The sensitive issue of abortion has come up again. MP’s are seeking to get the upper limit of 24 weeks lowered to 20 weeks.
Most people have very strong and definite views on abortion. And there are those who aren’t against abortion but feel that the upper limit of 24 weeks should be lowered to 20 weeks. Presumably, their belief [...]
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I bumped into an old friend today. A lovely, bubbly Muslim girl with a radiant smile so engaging that it once got her nominated for Britain’s Brightest Smile competition.
We bump into each other every now and then along the years and our chance reunions are always the same . . . both of us gasping, flinging our arms around each other [...]
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There’s a bit of a ooh-ah going on at the moment with regard to the new Internet game called Miss Bimbo.
Apparently, it’s very popular with young teenage and pre-teen girls and it reminded me of a favourite childhood game of my own. Most of my womenfolk will remember the cardboard cut-out dress-up dolls that could be found within the pages of [...]
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Tomorrow is International Women’s Day and female leaders from 45 nations came together in India this week to discuss their role as women in conflict resolution. It’s often been said that if women ran the world there would be no wars and I’ve pondered over this myself.
The woman’s burden during conflict defies belief and it’s a sorry fact that women bear the brunt of these [...]
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Well I absolutely must come to the defense of nurses against the recent accusatory slurs made about them.
The privileged Tory toff is wildly out of order for making such generalised statements about a profession that is already suffering from low morale. I could throw a few sweeping statements around myself about the old pervs who sit in the House of Lords. I wouldn’t mind betting [...]
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The origins of Mothers Day are not clear although from what I can gather, the general consensus seems to be that it started as a Christian tradition of giving thanks to Mothers. But like all traditions that are commercially exploitable, it has been embraced by other cultures and even the secular world.
I personally don’t like the commercial side of [...]
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This morning I went to work earlier than usual and when I was parking up, I saw some weary nurses scraping the ice off their cars after finishing the night shift. My heart went out to them. It’s always a pain waking up in the mornings to an iced-up car but imagine having to face it [...]
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Tradition has it that each leap year on the 29th of February, women may ask their fancied-one to marry them. And men who dare to refuse this generous offer would be made to compensate by way of a kiss or a silk gown.
Well you can scrap the proposal ritual and just give me the silk gown. That is of course, [...]
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My sister sent me a text message yesterday which read . . .
Had an X-ray done today. Guess what they found? It was you, safely tucked in my heart. They said my heart is fine with a sister like you in it.
Priceless.
Transvision Vamp
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My friend asked me today . . . where have all the nice people gone? Why is everybody so bloody shallow?
There are lots of shallow people but there are plenty of nice people too. You just have to see them. Today I saw a nice person. I’ll tell you a bit about why she is [...]
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I’ve been reading with amused interest the Tory proposals to provide baby nurses for all new mums. It comes ahead of tomorrow’s Childhood Report commissioned by the Conservatives.
They would like to see midwives helping out in the homes of new mums, giving them support with the baby and also, if they are to model their plans [...]
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Afghan student, Sayed Pervez Kambaksh, was sentenced to death under Afghanistan’s brutal blasphemy laws for downloading an article on women’s rights. Today, the Independent brings us good news that the Afghan Senate has “withdrawn its confirmation of a death sentence” on the student.
In spite of all the rhetoric from the American government telling us they brought [...]
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I’ve just been reading about Craig Murray’s belly-dancing ex-mistress and it reminded me of my Truly-Grand-Achievement at dance class last night.
We’ve been practised a Moroccan Earth dance. It’s a wonderfully earthy and tribal sort of dance and I love it. It’s fairly easy as far as dances go but for some clumsy, two-left-footed reason or other, I have struggled [...]
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Sometimes I watch How to Look Good Naked. I adore Gok Wan, the man who hosts it. He’s very attractive and he is just so warm and sweet towards his guests. He really looks after them. He hugs them when they’re crying. He squeezes their wobbly bits and tells them how lovely they are. He raises their confidence and he [...]
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We are soooo busy at work. The hospital has joined with another trust and this week, all the wards from the other hospital opened here so we have X amount more beds hence more patients. So stress and mayhem reign and I am practically working full-time at the moment which won’t do at all. I [...]
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