Cecily
@cecilyleah.bsky.social
Working for an MP. Manchester ➡️ Glasgow
Threw up on a train today - just outside the toilets, told the guy coming out that I'd been sick and could he get me some help. He walked away and *sat back in his seat*. I'm honestly doing mental gymnastics trying to work out if there was a justifiable reason for that because wow
November 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Threw up on a train today - just outside the toilets, told the guy coming out that I'd been sick and could he get me some help. He walked away and *sat back in his seat*. I'm honestly doing mental gymnastics trying to work out if there was a justifiable reason for that because wow
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Incredibly sobering post but do bear this section in mind when you hear Chris Philp and Robert Jenrick getting on their high horse...
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Incredibly sobering post but do bear this section in mind when you hear Chris Philp and Robert Jenrick getting on their high horse...
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Unclear to me what some of Labour’s critics on here *want*. If you oppose further tax rises, you support the status quo OR further cuts. It’s just that simple.
Labour below the Lib Dems and Greens, here we come...
A difficult call, but I would be inclined to raise basic rate by 2p or even 3p not 1p if it meant I could avoid freezing thresholds all the way to the election:
October 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Unclear to me what some of Labour’s critics on here *want*. If you oppose further tax rises, you support the status quo OR further cuts. It’s just that simple.
Just tried to cut my 4 month old son's toenails and he shat in defiance
October 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Just tried to cut my 4 month old son's toenails and he shat in defiance
Thoughts are with the victims of the Synagogue attack in Manchester and the Jewish community at large; a horrific attack on a holy day
October 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Thoughts are with the victims of the Synagogue attack in Manchester and the Jewish community at large; a horrific attack on a holy day
I didn't even see my own placenta after giving birth but now I have been exposed to Calvin Harris' wife's against my will
August 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I didn't even see my own placenta after giving birth but now I have been exposed to Calvin Harris' wife's against my will
watching a Tik Tok on Jojo Siwa and my six week old son shot his hand up and swiped it away 💀 not going to be a dance moms fan like his dad then
July 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
watching a Tik Tok on Jojo Siwa and my six week old son shot his hand up and swiped it away 💀 not going to be a dance moms fan like his dad then
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I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
July 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
I'm on a FB group for support with mental illness and I did read a slightly alarming conversation with a number of people admitting to using ChatGPT to cope when feeling down and basically as therapy. One person claimed ChatGPT talked them out of a suicide attempt.
July 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I'm on a FB group for support with mental illness and I did read a slightly alarming conversation with a number of people admitting to using ChatGPT to cope when feeling down and basically as therapy. One person claimed ChatGPT talked them out of a suicide attempt.
Happy 1 year to the Labour government but isn't the anniversary of the new government and election of MPs tomorrow?
July 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Happy 1 year to the Labour government but isn't the anniversary of the new government and election of MPs tomorrow?
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Budapest Pride! Sent from a friend on site. ❤️
June 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Budapest Pride! Sent from a friend on site. ❤️
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Bill Gates quoted in the FT "for the first time in decades, the number of kids dying around the world will likely go up this year...because of massive cuts to foreign aid".
US withdrawing funding from the global vaccine alliance is the latest blow.
US withdrawing funding from the global vaccine alliance is the latest blow.
June 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Bill Gates quoted in the FT "for the first time in decades, the number of kids dying around the world will likely go up this year...because of massive cuts to foreign aid".
US withdrawing funding from the global vaccine alliance is the latest blow.
US withdrawing funding from the global vaccine alliance is the latest blow.
black mirror couldn't make an episode that was more crazy than this
Don’t think I’ve ever muttered the words “fuck me sideways” quite so much reading a story as this one.
They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.
www.nytimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
black mirror couldn't make an episode that was more crazy than this
I live in fear of my new small child. He fell asleep 45 mins ago but I've convinced myself I can't get up to brush my teeth as he'll notice I'm gone and scream
June 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I live in fear of my new small child. He fell asleep 45 mins ago but I've convinced myself I can't get up to brush my teeth as he'll notice I'm gone and scream
😵💫 what a total mess this has all become
Labour cancels its women’s conference after supreme court gender ruling
Trans rights and gender-critical campaigners condemn decision after party told it risks legal challenge if event goes ahead
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
😵💫 what a total mess this has all become
Why do so many of the artists look like Timothée Chalamet. Like all the runners up in that lookalike contest got a free pass into Eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Why do so many of the artists look like Timothée Chalamet. Like all the runners up in that lookalike contest got a free pass into Eurovision
Husband has won tickets to go to Legoland. He hadn't understood it was a theme park. I can only imagine he thought it really was a Land of Lego.
April 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Husband has won tickets to go to Legoland. He hadn't understood it was a theme park. I can only imagine he thought it really was a Land of Lego.
everything i have ever read on aimee lou wood's teeth has been against my will
April 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
everything i have ever read on aimee lou wood's teeth has been against my will
Very excited to get a cake named after me!
February 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Very excited to get a cake named after me!
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Kirkitilloch East, North and Twechar (East Dunbartonshire) by-election, first preferences:
Lab: 958 (30.2%, +1.0)
SNP: 726 (22.9%, -16.0)
Lib Dem: 677 (21.3%, +2.6)
RUK: 476 (15%, new)
Con: 131 (4.1%, -7.8)
Grn: 128 (4%, new)
Alba: 63 (2%, new)
Sovereignty: 18 (0.6%, new)
Labour elected stage TBC.
Lab: 958 (30.2%, +1.0)
SNP: 726 (22.9%, -16.0)
Lib Dem: 677 (21.3%, +2.6)
RUK: 476 (15%, new)
Con: 131 (4.1%, -7.8)
Grn: 128 (4%, new)
Alba: 63 (2%, new)
Sovereignty: 18 (0.6%, new)
Labour elected stage TBC.
February 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Kirkitilloch East, North and Twechar (East Dunbartonshire) by-election, first preferences:
Lab: 958 (30.2%, +1.0)
SNP: 726 (22.9%, -16.0)
Lib Dem: 677 (21.3%, +2.6)
RUK: 476 (15%, new)
Con: 131 (4.1%, -7.8)
Grn: 128 (4%, new)
Alba: 63 (2%, new)
Sovereignty: 18 (0.6%, new)
Labour elected stage TBC.
Lab: 958 (30.2%, +1.0)
SNP: 726 (22.9%, -16.0)
Lib Dem: 677 (21.3%, +2.6)
RUK: 476 (15%, new)
Con: 131 (4.1%, -7.8)
Grn: 128 (4%, new)
Alba: 63 (2%, new)
Sovereignty: 18 (0.6%, new)
Labour elected stage TBC.
"if only Gordon Brown was still alive" - my husband thirty second ago
February 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"if only Gordon Brown was still alive" - my husband thirty second ago
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Last summer was LA's hottest ever. this "rainy" season, southern california got just 2% of its normal rainfall. These devastating fires aren’t random—they’re fueled by a warming, drying atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels. This is a climate emergency.
January 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Last summer was LA's hottest ever. this "rainy" season, southern california got just 2% of its normal rainfall. These devastating fires aren’t random—they’re fueled by a warming, drying atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels. This is a climate emergency.
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Really, what is there to say?
STORY
Kemi Badenoch hasn't actually met any grooming gang survivors - and doesn't think she needs to
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Kemi Badenoch hasn't actually met any grooming gang survivors - and doesn't think she needs to
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Kemi Badenoch has never actually met any grooming gang survivors
The Tory leader's spokesman said she didn't need to meet with victims, because she's read all about it in the media - and had no current plans to meet with anyone - but denied she was jumping on an El...
www.mirror.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Really, what is there to say?
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Fascinating interview with the journalist Andrew Norfolk who first exposed grooming gangs more than a decade ago.
He hits out at Musk and says another inquiry won’t help victims, though more work should be done to understand causes of the horrific abuse.
www.thetimes.com/article/3a2b...
He hits out at Musk and says another inquiry won’t help victims, though more work should be done to understand causes of the horrific abuse.
www.thetimes.com/article/3a2b...
We still don’t know cause of grooming gangs, says scandal reporter
Andrew Norfolk, The Times journalist who first revealed the abuse in 2011, says there needs to be proper research into the issues that let criminals flourish
www.thetimes.com
January 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Fascinating interview with the journalist Andrew Norfolk who first exposed grooming gangs more than a decade ago.
He hits out at Musk and says another inquiry won’t help victims, though more work should be done to understand causes of the horrific abuse.
www.thetimes.com/article/3a2b...
He hits out at Musk and says another inquiry won’t help victims, though more work should be done to understand causes of the horrific abuse.
www.thetimes.com/article/3a2b...