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SEND mum of a severely learning disabled daughter. Left wing defender of single sex exceptions. Here for the pudding recipes, SEND and sex realists.

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pallavicinisam.bsky.social @pallavicinisam.bsky.social · Nov 19

So it’s let women speak unless they’re frightened? My learning disabled daughter has been sidelined her whole life because of ‘she should be somewhere else’ attitudes like this. These girls‘ rights to feeling part of something are easily eroded when no one knows who they are

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · Jun 19

Sharing this on the eve of tomorrow's vote.

I am a palliative care doctor who is not opposed to AD. But enshrining in law a state-funded right to die, while not enshrine a similar right to the palliative care that might make life worth living, is so very wrong.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

MPs have personal beliefs, but also solemn duties: that’s why they must reject the assisted dying bill this week | Gordon Brown

Our obligations to each other are ill served if laws focus unduly on those who want assisted dying. The priority should be the best palliative care, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

www.theguardian.com

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pallavicinisam.bsky.social @pallavicinisam.bsky.social · Jun 18

Tony McArdle strikes again? His track record is …?

pallavicinisam.bsky.social @pallavicinisam.bsky.social · Jun 18

Some Karen’ being the battlecry. Pathetic ⬇️

suetthemam.bsky.social @suetthemam.bsky.social · Jun 18

Trans women probably will, but how will it be checked? Are we supposed to ensure we appear sufficiently feminine to ensure we don't upset some Karen in the Ladies? Doesn't look like female emancipation to me!

pallavicinisam.bsky.social @pallavicinisam.bsky.social · Jun 18

Oh, so it’s all about toilets? Seriously. Get a grip. Maybe read the judgment before you think you are able to have a conversation with someone who has.

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · Jun 14

I hope Aquafresh are paying them for this

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Jun 14

Red arrows and blue skies

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pallavicinisam.bsky.social @pallavicinisam.bsky.social · Jun 13

I have at least 30 pairs of reading glasses. Except none of them appear to be anywhere in the house. Cross.

pallavicinisam.bsky.social @pallavicinisam.bsky.social · Apr 9

I am so pleased. You have been an unwavering hero. Your work on Covid is as close to my heart too - thank you for both

pallavicinisam.bsky.social @pallavicinisam.bsky.social · Apr 9

I do love a tin. Cannot wait for today’s online order. An almost unheard of event to have my husband’s ‘is it functional’ *and* my ‘is it a lovely old tin’ both ticked at once www.bakerybits.co.uk/triple-pack-...

Triple Pack - Madagascan Vanilla Powder Gift for Bakers

A lovely stocking-filler for your baker friends and family, we're offering 3 of three delightful tins at £25 discounted from the usual £30. We noticed that lots of people have been buying multiple tin...

www.bakerybits.co.uk

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Police Spies Out Of Lives @spiesoutoflives.bsky.social · Mar 6

📣 📣 NEW EDITORIAL @theguardian.com

"As well as the insidious conduct of individuals, the series sheds light on the systemic nature of the abuse and the tenacity of the women who uncovered the truth."
#spycops

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on undercover policing: the struggle for accountability continues | Editorial

Editorial: The public inquiry into police spies was brought about by the bravery of the women they abused, as a new documentary shows

www.theguardian.com

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pallavicinisam.bsky.social @pallavicinisam.bsky.social · Mar 6

Yep. Lots of it 🐷

pallavicinisam.bsky.social @pallavicinisam.bsky.social · Mar 6

Needs to be done. Helen’s book is incredible too amzn.eu/d/ebRWhYR

Deep Deception: The story of the spycop network, by the women who uncovered the shocking truth

Buy Deep Deception: The story of the spycop network, by the women who uncovered the shocking truth by Alison, Belinda, Steel, Helen, Lisa, Naomi (ISBN: 9781529108316) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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pallavicinisam.bsky.social @pallavicinisam.bsky.social · Mar 6

Bracing myself for watching the first of three programmes on #SpyCops tonight inews.co.uk/culture/tele...

‘At 22, I was tricked into a sexual relationship by an undercover policeman’

Helen Steel was with madly in love with ‘John Barker’ – then he vanished. A new documentary tells her story and those of other women duped by ‘spycops’

inews.co.uk

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pallavicinisam.bsky.social @pallavicinisam.bsky.social · Mar 6

Guess (picked on a long walk in the sunshine this afternoon)

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · Mar 6

no shit.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Kyle Clifford watched Andrew Tate videos before triple murder

Jury was not told that former soldier convicted of murder and now rape was interested in self-styled misogynist influencer

www.theguardian.com

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pallavicinisam.bsky.social @pallavicinisam.bsky.social · Mar 6

Today’s excitement …

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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · Mar 4

Civilised society imprisons over 2k people in these brutal long stay warehouses, people who are not criminals. ‘Kasibba’ was locked up for 45 years from age 7, in long term segregation for half the time. Years of evidence, years of broken promises by different govts www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Autistic woman wrongly locked up in mental health hospital for 45 years

“Kasibba”, who is non-verbal and had no family to speak for her, was one of hundreds wrongly detained.

www.bbc.co.uk

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pallavicinisam.bsky.social @pallavicinisam.bsky.social · Mar 1

Same. May she rest in power, knowing the memories she has left

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pallavicinisam.bsky.social @pallavicinisam.bsky.social · Feb 28

V spent her childhood regressing, w/out a genetic diagnosis. Her MRI & chromosomes tested as ‘normal’ at 4; it took us years to get whole genome sequencing. She was diagnosed at 19. We celebrate her determination every day & hope that genetic screening is more routinely offered to families like ours

pallavicinisam.bsky.social @pallavicinisam.bsky.social · Feb 15

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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · Feb 10

'It saddens me that #Unison which has 75 per cent female membership, has as its first motion at its Women’s conference one that seeks to undermine Equality Act protections for women.' @unisontheunion.bsky.social

#TradeUnion #UNWC25 #UWomen25 #WomenInUnison

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...

Trade union accused of betraying women by pushing trans-rights agenda

Unison to debate motion that asserts that ‘trans women are women’ at same time as a nurse battles NHS over single-sex spaces

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Scott Wortley @scottwortley.bsky.social · Feb 9

Compare the performances of schoolboys with international female athletes. And compare them year on year on year.
You can say that you want to prioritise inclusion over fairness in sport. But it is a choice. It is an indication that women's sport doesn't matter to you.

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Barbara Rich @barbararich.bsky.social · Feb 1

Ah yes, the whole Nazi thing. I scrolled through both sites on the evening of Trump’s inauguration. Seventeen zillion posts about Musk’s arm gesture. Virtually none about antisemitic graffiti and firebombing of a daycare centre in a Jewish suburb of Sydney which happened at around the same time

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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · Jan 31

You can't make this shit up www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Analysis | Trump launched air controller diversity program that he now decries

At a news conference, Trump read a list of conditions he called disqualifying, but his administration started such hiring in 2019.

www.washingtonpost.com

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pallavicinisam.bsky.social @pallavicinisam.bsky.social · Jan 30

As the mother of a severely learning disabled daughter, who cannot tolerate any kind of blood test? (So much work done here: ongoing) What would happen if prolonged treatment were needed? I know what would happen. We all do.

pallavicinisam.bsky.social @pallavicinisam.bsky.social · Jan 28

Good grief - that is surely the cure for everything?