I did not come into politics to be a target. I came into it because I care about people’s lives and because I believe our public institutions should reflect the communities they serve✍️ Sarah Rees wp.me/p8Mk4U-1db6
And …… am I the only person with a single surname? I wonder if I should go double barrel?
I was married over fifty years ago when it was normal to take the surname of your new husband. It’s probably too late to regret that decision and change my name now.
Any advice? How do I respond to yet another Christmas card addressed to ‘Mrs (husband s first name) surname.
I am no longer a person with a name.
I was about to hold forth about Stella. Take the new job. Ditch Pip! But my other half said ‘it’s not real’. I don’t believe him.
On page after page, even as she is recognised as the rising star of the SNP – hitched to Salmond’s runaway wagon – she records her insecurity, lack of confidence, imposter syndrome, the deflating balloon, the fear of failure✍️ Desmond Clifford wp.me/p8Mk4U-15E9
Also NHS refers to Fetal Alcohol spectrum disorder.
In the UK it is fetal not foetal.
Foetal alcohol syndrome?
💔😡😷💔😡😷💔😷
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social responds to the ‘Island of strangers’ comment.
#poetry #immigration #humanbeings
The Brits mentioned in this headline are actually the Engish who will continue to pay for their prescriptions. The Scottish, Welsh, and N Irish govts have abolished prescription charges.
“The ‘nasty party’ is back — this time wearing a red rose.” 🌹
This is brutal. 👇
🔴‘No-One Voted for These Cruel Cuts – We Need a Wealth Tax Instead’
Keir Starmer must change course from this performative cruelty towards the sick and disabled, argues Neal Lawson
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/19/n...
My @cardiffuni colleague Prof Kevin Morgan - whose job, like mine, is ‘in scope’ for redundancy - speaking at the Wales in Europe conference
‘If an institution’s ability to function is contingent on the financial choices of students from overseas, rather than the needs of the communities it serves, then it isn’t a sustainable or just system’ ✍️James Downs
At risk of redundancy letter
Just got my formal “at risk of redundancy” letter, as did all 126 of my fellow academic staff members at Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University. Now off to spend the day teaching undergraduates…
