@BellaWallerstei It’s not really about envy or vindictiveness- rather it’s political convenience- they’ve targeted large tax hikes on relatively small groups rather than more modest tax rises on a larger base (I.e income tax, NI, VAT etc)
@brendanstaunton@LufcApl To be fair to us, 43 points with 3 games left is a brilliant achievement irrespective of any other teams’ results. West Ham result today now means survival virtually certain
@marshyleeds Counterintuitively I would keep him if we go down and replace him if we stay up. He is a great Manager to get promoted from the Championship but don’t really see him taking the club to the next step in the top flight
@marshyleeds @SDP76842783 Thought he played well against Palace barring the penalty miss. Probably needs a goal to boost his confidence, hopefully this Saturday
@Frances_Coppola Doesn’t the GRA change the sex marker on the birth certificate? In which case a GRC would render a trans man / woman biologically male / female respectively per the EA?
I wasn’t going to comment on the awful mid-air collision in Washington again until I heard Trump blame diversity hiring in air traffic control for the accident! I am sure the people at the NTSB and all aviation professionals are holding their heads in their hands as he ignores years of accident investigation practice in order to make a completely unsubstantiated political point. Extremely disappointing. He claims to “have common sense, and unfortunately a lot of people don’t”. Unfortunately he also doesn’t know when to keep quiet and wait for the investigation.
Now he is President and no longer campaigned to be so he should take more care over his language.
The next few weeks can be very hard: those struggling to get by & facing pressure to spend, the constant bombardment to consume & adverts trying to convince us what happiness is, those facing loss of loved ones or estranged from family & others who feel isolated with dark & cold.
‘Good man’ narratives deployed for Justin Welby. The state of it. Survivors deserve accountability, not excuses. ‘Good people’ should be held to the highest standards, especially when it comes to protecting the vulnerable.