Anne Booth 💙

Author, agents @AnneClarkLit (Children's books) @JoUnwin for adult fiction. Occasional columnist for The Tablet. (pic by Invi Brenna.)

[Anne Booth 💙 @Bridgeanne]

This article (which you can read if you register for free @The_Tablet is so important for me. We HAVE to love our neighbour as ourselves, as Jesus said - being compassionate & treating others with respect is absolutely essential for our humanity, it is a truth & protects us all.

[Brendan Walsh @brendanwalsh53]

Cafod welcomes the decision to ban imports from illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine; the government’s announcement comes a month after Cafod asked supporters to write to trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds to urge him to ban trade with settlements. Aili Winstanley Channer reports
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[Anne Booth 💙 @Bridgeanne]

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[Anne Booth 💙 @Bridgeanne]

If we don’t act now, many child refugees could be left in war zones or unsafe camps, away from their mums and dads.

Sign the petition to stop the attack on refugee family reunion – it only takes a minute >> https://t.co/j33eDutc7D

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Thames Water's finance director given a £1,000,000 signing on bonus.

Water industry depravity hits an all time low. Their contempt for customers and the environment clearly knows no bounds.

When are govt going to intervene and put a stop to this? @andyburnham @angelaeagle

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[Lucy Easthope @LucyGoBag]

Just keep thinking about the difference this money would have made to children’s lives….

[April Dwyer @apes147]

@PolitlcsUK I work for a #disabled persons organisation, and I can tell you that right now, an increasing number of older working people are already broken - both physically and mentally by their late 50s/early 60s.
Pushing the finishing line further away is cruel and wrong.
#StatePension

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

It wasn’t PPE failure, it was government failure.

And NHS workers died whilst Lady Michelle Moan bought a yacht.

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

No he is not. Farage, finally, is being treated as a politician rather than a cheeky chappy commentator. He got away with so much for so long he thought he could do anything for ever. The main problem for him is that nobody thinks anyone ever gives a politician five million quid for nothing. His excuses have made it worse. And however hard Jenrick protests you just need to scroll through posts of Reform senior figures since Ann Widdecombe’s murder to see they have indeed been seeking to exploit it both to shift the narrative/avoid continuing questions over the money, and to claim they are treated unfairly by “the establishment” (basically anyone who isn’t a Farage fan) They would be wise to let the police do their job without making it harder than it already is.

[Anne Booth 💙 @Bridgeanne]

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[Anne Booth 💙 @Bridgeanne]

The Home Office is planning to use flawed AI tech to guess the age of asylum-seeking children. A wrong decision could see vulnerable kids treated as adults and denied vital protection. Tell the govt to halt this dangerous plan. Sign here: https://t.co/tsEi37RVK8 via @38degrees

[Brendan Walsh @brendanwalsh53]

Gaudí - ‘God’s architect’ - had at times a difficult relationship with the institutional Church. Not unusual for saints, mind. Peter Stanford in @The_Tablet https://t.co/DULxxl84ZB

[Brendan Walsh @brendanwalsh53]

In this week’s @The_Tablet newsletter Leo reigns in Spain @LizDodd isn’t afraid of AI; John Berkman knows why Miss Anscombe (below) changed course; Mark Lawson seeks Atonement; Isabella Tree goes wild; Nicholas Boyle fixes Britain’s identity crisis; Patrick Hudson’s View from Rome; Thomas Banchoff spots the Pope is calling for a transformation of global governance; Xavier Neil O’Donoghue wonders if while he’s at it he might be able to bring peace to the liturgy wars @joannaMoorhead meets the curator who put graffiti into Canterbury cathedral @AlexaCoghlan is thrilled by James MacMillan’s Angels Unawares @djtaylorwriter listens to the wireless; Nikolai Duffy sifts the best recent poetry @theosnick rounds up US history essentials; Lindsay Duguid enjoys Ruth Ozeki + a fish recipe from Rose Prince @JonathanTulloch’s nature notes + Ian Thomson, Morag MacInnes + news letters books arts puzzles + a poem for St Anthony of Padua’s feast day by @KathrynSimmonds
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[Anne Booth 💙 @Bridgeanne]

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[Dr Haseena Wazir @DrHWazir]

After years of training, NHS doctors are being told there are no jobs for them & being dismissed as “juvenile delinquents” by @wesstreeting. This is not just a system under pressure; it’s a system failing its own workforce.

This year, 30,000 doctors applied for just 10,000 NHS training posts. These posts are required for doctors to progress through their careers to become Consultants and GPs; and the NHS needs doctors at every stage to keep services running safely and sustainably.

But the Government has *capped the number of training jobs*.

The contributing effect on patients is already clear:
- long waiting lists
- delays in A&E
- weeks to see a GP
- months to access hospital specialists.

And all while thousands of doctors who want to work are unable to secure the training roles required to continue their careers within the NHS.

This is the part the public rarely hears:
you can fix waiting lists; but you need to allow doctors to progress through the system, rather than blocking them at the very points where the NHS needs them most.

Instead, a Labour Health Secretary has chosen to insult doctors rather than address the workforce planning crisis at the heart of these delays.

This is one of the reasons why resident doctors are taking further industrial action. Because how can the NHS deliver world class care while limiting the number of doctors able to move through training and contribute fully to patient care?

Patients need doctors. Doctors need fair access to the training posts that allow them to keep delivering care.

The current situation is the result of political choices and longstanding failures in workforce planning; and it must be addressed.

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

About time someone with some influence said it

[Help2Rehome Scotland @H2RScotland]

Beautiful boy Leo is looking for a cosy home in time for Christmas as sadly his owner has passed away.

Leo is very affectionate and a people cat. He loves a pet and gets on well with children. A home with no dogs please.

He has lived with another cat.
Leo is 6 years old. He is neutered and is both in door and outdoor cat. He likes to go outside but doesn’t usually venture far.

Leo eats dry and wet food and enjoys treats too.
He will sleep on the bed, sofa, a cat tree and blanket, so anywhere that is warm and comfortable.

Leo would suit someone who is on their own or a family.

For more information or to offer this lovely lad a forever home please email [email protected]

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

I would like us to remember the Lord’s words: “Truly, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me” (Mt 25:40). It is truly so! If we concretely love those who are hungry and thirsty, those without clothing, those who are sick, strangers, or prisoners, then we are loving the Lord.

[Missing Pets GB @MissingPetsGB]

Mabel is home❤️🐾

Her family are “over the moon” after their beloved spaniel was found alive after being dumped more than a hundred miles away - however her puppies remain missing😔

At 5 weeks old they desperately need their mum 😭😭

[Bury St Edmunds Police @BuryStEdsPolice]

Police have located Mabel, the King Charles Spaniel who was reported as being stolen in Coney West, in Kent after she had been dropped over a fence. The four puppies’ location is still unknown, and anyone with any information is asked to contact Suffolk Police: 37/68284/25.

[Lucy Easthope @LucyGoBag]

Work with the Royal Society showed how wrong judges can be when interpreting forensic evidence. Juries make counsel work harder to explain and clarify. These “reforms” terrify me