@apes147

BSc ~ loves art, culture & music. Former HIV/AIDS activist. Retired from Education. Disability activist. Principled. She/Her.

 Lancashire England
Joined March 2012
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From 1st April, even if the disabled, pensioners, unemployed & low paid, sat in the dark, didn’t turn on the heating and miss 2 meals a day; they still WOULDN’T be able to meet the cost of their bills! That’s reality @RishiSunak. You own this #CostOfLivingCrisis #EnergyCrisis
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#GeorgeMichael was nothing less than a genius. A true professional and a bloody brilliant singer-songwriter. I had the honour of seeing him perform in 2005 in #Manchester - he was simply perfect from start to finish. A beautiful memory of a beautiful man. @GeorgeMOfficial
𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 & 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 ✨
@ninhnguynt22334Oct 12
Everyone remembers the legendary Wembley performance, but the real magic was captured here. During this rehearsal, George Michael already knew his partner was living with HIV, yet he sang with every ounce of emotion in his heart. Look closely at David Bowie in the background—he knew he was witnessing something truly unforgettable. This is what a real star looks like. ✨
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£4.30 for gravy granules. £4.30. The world has gone to the dogs. #CostOfLiving
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Turned the heating off again. Is it normal to be sweating in October..? 🥵
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ʜᴀʏᴄʜ 🍒@cfcxhayleyOct 6
Weird ass October where you’re absolutely freezing at 8am but sweating at 1pm
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Mark Hammond@MarkHam80780803Oct 5
“Whenever I fly into Manchester I use the secret plane.”
Isabel Oakeshott
@IsabelOakeshottOct 4
For a long time I have heard rumours of secret flights into Manchester: plane loads of migrants. I have never believed it and still don’t. If true, it should bring down the government.
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Erm…what? 👀💩
The Telegraph
@TelegraphOct 5
Russia has been accused of sending secret agents to defecate in the lavatories of Finnish MPs in a bizarre escalation of its hybrid warfare against the West 🔗 telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
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Why has some woman just claimed that some PIP claimants get £70k (purely of PIP money) and has not been corrected?? These kind of lies being allowed to stand, incite bad feeling and hatred towards our communities of carers and disabled people @bbc5live @NickyAACampbell
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Bloody hell. What on Earth did I just watch..? 😬 #TheSubstance
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Loving these..😂👏
Roy Croppers Bag@SteveBeatnikOct 2
It's Friday , time for the Cure.
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Disgraceful, and completely unprofessional of @alanmilburn1958 - He needs to apologise to John.
liane gomersall@ligomersallOct 1
"Milburn said: “It’s perfectly legitimate to fucking doorstep me, is it?” He then added: “Fucking wanker.”" Labour’s inactivity adviser swears at DNS editor after being challenged on safety of young disabled claimants. disabilitynewsservice.com/la…

Labour’s inactivity adviser swears at DNS editor after being challenged on safety of young claimants

The government’s youth inactivity adviser swore at Disability News Service’s editor after being challenged about his failure to discuss the safeguarding risks involved in forcing tens of thousands …

disabilitynewsservice.com
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Is it Gérard Depardieu?
Daily Mail
@DailyMailSep 29
RAF Fairford suspected terror plot involved a foreign actor, says Marco Rubio trib.al/ueEAumR

RAF Fairford 'terror plot' involved a foreign actor, says Marco Rubio

In a TV interview, the top diplomat mentioned Iran by name, pointing out it had threatened to attack US interests, but did not directly blame it for the weekend incident in Gloucestershire.

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The #Skoda “Shush” ad is incredibly annoying. Effective, but annoying.
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Blog Preston@blogprestonSep 27
A search is underway for a teenage girl last seen in Preston city centre. blogpreston.co.uk/2026/09/ur…

Urgent search underway for 14-year-old Mylie last seen near Animate in Preston

A search is underway for a teenage girl last seen in Preston city centre. Mylie, 14, was last seen in…

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The Government's Find-a-job website currently has 110,505 jobs available across GB. Of those 12,361 are Disability confident jobs. Stephen Timms has regularly told disabled people they can work from home. Currently there are 36 remote jobs available that are disability confident. Of those only 9 are part-time. 20-25% of the working age population are disabled.
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Even to those of us who saw ICI Hillhouse belching out black smoke in the 1980s are shocked at the revelations that they buried cancer-causing chemicals on their land and then sold it for homes to be built on top of. This is an absolute scandal.
watershed_investigations@WATERSHED_iSep 23
We arranged for people living near a chemical plant in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, exposed to PFAS from a chemical plant, to have blood tests. Today, @lara_wildenberg spoke to those trying to process how high PFAS levels, & may affect their health: thetimes.com/article/9599558…
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Politics UK
@PolitlcsUKSep 23
🚨 WATCH: The moment an RAF training jet crashes shortly after take-off at RAF Valley
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This week I stood in solidarity with striking staff at Corpus Christi High School in my ward as they stand up against enforced academisation. This is an outstanding school, deeply embedded in its community. We are clear - the Diocese must reconsider its plans 📸@blogpreston
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BBC North West
@BBCNWTSep 21
More schools shut for strikes over Catholic academy plans bbc.in/4yQmkA1

More schools shut for strikes over Catholic academy plans

Schools in Lancashire and Merseyside will strike this week over Catholic academy plans.

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Jonathan Slater
@slater57649Sep 19
EVERY CHEF ON TV: "TODAY I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE SOMETHING WITH SIMPLE INGREDIENTS EVERYONE HAS IN THEIR PANTRY. I'M STARTING WITH ICELANDIC SEA SALT, YAK BUTTER, A SPRIG OF MOON BASIL AND EXACTLY 3 TEARS FROM A LAUGHING ALPACA
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Alex Cole
@acnewsiticsSep 18
The United States has had a military presence in Greenland since the 1950s. Trump wanted to buy Greenland. Greenland said no. Now he’s celebrating a security agreement that leaves Greenland exactly where it was. But MAGAs are too stupid to comprehend this and think it's a win.
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