Rob

Do you remember Masha, a Russian girl who, at the start of the war, drew a picture of rockets flying toward Ukraine with the words “No to war”? She was only 12 at the time. The Russian authorities sent her to a shelter and threw her father in prison. Later, they handed her over to her mother, who had left her at the age of 3 after promising to “re-educate” (brainwash) the girl. Luckily, her father served his sentence, got her back, and now they have left Russia, probably forever. They are in Paris now. There is no place for normal people in today’s Russia.

@campbellclaret Do you ever read the replies to all your posts? People are never going to forget who you are and what you did. It’s still genuinely heartening to see so many make the effort to reply & remind you though, every single time. But you still know better, right?

Meanwhile Lavrov sits down with Xi and says 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 are the anti military stabilisers of the world! This is what 🇺🇸 desertion of Ukraine 🇺🇦 and war in 🇮🇷 have “achieved”

Dear Lady May @theresa_may I am writing to ask if you will add your voice to those calling for justice for Lucy Letby. (I emailed this letter to you at the House of Lords last December but got no reply, so am trying again via twitter). Sincerely, Peter Hayes

The latest from Dr Phil Hammond in Private Eye is essential reading; every single paragraph is worth its weight in gold.

@KyivIndependent @HeatherThomasAF Give Ukraine ALL the frozen Russian assets.

⚡️UK transfers about 1 billion dollars in frozen Russian assets to Ukraine. The United Kingdom has transferred 752 million pounds (about 1 billion dollars) in frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, Ukraine's Finance Ministry said April 15. kyivindependent.com/uk-transfers-1…

@BohuslavskaKate I am convinced that Trump timed the attack on Iran at least in part to throw Putin an economic lifeline via raised oil prices & sanctions relief. Amazing that Vance could still mouth off against Ukraine after the defeat in Hungary of Orbán, whom he & Trump so openly supported

🇳🇱 PM JETTEN: Russians are losing badly right now. They're losing enormous numbers of Russian troops on the front. Russian economy is in incredibly bad shape, and pressure in Russian society is increasing. This is the moment to provide Ukraine with extra financial and military support. To impose new sanctions on Russia. To ensure that we release 90 billion euros to Ukraine very quickly and speed up negotiations with Ukraine regarding their future in Europe. In the meantime, we're not going to let ourselves be intimidated by Russian threats. We're not going to let ourselves be blackmailed by Russia. In fact, we're looking at how Dutch and Ukrainian companies can cooperate better for security of Ukraine and security of Netherlands.

@nickreeves9876 I am genuinely astounded so many people are prepared to vote for this grifter. Then again, I’m also astounded over how many people who voted for Trump. Maybe there’s a lot more naive, ignorant and nasty people out there than we realise 🤔

You don't get coverage like this on Russian TV without Kremlin approval. The Kremlin knew Farage would be a useful tool, and I am sure he has more than exceeded their hopes. The right-wing media will be waiting to trumpet a Farage triumph in the local elections. Let's follow the Hungarians and shatter their hopes with our votes.

@gill1109 I wish the page where she states she is innocent was always shown beside this particular one.

Lucy Letby never confessed. Not ever. People who have become deeply depressed feel they are the cause of everything bad going on. It seems quite a few people never experienced depression. They can have no idea. Seems they have no empathy. #FreeLetbyNOW #LucyLetby

Restore Britain is now polling 9% nationally - it continues to grow and grow. We will soon overtake the Lib Dems. That is historic growth. And I want to be really clear about what our objective is. Win the next general election, and restore Britain. We will stand hundreds of candidates from outside the rotten political establishment. They will not be failed Conservative ministers. They will not be desperate careerists who are seeking to harness the rightful anger of the British people to advance their own interests. They will not be politicians. They will be men and women who understand how the real world works - in business, medicine, industry, science, education, the military. Proper Britain. I have no interest in appealing to the Westminster elite - Tory, Reform, Labour. It all just stinks. Same people, same ideas, same failures. I don’t want to join the establishment. I want to smash it up. Because Britain doesn’t reforming, it needs restoring. Back to a time when our political system worked for the only group of people who matter. The British people. We are at the start of a very long road, but we have taken the first few very important steps. People laughed when I founded Restore Britain - they said we’d never even reach 1% in the polls. Well, we’re at 9% and we are not stopping there. Reform are leading that poll on 21%. On current trajectory? We will soon overtake the Tories and Labour, and then Reform. That’s the plan. And when we do it, that’s when the real change starts. We are aiming to implement the most radical changes to the British state anyone has seen in living memory. And I mean radical. Join the team, join Restore Britain. Help us make history. Let’s get our country back.

I would argue that an expert panel of 30 clinicians refuting the murder charges, evidence of perjury from Jayaram, evidence of a liver injury likely caused by Breary & the main prosecution witness being a narcissist nutter are exceptional circumstances

@karenmitchell__ I read a common trait throughout all the types of narcissists is their complete lack of empathy. Covert narcs are especially good at pretending to be empathetic though.

Dark personalities (eg malignant narcissists, coercive controllers) don’t experience emotions, so it is impossible for them to have empathy. They merely study people and act responses in emotional situations. The red flags are often visible, but we don’t know what to look for.

This thread by @carolecadwalla deserves endless repetition. Farage was promoted on Russian TV because the Kremlin saw him as a useful tool in Putin's hybrid war against democracy. He has excelled in that role ever since. Let's follow the Hungarians and get off our sofas and into the polling booths to derail Farage's treasonous fascist bandwagon.

@mervynpervyn Narcissists lack empathy. Some types (covert) are good at pretending though. Narcs are drawn to authoritative and controlling positions. Many of them are good at getting there. Doctors, Managers, Law, Politics. See if you can ID those with such tendencies within this MoJ…

The people who cannot even comprehend Lucy Letby's feelings of guilt even though she is completely innocent, the people who pass judgement, I tell you the truth it is they who you need to be careful of, those who literally cannot comprehend even the notion of empathy.

@P_Kallioniemi He does have a face one could quite happily punch all day.

Ukraine last night. Never forget that the US vice president is proud of playing his part in this.

Huge news - Restore Britain has just hit a record 9% in a national poll. 9%. That is massive. Restore Britain is the fastest growing political party in British political history. I am more and more confident that we will win the next general election.

@ArturNadol7566 @MSEHospitals Of course, and that’s only one of many other reasons why it’s so toxic. I live in hope of accountability at all levels - and not just within the NHS - and perhaps more importantly, suitable justice for those who deserve it. Throughout society.

@ArturNadol7566 @MSEHospitals There appears to be an incredibly toxic culture inside the NHS that desperately needs immediate address. Those responsible held to account, replaced, the work force educated in human factors training and just culture. Victims fully compensated and supported.

NHS CALLED HIM A NUISANCE. A TRIBUNAL CALLED IT A WITCH HUNT. Andrew Smith spent 28 years as an NHS nurse. Served in the Gulf War. Not a single blemish on his record. Then he raised concerns at Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust @MSEHospitals about staff being wrongly denied recruitment and retention payments. He pushed. He represented his colleagues. He did exactly what a union rep is supposed to do. The Trust decided he was a nuisance. They hit him with a disciplinary process. Then they sacked him for gross misconduct. He took them to tribunal. Won. The judgment described what happened to him as a witch hunt. Senior nursing officers were personally criticised for their conduct. The Trust appealed. Lost again. Then came the remedy hearing, where reinstatement should have been the obvious outcome. Instead, a trust manager told the Employment Tribunal that they were worried Andrew might continue raising concerns if he came back. Read that again. A manager told a tribunal, out loud, that they did not want their own vindicated employee reinstated because he might keep flagging problems. He was not reinstated. Meanwhile, one of the senior nurses found by the tribunal to have mistreated him walked straight into a director role at NHS Improvement. No consequences. A new title. A better salary. Andrew Smith's children had to use their own savings to keep him and his wife housed. He had been effectively blacklisted from @NHS work, unable to secure positions he was more than qualified for. He wrote to the National Guardian's Office (@NatGuardianFTSU) asking for help with reinstatement, as they had promised in 2017 to support unfairly dismissed whistleblowers. They declined to review his case while tribunal proceedings were still ongoing. Source: minhalexander_com / Dr Minh Alexander and others