NeallM
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This was an immense day. Talking about so many topics that affect women. The people smashing windows are beyond pathetic.
Did they think that hanging up flags, spray-painting and smashing the venue windows would stop us?
#FiLiA2025 in #Brighton has started!
See you there.
Sisterhood and Solidarity!
#FiLiA2025 in #Brighton has started!
See you there.
Sisterhood and Solidarity!
October 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This was an immense day. Talking about so many topics that affect women. The people smashing windows are beyond pathetic.
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Some of London’s poorest areas could see their share of the children’s services funding formula halved under Labour’s plans to reform local government grants.
By me, for Politics Home: www.politicshome.com/news/article...
By me, for Politics Home: www.politicshome.com/news/article...
London Councils Face Losing Half Their Share Of Children's Services Funding
Some of London’s poorest areas could see their share of funding for children’s services halved under Labour’s plans to reform local government gran...
www.politicshome.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Some of London’s poorest areas could see their share of the children’s services funding formula halved under Labour’s plans to reform local government grants.
By me, for Politics Home: www.politicshome.com/news/article...
By me, for Politics Home: www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Me in August: I think we'll see news articles fairly soon about the weird grades students got in their English Language GCSEs. Something's gone wrong.
The Observer in October:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The Observer in October:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Novice examiners lead to huge rise in queries over grades
English language results improve by up to three grades after challenges from teachers, who warn of ‘erratic’ marking
observer.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Me in August: I think we'll see news articles fairly soon about the weird grades students got in their English Language GCSEs. Something's gone wrong.
The Observer in October:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The Observer in October:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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There's something obscene about this kind of rhetoric. North Korea has endured periods of mass starvation, has thousands of political prisoners and carries out brutal executions of those who fall foul of the regime. It ignores the horrific reality for North Koreans to compare it to the UK.
September 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
There's something obscene about this kind of rhetoric. North Korea has endured periods of mass starvation, has thousands of political prisoners and carries out brutal executions of those who fall foul of the regime. It ignores the horrific reality for North Koreans to compare it to the UK.
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Read our detailed response to the #BertinReview here and look out for the FOI report by our #WomenFirst project team, which will be shared in full very soon, on our Women First page: filia.org.uk/women-first
🔗 www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...
🔗 www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...
FiLiA’s statement on the Bertin Review and the Government response to it — FiLiA
FiLiA's detailed response to the Bertin Review published last week, in which we drew on the experiences shared by Women with direct experience of the industry, and we continue to push for them to be c...
www.filia.org.uk
September 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Read our detailed response to the #BertinReview here and look out for the FOI report by our #WomenFirst project team, which will be shared in full very soon, on our Women First page: filia.org.uk/women-first
🔗 www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...
🔗 www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...
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FiLiA’s #WomenFirst FOI report on Local Authority response to prostitution recommended prostitution should be part of Gov't & LA VAWG strategies.
In yesterday's Westminster Hall debate on porn, prostitution & its impact on VAWG, we were glad to hear @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social confirm it would be.
In yesterday's Westminster Hall debate on porn, prostitution & its impact on VAWG, we were glad to hear @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social confirm it would be.
September 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
FiLiA’s #WomenFirst FOI report on Local Authority response to prostitution recommended prostitution should be part of Gov't & LA VAWG strategies.
In yesterday's Westminster Hall debate on porn, prostitution & its impact on VAWG, we were glad to hear @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social confirm it would be.
In yesterday's Westminster Hall debate on porn, prostitution & its impact on VAWG, we were glad to hear @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social confirm it would be.
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Will be digging into the weeds of these results some more in coming days, here's one graph to ponder - average shares for Reform and Lib Dems by share of graduates in the wards. The education divide looms ever larger...
May 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Will be digging into the weeds of these results some more in coming days, here's one graph to ponder - average shares for Reform and Lib Dems by share of graduates in the wards. The education divide looms ever larger...
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David Cameron destroyed the UK’s place in Europe to try to prevent this, less than a decade ago. Amazing.
BBC PROJECTED NATIONAL SHARES:
Reform 30
Lab 20
Lib Dem 17
Cons 15
Greens 11
Oth 7
Reform's 30 is best ever for a third party, exceeding high water mark of LDs in mid 2000s. Cons 15 (and 4th) worst ever. Lab 20 joint worst ever.
Reform 30
Lab 20
Lib Dem 17
Cons 15
Greens 11
Oth 7
Reform's 30 is best ever for a third party, exceeding high water mark of LDs in mid 2000s. Cons 15 (and 4th) worst ever. Lab 20 joint worst ever.
May 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
David Cameron destroyed the UK’s place in Europe to try to prevent this, less than a decade ago. Amazing.
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A county council has reimbursed a total of £26,475 to parents who used private educational psychologists due to a backlog.
Surrey County Council paid out to 27 families of children with SEN who had to go private between the 2023 summer term and May 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Surrey County Council paid out to 27 families of children with SEN who had to go private between the 2023 summer term and May 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Private educational psychologist assessments refunded by council
Families went private due to a lack of qualified professionals at Surrey County Council.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A county council has reimbursed a total of £26,475 to parents who used private educational psychologists due to a backlog.
Surrey County Council paid out to 27 families of children with SEN who had to go private between the 2023 summer term and May 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Surrey County Council paid out to 27 families of children with SEN who had to go private between the 2023 summer term and May 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I am on a train. Listening to someone playing I-spy.
Truly a game designed to make boredom more boring.
Truly a game designed to make boredom more boring.
April 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I am on a train. Listening to someone playing I-spy.
Truly a game designed to make boredom more boring.
Truly a game designed to make boredom more boring.
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'Yet the voices advocating for better daycare and housing for mothers faded away as the anti-abortion movement tightened its alliance with the Republican party.'
#abortion #TrumpsAmerica #AbortionIsHealthcare #abortionrights #ReproRights
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
#abortion #TrumpsAmerica #AbortionIsHealthcare #abortionrights #ReproRights
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
How idea of charging women with murder infiltrated the anti-abortion movement
‘Abolitionists’ have migrated out of the fringes and moved toward the center of movement alongside Republicans’ penchant for punishment
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
'Yet the voices advocating for better daycare and housing for mothers faded away as the anti-abortion movement tightened its alliance with the Republican party.'
#abortion #TrumpsAmerica #AbortionIsHealthcare #abortionrights #ReproRights
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
#abortion #TrumpsAmerica #AbortionIsHealthcare #abortionrights #ReproRights
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Ive written about the risk of "taking sides" when approaching equality act compliant decision making www.linkedin.com/posts/audrey...
I keep hearing people talk about “taking sides” in equality issues. But… | Audrey Ludwig
I keep hearing people talk about “taking sides” in equality issues. But here’s the thing:
Equality law and practice shouldn’t be about choosing sides.
It’s about getting it right. Lawfully, fairly a...
www.linkedin.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Ive written about the risk of "taking sides" when approaching equality act compliant decision making www.linkedin.com/posts/audrey...
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One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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April 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."
Photographer Fatima Hassona killed ahead of Cannes documentary debut
The Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassona, killed along with ten family members in an Israeli air strike on her home in northern Gaza, is the star of a documentary due to be screened at the Cannes film festival next month.
www.euronews.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."
I feel so impressed that she is not standing for this kind of abuse and at the same time I am furious on her behalf that after everything she has been through she now has to go through this too.
Gisèle Pelicot to sue Paris Match magazine for publishing covert photos. Her lawyers called it “shocking” given her trial laid bare 3,000 images of abuse.
Hasn't Gisèle had enough secret non-consensual images taken of her?! Now tone-deaf tabloids are hiding in bushes taking pap shots of her???
Hasn't Gisèle had enough secret non-consensual images taken of her?! Now tone-deaf tabloids are hiding in bushes taking pap shots of her???
Gisèle Pelicot to sue Paris Match magazine for invasion of privacy
French weekly published pictures of Pelicot with a man, described as her ‘companion’, walking in the street
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I feel so impressed that she is not standing for this kind of abuse and at the same time I am furious on her behalf that after everything she has been through she now has to go through this too.
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Likely to lose PIP:
23,000 with cancer,
38,000 with MS & neuropathic diseases,
214,000 with arthritis,
38,000 with cardiovascular disease,
45,000 with respiratory diseases,
11,000 with cerebral palsy & neurological muscular diseases
And their unpaid (family) carer will lose Carer's Allowance
23,000 with cancer,
38,000 with MS & neuropathic diseases,
214,000 with arthritis,
38,000 with cardiovascular disease,
45,000 with respiratory diseases,
11,000 with cerebral palsy & neurological muscular diseases
And their unpaid (family) carer will lose Carer's Allowance
NEW: Thousands of people with cancer, cardiovascular diseases and respiratory diseases, and more than 200,000 people with arthritis are among the 1.3 million whose disability benefits are at risk from planned cuts, according to FOI data
By me, for @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
By me, for @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
1.3 million ill people could lose PIP under Labour's disability benefit cuts
Labour's benefit reforms could see thousands of people with cancer and more than 200,000 people with arthritis lose their PIP payments.
www.bigissue.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Likely to lose PIP:
23,000 with cancer,
38,000 with MS & neuropathic diseases,
214,000 with arthritis,
38,000 with cardiovascular disease,
45,000 with respiratory diseases,
11,000 with cerebral palsy & neurological muscular diseases
And their unpaid (family) carer will lose Carer's Allowance
23,000 with cancer,
38,000 with MS & neuropathic diseases,
214,000 with arthritis,
38,000 with cardiovascular disease,
45,000 with respiratory diseases,
11,000 with cerebral palsy & neurological muscular diseases
And their unpaid (family) carer will lose Carer's Allowance
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NEW: Thousands of people with cancer, cardiovascular diseases and respiratory diseases, and more than 200,000 people with arthritis are among the 1.3 million whose disability benefits are at risk from planned cuts, according to FOI data
By me, for @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
By me, for @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
1.3 million ill people could lose PIP under Labour's disability benefit cuts
Labour's benefit reforms could see thousands of people with cancer and more than 200,000 people with arthritis lose their PIP payments.
www.bigissue.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
NEW: Thousands of people with cancer, cardiovascular diseases and respiratory diseases, and more than 200,000 people with arthritis are among the 1.3 million whose disability benefits are at risk from planned cuts, according to FOI data
By me, for @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
By me, for @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Screaming headlines about avocado toast and lattes followed by screaming headlines about how you should embrace debt.
The media embraces so much idiocy on its way to working for clickbaits.
The media embraces so much idiocy on its way to working for clickbaits.
April 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Screaming headlines about avocado toast and lattes followed by screaming headlines about how you should embrace debt.
The media embraces so much idiocy on its way to working for clickbaits.
The media embraces so much idiocy on its way to working for clickbaits.
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Certainly worth some thought.
April 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Certainly worth some thought.
Absolutely brilliant thread. I particularly like the changing blue. Nice work.
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Absolutely brilliant thread. I particularly like the changing blue. Nice work.
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Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
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💥 We're hiring!
We are looking to fill two exciting new roles here at NPC. Including:
👉 Principal Consultant: Systems Change
👉 Principal Consultant – Effective Philanthropy
Would like to help individuals and organisations maximise their impact? Learn more:
www.thinknpc.org/about-npc/wo...
We are looking to fill two exciting new roles here at NPC. Including:
👉 Principal Consultant: Systems Change
👉 Principal Consultant – Effective Philanthropy
Would like to help individuals and organisations maximise their impact? Learn more:
www.thinknpc.org/about-npc/wo...
April 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
💥 We're hiring!
We are looking to fill two exciting new roles here at NPC. Including:
👉 Principal Consultant: Systems Change
👉 Principal Consultant – Effective Philanthropy
Would like to help individuals and organisations maximise their impact? Learn more:
www.thinknpc.org/about-npc/wo...
We are looking to fill two exciting new roles here at NPC. Including:
👉 Principal Consultant: Systems Change
👉 Principal Consultant – Effective Philanthropy
Would like to help individuals and organisations maximise their impact? Learn more:
www.thinknpc.org/about-npc/wo...
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A serving Met police officer has been charged with four counts of rape, two counts of assault by penetration and one of sexual assault.
PC Dion Arnold, now suspended, was remanded in custody and will appear at Guildford crown court on 1 May.
PC Dion Arnold, now suspended, was remanded in custody and will appear at Guildford crown court on 1 May.
Serving Met police officer charged with rape and other sexual offences
PC Dion Arnold charged with four counts of rape, two counts of assault by penetration and one of sexual assault
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A serving Met police officer has been charged with four counts of rape, two counts of assault by penetration and one of sexual assault.
PC Dion Arnold, now suspended, was remanded in custody and will appear at Guildford crown court on 1 May.
PC Dion Arnold, now suspended, was remanded in custody and will appear at Guildford crown court on 1 May.
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It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
April 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.