The Therapy Tree

#Reflexolgy, Indian Head Massage, Hopi Ear Candling, #Reiki and other complementary therapies by @SandyPickering, @TheTherapyTree

[Humza Yousaf @HumzaYousaf]

Shameful that UK citizens trapped in Gaza dont even get a mention. Might be helpful if you give them at least a passing mention in your discussions.

They're trapped in a warzone & need you, Foreign Secretary, to demand a ceasefire, and the Rafah crossing opened to let them out.

[The Therapy Tree @TheTherapyTree]

@Keir_Starmer Is that why we are seeing Christian hospitals and UN schools in Gaza being bombed by Israel? You’ve lost my vote in the next GE. I am disgusted in your lack of moral fibre.

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

Gaza has been subjected to years of siege and murderous Israeli military action.

When Israel was bombing Gaza 11 years ago - and dozens of Palestinians were killed - I said this on BBC Question Time.

This is what they are desperate to eliminate: context.

[Naila Kauser @BrownNaila]

"I’m personally a Holocaust survivor as an infant, I barely survived. My grandparents were killed in Aushwitz and most of my extended family were killed. I became a Zionist; this dream of the Jewish people resurrected in their historical homeland and the barbed wire of Aushwitz being replaced by the boundaries of a Jewish state with a powerful army…and then I found out that it wasn’t exactly like that, that in order to make this Jewish dream a reality we had to visit a nightmare on the local population.

There’s no way you could have ever created a Jewish state without oppressing and expelling the local population. Jewish Israeli historians have shown without a doubt that the expulsion of Palestinians was persistent, pervasive, cruel, murderous and with deliberate intent - that’s what’s called the 'Nakba' in Arabic; the 'disaster' or the 'catastrophe'. There’s a law that you cannot deny the Holocaust, but in Israel you’re not allowed to mention the Nakba, even though it’s at the very basis of the foundation of Israel.

I visited the Occupied Territories (West Bank) during the first intifada. I cried every day for two weeks at what I saw; the brutality of the occupation, the petty harassment, the murderousness of it, the cutting down of Palestinian olive groves, the denial of water rights, the humiliations...and this went on, and now it’s much worse than it was then.

It’s the longest ethnic cleansing operation in the 20th and 21st century. I could land in Tel Aviv tomorrow and demand citizenship but my Palestinian friend in Vancouver, who was born in Jerusalem, can’t even visit!

So then you have these miserable people packed into this, horrible…people call it an 'outdoor prison', which is what it is. You don’t have to support Hamas policies to stand up for Palestinian rights, that’s a complete falsity. You think the worse thing you can say about Hamas, multiply it by a thousand times, and it still will not meet the Israeli repression and killing and dispossession of Palestinians.

And 'anybody who criticises Israel is an anti-Semite' is simply an egregious attempt to intimidate good non-Jews who are willing to stand up for what is true."

[The London Economic @LondonEconomic]

"What we're experiencing at the moment is effectively state sanctioned persecution" says @IndiaWilloughby after Sunak's transphobic comments yesterday.

This is a must-watch 👇

[The Therapy Tree @TheTherapyTree]

@GillianKeegan Kids get excluded from school for language like that. Shame on you. You ought to know better. You are in a job where kids are meant to look up to you. I am disgusted with your language and overall attitude. It is not becoming of a minister of state.

[The Therapy Tree @TheTherapyTree]

@jet2tweets Hi I can’t see a reply to my DM? Thanks

[The Therapy Tree @TheTherapyTree]

@jet2tweets you stopped my 83yr old mum (with valid ID) boarding her flight from Nice home to the UK yesterday. She is sole carer for my terminally ill 83yr old dad who had to travel home alone. She is stuck in France without all her meds etc. Have emailed MP & ur CEO. Pls help.

[The Therapy Tree @TheTherapyTree]

@jet2tweets Thank you for replying to my tweet. I’m struggling to get hold of my mum. I hope she is ok. I will DM you as soon as I’ve been able to get hold of her, hopefully today. To confirm acc to the Fnch gov her ID card is good to travel but she was denied boarding by the jet2 checkin.

[The Therapy Tree @TheTherapyTree]

@McDonalds atrocious service at Dodwells road Hinckley. Had to go back 4 times cos they got my drive through order wrong. Atrocious. No apology. Nothing. Just defensive attitude and miserable faces. Seriously. Sort it out!

[The Therapy Tree @TheTherapyTree]

@mrswordsmith_ please reply to my emails

[BBC Breakfast @BBCBreakfast]

Lawyers have revealed millions of pounds has been paid in the last ten years to people who were abused in the Scouts.

Hayley Hassall had more details about the investigation on #BBCBreakfast

https://t.co/mF7E0TovRk

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Sheanna Patelmaster has started a campaign collecting the testimonies from other people who experienced abuse while in the Scouts

More: https://t.co/rTeRKA0gG1

[Dave McPartlin @dave_mcpartlin]

The strength of feeling is growing. How can any school possibly afford an UNFUNDED pay rise, what with all the challenges every public sector is now facing? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Dave McPartlin @dave_mcpartlin]

When you end up going to the doctors every time you're in the Ofsted window, you know something needs to change. We have a duty of care to colleagues to speak up. This is one of few things we could improve, quickly/cheaply. Time to safeguard each other & future of our profession.

[Dave McPartlin @dave_mcpartlin]

Am on BBC Breakfast sofa after 7am tomorrow to talk about why Ofsted must change. I’ve always been afraid to go so public with my thoughts but can’t do it any more, for well-being of our profession. Please DM/comment below if you have any stories/points you think I should mention

[Flora @FloraSCooper]

Keep the #Ofsted conversation going...
We have to keep momentum...@dave_mcpartlin

So many have no idea about the complexities that Ofsted brings - keep talking everyone!

Change is coming!

For #RuthPerry

#RiseLikeAPhoenix
#ShineOn
#BurnBrighter

[Dave McPartlin @dave_mcpartlin]

WHO’S SAFEGUARDING MY COLLEAGUES?
Really appreciate everyone who’s got in touch with their support after my appearance on BBC Breakfast where I talked honestly about why Ofsted must change. So glad people are finally feeling able to speak up.
(Thanks for the vid @NickCorston)

[Mothers At Home Matter @mumsdadsmatter]

Babies need love not education! Mothers or primary caregivers provide 3 important functions: They help regulate babies emotions (babies can’t do this themselves), they buffer infants from stress, they provide empathy guiding babies &toddlers how to see the world & how to react.

[The Therapy Tree @TheTherapyTree]

@Terri_White @Sophie_Don @dmaudsley Have you sought out and spoken to the thousands of children broken and damaged by the failing education system? Those with unmet needs (diagnosed or on 4 yr waiting lists for assessment) in the classroom, unable to access learning at school & suffering bullying & mental illness?