Joanne Smith - Jo @_Joannesmith

ME since 1991.Owned by Shih Tzu called Teddy 🐾 Interested in ME advocacy & research.Dogs.Wildlife. Books. Bit of Politics. #pwme @joannesmith.bsky.social UK Joined September 2014

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Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss

2 weeks ago

Lots of talk about the welfare tax bill lately… A suggestion: Before pointing the lazy finger at the people our media tells you to hate Look up At the billion-pound firms refusing to pay fair wages You know… The ones posting record profits while taxpayers subsidise the…

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Jon Poole, @[email protected] @total2total

2 weeks ago

I tweet every day to remind everyone that we need to #savenhsdentists in the UK thousands struggle to get NHS dentists, thousands can't afford private dentists, dentists have been privatised via the back door, please retweet, @wesstreeting @Keir_Starmer

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Joe Hardy 🇺🇦 🇪🇺♿️🐟 #RightToLove 💙 @BlokeOnWheels

2 weeks ago

Where to start with this? Deep breath Joe Ok, here we fucking go! Firstly, vehicles on the scheme are least to people and despite the fact that PIP pays for the cars each month, many of them come with a very significant advance payment which must be paid for by claimants in…

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The Figen @TheFigen_

4 weeks ago

Security seemed to have prepared his whole life for this moment. 👍😂

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Anil van der Zee © @AnilvanderZee

a month ago

Health(s)care. A short talk for the 8th of August #severemeday2025 about how healthcare can be a frightening place for those of us living with severe ME. We urgently need things to change. We need support, and you can help. Because speaking, 1/ youtube.com/watch?v=qVDwvt…

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Carole Bruce @CaroleBruce17

a month ago

This has been my reality for 32 years. #SevereME No real treatment because there has been no serious research funding. The psych/behavioural lobby make sure of this despite ample proof of physiological damage. How many more generations will live in dark rooms alone and ignored?

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Joanne Smith - Jo @_Joannesmith

a month ago

#pwME #decodeME For those waiting anxiously for the DecodeME email and website update, there press embargo must have ended. Apparently Channel 4 have also reported. independent.co.uk/life-style/hea…

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John Peters @johnthejack

a month ago

Interesting. #DecodeME has found evidence. #c4news

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Arthur @unreal_arthur

a month ago

Sarah Boothby, “Isla's mother has been arrested under suspicion of causing her death from ME last year (heart failure). There was no inquest. Isla's younger sister (15), who also has ME, has been removed from the only people who understand how the disease must be managed…”

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The Higlander @mentalrook

2 months ago

Oh dear

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Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon

2 months ago

🚨PLEASE SHARE WIDELY🚨 Today, MPs will vote on cutting £3,000 a year from 750,000 low-income sick and disabled people deemed too ill to work. That’s a £2 BILLION cut. This has had hardly any media coverage. And the Government snuck out the Impact Assessment only last night.

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Jo @cfs_jo

2 months ago

Oh this. So much this.

🍂 @Lovandfear

2 months ago

Oh this. So much this.

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Gerry Hassan @GerryHassan

2 months ago

The entire UK political/media narrative on welfare is that it is "burgeoning", "a burden" & "unsustainable". But how high is it compared to others? UK welfare is 10.8% of GDP in 2023 (including pensions). Finland spends 25.7% of GDP; France 23.8%: both double the UK.

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Missing Pets GB @MissingPetsGB

2 months ago

Very urgent - MIA is older & is unable to walk too far but sadly after searching for her there is still no sign!! If anyone sees her, sees any posts about a found dog or has ANY information PLEASE get in touch! She is currently under the care of the vet & needs to be home

Missing Pets GB @MissingPetsGB

2 months ago

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Tim Boxall ♿🇪🇺 Et Daemonium In Rotae @timboxall

2 months ago

A good explainer of where we now stand from Nadia Whittome..

Nadia Whittome MP @NadiaWhittomeMP

2 months ago

A good explainer of where we now stand from Nadia Whittome..

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Carolynne Hunter @CazMac38

2 months ago

Do you think it’s right that my daughter Freya will lose the health element of UC when she turns 18? @Keir_Starmer @vickyfoxcroft and all the rest of the #LabourMPs and #MPs from other parties that voted to pass the #WelfareReformBill Shame on the lot of you! Freya needs 24/7…

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Nicola 💙 @nikpet1

2 months ago

Can any of the Labour MPs who voted for the Welfare Bill, which is in tatters, explain exactly what you voted for?

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Josh Self @Josh_Self_

2 months ago

How every MP voted on Labour’s welfare bill after major eleventh hour U-turn Full breakdown via @Politics_co_uk 👇 politics.co.uk/news/2025/07/0…

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti

2 months ago

"It's not just PIP" I've written an overview of the government's disability benefit plans - covering not just PIP and the Timms review, but also Universal Credit, contributory ESA and statistics around PIP reviews - and what's being voted on when bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

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Rae @RaeA_Smith

2 months ago

To every MP voting on PIP today: Have you ever filled in the forms? Measured your life in metres and checkboxes? Been told your pain doesn’t count — because you smiled? If not, ask yourself this: Do you really understand what you’re about to vote on? @UKLabour @Keir_Starmer