A delight to see Elaine and Paul on the front of The Guardian today 📸 taken seconds after we exchanged hugs! A great read on the master plan for North #Manchester general hospital redevelopment, as an age-friendly neighbourhood. A good example of strength of collaboration

103 year #old Joan Partridge who wears #makeup every day, is a #Tiktok influencer! She’s to be a flower girl at her care home’s manager’s wedding She says “You’re as young as you feel” theguardian.com/society/2025/m… becomes Tiktok sensation with makeup video theguardian.com/society/2025/m…

#May 2025 Manchester Age Friendly E-Bulletin. Your monthly update of news, events, information and resources for Manchester’s older residents. #MakingManchesterFairer #AgeFriendlyMCR content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKMAN…

So important and thank you Naga Munchetty for sharing. Listen to understand better realities for many women re period pain and to the end for good advice for all of us.

New DWP research gives a clearer picture of why PIP claims have been rising than government & media rhetoric about the need for cuts People with complex poor health, driven in part by financial hardship to seek additional support to meet their basic costs gov.uk/government/pub…

I’m a Labour councillor and have Priti Patel’s letter on my wall… The day I became a British citizen back in 2020 was really important to me, as my status finally reflected the place I had considered home for a long time. What people advising on this change probably don’t get

Tragic to hear Keir Starmer say that immigration is turning the UK into "an island of strangers." What a narrow, nasty, pessimistic view of the people of the UK. People who have made the UK their home from around the world include my friends & neighbours & are not strangers.

May 12, 1921: Canadian author Farley Mowat was born in Belleville, Ontario.

If anyone doubts Farage’s endless ability to shift and reshape the contours of British politics, I’d invite them to watch Keir Starmer’s speech today or read the accompanying documents. There has to be a policy response to address voters profound and real anxieties. But in ceding

‘An island of strangers’. We’re so much better than our Prime Minister thinks we are. We are kinder & far wiser. We are Migrants, we are the children of Migrants. We are friends, neighbours, colleagues with Migrants.

‘An island of strangers’ Thank you Sir Keir Starmer and Labour for nothing and letting Farage set the agenda. Infuriating, tragic and so very sad.

Gov't being criticised from all sides. From the right, "not enough". From all others for its awful rhetoric. "Why are we trying to ape Reform when that will do nothing to improve our constituents' lives and just stoke more division?" ~AA Nadia Whittome MP Tim Farron Carla Denyer

Maguire "you know the issue that came up on the doorstep [in Runcorn].. WFA & disability cuts. People weren't saying, we're not voting [Labour] because of migration. So Starmers ignored how he's punched his Lab voters in the face & hes focusing on migration, legitimising Reform"

We live in an inter-connected society despite the claims of Starmer yesterday & Thatcher years ago. Below an example of myself & my neighbours & friends from 2021 in Kenmure Street, Glasgow, not being "an island of strangers."

Yes this.

95 months since 72 people died at Grenfell. Next month marks 8 years since the fire. 8 years without our loved ones, whilst those responsible walk free. Our 72 remain forever in our hearts. We won’t stop fighting until we get justice. #ForeverInOurHearts #JusticeForOur72

These are just 33 of the doctors who died trying to save patients during Covid, Keir Starmer. All but two were migrants, or the children of them. They didn’t take time off work and stay out of danger. They gave their lives for us. WERE THEY STRANGERS?

Compare & contrast: Rachel Reeves' absolutely desperate burst of laughter Angela Rayner's... what even is that? It genuinely looks like shame.

Given that after he became Labour leader, Keir Starmer abandoned or significantly modified almost all of his worthless 2020 leadership "pledges", asking if there's ANY belief he truly holds onto is a perfectly valid and entirely sensible question. #PMQs x.com/i/grok/share/8…

Astonishing evidence at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale. Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs. 1/2