Jo Plumstead

City dweller, proud parent, cat herder & generally useful person. Fretful porpentine.
Bit of an employment law nerd, but mainly doing student advice these days

[Jo Plumstead @grumpyoldmum]

Save Potters Bridge to Keep the B1127 Open - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/S7eU0TNXbQ via @UKChange

[Jo Plumstead @grumpyoldmum]

@RobertBuckland @ShipBrief No, we don't.

[Dr Francis Young @DrFrancisYoung]

The existence of Doritos implies the existence of Ionitos and Corinthitos

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

While ministers distract with prison boats and anti-lawyer rhetoric, they quietly and deliberately manage the criminal justice system into terminal decline.

Record backlogs, record delays - and a quarter of all Crown Courts unable to operate due to a lack of judges and lawyers.

[BookTrust @Booktrust]

Every baby born in England and Wales is entitled to a free #Bookstart Baby pack from us!

Here's how mum Liz has been using the book to get reading with her children: https://t.co/tPDo0tXFKQ #ACESupported

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

It is with a deep sigh that I bring you:
Public Services - Water Supply, 1969.

Artist: John Berry

[Jo Plumstead @grumpyoldmum]

The floggings will continue until morale improves

[Jo Plumstead @grumpyoldmum]

Saw a case of this recently at work...

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

Word of the Day: ROGETING - generating new, unique content by automatically replacing words with their thesaurus synonyms resulting in meaningless phrases, e.g. ‘left behind’ becomes ‘sinister buttocks’.

[Jo Plumstead @grumpyoldmum]

@SeanJonesKC This thread is also interesting for those dealing with student disciplinary cases

[Jo Plumstead @grumpyoldmum]

@SeanJonesKC @threadreaderapp please unroll

[Jo Plumstead @grumpyoldmum]

@POferriesupdate Queuing for the 12.10, are we going to get on it?

[Jo Plumstead @grumpyoldmum]

@mickeyb6 @POferriesupdate Us too, and there is no information whatsoever on the ground

[Jo Plumstead @grumpyoldmum]

@jim_dickinson Is there another way you can refer to the Oxford Union? I think of the OU as the Open University.

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

A generation of politicians who have enthusiastically stripped legal aid away from the majority of the population should not be entitled to hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money to defend their own misconduct.

The rules must change.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

In 1978, James Burke made this perfectly timed shot on television and is widely considered "The Greatest Shot In Television History"

[NewsThump @newsthump]

Despite what many would want you to believe, whether you arrive by boat, plane, air balloon or unicycle, it is NOT illegal to come here and claim asylum.

The fact that we're so terrible at processing asylum claims is not the fault of the people applying.

[Jo Plumstead @grumpyoldmum]

@TimInSuffolk Tresimme'd?

[Paddington @paddingtonbear]

Remember to be kind and polite today.

[Caitlin Moran @caitlinmoran]

I really don't think those shoes go with that dress.