Katherine Rutter

@bushontheradio What? No! Cheese and onion walkers are the best for a crisp butty. No other flavour goes down well with the white bread and lashings of butter.

I never thought I'd be saying this but I genuinely think it's time to retire cheese and onion crisps. No one eats them any more, a flavour from a bygone era. Time for another combo to enter the variety bag elite.

@GyllKing Teenagers at university traditionally enjoy prolonged physical contact more than the average population.

“How has an infection that requires close and prolonged physical contact, that spreads more slowly than measles, Covid or flu, caused such a rapid outbreak?” BBC tonight. No answers yet.

@missingmass1 @graceblakeley If it was a tax, all graduates would pay it. As it stands, if you have really rich parents you can avoid getting fleeced for the interest rate over 40 years.

@graceblakeley They were never meant to. It’s a 9% tax for 30 years (plan 2) and 40 years (plan 5). You can it off if you earn enough but the majority don’t

The student loans crisis is a sign of the economic times. A rift is emerging between what people expected their lives to look like, and the reality of life in a stagnating economy. Will they blame themselves, or the system that has failed them? graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-squeezed…

@yoderpaul @breakingbaht How would anyone know? She would be dead. You can't really survey the dead about their choices.

@breakingbaht Was there any woman that intentionally chose to not get in the lifeboat so someone else could?

My forever most unpopular opinion is that the men *shouldnt* have followed a blanket men die women live protocol and structured it based on age, family status, and then things like gender. A 25 year old new father should not be dying for a childless 60 year old woman.

@Kojo5770 @kasondramoore @breakingbaht The Titanic sank in 1912. Go look up how many equal rights women had in 1912. In 2026 ships are required to have adequate lifeboats what relevance does this have anymore?

@kasondramoore @breakingbaht A society that treats men's lives as less valuable than women's, isn't a society worth saving. It's funny how much women scream about equality when in reality they want superiority over men.

@lymanstoneky Yes, you can bring them with you. However, not all the things you want to do and see are suitable for young children. If you are going to a beach resort, fine. A four year old will be less keen on a city break visiting museums.

you can actually bring them with you once they are ~6 weeks! and tbh equally easy at 6 weeks and 6 years very tricky at 18 months tho

@IanJon407 @TempletonPeckJr @colinrtalbot No but we should spend money on training our own nurses and doctors, including paying bursaries, rather than poaching staff from developing countries.

@TempletonPeckJr @colinrtalbot so are you saying we should give up on the UK?

I have multiple health problems. Heart, lungs, back, blood (diabetes), etc. The majority of health care professionals dealing with my multiple problems are immigrants. Without them I’d be f*****d. You are a destructive idiot.

@gxeki @nickdixon Do astronauts and explorers wear a shirt and tie?

@nickdixon Yep. For fucks sake. I dreamed of being an astronaut or an explorer like Shackleton. Not a fucking shelf stacker.

This abomination is just the latest example of what C.S. Lewis called ‘the vast, overall movement towards the discrediting, and finally the elimination, of every kind of human excellence—moral, cultural, social, or intellectual’.

@TheNorfolkLion I don't see the problem. The new uniform probably has less scope for students trying to "adapt" it. I think it looks very appropriate for school children. A tie does not change how your brain works.

Look what this high school has done. They’ve got rid of the traditional uniform and now dress the students pretty much like supermarket workers! Anything to change and erase our culture.

@jessicaelgot A graduate tax would be fairer, then rich students would have to pay it too. If you are really rich, you don't need any loans at all.

I was fortunate enough to pay the earlier version of fees, I paid back about £18,000 over 10 years and cleared by the time I was 32. Then everything changed. Students who were on Plan 2, who came after my cohort have been absolutely scammed, there’s no other words for it

@katienorth13 @MattLismore It will become a huge class issue.

@MattLismore It is a compete con. Yet unless you are super rich you have no other choice if you want or need to attend uni.

@David__Osland Versailles is still a great tourist attraction, despite what happened to its residents.

They say the royal family are a tourist attraction. So is Legoland, but that doesn't entitle it to pocket £90m a year from the taxpayer.

@Keir_Starmer If working parents can't afford to buy breakfast food for their children, that tells us that the minimum wage is too low. The childcare provision is important, but it shouldn't be just because they can't afford to buy cornflakes.

To the opposition politicians taking umbrage with me saying this: Let me be clear, I don't think parents' pockets should be empty once they’ve fed their kids. Many working parents need this support. If other parties disagree with that then they need to take a look at themselves.

@twinklresources This is a travesty. The after eights should be eliminated. The chocolate orange should be at the top. The cheese needs to move up. And who over the age of 12 is eating candy canes?

Here is our official snack ranking, what do you disagree with?

@AnnaFazack1 PPA at home is a sticking plaster on a gaping wound. It's not going to be enough to solve this problem.

“Women teachers say: ‘You want me to put children first, but not my children.’” Bridget Phillipson pushes home working & more flexibility in bid to stem flood of teachers including thousands of mums in their 30s out of the profession. theguardian.com/education/2024…

@vinquezada1 All five of them!

Who still has what??

@VEverettmfl OK, I never loved science, but I do remember doing the practicals, which is more than I can say about the rest of the lessons. Surely students enjoy them still? Surely enjoyment counts for something? They are children after all!

This study would have me immediately wondering if maybe we are measuring the wrong things.

@KupcakeProse Wishing you all the best for your pregnancy. It was also "third time lucky" for me. It's hard to be pregnant after a loss but it does get easier as the weeks tick on.

It’s been a hard year. This is my third pregnancy of 2024. I know nothing is guaranteed but Ive made it farther this time than the other two. I’m 10wks along and Baby’s first ultrasound was excellent with a very strong heartbeat 💪💗 I’m finally feeling hopeful. All good vibes are appreciated hoping this little one keeps on growin! Also patting myself on the back for finishing the first draft of my book on a deadline during this doozy of a first trimester 😌

@jwblackwell @Steve_Laws_ The journey is too dangerous for women. Mostly due to the actions of men. High chance of becoming a victim of sexual crime. This is a well known fact.

@Steve_Laws_ It was badly phrased, but I think most people see where she's coming from. Why is it only men in these boats? What kind of men leave women and children in a war zone? The answer is obvious, they're not asylum seekers but illegal migrants.

The handpicked audience might be shocked, but the overwhelming majority of the public agrees with what she said “It’s the amount that are coming over on these boats. They’re young men, they’re not working. Let’s go forward five, 10 years. Where will they be then? Still in this country, not working. And we, and I’m a pensioner, we are paying for these people day in and day out.” “I don’t believe in any asylum. I really don’t. I think we are taking more than our fair share in this country. I feel very sorry for the little towns, little villages that these people have been put where people have lived all their lives.”

@WasonMrs @CottinghamCofE Aww that's really sweet. True meaning of Christmas and all that...

Day 2 of Norman the Gnome's kindness activities. Today Oak were writing thank you letters for whoever they wanted to. Did you get one? Was it nice? Lovely to see Norman bringing out all this kindness @CottinghamCofE