Michelle Francis 🏴
@michellefrancis.bsky.social
Mother, mostly.
NHS Service Manager; occasional runner; stubborn optimist. #Annibyniaeth🏴
NHS Service Manager; occasional runner; stubborn optimist. #Annibyniaeth🏴
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If you say “I support Palestine Action”, they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on TV.
Both the government and the Court of Appeal now treat protesters as terrorists and terrorists as protesters. It's hard to accept that a "Labour" government is imposing rightwing authoritarianism on the UK, but please read this column to see what's happening.+🧵
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The Belfast riots, Palestine Action protests. What is terrorism now – and why the hypocrisy? | George Monbiot
The right is obsessed with ‘two-tier policing’. This is indeed a two-tier government – but the real victims are progressives, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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June 17, 2026 at 7:28 AM
If you say “I support Palestine Action”, they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on TV.
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I tend to be cynical of Early Day Motions as having little impact. Not to bore people with complexities of Parliamentary proceess and secondary legislation, but this motion can. If you stand with trans and non-binary individuals please contact your MP to support 1/
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Draft Code of Practice on Services, public functions and associations - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That the draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations, a copy of which was laid before this House on 21 May, be disapproved.
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June 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I tend to be cynical of Early Day Motions as having little impact. Not to bore people with complexities of Parliamentary proceess and secondary legislation, but this motion can. If you stand with trans and non-binary individuals please contact your MP to support 1/
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I do sometimes worry that all the worried headscratching about youth unemployment might be missing the point. Everyone is always talking about how it relates to the education or welfare systems, no one wants to say "well the economy just produces far fewer entry level jobs than it once did"
May 28, 2026 at 9:03 AM
I do sometimes worry that all the worried headscratching about youth unemployment might be missing the point. Everyone is always talking about how it relates to the education or welfare systems, no one wants to say "well the economy just produces far fewer entry level jobs than it once did"
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This guidance is discriminatory, and unworkable. It specifically allows for denial of access to toilets based on how someone looks. It denies trans individuals, men as well as women, access to facilities. Under no circumstances is the "fair" or "balanced".
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Single-sex toilets must exclude transgender people, says EHRC
Updated code of practice covering England, Wales and Scotland also relates to changing rooms and follows supreme court ruling
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May 22, 2026 at 6:09 PM
This guidance is discriminatory, and unworkable. It specifically allows for denial of access to toilets based on how someone looks. It denies trans individuals, men as well as women, access to facilities. Under no circumstances is the "fair" or "balanced".
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We are in stuck in an affordability crisis with people struggling to pay for food and heating. But MPs think it's funny to drink at a discount on the taxpayer and vote on crucial issues. It's wrong.
#DontDrinkandVote
#DontDrinkandVote
May 20, 2026 at 1:30 PM
We are in stuck in an affordability crisis with people struggling to pay for food and heating. But MPs think it's funny to drink at a discount on the taxpayer and vote on crucial issues. It's wrong.
#DontDrinkandVote
#DontDrinkandVote
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From 1st to 22nd in just ten years.
"It’s a damning reflection of the UK's slide away from being a world leader on LGBTQIA+ rights."
"It’s a damning reflection of the UK's slide away from being a world leader on LGBTQIA+ rights."
UK drops in Rainbow Map scoring again, as Spain takes top spot
The United Kingdom has slid down yet again in the ILGA Europe annual Rainbow Map ranking of countries’ LGBTQIA+ rights provisions.
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May 20, 2026 at 10:37 AM
From 1st to 22nd in just ten years.
"It’s a damning reflection of the UK's slide away from being a world leader on LGBTQIA+ rights."
"It’s a damning reflection of the UK's slide away from being a world leader on LGBTQIA+ rights."
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Angela Rayner was dragged through every front page for weeks...
HMRC's verdict: NOT deliberate. NOT even careless.
Farage pockets £5 million and chooses not to declare it
So where's the wall-to-wall coverage?
Tell me this isn't a rigged game.
HMRC's verdict: NOT deliberate. NOT even careless.
Farage pockets £5 million and chooses not to declare it
So where's the wall-to-wall coverage?
Tell me this isn't a rigged game.
May 14, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Angela Rayner was dragged through every front page for weeks...
HMRC's verdict: NOT deliberate. NOT even careless.
Farage pockets £5 million and chooses not to declare it
So where's the wall-to-wall coverage?
Tell me this isn't a rigged game.
HMRC's verdict: NOT deliberate. NOT even careless.
Farage pockets £5 million and chooses not to declare it
So where's the wall-to-wall coverage?
Tell me this isn't a rigged game.
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A Cardiff food pilot giving low-income households weekly credit for organic fruit and veg has helped participants increase their intake to above five-a-day while also supporting sustainable local growers
Report urges expansion of successful Cardiff organic food voucher scheme
Nation.Cymru Team A Cardiff food pilot giving low-income households weekly credit for organic fruit and veg has helped participants increase their intake to above five-a-day while simultaneously suppo...
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May 13, 2026 at 6:00 AM
A Cardiff food pilot giving low-income households weekly credit for organic fruit and veg has helped participants increase their intake to above five-a-day while also supporting sustainable local growers
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Even Starmer's Welsh Minister is England-brained.
Apparently thinks they lost to Reform in Wales, rather than the incoming Plaid Cymru Government, and therefore doing some Reform-targeted culture war narrative will help them.
Apparently thinks they lost to Reform in Wales, rather than the incoming Plaid Cymru Government, and therefore doing some Reform-targeted culture war narrative will help them.
May 11, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Even Starmer's Welsh Minister is England-brained.
Apparently thinks they lost to Reform in Wales, rather than the incoming Plaid Cymru Government, and therefore doing some Reform-targeted culture war narrative will help them.
Apparently thinks they lost to Reform in Wales, rather than the incoming Plaid Cymru Government, and therefore doing some Reform-targeted culture war narrative will help them.
I’m fundraising for Medical Aid for Palestinians - please take a look and consider donating or sharing - thank you 😃
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Stride for Palestinians 2026
I've recently had cause to be incredibly grateful for fast NHS care and I've been thinking a lot about how lucky I am, and how others are not, particularly in areas of conflict... I really wanted to d
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May 11, 2026 at 7:48 PM
I’m fundraising for Medical Aid for Palestinians - please take a look and consider donating or sharing - thank you 😃
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As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep
Govt banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe medications
This should also be banned
Influence is being bought in Govt
Patients should influence not the healthy & wealthy
Govt banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe medications
This should also be banned
Influence is being bought in Govt
Patients should influence not the healthy & wealthy
May 4, 2026 at 10:11 AM
As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep
Govt banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe medications
This should also be banned
Influence is being bought in Govt
Patients should influence not the healthy & wealthy
Govt banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe medications
This should also be banned
Influence is being bought in Govt
Patients should influence not the healthy & wealthy
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Starmer's talking about banning protests because a very small minority say offensive/illegal things, yet when Elon Musk literally called for the overthrow of the Government at a fascist rally, he did nothing - not even the removal of the accounts of that very same Govt from Musk's toxic platform.
May 2, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Starmer's talking about banning protests because a very small minority say offensive/illegal things, yet when Elon Musk literally called for the overthrow of the Government at a fascist rally, he did nothing - not even the removal of the accounts of that very same Govt from Musk's toxic platform.
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Gender diversity in the UK can be traced back to Roman Britain, archaeology shows 👇
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Gender diversity in the UK can be traced back to Roman Britain, archaeology shows
The Gallae were a group of transgender priestesses in ancient Rome devoted to the goddess Kybele. Archaeology suggests they lived in Britain in 70 CE
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May 2, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Gender diversity in the UK can be traced back to Roman Britain, archaeology shows 👇
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A retweet by Zack Polanski is now the main story across every single media outlet.
Two days ago, it was revealed that Nigel Farage failed to disclose a £5 million gift from a crypto-billionaire.
It gets nowhere near the media attention, for straightforward political reasons.
Two days ago, it was revealed that Nigel Farage failed to disclose a £5 million gift from a crypto-billionaire.
It gets nowhere near the media attention, for straightforward political reasons.
May 1, 2026 at 4:18 PM
A retweet by Zack Polanski is now the main story across every single media outlet.
Two days ago, it was revealed that Nigel Farage failed to disclose a £5 million gift from a crypto-billionaire.
It gets nowhere near the media attention, for straightforward political reasons.
Two days ago, it was revealed that Nigel Farage failed to disclose a £5 million gift from a crypto-billionaire.
It gets nowhere near the media attention, for straightforward political reasons.
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Pollution levels in Paris after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
April 27, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Pollution levels in Paris after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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Denmark's coal-to-wind transition is one of the most dramatic energy transformations of the past three decades.
In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%.
Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.
In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%.
Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.
April 25, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Denmark's coal-to-wind transition is one of the most dramatic energy transformations of the past three decades.
In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%.
Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.
In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%.
Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.
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Can we talk about how harassment and borderline stalking of trans women by gender critical activists has become entirely normalised?
Why can’t a trans woman do a bloody Parkrun without having her privacy violated and her data amassed on a website?!
Why can’t a trans woman do a bloody Parkrun without having her privacy violated and her data amassed on a website?!
Also there’s a website by and for bigots that records my parkrun results, so to them I say: good morning. I hope you’re going to put the evidence of my declining athletic performance as I continue to have a body that runs on E to good and ethical scientific use.
April 22, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Can we talk about how harassment and borderline stalking of trans women by gender critical activists has become entirely normalised?
Why can’t a trans woman do a bloody Parkrun without having her privacy violated and her data amassed on a website?!
Why can’t a trans woman do a bloody Parkrun without having her privacy violated and her data amassed on a website?!
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"New rules are forcing people to sell homes they'd prefer to keep"
Yes, that is what the new rules were introduced to do. System working as intended.
Yes, that is what the new rules were introduced to do. System working as intended.
Simple arithmetic. When you already have one home and somehow by whatever means get a second that means you own two homes. How difficult is that to grasp?
April 22, 2026 at 9:31 PM
"New rules are forcing people to sell homes they'd prefer to keep"
Yes, that is what the new rules were introduced to do. System working as intended.
Yes, that is what the new rules were introduced to do. System working as intended.
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The US military has 22 sites in the UK.
Every day long range US bombers are taking off here to drop bombs on Iran.
This is a rogue state carrying out war crimes, and threatening more.
The UK Government must grow a spine - and stop our bases being used for this war.
Every day long range US bombers are taking off here to drop bombs on Iran.
This is a rogue state carrying out war crimes, and threatening more.
The UK Government must grow a spine - and stop our bases being used for this war.
April 7, 2026 at 11:52 AM
The US military has 22 sites in the UK.
Every day long range US bombers are taking off here to drop bombs on Iran.
This is a rogue state carrying out war crimes, and threatening more.
The UK Government must grow a spine - and stop our bases being used for this war.
Every day long range US bombers are taking off here to drop bombs on Iran.
This is a rogue state carrying out war crimes, and threatening more.
The UK Government must grow a spine - and stop our bases being used for this war.
Unbelievable. King Charles is STILL set to fly to the US to celebrate with Trump in April. With everything Trump is saying and doing right now - and the hate and chaos he's spreading - this trip must be cancelled. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence
With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...
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April 6, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Unbelievable. King Charles is STILL set to fly to the US to celebrate with Trump in April. With everything Trump is saying and doing right now - and the hate and chaos he's spreading - this trip must be cancelled. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...