vanessa atkinson

Formerly of the Moulin Rouge, hater of modern day supposed feminism - we did it better in the 70s!

[Wimbledon @Wimbledon]

Arthur Fery, Wimbledon semi-finalist.

An incredible achievement - the first British wild card to reach the final four at The Championships 🇬🇧

#Wimbledon

[Bernie @Artemisfornow]

More economic insanity … Labour wants to give 30 hours a week free childcare to parents on benefits who are … at home?

In what universe does that make sense? Morally or economically?

[Yorkshire Dales National Park @yorkshire_dales]

Guess how hot a disposable BBQ can get, then watch the video...you'll be shocked. 😱

Stay tuned to the end to see what potential impact it could have. Please don't risk it. Please don't bring them. Don't Spark Disaster ⚠️

🎥 @NorthYorksFire
📸 Mark Laycock

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

Paid witnesses. Concocted evidence. The real scandal? That the Prince Harry case ever came to court.

My analysis on yesterday's verdict:-
https://t.co/DKzTTCQi92

[Campaign Against Antisemitism @antisemitism]

On his first night back in the UK, Prince Harry attended an event with outgoing Chair of the Southbank Centre, Misan Harriman.

Mr Harriman has a record of inflammatory comments – including reported uses of phrases like “Zio-stooges” – and his output is reportedly being reviewed by the Charity Commission and Arts Council England.

There is no place for extremist discourse in arts and cultural spaces, which should be welcoming to all.

Prince Harry and other public figures should promote inclusivity and shun those whose conduct risks making cultural spaces uncomfortable for Jewish attendees.

https://t.co/zYLjX8drAZ

[Martina Navratilova @Martina]

OMG- that is not a filter… that is a whole different person

[David Yelland @davidyelland]

Paul Dacre, Elizabeth Hartley, Peter Wright, Caroline Graham, Richard Kay... I could go on... Prince Harry tried to destroy them all... look at the detail here... the Judge has exonerated them all... the consequences for Harry are catastrophic... I know some of these Mail people... their lives have been thrown into utter turmoil... they will NEVER forgive Harry nor will their successors. Huge. He may never come home now. The Mail ain't perfect but is now a Lion roaring... Dacre can have his knighthood... they looked down the barrel of a gun... but it was firing blanks...

[Madeline Grant @Madz_Grant]

I'd really like to know when the @Tate plans to put the Resurrection, Cookham by Stanley Spencer back on public display? One of the standout pieces of 20th century British art and it's been out of view for what feels like ages

This came after they put up an explanatory plaque accusing Spencer of “reinforcing racist stereotypes and divisions” in the painting. If they are, as it seems, sitting on Spencer's masterpiece because they are ashamed of it, then the Resurrection should be displayed by people who aren't embarrassed. The Stanley Spencer gallery in Cookham would have no such qualms! Sorry, it's too important a painting to shove in a basement because your trustees are pussies

[Wings Over Scotland @WingsScotland]

Seriously, this woman has done more to destroy this country in the last 10 years than almost any other individual. Not joking. All so that she wouldn't lose her own job.

[Sharron Davies HoL MBE @sharrond62]

And in Denmark a man pretending to be woman raped a 14yr old, but the newspapers are saying a women raped a 14yr old! Incorrect. We have lost our collective minds over this word salad, misinformation, nonsense

[Dr Sanjoy Kumar @drsanjoykumar]

So no one is measuring harm done by mental health patients….absolutely no one in our country has a clue.

MOJ prove me wrong

NCISH only records suicide and homicide as a side project. The recent conference proves it. One slide on homicide that is measured as a side show. Fact is you don’t think homicide is a significant number that concerns you.
The harm and crimes committed by mental health patients assaults, ABH, GBH, multiple homicide doesn’t interest.
@MoJGovUK
@DHSCgovuk
@jamesmurray_ldn
@ShabanaMahmood
@Fhamiltontimes
@ProfLAppleby
@hundredfamilies
@WesselyS
Man, 63, detained under the Mental Health Act after Whiston Hospital patient 'sexually assaulted' https://t.co/OYkZlefZmN

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Poor effort, @deano_tony. You could have easily crammed in a few more insulting references to female genitalia yet managed only a measly two. Maybe that seems a lot to you, being double the number you've seen in real life? On which subject, fondest regards to your mother.

[Emma @MrsEmmaWebber]

Received this yesterday. ❤️

We continue to receive letters, cards and messages of support three years on. Over 1k at least; they find their way to us through so many ways: one day I will ensure I reply to them all.

It means the world to me to know he’s never forgotten and gives me the drive to ensure the evil monster that took him, and all of those who failed, are held fully and properly to account.

#nottinghaminquiry 💚💛

[David Yelland @davidyelland]

I hold no brief for Paul Dacre, have competed against him and often criticised him but his victory is complete today, the statement from Harry is incredible, he makes accusations against the Judge and has dragged Doreen Lawrence further into a PR disaster which is truly sad. I have often defended Harry but the statement is a real error.

[@sinead_ryan @sinead_ryan]

Prince Harry is so mired in anger, resentment and poorly directed rage he will never be at peace.
But for a member of the Royal family to call a legal trial (in which he forgot details, was contradicted by his own book & exposed texts with a journalist) a whitewash is shocking.

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

River Roding in Parliament for the first time

Yesterday I took a guest of honour into the Houses of Parliament for a historical first visit. I was able to smuggle this guest in my bag, but it’s arguably more important than any politician who currently works there. This guest was the River Roding.

A bottle of Roding water was on the desk in front of me as I was given the chance by Ilford MP Jas Athwal to question Thames Water & the Environment Agency about illegal sewage dumping in the Roding for the first time ever.

The facts are damning. Throughout last year I went out on the Roding in a pair of waders with a bucket & ammonia tester & discovered dozens of completely illegal outfalls spewing over a billion lites a year of raw sewage straight into the Roding. In the last 30 years, Thames Water has effectively stolen £10’s of millions of bill payers money that should have been spent on infrastructure upgrades on the Roding, gave the money to shareholders, & then spent almost nothing on the river, safe in the knowledge that no one was likely to call out the tide of illegal sewage that resulted. Up til now, they weren’t wrong: the Environment Agency has not brought a single prosecution for illegal sewage dumping on the Roding since the Agency was founded, despite thousands of crimes being committed.

That cosy consensus had now ended. Before I questioned the EA & Thames Water, I made clear that I wasn’t there just on my own, or for the River Roding Trust, but representing the thousands of people who live the Roding & are determined that illegal sewage dumping will stop. I thought my asks to Thames Water were entirely reasonable in the circumstances: they must by the end of this year provide a detailed, costed plan of the specific physical steps they will take to end all illegal sewage dumps on the Roding by 2030. My ask to the EA was also reasonable: that they must prosecute all illegal sewage spills on the Roding to the full extent of the law, but that they could accept enforcement undertaking that the fines for each offence be spent on fixing the outfalls, rather than going to government.

I’m sorry to say that neither Thames Water or the Environment Agency was able to say yes to either of these fair & reasonable demands. It therefore appears that Thames Water’s plan is to keep saying good sounding words, but to keep dumping sewage in the Roding for decades. The EA’s plan is to let them do this.

The only thing standing between the Roding being killed with sewage pollution for decades to come is all of you. We don’t need ‘citizen scientists’ monitoring the decline of the river whilst justifying big river charity staff salaries to ‘engage’ people in a dying river. We need citizen investigators & campaigners: determined to find where the illegal sewage is coming from & then get it stopped by any (peaceful) means possible.

[Novak Djokovic @DjokerNole]

My longest Wimbledon match ever. An unforgettable nightshift 💪

[Allison Pearson @AllisonPearson]

Dear god, read this list and weep for our poor country:

[Rachel Rooney @RooneyRachel]

I'm well peeved that an author who has joined in with the bullying of other gender-critical authors & who promotes child transitioning has been chosen as Children's Laureate.
There, I've said it.

[Aja ♀️🇬🇧 @AjaTheEmpress]

This is all i can see