@xplorexpress@khtigers@devastellar I’m no fan of the Sussexes but most people stopped using the term ‘sterile’ to describe other human beings in the 1970s
@rutherfojr@thetimes ‘Old biddy’ is massively disrespectful. I’m all for free speech but is that really how you think about older women? Would you want someone referring to your mum in that way?
@neatnonbinary@linmeitalks That’s just ageist. Let’s see how fast you move at work when you’re 70 and you’re dog-tired but your pension isn’t covering your household bills. Would you prefer she couldn’t afford to heat her home?
@OorRoy He’ll be aware how ministers can bully civil servants. We’d all be wary of dropping our colleagues in it on national TV, especially in relation to circumstances not of their making.
@aj2squared@MattBloomFilms@linholden Where did I say they were? But if you’re fighting a cause on behalf of an elderly parent it can help to say they are, with their permission of course. I was giving advice not making a generalisation.