Industrial Relations PhDer. Trade union organiser. Recovered educator. Accidental fossil hunter. Exhausted. R4 bore. Views own & etc. She/Her
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Claire Osborn retweeted
✅The railway between Stourbridge and Hagley has reopened
🎥 Here’s a unique cab view from the first train to travel through
🙏🏻Thanks for your patience while we completed these major repairs on this vital line
@WestMidRailway @RichParkerLab @AlexHynes @nationalrailenq
Genuinely curious to ask if how ADHD is merely a social construct how so many on stimulant meds can take significant doses of essentially speed and eg fall asleep?
I actually think #TheGreatADHDMyth was inspirational. How have we allowed Big Pharma, careless GP's, snake oil salesmen with their absurd tests/pacifying drugs to impact tens of thousands of children and adults with a 'neuro developmental' diagnosis/condition/label? I am not an ADHD denier, but 100% believe it's a social construct - and that is where treatment needs to begin
Did a thing! Delivered a 15min whistle stop history of trade unions, who we are, what we do, and importantly, HOW we organise to a wonderful group of young people last week
@She_raaah well done!
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Obviously I am also hoping for the best outcomes for all those involved in the train derailment on Lewes too
I had a Cassandra moment this afternoon - I said it is only a matter of days before a huge fire breaks out and spreads to houses. And it turns out it has, just down the road from my in laws
Crews tackling major fires in West Midlands, UK, with homes, buildings and grassland burning - follow live bbc.in/4qgwnLG
This is absolutely horrific. My heart goes out to everyone. God knows if the fire service will have the water pressure to deal with this, and there’s reports of several other fires across the same service area too
Multiple homes are on fire in Stourbridge in the West Midlands as a fire rages
Updates: news.sky.com/story/uk-heatwa…
Mr O is an absolute sucker and came home with a rooster who was going in the pot. Everyone meet Rocky! Here’s hoping he’s friendlier to his new dad than Dusty our previous pot- rescue boy
Claire Osborn retweeted
My mum texts me when I stand up to speak in Parliament. She tells me to fix my tie or sort my hair out.
But when I talk about growing up in poverty, she texts to say sorry. She carries the shame when, in truth, the blame belongs to the politics of the time.
This thread may well be invaluable. I only clocked what had happened yesterday and I’m low on ketotifen which to date I’ve not been able to convince my GP is as necessary as it is
For those who relied on Dr Taylor for prescriptions, this thread will share other options:
1. For LDN the best source is to get it prescribed by Dickson’s Chemist here shop.dicksonchemist.co.uk/th…
Writing a conference paper on my brand new public sector case study findings. Themes around disruption and central interest work and workers. Beyond the multipliers of austerity and New Public Management feels instinctive to nod to @LucyGoBag on post pandemic trauma
Taking a break from writing to observe (and anthropomorphize) the local crow family. Dad Russell, and mum Sheryl are hopping around with their teenager Cameron. He’s got big since his first fledgling appearance in the garden in early summer
Claire Osborn retweeted
The John Lewis Christmas advert is Peter Mandelson pissing on the house of the owner of Reed Recruitment set to a sleigh bell mix of Lola Young's Messy
Claire Osborn retweeted
Labour’s Keep Britain Working report lands today claiming ill-health costs “nearly 70% of the income tax we pay.”
A intentionally seductive statistic for newspapers and voters and a profoundly mendacious one.
Let’s unpack what’s really going on 👇
More than 800,000 our of work for ill health since 2019. Yet we still can’t wonder out loud what happened from 2020 onwards to impact those numbers bbc.com/news/articles/c7v80n…
Having tried to negotiate more than a few public sector reasonable adjustments (with the added pub sec Equality Duty) I have thoughts as to how difficult this will be to achieve even if legislation changes to better support employees theguardian.com/money/2025/n…
Claire Osborn retweeted
Urging us all to look at the person behind the tweet, but what about the child behind the behaviour, or the family behind the exclusion?
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