Ex Wat Obs Columnist. Wipe your feet, leave your ego at the door & come on in š¤ #Watford #Writer #Music #PWME #Myalgicencephalomyelitis #Disability #Campaigner
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#StormAusten
Without doubt, still the funniest #STORM video ever.
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Please donāt fall for this Big Pharma/ State sponsored propaganda push for you to take more āvaccinesā. Itās all promoted by the same people who assured you the Covid āvaccinesā were safe and effective.
Remember that 90% of NHS doctors and nurses now refuse to take the Flu shot in the UK.
They know because they see the collateral damage caused by them.
Why do all the āvaccineā manufacturer demand and have immunity from the harms their products cause if they are āsafeā.
dailymail.com/health/articleā¦
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Are there other diseases where at any time you could rapidly become far more ill,100% bedbound,unable to eat & Dr's will do nothing to save you
No one knows how your ME will progress,could improve,could become so ill you're the living dead
As a #pwME you live evry dy knowing that
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We're excited to share something we've been working on for a while.
ThereForME is now a registered charity! š„³
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ALT Weāve got news! ThereForME is now a registered charity. ThereForME is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered in England and Wales. Registered Charity No. 1218590.
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When fans DM us, itās almost always encouragingāand itās **always** appreciated.
We step into every show determined to give you an experience you wonāt forget anytime soon. We bring the same hunger, energy, and passion as if we were just starting out, even though weāve been dedicated to this craft for over **34 years**.
The truth is, your messages, your support, and your energy mean more than you know. You give us the motivation to keep pushing forward, keep growing, and keep showing up with everything weāve got.
Thank you for keeping us inspired. ADtheBand.com for more info on our thangz
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For the last 25 years, Iāve been praying the same prayer.
Iād walk around my lake, talking to God about many thingsābut one prayer kept coming back: that **Arrested Development** would one day sell out **5,000-seat venues everywhere we go**.
Over the last several months, I put a strategy in motion to help make that dream realāone stage at a time. First: sell out 1,000-capacity venues. Next: move into 2,500-capacity rooms. And the ultimate goal: 5,000 seats, city after city.
Tonight, we perform in **Paris, France**āone of the most supportive markets in the world for Arrested Developmentāand weāve already passed **1,000 tickets sold**.
The dream is becoming reality. The prayer is becoming movement.
Our tour is called **Legacy in Motion**āand thatās exactly what this moment feels like.
The band is **Arrested Development**. Come be part of the momentum.
**ADtheBand.com**
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Imagine discovering that, while you were fighting for answers about your sonās death, a government minister was discussing how to isolate you.
That is what happened to me.
In 2024, I was shown WhatsApp messages reportedly sent by Nadine Dorries to Matt Hancock while I was campaigning for a statutory public inquiry into mental-health deaths in Essex.
One message read:
āWe arenāt going thereā¦ Iām picking off the other families and speaking to them one by one to get them on side to isolate her.ā
I was āherā.
I was a bereaved mother asking the Government to investigate how my 20-year-old son, Matthew Leahy, died while detained in an NHS mental-health unit.
During the parliamentary debate on 30 November 2020, Nadine Dorries also stated that Matthew had taken his own life. Barbara Keeley MP immediately challenged this because Matthewās inquest returned an open narrative verdict and I did not accept that account. Hansard was later formally corrected to say that Matthew ādied by hanging while he was in the care of the NHSā.
After more than 105,000 people supported my petition, the Government established only a non-statutory inquiryāwithout the power to compel witnesses to give evidence. It eventually became unworkable because of poor staff cooperation and was not converted into a statutory inquiry until 2023.
No bereaved mother seeking the truth should ever be viewed as someone to be isolated, managed or silenced.
I was not the problem.
I was exposing the problem.
I am still here. I am still asking questions. And I will continue fighting for truth, accountability and safer mental-health services.
For Matthewāand for every family who deserves answers.
#MatthewsCampaign #LampardInquiry #MentalHealthReform #PatientSafety #Accountability #JusticeForMatthew
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So the I-paper have now paid Julie Burchill to write a hit piece over the Jeremy Vine episode. Iām not going to share the article as I refuse to give it any oxygen, but it seems Iām pissing off all the right people. They can write all the hit pieces they want, but Iām not going to let it distract me from speaking the truth and I think we should all let it fizzle out.
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āI just want my son backā¦ whatās left of him.ā
Caller Diane's son has been locked up for 19 years for stealing a bike. She describes to @NickFerrariLBC the mental toll his sentence has taken on her family.
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Disabled people are asking @JeremyVineOn5 to stop pushing harmful narratives about them on his daytime talk show.
In response to this, Jeremy Vine is allegedly blocking disabled people on social media.
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Instead of keeping hate and misinformation off our airwaves, Ofcom is allowing TalkTV to serve as a megaphone for dangerous, far-right rhetoric.
We canāt let this stand, so we're suing Ofcomš
goodlawproject.org/crowdfundā¦
Stand with Nadia Sawalha! standwithnadia.org/?utm_sourā¦
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The biggest killer of men under 50 in this country is suicide.
Now tell us that they have 'mild mental health conditions'
You sit in your privileged media job spouting opinions about people more vulnerable than yourself for money.
Who exactly is the less deserving person here?
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Congratulations, youāve just demonstrated what carers and disabled people are concerned about.
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You don't get disability benefits fir "mild mental health conditions". This is the problem-BS like this spreads unchallenged.
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What makes you feel qualified to spout off about benefits, Amankona? Are you a doctor? No. Physio? No. A clinician? No. You'v got a degree in LSE and work for a finance firm, which means you only care about money and your media profile and getting more money and more profile.
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This morning I have written to @CarersUK to request they reconsider their choice and instead engage with disabled people and unpaid carers to identify a host whose record reflects the dignity and respect carers deserve. I urge as many of you who have the time and the spoons to do so to also do the same. We can't allow this decision to go unchallenged. Send your emails to [email protected]
Weāre delighted to announce that @theJeremyVine will host The Carers UK Awards 2026!
Judging is underway, and weāll be announcing this yearās finalists in the coming weeks.
Stay tuned!
#CarersUKAwards2026
ALT An graphic announcement on a maroon background. On the left is the "Carers UK Awards 2026" logo, featuring the word "Awards" in a red, elegant script flanked by arches of "Carers UK" text and three gold stars. Below this, in bold gold letters, reads "HOST ANNOUNCEMENT". At the bottom left, the text "Proudly supported by" sits above the Regina logo, which is blue text outlined in orange on a white rounded rectangle. On the right, a gold-framed square portrait shows broadcaster Jeremy Vine. Below his portrait, his name "Jeremy Vine" is written in gold script between two horizontal gold lines.
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During a discussion on PIP Dr Shani Dhanda is spot on when she asks: "Why do we keep needing to assess people who have life long degenerative conditions" #GMB
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šØBREAKING NEWSšØ
DR UK issues our statement on the Timms Review interim report, which was published today.
"With the hostile political backdrop, Disabled people are fully justified in being concerned about the scope of the Review recommendations"
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disabilityrightsuk.org/news/ā¦
![DR UKās Statement on Timms Review Interim Report āThe interim report finds PIP ānot fit for purpose.ā This comes as no surprise to Disabled people, but huge questions remain about where the Review is heading [...] With the hostile political backdrop, Disabled people are fully justified in being concerned about the scope of the Review recommendations, which is set to be published this autumn [...] Whilst the Government states that the recommendations need to stay within the projected budget envelope, the Secretary of State has said that he doesnāt rule out cutting the PIP budget. Naturally, this will limit any recommendations or improvements to the system. It also demonstrates the clear political choice the Government is making, as this comes alongside Starmerās pledge of Ā£15 billion in military spending over the next four years.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HMyAq7DXgAAP_Oz.png?name=orig)
ALT DR UKās Statement on Timms Review Interim Report āThe interim report finds PIP ānot fit for purpose.ā This comes as no surprise to Disabled people, but huge questions remain about where the Review is heading [...] With the hostile political backdrop, Disabled people are fully justified in being concerned about the scope of the Review recommendations, which is set to be published this autumn [...] Whilst the Government states that the recommendations need to stay within the projected budget envelope, the Secretary of State has said that he doesnāt rule out cutting the PIP budget. Naturally, this will limit any recommendations or improvements to the system. It also demonstrates the clear political choice the Government is making, as this comes alongside Starmerās pledge of Ā£15 billion in military spending over the next four years.