Raffy Parker @pieifyouplease

EXCL: Zack Polanski overheard speaking loudly on his phone on a train saying there's shit loads of new green party members. And the Greens are going to win elections right across England and Wales in May. Join.greenparty.org.uk

@Nigel_Farage Have a banaaana (milkshake)

Knowing for the past few weeks that this moment was fast approaching didn’t make it any less heartbreaking to hear the news early this morning that Janey had died. Janey Godley truly was a force of nature, and one of the funniest people I have ever known. I was able to visit her in the hospice a couple of weeks ago and though she was fragile, she still had me in stitches. Janey was also incredibly kind. And she made the world a better place. A bond was forged between us in the darkest days of Covid when her famous voiceovers of my daily briefings went viral. In the toughest of times, she made people laugh - and that was precious. She did more that that though. In managing to project the serious public health messages of my briefings to a much wider audience than I would have managed alone, she helped save lives. The photos on this post are from an event we did together last year - it was a special night. I was so proud to call Janey a friend and will miss her hugely. My heart goes out to her family and many friends - they are in my thoughts today. I know Frank will have been there, holding the door for her as she went - with a tear in his eye, as I have in mine. RIP my friend ❤️

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My heart is broken💔: As friends & family know, my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, & about to begin her 2nd trimester. A few days ago she had severe pains, & bleeding, and had to go to the emergency room. There, it was discovered that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Devastated doesn't come close to what that feels like. Unfortunately for people like us, because of the current laws in the state of Texas, that was only the beginning of this nightmare. Jess (my wife) had an "incomplete miscarriage", and what needed to happen, what was best for HER, and her health, was to terminate the pregnancy, and get the baby out. The doctor gave her a medication that would move this process along, and sent her home. Where, apparently we would be handling it ourselves. We were told it might take a couple of attempts before it worked. I'll let you decide how you feel about that. After a long, painful night of the equivalent of early labor, the baby was still with her. So, we went back to the Emergency Center to get the 2nd dose. A new doctor was on call. He was an older man. You could hear him in the hallway as he said, "I'm not giving her a pill so she can go home and have an ab*rtion!". Being well aware that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Then, he came into the room to say, and I quote: "Considering the current stance. I'm not going to prescribe you this pill". Then, just sent us on our way. The "CURRENT STANCE"?! Did he really just say that?! No one should ever have to hear their wife say: "Get this dead baby out of me!". Can you even imagine how that must feel? The pain, and the bleeding continued. So, we decided to go to another hospital, about an hour away. There was a female doctor on call there, and we thought we might have better luck. I should probably mention, the procedure to get the baby out is called a D & C. It's scary, & traumatizing, but sometimes necessary in situations like ours. Especially in emergency circumstances. So we get to the next hospital. They take Jess in, ask her a bunch of questions, do a new scan... confirm that the baby is still there, with no heartbeat, and then disappear... for hours. Only to come back in and keep asking the same questions over and over. It's becoming clear that they're primary concern is NOT my wife's health. Instead, they seem to be worried about the legalities involved. So, they decide it is not "enough of an emergency" to perform the D & C. They do, however, prescribe another, stronger, final dose of the medication for us to try again... at home. So, we go home to try again. Another long day/night of early labor pains. Only to discover my wife UNCONSCIOUS in the bathroom. Having to pick my wife's cold, limp body off of that bathroom floor, not sure if I was about to lose her, is something I will NEVER forget. She had to be rushed to the hospital. By this point she had lost so much blood, and bodily fluid, her body gave out. They were able to stabilize her, give her the fluids she needed, and we came back home yesterday afternoon. We were also able to confirm that our baby was no longer with her. Now, not only do we have to live with the loss of our baby... we have to live with the nightmare of what we just experienced because of political and religious beliefs. MY WIFE'S HEALTH SHOULD HAVE COME FIRST. PERIOD! God knows what mental and emotional damage this has done. If you consider yourself a staunch "pro-lifer" ... 1) You've never been through what we just went through, and 2) You should take a long, hard look in the mirror and reevaluate your reasons for supporting such a cold, barbaric, ignorant point of view. It's not that black & white, and it's never going to be. If you think your "Pray To End Ab*rtion" sign in your yard is "Christian", I suggest you revisit the teachings of Jesus and try again. If you support these laws that make ab*rtion illegal, and result in people being put through what we just were, you should be ashamed of yourself. I've never been so angry, or heartbroken... and the devastation I'm feeling must pale in comparison to what my poor wife is feeling.

@sitweetstoo @rollingstoneUK @rickygervais @StephenMerchant @rollingstoneUK please pay for work done- chasing is beyond stressful for people. Awful in the current financial climate too

genuinely just felt bad when writing in my diary in case I was talking about myself too much. In my own diary. what

Why is there always money to bomb people, but never any money to feed, house or care for people?

it first it was “if you don’t want intimate photos leaked, don’t send them to anybody” then it was “don’t take them at all” and what is it now that men are generating them without our consent? I’m sure they’ll have an excuse and I’m excited to hear it!

Possibly unpopular opinion, but I think Christmas lights should stay up all winter (except for like obvious Santa ones) cause it makes the gloomy days prettier and helps seasonal depression

@BontCyclist @5tevieM *Sandemonium

@RetroMania_YT @PrincessMomoka2 @againstgrmrs Children have no innate problem whatsoever with seeing boobs - if they did, breastfeeding would be pretty damn difficult! It's adults who sexualise them. But all this is pretty redundant considering she's wearing nipple covers anyway.

@RetroMania_YT @PrincessMomoka2 @againstgrmrs I mean if you're gonna play the God card, then if you read Genesis, you'll see that God was quite happy for both men and women to be naked and free - it was meeting the snake and eating from the tree of knowledge that caused them to feel shame and start covering their bodies 🤷‍♀️

“It roasting and no I’ve not been charged again” #janeygodleyvoiceover #swearing #nicolasturgeon

@fatfabfeminist Meh you're a gorge, funny lioness with incredible hair and he's literally a stone head, neck and half of one shoulder. He should probably stop throwing stones in glass houses before one of them knocks his head off.

I'm going to start a support group for people living in Scotland who didn't see the Northern Lights last night. 😭

@ollielocke YES Ollie! You've fought hard for this! BIG congratulations!

My entire life I've watched this man tirelessly fight for a better world, starting with Islington North. Proud doesn't even begin to cut it. Socialism is about a lot more than a Labour rosette.

Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn

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A statement on my future as the MP for Islington North.

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I moved from the classist, ableist political cesspit that is England thanks in part to Nicola's reasoned, compassionate, witty leadership. Now she deserves to prioritise her own health and wellbeing #IStandWithNicola