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We’re all familiar with the old saying “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” @mcflyharry @Konnie_Huq recount their experiences of being bullied in school and how they navigate bullying now that they have children of their own
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As a parent it can be difficult to identify bullying as it's happening. Star parents @mcflyharry @Konnie_Huq discuss their own experiences of bullying in school, how to spot the signs of #bullying & ways to approach the subject with your child @bbcbitesize
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#AntiBullyingWeek, '#ReachOut', is about encouraging children, teachers and parents to speak up and talk to each other about bullying, in all its forms. This conversation can often be difficult @mcflyharry @Konnie_Huq #ParentsToolkit @marfevans @ABAonline
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This #AntiBullyingWeek let’s talk about bullying in academia. We know it happens. Many of us have witnessed it or been targeted directly. Here’s a thread I’ll add to with things you may not know. Feel free to join in and ask for or offer help
#AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter
When I started researching academic bullying I assumed most victims would be young and junior in universities and bullies would be older and senior. While this can be the case it’s possible for anyone working or studying in academia to be a victim or a bully. #AntiBullyingWeek
For example, many people in senior roles are bullied in academia but they may struggle to be given support, are often blamed or shamed for “allowing” abuse to happen, and may feel trapped by their career status, opportunities and personal responsibilities. #AntiBullyingWeek
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Do you want to see STONE AGE live in 2021? Then let's visit #India.
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Indian women allow priests to walk on their backs in the belief that it will bless them with a child.
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Villagers in #India throw cow dung on each other as part of Deepavali celebrations, marking the end of the festival. (06.11.2021)
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Hindu activists hold a COW URINE party in the Indian capital, believing it will protect and cure them from the coronavirus.
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This week alone there's been more scandalous revelations on the Government's cack-handed PPE purchasing, the scandal of the Windrush compensation scheme, the Grenfell inquiry, Priti Patel bullying cover-up ...

... and Labour has focused on itself with inevitable results:
In case you've missed any of this ... 🧵

We’ve seen shocking testimony from Grenfell from the former employee of the cladding company involved

This is corporate manslaughter
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The scandal of the Windrush compensation scheme
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And the most senior black Home Office employee quit describing the scheme as systemically racist and unfit for purpose
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Conservative MPs who moonlight as bullying Apologists. A Thread.

#PritiPatelBullying #PritiPatelMustResign #PritiPatelmustgo
Let's start with @Jacob_Rees_Mogg who thinks being a bully makes one "formidable" and an "asset to government"
Next, @MPIainDS who things "strong, robust and determined" bullies can "get the job done" and who believes the report into the Home Secretaries behaviour justifies it because the Civil Service are bad at their job.
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[thread] on her words

"I am sorry that my behaviour has upset people"

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"I am sorry that my bullying has upset people"
"I have never intentionally set out to upset anyone"

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"I work with thousands of brilliant civil servants every single day"

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"I only bullied a few of you. Come on it was only a small percentage (see Toby Young for help on % 's)"
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Alison Brettschneider (fka 25Park) #performative #activism #whitefeminism t.co/TRRC7sd3ez
Alison Brettschneider (fka 25Park) openly supports an online fashion boutique that has a racist slur against Native/Indigenous Americans, in their name. #performative #activism
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