Lesley Herbert
@lesleyherb.bsky.social
Recovering NHS Manager. Masters student. PhD wannabe. Bibliophile. Passion for the literature of Wales. Carer. Rarely anything other than exhausted.
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Never let anyone tell you that small acts of resistance don’t matter.
This is a remarkable story of 2 Irish women who stood up against injustice & stood tall. Their courage & defiance, for strangers they would never meet, is a reminder that even the smallest light can burn through the darkest times
This is a remarkable story of 2 Irish women who stood up against injustice & stood tall. Their courage & defiance, for strangers they would never meet, is a reminder that even the smallest light can burn through the darkest times
October 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Never let anyone tell you that small acts of resistance don’t matter.
This is a remarkable story of 2 Irish women who stood up against injustice & stood tall. Their courage & defiance, for strangers they would never meet, is a reminder that even the smallest light can burn through the darkest times
This is a remarkable story of 2 Irish women who stood up against injustice & stood tall. Their courage & defiance, for strangers they would never meet, is a reminder that even the smallest light can burn through the darkest times
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@anndaviesplaid.bsky.social
Diolch yn fawr for your reply to my email about the suffering in Gaza. I appreciate all of the pressure that you and @plaidcymru.bsky.social colleagues continue to place on the UK Gov in this regard. Feeling represented 🙏
Diolch yn fawr for your reply to my email about the suffering in Gaza. I appreciate all of the pressure that you and @plaidcymru.bsky.social colleagues continue to place on the UK Gov in this regard. Feeling represented 🙏
July 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
@anndaviesplaid.bsky.social
Diolch yn fawr for your reply to my email about the suffering in Gaza. I appreciate all of the pressure that you and @plaidcymru.bsky.social colleagues continue to place on the UK Gov in this regard. Feeling represented 🙏
Diolch yn fawr for your reply to my email about the suffering in Gaza. I appreciate all of the pressure that you and @plaidcymru.bsky.social colleagues continue to place on the UK Gov in this regard. Feeling represented 🙏
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It takes less than a minute to take part. By just hitting send on a short pre-prepared message to your MP, tens-of-thousands of us will ask the same question: What are they doing to stop the deaths of children in Gaza?
And we’ll keep on demanding action, until the killing ends.
2/4
And we’ll keep on demanding action, until the killing ends.
2/4
July 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
It takes less than a minute to take part. By just hitting send on a short pre-prepared message to your MP, tens-of-thousands of us will ask the same question: What are they doing to stop the deaths of children in Gaza?
And we’ll keep on demanding action, until the killing ends.
2/4
And we’ll keep on demanding action, until the killing ends.
2/4
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Glastonbury is not the story.
The Genocide is.
🎤 - With Andrew Marr.
The Genocide is.
🎤 - With Andrew Marr.
June 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Glastonbury is not the story.
The Genocide is.
🎤 - With Andrew Marr.
The Genocide is.
🎤 - With Andrew Marr.
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If only there were half the outrage over Israeli soldiers shooting starving people queuing for food as there has been towards some rappers mouthing off at Glastonbury, we'd be in a very different place
June 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
If only there were half the outrage over Israeli soldiers shooting starving people queuing for food as there has been towards some rappers mouthing off at Glastonbury, we'd be in a very different place
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Perfectly expressed.
June 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Perfectly expressed.
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Western leaders call for diplomacy, but they won’t stop this war – they refuse to even name its cause | Nesrine Malik
Western leaders call for diplomacy, but they won’t stop this war – they refuse to even name its cause | Nesrine Malik
The political centre sees the US and Israel’s war on Iran as a crisis to be managed, while the gap between their detached politics and bloody rhetoric widens, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
June 23, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Western leaders call for diplomacy, but they won’t stop this war – they refuse to even name its cause | Nesrine Malik
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🔴‘The Gaza Genocide and the Double Standards of the UK Government’s Commitment to International Law’
Keir Starmer’s commitment to upholding international human rights law doesn’t appear to extend to the Israeli Government, argues @martinshaw.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/05/t...
Keir Starmer’s commitment to upholding international human rights law doesn’t appear to extend to the Israeli Government, argues @martinshaw.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/05/t...
'The Gaza Genocide and the Double Standards of the UK Government's Commitment to International Law'
Keir Starmer's commitment to upholding international human rights law doesn't appear to extend to the Israeli Government, argues Martin Shaw
bylinetimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🔴‘The Gaza Genocide and the Double Standards of the UK Government’s Commitment to International Law’
Keir Starmer’s commitment to upholding international human rights law doesn’t appear to extend to the Israeli Government, argues @martinshaw.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/05/t...
Keir Starmer’s commitment to upholding international human rights law doesn’t appear to extend to the Israeli Government, argues @martinshaw.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/05/t...
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“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” --
Omar El Akkad
Omar El Akkad
May 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” --
Omar El Akkad
Omar El Akkad
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Starmer's speech today was shameful from a Labour government: pandering, dishonest and inflammatory.
To say "the damage this has done to our country is incalculable" is language no politician should use about migrants who have come to the UK and contributed to our economy and society.
To say "the damage this has done to our country is incalculable" is language no politician should use about migrants who have come to the UK and contributed to our economy and society.
May 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Starmer's speech today was shameful from a Labour government: pandering, dishonest and inflammatory.
To say "the damage this has done to our country is incalculable" is language no politician should use about migrants who have come to the UK and contributed to our economy and society.
To say "the damage this has done to our country is incalculable" is language no politician should use about migrants who have come to the UK and contributed to our economy and society.
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In Keir’s case, I’m with Orlando: ‘I do desire we be better strangers’.
May 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
In Keir’s case, I’m with Orlando: ‘I do desire we be better strangers’.
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1 in 5 of the UK’s care workforce have a non-British passport.
Starmer would have us believe these carers are the “squalid” result of a “failed experiment”.
I say they do vital, necessary, humane, skilled work and they are worth their weight in gold.
Starmer would have us believe these carers are the “squalid” result of a “failed experiment”.
I say they do vital, necessary, humane, skilled work and they are worth their weight in gold.
May 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
1 in 5 of the UK’s care workforce have a non-British passport.
Starmer would have us believe these carers are the “squalid” result of a “failed experiment”.
I say they do vital, necessary, humane, skilled work and they are worth their weight in gold.
Starmer would have us believe these carers are the “squalid” result of a “failed experiment”.
I say they do vital, necessary, humane, skilled work and they are worth their weight in gold.
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Starmer’s perpetual moving right show is frightening to behold. Thankful that there’s an alternative in Wales in Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social
2025: Keir Starmer suggests that pressure on housing and public services is because of migrants
2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"
2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"
May 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Starmer’s perpetual moving right show is frightening to behold. Thankful that there’s an alternative in Wales in Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social
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Plaid Cymru consistently called to nationalise the steelworks in Port Talbot - and we will continue to fight for the local community. 🏴
April 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Plaid Cymru consistently called to nationalise the steelworks in Port Talbot - and we will continue to fight for the local community. 🏴
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The red ones are America’s new allies. The future is already here.
BREAKING: US supports Russia and votes against UN resolution initiated by Ukraine and Europe.
Seismic statement that the US administration now sides with Putin.
Seismic statement that the US administration now sides with Putin.
February 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The red ones are America’s new allies. The future is already here.
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Today, on the third anniversary of Russia’s inhumane and illegal invasion of Ukraine, Plaid Cymru reiterates our unwavering support for Ukraine’s security and its sovereignty.
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February 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Today, on the third anniversary of Russia’s inhumane and illegal invasion of Ukraine, Plaid Cymru reiterates our unwavering support for Ukraine’s security and its sovereignty.
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“For a better future” – this year’s theme for #HolocaustMemorialDay
As we see hate, hostility and othering being instigated and inflamed in our politics and on social media, we need hope, and faith in the future, more than ever.
youtu.be/E2SyIGqmNLs
As we see hate, hostility and othering being instigated and inflamed in our politics and on social media, we need hope, and faith in the future, more than ever.
youtu.be/E2SyIGqmNLs
Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 / Diwrnod Cofio'r Holocost 2025
YouTube video by Sioned Williams AS MS
youtu.be
January 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“For a better future” – this year’s theme for #HolocaustMemorialDay
As we see hate, hostility and othering being instigated and inflamed in our politics and on social media, we need hope, and faith in the future, more than ever.
youtu.be/E2SyIGqmNLs
As we see hate, hostility and othering being instigated and inflamed in our politics and on social media, we need hope, and faith in the future, more than ever.
youtu.be/E2SyIGqmNLs
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 7/20
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 7/20
November 22, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 7/20
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 7/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 6/20
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 6/20
November 21, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 6/20
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 6/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 5/20
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 5/20
November 20, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 5/20
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 5/20
When your favourite coffee shop has reopened on campus just in time for the end of a snowy commute….!! 🙏❤️
November 20, 2024 at 9:33 AM
When your favourite coffee shop has reopened on campus just in time for the end of a snowy commute….!! 🙏❤️