Huge respect for Shazia Saddiq, a former sub-postmistress from Newcastle, who sat with her legal team & stared down Stephen Bradshaw at today’s inquiry. The inquiry was told how he hounded her with threatening phone calls, on one occasion calling her a “bitch”
That poor woman had to flee her home with her children after being abused & assaulted in the street. Shame on anyone who believed these lies & forced her to leave her home town.
🖤🤍 #PostOfficeInquiry #HorizonScandal
Forget Dickens, forget Austen. Forget Orwell or any of the Brontes. Even forget Shakespeare. The best author Britain has ever produced is Terry Pratchett.
I speak like people do where I grew up.
I want people from backgrounds like mine who’ve been told to “know your place” to know that public life is their place too.
I spoke to @ObserverUK about pragmatic socialism, solving problems - and shoes. 👠👠
https://t.co/FuptuFUYV2
@northumbriapol@NEAmbulance@NorthumbriaNHS please pass on huge thanks to those who helped us Saturday 27/5 @ 1930 on Tynemouth frt st when my mam took a nasty fall esp James from @HMCoastguard who was off duty & sorted help asap, nasty break sustained 🫤
Spot the difference:
> Nurses in England, after days of strikes, secure 7% “pay rise” over two years for a Band 5.
> Nurses in Scotland, with no strikes at all, secure 15% “pay rise” for a Band 5.
Guess it matters if the govt in power genuinely wants the NHS to succeed.
£65,738 -MP salary in 2010
£86,584 -MP salary in 2023
If rail, teachers, nurses, firemen, ambulance staff, bus drivers, had the same rate of increase, there would be no strikes.
Our review of The Shawshank Redemption at @TheatreRoyalNew
‘I had chills down my spine. The audience gave a standing ovation and rightly so. 10/10 – the best piece of work I have seen in a very long time’
https://t.co/ue9BH37GKj
Harrowing words from a senior emergency medicine doctor showing the despair at not being able to provide the level of care every doctor hopes to for their patients. Every doctor, nurse & HCW can empathise with this right now.
Shared w/ permission. Pls RT to get this out there.