This is good news
It reflects the incredible work of so many brave women in Scotland, including our sisters in LWD Scotland
Welsh Labour pay heed & catch up.
Post #Cass , your policies need a serious rethink
Time to listen to LWD Cymru
#WomenWontWheesht
news.sky.com/story/scotland…

After the #CassReport there is no excuse.

Schools must stop targeting the most vulnerable, autistic children with harmful ideology. From age 5 in the case of this school.

The National Autistic Society National Autistic Society must not remain silent on this issue.

telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/0…

Bringing dignity and freedom to every GIRL

John Swinney drops the SNP's ill-conceived proposals to introduce gender self-ID into law. Not before time.

news.sky.com/story/scotland…

To mark the anniversary of novelist Walker Percy's death 34 years ago today, I've recorded a 5-minute reading (such as it is - very rough & unproduced) from his celebrated novel, The Moviegoer (1961), which won the National Book Award.

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'Hammersmith Bridge' by Malcolm Drummond (1880–1945)

(Kirklees Museums and Galleries)

May 10th

On This Day In #Strike : 2011

Sixteen years after last encountering Jeff Whittaker, the latest 'girlfriend' of Leda's ex-husband leads #CormoranStrike to a dramatic encounter.

Strike's plea to Stephanie a foreshadowing of Strike's '𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳…

Looks like the SNP are learning gender is a poisoned chalice. The gender recognition reform legislation is going straight in the bin where it belongs 🥳🎉🎊

This #MelanomaAwarenessMonth :
- Protect your skin from the sun, cover up & apply SPF30+ sunscreen
- Check your skin & contact your GP if you notice new / changing moles or lesions
Cases of skin cancers are increasing in the UK but most are preventable @FocusOnMelanoma

PG Wodehouse had the type nailed.

Survived another week….thank you to everyone supporting me on my journey with the Project 90-10 Charity, and my campaigning 🫶🏼 big few weeks, feel like I’m finally back to rested. Campaigning for something I whole heartedly believe in and care for takes it toll at times, but you…

A view of Petticoat Lane, london, in 1946.

Island Movements: An epic tale of a Windrush family. Join us for a short, moving ballet telling the story of a young soldier in WW2, following him & his family through life in the UK. A Q&A with the creators will follow the show.

#BlackBritishBallet #LevellingUp #NearNeighbours

Groucho Marx was right.

'An Arch of Westminster Bridge' (c.1750) by Samuel Scott

(Tate)

As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet this post if you see it, to help my bird account be seen!🙏
To make it worth sharing, here's a Blue Tit smelling the cherry blossom! 😁😍
Thank you very much! 🐦😊♥️

Just some of the remaining 34 C16th carvings commissioned by James V to celebrate the opulent wealth and connections of the Scottish monarchy. Stirling Castle.

⚡Mark Lee Willis⚡ The mere presence of boys in an area where girls are trying to discreetly deal with periods is intimidating. There's self-consciousness about audibly unwrapping sanitary products and the possibility of having to wash blood off hands/clothes.

One of my favourite parts of Part 3 of J.K. Rowling's On Writing:

'Strike has his favourite local, The Tottenham, which is now renamed The Flying Horse. And he likes that name change because he's an Arsenal fan, so he never really liked it being called The Tottenham.' 😂

J.K. Rowling ⚡Mark Lee Willis⚡ I had a concealed teen pregnancy in the late 90s that I miscarried, it started in a science class and played out in the girls toilets. If they’d been unisex my brother could have come in, the lad who got me pregnant could have.