Emma Dunn Counsellor (she/her) @Insightfulness_

Mixed feelings. Excited for 2 but satisfied at 3 #Wordle1811 3/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Tin hat at the ready. My take on recent events. policeoracle.com/article-librar…

I didn't like this, thought I was on for a 2. #Wordle1810 5/6 Anyway another one added to my sea of greens ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

A rape case was dropped 13 days before trial. Years later, an independent review found it should have gone ahead. But by then, it was too late. Here's why that matters. A woman reported a rape. Three and a half years later, she was preparing for trial. Then the CPS dropped the case. The reason? A sexsomnia defence. The case would never be heard by a jury. Most people thought that was the end. It wasn't. She requested a Victim's Right to Review. An independent Chief Crown Prosecutor reviewed the decision. The conclusion was extraordinary. The case should never have been dropped. In fact, the review found it was more likely than not that a jury would have convicted. But there was a devastating problem. The CPS had already offered no evidence in court. Double jeopardy meant the case could never be reopened. The decision was found to be wrong. The outcome could not be changed. So she sued the CPS. The CPS apologised. They paid damages. They changed policy. And today, there is a pilot scheme that gives victims an option for a review before rape cases are dropped. That woman was me. My case can't be put back before a jury. But others shouldn't have to hear that a case should have gone to trial only after it's too late to do anything about it. That's why I'm campaigning for victims to have a review before cases are dropped. And for the current pilot to become permanent. Not after. When it's too late. #RightToBeReviewed #VictimsRights #JusticeMatters

This sounds like some wise, balanced affirmations to visualize and manifest in ourselves.

SHE REPORTED RAPE AT WORK Jan Cruickshank (@LittleJanhere) came to me this week with her story and a file of evidence she has spent years building. What she went through is one of the most shocking workplace cover-ups I have come across. Jan worked as an apprenticeships officer at the Construction Industry Training Board @CITB_UK. Shortly after she started, a male colleague began subjecting her to sexual harassment that lasted over three years. Explicit texts. Exposing himself to her at a hotel. Sending her an indecent photograph. A phone call during which he committed a sexual act while she was on the line. In March 2015, at a conference in a Highland hotel, he came to her room and raped her. Jan reported him. CITB believed his version instead. He claimed they had been having a consensual affair for three years and that Jan was hitting back because he had ended it. He was put on gardening leave for one week. Then he came back. He was also allowed to continue visiting schools while the investigation was ongoing. CITB then launched a campaign to remove Jan from the business entirely. Two separate internal whistleblowers later confirmed this was deliberate. CITB's own legal team had calculated that a trial would cost them seriously. So they chose to destroy her credibility instead. An HR investigation was initiated with the outcome already decided before it concluded. Jan was eventually sacked. The stated reason was misuse of company time by having an affair. Her criminal case was dropped after @PoliceScotland were told by CITB that the relationship had been consensual. That lie closed the case. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority looked at the evidence independently and reached a completely different conclusion. They awarded Jan compensation as a victim of serious sexual assault. Jan took CITB to an employment tribunal. They offered her 15k pounds. She refused. She eventually settled for 60k pounds and refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement. She said there was never any way she was going to agree to be gagged. In November 2024, SNP MP Seamus Logan @SeamusLoganMP raised her case in the @HouseofCommons. He told Parliament that Jan had been pressured into a settlement far below what she was owed and that the man she accused was never held to account. CITB responded with one line saying the matter was settled and they had nothing further to add.. A tribunal ruling recently reported as thrown out with no prospect of success has since been overturned. That decision has not yet reached the press. Jan is now represented by well know to some of us John Robertson, the same investigator who stood beside Glenn Cottingham Smith before his death and who is currently fighting for my friend John Galajsza in his case against Barclays. Jan asked herself one question: "How did a woman who reported sexual misconduct at work end up spending the next decade fighting to defend her own reputation and reclaim a life that was stolen from her." She was not broken. She documented everything. She refused the gag. She is still standing. If this story made your stomach turn, share it. Jan has been fighting this alone for ten years. The least we can do is make sure the right people see it. If you believe cover-ups like this should have consequences, put this in front of your network. One share might reach the person who finally makes the difference. Let's help her to be heard! Sources: @Daily_Record Dec 2018 | @CNplus Nov 2024 | @BylineTimes Aug 2024

Wordle#1807 3/6 I think I dragged that up from my middle class childhood learning the piano. Or guessing the only realistic combo🥴 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Think that's my first anagram. #Wordle1806 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

@calvin_web Oh no. Don't know what to say. 🥴

Dispute 4 letters a toughy. I expect many will concur #Wordle1797 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

On shaky ground there. Disappointed as had a good start. #Wordle1790 5/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

#Wordle1786 6/6 Finally got that wrapped up. So close to my 400 streak. ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

God’s heart is torn apart by wars, violence, injustice and lies. But our Father’s heart is not with the wicked, the arrogant, or the proud. God’s heart is with the little ones and the humble, and with them He builds up His Kingdom of love and peace day by day. Wherever there is love and service, God is there. #ApostolicJourney #Algeria

Tough today. #Wordle1760 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Sometimes I forget that we live on a planet where sea otters wrap themselves in kelp so they don’t drift out to sea while they sleep. Where frogs follow elephants in the jungle to lay eggs in their footprints. Where whales lift their newborns to the surface for a breath of air.

#Wordle1739 6/6 Too close for comfort. Luckily I didn't dwell too long ... ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

#Wordle1736 2/6 So close to a 1/6 Autological .... 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

#Wordle1734 6/6 I need some of this after that... ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩