Francesca
@frankiesoton.bsky.social
Interests: academia; NHS: health research; frailty in OP; learning disability; Patient public involvement/engagement/exp. in research & NHS; Down’s syndrome; gardening; allotments;left politics; environment. Views entirely my own.
She/her. I have ADHD
She/her. I have ADHD
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Thames Water is a test for the British economy.
It profits by ripping off customers.
Pays dividends, doesn't invest.
Since March TW borrowed £1.47bn.
Paid £900m in fees/interest for the emergency financing.
Can't address crisis without public ownership.
archive.ph/oW8ck/again?...
It profits by ripping off customers.
Pays dividends, doesn't invest.
Since March TW borrowed £1.47bn.
Paid £900m in fees/interest for the emergency financing.
Can't address crisis without public ownership.
archive.ph/oW8ck/again?...
Thames Water is a test for the British economy
It is a particularly British paradox that one of the country’s biggest companies can both generate hundreds of millions in profit and be at imminent risk of bankruptcy. This is the story of Thames Wat...
unherd.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Thames Water is a test for the British economy.
It profits by ripping off customers.
Pays dividends, doesn't invest.
Since March TW borrowed £1.47bn.
Paid £900m in fees/interest for the emergency financing.
Can't address crisis without public ownership.
archive.ph/oW8ck/again?...
It profits by ripping off customers.
Pays dividends, doesn't invest.
Since March TW borrowed £1.47bn.
Paid £900m in fees/interest for the emergency financing.
Can't address crisis without public ownership.
archive.ph/oW8ck/again?...
December 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
December 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
magazine.unison.org.uk/2025/10/14/v...
This case is absolutely appalling 😣 #Discrimination - the fact that Leicester appealed it twice is despicable and disturbing. The council tax payers of Leicester should be asking some hard questions.
This case is absolutely appalling 😣 #Discrimination - the fact that Leicester appealed it twice is despicable and disturbing. The council tax payers of Leicester should be asking some hard questions.
Vindicated - Magazine
Bindu Parmar speaks candidly about her long-running race discrimination case
magazine.unison.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
magazine.unison.org.uk/2025/10/14/v...
This case is absolutely appalling 😣 #Discrimination - the fact that Leicester appealed it twice is despicable and disturbing. The council tax payers of Leicester should be asking some hard questions.
This case is absolutely appalling 😣 #Discrimination - the fact that Leicester appealed it twice is despicable and disturbing. The council tax payers of Leicester should be asking some hard questions.
Today’s vibe 🤦🏻♀️
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Today’s vibe 🤦🏻♀️
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A British university complied with a demand from Beijing to halt research about human rights abuses in China, leading to a major project being dropped, the Guardian can reveal.
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:25 AM
A British university complied with a demand from Beijing to halt research about human rights abuses in China, leading to a major project being dropped, the Guardian can reveal.
Just read my work emails. Someone has sent their personal promotion details and Cv to the whole School (twice). Oops ! As someone with ADHD I am paranoid about checking emails before I send them. Right person, too wordy, bla bla.
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Just read my work emails. Someone has sent their personal promotion details and Cv to the whole School (twice). Oops ! As someone with ADHD I am paranoid about checking emails before I send them. Right person, too wordy, bla bla.
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Spain has imposed a permanent ban on the sale of weapons and ammunition to Israel as part of a package of measures aimed at "stopping the genocide" in Gaza.
Spain imposes permanent weapons embargo on Israel
PM Pedro Sánchez announces that ships transporting fuel and planes carrying defense materiel to the country will be banned from Spanish ports and airspace.
ow.ly
September 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Spain has imposed a permanent ban on the sale of weapons and ammunition to Israel as part of a package of measures aimed at "stopping the genocide" in Gaza.
Absolutely bonkers. I hope he has been struck off? Because if he hasn’t by now this should be the last straw 🤬
September 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Absolutely bonkers. I hope he has been struck off? Because if he hasn’t by now this should be the last straw 🤬
Been to work with our lovely group of adults with learning disabilities at Southampton mencap this morning. One of the groups was out washing cars in the car park so I got my car washed as well (which it badly needed😆). I gave them a tenner to get themselves a treat for after lunch 😎
September 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Been to work with our lovely group of adults with learning disabilities at Southampton mencap this morning. One of the groups was out washing cars in the car park so I got my car washed as well (which it badly needed😆). I gave them a tenner to get themselves a treat for after lunch 😎
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People are struggling.
Our NHS is collapsing.
Reform are organising.
There’s no time to waste.
Join @greenparty.org.uk Now.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Our NHS is collapsing.
Reform are organising.
There’s no time to waste.
Join @greenparty.org.uk Now.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Zack Polanski tells voters there is no ‘time to wait around’ for Corbyn party
New leader urges left-leaning voters to ‘join the Green Party right now’.
www.independent.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
People are struggling.
Our NHS is collapsing.
Reform are organising.
There’s no time to waste.
Join @greenparty.org.uk Now.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Our NHS is collapsing.
Reform are organising.
There’s no time to waste.
Join @greenparty.org.uk Now.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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The Department for Work and Pensions is setting up a new Independent Disability Advisory Panel.
This is a paid role (1.5 days a month) and will run until March 2026.
More info and how to apply: tinyurl.com/2mxaub7r
This is a paid role (1.5 days a month) and will run until March 2026.
More info and how to apply: tinyurl.com/2mxaub7r
Expression of interest to join the Independent Disability Advisory Panel
The Department for Work and Pensions is looking to create a Panel to support, advise and connect the department to the wider disability community.
tinyurl.com
September 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The Department for Work and Pensions is setting up a new Independent Disability Advisory Panel.
This is a paid role (1.5 days a month) and will run until March 2026.
More info and how to apply: tinyurl.com/2mxaub7r
This is a paid role (1.5 days a month) and will run until March 2026.
More info and how to apply: tinyurl.com/2mxaub7r
A must see! Ann, is a real working class hero. She and Charlie brought up a beautiful family only to have their daughter ripped away from them💔. She stood up to the old boys’ club & establishment. An amazing portrayal - congrats to Sheridan, Daniel & all the incredible cast.
September 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A must see! Ann, is a real working class hero. She and Charlie brought up a beautiful family only to have their daughter ripped away from them💔. She stood up to the old boys’ club & establishment. An amazing portrayal - congrats to Sheridan, Daniel & all the incredible cast.
I’ve had a brilliant first summer on my #allotment here’s a multi photo/post thread on my successes with a few uh oh’s along the way ! See alt text for descriptions
September 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I’ve had a brilliant first summer on my #allotment here’s a multi photo/post thread on my successes with a few uh oh’s along the way ! See alt text for descriptions
Do you remember …
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September 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Do you remember …
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... utterly heartbreaking 💔 and AVOIDABLE deaths
Mum and daughter found dead at home months after 999 plea
Alphonsine Djiako Leuga and her daughter were found three months after the call, an inquest hears.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... utterly heartbreaking 💔 and AVOIDABLE deaths
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Ireland has had "sELf iD" for 10 years now and not one single issue that the media, government and anti-trans movement predicted has come to pass. Not one.
If it works in Ireland why would it not work here? No one who opposes it can give a good answer, because the real answer is transphobia
If it works in Ireland why would it not work here? No one who opposes it can give a good answer, because the real answer is transphobia
Ten years ago, on this day 15 July, the Irish Oireachtas passed the Gender Recognition Act 2015 (An tAcht um Inscne a Aithint, 2015).
It was a piece of legislation that allowed me to live my life authentically & I'm forever grateful.
Despite what others may have you believe, the sky did not fall in.
It was a piece of legislation that allowed me to live my life authentically & I'm forever grateful.
Despite what others may have you believe, the sky did not fall in.
July 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Ireland has had "sELf iD" for 10 years now and not one single issue that the media, government and anti-trans movement predicted has come to pass. Not one.
If it works in Ireland why would it not work here? No one who opposes it can give a good answer, because the real answer is transphobia
If it works in Ireland why would it not work here? No one who opposes it can give a good answer, because the real answer is transphobia
@goodmorningbritain.bsky.social PIP IS NOT AN IN WORK BENEFIT ! REPEAT…
June 27, 2025 at 7:42 AM
@goodmorningbritain.bsky.social PIP IS NOT AN IN WORK BENEFIT ! REPEAT…
I think the heat has mucked up my IT today. My internet went down at home for the second day running, then I couldn't MFA with my new phone handset - finally sorted it with our fab IT team. I'm not amused with EE (I replaced by BTinternet with EE). It is not as reliable as it used to be either grrr
June 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I think the heat has mucked up my IT today. My internet went down at home for the second day running, then I couldn't MFA with my new phone handset - finally sorted it with our fab IT team. I'm not amused with EE (I replaced by BTinternet with EE). It is not as reliable as it used to be either grrr
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MPs are being absolutely flooded with emails urging them to support Amendment NC20 to entirely decriminalise abortion. Here's why 👇🏻. goodlaw.social/2f9c
MPs flooded with abortion decriminalisation emails | Good Law Project
Safe and legal access to abortion could be enshrined as a human right and safeguarded from a future Farage government, if Stella Creasy MP’s amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill passes.
goodlaw.social
June 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
MPs are being absolutely flooded with emails urging them to support Amendment NC20 to entirely decriminalise abortion. Here's why 👇🏻. goodlaw.social/2f9c
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There have already been multiple inquiries and reviews into grooming gangs and child sexual abuse. The results and recommendations have been ignored. This won't show anything different, it will give more oxygen to those claiming it's all about race and immigration though.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sir Keir Starmer announces national inquiry into grooming gangs
Sir Keir Starmer said he had accepted the recommendations of an audit into the nature and scale of the abuse.
www.bbc.com
June 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
There have already been multiple inquiries and reviews into grooming gangs and child sexual abuse. The results and recommendations have been ignored. This won't show anything different, it will give more oxygen to those claiming it's all about race and immigration though.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
