mcgrathauthor.bsky.social
Author The Mother’s Story, ex barrister, Irish. Poetry Pharm worker
https://irishtimes.com/opinion/my-mother-was-pregnant-from-ireland-1.4488804
https://m.independent.ie/news/severing-of-ties-with-birth-family-leads-to-a-lifetime-of-questions/40864778.html
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Brilliant invention
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I feel that too. And would add that creating catch phrases is aka propaganda and it’s really not difficult to ask oneself “what kind of attitude/ideology does this phrase serve if it catches on?” So. It was intentional.
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…we enter the houses of world care, the hospitals, the care homes, in which the world opens its arms and says ‘we will look after you’ without asking about us…our colour, our religion, our language. We could not ask for more.
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/Holidays: many of us have travelled all over the globe making friends in many countries
Parents: many of us have a parent who was born in another country
Entertainment: we enjoy tv and music from many different countries
Care: and in the end, when we fall, when our steps grow weak
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Each year we enjoy Mexican independence with a big cook up in the hall by the village member and his wife who is Mexican.
Cooking: we all enjoy tapas, Indian, French, Middle Eastern, the restaurants are gloriously diverse
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You are caring for their parents …the ones who want you gone
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When you see this ‘restore order, control and fairness’ wherein ‘ restore order and control’ come first above fairness, that’s when we should start to worry.
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😭 it is truly heartbreaking to read but thank you for writing it so well
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I’ve missed Liam
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Absolutely nuthin
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I agree
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Part way through. It is amazing! Truly amazing.
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Todays treat: a cuckoo landing next to us- seen and heard - on Hopesay Common
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Crikey! But also shouldn’t the layout be swapped right left?
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Great news! I called him Colin last year thinking he was only one calling ‘is anybody here?’
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I’d recommend reading the judgment
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I don’t think that is at all what the SC has said. And ‘how do you not understand…’ is not going to aid clarification of that judgment I dont think. Also, as you rightly say it is the Supreme Court judgment we are discussing and not ‘the govt trying to segregate’
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I agree with your last point. However I dont agree anyone is trying to segregate them from the rest of society. That just isn’t supported by any evidence unless I’ve missed something
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The Greens are very vocal on behalf of 0.5% of the population’s rights but significantly less so in relation to disabled (24% ), or people of colour (4%) or women (50%)
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Abduction
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Reuters is good
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Thank you, that’s interesting. I agree re the Guardian. I have also stopped reading it and question its integrity. Doesn’t leave much
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Except that they’re not
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Why not? Am intrigued
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I needed that ☺️
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Yes absolutely… one gets the sense that Starmer is being a bit craven
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I think it’s a post career thing… when there’s more time
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Yes, we really found it fascinating. Certainly makes the case for ‘real bread’ made by people as opposed to mass produced
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Husband (bakes sourdough) says it makes a difference if you think it does (ref Merlo Ponti and Wittgenstein) ☺️
This is well worth a listen: www.bbc.co.uk/food/program...
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No, I get it, but then there were periods where he shouldn’t have been. It’s too late now.
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A very good question. Most mainstream media seem to give him oxygen (column inches) even if it’s to critique.
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Eurgh! They’ve been saying that for so long they’ve quite literally made it happen
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Why not? I find it easy.