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[Emma Mitchell 💙 @silverpebble]

I had 3-4 weeks off Twitter with autistic burnout recently & my engagement is right down (also due to standing up to a vile group of trolls on here-they reported me lots, restricting my reach). If you see this photo it would be so ace if you could RT it or drop me a quick hello if you have a moment, both of which help an account get back on track. I also hope these little violas ping some floral dopamine in your meat computer & give you a small lift 🌿

[wardy102 @wardy1021]

@texasrunnerDFW When I was a kid nobody wore seat belts and child seats weren’t a thing. Everyone was fine.

What changed?

[wardy102 @wardy1021]

@AyJaySimon @SpoelstraLegacy @JeremiahDJohns Woman typically find humour very attractive far more so than conventional good looks. I don’t think Tom Holland is your typical Hollywood hunk.

[wardy102 @wardy1021]

@e_galv Because teenagers are supposed to be rebellious and everything has been done before and is no longer shocking; short skirts, dyed hair, long hair, shaved hair, drugs, piercings, punk, tattoos etc etc

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

I make no secret of the fact that I found Anne Widdecombe’s views abhorrent, nor will I deny that I believe Reform UK incites division and hostility. But did she deserve to have every woman’s worst nightmare happen to her? No. She did not.

The key takeaway is this: you don’t stop male violence by encouraging more hatred and division. Once you normalise that, society itself begins to unravel. There was already an epidemic of male violence long before politicians started fanning the flames for political gain.

The leaders of Reform and Restore create unease and unrest because they profit from it. They point fingers. They deflect. They exploit despair and anger. Time and again, they have manipulated some of the poorest and most disadvantaged people in Britain. In doing so, they have contributed to an environment in which women, gay people, trans people and people of colour face greater hostility and, potentially, greater risk of violence.

Does that mean I think Anne Widdecombe was to blame for what happened to her? Again, no. No woman deserves to be brutally murdered by a man. It is one of the oldest, deepest fears carried by women, and tragically, it is not an irrational one.

I’ve received unspeakable threats despite not being a politician, simply for talking about politics. The police do nothing. The police are yet another institution women are forced to fear. Women are not safe anywhere, not even in our own home. I’ve lived alone. I know how vulnerable you can feel, simply because you’ve dared to have a voice as a woman. I’ve lain awake in bed wondering whether the noise downstairs was a man, radicalised by social media, fuelled by misogyny, entitlement and rage, finally acting on one of those threats. Anne would have likely done that countless times.

The price women pay simply for existing is fear, the price they pay for having a voice or agency is even higher.

While I found many of Anne’s views, particularly those regarding other women, abhorrent, that does not mean she asked for this. Men who inflict horrific violence on women rarely need an excuse. The fact that they can is often reason enough. Male violence is not limited to one culture, a political viewpoint, a particular religion or one race. It is endemic. No woman should have to die to prove this point but many more will unless action is taken.

Do I think Reform and Restore should be defenestrated? Absolutely. But at the ballot box. Because we’re not fucking animals. And because the working class should have more respect for itself than to let a handful of old Etonian pricks decide who we are.

The best revenge is to recognise who your real enemies are, then quietly leave them to their riches, their private jets and their mansions. The more irrelevant they become and the less divided we are, the less power they hold and the less money they make.

Two things are true:

No woman deserves what Anne Widdecombe endured.

The likelihood of women enduring male violence has markedly increased because of the hateful, violent and divisive rhetoric of figures like Farage or Lowe.

Reject them. They’re not on your side.

[wardy102 @wardy1021]

@NoContextBrits The window treatments are suggesting it’s a Funeral Directors. Definitely room for at least 1 hearse.

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@QPR_DS @Hoops4evaa The bunch of subs who scored the goals? Who else was playing the second half?

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@wesstreeting Labour hasn’t united anyone in support of Burnham.

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@guyc_01 Yes and they’re going to be buying drinks all afternoon to secure a great tv view. Half an hour before KO they’ll be told someone’s prebooked their table and be turfed out!!

[Keith Burge @carryonkeith]

I set a low bar for FIFA. And they’ve still managed to limbo under it with ease.

[Danny Wallace @dannywallace]

FIFA could save us all a lot of fuss and bother if they'd just announce the winner already.

#worldcup

[Politics For You @PoliticoForYou]

🚨 A few years ago you’d have been called a conspiracy theorist for suggesting a powerful paedophile is manipulating the outcome of World Cup matches by persuading a man who awarded him a peace prize to rescind red cards.

[Daniel Austin @_Dan_Austin]

Just to be clear, then. FIFA:

1) can't possibly intervene when Iran are forced to move, a referee is denied a visa, or fans are barred from the USA

2) can absolutely intervene when a decision goes against the USA that Donald Trump doesn't like

Smashing. All know where we stand

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

Six of these ten Highland Councillors voted to allow a taxi driver who raped a passenger to keep his operator’s license — even though senior police officers urged them not to.

Please note that although we’re constantly told it’s women who grease the wheels for rapists, every single councillor who voted in rapist David Brown’s favor is a man. Take a good look at them, Scottish women: these 6 men would put you, alone and unwarned, in a taxi with a man who has already raped at least one passenger.

Brown has been put on the register for life; he raped an 18 year old girl and dumped her outdoors on a sub-zero January night in the Scottish Highlands; but these 6 men - Chris Birt, John Grafton, Ruraidh Stewart, Sean Kennedy, Willy MacKay, and Duncan MacPherson - are more concerned about his finances than they are about the safety of local women.

https://t.co/Rq2jzLJ9P3

[Wendy Oldershaw @WendtheWalker]

I do NOT like or trust this man!
Anyone else?

[wardy102 @wardy1021]

@ArronFrance @JackDunc1 They have a list, they have mentioned it lots of times

[Rachel @RachelD1892]

An engineered by election to accommodate him.
No process to elect him party leader.
No questions allowed from journalists.
No parliamentary scrutiny until September.
Something is very,very wrong about the installation of Burnham as our PM.

[kat ( #starmerite ) @kazrg9z]

This @andyburnham has sneaked in through the back door....how low can you go.we the people did not vote for you to be PM.. @Keir_Starmer is our prime minister..he is the one we voted for..our country is now lost @UKLabour ..a true statesman gone and a joker in his place

[wardy102 @wardy1021]

@BeckBronson62 @amelia_tweetz Americans live to work, European’s work to live.

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@MittensOff His mum’s pleased his Prom suit got another outing