Fiona Haddon

Link to Celia's War - - my debut novel

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Reposting this on the 2024 Covid #DayOfReflection and thinking of my patients, the frontline staff who died & everyone else who died during the pandemic 💔

[Fiona Haddon @fiona_haddon]

@JamesBlunt Me too. 22nd February. Happy Birthday.

[Fiona Haddon @fiona_haddon]

@carolvorders If you buy something that doesn't work you take it back and get it replaced. How did PPE that was not fit for purpose get paid for by the government . Tax payers money ? Why ? We need a refund . Everyone who was involved in this scandal should be accountable. And in Prison.

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

#Breathtaking on @ITV

Extraordinary @doctor_oxford

I give my eternal thanks to all in the NHS for their courage

And my utter contempt for those in governmemt

Partying, loathsome, lying, grubby politicians who handed billions of pounds to donors & cronies for faulty PPE

[Robert Peston @Peston]

Back in 1999, Sir Geoff Mulgan was an important but isolated voice in Tony Blair’s senior team who warned that Fujitsu’s Horizon system - which has led to such an appalling miscarriage of justice for so many sub-postmasters - was a monumental crock. Shortly before the final decision on roll-out of Horizon, in May 1999, he wrote a “lessons learned” note for the then PM Blair. His language is blunt and unequivocal (there are shades of Dominic Cummings). It is astonishing that what he said went unheeded. Here is what Mulgan said more than 24 years ago should be learned:

“Horizon has been a fairly disastrous project. It: - was misconceived from the start - has faced continual delays and problems - has over the last year taken up huge amounts of ministerial and official time - has delivered in the end a far from optimal solution

“Information: nearly all the facts presented to ministers turned out to be unreliable. Moreover data was presented in ways that were difficult for ministers to understand.

“The Post Office: throughout this process the relative lack of competence of the Post Office and their failure to develop a proper business strategy has been a key failing.

“Courage. Perhaps the most important lesson is a more general one: namely that when a project is clearly failing government needs to be bolder about cutting its losses. There was a clear case for termination 12 months ago...”

Since then around £2.5bn has been paid to Fujitsu for a system that provided the unreliable evidence behind almost a thousand criminal convictions that ruined lives and should never have been made. The government cannot claim it was not warned.

[Mark Cockerton @CockertonMark]

Please Repost if you would like Paula Vennells, ex-CEO of the Post Office, to have the CBE that Boris Johnson awarded her to be returned.
Please Like if you would like those responsible in Fujitsu to be held accountable too.
#MrBatesVsThePostOffice
#PostOffceScandal

[Fiona Haddon @fiona_haddon]

@JamesBlunt James

Which streaming platforms ? I cant find it.
The Book was excellent and the New Album.

[Andrew Jazzie @AndrewJazzie]

If I was cynical I’d be saying …..

So the tennis player gets beaten by the dancer.

#Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing #scd #annabelcroft #johannes

[Dan Walker @mrdanwalker]

Annabel and Johannes might have been eliminated from #Strictly but, in truth, they have won 🏆

Johannes was exactly the partner that Annabel needed… someone to take care of her, encourage her and show her that dancing with him could help her find a smile beyond the grief.

Similarly, she gave him a platform to shine and seemingly taught him a lot along the way too.

Many will miss watching them dance in the final but it’s been wonderful to see their friendship develop and I’m sure, like all perfect partnerships, it will last long after the glitter ball stops turning @jojo_radebe @Annabel_Croft

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

London's average rent is expected to soar to £2,700 next year.

The average take-home salary per month in London is £2,131.

Londoners cannot continue living this way. This is why I'm calling on the Govt to urgently introduce a rent freeze.

https://t.co/oi05MjIPUb

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

Please watch this

It show the absolutely corrupt nature of this Tory administration

Beyond disgraceful

When the Tories are thrown out, the police will be able to investigate this

[Fiona Haddon @fiona_haddon]

https://t.co/Va4vHxG9g1

[Fiona Haddon @fiona_haddon]

Wimbledon: Secure The Championships. Show your support for the future of Wimbledon - sign the petition https://t.co/f8vBnhFA7k

[Fiona Haddon @fiona_haddon]

@fgcottam You take the piss out of mine . Sounding Posh. No excuse coming from Northampton

[Fiona Haddon @fiona_haddon]

@ilovenostalgia It was always warm and completely undrinkable. I still cant drink milk to this day. Banana Nesquik Milkshake was the answer.

[Christopher Clarey 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 @christophclarey]

Photo of the Day

Chris & Martina. After all these years & challenges

📸 Marvin Joseph

https://t.co/6H6tSceN55

[Fiona Haddon @fiona_haddon]

@AndyAshworthMC I know 6 friends who were adopted in the 1960's They All had wonderful parents and incredibly happy lives. Adoption can be a wonderful thing. Looking forward to the new series of Long lost family tomorrow on ITV

[Andy Ashworth @AndyAshworthMC]

63yrs ago this lovely lady & my Dad adopted me at 10 days old. It was the luckiest day of my life, on Christmas Day 2019 she fell asleep for the final time-Today she would have been 100. Thank you Mum, the World was as far nicer place for you being in it-Happy heavenly birthday x

[Fiona Haddon @fiona_haddon]

@GMB I grew up in Northampton Gallones was part of my Childhood . A fantastic family business 3 generations.
The Ice cream vans were always in town. To stop the ice cream vans will take away the fun of childhood and destroy family business.;

[Good Morning Britain @GMB]

Is it time to take ice cream vans off the road?

One council is planning to ban ice cream vans from more than 30 roads this summer. Concerns are not only about pollution when engines are kept running, but the council says ice cream vans cause 'unacceptable levels of nuisance'.