Good point. I’ll add her name to Liz Truss’s and all the men in the imposter syndrome section of my leadership pack.

Wow. This is incredible. It says to me this judge thinks having autism means you don’t have true capacity so aren’t responsible for your actions. Plus the level of disregard for the victim and prioritising male supremacy is breathtaking.

"The msm pursued the Rayner story in such detail it forced a resignation . Now with a bigger scandal concerning Farage of possible treason suddenly they’ve forgotten how to spell investigate & corruption. Not only Farage has a Russian problem, if our msm protects him we all do." Tanita Tikaram.

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Exciting to see the launch of Athena Forum, founded by human rights advocate @elnagashi.at.

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How hard is it for her to say: Admire? No. I think he’s a skilled communicator & tactician, & I respect his position as leader of Reform. I don’t agree with everything he says & I think he’s a divisive figure in our politics. Enough fudge factor to drop in her own talking points when asked to expand

We need constantly to remind ourselves that there's nothing normal or inevitable about it. It would be a catastrophe from which we would not recover for many years, in which terrible things are done, to minorities, to vulnerable people, to the rest of the living planet. We cannot let it happen.

No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵

(This deserves more than one ❤️)

Oh this will be why when my neighbour’s car was set on fire by two young men on a motorbike, the police didn’t even bother to attend the scene at all, talk to me as a witness, or do anything else at all other than ask my neighbour to investigate her own crime. Glad they have a handy flowchart 👍.

Yes. *And* I don’t know what to do to inform people what local authorities do for them and for other people some of whom may be in greater need than them when people don’t seem to notice what’s around them, appear to be deaf to local authority comms and/or actively disengage.

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Michael Deacon The Greens say they've got a plan to stop the boats. Unfortunately, it's barking mad Their proposal won't solve the problem. In fact, it shows they don't even understand what the problem actually is

Simple. It would allow the small boats' prospective passengers to enter Britain by "safe and legal routes” instead. Mr Polanski seems to think that this is a brilliant scheme. I fear, however, that not all voters will share his enthusiasm. Because, in effect, he's pledging to stop people entering Britain illegally - by allowing them to enter Britain legally. He might as well say: "We're going to end shoplifting - by requiring shops to give away all their products free of charge." Mr Polanski's plan, therefore, will not solve the problem. In fact, it suggests that he doesn't understand what the problem actually is.

Except, and I do fully understand that this is the Telegraph so facts might not matter too much, pretty much every reliable expert agrees that the only practical way to genuinely reduce small boat crossings is to provide safer and simpler alternatives. 1/

Thanks for saying. As I’ve said, you and I don’t see eye to eye on some things. I don’t mind other people holding different views to me, I’m just not up for discussing them here. Enjoy your coffee.

I think we disagree on a few things, which is OK for me. I see you deleted the post saying I believe men can be women. As you’ve followed me for a while so will know I’m a radfem. Goodbye.

OK. It’s not what I believe or understand about the world. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Have a good day.

Why are some called lateral flow?

I haven’t used a PCR.

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Thanks for all this. She already has long Covid so really doesn’t need additional exposure to this fucking nightmare.

Thank you, I’ll look into it. We did do tests at regular intervals plus swabbed nose, and throat and nose, throughout. There’s a chance (outside chance?) might not have been Covid, of course. And she quarantined to minimise risk to others. Thanks again 🙏

Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA

Reform UK set to raise Kent council tax — despite promising savings Nigel Farage had pledged cost-cutting, but officials now admit services are already ‘down to bare bones’ and a rise by the maximum rate of 5% may be needed

Reform UK promised to slash “wasteful spending” - now they’re raising taxes.

Looks like Reform UK are learning council budgets aren't as wasteful as they thought...

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/reform-uk-council-tax-kent-news-rf05q0bqm

Hi @elhopkins.bsky.social just wondering if you have current information about efficacy of at-home Covid tests (available in the UK). In particular how older tests are keeping up with new variants. A friend had suspected Covid last week - suggested by GP - but our in-date tests were repeatedly -ve

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“At this point, they concur. Woolf pressed for women to be left alone to become themselves. Beauvoir urged them to enter the world, to take up space. Both were right.”

“VIRGINIA: Yes, yes. I see it now. I wrote about division. You write about disappearance.
SIMONE: And both matter. A woman may need a room. She also needs the world.”

A Room of One’s Own (at last) If Simone had met Virginia

Susan Pickard: A Room of One’s Own (at last) - on the freedom of ageing, and a conversation between Virginia and Simone
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Coverage of Jenrick today basically amounts to sane-washing. He didn't criticise judges. He claimed there was a conspiracy by certain judges, who he had discovered and could number, to undermine British law and create open borders.