Alison Glasspool

Doing what gives you joy spreads joy to others

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It’s #InternationalWomensDay2026
What does #GenderJustice and #WomensEquality look like to you?
Men what does this require of you?

Change starts on any ordinary day. Take the first small step

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Mindful March - Day 6: If you find yourself rushing, make an effort to slow down actionforhappiness.org/mindful-march #MindfulMarch

Screenshot of an Asana Rebel instructor. He is on his yoga mat balancing on his head with his knees folded balancing on his elbows and feet in the air in line with his bum. Behind him is an urban landscape with high rises in the skyline.

Starting the day looking through a different perspective 🧘🏻‍♀️

Who’s making the transition to Air Source Heat Pumps and Solar Panels?
With everything that’s going on just now, is this something that we should be acting upon?

OUT NOW: New research reveals the link between First-Past-the-Post and the rise of Reform UK.

Read our paper ‘Lifting the Lid on Britain’s Pressure-Cooker Politics’ by Stuart Donald.

What do you say on days like these?
(For the hearing impaired - the music is Imagine by John Lennon - the last words of the song “When the world will live as one”) 🎶🎸

Screenshot of an Instagram reel that shows two images. The first is a blond lady at the gym on the equipment to do arm body lifts. The font in front of it says “Always train arms in case one day you need to…” The second image on the right has a screenshot of an elderly lady climbing over a high wall. The font in front of the image says “Escape a nursing home when your 97”

Have a good weekend 😎

Worried that on May 7th I'm not going to be able to get in to my polling station coz all the booths are jammed up with families 😢

Board of Peace has left the chat.

Disabled woman put in nursing home against her will says she feels 'betrayed' Lucinda Ritchie, who has full mental capacity, was transferred from a hospital bed despite her refusal.

So much care for disabled people is rigged with indignity and lack of control but this is one of the worst I’ve ever seen: a young disabled woman moved to a nursing home against her will - literally.

Lucinda Ritchie’s power wheelchair was "switched off and pushed". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Labour’s Send reforms get this right: disabled children in mainstream schools is transformative for everyone | Frances Ryan It doesn’t fit neatly on a Treasury spreadsheet, but there is huge value in disabled and non-disabled pupils learning together, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

“If you want a sign of where a nation is heading, there are few clearer litmus tests than how those with power see disabled children. Are they a problem to be erased? Or valuable kids to be included?”

My col. on Labour’s Send reforms, progress, and Reform. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Great to visit the Witness whilst she was docked in London! The Witness is the newest and greenest vessel in the Greenpeace fleet, with solar panels and wind turbines, and she has travelled all over the world working on their campaigns, from Argentina to the Arctic. #Greenpeace #Climate

Our party has just come third in Gorton and Denton, a previously safe Labour seat - an area where we haven't lost an election since 1931.

It is those running our party who are to blame. We need change at the top and serious lessons need to be learnt:

Church, civil society urge Indonesia to halt military operations in Papua - Catholic Outlook They also want to stop all national strategic projects affecting indigenous people in the predominantly Christian region.

When churches and civil society call for demilitarization in West Papua, the crisis is already far beyond denial.

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"I think here's a moment for all of us to expect less of our leaders and more of ourselves."

Compass Director Neal Lawson on the role of the Royal Family in Britain's future on Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips on @news.sky.com.

Wonderful 🙏🏼

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol handed life sentence for leading insurrection | CNN Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after a court found him guilty of leading an insurrection during his short-lived imposition of martial law, which p...

Turns out you can punish an insurrection by your president...

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If you’re able, have a listen 🎧
The first Camellia bud that’s come into bloom 🌷

Yesterday I found myself on the tennis court saying
“I’m on the far right” 😱
Thankfully, more of the time I’m on the left. That is minus some tactical play and serving/manoeuvring across the whole court.

If Peppa Pig showed deafness when I was young, my story would be very different

TV representation like having a deaf character in Peppa Pig is vital, writes National Deaf Children's Society CEO George Crockford.

Photo of the morning blue sky

A beautiful day 🤩

Here’s hoping for a snowfall and some sledging this weekend 🤞
Inspired 🇬🇧🥇

Close up photo of a camellia coming into bud.

The beginnings of spring 🌷

a bird is perched on a snow covered tree trunk ALT: a bird is perched on a snow covered tree trunk

Keep calm and follow the beat of your drum.

Gotta love watching a Great Spotted Woodpecker up close getting its food 🤩

Screenshot of an Asana Rebel lady in a yoga position balancing on one leg and leaning forward with her right hand up in the sky and left leg bent upward and held by her left arm.

How’s your Monday going? 🧘🏻‍♀️

Petition: Call a public inquiry into pro-Israel influence on politics & democracy We are concerned about reported Israeli state-linked and pro-Israel lobbying activity in UK politics. We believe it is important to determine the scope and impact of any such influence campaigns.

This petition is a must sign!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...