Michael Tichford

Passionate about people, places and public service. Currently awaiting chemotherapy after operation to remove cancer from pancreas.

[Birmingham 2022 @birminghamcg22]

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[Michael Tichford @MikeTichford]

Feel for you Helen, goes to show how mental health is as important as the physical for your overall well-being.

[Helen 🤍✨💖 #FBPE @Helen23uk]

I’m back living with my parents,after being on a ventilator.
I’m getting a little stronger each day,but I’m not going to lie I’m struggling with it emotionally and physically its so hard.
This isn’t how you should feel at 23 years old.
Love to you all Helen x❤️ #FollowBackFriday

[Normal Island News @NormalIslandNws]

BREAKING: Elon Musk is buying Twitter for $43 billion because he didn't feel like solving world hunger 6 times over x

[jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky @JonnElledge]

"Look at any long-running government from history and you can see plenty of missteps and broken crockery, but also achievements that are pretty hard to deny. This lot, though: what the hell have they done?"

On the worst government of our lifetime.

https://t.co/B47jPawMhW

[Dominic Minghella @DMinghella]

Breaking: the Lords have told the Govt to get its dirty paws off the Electoral Commission. Our constitution is not safe under these Tories. Tell your MP the Govt MUST back down on this, and keep the elections watchdog independent.
#takebackBritain
https://t.co/2G97Cg7zGq

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Much to the Prime Ministers joy it seems the BYOB lawbreaking party fines now dropping into participants emails is going largely unreported - so again - let’s do the job for them

[Femi @Femi_sorry]

Thanks Nadine Dorries for helping us 'downstream movies' and 'exercise our sports'. You're so convincing as a human. 👍🏿

[davidrelph @david_relph]

@OctopusEnergy Do you work with public bodies? Thinking parish council etc

[Dr David Berger BSc MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACGP-RG DTM+H @YouAreLobbyLud]

Prior to the pandemic I had no idea of just how rotten everything was: politics, the media, the professions, public morality, the total disregard for human welfare. I had a bad feeling, sure, but the scale of the lying, the deception and the bad faith has shocked me.

[Ben Reiff @bentreyf]

Something happened last night at a small protest in Tel Aviv which illustrated Israeli apartheid in one of the most blatant ways that I’ve ever personally witnessed. 1/

[Michael Tichford @MikeTichford]

Is there anyway that they hold their views for genuine reasons? I can't see how but am reluctant to give up on people as contemptible?

[Tom London @TomLondon6]

Is there any creature more contemptible on this earth than a Tory Minister or Tory MP or political journalist or media commentator who is defending Johnson?

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

In January 2021 Home Secretary Priti Patel, announcing £800 fines, said

“There is still a small minority who refuse to do the right thing”

Will she be supporting that minority, who we now know were based in Downing Street, tomorrow?

[Michael Tichford @MikeTichford]

Feel for you Michelle, I was in your shoes in September. For us it was, and still is, toughest for my wife, wanting to give support but not being able to at critical times.

[🩷💜michele💜🩷 @Michele_Miller7]

@JenJoeGibson @ThanksCancer @BSBreastCancer Saying goodbye to my husband and walking into pre-op for my Whipple surgery alone because of covid restrictions in the hospital. I’ve never felt so alone or scared in my life.

[Dr Dan Goyal @danielgoyal]

NHS busiest it’s ever been.

Over 85% occupancy is unsafe
Over 95% is considered dangerous

We are at 95.2%

All because This Government refuse to invest in the health service…during a pandemic.

[Dr Andrew Meyerson @AndrewMeyerson]

Patient told me to "Go back to your fucking country!" then shoved me in the chest before running off.

Solidarity with all of the other immigrant NHS doctors and nurses who experience this shit on a daily basis.

#SOSNHS

[Omar Gaza 🇵🇸 @Omar_Gaza]

Why is this NOT on the world's radar?

[Michael Tichford @MikeTichford]

@david_relph @The_RHS As Andrew says but also to allow a little growth after pruning, before the growing season finishes.

[Michael Tichford @MikeTichford]

Many decades and many 'leveling up' programmes have come & gone with little discernable improvement for the least well off. We know how it can be achieved, see the work of @MichaelMarmot and others, but the appetite for real change isn't there from either main party.

[Alan Stedman 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦#FBPE 💙💙🍃💚🍃 @alanjstedman]

Truly shocking. I'm not convinced that Levelling Up will change much. The ideas behind it may be sensible but will investment really happen?

https://t.co/Wv271rWQRH