The Griffon11

[Sophie Blake @sophieRblake]

Four years ago today, I received the phone call that changed the trajectory of my life.

I was told I wasn’t cancer free after all, and that my breast cancer had metastasised to my liver, lungs, lymph nodes and pelvic bone, as well as a new grade 2 BC tumour on my skin. I was given three years and beyond devastated.

After a weekend of shock and fear, I refused to accept his prognosis. I chose not to see that oncologist again and instead went looking for thrivers. Someone told me early on that living in fear isn’t living and I knew I had to hold onto that.

A week later, Maya (who’d just turned 15) and I got on a plane to Paris, the first place she chose, and that became the start of our many adventures, a way of saying yes to life ❤️

Knowing time is limited has meant fast forwarding a living list full of hopes and dreams, something to focus and look forward to between scans, results and treatments

It’s been four years of navigating the many side effects, some really debilitating, and uncertainty, whilst somehow finding a way to live alongside it all, and I’m beyond so grateful for how I’ve responded to treatment so far.

It’s also brought so many new and unexpected things into my life.

I never imagined campaigning would become such a big part of it, from being a patient advocate, fighting for access to life extending drugs like Enhertu, better care for MBC, and the right for terminally ill adults to have choice at the end of life. I’d never been in Parliament before my diagnosis but now I’ve lost count!

I co founded Brighton & Hove Secondary Sisters (thanks to Secondary Sisters) which is a wonderfully supportive group and now even has its own exercise classes!

I’ve met so many incredible, inspiring women in the community, but have heartbreaking lost far too many before their time 💔

Life feels more heightened, the small things brighter and moments more meaningful. My family and friends have embraced it all with me, having adventures and making memories I’ll treasure forever. I’ve found more joy than I ever thought possible living with this diagnosis.

Thank you for all the love and support, from friends old and new, to total strangers, it’s means the world❤️

So four years on I’m still here, and hoping to have many more adventures from my ever growing living list! #cancerversary #LivingWithCancer #Stage4NeedsMore

[Daniel Lismore @daniellismore]

Reform voters: loud mouths, zero intelligent debate, just abuse.
The lunatics are taking over the asylum.
The irony is unbearable:
Many live in council houses Labour built after WW2.
Many rely on welfare Reform will destroy.
Many struggle financially while voting for millionaires.
Reform candidates 2024:
68% attended private schools
43% are millionaires
89% are white men
You’re voting for people who will make you poorer while they stay rich.
What Reform councils actually delivered:
Kent: Council tax raised 3.99% after promising cuts. DOGE found zero waste. Chaos.
Nottinghamshire: £5,000 on biscuits for councillors. £75,000 on flags. Then raised your council tax.
What Reform will do to you:
The welfare system you rely on? They’ll gut it.
The council house you live in? They’ll sell it.
The NHS you depend on? They’ll privatize it.
The workplace protections you have? They’ll remove them.
The equal pay laws protecting you? Gone.
You will get poorer.
They will stay rich.
That’s the con.
Even Thatcher’s Victorian values fantasy was more credible than this garbage.
Turkeys voting for Christmas while the rich sharpen their knives.
I despair at the stupidity. We’re heading toward fascism and people are cheering for it.
Vote tactically May 7. Before it’s too late.

[non aesthetic things @PicturesFoIder]

Correct sleeping positions

[💧Henrietta McAlister @HenriMcAlister]

@carolecadwalla @Heidi_Cuda You are one very brave and resolute journo. A rare gem. 🫡

[Playingitagain @AmeliaRocket1]

Michelle Mone knew they were coming for her and that’s why she released those endless “I’m innocent!” pleas.
But she’s not the only one.
Gove & Hancock were involved.
Go get the rest of the corrupt bastards who took advantage of a health crisis to line their pockets.

[Out of Context Human Race @NoContextHumans]

It works everytime✅

[David K. @DavidKGather]

Pedophile Trump is Literally a Puerile A****. Proven Daily

[WellnessDaily @WellnessDaily_]

Simple Tip For Better Sleep. No More Insomnia 💯💯💯👇👇👇

[Housequake @Housequake]

“What’s this strange relationship?” September 9, 1988. Thirty-six years ago in Dortmund, Germany.

[The Griffon11 @TheGriffon11]

@terrychristian @misanharriman @HackneyAbbott Well said Terry,
So true and from
the heart.

[terry christian @terrychristian]

I've unashamedly pilfered this fantastic photo off @misanharriman of
@HackneyAbbott .
I spent 4 long and fun evenings in Diane Abbot's company filming Celebrity Come Dine With Me and found her to be well read, extremely intelligent, humble, caring about society and community, down to earth, great fun and tolerant of how drunk both Wayne Sleep and myself got ...most nights. She is a credit to politics and to the @UKLabour . The attacks on her make me sick to the stomach. Through a life time of observance i know how tpugh it is for a black woman in our society - times that by ten for a politician especially one woth principles - but then that is why they so callously attack her and purposely misinterpret what she says . Let's hail her courage and fortitude . Also gives me a chance to play this great record in tribute to her https://t.co/ndyHRg11s8

[Tory Fibs @ToryFibs]

Goosebumps.

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

Thank you ⁦⁩🙏🏼

Unleashed 👍🏼

Meanwhile, we are all in this together. and I'm going to ask for yr help in this year ahead for info and research, Tory constituency by constituency....together we will pick them apart one by one 😉

Are you up for it? 🤍 https://t.co/FI3POV8IWw

[4th July - Tory wipe Out @snb19692]

As I go to bed tonight, I ask the same question as the night before!
"Just how the f*ck did the UK become this shitfest of division, hate & corrupt politicians?"

[sarah murphy @13sarahmurphy]

Never underestimate the damage Braverman does. Not just to vulnerable people. But to all of us. She’s a malignancy in our society and we all suffer the side effects. Whether our reaction is anger, despair, fear or loathing, it’s all harm. A relentless assault on our wellbeing.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Has anyone ever found this dog in the park?

I am always on the lookout for it, but I have never seen it.

[John Cusack @johncusack]

⬇️ he has been the most destructive man on earth - in his enabling of the most destructive greed imaginable

[sarah murphy @13sarahmurphy]

We live in a country where our government and our utility companies treat us with utter contempt. They rip us off, refuse to invest in us, prioritise themselves, their donors, their shareholders and make us pick up the tab for their negligence, corruption and greed. Sick of it.