Not having any chronic pain, ever.

Undiagnosed autism is everyone thinking you're a complete weirdo Diagnosed autism is telling people you're autistic and everyone being confused because you look "completely normal"

When Boris Johnson left office, many said “at least he did the best anyone could for Covid.” This inquiry shows how from reality that narrative was. Thousands of people needlessly lost their lives, many of them disabled. And the Tories got busy selling contracts to mates.

A highlight of my career to date - something I often said I might do but never did… but I was there! It really happened!

Headline should be Ultra cheap energy for rich households. Who can afford energy efficient homes with solar on the roof Anyone else? You’ll hit the £££ block. And you’ll probably not know bc consumer protections on smart r full of holes #fuelpoverty theguardian.com/environment/ar…

I hope the BBC reflect on how their normalisation of Farage during the election helped to enable this, and I hope that Ofcom reflect on how their utter failure to effectively regulate GB News has helped to further fuel the situation.

This country’s best institution. Advice about anything, for free. Everyone there will now just be thinking about how to serve their community.

We offer our utmost solidarity to Muslim communities and people of colour affected by the racist violence unfolding across the country.

It's heartbreaking to see this. Repairing the physical damage in Sunderland will be a huge job but what's really important is the services they provide. The wonderful team at @sunderlandCAB are determined to continue being there for the community - they will need all our support

The week has been hard. The violence and racism unfolding on our streets has been abhorrent and painful to watch. Thinking of all my fellow people of colour right now - especially Muslim communities - who have to live in a heightened sense of fear. #Riots 💔

Far-right agitators don’t care about working class people or our communities. They haven’t been running the foodbanks, haven’t been campaigning against the 14yrs of cuts, they’ve been nowhere when people are sanctioned or skint. They are racist, shameless political opportunists.

As ever straight to the point - at no point in my decades of energy policy under Lab, Con and Coalition Govs did I hear anywhere near the level of ambition needed to target the desperately needed price support in the energy market. It’s not an optional part of the RBT debate ✅

Unpaid carers should not be “the system” - but they are. Health & social care has failed leaving unpaid carers picking up all the pieces Yes, they can do a certain amount of hours care a week but there should be a max amount of hours not a never ending amount

📊1.4 billion adults globally remain unbanked, facing barriers like gender, disability, and limited access to digital finance (World Bank) This month’s Consumer Insights series focused on strategies to boost financial inclusion and well-being for vulnerable consumers 💫

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Today's Words of Wisdom from Frank Herbert - "I don't worry about inspiration or anything like that.... later, coming back and reading what I have produced, I am unable to detect the difference between what came easily and when I had to sit down and say, 'Well, now it's writing