Carole Bruce
@CaroleBruce17
💙Art, Nature, Books, Some Music. Severe ME 32 years. Daughter severe 38 years. Furious about treatment of ME. https://bsky.app/profile/cabruce.bsky.social
#ME is a violent, turbulent condition. Words like brain fog, tiredness, aching, mood disturbance, interrupted sleep patterns, do not begin to describe the turmoil of #MECFS bodies. It’s like being attacked by a malevolent being, often for decades and without help or understanding
How embarrassing can it possible be to say you are going to cut sewage dumping by 50% by 2030 only to realise that announcement had already been made by Ofwat over 1 year ago and that your new target is actually worse than the old one. OOPS!!!
Dr & Public Health expert & #pwME LC Dr Alexis Gilbert @alexis___me has read the #ME Delivery Plan & created this thread on what the plan must include We need @AshleyDalton_MP @wesstreeting @DHSCgovuk to implement these recommendations if the plan is to be effective for #pwME 🧵
Privatisation has turned our essential resource into a cash-cow for profiteers. The Government’s long-awaited reform won’t fix it. If you think everyone should have access to clean, accessible, public water, add your name: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-be…
An Israeli soldier: “We’re looking for babies, but there are no babies left. I killed a girl, she was 12—but I’m looking for a baby.” — And yet the West still tries to paint this as “the most moral army. Meanwhile, This is the reality of these blood hungry peoples
To put this in context, the terrible 1929 Hebron Massacre, one of the worst tragedies suffered by the Jewish community in Mandate Palestine, resulted in 69 innocent deaths. It has been the subject of many books and studies, and is still constantly referenced. Now around double…
The killing in Gaza continues Yesterday, July 21, the Israeli military killed 134 people, 85 of whom were waiting for humanitarian aid. ישראל ממשיכה את ההרג בעזה. אתמול, 21.7, הצבא הישראלי הרג 134 בני אדם - מתוכם 85 בעת שחיכו לסיוע הומניטרי
“They are in a state of extreme exhaustion. Some have fainted in the operating rooms,” said Dr Mohammed Abu Selmia, director of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, who said that like the people of Gaza, staff had not received any aid or had any meals in 48hrs” theguardian.com/global-develop…
Several years ago it was an intervention by her local MP that helped Gigi. I would imagine her MP is Matthew Pennycook (Lab) @mtpennycook would anyone be able to contact him?
Please sign ✍🏼 and share 🙏🏻 Savannah is in a UK hospital, she has very severe ME complicated by paralysing pain. She is suffering from neglect that has caused infections, and under threat of discharge to an FND service (dangerous for pwME). change.org/p/save-savanna…
NEW: The Scottish community-owned island of Eigg has announced a boycott of Israel The island of 120 people has backed BDS and its sole shop will stop stocking goods from Israeli firms thenational.scot/news/25335097.…
Military source told The Times last year the UK spy plane Labour is sending over Gaza daily is “able to look at streets and blocks and houses and zoom in on specific movements…they have really good sensors” Intel gathered is given to Israel ICC needs to arrest Starmer + Lammy
Dr Alexis Gilbert’s proposal for a revamped Delivery Plan for #ME. Despite being severely ill himself Alex continues to work for pwME from a place of great expertise. 👇 is radical! Do have a look at his post on Instagram if you can.
Keir Starmer has described the situation in Gaza as "intolerable on many levels", just not the one where Britain stops arming Israel
‘Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead’ George Monbiot theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
‘The point and purpose of the Labour party was to resist economic warfare by the rich against the rest. Starmer and Reeves have turned their party into the opposite of what it once was.’ George Monbiot theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
I’m still on the fence but this is compelling.
⏳ Final week to sign up to the Green Party. 🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
Huge congratulations to the @ThereForME_UK team as they celebrate their 1st Birthday So grateful to you @KarenLHargrave @GoreLloyd @oonagh_cousins on all that you've achieved & all that you're doing for us all, especially while going through so much yourselves 💙
Today we’re celebrating a year to the day since @KarenLHargrave & @GoreLloyd launched #ThereForME! We had a busy day yesterday responding to the Delivery Plan release. It’s clear how much more our campaign has left to do - but today we’re reflecting on what we’ve done so far.
It's happening yet again! Please sign and share this petition in support of Savannah. #SevereME #MedicalNeglect #MEKills #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ThereForME #MECFS #pwME
My friend, Savannah, a 23yo woman with severe ME/CFS, is currently in a London hospital being denied the care she needs after being told to seek psychiatric help instead. Please help - sign the petition. change.org/SaveSavannah @MEAssociation @MEActNet @WorldMEAlliance
"£104bn of water industry investment will come from bill payers, environment secretary concedes." And there we finally have it, there is no "£104 billion of private sector investment". Question is how long has the SoS known this and why has he kept repeating that myth? Well…