Oh here's a (not so) fun fact.
The chair of UK Research and Innovation, a state body that directs research and innovation funding, is Sir Andrew Mackenzie, who also happens to be the chair of Shell.
He was appointed to this position by Kwasi Kwarteng in June 2021.
Did you know? Scottish Water is publicly owned and invests £72 more per household per year than the privatised English water companies
If England had copied the Scottish model we’d have spent £28 billion more on infrastructure, cutting leaks 💧 and stopping sewage 💩
After hospital cleaners, porters and caterers in Lancashire voted to strike over poor pay and conditions, their corporate bosses tried to stop them telling their story.
It didn’t work. #EnoughIsEnough
WHEN did British people NORMALISE having food banks in what is a developed country?
No other country in Europe has anything close to the appalling Dickensian HUNGER of the UK
WHAT IS WRONG with the BRITISH PEOPLE that they accept this as "normal"?
It hasn’t rained in Somerset for months. And yet, there is coolness and water along every ditch and stream because we have beavers. How did it take us so long to figure out that this humble animal is the answer for breathing life back into our landscapes.
Strasbourg has an amazing tram system, 5 lines@l covering the whole city, with modern and frequent trams. This for a mid size French city! The same should happen in Britain
The decision to leave the EU will be ranked as one of the worst and ill-judged in our history. The UK PM should have been in Kyiv yesterday with Macron, Scholz and Draghi to back Ukraine joining the EU. Instead we are in an ethics free orgy of law breaking, isolation & decline.
I’ve never lived through such a noxious period of our national life, when anything decent or noble is being torched. Ethics. Propriety in government. Human rights. Upholding international law. The BBC and C4. Public appointments. Procurement. Decency.The barbarians run amok
1) Easily one of the most beautiful portraits of a Roman woman I have ever seen, sculpted with a mastery that almost makes the marble seem like porcelain...
In my 13 years as a hospital doctor, daily working conditions have never been more horrendous.
Please don't be under any illusions this government wants an NHS.
They are destroying it, right now, one cut at a time.
We can't scream any louder.
https://t.co/Iv4ZnILo8O
'Press freedom and human rights groups have urged the UK to release Julian Assange immediately and demand the US ends its prosecution,
It's about time the Australian government picked up the phone and did likewise' #FreeAssangeNOW
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