Politically homeless who loves Europe, especially The Netherlands and am in awe of the people of Ukraine.Married. Mum to two very rounded young men and two 🐱s
Somewhere in Dorset
Joined April 2016
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Dorset Lass 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🌻🚜 retweeted
Bravo, Sarah Vine, for this deeply personal and raw confession about what it’s like for a woman to lose her hair.
Admirable midlife fu** it attitude.
Plus she looks rather chic and beautiful.
Do RT
Quite a personal post today: after years of hiding my hair loss, I’ve decided to show the real me. Here’s a piece about how it feels to be a balding midlife woman in a world that prizes feminine perfection above all else. It’s one of the last taboos…
dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic…
Dorset Lass 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🌻🚜 retweeted
Never thought I'd see a Labour Prime Minister, backed by celebrities and the Express, vote for a bill to end the lives of those who want to die —not because of their terminal illness—but because they are depressed, suicidal, in poverty, failed by the state, or feel a burden.
ALT Daily Express frontpage: Assisted Dying Law would be a wonderful present for mum
Dorset Lass 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🌻🚜 retweeted
Colleagues who have changed their mind on the Assisted Dying Bill have written to MPs. “This is not the safest Bill in the world. It is weaker than the one first laid in front of MPs and has been drastically weakened.“
Dorset Lass 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🌻🚜 retweeted
“As it stands, this bill would not give us, as psychiatrists, enough space or time to carry out proper, holistic assessments. The idea that we could be involved on a panel only to check decisions made by others … is deeply troubling.” rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-featu…
Dorset Lass 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🌻🚜 retweeted
Please, MPs, before you vote on tomorrow’s AD bill, I beg you to ask yourselves why the @rcpsych felt compelled to publicly oppose it….
Ask yourselves why the vast majority of palliative care doctors, geriatricians & groups representing people with disabilities, eating disorders & domestic violence all also oppose it.
What unites us is *not* a lack of compassion (for those in which the wish for AD is clear cut & uncontentious) - but our expert knowledge of the myriad ways in which vulnerable people can be - and are - silenced, pressured & coerced into supposedly “free” choices.
This bill is rushed, reckless and slapdash. It fundamentally lacks the safeguards it needs to ensure coercion of vulnerable people does not occur.
Its supporters have misrepresented our testimony time & again by pretending our concerns don’t exist. (I gave evidence in Jan to the committee & my views were explicitly misrepresented afterwards.)
I am a palliative care doctor who is not opposed to AD - but I feel sick at the harms to patients that will occur if this bill, at this time, is passed.
Please don’t do it.
Please consider the vulnerable people who, unlike Esther Rantzen, do not have a platform or a hotline to Downing St. The people who most need our advocacy.
Please vote no.
We have raised concerns about existing deficiencies in the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
We believe the bill in its current form lacks adequate protections for patients and professionals.
Full statement: ow.ly/EOhP50W692q
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Dorset Lass 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🌻🚜 retweeted
These are the harrowing stories of rape gang survivors.
The victims of these appalling crimes still don’t have justice. Those who let it happen need prosecution.
Soon every MP will face a choice: back a full statutory inquiry, or bury the truth to protect those who looked away.
Dorset Lass 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🌻🚜 retweeted
If you have a house in Swansea that is worth £550,000 and you want to move to one that costs £650,000 you have to pay £29,250 in Stamp Duty. This is insane, no one is going to move, they will stay put and all the businesses that would benefit from that move won’t.
Dorset Lass 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🌻🚜 retweeted
Italy now talking about going to 3.5% - 5% GDP on defence spending. This follows Germany, Poland and a growing number. We on the other hand are handing out £££ from the defence budget to the Chagos Islands. That’ll deter our enemies….NOT!
Dorset Lass 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🌻🚜 retweeted
🚨NEW: Donald Trump blames President Zelenskyy for starting Russia’s war in Ukraine in a morning social media tirade.
RETWEET if you stand with President @ZelenskyyUa against Donald Trump!
Dorset Lass 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🌻🚜 retweeted
BREAKING: It took just an hour for Russia to break the ceasefire @realDonaldTrump.
They bombed a power station in Slovyansk, Donetsk region.
Any questions?
Dorset Lass 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🌻🚜 retweeted
What a surprise - Putin rejects an unconditional ceasefire. He wants to keep bombing and killing innocent Ukrainians. He wants Ukraine disarmed. He wants Ukraine neutralised. He wants to make Ukraine a vassal state of Russia. He isn’t negotiating. He’s laughing at us.
Dorset Lass 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🌻🚜 retweeted
I have long thought the “Trump is a Russian asset” line was the stuff of conspiracy theory. Not so sure now. Everything he says and does feels like it is pre-scripted in, by and for the Kremlin. Scary times
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🚨NEW: Elon Musk has called Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) a “traitor” after visiting Ukraine this weekend. Kelly is a 25-year U.S. Navy pilot veteran and retired astronaut.
RETWEET if you stand with @CaptMarkKelly against Elon Musk’s unpatriotic attacks!
Dorset Lass 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🌻🚜 retweeted
Should Zelensky publicly apologize to President Trump?
28%Yes
72%No
80,887 votes • Final results Dorset Lass 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🌻🚜 retweeted
Every detail has been carefully planned to ensure the world understands where the UK stands. This walk to the motorcade is a sharp rebuttal of the disgraceful way Zelenskyy was ejected from the White House.
The UK stands with Ukraine. That won't change.
Dorset Lass 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🌻🚜 retweeted
London. A meaningful and warm meeting with Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer.
During our talks, we discussed the challenges facing Ukraine and all of Europe, coordination with partners, concrete steps to strengthen Ukraine’s position, and ending the war with a just peace, along with robust security guarantees.
A principled statement of support from the Prime Minister and an important decision: today, in our presence, Ukraine and the United Kingdom signed a Loan Agreement. This loan will enhance Ukraine’s defense capabilities and will be repaid using revenues from frozen Russian assets. The funds will be directed toward weapons production in Ukraine. This is true justice – the one who started the war must be the one to pay.
I thank the people and government of the United Kingdom for their tremendous support from the very beginning of this war. We are happy to have such strategic partners and to share the same vision of what a secure future should look like for all.
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