James O'Rourke 🇮🇪 🇺🇦

Election coming!!! facebook.com/share/p/1bdJ6p… @WFRGreens @WFConservatives @ForestTrades

Why do people with mental (or physical) health vulnerabilities need call essential firm after firm and govt departments too to declare it, needing repeat the same painful, possibly embarrassing explanations. Today @MMHPI is calling for a 'tell us once' system. Here's my quote on why..... "The government has a Tell Us Once system for when someone dies, yet we lack the same for those who are alive and struggling. That makes no sense. We need a single simple system that can work across essential services like banks, energy and water firms, and government systems too – whichever people choose. “Right now, a vulnerable person in the middle of a mental (or physical) health crisis may have to call firm after firm, and government agencies on top, repeating the same painful, possibly embarrassing or triggering explanation again and again. In a digital age where data sharing is simple, that feels almost cruel. “Of course safeguards and informed consent are essential, people must have control of their data. But it is time we stopped focusing on using data to just drive profit and started using it to drive compassion.” Read full info and get details about the underlying research here... moneyandmentalhealth.org/press-release/…

You took your time @ChtyCommission.

My blog after representing Learning Disability England at @NewhamLondoHealth and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Commission learningdisabilityengland.org.uk/news/latest-ne… @NewhamRecorder @ELondonGuardian @LDTonline @johnpringdns @Giselle_ASCWs @RightfulLives @bbc

Next @LearningMet seminar is next Wednesday online; eventbrite.co.uk/e/autistic-peo… All welcome. 👊

Listening to BBC coverage of SEND news makes you realise how poorly understood the sector is. EHCP are reviewed annually already. An EHCP does not get you a taxi to school. Any funding needs dividing between many thousands of schools (equal to 2 TAs in an average secondary).

What is the principled justification for proposing to remove the Tribunal’s power to name a placement for a child? I can’t see anything on this in the consultation paper - and we are told these proposals are driven by principle #SEND

Environmentally friendly @McVities.....NOT. Old bar on right: wrapped in recyclable tin foil and paper. New bar on left: wrapped in plastic. Go figure

From No.10 to @wfcouncil, @LabourParty judgement is under fire. PM criticised over Mandelson @WFLabourParty admits it misreported nearly £500k With May’s elections coming, residents shouldn't forget this. walthamforestmatters.org.uk/2026/02/05/lbw… facebook.com/share/p/1A5eX8… @WFEcho

The Handmaids Tale instagram.com/reel/DMq7l5gI6…

Stop restricting Freedom Pass travel in London - Sign the Petition! c.org/fBtT4yBSBM via @UKChange

I agree with these wonderful people @realDonaldTrump. Discrimination in any society is unacceptable

OH SH*T: After the U.S. captured Maduro, Zelensky didn’t mince words about Putin: “If it’s possible to deal with dictators like that, just like that, then the United States knows what to do next.”

UK coup boosted corporate power. Post Office scandal, no one charged for false convictions. Grenfell fire, 72 died, no one charged Water companies, 1,137 criminal convictions, still operating. Energy companies, £514bn operating profit. No curbs leftfootforward.org/2025/08/how-we…

This is the result of a @nationwidefleet dashcam installer. Negligent installation put my life at risk and their insurers @AvivaUK offered me £100!

Funny how “patriots” in Britain and the USA would rather fight for Putin’s dictatorship than the cause of freedom in Ukraine.

It’s staggering how many hoops @AvivaUK are making me jump through just to claim fair damages for danger I was exposed to after their own insured @nationwidefleet admitted a negligent dashcam installation. facebook.com/share/p/1KzBLr…

They say the monarchy a tourist attraction. So is Legoland, and it doesn't get an annual £90m subsidy from the taxpayer.

THE TRUMP KENNEDY CENTER HONORS will be broadcast tonight, on CBS, and Stream on Paramount+. Tune in at 8 P.M. EST! At the request of the Board, and just about everybody else in America, I am hosting the event. Tell me what you think of my “Master of Ceremony” abilities. If really good, would you like me to leave the Presidency in order to make “hosting” a full time job? We will be honoring true GREATS in the History of Entertainment: Sylvester Stallone, Michael Crawford, KISS, George Strait, and Gloria Gaynor.