Former @LibraryCampaign Trustee, a founding member of @SpeakUp4Libs, Chairs @CroydonNbrhoods Vegan🌱 (she/her) All for more peace, laughter and honesty
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Elizabeth Ash (she/her) retweeted
Two police officers have been sacked for gross misconduct after an elderly amputee and care home resident Donald Burgess was pepper sprayed, tasered and hit with a baton.
Constables Stephen Smith and Rachel Comotto had been called to the care home in St Leonards-on-Sea in June 2022 after the 92-year-old dementia sufferer threatened carers with a knife.
Donald Burgess was taken to hospital where he contracted Covid and died three weeks later.
Elizabeth Ash (she/her) retweeted
Library self-service saves £300,000 in staff costs
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw80… - self-serve and open+ (or Libraries Unlocked 🤮) was always about ‘savings’ especially on staff and please no more “more than just books”
🙄 Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor takes legal action against police and Old Bailey over Epstein raids theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
Elizabeth Ash (she/her) retweeted
Any Islington based authors out there who support libraries and would like to speak at our next #saveislingtonlibraries lobby get in touch.
Elizabeth Ash (she/her) retweeted
I shouldn’t be celebrating this as it should be the norm but I just had the perfect bus assistance 😱 🤩
The 250 was approaching and I stuck my arm out - the driver flashed his lights as he was approaching to acknowledge me (this has NEVER happened before). The bus pulled in
Elizabeth Ash (she/her) retweeted
Our libraries are essential community lifelines, warm spaces, and vital resources for everyone across our borough @IslingtonBC
We stand firmly in solidarity with library workers and Islington @UNISONinLG opposing these devastating £1m budget cuts.
📚 #SaveOurLibraries
Elizabeth Ash (she/her) retweeted
Brilliant to see so much support and solidarity at tonight’s Save Islington Libraries demo ✊
Elizabeth Ash (she/her) retweeted
Tonight I was told by a Cllr that the only statutory part of a library service was the service and not the libraries, laugh I nearly cried 😳
Elizabeth Ash (she/her) retweeted
Exc: Louise Casey, head of the commission on adult social care in England:
-“Mistake” to allow so much privatisation of care sector
-“Profiteering” firms make money off backs of disabled ppl
-Would ban foriegn entities owning UK care homes
My interview: youtu.be/EizVSY52Uyk
Elizabeth Ash (she/her) retweeted
An unstaffed station is an inaccessible station
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Hi @JoeFarrugia while stations are unstaffed the toilets will be locked up to prevent possible vandalism. I am sorry for any inconvenience caused. ^DM
Elizabeth Ash (she/her) retweeted
Let me explain the difference between libraries having always been hubs of the community and the ‘Community Hubs’ model, one is true and the other is a term hijacked by politicians, consultants and career senior officers etc to hide cuts.
Elizabeth Ash (she/her) retweeted
As the Unison Rep for Islington Libraries I totally oppose the Council’s plans to make £1m cuts and to shoe-horn other cut services in with libraries.
I will fight tooth & nail to protect this crucial statutory service.
islingtontribune.co.uk/artic…
Elizabeth Ash (she/her) retweeted
The ‘Community Hubs’ model is a smokescreen for cuts.
It doesn’t improve libraries it dilutes and undermines them.
Fund all public services properly and let libraries be libraries.
#savelibraries
Source: Voice Online share.google/wWwPgf11duaC69S…
Bid to ‘sneak through’ £1m library cuts in Islington: islingtontribune.co.uk/artic…
@wylie_alan quoted
Elizabeth Ash (she/her) retweeted
Keir Starmer is standing down as an MP, in a rare win for the government's early release strategy
Elizabeth Ash (she/her) retweeted
It would be a simple policy that would alleviate so much stress, save a LOT of time waiting for the chair to be returned to aircraft door plus it would likely save tens of thousands in expenses repairing / replacing chairs damaged in the hold all the time. East to implement too!
Elizabeth Ash (she/her) retweeted
wheelchair was the only thing in another cupboard.
The chair not being sent to the hold eliminated so much fear & anxiety for me on this trip - it is time that @British_Airways made this space a priority for wheelchair stowage by policy like when the ADA kicks in on US trips.