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Alexandra Naa Aduwah Lyyli Ankrah

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Public policy bod: working NHS, former Barrister-believer in social justice & being human together-Christian striving to be awake/WOKE & living life standing on Truth. Chair NBAA charity & member of The Liberal Democrat Campaign for Race Equality.🇫🇮🇬🇭🇬🇧

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Matt Fitz @matt-fitzpatrick.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
100% and us Irish too.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Fascinating thread
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
If we are talking about safety what about those 2000+ UK citizens who have served with the IDF in Gaza. Shouldn't we be investigating them for War Crimes?
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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 24/03/2026
That would be more credible if Israel wasn’t in the business of then colonizing its earlier “buffer zones.”
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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 23/03/2026
And even more outrageous and unlawful behavior from Israel. Well. I do believe this fascist, apartheid state will also overextend itself. And then implode like Rhodesia.
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Harry will have all the fun then @brewerelac.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
#SussexSquad It’s nothing short of extraordinary to watch the couple now pull off the impossible: producing a brand‑new scripted polo drama for Netflix, the company that was “done” with them. NEW: Netflix Dropped Harry and Meghan So Hard They Now Have a New Netflix Drama
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Netflix Dropped Harry and Meghan So Hard They Now Have a New Netflix Drama
March 2026 For the past few days, the British press has been assuring us (again) that Harry and Meghan were finished in Hollywood. Worse than finished: dropped. Dumped. Ghosted. Left on read by Ted…
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Toni Bradfield @tonibradfield.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Wild that I had to read a book about the occultist sex magician who founded NASA’s JPL (Jack Parsons) to learn about Paschal Beverly Randolph! (And I consider myself pretty well versed in Black history.)
Wikipedia entry

Paschal Beverly Randolph (October 8, 1825 – July 29, 1875) was an African-American medical doctor, occultist, spiritualist, trance medium, and writer. According to A. E. Waite, he established the earliest known Rosicrucian order in the United States. He may have also been the first to introduce the principles of erotic alchemy to North America.

[Photo of light skinned man with black, parted, wavy hair in period dress]
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Toni Bradfield @tonibradfield.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
That’s amazing!
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Toni Bradfield @tonibradfield.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
(I mean, there is wildness enough to go around in this story!)
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Alexandra Naa Aduwah Lyyli Ankrah @alexankrah.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Who is holding #HomeOffice to account on intelligence used: heavy handed, business disrupting & fruitless raids? @zoefranklinld.bsky.social - @chriscoghlanmp.bsky.social Not shocked by race disparity-but #Mandira #SilentPool #Shere home of movie #TheHoliday? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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‘They singled out non-white, foreign-born workers’: the restaurants raided by Britain’s version of ICE
They’re not armed and they keep a relatively low profile. But the Home Office’s immigration compliance and enforcement officers have searched thousands of business in pursuit of illegal workers. Are t...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/03/2026
‘They singled out non-white, foreign-born workers’: the restaurants raided by Britain’s version of ICE
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‘They singled out non-white, foreign-born workers’: the restaurants raided by Britain’s version of ICE
They’re not armed and they keep a relatively low profile. But the Home Office’s immigration compliance and enforcement officers have searched thousands of business in pursuit of illegal workers. Are they abusing their powers?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/03/2026
less than three months out from the World Cup, Trump touts the presence of ICE agents at airports and says they're "very fertile territory" for arresting foreigners
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Roger Kline @rogerkline.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
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Roger Kline @rogerkline.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
What!!
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Olly Benson @ollybenson.uk · 23/03/2026
Agree! I was there and got a selfie with him!
Me with George Webster. On wearing my suit, George is where a stripped top and glasses.
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Olly Benson @ollybenson.uk · 23/03/2026
What a lovely interview with @nhsrobw.bsky.social and his son George in @theguardian.com this weekend.
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CBeebies presenter George Webster looks back: ‘Aside from Mr Tumble and Dave Benson Phillips, my dad is my hero’
The actor and presenter, and his dad, on winding each other up, learning to be resilient and the joys of family life
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
If you're responding to tweets or threads like mine with pictures of bombed out Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances or similar, then you are doing what you claim Israel does - conflating Israel & Judaism. And you can try and blame that on "Netanyahu" all you want - it's *you* that's the prick here.
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
9) Here is the Hatozla NW Website. The loss of four ambulances will have a significant effect on their ability to operate. If you're able to donate something - anything - please consider it - hatzolanw.org Thank you. Thread ends.
hatzolanw.org
Hatzola NW
Hatzola North West - Emergency Ambulance Service
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Roger Kline @rogerkline.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
How on earth does Labour justify its love-in with Palantir?https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/22/palantir-extends-reach-into-british-state-as-it-gets-access-to-sensitive-fca-data?CMP=share_btn_url
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Alexandra Naa Aduwah Lyyli Ankrah @alexankrah.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Arson attack on ambulances in London being treated as hate crime Met Police says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Shocking anti-Jewish attack on health services here in London. Whilst historic Jewish hospitals Manchester, Leeds & London became part of NHS 1948 - Hatzolah works alongside NHS.
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Firefighters tackling suspected arson incident in Golders Green, London Fire Brigade says
One local resident told the BBC at the scene that he had heard an
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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 22/03/2026
Same here. I changed my opinion on this matter after having disabled friends explain why they fear the legalization of assisted dying in the current, increasingly conservative world. In short, they fear - and with good reason - that it will eventually become their only option.
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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I am thinking "guess who the hair belongs to"?
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Roger Kline @rogerkline.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
It wont work www.linkedin.com/pulse/online...
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Online mandatory “antisemitism and racism training” for the NHS: serious proposal or performative “sheep dip”?
Abstract. Racism and antisemitism are incompatible with the founding values of the NHS.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
"I am sure that as a woman I can do a very good skyscraper" - Zaha Hadid (1950-2016), award winning, Iraqi-British architect #WomensArt
Four images, three of differently designed white multistorey buildings eitj curved and bold features and one monochrome photograph of a women wearing black, upper half,  resting her chin on her hand looking directly outwards
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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Thing is, Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 for soliciting and procuring A CHILD FOR PROSTITUTION, so saying you were 'manipulated' into being best buddies with him 6 years later seems, oh I don't know, pretty far-fetched... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Norway's crown princess breaks silence, claiming she was 'manipulated and deceived' by Epstein
Crown Princess Mette Marit tells Norwegian TV she wishes she had never met the late sex offender.
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Sid Dipper @siddipper.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
What about Trumpton, as an act of appeasement....
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Colleen @collburns.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Call off King's US state visit over Iran war, urge Lib Dems
The party says the planned trip should be scrapped after Donald Trump's criticism of the UK's response to the war.
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Alexandra Naa Aduwah Lyyli Ankrah @alexankrah.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Surely @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social what is more outrageous is the disproportionately higher rates of maternal mortality for Black women in USA & UK ? Indeed 3 previous C-sections, existing health complications & 12 hour labour is kind of alarming-speaking as someone been there & lost relatives!
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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Just Nigel 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @nothinghuman.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Remember when they said they were going to be saving money…
An image of the inept Reform UK run Kent County Councillors with the headline saying “Reform-led council approves councillor wage rise”.
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Alexandra Naa Aduwah Lyyli Ankrah @alexankrah.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
What do you say when lovely London relatives keep asking about dates your kids’s show is opening: Dates are plastered across the Capital? @unicorntheatre.bsky.social #MidsummerNightsDream #RoyalShakespeare #JosephineBrookman @actorsequity.bsky.social @blackartcultureedu.bsky.social
Poster for RSC and Unicorn Theatre Midsummer Night’s Dream Opening today 21March, London 🇬🇧
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Alexandra Naa Aduwah Lyyli Ankrah @alexankrah.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
I’m a living proof that Sauna three times a week, keeps blood pressure down: but probably not enough to let me freely indulge my other #Finnish passion #PandaLiquorice #connection www.theguardian.com/society/2026... @hetanshah.bsky.social @mancunianmedic.bsky.social @mustapipa.bsky.social
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‘It all feels very natural’: Britain’s sauna boom heats up as people seek warmth of human connection
Evidence suggests saunas can boost heart health, but their real power may lie in bringing people together in an increasingly digital world
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 20/03/2026
The decision by the Prime Minister reminds us all of the disaster of Iraq and shows how we’re being drawn further and further down Trump’s slippery slope. The UK has to avoid being dragged into another war in the Middle East with no obvious end.
“We have warned from the start that the UK has to avoid being dragged into another war in the Middle East with no 
obvious end. 

“This decision by the Prime Minister reminds us all of the disaster of Iraq and shows how we’re being drawn further and further down Trump’s slippery slope. 

“Starmer must now let Parliament vote on the terms of the agreement with the US for their use of UK bases.”

Calum Miller MP - Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Liberal Democrats
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Born on this day, March 20, Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973), legendary US singer, songwriter, guitarist, and recording artist who played rock'n'roll long before anyone else, a pioneer in music #WomensArt 🎸 #WomensHistoryMonth
Monochrome photograph featuring a standing Black woman playing an electric guitar, dressed in a white coat in an outdoor setting
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Daniel Kruger of Reform asks the Church of England to say the Muslim Adhan in Trafalgar Square is "incompatible with our constitution" "There is an issue itself with Islam as a religion". "It is the scale of Islam in Britain + ambition of its leaders for greater scale that makes the problem."
Nick Timothy and Nigel Farage are right, and Sadiq Khan and Keir Starmer are wrong.

Small groups of people, of whatever religion, praying in public places is fine. And as a Christian country we should allow a special privilege for churches to lead services in our national spaces, like the Palm Sunday celebration that happens in Trafalgar Square. 

What we don't want is mass ritual observances intended to claim the civic realm for another religion, or assert the domination of another culture over our own Christian traditions.

What happens in our national spaces is not neutral. People use Trafalgar Square, for celebrations and demonstrations, to make a point about the kind of country they want us to be. The Palm Sunday pageant reminds us of who we are - not as individuals (many or most of us don't identify as Christians at all) but as a national community, with the roots of our institutions in the ground of the Bible and our most solemn communal moments, from coronations to funerals, mediated through the liturgies of the Church.

A mass Adhan held there, or in any town square, is making a different point: that Britain is not a Christian country, and that - inshallah - one day it shall be Muslim. This is unacceptable to the British public and indeed incompatible with our constitution.

As ever with these debates, the issue is partly one of kind and partly one of degree. There is an issue with Islam itself as a religion which in most interpretations does not admit of pluralism or freedom of conscience, and therefore is inherently aggrandising, including over territory. But with a bit of confidence and a bit of toleration we could handle that - if it were not for the issue of degree. 

It is the scale of Islam in Britain, and the ambition of its leaders for greater scale, that makes the problem. The numbers of people who assembled for the adhan in Trafalgar Square, clearly and openly claiming the territory for a faith with no connection (indeed, with strong doctrinal d…
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Buying a radon monitor? How to make sure you purchase one that actually works Not all radon monitors being sold online or in stores are approved for use in #Canada, experts warn www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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Buying a radon monitor? Make sure the one you purchase actually works — and isn’t recalled | CBC News
Anyone hoping to check their home’s radon level can now pick from dozens of different radon monitors sold online or in stores — but experts warn many of those devices don’t actually work, and some hav...
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Paula McGowan OBE @oliverscampaign.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
#Oliverscampaign This morning, I am honoured to be the keynote speaker for the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training Tier 2 Lead Trainer Community of Practice event Today is an opportunity to discuss barriers, learn from one another, and think together about sustainable solutions.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 19/03/2026
Why are we rewarding Donald Trump with a state visit from our King? His illegal war is driving up costs for British families and he is belittling our country and insulting our troops. Cancel the visit.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 19/03/2026
If you agree, back our petition to cancel the visit.
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Tell Starmer: Cancel The King's Visit
The King should not have to meet with a bully who ignores international law and insults our country and our brave troops.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Left: Reform UK's James Orr, "Nigel Farage has never said that the NHS should be anything other than free at the point of delivery" #BBCQT Right: Nigel Farage calling for an insurance based NHS
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The Jewish News, which I am proud to work for as Deputy Editor, has published an editorial on this week's Iftar prayers in Trafalgar Square www.jewishnews.co.uk/voice-of-the...
Excerpt from the article:

"The question here is not really one of whether such prayer is in fact an attempt to “dominate” – or the more obvious explanation, that during Ramadan one breaks ones’ fast by eating very briefly just before and then more properly after the evening Maghrib prayer (yes, like our own Maariv prayer). Rather it is about whether one has the right to publicly express their religious identity in this country. In this specific instance, an event to mark a key event in the Islamic calendar had been openly and legally booked for Trafalgar Square. Muslims present had every right to pray as a part of that."
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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
It is lovely that the Art Gallery of Ontario can now name the Black woman in the gorgeous #18thc portrait they acquired 6 yrs ago & also date the painting. It's from 1775. She is Eleonora Susette, enslaved by the Dutch governor of Guyana, accompanying his widow on her return to the Netherlands.
Young black woman in turquoise silk gown, with lace sleeves, lace cap, and fichu, double strands of pearls around her neck and her wrists. She is holding a white flower. in one hand, and a ribbon in the other. A tropical looking tree is behind her. She looks right at the viewer with an assessing look.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 19/03/2026
“This is an illegal war, and we should have absolutely nothing to do with any offensive activity whatsoever.” Josh Babarinde on why Britain must not be dragged into another reckless war in the Middle East.
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Roger Kline @rogerkline.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I've just been asked my view on this statement about the new NHS England leadership team, Instead I'm gritting my teeth and asking you www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-nh...
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The new NHS England leadership team
As we approach the start of the new financial year, I wanted to update you on some changes to our NHS England Executive team. In April 2025, following the announcement that NHSE was to be abolished, a...
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janeapplpiprogress.bsky.social @janeapplpiprogress.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum... a lot of things in here I didn't (but should have) known
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Another Thing Trump and Epstein Share: White Supremacy | Common Dreams
​Epstein came to deeply believe in eugenics and genetic determination, as has Donald Trump.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 19/03/2026
Good to see Sadiq Khan joining Wes Streeting and David Lammy in finally catching up with the Lib Dems on the need for a UK–EU customs union. We have led the way, won the vote in Parliament and will now fight to make sure Downing Street wakes up to the damage done by Brexit too.
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Alexandra Naa Aduwah Lyyli Ankrah @alexankrah.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Indeed @rogerkline.bsky.social even @shaunlintern.bsky.social must recognise the “fish rots from the head down” Whilst #WesStreeting is doing battle on anti-Whiteness in NHS (no evidence). We have evidence of Black & Asian staff who have died prematurely, been hurt & harmed.
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Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Almost one in ten NHS staff faced harassment, bullying or abuse from their managers. 17 per cent experienced this from other colleagues: www.nhsstaffsurveys.com/static/98fbf...
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Alexandra Naa Aduwah Lyyli Ankrah @alexankrah.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
That’s the problem when Benevolent-Narcissistic leadership is institutionalised in NHS-Follow up isn’t their strong suit, authenticity is a jumbled collection of Value-words & not actions. Resolving race or discrimination cases is Trumpet-Transactional -not Transformative: Spot the difference?
Labour Government Secretary of State for Health-Wes Streeting (not a clinician) pictured wearing scrubs Reform candidate for Epsom 2024 General Election: in fact an NHS Dentist-not wearing scrubs
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