🕷️Kim Cowie, NEVER BE A BYSTANDER
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Lecturer in Initial Teacher Training at Newcastle University. Former school teacher / leader. Views are my own.
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Joined November 2012
"Warning as lead and arsenic wash up on beach." Remember those plastic beads now washing up along a 70 mile stretch of the English coast, the ones belonging to Southern Water that they told you were inert and totally harmless? Turns out they're contaminated with lead, arsenic
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Heavy metals are found on plastic pellets which washed up on the Sussex and Kent coast.
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Jesus wept @tomhfh do some research!
The EU mandated Britain measure out drinks with a ridiculous set of measures. You only realise how silly this sort of perfuncturism is once you go to a country not bound by these sort of structured regulations. Americans pour better drinks. Repeal the silly EU measures mandate.
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Central to today's ruling, that @Defra, @Ofwat and the @EnvAgency have being acting illegally is Defra and Ofwat's legal duty that where they have evidence that water companies are dumping sewage they "Shall" issue an enforcement order, not that they can, that they might, that
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Let's make that only people holding only the Black UK passport? That means your 'leader' can't stand!!!!! @RupertLowe10
Only British people should be able to vote, and stand, in our elections.
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Agree, grotesque that a Labour Government is considering this @UKLabour
I signed this letter to the PM urging him not to weaken the ECHR, which allows us all the shared right to live a life free from torture. Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley among celebrities urging UK not to weaken torture protections @FreefromTorture
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Kemi Badenoch has rejected mask-wearing to curb flu, saying she is “still traumatised” by “all the mask-wearing” during Covid. You know what's more traumatising than wearing a mask? Having your family members die because politicians played culture wars with their lives. 1/2
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Number crunching: Individuals arrested within five days for suspected manslaughter after fire apparently related to building materials ripped through seven Hong Kong apartment blocks v individuals arrested over Grenfell From the new Private Eye, out now.
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🚨BREAKING: Elon Musk has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for protecting Free Speech THIS IS MASSIVE 🔥 Simple poll. Please be honest! As of today, how much do you still trust this man? A. 100% B. 75% C. 50% D. 25% E. 0%
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So, today @tedtalks announced that my TED talk ‘This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’ was their most watched talk of the year. It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.
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Despite the best efforts of The Establishment the moral compass of the majority of Britons remains intact. #Eurovision
🚨 70% of Britons say UK should boycott Eurovision over Israel's participation
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Francesca Albanese made to pay a heavy price for acting as the world's conscience...
Francesca Albanese says she’s been cut off from her bank accounts & unable to open new ones or get credit cards — as if she was a criminal
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British men and women from across the world you muppet, @RupertLo
I am sick of hearing that Britain was built by immigrants. No. No it was not. It was built by British men and women. We should be proud of that.
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Jesus wept, this is grotesque @IsraelinUN Israel cares nothing for children with disabilities since it has created 1000's of them.
On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Israel stands with the global community in promoting inclusion, accessibility, and equal opportunity for all. We remain committed to building a society where everyone can thrive. #IDPD #DisabilityDay
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So tell me again how Nigel Farage, who just took the largest ever political donation, from a Tory mega-donor, and another donation from the Viscountess wife of the non-dom owner of the Daily Mail, is planning to "take on the establishment"
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Once again, @ScotNational puts the rest of the UK press to shame. This is what journalism with moral clarity looks like.
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