Mary Young

Former Operations Director for The William Stewart Foundation in Northern Malawi, dismissed, on specious premises, from the charity my late father co-founded

[Mary Young @MaryYoung14]

I have at last been able to have my final word on the subject of my father's Foundation, in book form, entitled The King and the Oak Tree which details, in chronological order, some of the happenings from 2017 to 2022. https://t.co/ItH3zxCmWl

[Mary Young @MaryYoung14]

@KathrynPorter26 As you know, Kathryn, my husband, in agony on the floor for 6 hours, was denied an ambulance, until the doctor came, out of hours, and ordered one. He was critically ill and only just made it. So, breathing is the determining factor!

[Mary Young @MaryYoung14]

@KathrynPorter26 So sorry to hear that you've been laid up, Kathryn; glad to hear that you're on the mend and will hopefully be out of hospital very soon.

As always, a great speech. Good jump rope analogy. And a stern warning for Scotland.

[Mary Young @MaryYoung14]

@NotFarLeftAtAll Judgmental much. Have you not heard, for example, of RP - retinitis pigmentosa? Look it up; you might learn something. As for people saying she's walking too fast to be blind, many totally blind people do if they know the terrain.

[Mary Young @MaryYoung14]

@KathrynPorter26 That's a great version for 2026, Kathryn. I have passed it to @Real_BWEA (Wind Energy's Absurd) to see if they will add it to their Poetry Corner.

Wishing you and yours a very merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. And good travels across the pond.

[Mary Young @MaryYoung14]

@JournoStephen Good one, Stephen, although Russell Martin might make a better job of it.

[Mary Young @MaryYoung14]

This needs to be seen, widely.

[Wings Over Scotland @WingsScotland]

No matter what you think of the grotesque, monstrous, murderous actions of the Israeli government, the people being targeted and attacked here aren’t the Israeli government. The police stand by and do nothing, but put people in prison for tweets.

[Mary Young @MaryYoung14]

@JohnSwinney How? You do realise that it was stated in 2011/12 that, in the event of independence, the 8% of Scottish consumers would need to pay renewable subsidies which are currently paid by 100% whole UK consumers?

[Mary Young @MaryYoung14]

@ZiaYusufUK Disgraceful. And now Miliband has added to the slurs.
'Political conmen'. 'Narcissistic billionaires'. 'Snake oil city boy'.

[Mary Young @MaryYoung14]

@AllisonPearson @Keir_Starmer @Nigel_Farage Very much so. I sat through the transcript - no dalek speak; just subtitles. A disgrace. I also didn't see any police wheeching the flags out of the hands of those waving them!

[Mary Young @MaryYoung14]

@KathrynPorter26 Another good one, Kathryn; easy to understand a complex subject.

[Mary Young @MaryYoung14]

@KathrynPorter26 Another great interview, Kathryn. 'We need to look after people first' - true, that, and forgotten by so many politicians.

[Mary Young @MaryYoung14]

@KathrynPorter26 @triggerpod That was a fantastic interview, Kathryn. As always you explained so clearly the energy system, but put in perspective the political, too.

[Pete North @FUDdaily]

Dear Sir @AlecShelbrooke MP,

I am a constituent of yours. On Thursday evening two policemen came to my home to arrest me for a meme I posted on X. The footage, now viewed by over 3m people, can be found here:

https://t.co/BMhSHv1CcB

The subsequent media fallout has been an international embarrassment for North Yorkshire Police.

If the police were of the view that a non-violent offence had been committed, they could have arranged for a voluntary interview. They did not. They instead elected to turn up to my house late at night, bundle me into a cage in the back of a snatch van, and drive me all the way from Tollerton to Harrogate to hold me in solitary confinement for hours - where I was coerced into waiving my right to a solicitor. I was having a claustrophobic autistic panic episode but was told I would be held for longer if I exercised my right to a representation. I was later released to make my own way home at 3am on Friday morning - having to walk alone into Harrogate centre to find a taxi. I was told I could only be transported home in the same snatch wagon. I was too frightened to get back in it.

At the time of the arrest, the police refused to specify why I was being arrested. It was retailed to me at Harrogate that a complaint had been made to the police in August about a tweet - which was forwarded to their "hate team" who concluded a public order offence had been committed. It was subsequently issued to a snatch squad. The meme in question is here...

https://t.co/5tNkfbsBiD

The complaint was more than likely vexatious in nature, and yet at no point was there any common sense or adult supervision in the process. The meme saying "F*ck Hamas" was apparently offensive even though Hamas is a proscribed terrorist organisation. The interviewing officer appeared to not know what Hamas is - or what transpired on 7/10.

It transpires that this is part of a broader trend where the police are abandoning the pursuit of criminals in favour of political arrests. The link below shows four police goons in paramilitary gear bundling a granny onto a cage for holding a placard...

https://t.co/tx21fGJrwA

If they keep this up, they are going to kill somebody. They are already destroying lives - including mine.

As regards my case, I've been bailed unconditionally, though I am ordered to report back to Harrogate on December 21, to determine is charges will be pressed. This is further psychological torture.

I am sure you will agree that nobody should face arrest for posting a meme - much less put in solitary confinement and transported in a small cage.

I simply cannot comprehend this evil - or how the police can claim to being overstretched when this is how they choose to deploy their resources. Why even does North Yorkshire Police have a hate team inspecting tweets?

This is NOT the actions of rogue police officers. This is evidence of systematic dysfunction at the command level - and somebody needs to lose their job over this. I request that you please inquire what is going on at North Yorkshire Police, what it is they think they are playing at, and raise this issue in parliament.

I fully intend to fight this and win, not least because others have been arrested, questioned and released without charge over the same meme. Subsequently, I intend to sue the police for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment. It cannot, however, end there. This requires urgent political intervention to put an end to this dark turn in British policing. As a conservative, I am sure you do not wish to live in a country in which the public can be arrested and detained for voicing their opinions.

Yours sincerely,

Pete North.

[Mary Young @MaryYoung14]

@FUDdaily 'Supports the thin blue line'. So did many people. How many now?

I have only had one run in with the polis, ever - North Yorkshire.

[Mary Young @MaryYoung14]

@ollieparrot I see Pete's outrageous arrest as a final straw; a catalyst, Richard. He has so much support and, as I've said elsewhere, they have just banged up a tiger by the tail.

[Mary Young @MaryYoung14]

@KathrynPorter26 @electricianspod Another great podcast, Kathryn - loved the way in which humour was laced into this one.

[Mary Young @MaryYoung14]

@KathrynPorter26 That was a great podcast Kathryn, covering EVs but so much more besides.

[Mary Young @MaryYoung14]

@FUDdaily I'm so sorry, Pete, to read of this further impact on you. The whole episode is outrageous, but the fact that you were locked into a tiny space is the worst of the lot.

You have so much support. @elonmusk is hopefully aware.

[Mary Young @MaryYoung14]

@MhehedZherting @Artemisfornow @Ed_Miliband 😇

[Mary Young @MaryYoung14]

@MhehedZherting @Artemisfornow @Ed_Miliband I did 🤣 Written in response to the Scottish Government's baby box idea.