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Retired NHS director. Garden history writer. For garden history tweets see British Gardening History.

[💗 @ma1ybe]

My friend from Argentina told me that they are doing the same with concerts and festivals. If you have money to buy a ticket, you have money for you child. Period.

[MC Squared @mcsquared34]

Capitalism is a disease

[Curtis Daly @CurtisDaly_]

This is fucking horrific. Pochin telling England to keep winning so blokes don't batter their wives, instead of telling abusers not to abuse.

Can't believed what I have just watched.

[˖ Ridhima 𓂀 ݁˖ @ridhima_z]

i love when doctors say "avoid stress" like i can just unsubscribe from economy and become a decorative gargoyle.

[ALUTHEDON @Mbakaza4L]

so many Anne Franks, no diaries.

[🎩Laird of the Manor🎩 @LairdOfThManor]

A small public service announcement from the Department of Things That You Should Know…

It has not “peeked” your interest.
Nor has it “peaked” your interest.

…It has piqued your interest.

You are not “phased” by something.
You are fazed by it.

If you’ve had a long day, you are weary.
If you suspect someone is an idiot, you are wary.

It is “due course”, not “do course”.
“Per se”, not “per say”.

And while we’re here, it’s “could have”, not “could of”, but that particular battle may already be lost.

Thank you for your attention during this brief outbreak of grammatical housekeeping.

This has been a @LairdofthManor announcement.🎩💙

[Millennial Dads for Alex Bores @bri_guy_ny]

I regret to inform the haters that Zohran has pressed the very big “Make Everything Better” button again.

[🇬🇧King 🇬🇧 @King0243_PJC]

Sarah Owen MP just absolutely rinsed Reform’s Makerfield candidate in Parliament

She exposed Robert Kenyon’s vile rants: calling most abortions “vanity purposes”, mocking mums with “fat bellies pushing prams in their PJs”, and refusing to apologise for endorsing disgusting sexual comments about Carol Vorderman.

This is Reform’s rank hypocrisy - tough talk on women, zero respect. Don’t forget they welcomed a convicted woman-beater.

Reform MPs are weak, spineless, and stand for nothing but bluster.

Respect to Sarah Owen for having the guts. Other female MPs - step up like this.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[Dr Rahmeh Aladwan @doctor_rahmeh]

Claire Kerrison was arrested at 4:33am from her Brighton home for sending emails concerning 'israel's' genocide in Gaza to her MP Peter Kyle.

Four police officer raided her home on 17 June 2025. They seized her electronics. Held her for over eight hours with no one knowing where she was. Released her on strict bail. Charged her in late 2025 under the Communications Act.

The case dragged on for a full year. She faced multiple court hearings including not-guilty pleas.

The emails were described by those who read them as articulate and non-abusive— simply expressing horror at events in Gaza.

The man who triggered the police complaint? Her own constituency MP, Peter Kyle:

- Britain's trade minister responsible for arms exports to 'israel'.
- Long standing member and previous vice-chair of Labour Friends of 'israel'

Kyle has been accused of breaching the Ministerial Code by failing to declare his LFI membership in the official List of Ministerial Interests for 18 months despite the clear conflict.

The case was finally dismissed yesterday, with costs awarded to Claire Kerrison.

This is why British politicians who are paid/influenced by the 'israel' lobby must be banned from public office.

https://t.co/viU9p4EGL7

https://t.co/0MR8J2EAU3

[Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola @Frances_Coppola]

A deeply sick society.

[Duke Of Nigeria. @xagreat]

Paying Tribute to the 168 school girls murdered by Donald Trump

[DMPerkins @Balancement]

⬛️ ⬛️ ⬛️ ⬛️ ⬛️

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

Dear restaurants,

Bring back the physical menus. Nobody wants to be scanning QR codes when they're hungry.

Regards: The whole world.

[Karl @gyovertz]

It’s incredible to me how people have moved on from this. It still stands as a reminder of the worst tragedy in London’s modern history and it feels like it has been totally swept under the rug

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

3 of the 4 people didn’t attack the police officer and all of the 4 were cleared of violent intent. So the only disgrace here is the lie you’re telling to justify a clear miscarriage of justice & the use of anti-terror laws to justify your government’s complicity in a genocide.

[Alex Tiffin @RespectIsVital]

You can vehemently disagree with Palestine Action activists goals, whilst simultaneously be horrified a judge can decide AFTER a conviction if it was terrorism related amd double a sentence.

Being able to class an offense as terrorism AFTER conviction without charging them with terrorism should bother everyone.

Any protest action that is now determined as trying to "change government policy" can have this applied.

So today it's Palestine Action, but next it'll be immigration protests, farmers protests, NHS, tax etc etc.

[Jedi @dhe3g]

Seven hours. All children.

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

He got 18 months. Suspended entirely.

If you care about women you’d be rioting over the thousands of stories like this, you absolute scumbags.

It’s a testament to women’s restraint that we don’t.

[Peter Jukes @peterjukes]

There’s so much disturbing detail @HeidilBlake’s Tate brothers investigation.

Their MAGA connections shows that, like Epstein, money and sexual violence are key to Trump world.

Just like Bannon and Epstein in 2018 they were planning a European movement funded by crypto

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

The details about the Tate brothers in this @newyorker profile are as sick as anything you will ever read. They are rapists, pornographers, traffickers - and heroes to the "conservative" MAGA movement
https://t.co/Zv2l52b9Id