Alison Runham

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Alison Runham

@AlisonRunham

Freelance writer and Deputy Ed of @SustainEurope magazine. Fan of history, sci-fi, equality, literacy. Ex: NHS, Literacy Coordinator, ENCo, health columnist.

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Alison Runham
Alison Runham@AlisonRunham·
Don't normally use Twitter anymore because: Elon. I'm only back to say I won't be using @sainsburys anymore, either. Advertising on GB News? Forget it. Ironically, I'd just gone over to Sainsbury's from Morrisons (constant subs, OOS, terrible packing). I'll solely use @Tesco now.
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Alison Runham@AlisonRunham·
@electra_rhodes Walk away and let it breathe 😊. And/or - counterintuitively - start afresh, without looking at the original. This strategy has worked for me. It refocuses me on what I'm trying to say rather than the word spaghetti I've produced, and my brain tends to reproduce the best bits.
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Electra Rhodes - writes a bit/archaeologises a bit@electra_rhodes·
I'm now written 5 versions of a particular thing. I've tried telescoping it in each direction - slower/faster. I've laden it with detail/pared it back. I've tried different tenses. I showed Sam who read it and said, 's'easy. Ya know. just make it good'. I shoulda thought of that!
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Alison Runham@AlisonRunham·
No more clothes from @marksandspencer for me after discovering they advertise on GB News. Disgusting.
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Patricia 💙@PatriciaRudkins·
Really, really dismayed to see that @marksandspencer are advertising on the racist and anti-LGBT+ @GBNEWS. Get your act together, M&S, otherwise I’ll be taking my custom elsewhere.
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Philip Nolan@philipnolan1·
She also introduced me to tinto de verano on that 2021 visit.
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Philip Nolan@philipnolan1·
40 years ago, I went to lunch with friends in their Dublin house. We got snowed in. We lost touch, but reconnected on Facebook. Met again in Cork recently, then I spent a night with them in 2021 in Spain Helen died on Saturday. No one except my mum gave better hugs. I love a hug.
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Alison Runham@AlisonRunham·
@orlandofreak @Dr_BellaR I hear you. But I diagnosed my FiL's Parkinson's Disease, which is more than his 'qualified GP' did. I say this not to big up my fading, dated skills as an ex-Snr Pharm Tech, but to show that eliminating PAs doesn't eliminate quacks. His diagnosis? Mythical 'Old Man's Shake'. 😡
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Lorraine Higgins💙@orlandofreak·
@Dr_BellaR Personally, I want to see a trained, qualified doctor. There's no substitute for them. The days of the 'Quack' doctor should be confined to history.
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Alison Runham@AlisonRunham·
Does @YouGov *ever* answer emails from the people who help it provide its data, or should I just give up waiting?? I've had a Connections issue for weeks. Emailed twice. Nowt. Why even bother having an email address?
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Alison Runham@AlisonRunham·
Anyone else have a problem with the @YouGov Safe extension? I've happily used it for ages to download Netflix, Disney and Prime data, but Apple is a nope. I've emailed them but never got a response. It always says I'm not logged in (yes I am) or I don't have a subscription (I do)
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Alison Runham@AlisonRunham·
@Jason2295396699 @sharrond62 Too far? Having 2 Christmas events out of 60 with a female mythical Claus figure is too far... for what, exactly? Next up: National Trust says unicorns are just horses with a horn stuck on. They've gone too far! 🤦
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Caractacus@Jason2295396699·
@sharrond62 Sadly done it this year. Held off for fear of reduction in funding might lead to being slowly sold of to who knows who. But they've gone too far for me now.
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Alison Runham@AlisonRunham·
It's the lies from @BritishGas that I've found most difficult. Again and again I've held off going to the @EnergyOmbudsman because they said it was sorted. Nearly 2 and a half years later, with payments I don't owe taken from my account by a DD I didn't sign; it's not. Disgrace.
SG06011949@sg06011949

@AlisonRunham @BritishGas They sent me a cheque in mums name also! To the address that had already been sold. Then said they needed to restart the DD to refund. Then multiple lies about when the new cheque was coming. Couldn’t make it up 🥺 if it wasn’t so distressing it would be laughable

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Alison Runham@AlisonRunham·
@sg06011949 @BritishGas @guardian They very much do! How difficult is it to change the name and address on an account, wait for final meter readings, then send a bill or cheque for debit/credit?
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Alison Runham@AlisonRunham·
In August 2022, my Mum died. I told @BritishGas immediately. Over the last 2 years & 3 months, I've been in an ongoing battle with them (for clarity: her account was in credit). I can't even bear to go into detail, but it's beyond belief. Insensitive, incompetent. Ombudsman time
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Alison Runham@AlisonRunham·
@sg06011949 @BritishGas 1/2 Yep. Exactly the same. What is going on there?? One of their replies - posted after my entire 2+ year tale of misery - asked, on a scale of 0 to 10, if I'd recommend British Gas! Very obviously, 0! @SouthernWater changed to account name, started sending the paperwork to my-
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Alison Runham@AlisonRunham·
@sg06011949 @BritishGas 2/2 - I was going to shred all the paperwork! And now they're trying to deduct money for a day in January that they'd not billed before, when I'd sold the house! 🤦 I hate to say this, but don't hold your breath. I could paper my walls with the promises they've made.
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Alison Runham@AlisonRunham·
@sg06011949 @BritishGas 1/2 It's just shocking. It took me months of calls just to get the initial refund (and then longer to get a refund that wasn't a cheque in my late Mum's name!). I thought it was all over then - and funnily enough, only noticed payments had been going out of my account on the day-
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Alison Runham@AlisonRunham·
2/2 ... - a bill in the name of my mother (dead for 2 years and precisely 5 months, today). And @BritishGas now wants me to pay for a day in January when the house wasn't mine and the account was meant to be closed. Tempted to skip the energy ombudsman for the small claims court.
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Alison Runham@AlisonRunham·
1/2 Well, there we go. It's the evening of the 4th of December, the date by which @BritishGas promised me, as they have done dozens of times before, an update. While waiting the requested week, I've had: - yet another payment taken illegally from my bank account (no 6) And...
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