Fiona Sheil
@fionasheil.bsky.social
Feminist researcher and strategist. Andean cyclist. Environmental activist. Founding an inclusive system change think tank to end violence against women and girls. Because it’s long past time we did.
I absolutely agree with Esther Rantzen’s point that MPs aren’t being honest about how religion shapes their opposition to assisted dying. This is dishonest, especially when hidden under other supposed concerns. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Rantzen accused of being ‘disrespectful’ as MPs debate assisted dying bill – UK politics live
About 150 changes have been made to the bill since MPs voted on it last year
www.theguardian.com
May 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I absolutely agree with Esther Rantzen’s point that MPs aren’t being honest about how religion shapes their opposition to assisted dying. This is dishonest, especially when hidden under other supposed concerns. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Wow, what an incredible archival resource. Huge thanks to @inquest-org.bsky.social for compiling and making it publicly available.
✨NEW DIGITAL ARCHIVE
Our brand new digital archive documents state violence, death and resistance in the UK since 1981. Come and explore over 40 years of fighting for justice through sound, image and print.
Please visit & share history.inquest.org.uk
Our brand new digital archive documents state violence, death and resistance in the UK since 1981. Come and explore over 40 years of fighting for justice through sound, image and print.
Please visit & share history.inquest.org.uk
May 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Wow, what an incredible archival resource. Huge thanks to @inquest-org.bsky.social for compiling and making it publicly available.
Bid writing is TERRIBLE and STUPID in its level of waste and irrelevance. And I say this as someone who writes for a living.
May 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Bid writing is TERRIBLE and STUPID in its level of waste and irrelevance. And I say this as someone who writes for a living.
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Pedestrians who are hit by SUVs are 44% more likely to be killed than if they were hit by a conventional car, new study finds. Children are 82% more likely to die when hit by an SUV than by a car. In children under 10, the risk of death was 130% higher.
Regulate vehicle size now.
Regulate vehicle size now.
'Supersize SUVs much more likely to cause fatal injury to cyclists and pedestrians'
Sports utility vehicles account for more than half of new cars bought in UK
www.standard.co.uk
April 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Pedestrians who are hit by SUVs are 44% more likely to be killed than if they were hit by a conventional car, new study finds. Children are 82% more likely to die when hit by an SUV than by a car. In children under 10, the risk of death was 130% higher.
Regulate vehicle size now.
Regulate vehicle size now.
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does CPS really have nothing better to do than prosecuting a woman for 'illegally taking abortion pills' during the lockdown /// despite the fact that the crown's own estimate is that the foetus was around 22 weeks and termination is legal up to the 23rd week www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK woman accused of using pills for illegal abortion during Covid lockdown
Nicola Packer, 44, was arrested at a London hospital after reporting a miscarriage in 2020, court told
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
does CPS really have nothing better to do than prosecuting a woman for 'illegally taking abortion pills' during the lockdown /// despite the fact that the crown's own estimate is that the foetus was around 22 weeks and termination is legal up to the 23rd week www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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"Starmer takes a lot of flak for lacking a clear animating purpose ... But on clean energy & climate action he has been ...much more ambitious than he is given credit for".
Interesting & encouraging piece by @james-bg.bsky.social of @businessgreen.bsky.social.
www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/44...
Interesting & encouraging piece by @james-bg.bsky.social of @businessgreen.bsky.social.
www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/44...
April 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"Starmer takes a lot of flak for lacking a clear animating purpose ... But on clean energy & climate action he has been ...much more ambitious than he is given credit for".
Interesting & encouraging piece by @james-bg.bsky.social of @businessgreen.bsky.social.
www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/44...
Interesting & encouraging piece by @james-bg.bsky.social of @businessgreen.bsky.social.
www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/44...
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Today, on #LesbianVisibilityDay, join us to celebrate the strength, courage and resilience of our Rainbow Sisters. 🏳️🌈
Rainbow Sisters is our vibrant, supportive community for LGBTQ+ women and non-binary individuals who are seeking safety in the UK.
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Rainbow Sisters is our vibrant, supportive community for LGBTQ+ women and non-binary individuals who are seeking safety in the UK.
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April 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Today, on #LesbianVisibilityDay, join us to celebrate the strength, courage and resilience of our Rainbow Sisters. 🏳️🌈
Rainbow Sisters is our vibrant, supportive community for LGBTQ+ women and non-binary individuals who are seeking safety in the UK.
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Rainbow Sisters is our vibrant, supportive community for LGBTQ+ women and non-binary individuals who are seeking safety in the UK.
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The energy at the edges - a new post with some thoughts on the vitality at the edges of the system.
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
The energy at the edges
The system is dying from the middle, but there’s vitality at the periphery
medium.com
April 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The energy at the edges - a new post with some thoughts on the vitality at the edges of the system.
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
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We must challenge the growing power of the super rich over our politics and stop them blocking the changes we need for a just, sustainable future.
Donate today to our #ExtremeWealthLine campaign and your donation will be doubled thanks to the Big Give. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Donate today to our #ExtremeWealthLine campaign and your donation will be doubled thanks to the Big Give. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
April 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
We must challenge the growing power of the super rich over our politics and stop them blocking the changes we need for a just, sustainable future.
Donate today to our #ExtremeWealthLine campaign and your donation will be doubled thanks to the Big Give. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Donate today to our #ExtremeWealthLine campaign and your donation will be doubled thanks to the Big Give. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
What a brave, brave, brave woman. She deserved peace. She deserved so much better. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Virginia Giuffre, Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew accuser, dies aged 41
Giuffre’s family issue statement confirming she killed herself at her farm in Western Australia
www.theguardian.com
April 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
What a brave, brave, brave woman. She deserved peace. She deserved so much better. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“In adult prisons, Pava spray is deployed disproportionately — particularly against Black and Muslim men.” —Meka Beresford, ARE Head of Policy
Due to a surge in violence in #YouthOffender Institutions, the gov’t will now trial PAVA spray on children as young as 14.
Due to a surge in violence in #YouthOffender Institutions, the gov’t will now trial PAVA spray on children as young as 14.
Pepper spray to be used in youth custody after surge in assaults
Youth offender institutions, whose inmates are as young as 14, are the most violent part of the prison system
www.thetimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
“In adult prisons, Pava spray is deployed disproportionately — particularly against Black and Muslim men.” —Meka Beresford, ARE Head of Policy
Due to a surge in violence in #YouthOffender Institutions, the gov’t will now trial PAVA spray on children as young as 14.
Due to a surge in violence in #YouthOffender Institutions, the gov’t will now trial PAVA spray on children as young as 14.
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On Tuesday we will be holding a session looking into misogyny in young men and boys.
Witnesses include executive producers of @netflix.com show Adolescence Jack Thorne and Emily Feller, as well as experts working in education and on gender equality.
Full details below 👇
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Witnesses include executive producers of @netflix.com show Adolescence Jack Thorne and Emily Feller, as well as experts working in education and on gender equality.
Full details below 👇
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April 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
On Tuesday we will be holding a session looking into misogyny in young men and boys.
Witnesses include executive producers of @netflix.com show Adolescence Jack Thorne and Emily Feller, as well as experts working in education and on gender equality.
Full details below 👇
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Witnesses include executive producers of @netflix.com show Adolescence Jack Thorne and Emily Feller, as well as experts working in education and on gender equality.
Full details below 👇
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Isn’t it time that illegal behaviour was treated as, well, illegal?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Only three people ever prosecuted for covering up England’s illegal sewage spills
Employees of water firms who obstruct investigations into spills could face jail under new rules that come into force on Friday
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Isn’t it time that illegal behaviour was treated as, well, illegal?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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📢FOI in the News!
Thousands of trafficking victims reject government support for fear of deportation according to new FOI data obtained by the Observer and anti-slavery charity After Exploitation.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
#Refugees #HomeOffice #joinCFOI #accountability
Thousands of trafficking victims reject government support for fear of deportation according to new FOI data obtained by the Observer and anti-slavery charity After Exploitation.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
#Refugees #HomeOffice #joinCFOI #accountability
Trafficking victims rejecting UK government support because they fear being deported
Nearly 6,000 victims of modern slavery chose not to be referred for help last year, new data shows
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
📢FOI in the News!
Thousands of trafficking victims reject government support for fear of deportation according to new FOI data obtained by the Observer and anti-slavery charity After Exploitation.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
#Refugees #HomeOffice #joinCFOI #accountability
Thousands of trafficking victims reject government support for fear of deportation according to new FOI data obtained by the Observer and anti-slavery charity After Exploitation.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
#Refugees #HomeOffice #joinCFOI #accountability
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My plans for some of our key missions and goals in the next years of @giwlkings.bsky.social
"I believe we are at a critical juncture in gender equality"
Read our new director @heejungchung.bsky.social's plans to address gender equality by reshaping work culture, better promoting inclusive feminism, and fostering greater collaboration with men ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/my-plan...
Read our new director @heejungchung.bsky.social's plans to address gender equality by reshaping work culture, better promoting inclusive feminism, and fostering greater collaboration with men ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/my-plan...
My plans for the King's Global Institute for Women's Leadership
To address gender inequality, we need to reshape work culture, better promote inclusive feminism, and foster greater collaboration with men
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My plans for some of our key missions and goals in the next years of @giwlkings.bsky.social
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I think the funniest thing that happened after the Drump Tariff stupidity is how chinese factories are now unveiling how the American middle men have been taking a huge cut on your goods and persuading Americans to buy directly from China. I am not even sure what to call this...
April 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I think the funniest thing that happened after the Drump Tariff stupidity is how chinese factories are now unveiling how the American middle men have been taking a huge cut on your goods and persuading Americans to buy directly from China. I am not even sure what to call this...
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UK regulator to investigate Ernst & Young 2015-18 audits of the Post Office.
Despite public evidence of failures, it did nothing. Now responding to pressure in parliament.
Why only 2015-18? Flawed accounting system resulted in false accounts & postmaster prosecutions years before.
Token inquiry?
Despite public evidence of failures, it did nothing. Now responding to pressure in parliament.
Why only 2015-18? Flawed accounting system resulted in false accounts & postmaster prosecutions years before.
Token inquiry?
Investigation regarding the audits of Post Office Limited by Ernst & Young LLP
www.frc.org.uk
April 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
UK regulator to investigate Ernst & Young 2015-18 audits of the Post Office.
Despite public evidence of failures, it did nothing. Now responding to pressure in parliament.
Why only 2015-18? Flawed accounting system resulted in false accounts & postmaster prosecutions years before.
Token inquiry?
Despite public evidence of failures, it did nothing. Now responding to pressure in parliament.
Why only 2015-18? Flawed accounting system resulted in false accounts & postmaster prosecutions years before.
Token inquiry?
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UK median wage, £29,628. Net pay, £24,852; barely enough to survive.
Top 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Bottom 50% less than 5%.
Can't revive economy without boosting purchasing power of the bottom 50%.
Workers need higher share of GDP. Progressive taxation.
Top 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Bottom 50% less than 5%.
Can't revive economy without boosting purchasing power of the bottom 50%.
Workers need higher share of GDP. Progressive taxation.
Earnings and employment from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information, UK - Office for National Statistics
Monthly estimates of payrolled employees and their pay from HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Real Time Information (RTI) data.
www.ons.gov.uk
April 17, 2025 at 5:51 AM
UK median wage, £29,628. Net pay, £24,852; barely enough to survive.
Top 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Bottom 50% less than 5%.
Can't revive economy without boosting purchasing power of the bottom 50%.
Workers need higher share of GDP. Progressive taxation.
Top 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Bottom 50% less than 5%.
Can't revive economy without boosting purchasing power of the bottom 50%.
Workers need higher share of GDP. Progressive taxation.
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My co-written book with @campbellbeatrix.bsky.social will be launched on 3rd July in Central London. To book your place, go to bit.ly/PlanetPatria...
April 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
My co-written book with @campbellbeatrix.bsky.social will be launched on 3rd July in Central London. To book your place, go to bit.ly/PlanetPatria...
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£5bn disability benefit cuts will push 250,000 into poverty. Women—especially Disabled women and unpaid carers—will be hardest hit. Why target the most vulnerable?
WBG Director @maryannstephenson.bsky.social sets out the case for fairer choices: www.opendemocracy.net/en/disabilit...
WBG Director @maryannstephenson.bsky.social sets out the case for fairer choices: www.opendemocracy.net/en/disabilit...
Women will suffer most from cuts to disability benefits
Cuts will push hundreds of thousands of women into poverty or force them out of workforce
www.opendemocracy.net
April 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
£5bn disability benefit cuts will push 250,000 into poverty. Women—especially Disabled women and unpaid carers—will be hardest hit. Why target the most vulnerable?
WBG Director @maryannstephenson.bsky.social sets out the case for fairer choices: www.opendemocracy.net/en/disabilit...
WBG Director @maryannstephenson.bsky.social sets out the case for fairer choices: www.opendemocracy.net/en/disabilit...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... finally. A horrifying man.
Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault
Actor and comedian charged with rape, indecent assault, oral rape and two counts of sexual assault, say police
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... finally. A horrifying man.
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And here is the @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk guide to using the @transportforlondon.bsky.social cycle shuttle bus. #Disability #Cycling #Silvertown wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/silvertown-t...
Silvertown Tunnel Cycle Bus: Access information
Wheels for Wellbeing is an award-winning charity supporting disabled people of all ages and abilities to enjoy the benefits of cycling.
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk
April 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
And here is the @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk guide to using the @transportforlondon.bsky.social cycle shuttle bus. #Disability #Cycling #Silvertown wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/silvertown-t...
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NEW: The Equality and Human Right Commission is investigating Labour’s benefits cuts for potentially breaching the Equality Act. Spoiler alert: it is. I’m half way through all these PIP scoring forms and changing to needing 4 in one item is clearly discriminatory.
March 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
NEW: The Equality and Human Right Commission is investigating Labour’s benefits cuts for potentially breaching the Equality Act. Spoiler alert: it is. I’m half way through all these PIP scoring forms and changing to needing 4 in one item is clearly discriminatory.