Lynn Shipley

[💗 @ma1ybe]

This man murdered Chloe Devey Waterhouse by stabbing her. Headline glorifies him as a maths graduate while reducing her to the ‘sweetheart’ of a violent man who didn’t love her. Chloe held a first-class maths degree and a Master’s in statistics.

[Lynn Shipley @lynn_ship]

@jk_rowling @deano_tony Your comebacks are a delight, brava! 😂

[Lynn Shipley @lynn_ship]

@icod Lots of Americans eat out of boxes or on paper plates and with disposable cutlery 🤷‍♀️

[Lynn Shipley @lynn_ship]

@WorkElizab Betty, her name's Betty ❤️

[FeelGoodTales @feelgoodtale]

I back to work today; I forgot my pass, so I locked my bike outside Cannon Street station. Left work at 6pm to find just the cut lock and no bike, resigned to never seeing my trusty stead again asked the station if they have cameras.

A guy appeared, waving at me, asked me to put the code into my cut lock. He replied, 'I have your bike' with a smile I will never forget!! His name is Abdul Muneeb, and he works for South Eastern Railways; he was on a break and saw a guy bolt cut the lock and challenged him to give it back; he then took it inside and waited 4 hours after his shift finished to personally make sure I got my bike back. The world needs more Abdul's; he is a man's legend and a credit to his employer.

Credit: Steve Farmer

[Lynn Shipley @lynn_ship]

@bbcnickrobinson Your turn to resign @bbcnickrobinson . You won't, though, will you; too drunk on your own delusional self-importance.

[Jack Dart @JackWDart]

If people genuinely believe Burnham won’t receive the exact same media onslaught, they’ve not been paying attention.

Starmer is not, objectively, bad. This idea that he is somehow the worst PM in British history is frankly laughable.

Liz truss lasted 49 days, crashed the pound and was laughed out of Downing Street.

Since Labour took office, Keir Starmer’s government has:

• Scrapped the two-child benefit limit, lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty and putting money back into some of the hardest-pressed households in the country.

• Expanded free school meals, cutting costs for families and making sure more children get a proper meal during the school day.

• Expanded funded childcare, reducing one of the biggest monthly costs facing working parents and making it easier for people to stay in work.

• Raised the National Living Wage, increasing pay for millions of low-paid workers.

• Strengthened workers’ rights, giving people greater protection against insecure work and bad employers.

• Introduced statutory sick pay from the first day of illness, so workers are less likely to choose between their health and their wages.

• Ended no-fault evictions, giving renters more security in their homes.

• Brought rail operators back into public ownership, taking key services out of failed private hands and giving the public a stronger stake in how they are run.

• Cut NHS waiting lists from their post-pandemic peak, meaning more patients are being seen sooner.

• Raised the state pension through the triple lock, protecting pensioners’ incomes against rising costs.

• Scrapped the old non-dom tax regime, making some of the wealthiest people in the country pay more fairly.

• Added VAT to private school fees, raising money from those most able to contribute.

• Removed business rates relief from private schools, ending an unjustified tax break.

• Increased neighbourhood policing, putting more officers and PCSOs back into communities.

• Helped bring knife crime down, meaning fewer families face the devastation of serious violence.

• Recorded the lowest homicide rate since the 1970s, a material improvement in public safety.

• Created Great British Energy, giving Britain a publicly owned clean energy company.

• Created the National Wealth Fund, backing investment in industry, infrastructure and clean energy.

• Passed planning reforms aimed at getting homes and major projects built faster.

• Improved relations with the EU, reducing diplomatic hostility and rebuilding practical cooperation.

• Agreed a UK-EU security partnership, strengthening cooperation on defence and European security.

• Signed a long-term partnership with Ukraine, reinforcing Britain’s support against Putin’s invasion.

• Secured new trade agreements, opening up markets for British businesses.

• Helped restore seriousness to government after years of scandal, chaos and decline.

People do not have to like Starmer. They do not have to vote Labour. But pretending this is the record of the worst Prime Minister in British history is absurd.

[Lynn Shipley @lynn_ship]

@Ondaintreefarm @marksandspencer Oh, I never have a problem with chip shop chips! 😋

[Lynn Shipley @lynn_ship]

@Ondaintreefarm @marksandspencer Probably true but not sure how I'll achieve that as a town-dweller. Maybe don't pass the sub-standard stuff on to supermarkets 🤷‍♀️

[Lynn Shipley @lynn_ship]

@Youwantthis19 @supertanskiii Not sure I'd go that far but the issue of violence and abusive behaviours against women and girls is the issue to care about regardless of the perpetrators' backgrounds

[Lynn Shipley @lynn_ship]

@EssexPR @itvfootball That whole segment was just weird. Her gender was the least weird element! You haven't commented on the set that looked like kitchen units, the blackboard, and the glittery outfit 🤷‍♀️

[John Collins @Logically_JC]

This one hits hard.

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

In 2008, a group of friends in a small Yorkshire town decided to start planting food in unused public spaces.

The town is Todmorden, population about 15,000, tucked into a valley between Burnley and Halifax. The group is Incredible Edible Todmorden. Their motto is "if you eat, you're in."

Today the railway station beds grow herbs. The fire station is surrounded by fruit trees. The canal towpath is lined with edible plantings. The forecourt of the local police station has been transformed into what's now called "possibly the finest and greenest looking police station in the UK," with a small library of crime novels installed for good measure. Everything is free to harvest.

They have no paid staff, no buildings, and no public funding. They've operated this way for almost two decades. Their guiding principles: "believe in the power of small actions," "kindness underpins everything we do," and "it's sometimes better to ask for forgiveness, not permission."

Over the years they've added a Tool Library, a Makery, and little free libraries scattered around town. They host visitors from around the world (they call it "vegetable tourism"). Their gardening Sundays have grown from four or five people to forty or fifty.

The model has been replicated in over 700 projects worldwide and continued to spread.

[Lynn Shipley @lynn_ship]

@DavidJo57069285 @CarlBovisNature @exitthelemming @ChrisGPackham @DeborahMeaden @MeganMcCubbin @Lucy_Lapwing @DrAmirKhanGP @CityCorpHeath @BBCLondonNews @sophiepavs @WildlifeTrusts The Heath has its own constabulary! Where we're they?

[Lynn Shipley @lynn_ship]

Where we're Hampstead Heath Constabulary - what exactly were they doing to prevent this while it went on for 3 days! @hmpolice

[Moog @a_toots]

If my boys grow up to be like Jo and Kush from Race Across the World we will have done something right. They’re a brilliant antidote to Tate-style toxic masculinity: bright, kind, compassionate, emotionally intelligent, grounded, and culturally aware. PROPER role models for boys.

[Lynn Shipley @lynn_ship]

@RachelReevesMP 👏👏👏 very well said; keep going 'Rachel from Accounts,' you're doing a good job

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

"Just because you’ve got a flag in your van and you scream at people in the street doesn’t make you a patriot."

Chancellor Rachel Reeves tells Channel 4 News' Economics Editor Helia Ebrahimi that being a patriot is about "loving this country and treating other people with respect", after being heckled during a previous interview.

[Lynn Shipley @lynn_ship]

@SarahWoods66 Tbh, I remember visiting Hampton Court Show about 25/30 years ago and it was packed there too, haven't been back

[Lynn Shipley @lynn_ship]

@ajrgd @GregScottTV Did you watch eurovision? The guy from Malta did the exact same move