UK & European Patent Attorney - 1.85m tall. Impressive when fall over, but less intimidating (to small children) now mostly seated in wheelchair. SPMS.
Swindon, UK
Joined November 2014
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Debra Smith retweeted
Hospital worker to me, a disabled person: “Do you have a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) order?”
Me: “No.”
Hospital: “Do you want one?
Me: “No.”
Hospital: “Are you sure?”
Me: “Very sure.”
Hospital: “You can always change your mind.”
Would a nondisabled person be treated this way?
Debra Smith retweeted
This is a few years old now but still as true as ever.
Some of the media in the UK have a lot to answer for.
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The vast majority of voter IDs approved by the Government are available to older people - but very few are targeted at people under 60 🗳️✅
glplive.org/n1g
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For companies wanting to get ahead in celebrating the economic contribution of people with disabilities worldwide 🌎 as part of IDPWD and #PurpleLightUp checkout the socks available from our friends @MarkWebb_ supporting PurpleSockDay 🧦 💜
#Celebration #Pride #PositivelyPurple
Here we go! On sale as of today. 50% of proceeds go to support disabled entrepreneurs.
December 3rd is International Day of People with Disabilities AND Purple Sock Day.
Gorgeous, sustainable style…
ALT The 70% to the left is text, background purple. A diamond purple and white logo followed by ‘PURPLE SOCK DAY’, with the ‘L’ shaped like a sock. ‘SUSTAINABLE STYLE WITH SOCIAL IMPACT’ ‘ON SALE NOW’ in orange: https://lnkd.in/e2_YHe5N £6 in an orange diamond shape The right side: Mark, a professional model obviously, is seated in an armchair. His feet are perched on his wheelchair with the all-important socks. They are purple striped and gorgeous. A bit like me, except I’m not striped.
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I don't always, or even very often, agree with JHB but she's bang on here. Whatever your politics, surely we all want & expect competence & integrity as a minimum from our leaders? Being a laugh is great for a mate but for a PM? Give me dull but effective every time.
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Very cool to show students how borders have changed over time… @TMHistoryIcons
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The majority of British people want to see Westminster's First Past the Post system scrapped inews.co.uk/news/politics/mo…
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"Have you ever noticed that the person with the least amount of knowledge on a subject is often the most confident"...
That's how the Brexit vote was "delivered".
iflscience.com/why-idiots-th…
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“We chose to put our mental health first!” This resonating interview helps me process the reasons why I believe there is a cruelty that needs looked at when we discuss “the divine right of Kings” … it’s an unnatural pressure on all involved.
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This is so inspiring. So many cities in the UK could benefit from the leadership and vision of the mayor who pushed this through bigissue.com/news/environmen…
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Both promised to be honest and then almost fell over themselves to see who could lie the fastest
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Today, Conservative MPs voted for their next leader.
Only 43% of MPs picked the top 2 candidates.
Under FPTP, the other 57% would not have mattered.
But it's one system for them, and other for you.
Sign to tell them to support Equal Votes for all
makevotesmatter.org.uk/2022-…
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The UK is the only democratic country in Europe that uses the outdated, one-person-takes-all First Past the Post system. electoral-reform.org.uk/whic…
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Here's Andy Burnham's powerful piece in the Observer on why Labour need to back electoral reform. theguardian.com/politics/202…
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The reason the UK will have the lowest growth in the G7 next year is Brexit. We're not going to reverse the decline until we begin to remove the barriers - economic, social, scientific - that we chose to erect with the rest of our continent. That's not rocket science. Just say it
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EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH. This video provides compelling evidence of #Putin's #Russia infiltrating Britain's politics, democracy, and #Brexit. Please help to share this 2-minute trailer far and wide. Full 10-minute video at TheRussianConnection.co.uk
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I even did the little pause before announcing! 😎 – at Kensworth, England
. @MarkWebb_ explaining why the @RewardBusiness judges awarded the Diversity & Inclusion award to @Channel4
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War is when all nightmares come true at once,but you are not sleeping,but you want to wake up and so that it turns out to be only a terrible dream, but this is reality.© P.S. Photo of the bombed Kharkov🤬. My dear, the most beautiful hometown😔. #UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar
