Anna Smith 💙

💙 NHS forever: fairly paid doctors, nurses, support staff. Retired academic/scientist/interpreter. Like fabric, pattern, fancy knitting, languages.

[#WASPI Campaign @WASPI_Campaign]

When #WASPI met @andyburnham before his election he promised to meet with us to discuss proper redress for the DWP maladministration and the harm it caused. No more delay. We want a date and a fair settlement.

[#WASPI Campaign @WASPI_Campaign]

When #WASPI met @andyburnham before his election he promised to meet with us to discuss proper redress for the DWP maladministration and the harm it caused. No more delay. We want a date and a fair settlement.

[Burnt Toast @Burnt2020]

‘GMC registered medical professional’ means you may be seeing someone without medical qualifications. The GMC states it has ‘no enforceable statutory duty to protect patients’, and now has no duty of care towards doctors. Why does it exist and why do doctors have to pay for it?

[Natalie Bennett @natalieben]

Now there's a brilliant role model for girls and women.

"A shot of Dalton from behind in the scene, holding a sword and ready to pounce at the giants, is used in one of the posters for the movie."
https://t.co/E6z3wfxNHb

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

This is one of the most beloved paintings in America, and it puts its finger on something we all pass through, first as the child, and one day as the parent left behind...

The painting is Breaking Home Ties, by Norman Rockwell, on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post in 1954. A father and his teenage son sit side by side on the running board of a battered farm truck, waiting at a railway stop. A single track runs along the bottom of the picture. A ticket pokes from the boy's pocket. His suitcase is stacked with schoolbooks and wears a "State U" pennant. The train is coming to carry him off to college, away from home, for the first time in his life.

Everything is in the way they sit.

The son sits upright, scrubbed and dressed in his best, eyes fixed on the horizon, on the track, on the future rushing toward him. He is already half gone. For him that train is the beginning of everything.

His father sits beside him in worn work clothes and scuffed boots, looking the other way, down the line, as if he cannot bear to watch it arrive. The same train means the opposite thing to him. For the son it is the start of a life. For the father it is the day the house grows quieter, the chair at the table sits empty, and the person he built his world around walks out into a life that no longer has him at its centre.

Look at his hands. He is holding two hats. His own battered one, and resting on top of it, his son's crisp new one, held carefully together, because it is the last small thing he can still do for the boy...

And then the dog, its head laid in the son's lap, gazing up, refusing to look away. Rockwell knew exactly what that was for: "The father couldn't show how he felt about the boy's leaving," he said. "The dog did."

It has moved people for 70 years because every leaving is a beginning for one person and an ending for another. The child steps out into the world, as they should. And someone stays behind, watching them go, and loving them enough to let them go anyway...

[Shivani Misra @ShivaniM_KC]

I don’t care if this is not really a Scouse meow - it’s made my day 😂

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

There’s nothing “pragmatic” about drilling for more North Sea oil & gas. The planet is already on fire. How many times do we have to say it will do nothing for energy bills or energy security - but would send a terrible message to the rest of the world? https://t.co/sItNlMVcZD

[Liz Webster @LizWebsterSBF]

After nearly 80 years in Britain, an elderly couple who came here as refugee children after WWII were prevented from boarding a flight home because of post-Brexit immigration rules.

Their fathers fought alongside British forces. It’s a reminder that Brexit changed not just trade, but people’s lives.

https://t.co/O744CEjtMj

[Bridget Phillipson @bphillipsonMP]

The Prime Minister is setting out how we grasp the vitally important issue of social care, and this man is yet again making debased comments about women's appearances.

It's gross, it’s misogynistic and it needs to be rooted out of our media and society.

[James Mitchinson @JayMitchinson]

ICYMI: Quite possibly the most heartfelt intervention on a matter of national significance from such a sizeable group of respected signatories I’ve seen during my time as an editor.

I was so moved by it, I asked the designers to feature each and every name.

Superb job, team.

[Have I Got News For You @haveigotnews]

Education Secretary, Lucy Powell, says children shouldn’t get drawn in to “specific aspects of grammar”. Many people think she should not of said that

[Emma Mitchell 💙 @silverpebble]

I had 3-4 weeks off Twitter with autistic burnout recently & my engagement is right down (also due to standing up to a vile group of trolls on here-they reported me lots, restricting my reach). If you see this photo it would be so ace if you could RT it or drop me a quick hello if you have a moment, both of which help an account get back on track. I also hope these little violas ping some floral dopamine in your meat computer & give you a small lift 🌿

[Ewan Smith @ewanandsmith]

"That was fun!" @BethanGwanas.

‘Dim Ond Gêm’ gan Ewan Smith a gyhoeddwyd gan @y_lolfa.

A new book for Welsh Learners at Intermediate level.

Llyfr newydd i ddysgwyr ar Lefel Canolradd.

(Diolch, Bethan! 😮🥳😊)

[Gareth P Jones @jonesgarethp]

Please help! I'm taking my one-man show to the Edinburgh Fringe, CinderGorilla: The Musical. The first show is at 11:40 7th August and I've sold a total of ZERO tickets! Please, if you know any families in Edinburgh next week, tell them about the show.

[Autism care and share @autcareandshare]

We had a fantastic time in Spain, a few things we did that helped us and a few reflections too, special assistance were fantastic, we booked it at time of booking, but I also rang the airlines specific special assistance line to ensure it was booked, I also made sure it said special assistance on the boarding passes and I booked special assistance through aena too, overkill? Probably, If you have special assistance booked, dont get off the airplane, they come to you, otherwise you now have to navigate the airport without special assistance until you reach the special assistance/ aena desk, I purposely didn't take checked luggage even though we had 2 large suitcases included with our package instead I opted to pay for a additional carry on, so no waiting around for luggage, and no having to hold Ryan's hand and hold all the bags at the same time,special assistance are only with you at the airport, sounds obvious, but if you can, pack lightly, and id like to mention the kindness of strangers at the airport,the young lady that helped Ryan find his ear defenders, the Dutch couple that held Ryan's hand as I unloaded the golf/ buggy thingy,going on holiday is tough its hard, the kindness of others, good special assistance at the airports is for me what makes a good holiday, oh and you are going to lose something, so if you're taking away a favourite tshirt or a sensory item be sure you have a duplicate/ replacement back home, and lastly get some support when you get back home,if offered it , take it, me ive taken a extra couple of days off work, i love my son to bits, I never understood how important it was to look after myself too, now I do( mostly) so ive got a favourite movie downloaded and im going to watch it, have a great day everyone.

[Philip Proudfoot @PhilipProudfoot]

Spraying red paint on a bank. That's what the CPS wants sentenced as terrorism; for an action from August 2024, before Palestine Action was even proscribed. You might not care about Palestine. But this is dystopian as hell. Literally the stuff of authoritarian dictatorships.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

I know nothing about Burnham or his politics. But I see nothing wrong with the former mayor of Manchester wearing clothes from one of the last factories trying to keep a regional manufacturing tradition alive and employing skilled garment workers at fair wages in the process.

[Steve Morris @SJM09]

Aled Isaf Reservoir, Hiraethog North Wales, from the air showing how depleted it is at the moment following the extended spell of hot weather. @DerekTheWeather

[Dr Ruby (she/her) jaboukies everything @PaperWhispers]

Again for people in the UK, if you let the NHS free healthcare model go, you will be getting bills like this.

[The Heartlands Tribune @HeartlandsTrib]

A barrister quoted twelve words from a plaque at the Old Bailey. Seven months, three courts and four judges later, he faces two years in prison for it.

Rajiv Menon KC told a jury about the Old Bailey plaque that says: "The Right of Juries to give their Verdict according to their Convictions."

That's it. That's the crime.

His client was on trial for activism. The judge blocked evidence about why she did it. So Menon reminded the jury of their historic right to follow their conscience.

Now he's in court on Tuesday facing prison.

Here's the twist: the plaque commemorates a 1670 ruling that said NO judge can punish a jury for its verdict. The man who won that case? William Penn - who later founded Pennsylvania and wrote that right into the US Constitution.

Britain gave the world jury independence. Now it's prosecuting a lawyer for mentioning it.

Barristers are already changing their closing speeches because they're scared.

Three courts. Four judges. Seven months. All to silence a man who read twelve words off a wall.

If juries can't follow their conscience, what's the point of having them at all?

🔗 Read the full piece 👉: https://t.co/wTQBsmTxzP

What do you think? Is this justice? 👇

@DefendOurJuries @DefendourLawyer