Jane Common

Freelance journo&author, 25 years in nationals&mags, esteemed former Pets Editor. Tea-and-nap addled spinster mit mutt, Attlee ❤️ Camberwell SE5 for the win.

[Jane Common @JaneCommon]

This sums up my general attitude to life.

[PostcardFromThePast @PastPostcard]

I found it too confusing and went to bed half way through.

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

Scotland is famous for its hills and scenery, but the spectacle of the Waverley steaming up the Clyde surely has to rank as one of our country’s greatest sights.

[Jane Common @JaneCommon]

@virginmedia Oh I have just spent half an hour turning things on and off trying to fix it!

[PDSA @PDSA_HQ]

Today we’re remembering Judy, the only dog officially registered as a POW in WWII.

She survived shipwrecks and harsh conditions, protecting fellow prisoners along the way. In 1946, she received the PDSA Dickin Medal for her incredible courage. 🎖️

#pdsadickinmedal

[Jane Common @JaneCommon]

@Miatsf I’m a constituent Miatta and I think Keir Starmer should stay. And so do most people I know round here. He’s doing a decent job in horrific circumstances. The world is a bin fire.. nobody could lead us to the land of milk and honey right now.

[Ethel Braithwaite @Ethelbrait1941]

Never stop saying "dozen" and "half dozen". Never stop using the word you read in an old novella. Never stop using your regional jargon. Don't succumb to an internationalized English stripped of its whimsy and romanticism in the name of streamlining global commerce.

[Dog Desk Animal Action @DogDeskAction]

Tonight we are thinking of Zac, stolen from his owner while out on a walk & found dead on a railway line.

Our thoughts are with his family.

We’ve lit a lantern to guide Zac over the bridge tonight.
Please flood the internet with love and light for him

#k9hour

[Paul Mason @paulmasonnews]

In the next 25 years @Keir_Starmer 's decision to reject Trump's demand we join a war with no clear purpose, for the sake of the Special Relationship, will be seen as historic. This was a decision where Britains values and interests aligned✊🇬🇧🚩

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

We adopted Barnaby so he could die.

I know it sounds harsh, but it's the truth.

He was 15 years old. An elderly Border Collie, his eyes glazed, his gait slow.
The shelter's paperwork said: "Palliative Care Home."
His family had abandoned him because "he slept too much" and had trouble walking.

So we prepared ourselves to say goodbye.
Orthopedic beds in every room.
Ramps instead of stairs.
Quiet nights. Gentle mornings.
We thought we were giving him a peaceful place to live out his final weeks.
Barnaby had other plans.
Week 1: He slept.
That kind of sleep that only comes when you finally feel safe.
Week 2: He understood he wasn't going back.
That it wasn't temporary.
That this was his home. Week 3: He found the stuffed toy.

It wasn't new.

It wasn't fancy.

Just a small, old, soft toy… and he started taking it everywhere with him.
That's when the "dying" Border Collie disappeared.
The dog who "could barely walk" started trotting proudly around the house, clutching the toy in his mouth like a trophy.
The dog who "slept too much" started waking us up early in the morning, toy in his mouth, ready to start the day.
In the evening, he would sit like this, clutching it tightly, as if he were afraid it would disappear.
Then we understood.
Barnaby wasn't dying.
He wasn't weak from age.
He was tired of being alone.
Of hard floors.
Of being abandoned.
Today, he's 15.

He steals slices of pizza from the counter.

He beats me to the garden.

And he still carries that same stuffed animal… proof that joy has returned to him.

We failed as a hospice.

But we achieved something far more beautiful.

We gave an old Border Collie a reason to go on…
and he showed us that sometimes, love doesn't just prolong a life…
it gives it back 🐾❤️.

Ben bo

[Tony Brown @agbdrilling]

'Simon' the ships cat served on HMS Amethyst during the Yangtse incident 1949. Still carried out his duties catching Rats and Mice even after being wounded by shrapnel. Awarded the Dicken Medal 🇬🇧

[Leah Hardy 🇺🇦 @LeahFHardy]

In which a high profile Reform candidate suggests that people without children should be punished with higher taxes and women get a telegram from the king and financial incentives for having more than two children. The Nazis tried this rubbish. It didn’t work.

[Jane Common @JaneCommon]

@LeahFHardy Omg!

[FiFi Garrett @fobakesbadly]

Two weeks ago today my 23-year-old son was killed when a railing failed at his apartment block.
Two days later I was in London, writing to the Prime Minister. I was also contacted by Sorcha Eastwood MP who had seen what happened to our family and wanted to help and today I received a letter from Sir Keir Starmer MP KC - Prime Minister Josh’s MP for Holborn and St.Pancras.

In your darkest hour, you learn who acts, not just who speaks.

I will always judge people by how they treat you when you are broken. Today, I am grateful for the action, support and the willingness to help us get answers.
Thank you @Keir_Starmer this means a lot.
@labourpress
@UKLabour @SorchaEastwood
#JusticeForJosh #NoMoreFalls

[BBC Breakfast @BBCBreakfast]

'It's extremely frustrating and upsetting knowing that I've lost a child and that another family... have been sent away and told everything is going to be fine'

Actor Jason Watkins, whose daughter Maude died from sepsis, spoke to #BBCBreakfast after a BBC investigation found sepsis awareness training is still not mandatory at most hospitals in Wales

https://t.co/Vgkcvr46zd

[FarmingUK @FarmingUK]

Great and very important advice! 👇

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

‼️Away from the eye, away from the heart: the genocide continues. Compounding the killing/barring of journalists and the expulsion/paralysis of humanitarian orgs, Israel's NGO ban is part of the intentional creation of conditions of life designed to destroy the Palestinian people

[Jane Common @JaneCommon]

@A16XJD @MartinSLewis But I don’t understand why the people who pay years extra don’t get any benefit from that. It seems a bit unfair. I’m not on a big wage but I’m paying over and above every year. 🤷‍♀️

[Jane Common @JaneCommon]

@Graceprgirl @MartinSLewis It’s very confusing isn’t it?