frances bridger

A happy nature poet.

[frances bridger @fbridger456]

@TheDirigible Brilliant! Thank you

[The Dirigible Balloon 🎈 @TheDirigible]

A poetry submissions window will open on Sunday December 1st for two weeks (please do not send your work for consideration before this date). We'd like to see winter/festival themed poems but will also consider other topics. The window will close on Sunday December 15th.
JH 🙂👍

[The Dirigible Balloon 🎈 @TheDirigible]

Good Morning @PoetryDayUK
We have a children's poetry anthology coming out in December.
Sky Surfing: Adventures in a Poetry Balloon.
We're raising the profile of some excellent poets and illustrators as well as making folks aware of Juvenile Arthritis #JAR
Thank you. JH 🎈

[#WASPI Campaign @WASPI_Campaign]

300,000 #WASPI women have died without the compensation they are due, 25,000 since @UKLabour took power. This really does need to be resolved “as soon as humanly possible” @leicesterliz @RachelReevesMP @Keir_Starmer

[#WASPI Campaign @WASPI_Campaign]

Another reminder that anyone who asks you to apply for #WASPI compensation is a scammer - there is no such scheme in place as we wait for the govt to act.

https://t.co/ku89kDmthC

[#WASPI Campaign @WASPI_Campaign]

“This govt is giving its full and proper consideration to all areas of the Ombudsman’s report … once this work has been undertaken, we will be in a position to outline our approach.”
https://t.co/rOjxiJUhRd

[David Hencke @davidhencke]

Revealed: The £271 billion rape of the National Insurance Fund that deprived 50s women of their state pension @2020Comms https://t.co/JqQcizcHn3

[#WASPI Campaign @WASPI_Campaign]

Speakers at the #WASPI Can’t Wait - Compensate demo on 30 October - @johnmcdonnellMP, @DaviesofBrixton (Chair of State Pension Inequality for Women APPG), Jan Shortt (@NPCUK), @RichardBurgon, @IanLaveryMP, @SarahDykeLD, @EdwardJDavey, and @SteveDarlingMP (with Jennie sporting her WASPI sash)

[JustMe @jj2210]

Read Ian Byrne MP @IanByrneMP EDM430 ‘Financial Restitution to the Women born in the 1950s’ signed by 87 MPs many of them being @UKLabour!
⏰Time is ticking on & the time is NOW for Liz Kendall @leicesterliz to attend MEDIATION with #CEDAWinLAW @2020comms
https://t.co/ni7IsLcPdV

[David Rainer @daverain]

I seem to be getting it in the neck from just a few Labour supporters on here for criticising the loss to many of the winter fuel allowance. I will continue to shame Labour for doing this. Most do support my opinion on what I have to say about the loss of the WFP. I will continue

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

We might be unpopular for saying this but we don’t care.

We loathe the use of fireworks, they frighten animals and disturb wildlife and for what?!

They’re utterly pointless! Do you agree?

[Mary Kelly Foy MP @marykfoy]

I was pleased to meet with members of the @WASPI_Campaign from Durham and across the NE in Westminster this week.

Their determination is simply inspirational and they have my full support as their fight for pension justice continues.

#WASPI

[Aasma Day @AasmaDay]

‘Waspi women will not be ignored or go away despite Budget omission’
Shelagh Simmons @solent_waspi tells @theipaper how she only found out at 58 that her state pension age had changed - & had already taken voluntary redundancy from her job @WASPI_Campaign
https://t.co/PpGHun8fZl

[#WASPI Campaign @WASPI_Campaign]

#Waspi women don’t need nebulous phrases like “not kicking this into long grass” or “working at pace”, we need concrete action. Time is not on our side, so this is urgent. https://t.co/2JJ7yiprqx

[Unite the union: join a union @unitetheunion]

🚨 BREAKING: Unite takes UK Govt to court over Winter Fuel Payment 🚨
"I do not understand how a Labour Govt has taken away the fuel allowance of millions of pensioners just as winter approaches" @UniteSharon
Save #WinterFuel @thetimes

[lan Byrne MP @IanByrneMP]

I was proud to speak at the @WASPI_Campaign demonstration this week outside Parliament after the budget calling for justice for women impacted by pension changes.
I will continue to fight alongside these magnificent campaigners until justice is finally delivered✊
#WestDerby

[#WASPI Campaign @WASPI_Campaign]

Yes, and incredible that there is a third scandal, justice for #WASPI women as recommended by @PHSOmbudman, for which there is no money set aside in this budget and no commitment even to a time frame.

[frances bridger @fbridger456]

When poetry sings we brave storms #poetrypeople #poet #reflection #SpiritualWisdom #selflove #TravelInspiration

[frances bridger @fbridger456]

Bites of Poetry for Coffee Time - for the #poet who likes an interesting read/a small poem to think about/reflect on/make them look deeper into themselves and into life, also a perfect gift for someone you love. 😃

[#WASPI Campaign @WASPI_Campaign]

The Devon #WASPI coach is well on the way to the WASPI Can’t Wait - Compensate demo in Westminster!