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[lois lane @loislaneonskis]

@lukerramsden Don’t let a Cornish person hear that !

[lois lane @loislaneonskis]

@sharioni1 Fabulous and well deserved !

[Liz Miller @INEOSfanjersey]

@NetcompanyINEOS @lavuelta So much respect and love for Josh, and admiration of how he has bravely coped in his own way with the loss of his brother, and also his grandfather 💔 Thank you Josh, for what you have done for the Team this week👏👏 Fin woul be SO proud🌹

[Sharon Sinclair @sharioni1]

Playwrights! If you live within 20 miles of Blackpool. This may be for you

[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.

[lois lane @loislaneonskis]

@virginmedia why is your service so unreliable and no one can solve the problem it is a complete disgrace #virginmedia

[lois lane @loislaneonskis]

@ClarksonsFarm1 Yes!

[Stephen R Power @racingblogger]

A brutal day to be a racegoer at Epsom as crowds leave before the DERBY.

A sad sight for all truth be told! 🤯🥹

[lois lane @loislaneonskis]

@ClarksonsFarm1 just caught up with the episode where farmers protested in Whitehall . Why did the @BBCNews @ITV @NEWS agencies not report on any of that ? A disgrace ! Well done @ClarksonsFarm1
#FarmersSupport #corruption

[Benonwine @benonwine]

Gary MacArthur gave 15 years of his life to Sainsbury’s in West Wickham, south-east London.

He wasn’t some troublemaker.

He was the worker who stayed late to make female colleagues feel safer.

The worker who performed CPR on the store’s only security guard after he suffered a suspected stroke.

The worker who had already previously LOST TEETH after being punched by a thief while trying to protect the store.

But after tackling an allegedly aggressive repeat offender known for targeting the branch and stealing bottles of Moët, Bollinger and Veuve Clicquot Sainsbury’s sacked him for gross misconduct.

This was after colleagues screamed there was an “aggressive Champagne thief” in the store.

According to reports, the shoplifter later smashed bottles and hurled them at staff.

Yet Gary MacArthur a man who dedicated 15 years of loyalty, protected colleagues and even helped save a life that same day — was told he should have acted only as a “visual deterrent.”

Absolutely disgusting.

Supermarket workers are being punched, threatened, abused and terrorised by repeat shoplifters on a daily basis… yet the staff who actually step in to protect colleagues and customers are the ones losing their jobs.

Gary MacArthur at Sainsbury’s.
Walker Smith at Waitrose.
Sean Egan at Morrisons.
Gavin Ramsay at Asda.

Decades of loyalty thrown away because they refused to stand by while thieves ran riot.

What kind of country are we becoming where the people trying to protect others lose everything… while the criminals walk straight back out onto the streets?

[lois lane @loislaneonskis]

@BBC that music is horrendous on the London Marathon. Give us back our theme tune @LondonMarathon

[lois lane @loislaneonskis]

@londonmarathon what is that horrendous screeching ? Where is the iconic sound track !
#londonmarathon

[Achilles99 @Achill_es99]

While the ground shook and fear took over, the horse didn’t run—it stood its ground. Shielding the woman with pure instinct, it chose protection over panic. In a moment of chaos, that animal showed more courage and loyalty than most ever could.

[Valerie Anne Smith @ValerieAnne1970]

"Genetically Modified Mayo: Hellmann's 'Real' Mayonnaise now requires a bioengineered label on its jars."

"Less than 2% of each jar is egg...98% is chemicals, oils, corn starch, EDTA & thickened with gums.

[lois lane @loislaneonskis]

Superb interview ! @Kiers419

[Gabbar @Gabbar0099]

One of the most widely shared videos worldwide.

Brilliant lecture 🔥

[lois lane @loislaneonskis]

#Innovation #excellence #security #british

[TankSafe UK @TankSafeUK]

💡 When TankSafe® OPTIMUM9 is specified at truck order stage, fuel security is secured there and then - there will not be unexpected theft expenses later.

The most cost-effective fuel security decision is the one made before the truck is delivered.

#logistics #supplychain

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

A hilarious April fools video made by the police

[Anna Longthorp @AnnaLongthorp]

I’ve watched this sooo many times today
And EVERY TIME I had goosebumps
Ant and Dec say “come on farmers”💪
The audience are clearly behind farmers as is the wonderful @AmandaHolden
Music, choirs are so powerful, it reaches the depths of your soul
Thank you @JeremyClarkson 🙏