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1) conceiving a child is not the only way to become a mother 2) raising a kid is carbon intensive but this is a red herring. ~58 tnnes of carbon

stansted 15 appeal, day 3. the final day! wearing the suit i wore for the very first day of trial (right) to bring those whole sordid affair full circle. whether

stansted 15 appeal, day 2. late start today (kicking off at 2). let’s do thissssss just waiting to be taken in to kick off today’s proceedings! for those of you

stansted 15 appeal, day 1. let’s gooooooooooo here we here we here we fucking go ok we in and we waiting to go inside the court. no photos allowed

going to be back in court on tuesday for long awaited stansted 15 appeal. feeling pretty stressed+anxious tbh. its a particularly weird time for it to happen. if you don't

we've been building to this moment through successive conservative prime ministers. from cameron's vote for prisoners tantrum to may threatening to rip up the HRA every time someone exhaled, this

** this is a call out for pitches but please read the whole thread before dropping me an email! ** i am looking for pitches for banging op-eds for @HUCKmagazine.

cw: suicidelast night, 8 people being detained in brooke house detention centre attempted suicide. 3 of them have been taken to hospital, 5 were treated there. all of them are

know everyone is quite busy + don’t wanna be *that* guy but just a reminder that today is the last day that we can apply for a brexit extension and

here in trafalgar square at the #BlackLivesMatter demo. hundreds of people shouting “i can’t breathe” and “stop killing us” the crowd takes a knee whilst chanting “no justice, no

as 8pm clap happened across the country, these doctors silently took a knee outside downing street and displayed a sign stating “doctors not martyrs”. it’s reported that over 200 nhs

remember when we bailed out the banks to the tune of half a trillion quid because they fucked up and then we raided poor peoples wages, living standards and safety