dance your cares away, worries for another day, let the music play, down in fraggle rock!
*Union Jackโ๏ธ = my pride & โค๏ธ for the UK I know: diverse & inclusive
@TheMeldrew If they are so proud of what they are doing and if they are so right, they need to uncover their faces, and proudly tell their freinds/family/employers who they are and what they believe in ๐คฌ
@MandyEChambers@phughes76340646 Go raise funds or donate to Centrepoint or Shelter then, make a positive change...or continue to put down our beautiful country without providing any resolutions!
What is disgraceful is that such a contrast of rich and poor exists in one of the richest countries in the world
There's one thing about the "small boats" debate I think often gets missed
Since 2018 just under 200k people have arrived in this way
the UK population is roughly 69.9m
So that's 0.286% of the population.
This means that when you talk about pressures on the NHS, housing, benefits and so on - channel crossings are (at most) responsible for 0.286% of that pressure.
Before everyone piles on, I'm not suggesting for a minute that this isn't problematic and that channel crossings don't need to be addressed. I also understand why people get particularly frustrated about this issue on the basis of principle or fairness.
I'm highlighting the scale of this issue because it is all Reform talk about, and they are now looking to divert a huge chunk of military and financial resources (some of which don't currently exists) into trying to solve the problem.
By comparison they rarely talk about health, education, defence, or the economy, and have no detailed policy on any other issues.
They have somehow managed to convince people that stopping the boats would solve all of the country's issues.
It might help, to the tune of 0.286%, whilst neglecting everything else.
@daveatherton I find it easier to believe that a nurse has a really tough busy job and simply forgot the sandwich, than she refused to hand over a box because she didn't like giving you a ham sandwich ๐คทโโ๏ธ It's hardly headline news "person forgets one of many things they have to remember"
@seandavidrogers@mrdanwalker You know, there are adults who never got to know world that had Spiras. Those poor souls ๐ Spira...gone but never forgotten.
@MetroUK I've got so much rage about this I can't fit it all in a tweet. How dare he !?! ๐คฌ๐คฌ
I get nothing tangible for my tax, but I would happily pay more for a better healthier life for everyone, one day I might need that support and it will be there
@Jenny_1884@wendy_hume@DonaldTrump You can't just decide you want a better life in another country Jen and go there. These are the rules apparently. Rules are rules ๐คทโโ๏ธ