Andrew Atkinson
@akki1234
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Husband/father. Old fashioned socialist. Retired nurse. Mostly beer, food, music, politics, sport and cycling. Tories lie bab, always!
Birmingham, European Union
Joined May 2009
Alan Rusbridger(former Editor Guardian): "To confuse perception with bias... is schoolboy stuff... the govt has enough control of the BBC... but what about GBnews... which shows much more bias... but for some reason this govt doesn't want to do anything about them." #KayBurley
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Cycling to work linked with better mental health https://t.co/YFJmWKblrm
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Good morning, bonjour, gรผnaydฤฑn to all the people #Twitter please drive safely, mindfully. Look out for our #children & all other vulnerable people on our roads. Thank you x Remember my beautiful daughter </3 #nazanfennell #Birmingham #UK
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Neil Young, walking through the park one day, is stopped by a fan and asked how he plays Cinnamon Girl. Neil sits down, drops the tuning, shows him how, and strolls off to continue his day. Coolness personified.
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This week is Cervical Cancer Prevention Week and the time is now to get checked out. #CervicalCancerPreventionWeek #CervicalCancer #SmearTest
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A nation that says "Children are the future" but sends them to learn in buildings so cold you struggle to write because your hands are shivering. Shameful. https://t.co/4auD5cADuX
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The bank that likes to say yes to pumping oil as a route to net zero https://t.co/tNJIjHZSoe HSBC has been accused of hypocrisy after helping to raise $47 billion for fossil fuel firms in the 12 months since promising it would stop financing new oil and gasfields
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The Daily Mail continued to publish articles - like this one by the reliably wrong Melanie Phillips - well after the scare stories about the MMR vaccine had been scientifically debunked. The Daily Mail bears a large share of the blame for the resurgence of measles.
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This is what happens when you activately promote anti-vax nonsense.
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Woman who has lasting health issues from measles urges people to get jab
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Ellie Roscoe, 29, caught measles six years ago and it has resulted in ongoing health problems. She is urging anyone who isn't fully vaccinated to get the jab. | ITV News Central
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Fund hospices fairly to stop cuts to end of life care - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/eWM0bR3RUY via @UKChange
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Fund hospices fairly to stop cuts to end of life care
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Personal story from me on #Newsnight later & one close to my heart. Talking with my mother about my aunt taking her own life & how some ethnicities reluctant to discuss mental health as seen as weakness & personal failing. Hereโs a snippet .. Not an easy one
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Gimmick MP resigns from gimmick job over gimmick policy.
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The Tories are failing victims of grooming. A year on and not a single recommendation from the inquiry into child sexual abuse has been implemented. Once again itโs all talk and no action from a failing Prime Minister and a failing Government.
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Sunak plans to divert 100s of judges to fast-track appeals of refugees terrified of being sent to Rwanda, in an attempt to pacify extremist Tory rebels. Meanwhile, hereโs what @RapeCrisisEandW has to say about court delays for victims of rape & sexual assault in record backlogs.
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โWorst everโ drug shortages https://t.co/UrZVELTeya โOur supply system is consistently unable to cope as soon as the demand for a medicine goes up โ for example, scabies medicines, ADHD medicines, diabetes medication, some cancer medicines, HRT medicines โ the list continues.โ
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If we have to have a monarchy, could we make it a subscription or crowd-funded model? Those who want them can pay for them - that's how it works for everyone else in showbiz...
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@theAliceRoberts This is one of the two sewage plants in Copenhagen. It has the capacity to clean sewage water from 750.000 people. It's so effective that people can bathe safely in the harbour. The waste is used to make biogas, supplying 60% of the gas needed in Copenhagen. Pure win win.
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