I’m sitting waiting for them to come. There is no one to help me or my family. And they will come for people like me.” inews.co.uk/news/world/afgha…
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We're proud of the lifesaving work our volunteers do in the Channel – we make no apology for it. Those we rescue are vulnerable people in danger & distress. Each of them is someone’s father, mother, son or daughter - every life is precious. This is why we launch:
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Billionaires jetting into space for fossil-fuelled joyrides while the planet literally burns is really not a good look.
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Did he really just fly from London to Cornwall to talk about a 'greener' future?
I’ve arrived in Cornwall for this year’s @G7 where I’ll be asking my fellow leaders to rise to the challenge of beating the pandemic and building back better, fairer and greener. It will be a busy and important Summit, and I can’t wait to get started. #G7UK
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A rare photo of Schrödinger's cat 📸 🐈📦 🤣
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Any politician of any party who claims that the answer to tackling violence against women is simply a matter of “tougher sentences” is not being honest with the public. Let me tell you about a case I’m currently prosecuting. [THREAD]
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Katrina retweeted
Andy Burnham
@andyburnham5 Mar 2021
£37,000,000,000 for private Test and Trace. £3.50 for NHS nurses.
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This should have done it for all decent people.
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Communicating with patients who lipread whilst wearing a mask.. I hope you find this useful! 🙂😷🚑 #Communication #Inclusion #PatientCare #Paramedic @Google #LiveTranscribeApp #COVID19 #TeamSECAmb
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I've never been prouder to be Bristol City Poet & to offer a poem to my adopted city than I am today. This piece is called Hollow and I hope you like it. I've captioned it and everything! Rust in shame, Eddie.
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