@johnmcternan NO!
Tony Blair’s Labour followed reforms from Thatcher... this video from Public Matters explains how successive governments have extended privatisation in the #NHS75 leading to where we are currently
It included 🇺🇸 private healthcare company Kaiser
Yesterday I got arrested whilst filming a @JustStop_Oil supporter holding a banner on the pavement near the coronation route. I'm a filmmaker and had my @BECTU press accreditation visible around my neck.
Police deemed this to be "conspiracy to commit a public nuisance".
1/22 This is Svetlana Maniovich. She is your guide to the world of extreme Russian glamour. She radiates richness. Diamonds, furs, Rolls Royces - she has it all and more. In summer you can find her in St Tropez where she rents a villa for €150k/month, or on a yacht in Naples🧵
Spot the difference:
> Nurses in England, after days of strikes, secure 7% “pay rise” over two years for a Band 5.
> Nurses in Scotland, with no strikes at all, secure 15% “pay rise” for a Band 5.
Guess it matters if the govt in power genuinely wants the NHS to succeed.
🔎ICYMI: Our latest investigation found that the new Tory Chairman, Greg Hands, helped land a £25m PPE deal for a firm linked to Mark Higton – then Chair of Hammersmith Conservatives – despite it having no experience providing protective equipment ⬇️
@premnsikka When will we start taking pride in contributing our fair share for the betterment of society?
Anyone scheming to defraud the nation, looses right to complain about quality of our reality.
Mystery of the second Tory MP (Minister?), investigated by HMRC over tax.
How many more?
Adopt Norway policy - put everyone's tax return on public record; at the very least publish returns of all public officials, lobbyists and large corporations.
https://t.co/Tx1phU5ADJ
As we mourn the loss of a man who had much ahead of him, I want to showcase #TyreNichols in his true essence. He was a loving father, considerate son, & loyal friend with a passion for skateboarding & photography. Rest in power & know that we’ll seek justice.
🎥: Austin Dean
There’s a very lengthy backstory to Nadhim Zahawi’s HMRC settlement, and lots of people have been asking me to summarise it. Here goes:
https://t.co/mMdmSVp8bO
Back in 2014, John McCain fully predicted Putin's next moves.
"Not to provoke Putin is to show weakness, which will 100% provoke Putin"
"A developing and democratic Ukraine is a threat to Putin's power"
"He will try to cut more Ukraine and then Baltics"
Judge this morning rules that deporting refugees to Rwanda is “legal”.
• Making Rosa Parks sit at the back of a bus was legal.
• Concentration Camps in Germany were legal.
• Colonialism was legal.
• Denying women the vote was legal.
Legal does not make it just or right.
Thread:
1). Revealing statement received from young activists inside Iran:
“We have given up on everything. Nothing is worth anything to us now except the destruction of this corrupt government and the freedom of Iran. Even if we die. We pledge now to be there until the end…
Message to the @England football team at the #WorldCup for the game v Islamic Republic of Iran 🇮🇷 on Monday. We think it would be amazing if you did this. It would mean more than you could ever imagine.
First they came for the parody accounts… and I was pretty shocked, because there are actual Nazis on this platform that should probably be dealt with first.