Loving Riot Women. If I had the energy I’d be bouncing ‘round the lounge like it was 1996. Damn you, concussion.

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season. TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible. christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

I’ve written to my MP. Please consider writing to yours to extend the covid 19 booster to all who get the flu vaccine, as per previous years.

We really need a “Post Office Scandal” moment.

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long. There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Not a courtyard.

IMPORTANT: Healthy indoor air has become a human right. ⬇️ 🧪 #healthpolicy Thanks @luckytran.com

This sounds great, but how does it deal with diagnoses of things like post concussion syndrome and ME, which many doctors still don’t accept as real and don’t have any specialists to refer to?

The truth: we need migration. The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it. Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality. Reject it. Draw the line.

I’ll be tuning in every week…to this thread. More entertaining and informative than the actual programme, by all accounts.

My spirit shop sign! Matches my waking hours.

Every wondered about dehumidifiers and how they affect your home and health? Check out the latest episode of BBC R4 Sliced Bread, where I get to talk all things humidity! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

We need to include solar shading in any climate adaptation project. Stopping the sun’s heat getting inside in the first place should be priority.

Can’t get over this tagline on a box. Can anyone guess the product inside? #Ventilation

Can’t protest today. Still recovering from a crash yesterday plus had my telephone assessment for PIP today, then needed ‘aggressive test’ ie a lie down after. #TakingthePIP

Dear Angela PIP IS NOT AN OUT OF WORK BENEFIT. Regards Disabled People

If you want a powerful but factual summary of Labour’s upcoming benefit cuts, read this from @johnharris1969.bsky.social - with a bonus take down of Suzanne O’Sullivan’s repulsive “over-diagnosis” book. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I want to see non-disabled people shouting about the disability benefit cuts. If you spoke out about trans rights, abortion rights, or migrant rights in recent weeks? Good on you! If you aren’t doing the same for disabled people, ask yourself why.

Can someone explain why an increase of 1.5% would lead to a complete collapse of UK social security system? Surely making system more resilient so it can absorb this is better than putting nearly 1 million disabled people into poverty? #TakingthePIP #CutsKill www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I’ve seen Sean Bean die 3 times already this year. The oft quoted ‘25’ deaths is only up to 2011. Must be many more by now. marypatcampbell.substack.com/p/stump-clas...

This also shows that £5billion for disabled people is a drop in the ocean for UKGov. PIP cuts are a choice, not a necessity. #CutsKill #TakingthePIP

“Let’s research a disease that affects mainly women by only studying men.” 🙄 #OnlyInMen #EverydaySexism

Nearly half a million people in disabled households will be forced into severe hardship if the disability benefit cuts go ahead, new research by @trusselluk.bsky.social shows. No MP who votes for this can pretend they don’t know. www.trussell.org.uk/news-and-res...

The UK Gov intends to hand tens of billions in public money to the fossil fuel industry for a huge wave of 𝙉𝙀𝙒 fossil gas infrastructure. Let's be clear: this is a total scam. They argue the emissions will be captured, but there's a massive catch👇 This must be stopped. scrapcc.org/CCS-ACTION-BS1

Jodey Whiting - a 42 year old disabled mum - died in 2017, leaving a note saying she had no money for food. Now, a new inquest has ruled Jodey killed herself after her benefits were “mistakenly stopped by the DWP.” Thoughts to Jodey’s mum who fought for justice. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Keir Starmer can find billions for weapons factories, drones and a submarine but not for disability benefits or the two child limit. One more time for those at the back: Poverty Is A Political Choice.

@wes1919.bsky.social call out for engineers in/near Glasgow to take part in a "Watts in a Home – Electric Dreams" project:

“I’m in tears reading the stories of what might happen if these further cuts go ahead, which is why I’ve joined forces with others to demand action.” A strong piece by Cherylee Houston MBE on why she and fellow disabled celebs have launched #TakingthePIP. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Chronic pain doesn't stop overnight. It carries on, it infiltrates your dreams. You dream about the pain you wake up in. You wake up due to being in pain. You can't get comfortable to sleep properly. It's 24/7.

It’s ABI Awareness Week This week, is a great opportunity to raise awareness of the hidden impact of ABI – from memory loss and fatigue to changes in behaviour and emotions. #ABIAwarenessWeek #UKABIF #BrainInjuryAwareness #InvisibleDisability #Neurorehabilitation

“On a Good Day” is @HeadwaySussex’s powerful campaign and theme for this year’s ABI Week. #HeadwaySussex #ABI #ABIWeek #AcquiredBrainInjury

Acquired brain injury costs the UK economy £43 billion annually. Discover the full findings and recommendations from the UKABIF and APPG on ABI report here: cdn.ymaws.com/ukabif.org.u... #RightToRehab #BrainInjuryAwareness

I’ve made a template letter and link to send to MPs to ask them to support the decriminalisation amendment. Please feel free to use and share open.substack.com/pub/gemmacla...

Wearing my brain hat for #HatsforHeadway today to raise money for @headwayuk.bsky.social . Shopping in 24°C heat with a woolly hat! 🧠 Donate here: www.headway.org.uk/donate/

I’m chatting to @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk at 3pm today. We’ll be discussing all things Who Wants Normal? and why the Labour Party are *insert words I can’t say on the radio* to cut disability benefits.

DO YOU HAVE A HEAT PUMP? If so, help create this resource www.linkedin.com/posts/nathan...

100,000 signatures to ban fossil fuel ads and sponsorships — thank you to everyone who signed ! Now onwards to a debate . . . govpetition.uk/700024

Blinged up my brain hat with some badges before travelling. A bit more political now. #CutsKill

My mind every time ‘mass’ is mentioned on the Pope news.

This is the same government that cannot afford £5bn/year for disability benefits. Yet they can afford to spend money on an unproven, unnecessary, technology. @crips-against-cuts.bsky.social @francesryan.bsky.social #PIP #PIPcuts #CutsKill

A great explainer for what “might” have happened in the Spain blackout, how it nearly happened in the UK a coupe of times but was limited to 1m people losing power the 1st time and to no-one losing power the 2nd time, plus how it can happen just as easily with fossil fuels as renewables.

Me on LBC this morning… The UK-EU youth mobility scheme - the government is finally willing to consider a “one in one out” scheme. 👏👏 This is a re-wording of what I advocated in March: You don’t need any cap on numbers, you just need to balance outflow & inflow -and that means zero net migration.

This #MillionsMissing we want to flood funding organisations with SOS messages - send yours by post to the government, DHSC, MRC &NIHR using info 👇 ow.ly/ewnZ50VCe0F #MillionsMissing #DisabilitySOS #pwME #MECFS #LongCovid #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicIllness

We shouldn’t cut a single penny in support for disabled people - we should tax the wealthiest instead. Over 50,000 have backed my petition for wealth taxes, not cuts - as part of our campaign to get as many MPs as possible to vote down these cuts. Sign here: change.org/wealthtaxes-...

Over 50,000 people have now backed my call to tax wealth, not cut disability support! I'll be presenting this petition in Parliament as part of our campaign to get as many MPs as possible to vote down these cuts. You can add your support here 👇 www.change.org/p/tax-wealth...

What you see: Disabled person out and about. What you don’t see: What it took for them to get out, what it’ll do to them later, the amount of pain they’re in but hiding right now, the sacrifices they’re making to be out, the harm it’s caused them.

What is the official UK definition of ‘biological sex’, given there are a number of biological indicators and that one person can have both male and female traits? How do intersex people fit in?

Yet we can’t afford to give £5bn to the most vulnerable in society. Cut CCS not DSS! #disabilitybenefits #PIP @crips-against-cuts.bsky.social

We shouldn’t cut a single penny in support for disabled people - we should tax the wealthiest instead. I’ve launched a petition calling for wealth taxes, not cuts - as part of our campaign to get as many MPs as possible to vote down these cuts Sign here: change.org/wealthtaxes-...