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Please share this with your friends and neighbours, it may help them to know how to support someone who is grieving this Christmas.
Give the gift of sharing memories, it will mean so much 🧡🎄
Sometimes I don’t get things right and I’m not afraid to say so.
When @bbclaurak asked me a question about mental health ‘overdiagnosis’ my answer was poor - and our evidence base on mental health, autism and ADHD is, too.
We’ll put this right 👇🏻
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@AliJaneMoore@LucyGoBag@DrSdeG Born in the 70s I inly remember to through my child’s eye I know if I could ask my parents about their experience they would not be see it the same way. I never knew that they went without so we could eat and accidentally getting a boy and girl rabbit allowed us free meat
“When democracies fail to provide a humane alternative, the backlash can turn authoritarian. This is how fascism grew in the 1930s, not because everyone became a true believer, but because millions felt abandoned and looked for strength, identity, and meaning”
I’m tired of hearing politicians say “I grew up on a council estate” as a political prop. It’s wheeled out to make them seem relatable, as if council housing is nothing more than poverty and struggle, a way to score points with working-class voters.
This approach is part of the problematic stereotyping of council/social housing families.
Life on estates is far more than that - it’s community, pride, resilience, and history. What’s missing is the acknowledgement of those realities, and more importantly, the action needed now. Too many of the same politicians who use these stories ignore today’s housing crisis.
It absolutely pisses me off. Wouldn’t care but back down on planet earth, she’s lived in north London for the past 20 years just like Keir.
“The whole frame of the migration crisis is a racist, fascist frame.”
Migrants are “not to blame” for the state of British public services, instead the answer is to point the finger at “private jets, millionaires and billionaires”, Green Party leader Zack Polanski says.
It is very simple: If we are really looking to raise standards in schools we must also invest in children’s, youth and family support as well as a wider pedagogy and curriculum. It is the only way to ensure every child is given the best possible start in life.
If you're looking for a gift for someone who's perhaps prone to anxiety or low mood then one of my Victorian ink bottle kits might be for you. The booklet in the kit describes how creative activity changes brain biochemistry to improve mental health.
If you know me on here & have a spare few seconds a RT would help so much. Some of my kits have sold which is fantastic (thankyou so much) but perhaps due to the financial climate not as many as usual. I know it's cringey to ask for support but I'm trying to get back on my feet after being v unwell-RTing would put my shop in front of more eyes x🌿
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Why hasn’t someone invented a “rent a cis white man to pretend to be your partner to help advocate for you in medical appointments” app yet?
This would honestly be a great way for cis white men to use their privilege for good.
In the inevitable dissection of the Bell Hotel injunction, remember:
- it’s utterly correct to be angry at our asylum policy & the recklessness of successive governments
- The refugees directly impacted should never be the focus of our fury
- Hotels were a choice the Tories made
Over two years ago we were arguing against hotels. This was following hotels being attacked by ‘Migrants hunters’.
Two years. Nothings changed. And if government want to close hotels grant working rights while they wait & move people out of the asylum system by granting status.
I’d like to commend BBC presenter @StephenNolan for reading out just now on @bbc5live Aljazeera journalist @AnasAlSharif0’s last words.
That was so refreshing and heartwarming at this difficult time for humanity.