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Gill O’Leary

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Lots of years in mental health and social care now chilling, apart from when I think of state of the country and the world. Hoping for better things for those who’ve been done over now that the Tories have gone. Francophile|Grecophile| read lots

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Hope the joy of the victory eases the undercarriage pain.
Well done Al x

08.03.2026 19:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s the same with all his relationships I think

08.03.2026 12:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Chart showing proportion of working age adults who are caring

Chart showing proportion of working age adults who are caring

Britain’s ‘unsung’ army is the million people in poorer working-age households who now have full-time unpaid caring responsibilities.

06.03.2026 13:30 👍 8 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0
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Michael Marmot: Labour has reneged on its child poverty promises Lifting the two child benefit cap is an important step but will still leave 4.15 million children in poverty, Marmot tells Elisabeth Mahase Michael Marmot, the UK’s leading expert on health equity, ...

"About a third of children are now growing up in poverty."

Michael Marmot, the UK’s leading expert on health equity, urges Prime Minister Keir Starmer to take bold action to tackle child poverty in this interview with The BMJ
https://bit.ly/40rQ5Ip

03.03.2026 18:50 👍 18 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 0
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Support Something To Look Forward To: Brighten Lives Together! Hello. Alistair Barrie here. As anyone who's had anything to do with me will know, my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, three weeks after we got married, which was quite the wedding prese...

In the interests of posting anything that isn't f**king miserable, acts of god permitting I will still be running a half-marathon on Sunday for a brilliant cancer charity and you can sponsor me here. I would LOVE to get to four figures before the weekend: www.givengain.com/project/alis...

02.03.2026 12:30 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Isle of Wight ?

02.03.2026 07:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Totally agree and cannot understand why Starmer/Mahmoud think ppl will vote for them when they can get the full fat version and vote Reform.

28.02.2026 10:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They’ve discovered St Licoricia’s grave!

27.02.2026 15:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I read that as ‘defecations’ 🤣
Possibly better

27.02.2026 10:15 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Noticed Sky didn’t ask the obvious Q. ‘ why didn’t the Tories benefit from collapse in Lab vote?’

27.02.2026 09:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I grew up in London and remember Oxford St in better times. It has become a shadow of its former self. It’s tacky. A drastic change is called for to rejuvenate it.

26.02.2026 16:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Save your money
Next time buy some scales weigh yourself and then grab the cat and weigh the two of you
Voila!

24.02.2026 16:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Well worth the watch
How can we be a democracy with a monarchy at the apex of our class system ?
And other things …

24.02.2026 10:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Don’t really understand curling. But I’m there for them !
Come on Team GB!

21.02.2026 19:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And why do people always refer to a ‘President Blair’ or President Trump? as the alternative to a monarchy ? Ireland seems to have found a way to have a President alongside the executive which works.

21.02.2026 10:08 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 4 📌 0

If the officers themselves could be investigated for possible misconduct by not reporting concerns at the time they’re likely to not be able to recall perhaps?
( see also Covid inquiry)

21.02.2026 10:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Don’t go to the US while Trump is in charge
Horrific story

21.02.2026 08:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

17.02.2026 11:41 👍 21768 🔁 7747 💬 299 📌 637

I thought all cells had their own toilet ?

19.02.2026 17:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There will be a collusion of the media to remain silent about the longstanding tolerance by the royals of Andrew’s ‘ lifestyle’ and the questions this has to raise about their privilege and unaccountability

19.02.2026 11:21 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The shortest time anyone has had a second home in Norfolk ( not mine. Stole it)

19.02.2026 10:41 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

This is so creepy
What’s going on with a man who is a senior lawmaker in your country doing this stuff ?
Like you say it’ll be over in 3 years and hopefully the world will be a safer and saner place.
All strength to you !

18.02.2026 19:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If you have a Royal Family, you have deference.

If you have a Royal Family, you have a class system.

If you have a RF, you essentially say, "These people are better than everyone else by dint of birth & should maintain enormous influence, wealth and power."

Why would anyone want that at all?

17.02.2026 13:36 👍 1703 🔁 407 💬 139 📌 30
Various British icons that are here through direct or parental immigration laid out like Sgg Peppers album cover which also is a result of immigration.

Various British icons that are here through direct or parental immigration laid out like Sgg Peppers album cover which also is a result of immigration.

Just a reminder to any racist millionaire football club owners out there that without immigration we wouldn't have any of this

12.02.2026 09:41 👍 389 🔁 122 💬 4 📌 3

Weird. Dog abuse

11.02.2026 19:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Well done Al I know from having to go through similar hoops to get my Mum CHC funding how bloody exhausting it is.

11.02.2026 14:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I wonder whether it was discussed in cabinet and whether anyone spoke out against the appt at the time.

10.02.2026 08:15 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

It’s going to take a lot more than those sort of platitudes to wash the drink off the royals
Panic stations for Wills and Kate they don’t want this spoiling their gig

09.02.2026 12:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I don’t think mcSweeney going strengthens Starmers position one bit. He might hope it moves things on but buck stops w Starmer.

08.02.2026 18:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That’s a yes then?
‘Refused to say’ is telling

07.02.2026 12:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0