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Gita Bapat. Frequently perky. 🔶 Councillor LB Bromley. She/her. Sings, blogs, loves dogs. 💚 Volunteer ✊🏽mscellany.me

Today, the EHRC Code takes effect, restricting which toilets trans people can use. As a proud ally, I backed EDM 240 calling it unworkable. This debate is still dominated by people who don’t understand the realities of trans people’s lives.

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

Flags on the Abingdon Road

Good morning Bluesky ☀️ My grandad told me he saw the Titanic - from the outset he warned all the people that the ship would sink, but nobody listened to him. He knew he was right and didn't give up. He warned them again & again, until eventually they kicked him out of the cinema.

The Titanic sinking under a moonlit sky.

Trees for Cities: "Heat maps from Friends of the Earth show that across five major English cities, areas with more trees and green spaces are up to 5°C cooler. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations states that strategically planted urban trees can cool the air by up to 8°C."

How Urban Trees Cool Cities and Reduce Urban Heat | Trees for Cities

Discover how urban trees reduce heat, cool cities and tackle the urban heat island effect while creating healthier communities.

treesforcities.org

French forces held a fierce defensive perimeter around Dunkirk and lost 18,000 souls. 40,000 became POWs. Without their resolve we wouldn’t have our nation’s story. It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war. These fuckers really are vile bastards 😡😡

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Appending some further thoughts on this (1/3) 1. Robinson wasn't trying to justify racist behaviour. It's just a sort of knee-jerk cringe/search for "balance"/"context", which ends up doing the opposite...

The picture on the front of Reform's policy is of HMS Ocean on the River Thames in 2012. It was sold by to the Brazilian navy in 2018. Turns out you can judge a book by its cover.

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Was just out delivering leaflets and a resident opened her door and told me how intimidated she has become as a hijabi of Somali heritage, who’s lived here for 35 years, facing the rise of the far right. I recognised much of how she felt. Really glad that she felt able to talk to me.