Lucy from Chorlton
@lucypitman.bsky.social
LUFC supporter exiled to Manchester. Bielsa widow. Likes a bit of Science and politics
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“If you were a member of the public, you would think that grooming gangs is the biggest threat to children in our country,” says the director of Britain's Child Sexual Exploitation Taskforce
“But in the overall statistics, that represents just over 0.5% of offending”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w...
“But in the overall statistics, that represents just over 0.5% of offending”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w...
Britain Releases New Data on ‘Grooming Gangs’ and Child Sexual Abuse
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
“If you were a member of the public, you would think that grooming gangs is the biggest threat to children in our country,” says the director of Britain's Child Sexual Exploitation Taskforce
“But in the overall statistics, that represents just over 0.5% of offending”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w...
“But in the overall statistics, that represents just over 0.5% of offending”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w...
They fuck you up, your Mum and Dad. They may not mean to, but they do
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 7:34 AM
They fuck you up, your Mum and Dad. They may not mean to, but they do
LUFC you beauties
December 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
LUFC you beauties
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Guide Dogs Charity calls for zero tolerance
Recommendations aim to help taxi drivers understand the law when it comes to allowing guide dogs or other service dogs in their car
Recommendations aim to help taxi drivers understand the law when it comes to allowing guide dogs or other service dogs in their car
Guide Dogs Charity calls for zero tolerance
Recommendations aim to help taxi drivers understand the law when it comes to allowing guide dogs or other service dogs in their car
centralbylines.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Guide Dogs Charity calls for zero tolerance
Recommendations aim to help taxi drivers understand the law when it comes to allowing guide dogs or other service dogs in their car
Recommendations aim to help taxi drivers understand the law when it comes to allowing guide dogs or other service dogs in their car
Leeds scored from a corner. wtf?
December 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Leeds scored from a corner. wtf?
This is amazing and really important news
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This is amazing and really important news
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If you'd like to see more of the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica that they didn't manage to show on Celebrity Race Across The World, we have a stunning holiday rental set in the hills of secondary rainforest near to the Panama border. DM me if you'd like details.
November 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
If you'd like to see more of the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica that they didn't manage to show on Celebrity Race Across The World, we have a stunning holiday rental set in the hills of secondary rainforest near to the Panama border. DM me if you'd like details.
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This is shocking. Up to 50,000 nurses could quit the UK over the government’s immigration proposals, plunging the NHS into its biggest ever workforce crisis, research suggests
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is shocking. Up to 50,000 nurses could quit the UK over the government’s immigration proposals, plunging the NHS into its biggest ever workforce crisis, research suggests
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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It doesn't matter how badly we treat immigrants, it won't improve life for you one bit.
November 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It doesn't matter how badly we treat immigrants, it won't improve life for you one bit.
How about a decent line from Liverpool to the East Coast via Manchester and Leeds? It’s always London that gets the cash
Huge news on the DLR extension to Thamesmead: the Government has given its backing.
It will mean easier travel, new jobs and tens of thousands of new homes.
It will mean easier travel, new jobs and tens of thousands of new homes.
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
How about a decent line from Liverpool to the East Coast via Manchester and Leeds? It’s always London that gets the cash
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I was tagged and asked to take a look at this claim - cos, well just look at it!🙄
Does it seem plausible that THE Trocadero is going to be turned into a Mosque?
It was pretty easy to debunk but I decided to do a deep dive into the reality AND the appalling press coverage
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Does it seem plausible that THE Trocadero is going to be turned into a Mosque?
It was pretty easy to debunk but I decided to do a deep dive into the reality AND the appalling press coverage
🧵
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November 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I was tagged and asked to take a look at this claim - cos, well just look at it!🙄
Does it seem plausible that THE Trocadero is going to be turned into a Mosque?
It was pretty easy to debunk but I decided to do a deep dive into the reality AND the appalling press coverage
🧵
1/26
Does it seem plausible that THE Trocadero is going to be turned into a Mosque?
It was pretty easy to debunk but I decided to do a deep dive into the reality AND the appalling press coverage
🧵
1/26
FFS. About 3 seconds of joy
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
FFS. About 3 seconds of joy
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1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
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If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
![[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS]
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NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]:
Hello there
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[A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk].
DAD:
Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE:
Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail!
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MUM:
That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]:
Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot!
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NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]:
Listen - that's their call
[Calls emanating from the landscape]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]:
They are extremely sensitive and fragile...
But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery.
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KIDS [pointing]:
There they are!
[Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure].
[Little people noises]:
woke-woke
tut-tut
woke-woke
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[Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]:
Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house.
[Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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MUM [pointing]:
What's that one doing there?
NT EMPLOYEE:
Oh, that's so sweet…
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[We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away].
NT EMPLOYEE:
I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph…
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[We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]:
Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE?
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October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
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Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
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The fuss over who appears in TV adverts misses the point...
October 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The fuss over who appears in TV adverts misses the point...
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Really good piece from The Bear here:
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/no-sarah-p...
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/no-sarah-p...
No, Sarah Pochin - There Aren’t “Too Many” Brown People on TV
When racists start citing research, you know the point’s been lost. The “evidence” used to defend Pochin proves the exact opposite of what they think.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Really good piece from The Bear here:
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/no-sarah-p...
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/no-sarah-p...
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It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out.
Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.
Then share. Thank you.
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.
Then share. Thank you.
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
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Welcome to the National Trust 2025 voting website, hosted by independent voting service provider Civica Election Services.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out.
Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.
Then share. Thank you.
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.
Then share. Thank you.
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
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Decades after the Heysel and Hillsborough disasters, can politicians please not second-guess expert safety assessments for football stadiums.
Thank you.
An Aston Villa fan.
Thank you.
An Aston Villa fan.
October 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Decades after the Heysel and Hillsborough disasters, can politicians please not second-guess expert safety assessments for football stadiums.
Thank you.
An Aston Villa fan.
Thank you.
An Aston Villa fan.
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Conservative MP Mel Stride claims PIP benefit is thousands of pounds per month.
No it is an absolute maximum of £720 a month, and most people only get £250 or less.
Meanwhile he claims £1,250 a month in rent on his expenses
Lying, thieving b******
No it is an absolute maximum of £720 a month, and most people only get £250 or less.
Meanwhile he claims £1,250 a month in rent on his expenses
Lying, thieving b******
October 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Conservative MP Mel Stride claims PIP benefit is thousands of pounds per month.
No it is an absolute maximum of £720 a month, and most people only get £250 or less.
Meanwhile he claims £1,250 a month in rent on his expenses
Lying, thieving b******
No it is an absolute maximum of £720 a month, and most people only get £250 or less.
Meanwhile he claims £1,250 a month in rent on his expenses
Lying, thieving b******
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"You go to some places like Handsworth.. parts of Dewsbury, Bradford, Leicester, where you see.. a single ethnicity.. we don't think that's healthy thing"
Kevin Hollinrake is MP for Thirsk and Malton, which according to the 2021 census is 98% white.
Kevin Hollinrake is MP for Thirsk and Malton, which according to the 2021 census is 98% white.
October 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
"You go to some places like Handsworth.. parts of Dewsbury, Bradford, Leicester, where you see.. a single ethnicity.. we don't think that's healthy thing"
Kevin Hollinrake is MP for Thirsk and Malton, which according to the 2021 census is 98% white.
Kevin Hollinrake is MP for Thirsk and Malton, which according to the 2021 census is 98% white.
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new labour's approach to the fact that people who graduate from university have, on average, better lives - which was: get more people into university - had some flaws, but on the whole i prefer that to the current system of "destroy universities so no-one can benefit from them"
April 25, 2024 at 12:01 AM
new labour's approach to the fact that people who graduate from university have, on average, better lives - which was: get more people into university - had some flaws, but on the whole i prefer that to the current system of "destroy universities so no-one can benefit from them"
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I’d be a little less confident talking about “rip-off degrees like English” if I’d just misspelled the name of my country on my promotional chocolate.
October 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I’d be a little less confident talking about “rip-off degrees like English” if I’d just misspelled the name of my country on my promotional chocolate.