Grandma! Mother, Wife, Gemini, lover of the Today Programme & parent to dogs past and present.

Joined January 2009
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10 Nov 2024
@thetimes you have made a direct debit despite us cancelling our account. This is very bad service
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10 Nov 2024
Why is it so hard to cancel a subscription with The Times? It feels very unscrupulous
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Gay Slade retweeted
I don’t speak of this often but listening to Nigel Farage in tonight’s debate I must. My dad was an immigrant. From the moment he arrived in this country he worked hard every day in labouring jobs. My most vivid recollection is of his tired & weary eyes and oil stained overalls when he came home after a 12 hour factory shift. Even then he was able to raise a smile for us. He was kind & gentle & loved my mum with passion. He raised a family of 4 & instilled in each of us a fierce sense of right & wrong & love of country. His proudest day was when he became a British citizen. I recall him with love & affection & pride & carry the lessons he taught me in my heart every day. If it were not for my dad I would not be a lawyer today & in his memory I work hard everyday to make a difference for as many as I can. Immigration is a beautiful thing & don’t let charlatans like Farage tell you otherwise ❤️
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“Shame on us that we raised a generation that chooses to be humanitarian only in certain circumstances.” Immensely powerful monologue by @lucyaharish, the first Muslim Arabic TV presenter in Israel

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Join the #Together4Humanity vigil as we build a movement to stand against rising antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate amidst the ongoing conflict in Israel-Palestine. 📅Dec 3, 15:00 📍Opposite Downing Street "In this country, We stand united." togetherforhumanity.co.uk
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Gay Slade retweeted
🧵Some thoughts after attending today's 47-minute screening of Hamas's atrocities on Oct 7 at the @UN, following a searing speech from @MosabHasanYOSEF - son of one of the co-founders of Hamas.
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THIS IS HOPE! Another Jewish-Palestinian rally is happening now in the town of Tira in Israel. Hundreds of Jewish & Palestinian citizens of Israel gatherd for the 6th rally in a row, each in a different city, to fight for Jewish-Arab partnership & for Israeli-Palestinian peace.
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Happening now in Tel Aviv Jaffa: Hundreds of Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel are protesting against this endless war, against the occupation, against the killing of the innocent and for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Only peace will bring us sefaty and security.
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Gay Slade retweeted
In this crisis @bbcnews has squandered its reputation for both neutrality and reliability.
We are absolutely appalled by @BBCNews footage which appears to show a newsreader misquoting a Reuters report. The Corporation must issue a public apology without delay for this egregious misreporting.
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Gay Slade retweeted
Today marks the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht. At the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin tonight: “Never Again Is Now!”
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It was an honour for me to play the piano at George Alagiah’s memorial service. Such an emotional, uplifting celebration of his life. Here’s the montage of George at work and at home for which I provided a musical accompaniment.
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Gay Slade retweeted
Johnathan Freedland as effective and powerful as ever.
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22 Oct 2023
RT @simon_schama: I'm just glad my parents for whom being British and being Jewish was an inseparable soyrce of pride arent alive to see th…
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A work of genius by Politics Joe on this exceedingly good Friday.

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This is dog whistle politics from the Conservative candidate. Sadiq has a record to be proud of in standing up for Jewish Londoners, and Londoners of all backgrounds.
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Throughout his tenure as Mayor,@SadiqKhan has treated our community with friendship & respect. We hope to co-host the key Mayoral candidates at a 2024 Jewish hustings, where it will be clear that while London Jews may have varying political views, there is no fear present at all
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Gay Slade retweeted
The 🇬🇧 has been a leader on climate action but we cannot rest on our laurels For any party to resile from this agenda will not help economically or electorally
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BREAKING: Sunak is reneging on many of the UK’s net zero commitments. The worst decision of any Prime Minister in my lifetime. A betrayal of our children, of our international responsibilities, and scientifically illiterate.
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Superb response to odious dinosaur misogynist Peter Hilton in today’s ⁦@thetimes⁩. Particularly for anyone minimising, belittling, disputing or denying women’s testimony of NHS workplace misogyny & assault (& wow they’ve been out in force on here) 👇
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11 Sep 2023
Shocked I’m telling you. Shocked by what the Telegraph is reporting. Just as a matter of interest was it the BBC waving the EU flags, or concert goers? Cos if it’s the latter maybe there should be a full public inquiry into - err - the public
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