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One proof that we are collectively full of shit: if honesty wasn't rare it wouldn't feel so exciting.

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Famine in the northern part of Gaza is imminent.

1.1 million people in Gaza are facing catastrophic hunger - the highest number of people ever recorded –anywhere, anytime.

This is an entirely manmade disaster.

And it can - and must - be halted.

🚨 Tomorrow, the UK Government is facing the UN for their violation of Disabled People’s rights.

DR UK is reporting live from the hearing in Geneva - make sure to tune in on the UN website and see our coverage throughout. We cannot let them sweep this under the carpet! #CRDP24

The world must not turn its back on people with Long Covid.

Long Covid is a significant global challenge that must decisively addressed.

My statement on #LongCovid AwarenessDay

#LongCovid AwarenessDay #ActOnLongCovid #LongCovid

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Galloway is like a kind of vengeful folk devil of british politics, a malevolent figure who appears when the moral vacuum is so great that he can rise again to tenuously try to claim the high ground

“we support an immediate ceasefire but only if we’re the ones calling for it not the SNP because we don’t like them” is an absolutely insane position for labour to have manoeuvred themselves into

Lib Dems, Labour, Green Party, sell yourselves to me on what you're going to do about the waves of Covid that are ravaging the health of this country.

Liberal Democrats The Labour Party The Green Party

Everyone should have the right to protect themselves from Covid, which is still rampant, still airborne, still killing and disabling people, and the government want to make it illegal to protest in a face mask. This is ableism in extreme. This is banning being disabled in public.

Thinking about The Zone of Interest. Thinking about Gaza. An old poem but I keep mumbling it to myself

Tomorrow, Leslie Tate (he/she/Leslie)✍️🌈'*•.¸♡ ♡¸.•*'⧖☮🙏 will publish the first of a two-part interview about my pamphlet, The Beautiful Open Sky (published by V. Press, so keep a look out if you're interested. Wonderfully challenging questions from Leslie. Thanks so much.

There are 9 days left to apply to become Bristol Poetry Festival's 2024 Festival Poet.

Paid role for a Bristol based poet. Includes a performance, workshop, community outreach activities, and engaging with the theme of 'Futures and Technology'.

Application form 👉 bit.ly/lyrafp

If you are horrified at the scandal of sub-postmasters being convicted of crimes they didn't commit, spare a thought for the thousands of parents who, while desperate for support. are being prosecuted for the apparent crime of their ill child's attendance being not good enough.

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I just can't

'The snowflakes want to get us scared about the weather getting a bit warmer. We say 'let's burn all the peat'' - Doggerland Libertarian Party manifesto, 16,000 BC.

Thanks for asking. I don't often attack Labour but when I do it's because I don't want to give a party with a rightwing leadership the idea that it can take my vote for granted. I would like them to earn it. Also, I know the state of the parties in my constituency and you don't.

The Mail is just a protest against very modest levels of complexity. It throws an arm around the shoulder of the cognitively exhausted and whispers softly 'Everything is as you've always known. None of that new stuff is real.'