Sheila White

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[Sheila White @commonedge]

Wishing all my followers a very Happy New Year with sincere wishes for peace, understanding, compromise, kindness and care in 2025. This is my last post on this platform and I hope you will follow me to bluer skies.

[Paul Lewis @paullewismoney]

The full statement on why the government will not compensate women born in the 1950s for state pension age rises https://t.co/06qo8xaaUs It includes an apology for the maladministration the Ombudsman found previous governments guilty of. But no money.

[Sheila White @commonedge]

@WelwynArchSoc @stalbansmuseums @EHASoc @CBAEast @RomanBathMuseum @StAlbanspast @UCLarchaeology Thank you. I was wondering where to migrate to. Many will follow.

[Carla Denyer @carla_denyer]

It was an honour to represent @TheGreenParty at the national Remembrance ceremony at the cenotaph this morning. And after observing the minute's silence and the laying of wreaths, I walked from Whitehall to Tavistock Square to join the alternative Remembrance ceremony organised by @PPUtoday to remember all victims of war, of all nationalities, and lay #WhitePoppies.

At this time of escalating conflict I think it's more important than ever to not only remember the fallen - military and civilian - but to remember the original message of the Armistice, 'Never again', and to work for global peace.

[Jenny Jones @GreenJennyJones]

Dear @UKLabour Please listen to the 83% who want water in public ownership.

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

[James Wallace @jaowallace]

A massive thank you to @ChrisGPackham for closing the @MarchforWater with such a rousing speech & call to action

On behalf of all the voiceless species & people

This new Government @DefraGovUK must listen

People & planet before growth & profit

@RiverActionUK

[Jenny Jones @GreenJennyJones]

No mandate?!?!?
That's utter nonsense @10DowningStreet !!

[Tom Scott 🇺🇦 @Tom___Scott]

79% of the UK public were opposed to water privatisation.

Margaret Thatcher ignored them & pushed on with it anyway. It's turned out even worse than many warned.

What's extraordinary is that a Labour government won't consider reversing it.
#MARCHFORCLEANWATER #floodthestreets

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

Tens of thousands of people came from rivers & seas across the country to march through London in the biggest water demonstration in UK history. It was so large that people were still leaving the Albert Embankment as the procession entered Parliament Square.

All those marching on the @MarchforWater had a simple message: we need real action for clean water & we need it now.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Melissa Green speaking at #MarchForCleanWater 🌊

"@WomensInstitute members every year chose what they want to campaign about. They fight to change the things that deteriorate around them, so they can pass on this world to the next generation, better than they found it"

"We first raised the alarm for the quality of our water in 1927. We raised it again in the 1960s. Then again in the 1980s. Then in 2023 we raised it again. We don't want to be here 97 years later still asking for the same thing. We're appalled to have to be here and we demand change"

"The WI says that the time to act must be down, we're proactively working with industry and decision makers to ensure that microplastics are not going into our water"

"Our members have embraced citizen science, testing their local waters, collecting data. We've lobbied our MPs and shown them what's happening in our local communities"

"We've even diligently applied for bathing water status around the country. The only way we can see water is regularly tested"

"We're a proud partner of river action and we always have been"

"We want comprehensive change, and we're determined to stand alongside you and demand action"

"Our waterways are being wantonly and knowingly damaged"

"You don't have to be afraid to challenge authority. It is your responsibility"

"We all have a voice and we have the power to bring change"

"When we stand together together like this, we are unstoppable"

"Our unity purpose and our determination are our super powers. We just need to use them"

"Clean water is a right, and we are determined to be the last generation that has to stand here and demand it"

[Paul Johnson @paul__johnson]

One view:

‘The partygate scandal was overblown’ - Kemi Badenoch

Another view:

[Hertfordshire People @Herts_FHS]

The next @Herts_FHS talk

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Instead of expressing "concern" about the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, isn't it time we stopped supplying Israel with the weapons that have caused the catastrophe in the first place?

[Jenny Jones @GreenJennyJones]

Join us on Sunday Nov 3rd!
Show the Govt we care about #waterpollution!
@RiverActionUK @WindrushWasp @ChrisGPackham @TheGreenParty

[Ward Freman Community Pool Group @WardFremanPool]

Sign up to our lottery page on East Herts Lottery today to have a chance of winning a share of great prizes! Each ticket you purchase makes a huge impact. https://t.co/Z2jkUuNfch

[Ward Freman Community Pool Group @WardFremanPool]

Saddened to learn that two more swimming pools in East Herts are to close in December because of the loss of central government funding. Some of our swimmers moved to Fanshawe after our own was closed last year. Swimming is a life skill & low cost, accessible activity for many.

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Suggestions that solar panels for new homes may just be optional after pressure on Labour from house builders would make mockery of any commitment to greener homes - Labour must face down house builder lobby if it’s to retain any credibility on this 👇 https://t.co/hzdT5b5bSl

[Hertford Town Council @HertfordTC]

We've launched #Refill. With @WareTownCouncil, we've signed up to reduce plastic pollution on our streets & in the sea, aiming to reduce single use plastic - with places to top up reusable water bottles. Many local businesses have committed to join us! https://t.co/sQYJtpSJ2z 🚰

[Chris Hinchliff MP @CHinchliffMP]

I was also very pleased to meet trustees of the Ward Freman Community Pool group, who are seeking to raise around £190,000 to restore the local pool which closed in December last year.

I am fully supportive of their bid to reopen this vital community facility.

#NEHerts 2/2