Mandy Gray

[Mandy Gray @mandyjay_1970]

Never will use @flybe again, shambolic arrive from Edinburgh to London City.. appalling staff and non consistent rules for cabin baggage! Will be sharing far and wide

[Janet Murray @jan_murray]

This is absolutely appalling from the @NursingTimes .

In an article celebrating an award-winning initiative through which bereaved mothers donate their breast milk to help vulnerable babies, the word “mother” is not used once.

The women become “families”. Breast milk is reduced to the clinical language of “lactation”.

Yet it is the grieving mother who sits and expresses milk meant for a baby she cannot hold.

It is her body still producing milk for the child she has lost.

It is she who makes the extraordinary decision to continue expressing that milk and donate it to help another vulnerable baby.

Yet the Nursing Times tells us that more than 400 “families” have donated milk and places the “parent voice” at the centre.

Families grieve. Fathers grieve. Their loss matters enormously.

But families - or parents collectively - do not express breast milk.

Mothers do.

To erase a bereaved mother from this intensely physical act - while supposedly celebrating her generosity - is not inclusive.

It is dehumanising, cruel and profoundly insulting.

Link below 👇

[Becky Weiss @Becky_Weiss_]

It’s your own fault for being insufferable.

[Diana Alastair💚🤍💜 ⚢ ❌❌ @sappholives83]

This woman has had enough troonery, and I’m loving every second of it.

[Claire Adams @claire_adams694]

People often ask me why I speak publicly about grooming gangs and child sexual exploitation, and why I hold MPs to account regardless of party.

This is why.

In 1998, my teenage sister was abducted and subjected to hours of rapes and sodomy, he left her for dead. What was done to her changed the course of her life. She lives with severe mental illness and addiction, which are recognised consequences of prolonged childhood sexual trauma. She has received no meaningful, consistent support since the offence occurred.

Because of that trauma, her children were removed from her care. I know this intimately, because I fostered two of them. They are my niece and nephews. Our family has lived with the impact of this crime for more than 27 years.

The man responsible was convicted of multiple offences involving underage girls. At the time of sentencing, in open court, he shouted that he would come back and sexually assault every woman and child in our family. That threat was made while judgment was being passed.

He was given a lengthy prison sentence.

Since then, I have been repeatedly drawn back into the justice system through parole reviews. During the pandemic, Humberside Police’s serious crime unit contacted me to inform me he was again being considered for release.

I provided a victim impact statement on my sister’s behalf, because she is not well enough to do so herself.

What is less often understood is that the harm did not end with my sister.

Because of the threats made in court, and further conduct over time, I required legal protection. A non-molestation order and an exclusion zone were put in place to protect me, my children, and other women in our family.

I am now also formally recognised as a victim of his actions.

After serving over two decades in custody, he was released and then recalled to prison within months for breaching his licence conditions. He is currently back in custody. I am never told the full details. I am simply summoned again, year after year, to repeat the same process.

This is not a political position I have adopted.
This is not something I have joined late.
This is my family’s lived reality.

This is why I speak.
This is why I refuse silence.
This is why safeguarding and accountability matter to me.

When I talk about child sexual exploitation, I am not speculating. I am describing a life my family has lived for more than two decades.

My position is clear.

Life should mean life, I will continue to fight for life without parole for child rapists.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

This is Alex Pretti, a registered nurse and the man murdered by ICE today in Minneapolis protecting a fellow citizen from Trump’s thugs.

RETWEET to honor his life 💔

[Mandy Gray @mandyjay_1970]

@SaveAmericaNew Yes

[Mandy Gray @mandyjay_1970]

@Mofoman360 @jk_rowling Absolutely! 💯

[Mandy Gray @mandyjay_1970]

@RpsAgainstTrump Actually thought I was living in North Korea listening to this! Beyond parody!

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Actor Jeff Daniels on Donald Trump: "We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us. He’s everything that’s wrong with not just America but being a human being.”

RETWEET if you stand with Daniels against Trump!

[Mandy Gray @mandyjay_1970]

@laurennnn0607 That looks fabulous and you have amazing friends! Do not listen to the negative Nellys here

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

The British establishment have all ready covered this new Banksy up.

Can we get it Retweeted 10,000 times to show that they can never cover up their complicity in war crimes??

Protect the right to protest! RT!

[Mandy Gray @mandyjay_1970]

@LaRedouteUK please tell me who was wearing my shoes before they were packaged? Open my order today to find this…

[Devin Duke @sirDukeDevin]

Everyone should share this Vietnam vet's message far and wide. 👏

[Damaan, AKA 'Philly's Finest!' @Damaan4u33]

Who agrees? 🖐

[Esta @TheOnlyEsta]

Who agrees? ✋🏽

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Brilliant, brilliant Banksy

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with Ukraine and President Zelenskyy!

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with President Zelenskyy against Trump and Vance!

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with President Zelensky!