Julia Smith🍉🍉🍉 #CeasefireNOW

New headlines suggest Palantir is staying put in the NHS for a while longer. Here’s why that shouldn’t happen ❌ Invite your MP to an event that will expose the truth about the spy-tech firm 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/ur…

I’m possibly doing an Ireland/UK trip next year. Is London to Edinburgh a feasible train journey? I hate flying between two non-US cities cause of airport security

They want to flood the nation with invaders and prevent the world from seeing it. Stopping livestreamers, jailing those who expose it. The world is watching, for now!

On 4 October 1936, thousands stood together to stop British fascists marching through London’s Jewish East End.   Jewish residents, communists, trade unionists and anti-fascists blocked streets and built barricades. The march was called off. It became known as The Battle of Cable Street.

#WarsoftheRoses OTD in 1452 - Birth of #RichardIII. The youngest son of #HenryVI’s dynastic rival the Duke of York, Richard was never expected to become King. His achievements are all the more remarkable as a disabled man in an intolerant age. Vilified by Shakespeare, Richard’s disability became a critical part of his ‘black legend’ after his death as much as the crimes his enemies alleged he committed. Richard was the eleventh child of Richard, 3rd Duke of York & Cecily Neville. We only know his birth date because he recorded it for us himself in his prayer book. Writing after Richard’s death John Rous claimed he had been born with teeth & shoulder length hair after a two year gestation in his mother’s womb! (The latter a biological impossibility & further disproved by the short gap between the birth of elder sibling Thomas who died in infancy & Richard’s own birth.) Rous also referenced Richard’s physical deformity as an adult, his twisted spine & uneven shoulders; details which we know to be true following the discovery of Richard’s remains at Leicester. Examination of Richard’s skeleton confirmed he had scoliosis, a deformity of the spine which caused him to have uneven shoulders & experience physical pain. It is impressive that he managed to lead a highly active life (including demonstrating proficiency in physical combat) in an era when no treatment was available. Richard was born into a turbulent world. He never knew anything other than the Wars of the Roses. Earlier in 1452 his father had assembled armed men to challenge King Henry VI at Dartford & been forced into a humiliating surrender. Before Richard’s third birthday his father, uncle the Earl of Salisbury & cousin the Earl of Warwick (the Kingmaker) won the first Battle of St Albans in May 1455. He was left behind with his mother & brother George when the Yorkist lords fled after the rout of Ludford Bridge in 1459. He was sent away with George to safety overseas after their father’s death at Wakefield in December 1460 & only returned to England in 1461 once his brother #EdwardIV seized the throne & secured his position as the first Yorkist King. Aged only 18 Richard was his brother’s primary lieutenant in his successful campaign to regain the crown of England in March-May 1471 after the Lancastrian restoration of 1470-71. He commanded the vanguards in the Yorkist victories at Barnet & Tewkesbury. At Barnet heavy fog was the main determinant of the outcome, whereas at Tewkesbury Richard’s response to an attempted counter-attack by the Duke of Somerset proved crucial. Richard married the heiress Anne Neville (daughter of the Earl of Warwick) & through a talent for estate management built on her inheritance & his own holdings to amass the most extensive property portfolio of any contemporary magnate. He endowed more chantry chapels & colleges than any contemporary noble. He wanted to restart the Hundred Years War to regain England’s lost possessions in France & unlike other English nobles refused to accept a French pension as part of the 1475 Treaty of Picquigny. He led the English invasion of Scotland in 1482 which captured Berwick & established the border line which has remained unchanged to this day. Richard was invited to become King by the three estates on 25 June 1483 after the revelation that his brother already had a wife at the time of his marriage to Elizabeth Woodville, rendering their children illegitimate. There was broad support for his accession including from later enemies,Thomas Stanley, Margaret Beaufort & the Duke of Buckingham, who all played prominent roles at his coronation. His Parliament of 1484 passed 33 reforming acts which delivered a fairer justice system by outlawing the practice of packed juries, introducing bail for the accused & preventing their goods being seized before a conviction, Corrupt officials were dismissed & clerks were ordered to pursue payment of unpaid dues to prevent the need for additional taxation.

🏆 WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT! The @sciencemuseum is set to attempt a @GWR for the ‘most people simultaneously doing a vulcan salute’ tonight. Over 5000 people have registered to take part! EPIC! #StarTrek🖖