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Bronwyn Twizell retweeted
āI think there are two ways in which people are controlled. First of all, frighten people & secondly demoralise them. An educated, healthy and confident nation is harder to govern.ā
- Tony Benn
Bronwyn Twizell retweeted
There was no protective ring around care homes; but there obviously is one around Michelle Mone and Dido Harding
Bronwyn Twizell retweeted
Anyone seen this missing South Shields woman? š Missing since Friday, family extremely worried.
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Bronwyn Twizell retweeted
In 2015 David Cameron privatised the National Fostering Agency, it's now being paid Ā£160m a year straight to a New Jersey tax haven to manage the fostering of just 2,616 children
A tax free profit of Ā£61,000 per child, and they don't even provide any care, that's the fosters job
Bronwyn Twizell retweeted
I make Art, with my heart and my hands, In a world where AI can create an image in seconds, I think we need to cherish and clearly distinguish the things that have actually been made by a human being. Because art isnāt simply a picture. Itās the hours nobody sees. The mistakes, Itās everything we have noticed, loved, lost, touched and carried with us through a life.
When I make something, a little piece of me goes into it. Art isnāt an algorithm, Itās a feeling. Itās a life lived.
And, perhaps most importantly, itās love. ā¤ļø
In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.
Bronwyn Twizell retweeted
Always read the labels!
Why are supermarkets adding ultra processed ingredients to this !!!
Lidl is adding pea protein to beef mince and calling it āHigh Proteinā.
What exactly is pea protein? It's a highly processed powder extracted from yellow peas. Sounds utterly unappetising to me!
Why on earth are we messing about with perfectly good beef?
Give me proper British beef, with one ingredient: BEEF!
This is exactly why I use my local butcher. I want to know what I'm eating and where it's come from.
Support British farmers and read those labels! š¬š§
Bronwyn Twizell retweeted
I so wish the public understood what the welfare state was when it was originally set up. Health care, benefits & pensions all part of the outcome of creating a national insurance system. You paid in, when you needed support you were supported. We need to remember that.
Bronwyn Twizell retweeted
Britain doesnāt have to choose between a decent pension and decent care. We can ā and should ā provide both. My article for @tribunemagazine tribunemag.co.uk/2026/09/proā¦
Bronwyn Twizell retweeted
Margaret Thatcher broke the link between the state pension and earnings in 1980, the value of the pension falling and pensioner poverty soaring as a result.
I thought Andy Burnham was rolling back Thatcherism.
Bronwyn Twizell retweeted
Triple lock: From April 2030 pensions will continue to rise every year at least by prices, or 2.5% & it will hold its value "relative to earnings over time". There needs to be absolute honesty about what this means as breaking the link with earnings will cut pensions growth.
Bronwyn Twizell retweeted
Thatcher broke link between earnings & pensions forcing millions of pensioners to live in poverty for decades to come. Triple lock helped reverse some of the damage. With 2 million pensioners still in poverty no Labour government would go near scrapping it & risk next election.
Bronwyn Twizell retweeted
What happens when private equity owns everything.
Neoliberalism is rapidly turning into Neofeudalism.
You will own nothing, and rent everything.
Swiss private equity firm and UK investor buy 1,570-bed student accommodation.
Another sector taken over by PE, loaded with debt, high rents, profiteering.
Rents outstrip govt maintenance loans.
No UK tax charged on dividends paid to foreign investors.
living.insidehousing.co.uk/nā¦
Bronwyn Twizell retweeted
We donāt want ācontrolā.
We donāt want āpublic interest companiesā
We want full-fat, public ownership now!
Our friends at @serauk challenging the CACās decision to rule out our joint motion calling for public ownership of water.
Privatised water has failed. We need public ownership now - and Labour must be able to debate bold ideas to achieve real change.
#LabourConference2026
Bronwyn Twizell retweeted
We endorse this must- read comment piece by @labourlewis on the glaring integrity gap in Tom Watsonās Palantir appointment.
(And not just b/c it links to our reporting. It really is an excellent summary of why it matters.)
theguardian.com/commentisfreā¦
Bronwyn Twizell retweeted
Palantir didnāt hire a former Labour deputy leader for his coding skills. It hired him for access.
Tom Watsonās move is more than a private career choice. Itās the revolving door in action and another blow to public trust.
The integrity gap wonāt close until politicians pick a side.
My piece for the Guardian: theguardian.com/commentisfreā¦
Bronwyn Twizell retweeted
I donāt know, ask Bob Dylan , Joan Baez, John Lennon, Akala, Lauraā¦.
Laura Kuenssberg: "Is it for people who are singers, songwriters, artists to be taking public positions on very very controversial, difficult, complicated issues"
THE most stupid, ridiculous, uninformed, ignorant question I have ever heard.
#BBCLauraK
Bronwyn Twizell retweeted
Peter Oborne, one of the wisest observers of UK politics, says 'Reform is not a political party, it's a business organisation funded by the super rich.' He's right.
Bronwyn Twizell retweeted
Today is Battle of Britain Day. 145 Polish fighter pilots flew for the @RoyalAirForce in the #BattleOfBritain. No 303 Polish Fighter Squadron entered the Battle of Britain, credited with 126 kills, and was rated the highest-scoring fighter squadron of the battle.
Winston Churchill said: "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".
It is worth recalling the Polish contribution to the UK war effort in WW2.
