Lest we forget what normal people face

Very few people realise that the vast majority of hospice and palliative care is provided by charity - not by the NHS. I think this is a national scandal. Please RT if you do too 🙏

18 October 1937 | A French Jewish girl, Renee Stolowicz, was born in Paris. In October 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

“Look at the state of that river…" Feargal Sharkey is far from impressed with the River Don, which measures ‘off-the-scale’ for toxins.

18 October 1936 | A Belgian Jewish girl, Sarah Felder, was born in Antwerp. In 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

FEARGAL'S FRIDAYS: After a brief and it would now appear rather minor respite on the River Wye last week it's back to business as usual with the River Don in Yorkshire and it's not good, it's really not good. At this point we are truly struggling to find a single river that

"Cut to the chase: Windermere was ‘used as an open sewer’ because of privatisation." Finding it very hard to disagree with that sentiment. thecanary.co/uk/analysis/20…

Inheritance tax is trending. In 2016, Hugh Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster, avoided more than £3Billion in inheritance tax when his father died, through the use of trust funds and shell companies. A reminder that tax is, and continues to be, only for poor people.

Hugh Grosvenor Duke of Westminster inherited £8.3bn and didn’t pay a penny of the £3.3bn inheritance tax. Inheritance tax needs fixing so it is not optional for the Super Rich.

18 October 1940 | Dutch Jewish girl, Greetje Leger, was born in Amsterdam. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in February 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

John McCain and I didn’t always agree, but he understood that some values transcended parties. He knew that if we got in the habit of bending the truth to suit political expediency or party orthodoxy, our democracy will not work. John McCain had character. That’s what I think

We don’t need four more years of arrogance and bumbling and bluster and division under Donald Trump. America is ready for a better story – we’re ready for a President Kamala Harris.

Amazing story: girl went to hospital with tummy ache, turned out she’d had a miscarriage, didn’t know she was pregnant, accused of having an #abortion, imprisoned for 2 years until a group of women worked to get her out. Yes USA, this could get you. Intro by me. Read it & weep.

On this day in 1944, a 17 year old German Jewish girl, who had been living in Prague, was deported from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz where she perished. Her name was Tamara Woskin Please support Auschwitz Memorial reach 2 million followers

Look at the face of bravery. The last news about Ahoo was that she was taken to a mental institution. After that, there was no news about her. Say her name! #AhooDaryaei

Iranian woman detained over undressing is released without charge - Thanks to the global outcry this brave women is free bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

On this day in 1942, a 42 year old Polish woman perished in Auschwitz after being incarcerated for 38 days. Her name was Irena Popow Please support Auschwitz Memorial

🧵 OTD in 1933 was born in Paris, Evelyne ROZENBERG. At 10, she's a victim with Mum Marie, of Paris 4Feb1944 Roundup. She should've NEVER been deported since Dad, a Polish volunteer in the French Army had been a POW in Germany since 1939. Honor her memory, follow Auschwitz Memorial

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and

Best sign at the No Kings protest by far.