I want to know what the trick that the woman from Montenegro has going on with her makeup. It's full glam, but not a drop has transferred onto that giant white blanket #Eurovision2025
Seven years ago today in Salisbury, a former Russian military officer and his daughter Yulia, were poisoned by Russian agents on the orders of Putin, with the deadly nerve agent Novichok. Both spent weeks in a critical condition in hospital. A Wiltshire police officer, Nick Bailey, was taken into intensive care after attending the incident. Later that year, my constituent Dawn Sturgess, an innocent member of the public, died following contact with debris casually discarded by the Russian agents. When we reflect on the loss of life and the audacity of Russia’s actions we should be left in no doubt about the character and outlook of Putin. In today’s changing world we need to build an enduring security arrangement with our neighbours in Europe to protect ourselves from future threats and attacks. Russia is not our friend and we must be prepared for all manifestations of their malevolence in future.
After the World Trade Centre attacks on September 11th, 2001.
Ukraine sent its soldiers to Afghanistan.
There was no outrage from Ukrainian citizens about how much it would cost the nation.
Because it was the right thing to do.
Survivors of the Telford abuse scandal have criticised Elon Musk’s attack on Jess Phillips, stating she has “devoted her life to fighting for women and girls.”
In a letter shared with the Guardian the seven women, including three survivors of the Telford sexual abuse scandal, came to the Labour MP’s defence and said that there was “no one in public life who has done more to support victims and survivors and to advocate for their interests”.
The other four signatories – Julie Devey, Carole Gould, Emma Ambler and Nour Norris – have lost a female relative to gender-based violence or have suffered domestic abuse.
In their response to Musk, coordinated by the campaign group @KilledWomennw, the women said that those who “weaponise our pain for their own ends or political gain” should “hang their heads in shame”.
“We write as victims of extreme male violence,” the letter said. “What connects us all beyond our shared trauma is the support and kindness we have received from Jess Phillips over many years, personally and as activists fighting for change.
“We know there are those who would weaponise our pain for their own ends or political gain; who speak out with new-found interest, not to tackle the horrendous crimes that stole so much from us, but to further their own agenda. They should hang their heads in shame.
“As campaigners and activists, we fight every day to stop what happened to us or our loved ones happening to anyone else. We stand by Jess, knowing she has devoted her life to fighting for women and girls.”
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We have an abortion problem in the UK.
1 in 3 women (!!) will have an abortion in their lifetime.
Yet NO little girl grows up wanting to have an abortion.
So what’s going wrong?
Every time someone online says schools should just let kids go to the toilet when they want, they should be put on the rota for toilet duty at their local secondary
🚨 NEW: Extreme misogyny could be treated as terrorism with Home Secretary Yvette Cooper working to “identify gaps in current legislation and examine emerging ideologies”
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During the Rwandan genocide 10% of participation was caused by the radio.
What happened in the UK wasn't peace marches, they tried to burn people alive in hotels. Words influence, they matter, and if you are going to use that to influence this then prison is the place for you
@jasebyjason Clearly the people who were giving the money were happy for him to have extra, or they wouldn't have donated money after it went above the amount needed for a car 🤔
@Miss_Grimmer To add though, it was supposed to be my husband's year when our second was born in November, so we switched that year to having Christmas here with my family - Noone made a fuss that my family got two years in a row, and we just carried on as per the next year
@Miss_Grimmer We take it in turns. With my family all the kids are where I live, so the easiest solution is for the adults that live elsewhere to come here. With my husband's we travel to Wales, because there are more kids there so it's net easier for us to travel
I haven’t done a thread in a while & I wanted to do one just to recap what Black & Asian people as well as immigrants have had to endure over the last week in the UK.
Bookmark it 🧵