Gemma Rayner
@purplehoola
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Book worm. Coffee addict. Data in HE. Peloton lover. F1 Watcher.
Durham, England
Joined January 2010
We are delighted that @ForWomenScot has been successful in its appeal to the Supreme Court, and that the position of the Scottish Government has been rejected. The court has given the right answer: the protected characteristic of sex – male and female – refers to reality, not
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Check out #GoodreadsYearinBooks @goodreads to discover the 23 books I read in 2024!
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I’ve said it before: Max Verstappen is incapable of racing fairly. Unwilling and incapable. Small amount of pressure applied to him in a racing situation and he falls to pieces - resorting to illegal tactics and crashing into people. Every single time.
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The trans activist outrage that ensues on here whenever I share my belief that jailed women shouldn't be used as validation tools or emotional support props for trans-identified male sex offenders is as revealing as it's predictable. Such activists can't bring themselves to
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Alan Bates is asking everyone to contact their MP. Victims are struggling. The schemes are combative. That really isn’t good for the already traumatised victims. You have representation but the constant pressure is very difficult. Please help if you can.#PostOfficeScandal
@CastletonLee Lee. How can we help? What can the average person like me do to help you all. I would like to do something.
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Can’t believe this! This famous tree was a few hundred years old, someone has taken a chain saw to it overnight 😢
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677 days since the Taliban banned girls from going to school and 217 days since they banned women from going to university. This is the Taliban’s barbaric reasoning for why they won’t allow women and girls to study in Afghanistan👇🏻 https://t.co/lAmKK6pnpq
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I had no money growing up. My dad was a labourer and my mum did everything to make ends meet. Men worked hard. Women worked miracles. But education was free. As was the local library. I knew books were my passport to a better life. #SupportLibraries
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Just finished watching A Small Light on Disney+ was dreading the ending, and it was absolutely heartbreaking. A brilliant series.
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Remembering Scott today, RIP @owljohn
5 years ago today the world lost an incredible musician, artist and human being. RIP Scott Hutchison
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Young girls are currently being poisoned by toxic gas in Iran:
bbc.com
Many Iranians believe the toxic gas poisonings are a deliberate attempt to force schools to close.
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