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Margaret and ( very occasionally) Gary Whipp retweeted
This is pretty scathing towards Prince William..
‘Charles was fantastic. William can go to hell’: Duchy tenants face eviction as prince sells historic land and accuse him of mental stress.
Margaret and ( very occasionally) Gary Whipp retweeted
💔Tragic: swifts are finding their chicks dumped in skips and their nests blocked up by building work. 🚨We need an emergency system that forces police & councils to act IMMEDIATELY when nests are threatened. Sign the petition now 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees
Margaret and ( very occasionally) Gary Whipp retweeted
In Kharkiv today, russia struck an ordinary commuter train.
Killing kids, striking markets, Killing dogs, burning trains - everything is possible if you are a great "humanitarian"
Margaret and ( very occasionally) Gary Whipp retweeted
WTF my account is not letting me share other peoples posts.
Is this a new kind of censorship?
Is it happening to anyone else?
Margaret and ( very occasionally) Gary Whipp retweeted
I'm a double amputee.
I recieve 3,600 a year in PIP
@Helen_Whately receives *39,000* a year in housing.
If our Hels wants to cut down the welfare bill I've an idea where she should start...
Margaret and ( very occasionally) Gary Whipp retweeted
Britons with savings of £16,000 are disqualified or severely restricted from receiving Universal Credit, Housing Benefit, Income Support.
No means-testing for the King. Royal family may be worth £21bn?
It has 21 officially categorized royal residences.
leftfootforward.org/2026/10/…
Margaret and ( very occasionally) Gary Whipp retweeted
Is that the same Jeremy Hunt who was Secretary of State for Health & Social Care in 2016 when the Exercise Cygnus Report report into the UK’s unpreparedness for a…..(cough)….pandemic was published & hushed up, perchance?
Margaret and ( very occasionally) Gary Whipp retweeted
Always remembered, but especially today. #Aberfan 🏴
Margaret and ( very occasionally) Gary Whipp retweeted
My first book on dementia won the BMJ book award for health and social care. It is called “Living well with dementia: the importance of the person and the environment” amzn.eu/d/0inK6KSQ
Margaret and ( very occasionally) Gary Whipp retweeted
Harry Worth recreates his famous ‘mirror trick’ on Wogan (1986)
Margaret and ( very occasionally) Gary Whipp retweeted
We have got Katie telling us nature is nice
Camilla telling us books made her brainy
And #william4homes informing us a that home is handy
Where would we be withou thiese half a bilion pound parasites?
Margaret and ( very occasionally) Gary Whipp retweeted
Party to celebrate Ian Hislop's 40 years as editor of Private Eye & 65 years at the magazine. Has anyone currently in public life held the same job for longer? The Eye is the greatest journalistic institution of my lifetime. Long may Ian and the Eye reign.
Margaret and ( very occasionally) Gary Whipp retweeted
Four parts to the @HundredFamilies "No More Deaths" plan -
- Assertive Outreach Teams in all areas.
- An annual report on mental health related violence.
- A statutory duty to share mental health risk information.
- Better support for families of mental health violence victims.
Margaret and ( very occasionally) Gary Whipp retweeted
The core Sovereign Grant for King Charles from public purse to rise to £99.9m.
93% increase from £51.8m for 2024/25.
65% higher in real terms than in 2016/17.
25.3m people live below minimum income standard.
We are in it all together, aren't we.
leftfootforward.org/2026/10/…
Margaret and ( very occasionally) Gary Whipp retweeted
I cannot stop thinking about three families who sent their children to elementary school this morning and will never bring them home again.
So spare me the fucking thoughts and prayers.
Spare me the speeches about how now isn't the time to talk about guns.
And spare me the politicians who have spent YEARS refusing meaningful gun-safety laws while telling the rest of us that massacred children are somehow the unavoidable price America must pay for their interpretation of the Second Amendment.
FUCK THAT.
Children being slaughtered in their elementary school is not the price of freedom.
It is a fucking national disgrace.
And don't even start with “if the teachers were armed.”
They're TEACHERS.
They went to work today to teach children how to read and multiply and make friends. They are not fucking marksmen. Turning an elementary school into a crossfire because politicians refuse to confront America's gun problem isn't a solution. It's insanity.
Three children are dead.
Three families have been destroyed.
Hundreds of other little kids just experienced something no child should ever see.
So to every politician who blocks meaningful gun-safety laws and then races to a microphone after another classroom fills with blood:
Keep your fucking thoughts and prayers.
Do your fucking job.
cnn.com/2026/10/15/us/oregon…
Margaret and ( very occasionally) Gary Whipp retweeted
Okay, I'm breaking character here. This is not a satire post. My 2-year-old son is in a wheelchair that we can't fit into our car. We are not eligible to apply for a wheelchair accessible vehicle until he is three--and even then we would have to pay about £13,000 towards it (which we don't have).
The idea that disabled people get given free cars willy-nilly is bullshit. My son has to attend regular appointments at various locations. He has a team of specialists dedicated to helping him with an extremely rare neurological condition that means he needs around the clock supervision.
He can't even hold his own head up so a regular car seat is out of the question. He was using a baby seat, but he's outgrown that. It's really tough for us to get around because misinformation from pricks like Nigel influences public opinion. Does this seem right?
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Yesterday's poll question promoted quite debate, so here's another.
NOT JUST POLICE OFFICERS -
Should the government legislate to extend s136 powers to non-police professionals like AMHPs, paramedics, mental health / learning disability / CAMHS nurses and doctors?
Please RT.
65%Yes (reply with reasons).
35%No (reply with reasons).
254 votes • Final results Margaret and ( very occasionally) Gary Whipp retweeted
It was a quick and dirty poll, which doesn't guarantee the respondents were all serving police officers, but the results are in.
(I asked the question for a reason: it will be explained in a blog in 2-3 weeks from now, without pretending for a moment this is proper research!)
POLICE OFFICERS ONLY, PLEASE -
If a DR decided, with an AMHP/L&D nurse, that a MHA assessment was not required on a suspect for a serious crime, can it be lawful for the police to use s136 when the suspect is released on bail if the officers have concerns about risk?
Please RT.
33%No - not 'sectionable'.
67%Yes - if 136 grounds met.
953 votes • Final results