Optimistic Pessimist. London Cornish. Actress. #AmWriting - #AnArtfulMaid. Views and idiocies all my own. Rep'd by https://xitter.cf/t.co/PMfooyuL2F
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Joined April 2011
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Extraordinarily poor @TheRAC_UK #RecoverySupport service for scooters and motorcycles in London! How long is reasonable? 3-4hours? How about over 6 and a half (not since calling you - oh no - from when recovery was booked by your mechanic. #terribleservice
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Adolf Hitler, a CONVICTED FELON, rose to power as Chancellor of Germany in 1933. He cleverly positioned himself as the voice of the “common man,” railing against the elites and the establishment.
To solidify his base, Hitler masterfully scapegoated minorities for the nation’s problems, exploiting societal divisions with an “us vs. them” narrative. It’s almost as if dividing people and stoking anger can serve a political agenda—who would’ve guessed?
Once in power, he wasted no time dismantling democratic institutions. Loyalty wasn’t just encouraged; it was demanded. Opponents? Silenced. Media that dared to question him? Vilified as “the enemy,” naturally.
But hey, history is just history, right? It’s not like anyone would fall for something like that again.
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Didn't like the way this @JDVance1 bloke (newly picked as #Trump's running mate) slagged off the UK lately. Looked into him. Not great. Made a parody song inspired by @ABBA called "Vance VP" 🎶
Shout out #americast (@BBCsarahsmith/@awzurcher) & @RestIsPolitics for ℹ️ profiles 👍
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All six Cornish MPs have taken their parliamentary oaths in the national language, Cornish.
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As a child bereaved by fatal domestic abuse, headlines calling a man who killed three women a “nice guy” and “normal person” have felt personally traumatic.
The media called my father a “gentle man” and “nice chap”, which misrepresented the controlling reality that myself and my family experienced for years. It compounded our trauma.
Reporting like this causes so much damage – both to victims’ families, and to public understandings of coercive control. It has to stop. Now.
We need every single newsroom trained in how to report domestic abuse deaths, and to lobby the regulator for stronger rules. The press has the power to prevent further deaths and save women’s lives.
Please support this crowdfunder I’ve started to support @we_level_up’s crucial work to train journalists in their Dignity For Dead Women guidelines.
This takes all of us ➡️ gofundme.com/f/levelup-media
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Please share widely - Mr Farage is tricking the public, again!
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There is only one reason why I take gossip of an earlier election - 4 July or even late September- more seriously than I have taken previous rumours, which is that the Treasury is now clear that there is zero fiscal room for £10bn in tax cuts to be announced at a Chancellor event in the autumn - which was supposed to be the benign precursor to a November election (today’s worse-than expected-borrowing figures are only some of the data which has emptied the kitty)? So if there is no actual giveaway in September, why not hold the election earlier? For more on this, listen to tomorrow’s Rest is Money podcast conversation with brilliant @TorstenBell
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The Daily Mail has now published more than 80 articles on Angela Rayner selling a former council house. And none on the four Tory MPs who made profits of £5.4m selling second homes subsidised by parliamentary expenses.
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Dear @bbcnews, I've just been looking at your election results tracker.
It seems Reform won 2 seats.
The Greens won 181 - NINETY times more seats.
Can I assume that from now on we'll see the Greens represented 90 times more often than Reform on your shows?
For balance.
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“In my lifetime, the Tories have been in power for at least 50 years. Every time they come into power they have attacked the public sector. The councils. We've now got a health service that can't get nurses" #C4News
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The ECHR is our only protection from the state.
If we leave, they can do anything they want. They claim it’s about asylum seekers but it’s about ultimate power.
A Tory vote is a vote to lose your human rights. If you tolerate this… YOU will be next.
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Just off for a hearing in a rape case. Allegation reported in 2021, trial not before 2025, if we’re all lucky.
No podium speeches from the Prime Minister about this. No promises to magic up more judges, courts or lawyers.
Just silence, and the threat of further cuts to come.
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Sanity restored! Judge throws out the case against @TrudiWarner14 for advising jurors of their rights. What a waste of time and money .... theguardian.com/environment/…
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My column arguing the case was - or should have been - doomed here prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas…
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For anyone who has been interested in my lawsuit against the Sun, the news is that I’ve had to settle my claim out of court before it gets to trial. A 🧵…
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The problem with current labour plans and the NHS. Please read.
Labour say they will use the private sector to reduce NHS waiting times (which sounds very sensible) - unless you know what is actually going on.
There is NO spare capacity in the private sector.
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YET ANOTHER FINE FOR TORY PARTY FOR BREAKING ELECTORAL LAW December 2021
Conservative Party fined £17,800 (12 Angela Rayner Units) by the Electoral Commission after failing to accurately report a donation of £67,801.72 to refurbish Boris Johnson's flat
electoralcommission.org.uk/m…