Dr. Rae Lawrence

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@EstherMcVey1 You’ve lots to say about London. It’s almost as if you’re trying to rage bait your constituents. Has London been located to Tatton? 🙄 Maybe shut up and do your job for the people that voted for you- Wilmslow, Knutsford, etc.

The spectacle of hundreds of balaclava clad teenagers rampaging through the streets of Clapham last week looting shops and robbing businesses was nothing short of sickening.  And for a Waitrose employer to be sacked for standing up to these shoplifters an absolute insult to the law abiding. This is not the UK I was brought up in, nor is it the UK I want to live in.  We should bring back Boris’ water cannons, and load them with ‘Smartwater’ rather than old fashioned tap water, so as to leave an indelible trace on each of the thugs in order to locate and prosecute them.   Unfortunately - for reasons best known to herself -Theresa May banned the use of water cannons in riot situations in 2015 and Sadiq Khan sold the three that Boris acquired for just £11k at a whopping loss of £309k in 2018 bragging ‘we finally managed to get rid of them’.  What a buffoon that man is.    Other countries don’t seem to have a problem using water cannons to deal with yobs and mobs.  It seems that the UK is uniquely obsessed with the human rights of criminals and wrong ‘uns whereas other countries seem much happier to be on the side of common sense and the law abiding majority.    Going soft on crime such as treating shoplifting more as an insurance claim rather than a criminal act may have satisfied bleeding heart liberals who would do anything rather than send someone to prison, but all it’s done is send a message to criminals they won’t be prosecuted, which has led to an explosion in shop theft.  There were over 530,643 reported offences last year, costing retailers £2.2bn. Criminals are being given a green light to expand their enterprise whilst legitimate businesses have to bear the cost. How more wrong-headed can things be?   Deluded Sadiq Khan - protected from the realities of the city he is presiding over by his security detail and his taxpayer funded armoured range rovers - took to the airwaves last week precisely as criminals rampaged across London to saying it was one of the safest cities in the world. Who on earth does he think he is fooling? The reality is that knife crime is up 72% in a year, shoplifting up 38% on the previous year and theft from a person has tripled since Khan took office.   These youths simply have no respect for authority. They are running rings around an impotent system and there is no consequences for their criminal behaviour.    One of Starmer’s first acts as Prime Minister was to let 1,750 criminals out of prison, and appoint a Prison Minister who thinks only one-third of those in jail should be there.  Shockingly, in less than 2 years this Labour government has let 50,000 criminals out of prison back onto the streets early.    Not satisfied with the extent of that, ‘Soft on crime Starmer’ last month brought in a Sentencing Act which sends even fewer persistent convicted criminals to prison, and is letting out those who end up prison after only serving 40% of their sentences.    No wonder Britain is becoming lawless, and it is the useless double act of Starmer and Sadiq who are to blame.

@narendramodi Might I suggest you pick better friends, Mr Modi? I have many fond memories of my times in your country. Trump doesn’t give a damn about you or your country. Only what he can take from Bharat to enrich himself. It would serve India better to be better friends with Mr. Carney.

Received a call from my friend President Donald Trump. We reviewed the substantial progress achieved in our bilateral cooperation in various sectors. We are committed to further strengthening our Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership in all areas. We also discussed the situation in West Asia and stressed the importance of keeping the Strait of Hormuz open and secure. @POTUS @realDonaldTrump

Best part of @UKEnterprise’s email response: “as it clearly stated”. Having worked in a customer facing capacity for decades, heads would roll if I thought a team member addressed a customer in such a way.

I won’t be using them again. And I will be contacting @UKEnterprise leadership about how I - a customer - was forced to do my own customer support. I was going to let it go. Not now.

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Here's what my alter-ego is up to today...

@AphraBrandreth Aha - I didn’t see the abstained list! Sorry ‘bout that. 🙈 I’ll touch base at some point this week/next to sort a chat. It’s good for tweens to learn that our MPs are people who speak for us. (I’ve been slowly walking them through the Westminster system & how it works).

@raelawrence1 To clarify, I support a social media ban for under 16s - I’ve spoken to headteachers, parents & young people on this & raised in Parliament. If you’re referring to Tuesday’s LibDem opposition day debate - I did not vote against (it was a Lim Dem motion on which I abstained).

I was surprised to see that my MP @AphraBrandreth voted against the ban on SM for under-16s. She's a mum, she knows the dangers. I'm unsure if the vote was whipped. My girls just had a social media incident - I'll send over details/make an appt to chat (including my daughters).

@UKEnterprise I've spoken w/ 14 reps across 8 depts @ Enterprise. Unless you can expedite to VP/C-level, there's no point. I am simplying stating that there is an operational failure in the works that I will write about. The outcome will determine what the article's take-home message is.

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@UKEnterprise I'm caught up in what is an organisational failure on your organisation's part. The local EM folks are amazing, but I spent the entire work day yesterday being bounced from pillar to post throughout Enterprise trying to sort something your team(s) failed on.

Otherwise, I think Aphra's doing a good job representing her constituency (city/urban/town - the demographic range is wide). ATM I'm happy enough to lend her my vote next time, assuming all things remain the same & there are no strategic complications iykwim.

@EstherMcVey1 There's already labelling. You've just wasted valuable time in the house that you could have used to address things that actually matter to your Tatton constituents (cost of living for OAPs, young families, etc.) Maybe do some research before kicking off next time.

Introducing my Ten Minute Rule Bill for the compulsory labelling of halal and Kosher meat. I see online this opening section has been edited to misrepresent what I said - so here is the true, unedited version. And you can read the full speech here 👇 #contribution-BA4528DB-17F1-45D4-86BB-CAFE46C26568" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026-0…

I wrote a LinkedIn article about how operational failures affect customer relationships/corporate reputation. I will copy you with that &TrustPilot review. The phone reps are lovely, but not empowered to help or know where to direct me for help. This story is one for training.

We'll say it again for the literature-gatekeepers in the cheap seats: A child reading a faithful retelling lets them immerse themselves in plot, characters, & thems, without the barriers of difficult language. It's not a cheat or a cop-out. It's simply accessible.

The foreword from Sylvie Thornecroft - thanks to her diligence & work with dyslexic readers, we have a faithful, unabridged retelling of one of our favourite books...just in time for you to read and compare with the latest reimagining (movie).

Just thinking - our author, Sylvie Thornecroft, has rewritten many of the classics to be readable at the age 8/9 yo reading level. We’re taking requests - what should we release next?

Honestly, I think i like this re-telling every bit as much as the original! And it's just in time for Year 7 readers embarking on their Gothic Literature unit in school.

@mikegalsworthy What’s striking is the number of accounts defending her statement - that are not based in the UK. Beep boop beep 🤖 Happy Christmas Mike - hope you’re doing well.

It really is staggering to see the leader of the Opposition throw fellow women/girls under the bus… …all to make a data-illiterate attack on foreigners. As if domestic violence, workplace harassment, groping, rapes, drink spiking, misogyny, etc otherwise just don’t exist.

Why is all the “For me” the ranty nonsense from Tories? The Tories are literally responsible for every single problem on this bloody island. Why would I give a bleeding goddamn what they’ve to say?