Helen Wraight

The only silver lining to Trump’s win…… @sarahcpr ! You’re up girl! Do your thing! (Literally the only way I can hear what he has to say and stay sane is by watching Sarah's #comedyskit )

@robertflute Found this while recalling childhood memories of visiting Fawley Hill and travelling on the steam train! Such fun! fawleyhill.co.uk/video125-fawle…

@MartinSLewis £140 month. Enough to contribute towards bills (their actual equal share would have been £450/month, so, bargin! 😂) While allowing then to save. and to get them used to paying their way in life. They've traveled alot. We should have charged more! 😂

TELL US: Do u charge your adult children rent for living in the family home? How much? How's it decided? Do they pay a share of bills? If ur the one living with parents you can tell us too Do reply for my pod on Wed; producers'll select some to read out. And do like ur faves

@jenny_truman @sainsburys @SainsburysNews I see this at every “super”market I visit. High end to cheap. It’s appalling. Looks sloppy, uncaring, very sad, complete waste of potential stunning & inviting display that would inevitably garner more footfall & custom! @marksandspencer @waitrose @Tesco @AldiUK @LidlGB Sort it!

Hey @sainsburys @SainsburysNews Call yourself a green company. See this every week . Why don’t you water your plants 🤦‍♀️or stop selling them. Time and energy taken to grow and transport . So freaking annoying . 2 mins to water them ! Not rocket science .

@CalltoActivism This video clip boils my blood every single time at Trump’s complete ignorance. And yet, melts my heart at the Queen’s quiet grace. Rest her soul.

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read: “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief. Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege. And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that: • Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are. • You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man. This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump. And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.” -Nate White

Robert De Niro, Viggo Mortensen, Catherine Deneuve, Imagine Dragons, Bono, Hilary Swank, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry — over 30 celebrities and U24 ambassadors have addressed Ukrainians with words of support. Thank you to everyone who has been with🇺🇦during these 2 years. #StandWithUkraine

@AndyatFrogmore @goldstone_tony Any ideas on how to avoid?

For all those aspiring retirees (NHS), beware the partial retirement option if you’re having to re-join the 2015 pension scheme. Big PIA inflation recalculation potential will generate a nasty in year annual allowance charge. Problem has come through since Oct 23. @goldstone_tony

The arrow is pointing to the thing that helps you thread the needle. Poke the pointy bit all the way through the eye (of the needle, not family member 😂). Pass Thread through it, pull the pointy thing with thread back through hole!

@kellyMcgovern21 @RaiseWestHerts @Mel_Chambers76 @WestHertsNHS Art competition. Similar to, or en corporate photography comp. Winning pieces auctioned off at cheese and wine night, gala, soirée, big bash. 🤷🏻‍♀️🥳

Any ideas of charity events that don’t involved Running, planes or tall building? All ideas welcomed 🙏 something that you think I may actually be able to achieve 😂 @RaiseWestHerts @Mel_Chambers76 @WestHertsNHS

@kellyMcgovern21 @RaiseWestHerts @Mel_Chambers76 @WestHertsNHS Also, open it to the public.

@kellyMcgovern21 @RaiseWestHerts @Mel_Chambers76 @WestHertsNHS Photography competition. Pay to enter. Winning entries: - Published in paper - cards/posters made & sold - Wards bid to have 1st choice of poster for their ward. Team with most raised has first pick. 2nd highest, picks second & so on.

✨Exciting news! ✨ We're thrilled to welcome @EmmaWillis to Watford General Hospital to continue her journey as a maternity support worker. Don't worry Emma - you're in safe hands - we'll take good care of you! 💙💙💙 @whhtmaternity

@RobsAllotment My golden lab is a fair weather dog. He stands at the back door waiting to be let back into the house!😂 Our free Range chickens were far more of a challenge while gardening. They would sit on my boot or “help” by scratching so close to my fork I worried I would behead them!😳🐓

Looks like double trouble! . Gardening with these two isn’t always the most relaxing, but it’s always entertaining. Does anyone else garden with their dog, and if so what’s the funniest thing they’ve done? . Happy gardening! #dog #dogs #doglover #doglovers #gardening #gardener

Dear Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's, Lid, Aldi, Waitrose, Morrisons, and all other stores that have self checkout. You are heading towards almost exclusively self-checkout now. The lady checking receipts at the exit was stopping everyone. I didn't choose to participate in that nonsense, I had already 🛒 filled my cart 🛒 emptied my cart 🛒 scanned the items 🛒refilled my cart and so I just skipped the exit line and left. I heard her saying "umm - Excuse me " as I kept walking and raised the receipt above my head, leaving the store. You can either trust me to do self-checkout, or you can put your cashiers back in place like it used to be. I'm not interested in proving that I did your job for you. • If you want me to be a cashier with no training then that's vour problem not mine. • Keep employing young people and give them job opportunities. YOU DON'T PAY ME TO SCAN MY OWN SHOPPING. YOU DON'T GIVE ME STAFF DISCOUNT FOR WORKING FOR YOU. Signed ....All of us These are jobs that are needed to have for young and old

Junior doctors will strike between Wed 3 Jan - Tues 9 Jan. Our service will be under a huge amount of pressure leading up to during and immediately after these strikes. If your condition is less serious you will be facing long wait before you are seen. bitly.ws/35ZaQ

@realmatbaynton Bravo to you all! Beautiful, happy heart aching ending xxxx 😭💖

@benwillbond 😭😭💖😭😭

@LaytonWilliams It’s been such a pleasure and a privilege to watch you dance every week for the past 3 months! You truly are a joy to watch!! Much love and perfect moves for tomorrow night.

No matter what happens tomorrow I'm gonna soak it all up and enjoy every last moment. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who's showed me kindness these last few months. There's been times I've really needed it to spur me on! Hope to go out with a bang 🫶🏾

@SafeSpaceDrWho Yes!!!! And unbelievably, ridiculously happy that DT’s Doctor, and Donna get to hang out and do life together! @bbcdoctorwho a #DoctorDonnaspinoff ? 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

The moment Ncuti Gatwa became the Doctor. The bi-generation He stole it 💙💙🤩 Obsessed with him already #DoctorWho