Ria Meadows 🔮

Cat lover. Fleetwood Mac obsessed. All views are my own. Mummy of two 👶🏼👶🏼🩵💙

[Ria Meadows 🔮 @Reebeemee]

Happ World Book Day Everyone! Archer has decided to dress up as his favourite….SUPERTATO! 🥔 @suehendra @PaulLinnet Thankyou for your brilliant stories 🥰

[Pokemon UK PBST - Restock Alerts & News @PBSTUK]

These prismatic tins keep coming in and out of stock. Make sure to keep checking or bookmark the link 🔥

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[Ria Meadows 🔮 @Reebeemee]

@PBSTUK LE18 please :)

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@PokemonStockUK Just got ETB, Charizard tin and mini tin 🥳🥳🥳

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@pokemondealsuk Number 53 at smyths Leicester, ETB but no charizard tins - all taken

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@whufc_coyi89 @pokemondealsuk My thoughts exactly. 🥶

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@pokemondealsuk Do we have an idea of how much stock Smyths is likely to have?

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@TicketmasterCS It’s regarding my account and verification. :)

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@TicketmasterCS can I please DM regarding an account query?

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@McDonaldsUK yep…definitely banana milkshakes 🤢🤢🤢

[Samantha Smith @SamanthaTaghoy]

A family member of mine is a nurse in Canada.

They performed several assisted dying procedures at the care home they worked at, before refusing to continue.

In one case, the family of a mentally disabled man decided they wanted him to be euthanised.

He didn’t want to die.

But my family member was legally forced to end his life.

They held his hand while he told them “I’m hungry” and “I’m thirsty”.

That poor man didn’t understand what was happening to him as he was pumped full of medication that would end his life, and my family member wept for the soul that was being lost unnecessarily.

He wasn’t terminally ill.
He wasn’t particularly old.
He wasn’t dying.

He didn’t want to die.
But he didn’t have a choice.

Because his life was deemed dispensable by his family, and the Government gave them the power to end his life regardless of his needs or wishes.

And when my family member told their workplace that they couldn’t continue performing these procedures — that their conscience wouldn’t allow it — they were told that it was their “legal duty” as a nurse.

They still refused.

But not everyone will have the moral fibre or bravery of my family member.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and this is exactly what the Assisted Dying Bill opens the door to.

It starts with “choice” and “dignity”.

But suicide isn’t only done “when the patient wants it”. And the countries where it is already legalised have shown us the grim reality.

In the Netherlands, 40% of euthanasia deaths occur without patient consent. In Canada, it has been offered to Paralympians who only asked for a mobility aid.

If it can happen there; it will happen here.

People 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 be killed against their will.

[Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @JoshFG]

Today, I have co-signed an amendment with over 100 of my colleagues that would stop the welfare reform proposals from becoming law.

I want to be clear this is not a decision I have taken lightly. In eight years as a councillor and almost a year as an MP, I have not broken the whip, and I have made difficult and unpopular choices and cast many difficult votes, because sometimes in politics, the reality is that there are no easy choices, only hard ones. However, while I will support a hard choice where it can be justified in pursuit of a larger goal, I won't support a bad choice.

As many will know, before I was elected to Parliament, I worked extensively on the welfare system with Oxfam, the Child Poverty Action Group, and Church Action on Poverty. It’s because of this experience that I know making the proposed changes to the welfare system, at a time when so much needs to be done to improve our healthcare system, will simply lead to people being forced into poverty with potentially greater costs to our health and care system as a result.

I believe there are elements to the government's welfare reform proposals that are genuinely good and progressive, including the funding for back-to-work reforms, such as the “right to try”, increased funding to support people into work, and scrapping Work Capability Assessments (WCA).  But the changes to the PIP ratings that would mean, at present, that someone who can't put their trousers on, who needs help with showering, and who can’t go to the toilet without supervision, is told that they are capable of work, don't reflect the need for change.

Since these proposals were first announced, I have worked to do everything possible to avoid being in this position and to urge the government to reconsider.

I have written directly to the Prime Minister and the Government Chief Whip, and met with Welfare Ministers to share my concerns. I've also raised my concerns in the House of Commons chamber through questions, and even submitted evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee’s enquiry into the proposals, which highlighted the links between NHS mental health waiting lists and PIP claimants. I hope dearly that the government will see the strength of feeling on our benches and across the country, and come back with proposals to support some of our most vulnerable constituents that we can support.

It remains one of my proudest moments to be elected as the Labour MP for Calder Valley, and it was, and always will be, my intention to support this government in delivering meaningful change to improve people’s lives after the last 14 years, which makes this decision incredibly painful for me. It is one I don't wish to make again, and I hope the government reconsider their approach so that we are not forcing loyal MPs into an impossible position next Tuesday.

https://t.co/avdxDnhazC

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

New figures show the staggering increase in UK billionaire wealth since 2010:

▪️2010: £250 Billion
▪️2025: £620 Billion

We need a wealth tax - not cuts to disability support.

Add your name to my petition that I'll be presenting in parliament soon https://t.co/XjHKbYhpe2

[Ria Meadows 🔮 @Reebeemee]

Since the M&S cyber attack I have been receiving these emails almost daily. This is absolutely ridiculous @marksandspencer clearly didn’t keep data safe. 😡 What will you be doing to compensate the customers?!

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@dejolaleye @Leic_hospital Congratulations Dejo! 🥳 hope to be back working with the team later this year! 🥰

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

Labour say slashing £5-6B from disabled people is ‘tough but necessary.’

It’s not. It’s a choice.

The choice to protect corporations over disabled people.

The choice to sacrifice lives instead of raising taxes on the wealthy.

They want to do this in our name.

Not in my name.

[Ria Meadows 🔮 @Reebeemee]

@EastMidRailway Submitted! Thankyou for your help -much appreciated 😊

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@EastMidRailway Will I be able to receive compensation for my taxi fare?

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@IKEAUK No delivery update, No tracking, missing items and rude delivery drivers, swearing in the presence of my children. £30 for subpar delivery service, absolutely abysmal.