Retired NHS. Socialist. Knitting. Crochet. History. Dark sense of humour. Grew up in Yorkshire.
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Who was it who was responsible for the Belfast attacker being granted the right to stay in the UK on a 5 year visa? Answer: Suella Braverman as Tory Home Secretary & Robert Jenrick as Immigration minister. Who have now defected to Reform & are whipping up racism, hatred & othering immigrants.
“I mean, your society’s broken… Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”
—Iain Banks died #OTD, 9 June, 2013
www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...
I don't know whether Lucy Letby is guilty or not. What I can say is that it is clear that the Jury could not consider whether reasonable doubt was possible. And that is a definite miscarriage of justice. She deserves to have had a fair trial. The bereaved parents deserve the full truth.
One of the immortals. He's dead now
Refresh this every couple of minutes to see it go up. It was £142,640 when I looked. It’ll be higher now.
Iain Banks died last Sunday, just before the publication of his final novel The Quarry. Last month he talked to Stuart Kelly about writing, politics and all the things still left to do . . .
It’s bad that people don’t feel ashamed of being bigoted anymore.
we cannot overstate the damage Instagram and Twitter have done to poetry
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the Royal College of Science, part of @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
Gerry Hassan
Association for Scottish Literature
(ritual dance, incense, prayer)
Graeme Swanson
Mike Sager
Sergio Sarcagian, "The Desert Diva"
Hugh Jones
Luke Stupor
This women's group wanted to raise £1,000 to help the victims of last night's attacks in Belfast. It's already at £56,000.
chuffed.org/project/1854...
We are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast.
On 22 May, nearly ten years after it was issued and after Lucy Letby has spent more than 2,000 days in prison, the Thirlwall Inquiry released the full report into her successful grievance procedure against consultants at the Countess of Chester hospital, which the jury never saw.
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