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@BandQ Can you confirm that children's sandpit play sand sold by yourselves in the last couple of months is free from asbestos? There is a lot of concern at the moment about asbestos contamination in play sand, with some LA's advising all play sand be disposed of as unsafe.

"Why do Muslims hate America so much?" You've probably heard this question countless times. But the truth is nothing like you've been told, and us Muslims know that. Watch "The Truth About Muslims Hating America" by @omarsuleiman: yqn.io/g30p

Sixteen years ago, one man stood alone on a grassy hill at a music festival in Washington State, USA, and started dancing by himself. People glanced over and looked away. Some laughed. His roommate leaned in and warned him people were filming him. He did not stop. Then one stranger got up and joined him. Then another. Then the hillside tipped. Within minutes, hundreds of people were sprinting from across the field to be part of something that, thirty seconds earlier, had been one man being laughed at in a field. Someone filming from higher up the hill said quietly: "See what one man can do. One man can change the world." The clip spread across the internet in 2009. Entrepreneur Derek Sivers played it at a TED conference to explain how movements actually begin. Not with the first person brave enough to start, he argued, but with the first person willing to join them. Collin Wynter, the man dancing alone, later said he had no idea he had done anything special. He was just tired of watching everyone sit still.

Almost feel sorry for the haters who are trying to spin Muslims voting for a woman in a party led by a gay Jewish man is evidence of Islamist sectarianism 😂 In fact it’s evidence of genuine tolerance, rejection of superficial identity politics and ability to prioritise tackling common concerns of cost of living, protecting public services and rejecting war mongering. And the promotion of mutual respect and individual freedoms. The coming together of people is terrifying for the ruling elites.

@SalmaYaqoob This is one of the most optimistic political tweets I've read in a long time :-)

@shuggieg @TheNewsAgents @AndyHughesCrime @maitlis @jonsopel Just come on here to ask the same.

@TheNewsAgents @AndyHughesCrime @maitlis @jonsopel Where is today’s podcast?

@QueenRMade1 As a Brit, I can assure you there are plenty of us who fully support and respect Harry and Meghan. And we are not all racist, although I can see how you might think that looking at the British media sometimes :-(

So many Brits hate on Prince Harry, yet despite his more precarious position, he’s the only 1 of their royals courageous enough to speak up publicly to defend🇬🇧soldiers against a demagogue denigrating decades of sacrifices made by Brits. Not their king & not their heir!

This. Is. Incredible.

Everyone should be concerned‼️ you are 100% correct‼️

33 year old British mother to a newborn taken by ICE whilst at a routine green card interview. She was completing her route to citizenship legally when Trump’s gestapo intervened. They’re even doing this as people get approved. Remember that poem? First they came for…

@campbellclaret That dog looks a lot like a Welsh Springer Spaniel!

Tree (and dog) of the Day

Up and down the country, billionaires have been cruelly targeted by @TheGreenParty @ZackPolanski for simply being incredibly rich. This heartless abuse needs to stop, now. Here's how you can help our campaign, Billionaires In Need 🥺

@firstdirect @Pleasantfucker Same here. Downdetector indicating hundreds of reports of problems with the app so not sure why FD aren't aware of any!

@Pleasantfucker Hi Artemis, I'm sorry to hear you are having some issues using the app. We haven't been made aware of any issues at the moment. If you force close the App and reopened it, do you get the same message? -George

@firstdirect hello, is your app down? It is telling me service unavailable

There are 110,000 angry people marching in London today They're angry at the small boats crisis, even though this started as a result of Brexit They're angry at a lack of public services and housing, even though this was the result of 14 years of underfunding by the Conservatives And they're angry because of lies and half truths spreading like wildfire on social media, it started with Brexit and it's just gotten worse, and the Online Safety Act doesn't come close to addressing fake news or bot farms etc I had hoped that Keir Starmer as a former director of public prosecutions would have come into office and addressed these thingd Instead, Starmer has fuelled division - island of strangers, he's targeted asylum seekers and migrants instead of explaining the cause of the rise being Brexit, he's silent on migrants adding value to our society. And he's done diddly squat to address fake news online Starmer's make Brexit work not only makes us poorer by £140 billion a year but by keeping us poorer Starmer's Labour have gone after the elderly, the disabled, the poor, and kept children in poverty while refusing a wealth tax on the rich instead The hope I had for change when Labour came in with a landslide is gone, as is my hope that Labour would do better than the Conservatives; instead they've capitulated to the populist narrative and become an echo of who the Labour party once was So as these 110,000 march through central London chanting "Keir Starmer is a w*nker.. Jesus is king," let's be very clear This situation arose because of Starmer's inaction to address these underly concerns. The past year in office has been wasted as the leadership we sought has not appeared Are there good Labour MPs? Absolutely. But the majority of them remain silent making them complicit in this God-awful situation our country finds itself in What I want to hear from Labour MPs: ➡️ We can't afford stuff as Brexit has made us poorer, if we want more wealth and more public services, we should join an EU Customs Union and perhaps the Single Market too ➡️ Small boats crisis is a result of Brexit, we can mitigate with safe and legal routes ➡️ A government owned and run social house building initiative to make social housing and affordable homes ➡️ Addressing fake news, fake accounts and bot farms, so they don't damage conversations on social media ➡️ And a concerted effort to stop blaming migrants or asylum seekers for problems neither of them have created That would be leadership Tragically, I don't see the Labour government leading at the moment So the angry people will continue being angry and our society will continue to weaken And I never thought I'd see Conservative levels of chaos from Labour - so sad for all of us

@AngelaRayner So sad to read this. Please don't give up. You have so much more to contribute. Thank you for all you have done so far.

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@MothinAli Congratulations!

Thank you to everyone who put their trust in me, i will strive to meet all the best of your expectations. If you didn't vote for me, that's ok, I'm still here for you.

@nazirafzal Completely agree. The best TV I've seen in a long time.

If you have Netflix then watch Stephen Graham’s #Adolescence It’s about the boys we raise and the men they become It is both chilling and profound Well done to everyone involved

@Cimbrella @HysteroscopyA Just said the same thing. Very frustrating.

@HysteroscopyA Unable to read this as not subscribed 🥹

@AdeleWatersRx @HysteroscopyA @RCObsGyn Wish I could read this without having to pay. It's quite annoying when things are shared on here, but you can't read them without paying 😒

Thousands of UK women have found the gynaecological procedure #hysteroscopy too painful to bear - my article for today’s Daily Mail underlines the importance of clinics following @RCObsGyn⁩ guidelines. #hysteroscopy @hysteroscopyA mol.im/a/14456067

“He doesn’t know much about British politics and he’s not fit to lick the boots of Jess Phillips” absolutely barn storming takedown of Elon Musk by Ayesha Hazarika