What kind of man could repeatedly hit a defenceless, elderly woman on the head 21 times with a hammer and then coolly drive over 150 miles back to his home? It’s unfathomable. It’s devastating. I’m heartbroken for Ann Widdecombe.
Thank you @jk_rowling for looking after the small organisations who do so much good but could not afford to divert funds into costly court cases. @AmnestyUK
should be ashamed of the harm they've caused.
Amnesty UK was already smearing feminists as 'anti-rights' back in May, according to @thetimes. It appears that, far from being an accidental slip up or an editorial error, the latest defamatory report accurately represents Amnesty UK's deep-seated hostility to all organisations that believe sex is real and important in contexts such as same sex attraction and healing after sexual violence and trauma.
Those who've been defamed are owed an explanation of why Amnesty claimed to have withdrawn the report because of its 'language' when, per @thetimes article, it had already expressed exactly the same beliefs, in the same language, months previously.
Many of the organisations Amnesty has attacked are grassroots campaigners with a tiny fraction of a gigantic, well-funded international NGO's resources. The defamatory report has already had serious consequences for a service supporting women at the most vulnerable time of their lives, as detailed by Beira's Place lawyers in the legal letter sent two days ago. The withdrawing of the report cannot undo the harm it has already done and is continuing to do.
If Amnesty is under the illusion that the women's, children's and gay rights organisations it has attacked will be unwilling to go to court, they have made yet another massive error of judgement. They underestimate both the solidarity that exists between the targeted organisations and my willingness to support legal action, not just on behalf of Beira's Place, but for all women's and LGB organisations falsely branded 'anti-rights.'
Helen Webberley went on TALK TV to model a new t-shirt from LUSH.
It's fair to say Julia Hartley Brewer wasn't impressed.
"I think people like you should be in prison!"
#FashionPolice
If you can’t make life easier for an 80-year-old lady by simply moving out of her way so she can use the handrail, then you are a horrible person. Recording it and posting it only confirms that you are a scumbag.
We live in a world where a grown man films himself blocking an 80-year-old woman, refusing to move out of her way so she can use the handrail for support near the top of the stairs.
He tells her to walk around him, and she says she can’t because she’s 80.
He then posts the video himself, thinking he’s in the right.
People like him are sickos who clearly weren’t raised right.
He needs to be named and shamed since he wants clout. And i hope someone buys that lovely lady flowers.
Just for clarity it's a handrail, not an arse resting rail... who 'relaxes' on busy stairs? The smug reminders this prick is 'recording' - what did he think an 80 year old woman was going to do to him?... Wish I had been there.
@BTP@networkrail The law requires you take action
'An individual intentionally blocking a handrail on a staircase is committing an illegal act in public, commercial, or workplace environments, and creates an immediate safety and liability issue in residential spaces. '
Just when you think you can't love @jk_rowling any more...
JK Rowling offers to bank roll class-action lawsuit against SNP Government over 'unlawful' prison policy https://t.co/ANhjhjntqm
I stopped shopping at @LushLtd when they started all this nonsense. It broke my heart as I had been customer of theirs from before they became Lush.
I have friends and relatives who have had to have masectomies and find this window display disgusting,
Dear Lush (cc Chelmsford City Council),
As a woman who had half a breast removed last year due to cancer, I am writing to raise my concerns about your “Proud of My Stripes” window display.
I am also, on behalf of other women who have experienced breast cancer, respectfully requesting its removal.
Because mastectomies are not a fashion statement, an identity marker or something to be celebrated.
They are something women undergo because they are ill, because they are frightened, because they are trying to stay alive.
Around 59,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK every year. Many will undergo surgery - a mastectomy, lumpectomy or other procedure.
Others choose preventive mastectomies because they carry a high-risk BRCA gene mutation.
If a woman chooses to have her breasts removed to affirm a gender identity, that is her personal choice.
I honestly don’t know the number of women who have elective mastectomies for this reason.
What I do know is that it is a tiny number compared with those for whom breast surgery is medically necessary and not something to be celebrated.
I think I speak for many women who have experienced breast cancer - and for their families - when I say this:
Breast removal surgery is not something I regard as cute, playful or empowering.
Nor is it something I believe retailers should be celebrating.
For that reason, I am requesting that the display be removed and that @ChelmsCouncil apologise for promoting it on social media.
Yours sincerely,
Janet Murray
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