Iain Sankey
@IainSankey
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Retired Teacher. Books, History, Writing, Cats. Critical Race Theory is racist, gender ideology is misogynistic & homophobic, Queer Theory is regressive.
London UK
Joined March 2020
My electric kettle died last night, so I boiled the water for my morning cup of tea on the stove. It was a very slow business indeed. Electric kettles boil water so quickly and cleanly that it makes me wonder how most Americans cope without them.
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Perfect weather last night in SE London for Hallow'een. From dusk until 8 it stayed dry but with eerie rumbles of thunder to add a spooky atmosphere. Then, perfectly timed at kiddies' bedtime, torrential rain which cleared the streets of shrieks and fireworks to give us peace.
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I'm tired of hearing that 'the UK would have no rights without the ECHR'. We already had 'ECHR' rights long before most other European nations, many of which were autocratic monarchies until 1918. Spain and Portugal were fascist dictatorships until the 1970s.
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No one bothered to tell Luna about the end of British Summer Time, so I was woken by her this morning at 4.00 rather than 5.00. First she scratched noisily at the rug by my bed, then, when that failed, jumped on me as heavily as she could and yowled in my ear. 😾
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Feeling distinctly chilly here in London this morning, with clear skies and a temperature of only 6C outside. Both cats went outside at 5 am as usual, but returned within ten minutes. They're now curled up asleep in the warmth of the kitchen. Can't say I blame them.
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#Caturday Luna has been very naughty. Scrapping with other cats before dawn and then half eating a mouse this afternoon. I say 'half' because I just found its dismembered hindquarters and tail on the kitchen floor...
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Just rang my surgery to sort out this flu jab thing. Expecting the normal wait of over an hour, I put my phone on speaker and got on with something else. Nearly had a heart attack when someone spoke to me after only 2 minutes! Perhaps things are looking up?
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Arranged my annual flu jab with my local surgery a week ago only to be told yesterday that it's been cancelled and moved to a health centre miles away with no parking and no direct bus route. So annoying! @LewishamHCP
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Oh no it's #InternationalPronounsDay again! 🤡🤪 5 years ago I made this song about it. Apparently HR people now chuck CVs with pronouns straight in the bin, and others are quietly removing them from their email signatures... things may just be getting a little less
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Just had a Labour councillor call 'to give you our team's contact details and ask if there are any local issues you want to raise?' When I said 'no', she then asked, 'who will you be voting for next May?' I replied that it was none of her business. They're scared...
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As if London didn't have enough problems, now our buses are infested with cockroaches... https://t.co/kYBbPFuyR2
bbc.co.uk
Drivers say a number of buses and their rest areas are infested with cockroaches.
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Islamists are the true cry bullies https://t.co/gFOhkXAOFK It's the BABYING of Islamism which has led us to the vile place where we are now - 'Tell Mama', indeed!
spectator.co.uk
When I invented the term ‘cry bully’ in this very magazine ten years ago, I had no idea how much bigger both theory and practice could get. It already seemed to have reached such a tipping point that...
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Perhaps our Government would be more usefully employed defining 'antisemitism' rather than 'islamophobia' over the next few weeks?
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7,160 signatures is not enough! Please sign if you have 2 minutes https://t.co/O3FYHYiQI1
petition.parliament.uk
I want the Government to have an inquiry into sexual violence being reported in NHS hospitals, to come up with a plan to reduce incidents.
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The thought has just struck me that this digital ID policy might turn out to be Labour's Poll Tax.
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Please share & follow @lgbinternationl
📢📢📢Big news tomorrow from @lgbinternationl, the new global organisation for lesbians, gay men and bi peeps. It’s the alternative to trans-captured, predator-enabling and woman-hating groups like @ILGAWORLD and @glaad. Please make sure and follow @lgbinternationl. 🫵🫵🫵
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This is a must sign petition. "Require non-stunned & stunned meat to be labelled accordingly". "This includes shops, supermarkets, suppliers, fast food and restaurants". Hat tip @ProyerHila95004. https://t.co/IBy6bjxtBx
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