Enthusiastic grower & recycler #MadeInWN8 C.I.C director Nana to 6 lovely grandchildren & step-Nana to 6 more. Living the dream in Skelmersdale. All views etc..
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I'm hoping to follow more social entrepreneurs and CICs based in the Northwest and in the UK. I'm also one half of @MadeinWN8 CIC – at North West, England
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No, you cannot walk 10,000 steps daily, get 8 hours of sleep, cook every night, clean every day, take care of a family, make time for your own hobbies, and still be productive at work every day. This is not just propaganda, it is nonsense. Free yourself from it.
Grown in WN8 retweeted
Zack Polanski just took the Greens to record figures in Holborn and they're calling for his resignation. In the same election Reform lost its deposit, not a single call by the same hypocrites for Farage to resign. That's what you call a "twisted media!"
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I would *love* an investigation by the EHRC into The Greens.
Because this time, unlike under Starmer when Labour literally colluded with the EHRC to find Corbyn's office guilty of offences he didn't commit, the Greens will hire proper lawyers. And they'll run rings around the mediocrities and political hacks who currently pass as EHRC Commissioners.
The EHRC doesn't even have a working definition of antisemitism. It explicitly acknowledges that IHRA definition is not legally binding. If the EHRC tried to adopt a definition that centred Israel or Zionism, or tried now to use the IHRA definitions, it would be torn to shreds.
Mainstream journalists are utterly ignorant of how the EHRC works or its underlying statutory provisions. A key statutory provision is that the EHRC is bound by findings of tribunals and the courts.
The tribunal judgment in the Prof David Miller case is a game-changer, and binds the EHRC. The tribunal found that anti-Zionism is a protected belief. It found that anti-Zionism is a cogent, coherent philosophy that holds that Zionism is racist and inevitably leads to the dispossesion of Palestinians. It found that anti-Zionism is a belief deserving of respect in our society.
So riddle me this: how is the EHRC going to investigate the Green Party for adopting a protected belief as Party policy? Not least because the motion explicitly has no implications for disciplinary proceedings - which was the heart of its investigation into the Labour Party.
Of course, the Commissioners at the EHRC, who are all political appointees made by the Minister for Equalities, might feel like investigating a party or movement they dislike (just look at this still serving EHRC Commissioner for Scotland: theguardian.com/society/2020…).
But if they do, it will open the door to reviewing and exposing the multiple absurd legal contortions and basic errors of fact in its report into the Labour Party.
And it will allow us to expose, once more, how prominent Labour figures like Angela Rayner repeatedly violated the EHRC's findings on political interference - a form of indirect discrimination.
So they might decide to put their fingers on the scale like they did many years ago. But it's not going to be like 2020. This time, they'll face people who actually care about the law, and know how to practice it.
Grown in WN8 retweeted
we're told this movement isn't racist, yet we're repeatedly presented with evidence of vile, racist abuse.
the fact that mps are willing to support and excuse this behaviour is sickening and shows how far the normalisation of racism has gone in this country.
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The Cornell rapists are not "young men with bright futures who made a mistake."
They are the next generation of wealthy, privileged men being taught that their money and status mean they won't have to answer for their actions.
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These media clowns seem to have no idea how much ordinary people are repulsed by Israel's horrific violence.
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My feed is full of Labour MPs expressing anger tonight.
Yet when the daughter of a Holocaust survivor was arrested outside their own party conference for a non-violent protest, silence.
Principles mean little if outrage only appears when it is politically convenient.
Grown in WN8 retweeted
If Labour MPs believe the state pension is sufficient to live on, why not reduce their salaries from £98,600 to £12,500 per year with the promise that it will increase every year by inflation or 2.5%?
Let's see how much they really like the double-lock.
Grown in WN8 retweeted
Three kids
Six taxpayer funded bedrooms
Tell me. Who are the benefit scroungers?
#bbclaurak
Grown in WN8 retweeted
No-one's buying this crap, @AngelaRayner.
The 'antisemite' bandwagon crashed and burned some years ago, and those still trying to ride it, such as yourself, just make themselves ridiculous. You don't get away with it anymore.
The weather's changed.
#ItWasAScam
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Thatcher broke link between earnings & pensions forcing millions of pensioners to live in poverty for decades to come. Triple lock helped reverse some of the damage. With 2 million pensioners still in poverty no Labour government would go near scrapping it & risk next election.
Grown in WN8 retweeted
I think it’s fair to ask why a prince who took a helicopter 40 miles to scold others on climate change isn’t attracting more criticism.
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I just want to point, because there are some idiots on here. That they want you to blame Pensioners, that's why it is the Right Wing Billionaire Media pushing it.
The people you can't afford are the billionaires, and you can cut your own pension, because you will be a pensioner too.
But it won't help you.
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Tony Blair thinks the answer to this country’s problems is AI, welfare cuts and endless spending on war.
Who benefits? Arms companies and tech billionaires.
Once again, Blair is wrong. The answer is a redistribution of wealth and power and the relentless search for peace.
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Ed Sheeran's support acts are withdrawing from his tour en masse.
This is such an important moment.
Israel's champions depend on a climate of fear.
Every person with a platform who speaks out strikes a blow against the fear.
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All of Ed Sheeran’s openers have now withdrawn from the Looper Tour. Please realize how big this is. This is what unity looks like. Billionaires are terrified of people realizing how strong they can be when we come together for a cause. Continue speaking out. Support the new artists that are deciding to put their careers at risk to take this stance.
