janetsouthcoast.bsky.social
Cats, politics, long walks in the country. Education, social policy. Woke before it was a problem and currently mystified by government’s lack of courage on EU and other policies including foreign policy.
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Two best friends had missed cancer diagnoses. One died within 6 months. The other had late stage by diagnosis. Attributed to IBS, early menopause, anxiety. One told to go and have another baby to take mind off it. Despite hereditary cancer link. Arrogance and misogyny. Women’s pain diminished.
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This has potential for real risks. Is this to get an anonymised dataset for research, or will it be linked to individuals which would bring huge issues which others have mentioned. Future insurance, disclosure of future health risks, criminal justice implications, paternity….
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PIP helps people stay in work often by covering extra costs that make work manageable.
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The Daily Mail doesn’t care about them. Not their base.
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He was always forensic on committees. Really impressive. Now following confused party line.
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Beautiful. Probably for same reason lilies are really toxic to cats. My son’s kitten ended up on a drip for 24 hrs to flush it out after sniffing lilies in a vase. Seems fine now but so scary. All his gardening choices now based on cat friendliness.
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The media similarly manipulate data re growth in numbers of Muslim people. Focus on growth, and decline in those identifying themselves as British as if binary. Big growth is in those saying no religion, but that’s not so lurid in the headlines. Great replacement theory. Pure right wing fantasy.
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Another from same author, frothing against feminism and the ills it has brought. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/o...
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British defined by Goodwin as not having one immigrant parent, so one generation in the non British box. Presumably colour puts you in the non British box for infinite generations. We always knew it was about racism.
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Indeed. It is a source of income for women. It won’t always be ‘pimps’. Reminds me of the ideological approach in relation to the gender debate. They have picked a side.
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Would like to see their declining tolls over past few years. So many blaming this on VAT, reality is, demographic dip, cost of living crisis. There has been no massive increase in state school numbers. Some will have left for this reason, but likely marginal.
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Even in churches. It is linked to the institutions not the faith.
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Indeed. Expose the things they will care about. The impact on their own household costs. Their plans for NHS. Their plans for public services (that they care about).
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And only a tiny minority are expected to find work through changes by gov own estimates. Probably more will lose jobs as PIP paid for disability related extra costs, taxis, reduced hours. Loss of pIP will make work unaffordable and unmanageable.
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So true. This exposes two issues, the cost of disability which PIP is designed to pay for, more costly travel, shorter hours, more expensive rent, and the inadequacy of the LHA which hits all in benefit, always insufficient to pay rent, resulting in debt, eviction, homelessness.
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It is worth remembering men ‘have abortions too’. It is often the only solution for a couple for all sorts or reasons. Women need access to choice, but men also are supporting them through these choices which should rightly never be criminalised.
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Indeed, how many will die in the shallows as g to hey approach boats, particularly the elderly, women and children. And yet, they bemoan the ‘fighting age men’ who arrive, as if it is incomprehensible that they could be needing asylum. Families know they would be best placed to survive a journey.
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Changes to PIP/disability UC payments will put so many into extreme poverty. Many will lose jobs as a result of changes. Housing allowance must rise, as one of biggest reasons for debt, as core benefits need to be used for housing.
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100%. Happy for trans women in women’s loos. Hate gender neutral with shared waiting as feel less clean/safe/private. Proper unisex, opening into a public area with basin in the cubicle are fine.
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To me there feels a strong whiff of ‘wrong type of tourist’. Mentions British values, would be very interested in seeing this persons SM.
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Ban any social transition for children, they’ll ‘grow up and forget about it’. They seem very obsessed with autistic/trans data. Honestly think they don’t believe gender dysphoria actually exists. It is autism, or peer pressure, or, or, or.
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Women’s health issues put down to IBS, menstrual cycle, menopause, anxiety. Brushed off with few checks. Lost friend to ovarian cancer and another to late diagnosed breast cancer. Misogyny in medicine. Men’s symptoms are often seen as more significant as trope the men only go to dr if serious.
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Probably nap time too.
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Beautiful. X
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The fact another couple were shot increases likelihood more than one person involved.
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But was it a lone wolf, or a more organised, and potentially supported, plot.
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Impersonating a police officer. What is this person’s background? Involved in Jan 6? Who were they in contact with? Feels like civil war!
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Indeed, or fighting age men. They know they are more likely to survive the horrors of the journey. And they may be more at risk if, as in Afghanistan, supported opposing side in a civil war.
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Not expanded on! Why don’t I read before I post!
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That quote is from the article, but it expanded on to critique the statements from OFCOM. Feels like a press release not a researched article.
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Totally agree. So many Tory place men, including at EHRC. Tory, culture war ideology throughout ‘independent’ bodies.
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A self selecting group, with no under 16s. How honest would their responses be anyway?
‘Some potential recruits refused to take part, considering the government-appointed regulator to be part of the “mainstream”. Perhaps the most impressionable group, boys under 16, were also not included.’
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Would also like to know how UK intelligence is supporting their attacks on Gaza.
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Child poverty not an issue for reform defectors, probably believe the fewer lattes/idle benefit cheats tropes. Against wealth taxes. All about immigration, and racism.
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Horrid judgement, and as identified here, ideologically based interim guidance by EHRC. About as anti- equality as you can imagine.
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The origin of this story lies with Liz Truss and Kemi Badenoch, two former women and equalities ministers, who were able to make the key decision on the EHRC leadership team. They turned a once-respectable organisation into the Spectator Online.