Kyle McGregor

[Janet Murray @jan_murray]

Dear Lush (cc Chelmsford City Council),

As a woman who had half a breast removed last year due to cancer, I am writing to raise my concerns about your “Proud of My Stripes” window display.

I am also, on behalf of other women who have experienced breast cancer, respectfully requesting its removal.

Because mastectomies are not a fashion statement, an identity marker or something to be celebrated.

They are something women undergo because they are ill, because they are frightened, because they are trying to stay alive.

Around 59,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK every year. Many will undergo surgery - a mastectomy, lumpectomy or other procedure.

Others choose preventive mastectomies because they carry a high-risk BRCA gene mutation.

If a woman chooses to have her breasts removed to affirm a gender identity, that is her personal choice.

I honestly don’t know the number of women who have elective mastectomies for this reason.

What I do know is that it is a tiny number compared with those for whom breast surgery is medically necessary and not something to be celebrated.

I think I speak for many women who have experienced breast cancer - and for their families - when I say this:

Breast removal surgery is not something I regard as cute, playful or empowering.

Nor is it something I believe retailers should be celebrating.

For that reason, I am requesting that the display be removed and that @ChelmsCouncil apologise for promoting it on social media.

Yours sincerely,

Janet Murray

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

I am proud to announce local businesswoman Rebecca Shepherd as our Restore Britain candidate for the Makerfield constituency.

Rebecca has spent most of her adult life living and working in the Wigan borough, where she has built and run her own small business. Through that experience, she understands first-hand the pressures facing local businesses and working people across the community.

Like so many residents, Rebecca has seen the growing impact of rising costs, increasing legislation, red tape, and bureaucracy, which continue to make everyday life more challenging for ordinary people trying to work hard, support their families, and stay afloat.

Put simply - she understands what local men and women are going through.

This is the type of person we need in politics. Not career politicians, but genuine people with real life experience.

Rebecca is particularly passionate about improving SEND access and support across the local area. Her interest in SEND-friendly activities comes through the work she does within her Community Interest Company, where she has seen first-hand the importance of opportunities, practical support, and activities for people with additional needs.

Rebecca is standing for Makerfield because she believes local people deserve honest representation, accountability, and someone prepared to fight for the interests of the community rather than their own political careers.

I look forward to campaigning with Rebecca, and putting forward Restore Britain’s positive vision for the Makerfield constituency.

Rupert Lowe,

Restore Britain Leader

Our local priorities:

Safer streets for women and girls - tackling the gangs of foreign men who harass and intimidate local women and girls in Ashton, and elsewhere across the constituency and the Wigan Borough.

Fight reckless overdevelopment in areas including South Hindley, and Winstanley - roads, dentists and GPs must come before responsible house building provided for local families.

Improved SEND support for those in genuine need - we must avoid overdiagnosis, but also provide proper investment to those who need it. Including a constituency-wide investment programme for the improvement and maintenance of children’s playgrounds.

Tackle anti-social behaviour in Ashton and elsewhere - no-nonsense, visible policing to crack down on criminal activity in our towns. Parents too must be held responsible for what their children are inflicting on the community. We say enough is enough.

Restore our high streets - push for free car parking to drive footfall, abolish business rates to reinvigorate our town centres and deliver a full investigation into the explosion of vape shops and Turkish barbers for trading standards/immigration non-compliance.

We are in this to win it.

[Fan of things @TitanCFC]

@JamesMelville @McLarenF1 did you really allow that odious, treasonous, traitorous, authoritarian, weasel excuse of a man into your factory? He is the very definition of a bad team player. He is nothing you stand for. You make some very bad PR decisions it has to be said. 1st Adele, now this?

[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

This post corrects an earlier post, which incorrectly quoted Rupert Lowe

This correction supersedes a previous clarification. We apologise to Mr Lowe for the error

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

A lying war criminal writes. Also a slow learner. I left the BBC five years ago with no regrets and remain in good relations with the BBC, though I have moved on to many other things. I’m enjoying life. Unlike Campbell, who continues in his bitter ‘lying bastard’ default position.

[ClarksonsFarm @ClarksonsFarm1]

Please show support through reposting, liking or commenting.🙏🏻

We’re all in this together!🤝🇬🇧

[Uncensored USA 🇺🇸 @UncensoredUSA]

Great Christmas cards.

[No Farmers, No Food @NoFarmsNoFoods]

Please share this meme and hashtag widely.

#AxeTheFamilyFarmTax

[Kyle McGregor @kyle6b]

This 👇

[Kyle McGregor @kyle6b]

This right here 👇

[Daniel Priestley @DanielPriestley]

At the height of the British Empire, the British government employed just 40,000 civil servants … globally!

Without computers, software, phones, email, GPS or modern banking, these 40,000 people ran the largest global empire in history.

Today the UK government has over 478,000 earning an average of £30,000 per year. These people have every advantage at their fingertips from fast communication through to process automation. And yet, they can’t manage to run a small island.

What do these people do? What would happen if someone got rid of 90% of these jobs?

[Kyle McGregor @kyle6b]

Check out theweeglesgapoet's video! #TikTok https://t.co/rqxWtlvtC2

[Deon Joseph @ofcrdeonjoseph]

I’m going to make my stance abundantly clear.

I don’t care who she slept with. Don’t care about her laugh, I am not going to dehumanize her or disrespect her based on her personal life. Who doesn’t have a past and she is grown. Don’t care if she is too Black for some and not Black enough for others.

My decision not to even consider her is based solely on the following:

- She created a bail fund for rioters in 2020 who destroyed cities to push a politics agenda. That is terrorism and she helped them skate instead of condemning them.
- She supported two propositions in CA that exacerbated crime and made it incredibly difficult to for law enforcement to stop crime. As well as No Cash Bail, even against the will of California voters. Which also put Californians in danger.
- She was tasked with solving the border crisis. She only went to the border because she was pressured and all she did was peek at it to find “root causes”. Which is progressive code for “I ain’t gonna do 💩 about this.”
- She engages in race baiting and fear mongering. Which lets me know she has zero solutions to the many issues American’s are facing right now.
- She is even farther left than Joe Biden.

That’s why. I don’t believe she is ready to lead and her politics will slide America further down the crapper.

Not because she is a woman. I would gladly and without pause vote for a woman for president. Some of the greatest leaders I ever worked for were women. Just can’t vote for this one because of who she, is not her gender.

Has nothing to do with her race. I’m always proud when I see Black people elevate. I don’t just want any Black person. I don’t care about color when it comes to leadership. I just want the leader best capable to lead.

[Kyle McGregor @kyle6b]

This 👇

[Kyle McGregor @kyle6b]

Ban Sturgeon from ITV election night - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/vtTxKegENv via @UKChange

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

'Whale hate and harpooning are on the rise,' warns Captain Ahab.
https://t.co/PA0RF7915U

[Kyle McGregor @kyle6b]

@Jeanniewmd The best reply I’ve read all day to this disgrace 👌