purplegril
@purplegril.bsky.social
UK.
Ginger. Disabled. Fat. Queer. Pro trans. Leftist. Socialist. Sex and relationships nerd. Kinky. Music nerd.
Value connection, love, art (widest sense). Money, commercial success and power do not impress me.
Ginger. Disabled. Fat. Queer. Pro trans. Leftist. Socialist. Sex and relationships nerd. Kinky. Music nerd.
Value connection, love, art (widest sense). Money, commercial success and power do not impress me.
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We must make difficult and unpopular decisions
Can't you just make easy and popular ones?
Can't you just make easy and popular ones?
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
We must make difficult and unpopular decisions
Can't you just make easy and popular ones?
Can't you just make easy and popular ones?
Things that made me cry today...
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Things that made me cry today...
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🚨The Home Secretary said "illegal migration is dividing our country."
Let’s be clear: the only thing dividing our country is a politics devoid of humanity and compassion.
The plans announced today are a cruel political choice. It is #NotInOurName.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/morally-and-...
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Let’s be clear: the only thing dividing our country is a politics devoid of humanity and compassion.
The plans announced today are a cruel political choice. It is #NotInOurName.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/morally-and-...
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Women for Refugee Women : Morally and ethically bankrupt: Our response to the Government's announcement 17 November 2026
The Government has announced sweeping plans to overhaul refugee protection in the UK - some of the most hostile we have seen in recent years. We are outraged, saddened, and extremely concerned.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🚨The Home Secretary said "illegal migration is dividing our country."
Let’s be clear: the only thing dividing our country is a politics devoid of humanity and compassion.
The plans announced today are a cruel political choice. It is #NotInOurName.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/morally-and-...
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Let’s be clear: the only thing dividing our country is a politics devoid of humanity and compassion.
The plans announced today are a cruel political choice. It is #NotInOurName.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/morally-and-...
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NHS repeatedly gives Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders to disabled people for absolutely no reason.
Things like this are exactly why disabled people are against the Assisted Suicide law. We already can't trust that people won't try to kill us.
This stuff hits me so hard.
Things like this are exactly why disabled people are against the Assisted Suicide law. We already can't trust that people won't try to kill us.
This stuff hits me so hard.
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
NHS repeatedly gives Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders to disabled people for absolutely no reason.
Things like this are exactly why disabled people are against the Assisted Suicide law. We already can't trust that people won't try to kill us.
This stuff hits me so hard.
Things like this are exactly why disabled people are against the Assisted Suicide law. We already can't trust that people won't try to kill us.
This stuff hits me so hard.
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It has come to my attention that many of you have been sharing this photo of Streeting and Mandelson widely.
Please remember that Wes Streeting does not like it being shared widely. So please do not share it widely and on every possible occasion. We wouldn’t want to upset him would we?
Please remember that Wes Streeting does not like it being shared widely. So please do not share it widely and on every possible occasion. We wouldn’t want to upset him would we?
September 15, 2025 at 6:35 AM
It has come to my attention that many of you have been sharing this photo of Streeting and Mandelson widely.
Please remember that Wes Streeting does not like it being shared widely. So please do not share it widely and on every possible occasion. We wouldn’t want to upset him would we?
Please remember that Wes Streeting does not like it being shared widely. So please do not share it widely and on every possible occasion. We wouldn’t want to upset him would we?
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I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
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the BBC should apologise with a montage of all the times Trump showed support for 6 Jan and they should get the person who does the end of World Cup montage to do it
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
the BBC should apologise with a montage of all the times Trump showed support for 6 Jan and they should get the person who does the end of World Cup montage to do it
Pfft. The fundamental problem is asking the questions separately. It asked people what they wanted, not which mix they'd choose/how they'd budget for the things they want.
Don't blame people answering the questions they're asked for not answering a different, more complex question!
Don't blame people answering the questions they're asked for not answering a different, more complex question!
The fundamental problem:
58% of voters want public spending maintained or increased.
67% want taxes to stay at their current level or be cut.
In reality, it’s a binary choice. Taxes go up, or spending is cut. That’s it.
58% of voters want public spending maintained or increased.
67% want taxes to stay at their current level or be cut.
In reality, it’s a binary choice. Taxes go up, or spending is cut. That’s it.
October 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Pfft. The fundamental problem is asking the questions separately. It asked people what they wanted, not which mix they'd choose/how they'd budget for the things they want.
Don't blame people answering the questions they're asked for not answering a different, more complex question!
Don't blame people answering the questions they're asked for not answering a different, more complex question!
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Work should not be a healthcare outcome.
It should be the last step of "recovery" for those who are able to get to that stage and for whom it is a positive step.
Employment and healthcare should not be conflated, ever... And if someone can't work, they can't work.
It should be the last step of "recovery" for those who are able to get to that stage and for whom it is a positive step.
Employment and healthcare should not be conflated, ever... And if someone can't work, they can't work.
October 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Work should not be a healthcare outcome.
It should be the last step of "recovery" for those who are able to get to that stage and for whom it is a positive step.
Employment and healthcare should not be conflated, ever... And if someone can't work, they can't work.
It should be the last step of "recovery" for those who are able to get to that stage and for whom it is a positive step.
Employment and healthcare should not be conflated, ever... And if someone can't work, they can't work.
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Dunno how Liz Kendall seems suddenly to be escaping criticism and it all be placed on Starmer's Chief of Staff. Kendall is literally the minister for work & pensions and has caused unimaginable suffering, quite literally reverberating in many folk's head as intrusive thoughts.
June 26, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Dunno how Liz Kendall seems suddenly to be escaping criticism and it all be placed on Starmer's Chief of Staff. Kendall is literally the minister for work & pensions and has caused unimaginable suffering, quite literally reverberating in many folk's head as intrusive thoughts.
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Holy shit.
#shareGoodNewsToo
#shareGoodNewsToo
💥 🍃 🏥 New Stem Cell Therapy Effective for Severe Diabetes (Type 1)
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Single treatment led to reduced or no need for insulin in all 12 patients
New England Journal of Medicine Report
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2506549
Gift Article NYT
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Single treatment led to reduced or no need for insulin in all 12 patients
New England Journal of Medicine Report
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2506549
Gift Article NYT
People With Severe Diabetes Are Cured in Small Trial of New Drug
www.nytimes.com
June 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Holy shit.
#shareGoodNewsToo
#shareGoodNewsToo
Want to share for UK people that The Migraine Trust do monthly online migraine education events and I highly recommend getting educated, mainly because it means you have the info to ask for better treatment. Go here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-migrai...
#migraine #migraineUK #migraineeducation
#migraine #migraineUK #migraineeducation
May 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Want to share for UK people that The Migraine Trust do monthly online migraine education events and I highly recommend getting educated, mainly because it means you have the info to ask for better treatment. Go here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-migrai...
#migraine #migraineUK #migraineeducation
#migraine #migraineUK #migraineeducation
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GOOD NEWS! Congratulations to Liberty on this fantastic win for protest rights.
These regulations were a major part of the crackdown on peaceful protest in England and Wales, and it's great to see the Court of Appeal confirming they're unlawful.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
These regulations were a major part of the crackdown on peaceful protest in England and Wales, and it's great to see the Court of Appeal confirming they're unlawful.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
Liberty defeats Government appeal as Court rules anti-protest laws are unlawful - Liberty
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk
May 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
GOOD NEWS! Congratulations to Liberty on this fantastic win for protest rights.
These regulations were a major part of the crackdown on peaceful protest in England and Wales, and it's great to see the Court of Appeal confirming they're unlawful.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
These regulations were a major part of the crackdown on peaceful protest in England and Wales, and it's great to see the Court of Appeal confirming they're unlawful.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
The next 3 weeks will be brought to you by accidental Barbie. The nail polish is purple!
April 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The next 3 weeks will be brought to you by accidental Barbie. The nail polish is purple!
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The @goodlawproject.bsky.social has announced plans to take the Equalities minister to the high court, the first step in taking the ruling to the European Court of Human Rights
This is what you need to know 🧵👇
This is what you need to know 🧵👇
April 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The @goodlawproject.bsky.social has announced plans to take the Equalities minister to the high court, the first step in taking the ruling to the European Court of Human Rights
This is what you need to know 🧵👇
This is what you need to know 🧵👇
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Today Amnesty International UK released a report exposing the brutal reality of the UK social security system that targets those already pushed to the margins.
DR UK has authored the section on the impacts on the Disabled community.
Please read & share widely! 👇 www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/so...
DR UK has authored the section on the impacts on the Disabled community.
Please read & share widely! 👇 www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/so...
Social Insecurity Report
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
www.amnesty.org.uk
April 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Today Amnesty International UK released a report exposing the brutal reality of the UK social security system that targets those already pushed to the margins.
DR UK has authored the section on the impacts on the Disabled community.
Please read & share widely! 👇 www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/so...
DR UK has authored the section on the impacts on the Disabled community.
Please read & share widely! 👇 www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/so...
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Adequate Social Security is a Human Right. The British government is abusing our Rights!
Social Insecurity Report www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/so...
Manchester is hosting the national launch event on Thursday 8th May
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-devast...
Social Insecurity Report www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/so...
Manchester is hosting the national launch event on Thursday 8th May
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-devast...
Social Insecurity Report
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
www.amnesty.org.uk
April 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Adequate Social Security is a Human Right. The British government is abusing our Rights!
Social Insecurity Report www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/so...
Manchester is hosting the national launch event on Thursday 8th May
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-devast...
Social Insecurity Report www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/so...
Manchester is hosting the national launch event on Thursday 8th May
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-devast...
What is the point of an accessible toilet at Seven Sisters when the station isn't accessible?!
I know, I know, plenty of people that can use stairs might need the accessible loo, but it still pisses me off.
It's 2025. All stations should be accessible.
I know, I know, plenty of people that can use stairs might need the accessible loo, but it still pisses me off.
It's 2025. All stations should be accessible.
Toilet provision is critical for many Londoners and visitors—it can even determine whether somebody travels on public transport at all.
Great news that a new accessible toilet at White Hart Lane is now open, with Seven Sisters and more to follow.
Great news that a new accessible toilet at White Hart Lane is now open, with Seven Sisters and more to follow.
TfL opens new accessible toilet at White Hart Lane Overground station as next steps in ambitious toilets programme announced - London Post
Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled a new accessible customer toilet at White Hart Lane station, with Seven Sisters Overground station to follow soon, following major transformation projects, as i...
london-post.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
What is the point of an accessible toilet at Seven Sisters when the station isn't accessible?!
I know, I know, plenty of people that can use stairs might need the accessible loo, but it still pisses me off.
It's 2025. All stations should be accessible.
I know, I know, plenty of people that can use stairs might need the accessible loo, but it still pisses me off.
It's 2025. All stations should be accessible.
For those wondering why I'm screaming NOOOOOO to the assisted suicide bill.
The UNCRPD has called for Canada to cease what it describes as the assisted suicide of patients based on “negative, ableist perceptions” because of “systemic failures” in essential services such as accessible housing, healthcare & employment support.
Sound familiar?
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Sound familiar?
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
The UN just slammed Canada's assisted suicide laws - yet Labour wants the UK to be next?
The UNCRPD has called for Canada to cease what it describes as the assisted suicide of patients based on “negative, ableist perceptions”
www.thecanary.co
April 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
For those wondering why I'm screaming NOOOOOO to the assisted suicide bill.
Fragrance thinks my GP diagnoses me, I get on a register automatically and then the benefits come rolling in.
I don't know of a single benefit you can get purely because of a diagnosis. I really wish people would do basic fact checking of MPs. They're just as liable to spout nonsense as anyone else
I don't know of a single benefit you can get purely because of a diagnosis. I really wish people would do basic fact checking of MPs. They're just as liable to spout nonsense as anyone else
Being disabled does not make someone “a victim”, Nigel Farage. Having state support to go to school does not make someone “a victim” either.
These kind of remarks are in many ways why I wrote Who Wants Normal? Disabled young people deserve more than this vile narrative.
These kind of remarks are in many ways why I wrote Who Wants Normal? Disabled young people deserve more than this vile narrative.
![Asked at this press conference about the rising number of children diagnosed with Send, and what could be done to help them, Farage replied:
It’s a massive problem. I have to say, for my own money, when you get to 18 and you put somebody on a disability register, unemployed, with a high level of benefits, you’re telling people aged 18 that they’re that they’re victims. And if you are told you’re a victim, and you think you’re a victim, you are likely to stay [a victim].
So many of these diagnoses, for Send before 18, for disability register after 18 – so many of these have been conducted on Zoom, with the family GP.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dckjoluraublavhlr4a2lirv/bafkreigfvddmol7sp6pnixnej3bwyj6gp5upnhxhdcqj6ubgbs6iqelmya@jpeg)
April 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Fragrance thinks my GP diagnoses me, I get on a register automatically and then the benefits come rolling in.
I don't know of a single benefit you can get purely because of a diagnosis. I really wish people would do basic fact checking of MPs. They're just as liable to spout nonsense as anyone else
I don't know of a single benefit you can get purely because of a diagnosis. I really wish people would do basic fact checking of MPs. They're just as liable to spout nonsense as anyone else
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There's more coverage of the #TransRightsProtests on RTÉ than there is on the BBC. Tells you a lot about how bad the BBC bias is on this when foreign media gives better coverage.
Thousands of people rallied in central London in support of trans rights, after a landmark court ruling on the definition of a "woman"
Trans rights supporters rally outside UK parliament
Thousands of people rallied in central London in support of trans rights, after a landmark court ruling on the definition of a "woman".
www.rte.ie
April 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
There's more coverage of the #TransRightsProtests on RTÉ than there is on the BBC. Tells you a lot about how bad the BBC bias is on this when foreign media gives better coverage.
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This is really good and doesn't just compile a list of protest locations and times per city, but also things you can do to help.
Today's the big day! There are 22 planned protests all over the UK and even one abroad!
Find out if there's one near you here:
whatthetrans.com/compilation-...
Find out if there's one near you here:
whatthetrans.com/compilation-...
April 19, 2025 at 9:23 AM
This is really good and doesn't just compile a list of protest locations and times per city, but also things you can do to help.
Thank you @whatthetrans.com for covering today's protest.
I'm not well enough to join the protest for trans rights today, but I celebrate this beautiful action so much. This is the one in Westminster, London, UK.
TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
I'm not well enough to join the protest for trans rights today, but I celebrate this beautiful action so much. This is the one in Westminster, London, UK.
TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
Hi, it's @nearchitecture.bsky.social here, I'll be reporting on today's protest in London.
I've been told that the lifts at Waterloo Underground are out of commission atm.
I've been told that the lifts at Waterloo Underground are out of commission atm.
April 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thank you @whatthetrans.com for covering today's protest.
I'm not well enough to join the protest for trans rights today, but I celebrate this beautiful action so much. This is the one in Westminster, London, UK.
TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
I'm not well enough to join the protest for trans rights today, but I celebrate this beautiful action so much. This is the one in Westminster, London, UK.
TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
Trans Kids Being Fucking Cool. Again
Breaking news
Trans Kids Deserve Better have climbed the telegraph office building and hung a banner saying "the daily smellograph"
Trans Kids Deserve Better have climbed the telegraph office building and hung a banner saying "the daily smellograph"
April 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Trans Kids Being Fucking Cool. Again