Delighted to see that John Boyle SDLP, outgoing Mayor Of Derry and Strabane District Council has been elected in the Moor. He will again be a humble and hardworking councillor serving the electorate (if they voted or not) across the Moor and the entire district. Congrats John
@nmgarrard We are in Scotland. It fascinates me how people can follow their interests and be examined in art, sport, music, yet nothing for creative writing, it’s probably too subject for exam boards to get their head around. My daughter wrote wonderful fiction. She’s now studying law.
@SaltyGoat17@CollinRugg This would be the same USA police force that waits outside a school while children get shot. Your country is a mess with guns. Total failure as a decent society now.
@RoryStewartUK@Keir_Starmer Which country? Is the United Kingdom a country? The use of the word country seems flexible. When they want to put wind farms in Scotland to supply England, will 🏴 be the “country”?
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@BGatesIsaPyscho If we use land more effectively we can feed more people. Generally many humans do indeed eat too much meat. 🤷🏻♀️ It’s not rocket science.
@PELee1953@mrjamesob There’s been an explosion in kids with phones over the last 10 years though. I think it’s a tricky one as many are given them for safety reasons too.
@Carol_Kay1234@SJWilliams123@PacoSan04264174 My mother had ovarian cancer. Stage 4 in 1999. She had surgery and 3 rounds of chemo. We got an extra 4 years she otherwise would not have had. She would have been dead in months otherwise. However, doctors failed to spot it in the first place! Mistaken for bowel issues 😡
Powerful words by 102 years old philosopher Edgar Morin, one of France's most revered intellectual figures, as well as a Jewish WW2 resistant who fought as a lieutenant in De Gaulle's France combattante.
https://t.co/SJXMywTXb5
Here are his words on Gaza: "I am both astonished and outraged by the fact that those who represent the descendants of a people who were persecuted for centuries for religious or racial reasons... That the descendants of this people who are today the decision-makers of the State of Israel, that they could not only colonize an entire people, partly drive them out of their land and seek to expel them for good... But also, after the massacre of October 7, engaged in a real massive slaughter on the populations of Gaza and continue, incessantly, hitting civilians, women, and children.
And to see the silence of the world, the silence of the United States, protectors of Israel, the silence of the Arab states, the silence of the European states who claim to be defenders of culture, humanity, human rights.
I think we are living through a horrible tragedy because we are also powerless in the face of this thing that is unleashing. At least, I say: bear witness! The only thing that remains if we cannot resist concretely is to testify. Let's resist in our minds, let's not be fooled, let's not forget, let's have the courage to face things head-on."
10 years after they were designated, Scotland's marine protected areas remain largely unprotected. Join me in telling @MairiMcAllan to end the delays and take this crucial step in helping our seas recover. https://t.co/mXCASUBhxM #OceanRecoveryNow
We've had 5000 days of Tory Rule today 😳 I've done some maths
🔹Since May 2010, the
NATIONAL DEBT HAS INCREASED,
on average,
by a staggering
£380 MILLION A DAY
- EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR #5000DAYS
Which begs the question....
Where has all our money gone?
I wouldn't trust the Tories with my shopping list, let alone the economy 😡
FACTS
David Cameron became PM, after Gordon Brown, on May 11th 2010, 5000 days ago.
In June 2010 he said the national debt was £770 billion (other sources quote £903 billion, but I'll use HIS £770 billion for the calculation)
By end Nov 2023 the National Debt had grown to a colossal £2,670 billion (Source:ONS)
That's an increase of £1,900 billion.
Divide that by 5,000 days of Tory Rule and gross mismanagement.
It means an increase, on average, of c£380 million every single day for 5,000 days.
#GeneralElectionN0W
@DonnaABartell @JacquiDeevoy1 If they do this type of thing already can you imagine what they’d do if the legalised euthanasia? Which some campaigners are trying to do.