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Ruth Ibegbuna
@MsIbegbuna
Bradford-bred. Nigerian-named. Loves LFC. Cherishes The North. Founder of @RECLAIMproject & @ProgrammeRoots & @RekindleSchool & @NorthernSoulLtd
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    Ruth Ibegbuna
    @MsIbegbuna
    May 7, 2020
    Hiya - serial founder of cool things beginning with R here: RECLAIM - @RECLAIMproject Roots - @ProgrammeRoots & now ReKindle - @RekindleSchool Get in touch if you have a good brain, deep pockets, kind heart, time to volunteer OR you just like the sound of the work #NewNetworks
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    Ruth Ibegbuna
    @MsIbegbuna
    Jun 17, 2022
    Arrived in Italy late last night 🇮🇹🥰 Disappointed by an unlocked Airbnb flat that hadn't been cleaned/tidied after the host seemed fab 😔 Meticulously took photos for feedback & irritatedly started tidying up at 1am. Then realised... Wrong apartment. #14 not #16 A family home.
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    Ruth Ibegbuna
    @MsIbegbuna
    Jul 30, 2021
    I'm on a London bus. A stressed woman gets on with 3 small children, no/very little English & cash. Clearly from abroad. The driver tells her she can't pay with that and has to use a card. Immediately 2 women get up with their cards & pay her fare. Decent folk everywhere 😊
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    Ruth Ibegbuna
    @MsIbegbuna
    Jun 17, 2022
    Replying to @MsIbegbuna
    I'm just staring at a wall remembering the horror of it all.
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    Ruth Ibegbuna
    @MsIbegbuna
    Jun 17, 2022
    Replying to @MsIbegbuna
    I'd brazenly broken into an Italian family home at 1am. With a 3yro. Put my snoring daughter on their couch. Photographed evidence of their slovenliness (fags & beer) Used their loo. All with no one waking OR saying a word. (Probably cowering behind a door & phoning police)
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    Ruth Ibegbuna
    @MsIbegbuna
    Dec 26, 2021
    "When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land." Archbishop Desmond Tutu. RIP
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    Ruth Ibegbuna
    @MsIbegbuna
    Jun 17, 2022
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    I then had to pick up Thea and attempt to leave quickly & quietly. Try to put the mess back in the right place. Wash up my cup. Go next door and then use Google translate to write a long snivelling apology to the family and try to explain myself. Put it under their door at 2am.
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    Ruth Ibegbuna
    @MsIbegbuna
    Jun 16, 2024
    My five year old just saw this photo. She said: Is that Doctor Who? #Clacton
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    Ruth Ibegbuna
    @MsIbegbuna
    Jul 14, 2023
    My friend has her daughter in a private school. They're already on school holidays and so they've flown off on a lovely holiday with ridiculously cheap flights and hotels - prices that skyrocket when the state schools break up. Another £££s bonus to the already privileged.
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    Ruth Ibegbuna
    @MsIbegbuna
    Apr 27, 2023
    Quick question. On a train and there's a man who has set up a conference call on his laptop, no headphones and so we are all listening to his whole team meeting and his loud feedback. This isn't reasonable, right? Is it just me?!
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    Ruth Ibegbuna
    @MsIbegbuna
    Oct 13, 2019
    An Airbnb host in Spain has declined my week-long booking of her apartment despite all my excellent reviews from previous hosts. Asked a white friend to try for same dates and it’s suddenly available after all.... #EverydayRacism
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    Ruth Ibegbuna
    @MsIbegbuna
    May 23, 2021
    I was asked to go to London for a meeting. I said a polite no - an 'unreasonable distance'. Arrangements were made and I stayed local. I cannot now believe I used to race down to London for 2hr meetings and have a 7hr hour round trip. One positive change - Never again.
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    Ruth Ibegbuna
    @MsIbegbuna
    Jan 10, 2018
    Our @RECLAIMproject Elijah. 17 years old, killing it at Westminster and bringing the house down. Northern. Authentic. Working class. Political. Proud. #DisruptiveLeader
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    Ruth Ibegbuna
    @MsIbegbuna
    Jun 1, 2019
    Last night in Madrid Idiotic young Spurs fan last night, in a street full of Scousers bellowed: ‘We pay your benefits!’ Scouse guy, four times his size and old enough to be his Granddad walked over and said quietly: ‘Don’t be a dickhead lad’ Spurs fan: ‘Okay’ #LFC #UCLFinal19