Leah DW

Watched @TheFence_film last night with my 78 year old dad… we’re still talking about it this morning! Great to see a Bristol-based UK indie film 🍿

Great new charity starting up in Manchester! Friends are matched by age and interests by people not algorithms. Do something different for 2022!

If I was on me deathbed and one of my grandkids started taking pictures of my hand for social media as I’m fading away I’d get one more little surge of energy to stand up and bait the bollox out of them

If you left Syria, the assumption is you opposed Assad. Returning young men will be found, whacked in the army and used as cannon fodder. That or prison. But women and older people are hardly safe either. This needs to be stopped before Patel gets ideas. theguardian.com/world/2021/apr…

@BryonyKimmings And ALL the Storyvilles on the iplayer? Some absolute crackers on there.

SUPER into documentaries this week... Coded Biased and Knock Down the House both on Netflix are my faves so far!!! You know I love a doc xxx

@SarahCassidy Quality save!

I used to have multi lingual dreams in mad locations. Just woke up furious that I couldn’t park at a travel lodge in Southampton.

The government is paying an undisclosed sum to Sir Philip Rutnam, who quit as the Home Office's permanent secretary accusing Home Secretary Priti Patel of a "vicious and orchestrated briefing campaign" against him. How much did this cost the taxpayer? Shouldn't we be told?

***BREAKING NEWS*** ⚖️ We're taking the Home Office to court on May 25th-26th over their unlawful refugee family reunion policy. ⚖️ This policy leads to the Home Office frequently making the wrong decision, putting vulnerable children’s lives at risk. safepassage.org.uk/news/2021/3/3/…

Today 10 y ago, a group of children spent thier night in a security branch in #Daraa 4 writing "YOUR TURN, DOCTOR" Peaceful protests broke out & became widespread in all #Syria. #Assad regime responded by arresting, killing, displacing millions of #syrians. #theSyrianRevolution

@DampQuiche No you are not missing anything except the gov will never do teachers any favours and they hate the unions. And they will never do anything that someone else suggests like vaccinate teachers during February half term.

@DampQuiche Don’t Mark, just don’t.

@Sathnam Agreed. Although I feel the same way about my husband’s barnet. It’s like a bloody wig.

There’s a reason the government doesn’t want masks worn by students in classrooms, and it’s nothing to do with teaching and learning. It’s to do with messaging. They cannot on the one hand say “schools are safe” and on the other say “everyone must wear masks at all times”.

Don’t know who did this but 👏🏼👏🏼😂🦍

If someone asks if you are ‘woke’, ask them what they understand the word to mean. Corrupting it is just the latest in a long line of right-wing attempts to denigrate the language of decency. See also: virtue, doing good, social justice... You can have this for free, politicians.

@SarahCassidy Sounds a perfect way to celebrate! Enjoy your anniversary!

Campaign Against Arms Trade and @MwatanaEn have been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize! Check out @CAATuk's take on what that means for their efforts to challenge the power and influence of the arms trade here caat.org.uk/news/what-a-no…

@ShaulaEvans Dead Pigs was added this week and is great. Song without a Name is very moving. I watched the Passion of Joan of Arc for the first time and was blown away. Portrait of a Woman on Fire if you haven’t seen that.

@UKTV in association with @50Comedy50 is funding 10 treatments by female writers for new half hour comedies for Dave or Gold At least 3 will go to script stage, at least 1 will go to series Apply via email to comedy5050@comedy5050.com by 26th Feb. See our website for full details