Geraldine Platten

Communications consultant. Equality, Politics, Art, Science, Digital Innovation, Books, Eradicating Poverty. I adore Eurovision. Views are my own.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

The award-winning cast of The West Wing reunited to endorse VP Kamala Harris for President in a new ad created in partnership with the Lincoln Project.

Martin Sheen
Bradley Whitford
@AllisonBJanney
@DuleHill
@JoshMalina
@NellyMoloney
@MaryCMcCormack
@Richard_Schiff

[Henry Riley @HenryRiley1]

EXCL

HS2 to run from London Euston to Crewe

LBC understands govt was planning announcement in the new year - reversing Rishi Sunak's cut to 'phase 2a'

Private talks said to have taken place involving Keir Starmer at last month's Labour Conference

@LBC
https://t.co/4v11dQxcb3

[Geraldine Platten @Gplatten]

Brilliant.

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

I’m Kamala Harris, and I’m running for President of the United States.

[Geraldine Platten @Gplatten]

@hilarybennmp @NIOgov Congratulations Hilary. The perfect person for the job.

[Geraldine Platten @Gplatten]

Finland
Australia
Germany
Italy
Belgium
#Eurovision

[Geraldine Platten @Gplatten]

👌🏽😂

[Malala Yousafzai @Malala]

Found socks on sofa, asked @MalikAsser if they were his, he said the socks were dirty and I can put them away. So I took them and put them in the (rubbish) bin.

[Prof. Devi Sridhar @devisridhar]

Thread: Why are we so sick this winter in Britain? Over the past two weeks I’ve reached out to colleagues in the NHS- whether GPs, A&E nurses or ICU consultants- to ask this question (1/x)

[Jan Egeland @NRC_Egeland]

I am back in Afghanistan as we were forced to stop all aid to people in need on 24 Dec. due to the Taliban ban on female NGO workers. NRC's 469 female colleagues are essential for our aid to 700.000 Afghans. We must be allowed to resume work with all staff, or lives will be lost.

[Alan Lester @aljhlester]

1/5 With coverage in @Telegraph and @spectator, @History_Reclaim are campaigning for a panel to police what the BBC can say about Britain’s colonial history, just as their allied @RestoreTrustNT tried to censor @nationaltrust. Having specialised in that history, I would never 🧵

[Omid Djalili @omid9]

16 year old #Sonia_Sharifi from #Abdanan accused of ‘war against God’ and sentenced to be executed imminently. She has no lawyer, suffering round the clock torture and sexual abuse. We are your voice Sonia. Regime, take note. #IranRevoIution

[Nafiseh Kohnavard @nafisehkBBC]

She was full of life
Her name is Nika Shakarami. She was only 17.
Nika joined #IranProtests on Sept 20. Ten days later her family was asked to go to Kahrizak prison to get her body. The authorities didn’t allow the family to have a funeral for her while arresting her aunt & uncle

[Stefan Simanowitz @StefSimanowitz]

1/. My heart broke a little this morning

“The northern white rhino - which survived 55 million years & saw ice ages, earthquakes, meteor strikes & bore testament to innumerable historical changes - could not survive humans” @VertigoWarrior

This rhino is now functionally extinct

[ALNAP @ALNAP]

#Humanitarian workers are finding it harder to reach rising numbers of people affected by cascading crises of conflict, climate disasters and COVID-19 - due to declining respect for intl humanitarian law - our 5th State of the Humanitarian System report concludes. #SOHS2022

[Geraldine Platten @Gplatten]

I’m currently travelling at 299km/hr through Italy. It’s fantastic and they take it for granted over here. We need #HS2 in the UK. Quick, safe, zero-carbon travel is an absolute no-brainer. It can’t happen quickly enough.

[ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social @ODI_Global]

Today's #SCOTUS decision to overturn #RoeVsWade is a stark reminder of the fragility of recent progress we have seen around the world, and the might of authoritarian forces. Read our statement from @SaraPantuliano 💬 https://t.co/wWTW9hH4Bn

[Geraldine Platten @Gplatten]

@LandDHospital my 83 year old mum has been waiting 4.5 hrs for an ambulance. When will she get the help she needs?

[Geraldine Platten @Gplatten]

@Newsjunk1e I am coming.

[Geraldine Platten @Gplatten]

This 👇🏽

[graham norton @grahnort]

No hugs, no words can convey what I (we all) feel about this powerhouse of a man! Might watch it on iplayer to make sure it wasn’t a dream @SamRyderMusic #teamSPACEMAN

[Geraldine Platten @Gplatten]

Congratulations #Ukraine for winning #Eurovision It’s as it should be. I can’t believe Norway didn’t do better #givethatwolfabanana