Francesca

Vindicated - Magazine Bindu Parmar speaks candidly about her long-running race discrimination case

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This case is absolutely appalling 😣 #Discrimination - the fact that Leicester appealed it twice is despicable and disturbing. The council tax payers of Leicester should be asking some hard questions.

Today’s vibe 🤦🏻‍♀️

Oh gawd! Yes agree about Teams AND they keep changing it !

UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities

A British university complied with a demand from Beijing to halt research about human rights abuses in China, leading to a major project being dropped, the Guardian can reveal.

Just read my work emails. Someone has sent their personal promotion details and Cv to the whole School (twice). Oops ! As someone with ADHD I am paranoid about checking emails before I send them. Right person, too wordy, bla bla.

Oooh yes right up my street ! Let’s do it

Spain imposes permanent weapons embargo on Israel PM Pedro Sánchez announces that ships transporting fuel and planes carrying defense materiel to the country will be banned from Spanish ports and airspace.

Spain has imposed a permanent ban on the sale of weapons and ammunition to Israel as part of a package of measures aimed at "stopping the genocide" in Gaza.

Absolutely bonkers. I hope he has been struck off? Because if he hasn’t by now this should be the last straw 🤬

Been to work with our lovely group of adults with learning disabilities at Southampton mencap this morning. One of the groups was out washing cars in the car park so I got my car washed as well (which it badly needed😆). I gave them a tenner to get themselves a treat for after lunch 😎

Zack Polanski tells voters there is no ‘time to wait around’ for Corbyn party New leader urges left-leaning voters to ‘join the Green Party right now’.

People are struggling.

Our NHS is collapsing.

Reform are organising.

There’s no time to waste.

Join @greenparty.org.uk Now.

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+ the duck house & all the other fiddling/lying .. it would take an hour to run through it all. Rayner not only has to fend off the Tories but many others in her own party would like to see her gone they can’t forgive her for Corbyn even tho she sold him out in the end.

Expression of interest to join the Independent Disability Advisory Panel The Department for Work and Pensions is looking to create a Panel to support, advise and connect the department to the wider disability community.

The Department for Work and Pensions is setting up a new Independent Disability Advisory Panel.

This is a paid role (1.5 days a month) and will run until March 2026.

More info and how to apply: tinyurl.com/2mxaub7r

I streamed it and watched it all at once. I was gripped - and remembered the horrific details. This is so utterly real and the grief is tangible, superb acting and an excellent portrayal of some of the lows of the 80s, (and 90s) racism, misogyny and elitism. 🤬 all still here of course.

Yes given the disgusting graffiti on the Chinese takeaway in York 🤬

Yes indeed - but I doubt many of them could pay attention that long. Having a petition against them was wild I was cheering ‘Ann’ for handing their backsides to them!

A must see! Ann, is a real working class hero. She and Charlie brought up a beautiful family only to have their daughter ripped away from them💔. She stood up to the old boys’ club & establishment. An amazing portrayal - congrats to Sheridan, Daniel & all the incredible cast.

You were fab & I’m glad they did not scoot over the bigotry this couple experienced either. Sheridan had me weeping - it was so realistic and I loved that you all were with Ann for her cameo at the end. RIP Julie 💔 RIP Charlie too.

Yep we’re just finishing the potatoes now. The toms are still coming & I’ve had about 10 cucumbers too.

Largest pumpkin probably the size of a medicine ball. Drying off in my greenhouse

Pumpkin patch

Huge butternut squash and some Jill be Little baby pumpkins

And finally my big #pumpkins 🎃 had to harvest the biggest as the stalk was going & will pick the other two this week. Along with the remaining butternut squash. My Jill be Little pumpkins are in dry place at home. I’m going to donate to my sons’ day service for Halloween when it comes. #Allotment❤️

Gosh I’ve never heard of that but doesn’t sound good. My sweetcorn just didn’t grow. Not sure why - not sunny enough spot maybe or just poor plants as other allotment holders’ plants were fine. I’ll have another go next year.

Leeks, tomatoes, basil, tromboncino & runner beans. Leeks (as in vegetables) on my bench.

Selection of ripening tomatoes harvested ready to eat

Pumpkin patch with 3 pumpkins slowly ripening

Runner beans strawberries basil & nasturtium in a basket

Tromboncino (courgette) strawberries- raté and Charlotte potatoes in a basket

Rubber beans & Charlotte potatoes in my basket

Charlotte and raté potatoes harvested and in my basket

Carrots and red onions in a raised bed

Tiny pumpkin plant 🌱

Potatoes tall and in flower

Harvested primo cabbages in my basket. The slugs had a field day so I was fortunate to get 3 decent sized.

I’ve had a brilliant first summer on my #allotment here’s a multi photo/post thread on my successes with a few uh oh’s along the way ! See alt text for descriptions

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Mum and daughter found dead at home months after 999 plea Alphonsine Djiako Leuga and her daughter were found three months after the call, an inquest hears.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... utterly heartbreaking 💔 and AVOIDABLE deaths

Ireland has had "sELf iD" for 10 years now and not one single issue that the media, government and anti-trans movement predicted has come to pass. Not one.

If it works in Ireland why would it not work here? No one who opposes it can give a good answer, because the real answer is transphobia

And people have ALWAYS been able to self refer to IAPT - for years!

@goodmorningbritain.bsky.social PIP IS NOT AN IN WORK BENEFIT ! REPEAT…

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😅 given the complex (and entirely ridiculous) vagaries of Vinted.... LOL🤣