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@KathGraham2
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Crazy cat lady, love animals, nature, gardening, history, interesting photos and politics. #FBPE #FBPPR Now also at @[email protected] on Mastodon.
Snuggling with my cat, the UK.
Joined July 2012
Hi, if you’ve followed me and I’ve not yet followed you back please bear with me! I was stuck at the 5000 limit for ages but can now follow more so I’m working my way through everyone but it’s taking some time so thank you in advance for your patience.
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BREAKING: “F*cking disaster!” A Republican family is forced to close their 95-year-old business due to Trump’s tariffs! In rural North Carolina, where support for Donald Trump once ran as deep as the grain in a hardwood beam, a generational Republican family is watching the
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Claiming disability benefits in the UK can itself be traumatic, often intensifying anxiety, stress, and feelings of stigma for applicants. Research shows that the assessment process, the need to “prove” invisible conditions, and societal attitudes can cause psychological harm
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🚨"They want to take away your healthcare and sell it back to you" American doctor in the NHS raises alarm about underfunding and privatisation of the NHS. Share if you support our NHS. https://t.co/vQfliuAkDk
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This is absolutely astounding if accurate. Contemporary of Farage at Dulwich College says Nigel and his minions would hang around outside Jewish prayers. ‘It’s not banter if you aren’t friends’. Way way too many questions about this man. Not PM material.
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the
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It’s really simple… - Cap all political donations - Ban foreign donations - Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties - No titles, honours or peerages for donors - No govt contracts for donors - Publish every donation/lobby meeting …that’ll do it
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BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff. Changes to employee benefits would reduced take-home pay by at least 6.25%. Would exec pay and dividends be cut? No chance. Workers always squeezed. Back to Victorian times. https://t.co/njU6nviajA
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Plans to offset increase in minimum ‘fair pay’ set by Living Wage Foundation will affect 5,400 employees
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GYA Campaigner Mikey joined Shaun today to speak on national television about the Activity Trap - the fear Disabled people have of losing their benefits if we're physically active. Unfortunately, Shaun's experience demonstrates this only too well 👇 https://t.co/8Um6XaePq6
getyourselfactive.org
'Why is it fair that taxpayers should pay you that money?' @edballs and @charlottehawkns ask Shaun Rigby, an amputee who has been told to pay back £36,000 in disability benefits after DWP investigators secretly filmed him playing cricket.
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Whilst the Universal Credit Bill cuts begin in April, there may be steps you need to take before then to secure your claim at the current rate. Our Handbook Editor, Ian, takes you through the upcoming deadlines and how they may affect you. 📢Read & share https://t.co/oGQ7NTvDhv
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🚨 Newsflash! Disability is not a competition! 🥇 We're not in the olympics. 🌀 Your suffering is still valid regardless if someone has it worse than you. 🌀 Don't dismiss someone's suffering because "It's not as bad as mine." 🌀 This is exactly what the government wants:
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But his retirement plans are now in “disarray” and “ruined” because he is going to have to find an additional £208.33 per month?! I’m sorry, what?! He has £2-4 million in savings and investments but claims he is not “cash-rich” and his house was his only “pension” Seriously
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😡 Brexiteer Tim Martin spent years telling Britain that Brexit would “boost democracy and prosperity”. Today? Wetherspoons is routing its entire EU expansion through Ireland to avoid the Brexit red tape *HE* helped create. The loudest Brexiteer in hospitality now needs the EU
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When DWP told us about transitional protection they neglected to warn anyone that migrating to #UniversalCredit could result in higher council tax bills. This inadequate answer to @johnmcdonnellMP's question demonstrates they knew all along. https://t.co/abWjqIeRzZ
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The DWP is the biggest trigger for mental health relapse in Britain.
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Neda lives in Afghanistan and is 11. School has stopped for her as it has for all girls but she is educating herself online, mostly in English. She comes to my poetry class. She has grand plans.
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We must stop demonising welfare recipients. The idea that disabled people are faking it or struggling families are all potential fraudsters. This logic punishes people for life’s challenges - we need a welfare state that helps people back on their feet, not kicks them down.
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I wasn’t ready for this one… Physician Associate: “You’re basically the Community Support Officer of the medical world.”
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Farage asked about two more of his MEPs, who made the same pro-Russia statements that Nathan Gill has now pled guilty to being bribed to make. "Opinions are opinions." Farage's defence seems to be that they arrived at those views independently and it's nowt to do with him.🤔~AA
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