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Halloween artificial cobweb material:
It may be a bit of fake fun for you, but it's a very real and terrifying death for them.
And it's not only birds.
Last year I had my first call of the season of a hedgehog trapped in this horrific fake 'cobweb', made especially for gullible halloweeners to spread over their greenery, trapping all unsuspecting birds, insects and mammals, including hedgehogs.
The fine synthetic fibers are difficult for animals to see and can quickly wrap around their legs, spines, and neck, leading to severe injuries.
When a hedgehog struggles to free herself the web tightens, cutting off circulation and causing deep wounds.
These constriction injuries often lead to permanent damage or death.
Unfortunately the call was from Manchester, so all I could do was talk them through getting the poor creature to a rescue.
Clearly she had been trapped there for at least one night, and her struggles had pulled the strong nylon strands so tightly that one of her toes had been amputated.
Can you imagine the pain and the sheer terror?
And then seeing dawn approach, while hanging there, tightly bound and helpless.
Aside from being stressed, dehydrated, starving and exhausted to the point of near death, she also had horrific bite/peck wounds to her face, where she had been held there, helpless, unable to curl and defend herself, while a predator tried to eat her alive.
If you have used this deadly cruel trap to 'decorate' your garden, please take it down now.
Please don't be conned by the greedy makers and sellers of this rubbish into hurting defenceless animals.
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Samantha Niblett talking absolute hypocritical bollocks again by suggesting an All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) will attract an echo chamber because it's being chaired by Rosie Duffield- someone she disagrees with, hence why she won't attend! 🤦🏻 #parody
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🚨Hilary Cass has called for an independent inquiry into how Brighton GPs were allowed to prescribe cross-sex hormones to children as young as 12.“There urgently needs to be an investigation of why every system that should have protected children, young people, and indeed young adults has failed,” she told me.
The employment tribunal between Dr Sarah Redvers and NHS Sussex has highlighted how regulators and the NHS collectively failed to stop prescribing of puberty blockers and hormones against national guidelines - for years - and how instead the person raising concerns was accused of transphobia and herself investigated.
Dr Redvers sat down with me for her only newspaper interview about her treatment in a scandal which, Cass now says, “dwarfs” that of the Tavistock’s GIDS.
Me for the Sunday Times…
thetimes.com/article/cfde7b4…
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Surprised? Nor me.
Doctor who quit UK after Peggie trans row in SECOND gender storm in Oz dailymail.com/news/article-1… via @DailyMail
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The government says the draft Conversion Practices Bill will stop horrific abuses. But existing law already does that: what the new law would do is criminalise conversations. Ordinary, loving parents trying to protect their children are at risk.
Watch a panel discussion including @HJoyceGender at Battle of Ideas 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=NUCHW3mM…
#BattleFest #BintheBill
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The BMA should stop using ideological and confusing language like “gender history”. A doctor or nurse providing intimate care always knows a patient’s sex.
“Comparing clear NHS guidance with ‘transphobia’ is a sign of how far activists at the BMA have gone from their pledge to do no harm.” @MForstater in @DailyMail
dailymail.com/news/article-1…
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This was a really good, wide-ranging conversation with the wonderful @MrMennoTweets. In this part we discuss the iniquitous draft Conversion Practices Bill. If you're not up to speed on it please watch, and follow the links for further reading
1 / 🚨 "It would destroy For Women Scotland and Forstater. We'd be back to square one and before"
@akuareindorf sounds the alarm over Labour's Conversion Practices Bill
If voted for, it will pass. We must do everything we can to stop it. Please share to help spread thew word 🙏
Video premieres this eve 23rd Oct at 21:00 Terf Island o'clock
Link below
#BinTheBill
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GP says she was forced out of job after raising concerns about gender treatment bbc.in/48bBcgS
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Sall Grover: The Sex Discrimination Act included specific provisions to protect women-only spaces. Now, the AHRC and Australian courts are arguing that the definition of a woman must include men who identify as such, undermining the law's original intent. @salltweets
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We have been warning this is what would happen. We said it clearly: women’s rights are under attack, if you don’t accurately define a woman you cannot protect any rights specific to women. We were called bigots. Received countless death threats from trans activists. The prime minister dismissed it as a “culture war”. But we were right.
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This ministerial letter fails to engage with any of the substantial criticisms of the draft Conversion Practices Bill. The bill isn’t compatible with rights to family life, to free expression and to live in a society governed by a predictable, comprehensible criminal code.
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Minister's letter to the pre-legislative scrutiny committee published.
How? 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
How do they think it protects parental rights or freedom of religion and belief?
There is nothing on the face of the bill that does any such thing.
committees.parliament.uk/pub…
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I’m seriously disturbed by this black woman who doesn’t support the looting in France. A clear case of internalised racism.
Why won’t they just do what they’re told?
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A Bill can be well intentioned and still do harm.
Di explains why lesbian, gay and bisexual people are speaking up: children need adults who can talk honestly, ask questions and give them time.
Parents should not be frightened into silence. Read their stories: lgballiance.org.uk/conversio…
#ItsOkayToBeGay
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"Zelensky is suddenly talking about ending the war"
Jack, you have no clue what you are talking about. Here are NINE deals Ukraine has agreed to that Russia has rejected since 03/2025.
Ukraine said YES. Russia said NO.
1. Mar 11, 2025, Jeddah (US plan)
30-day ceasefire on land, sea and air.
Ukraine: accepted. Russia: "in principle," then demanded a halt to Western arms and Ukraine's mobilization first.
2. Mar 25, 2025, Black Sea truce
Safe shipping in the Black Sea.
Ukraine: agreed. Russia: tied it to lifting sanctions on its farm bank.
3. Apr 2025, no strikes on civilians
Both sides stop hitting civilian targets.
Ukraine: proposed. Russia: ignored it and declared a 30-hour Easter truce on its own.
4. May 12, 2025, Kyiv summit
30-day unconditional ceasefire, backed by France, UK, Germany and Poland.
Ukraine: accepted. Russia: refused and offered talks instead.
5. May–Jun 2025, Istanbul
30+ day ceasefire, a leaders' meeting, all-for-all prisoner swap.
Russia: offered a 2–3 day pause, or a ceasefire only if Ukraine gave up four regions.
6. Aug 2025, before the Alaska summit
Freeze the front line, then negotiate.
Ukraine and Europe: backed it. Russia: rejected it.
7. Late 2025 to Feb 2026, the 20-point US framework
Freeze the lines, security guarantees, limits on Ukraine's army.
Ukraine: helped write it, called it "90% ready." Lavrov: "a document no one gave us."
8. Oct 11–12, 2026, 60-day election ceasefire and energy truce
Ukraine: proposed the 60 days and accepted the energy truce.
Kremlin: "We do not want a ceasefire." Russia hit six Ukrainian energy sites the next day.
9. Sep 23, 2026: 51 UN member states said Ukraine had agreed to an unconditional ceasefire and called on Russia to do the same. Russia still hasn't.
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I think given his expertise some enterprising newspaper should ask David to write this up more fully in a column. I think this is a nuanced perceptive thread.
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I wrote a new piece about women’s rights and whether or not I want trans people dead. (Spoiler: I don’t)👇
jkrowling.com/opinions/an-up…