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Michael Lorimer

@MykeyLorimer

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Live between Mourne and Lewisham. Passionate about beer, human rights, the environment and Everton. Any views expressed on this account are purely my own.

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Michael Lorimer
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RT @cjayanetti: Campaigners have warned that nearly 600,000 disabled people could be at risk from the next round of the government’s welfar….
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Campaigners have warned that nearly 600,000 disabled people could be at risk from the next round of the government’s benefit cuts.
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Michael Lorimer
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RT @AntiRacismDay: Well done to antiracists in Liverpool who have seen off the far right after humiliating UKIPs attempts to march through….
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Michael Lorimer
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RT @flickhwilliams: Had a summer day out by bus with a friend. No big deal. Something people just do, right. Actually, very big deal. We’r….
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Michael Lorimer
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Interested in hearing what these discussions entailed. Does the fact that DA are operators of transport services influence their views on accessible and inclusive transport?.
@deptinfra
Department for Infrastructure
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Infrastructure Minister @LizKimminsSF has met with representatives from @disabilityni to discuss how the Department for Infrastructure can better meet the needs of disabled people through inclusive policy-making and service design.
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Michael Lorimer
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RT @BBCSport: The Premier League have confirmed Antoine Semenyo reported being racially abused by someone in the crowd, which is why Anthon….
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Michael Lorimer
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RT @LordOrk: . @BelfastAirport CEO + Wilson James security contractors met with people who have stomas after they’d been humiliated + embar….
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Management at Belfast International Airport meet with people who have stomas after issues raised | UTV News
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Michael Lorimer
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RT @MunicipalDreams: Let's be absolutely clear, this is a wicked and knowing lie and the fact that the people that perpetuate these purpose….
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Michael Lorimer
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Took part in the East London Big Ride for Palestine today. Great turn out and even better reception to riders on the streets.
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Michael Lorimer
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RT @Dis_PPL_Protest: #WelfareRights . Due to closures of law centres, welfare rights advice centres many had to learn to navigate the traum….
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Michael Lorimer
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RT @HackneyAbbott: There is no good reason to publicise the religion, ethnicity or immigration status of any suspect. Suspects aren't crimi….
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Former attorney general Dominic Grieve among those criticising politicians for risking contempt of court
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Michael Lorimer
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RT @C_Fitz_: 👇.Aaron making a really important point here - that feeds into wider discussions on the anti-poverty strategy. Disabled people….
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Michael Lorimer
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Proof if needed that our politicians offer nothing other than bigotry and division - Lyons says library drag queen event 'should not have taken place'
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Communities minister says a drag queen storytelling event in Belfast was "not appropriate for children".
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Michael Lorimer
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RT @DefendourJuries: LIFT THE BAN ON PALESTINE ACTION. Criminalising anti-genocide protest doesn’t protect people, it protects power. This….
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Michael Lorimer
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RT @AndyBurnhamGM: For the next four weeks, we are lifting the 9.30am rule on older and disabled people’s bus passes. We hope it will help….
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Michael Lorimer
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Great Test Match and all that but it's criminal losing the last 7 wickets for 60 odd. Not for the first time players under the current leadership fail to do the basics to get what was in essence an easy victory over the line.
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Michael Lorimer
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RT @Dis_PPL_Protest: #BusDiscrimination. This is absolutely horrendous and sadly with bus operating companies getting an increasing problem….
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Michael Lorimer
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RT @Dis_PPL_Protest: #DisabilityJustice . It is vital that grass roots campaigning and the resistance against the government continues.….
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Michael Lorimer
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RT @Dis_PPL_Protest: #NHS . This is a very serious continuous problem for so many disabled people. Unable to get NHS Care or treatment fo….
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Tim Hull, who has a rare neurological condition, says his quality of life is "very, very low".
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Michael Lorimer
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This is shocking journalism. Not being transparent does little to reassure those of us who are terrified by this legislation that our concerns (or lives) matter in any way.
@ddhitchens
Dan Hitchens
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Guardian piece on “what terminally ill people want you to know about assisted dying” interviews 12 people, 9 of whom are @dignityindying campaigners (the organisation is not mentioned). #journalism
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