Thread ⬇️ #ItsTime
The @Sunday_Post #ItsTme campaign was launched on the 23 August only a matter of weeks away. This thread explores what we have achieved to date. Thank you to @ladymcbeth2 It has achieved something few public campaigns ever manage : Β it has moved violence against women and girls from a subject of concern to a matter of national action. By bringing together survivors, bereaved families, charities, experts, employers, sporting organisations, cultural figures and politicians, the campaign has helped create momentum for change across Scotland. The campaign has secured engagement from the highest levels of government, influenced public debate, generated national media attention and, most importantly, begun translating awareness into practical commitments. 1/
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Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ’šπŸ€πŸ’œ retweeted
.@MaryHowden of the @WRNScotland said: β€œSPS will happily publish how many women are in jail for sexual offences, then slam the door when asked how many male sex offenders are pretending to be women. They call it privacy β€” it is a cover-up.” thetimes.com/article/1aeddc…
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Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ’šπŸ€πŸ’œ retweeted
So now Nicola knows what a woman is. Or does she? As for teaching women β€˜how to lead under pressure’, we think this would be more appropriately delivered by @ForWomenScot.
Nicola Sturgeon has been announced as a speaker for a new leadership programme for women in business and politics. The former first minister will teach women from around the world how to lead under pressure as part of a five-day leadership programme, Corridors of Power.
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Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ’šπŸ€πŸ’œ retweeted
Scotland’s Patient Safety Commissioner has backed calls for a national funding model to meet the Β£144 million cost of hospice care – warning too many dying patients are being denied the support and choice to die at home. eu1.hubs.ly/H0yCYNL0
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Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ’šπŸ€πŸ’œ retweeted
SENTENCED: September 2026: Tania Williams, 49, was stabbed to death outside her home in Norwich, in January 2026. She had separated from her husband 4 months earlier. Estranged husband Raymond Williams, 61, convicted of murder, has been sentenced to a minimum of 27 years.
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Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ’šπŸ€πŸ’œ retweeted
23 September 2026: Leanne Park, 44, was found dead at a flat in Parkgate, Darlington. Andrew Bell, 44, has been charged with her murder.
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Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ’šπŸ€πŸ’œ retweeted
Jennifer Melle, Bethany Hutchison, Lisa Lockey and Sandie Peggie wear handmade vintage style nurse caps with words Integrity, Dignity and Reality at close of Employment Tribunal in Dundee today. @crit_gen
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Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ’šπŸ€πŸ’œ retweeted
I have just interviewed @maurel_olivia for the next issue of The Frontline. What a smart, beautiful, courageous woman. You can buy her memoir about being a surrogate baby, and the international campaign to end the exploitation of women here books.google.co.uk/books/abo…
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Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ’šπŸ€πŸ’œ retweeted
Wonderful to see these courageous women supporting each other! Fab photos from @iain_masterton as always!
Darlington nurses Bethany Huchison and Lisa Lockley joined Jennifer Melle in Dundee this morning. Bethany and Jennifer are witnesses for Sandie Peggie in her ongoing tribunal against the RCN
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Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ’šπŸ€πŸ’œ retweeted
An absolutely appalling case highlighted here πŸ‘‡ in the @Sunday_Post. Brodie should have been protected and this monster arrested. As I said to @ladymcbeth2, we don’t want to hear β€˜lessons have been learnt’. Women are being murdered. We want material change.
Brodie MacGregor called 999 reporting violent Alexander Brennan attacked her. Despite Brennan being on a deferred sentence for assault, police left Brodie. Brennan inflicted 78 wounds with broken glass almost severing her face reminiscent of Hannibal Lecter horror.She drowned in her own blood. It took an hour. Every party supports It’s Time parliamentary Commission probing why mistakes keep costing lives. @RealStephenKerr @PEMcNeil @bindelj @JackMerched @agcolehamilton @Chappymaggs @DavidLinden @ABlandMSP @neilcgray @WRNScotland @MaryHowden @MForstater @DalgetySusan @LordMcConnell @CalumA_Steele
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Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ’šπŸ€πŸ’œ retweeted
Excellent support from MSP for a Parliamentary Commission to explore failures for women in the criminal justice system We need transparency and openness to get to the bottom of why these cases keep happening if we are ever going to prevent further deaths, We look forward to working with cross-party MSPs and ministers to help them find the best solution @Sunday_Post @ladymcbeth2 #ItsTime
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Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ’šπŸ€πŸ’œ retweeted
.@MaryHowden of the Women’s Rights Network Scotland said: β€œIt is deeply disturbing that similar failures are repeated again and again. Things have to change without delay before even more women pay with their lives” @Sunday_Post @ladymcbeth2
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Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ’šπŸ€πŸ’œ retweeted
Huge Congratulations and thanks to Claire Dowling first ever woman to be Captain of St Andrews. In Scotland only 12% of golfers are women compared to 27% in Spain. Wishing you all the best Claire - you will need it! πŸ‘πŸ‘ #golf
A new chapter begins at St Andrews πŸ’™ Claire Dowling on becoming the first female Captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.
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Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ’šπŸ€πŸ’œ retweeted
β€œEvery party supports It’s Time parliamentary Commission probing why mistakes keep costing lives.” @Sunday_Post @ladymcbeth2 #ItsTime ⬇️
Brodie MacGregor called 999 reporting violent Alexander Brennan attacked her. Despite Brennan being on a deferred sentence for assault, police left Brodie. Brennan inflicted 78 wounds with broken glass almost severing her face reminiscent of Hannibal Lecter horror.She drowned in her own blood. It took an hour. Every party supports It’s Time parliamentary Commission probing why mistakes keep costing lives. @RealStephenKerr @PEMcNeil @bindelj @JackMerched @agcolehamilton @Chappymaggs @DavidLinden @ABlandMSP @neilcgray @WRNScotland @MaryHowden @MForstater @DalgetySusan @LordMcConnell @CalumA_Steele
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Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ’šπŸ€πŸ’œ retweeted
A first look at tomorrow's Sunday Post #TomorrowsPapersToday #Scotpapers
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RT @ladymcbeth2: Brodie MacGregor called 999 reporting violent Alexander Brennan attacked her. Despite Brennan being on a deferred sentence…
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Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ’šπŸ€πŸ’œ retweeted
It was standing room only at the Labour Women’s Conference as a panel of lesbians, including our CEO Kate Barker, tackled the theme of Invisible Women. Thanks to all who came to support us.
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Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ’šπŸ€πŸ’œ retweeted
🎯 Superb blog @nickwallis for a hugely important case about a massive abuse of power and privilege by a Union with 80% female members. Scandal unfolding before our eyes! Like millions of others #istandwithsandiepeggie
Day 3 of Peggie v RCN. It really was quite something... genderblog.net/peggie-v-rcn-…
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Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ’šπŸ€πŸ’œ retweeted
Reflecting on a day spent in the company of amazing women; but why in 2026, do we need to keep arguing that women,as a separate sex class, exist. It’s fucking crazy.
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