Jo not Warwick

Manchester will always be Red

[JayR1972 @jayr1972]

Indeed. Neither are in the World Cup.

[Bernie @Artemisfornow]

Dear Adam,

I have taken time to think about your apology. Mostly because, having made a mistake publicly before, I was keen to accept yours. It hurts when people don’t understand that you are sorry for messing up. I get that, probably more than most.

But here’s the thing… I’m not sure you understand what you did wrong. And so you don’t really understand what you are apologising for or why. With that in mind, I want to help you.

I didn’t know Ann, except as a powerhouse in politics and that so many people have spoken of her friendship and great loyalty. How lovely, I wish I had known her.

I am utterly disinterested in her sexual prowess or the state of her virginity. But I would have enjoyed hearing you speak of her great accomplishments. Not as a woman, but simply as a human being.

Here’s a list.

She served in the House of Commons for 23 years and won five general elections.

She served as a government minister in Social Security, Employment and the Home Office, where she was Minister of State for Prisons.

She rose to become Shadow Health Secretary and then Shadow Home Secretary.

She was appointed to the Privy Council.

After leaving Westminster, she built an entirely new career as an author, broadcaster, documentary-maker, stage performer and television personality.

Then, at the age of 71, she returned to elected politics and became a Member of the European Parliament.

She was a longstanding advocate for Britain leaving the European Union and, when the political establishment failed to deliver the referendum result, she left the Conservative Party after more than 50 years and stood for the Brexit Party.

She was elected as an MEP and took the argument for British independence directly into the European Parliament.

She was also an unapologetic defender of free speech. She continued to speak openly on difficult and unfashionable subjects when others chose silence, it was easier to do that, she accepted the criticism and hostility that came with it rather than surrendering her convictions.

Her Catholic faith was central to her life. She converted to Catholicism, met Pope John Paul II in Rome and was later made a Dame of the Order of St Gregory the Great by Pope Benedict XVI for her service to politics and public life.

She remained a powerful public voice well into her late seventies, defending her beliefs despite decades of ridicule and hostility.

That is an extraordinary life of public service, courage and reinvention.

Yet, when asked to speak about her after her sudden and violent death, you chose to tell the country that she was a “spinster”, an “old maid” and a virgin. You discussed a failed relationship and suggested that afterwards she simply dedicated herself to other activities.

Do you understand the reduction involved in that?

You took the life of a highly accomplished woman and assessed it according to whether she had married, whether she had sex and whether a man had wanted her.

That is what was wrong. That is what you should have known.

It wasn’t simply that your words were poorly chosen or badly timed. It was the instinct to view a woman’s entire life through her relationship with men, even when her achievements should have rendered that completely irrelevant.

Nobody discussing the death of an accomplished male politician would think it necessary to tell viewers whether he was a virgin, speculate about his sex life or describe him as an ageing bachelor whose romance had failed.

I don’t want you cancelled. I don’t believe that people should be denied forgiveness when they make mistakes.

But a meaningful apology has to identify the actual wrong.

Ann was murdered after a lifetime of public service. At the moment her achievements should have been remembered, you diminished her to an unmarried woman who apparently hadn’t had sex.

She deserved better than that. And I’m still not sure you get it. But every woman who watched you speak of her and then read your apology does.

Bernie.

[Jo not Warwick @joanneb68]

@MartinKnight_ Tbf ..they haven't been sending their best 😂

[Darren Jones @DarrenRJones]

My mother lives on her own, a short drive from where Ann Widdecombe was viscously murdered.
Devon & Cornwall Police haven’t arrested anyone but say there is no risk to the public.
So a murderer of lone elderly women, in their own home, is on the loose, but my mum shouldn’t worry?

[Liz @henscottage]

I know there's something of "petition fatigue" out there, but this shouldn't be ignored, because it won't stop at folic acid. Please sign.

[J @myfight2beheard]

@Dominos_UK with a side of synthetic folic acid already included....

Sign and share the petition:
https://t.co/WkRyV0Z6IE

[Jo not Warwick @joanneb68]

@FFT1776 @sxdoc There are many countries in Europe that want a Trump ..but would reject women with more plastic in their lips than a tupperware party

[Jo not Warwick @joanneb68]

@PolymarketSport @TheProdigalSean 🤯

[Paul Embery @PaulEmbery]

Trans-mania is on the retreat everywhere. Amen.

[Dr Clare Craig @ClareCraigPath]

This has slowed down a lot but at a 1,000 a day we will still get there...

Please keep sharing:

[BEWARE! @IrishBlood2025]

SNACK CITY in Belfast city centre needs SHUTDOWN immediately! The muslim guy who owns it, Abdul Shakoor Shinwari is a twisted PERVERT! He has also been barred for 12 mths for selling tobacco/vapes to minors aka grooming. He has 5 other 'businesses' in Bury, England- a town where convicted rape gang members got some of the longest sentences!! Is this the same Abdul Shakoor Shinwari who was appointed Trustee 6 months ago of an NGO/charity called Innocent Child??? Our kids need protected from this kind of scum!!

[Winston Smith @kinlochleven7]

@bphillipsonMP Earth calling Phillipson....

School uniform with Asda - £10

Heating (energy) bill with Miliband - £1,800

[Gerry @guinnessaddick]

I like how Colombia v Switzerland tonight has been dubbed Charlie vs the Chocolate Factory.

[Dr Clare Craig @ClareCraigPath]

Folic acid is being added to our food supply on an evidence base the WHO describe as "low / very low confidence.

Sign the petition: https://t.co/XzpiIGIzT7

[Mr. Jaeggi @JaeggiMr]

Stop buying white bread NOW!!!

If you stop now, this won't happen!!

[Cernovich @Cernovich]

Police join a gang attack against a white man.

[Kiera Diss @KieraDiss]

“OH MY GOD, THIS IS DISGRACEFUL!”

Streamer @Asmongold has reacted to the viral video from @KnockoutAudit of the appalling actions by police in Birmingham, arresting a young British man unfairly.

Zack and his millions of viewers watched in disbelief.

Shocking behaviour.

[Dr Clare Craig @ClareCraigPath]

The folic acid plan is a supranational plan.

It is a recommendation from the WHO.

But look at the basis for their "strong recommendation".

It is not safe.
It must be stopped.

Sign petition in next tweet.

[Stuart Powell @stuartpowell]

Folic acid causes prostate cancer: sign the petition. It is given to pregnant women for good reasons - it does not need to be in bread.

[Dr Clare Craig @ClareCraigPath]

Active petition is here

End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately - Petitions https://t.co/Mz32RaRa3f