Laura Wiggins

[Jon Culshaw @jonculshaw]

Watch out for #Partygate on ⁦@Channel4⁩ tonight at 9.30. In it I’m playing Boris Johnson, both vocally and physically, filmed over the shoulder and at distance so as to blend with the real news footage. ‘Partygate’ is a tough watch in places but a very important one..

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

Watch #Partygate @Channel4 right now, record it..

Play it on loop until the General Election

Never forget the disdain with which this govt treated the vulnerable, the elderly, the children, the lonely, those who died alone.

While their "associates" profited from VIP Lane deals

[Laura Wiggins @LauraWiggins9]

@KatchLesley @StephanieCawker @GreatOrmondSt Dream team reunited ?

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

This is a side by side of two women gracing the front covers of two well known magazines.

The one on the right we all know is Martha Stewart, age 81. The one on the left is Apo Whang-Od, age 106, a tribal tattooist in a remote province in the Philippines.

There seems to be an unwritten rule which equates beauty with youngness. In an interview, Martha Stewart told the reporter she credits her organic, home-grown, farm-to-table eating, yoga, and actively healthy lifestyle to her youthfulness. While that’s an admirable journey for her, let’s not forget the amount of privilege that kind of lifestyle requires.

On the left is Apo Whang-Od, who is a 106-year-old tribal tattooist in the Philippines. The wisdom she carries in every forehead wrinkle and frown line is stunning. Her eyes are glass, reflecting back all that she’s witnessed over a century of lived experiences. Her tattoos a reminder of the ancestors she seeks to honor.

Both women are beautiful in their own right. But I wish we as women didn’t play into this idea that we have to look younger—and thinner—in order to fit some unrealistic beauty standard which will grant us acceptance and relevance in the world around us.

I’m writing this for any woman who, like me, may have had a punched-gut reaction to seeing an octogenarian in a swimsuit on the cover of a magazine looking more like a woman in her forties or fifties: Anti-aging is not a beauty standard.

There IS beauty in wrinkles, and saggy skin, and drooping breasts. These are markers of a life hard fought for and well lived. It seems odd to try and erase these battle scars.

So while I applaud Martha for her fortunate body, carefully curated procedures, and pristinely styled makeup, I also applaud Whang-Od for what others may perceive as imperfections.

Anti-aging is not a beauty standard.
Authenticity is.

@ FeministNews

[Sarah Dewhurst @sarah_dewhurst]

I was a very small part of this today. It was awesome! Good to be reminded of what team work can achieve, and that we are all working together to make the care of children with CP better.

[CPIP-UK NN @cpip_uk]

Right thing, for the right child, at the right time, CPIPS helping our expert orthopaedic consultants and paediatricians to make treatment decisions

[michelle baylis @PCLPT]

Great sessions so far and a reminder of how far we have all come in improving outcomes for children with CP #CPIP @stevecookeortho @sarah_dewhurst @ktkinch1 @GrayLizthefiz @rachel_rapson @atherton

[Steve Cooke @stevecookeortho]

@LauraWiggins9 highlights how a group of people and a "volunteer army" drove the implementation of #CPIP in Scotland (CPIPS). @cpip_uk

[Children's Hearings Scotland @CHScotland]

It's here! You can now apply to be a Panel Member on our website: https://t.co/mbMJomViU1 🙌 We need people who are caring, empathetic, trustworthy and great listeners. Sound like you? Then apply now! Closing midnight 15 February 2021.

[Steve Cooke @stevecookeortho]

Orthopods. If you perform a procedure for someone with cerebral palsy (or similar), including casting or botox, and do not speak to their physiotherapist beforehand then your patients will get poorer results, you will often do the wrong thing and you are, quite simply, negligent.

[Laura Wiggins @LauraWiggins9]

Rolls Royce: Protect Rolls Royce Inchinnan job losses - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/qtowWchct1 via @UKChange

[Laura Wiggins @LauraWiggins9]

@OwainWynEvans @BBCNews @BBCNWT Fantastic - new career

[Laura Wiggins @LauraWiggins9]

#IStayHomeFor Peter Mum J&M&J it’s the right thing to do - keep my distance 2 M apart

[Kevin Bacon @kevinbacon]

Hey everybody, now it’s so important to STAY HOME and keep our distance from others. Join me and post a video or photo with a sign like this, with #IStayHomeFor, telling who you are staying home for, & tag 6 friends. Let's work together to stay home and keep each other safe.

[Jason Leitch @jasonleitch]

New graphics to explain the guidelines for the different groups. Please share and use wisely. #Covid19

[Laura Wiggins @LauraWiggins9]

The facts that guide govt - Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE): Coronavirus (COVID-19) response - https://t.co/GSYYaBog55 https://t.co/HqQBLDbiSw

[Public Health Scotland @P_H_S_Official]

The situation around #Coronavirus in Scotland continues to change rapidly. Stay informed with the latest official information using the websites and helpline below.

#COVID19

[Ali Grant @Aligee1205]

Really important to get this message out to all friends and family @nhsggcrhcphysio https://t.co/7DA8KxLb7i

[‘Burgh B’s @BurghbS]

@BTMurrayfield Sunday’s attendance=67,144

Assume 25% go to the loo at half time=16,786

WHO recommend washing hands for 20 seconds each so that’s 5,595 minutes of hand washing.

10 minutes of half time means you need 559.5 sinks...think Dodson might need to put a call into Armitage Shanks

[BigJohn @redlabel1314]

@GillMackenzie3 @BTMurrayfield Great point. Can’t remember ever finding hot water, and most times even the cold water tap is dry by the 2nd half (West Stand). Can we expect improvements?