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Today @waitrose issued a statement stating they don't want any of their staff tackling shoplifters because it will put the staff members life at risk.
So effectively they've sacked someone because they believe he risked his own life to protect their property.
If someone risked their life to protect my property I'd be very grateful. I certainly wouldn't give them a kick in the teeth.
Apparently I was such a threat they had to send 10 cops to my house, 5 in riot gear. However the first person to enter was a 5ft 3 female police officer with no TSG gear whilst storm trooper 1 and 2 waited at the door so she could do the arrest.
She had only been on the force 2 years and was actually very polite, but very out of her depth and had a look of embarrassment on her face throughout! #OnlyFolowingOrders
HMRC. I detest it. For a number of reasons, but mainly the awful customer service...
I've been pushing the Treasury on stats.
Number of abandoned calls on the Self Assessment helpline since 2020? A staggering 3,865,536.
The drop rate is as high as 20.3% in 2022/23...
More numbers I've dragged out of these departments...
Average time to answer a call for HMRC’s Self Assessment helpline in the latest year?
23:40.
And for the Universal Credit helpline?
2.15.
As a country, we have our priorities BACKWARDS.
Small business owners do not have the time to sit on hold all day waiting to speak to some HMRC advisor, who quite often can't speak English properly or doesn't know what they're doing.
A radical overhaul is required, to make HMRC accountable for their incompetence.
British businesses deserve better.
Enough is enough: Open Letter from Manchester Arena Survivor Martin Hibbert to the Justice Secretary @ShabanaMahmood & @MoJGovUK
My name is Martin Hibbert. I am a survivor of the Manchester Arena bombing, the devastating act of terror that changed my life forever on 22nd May 2017. I was 6 meters from the bomb when it exploded. My body was shattered. My life irreversibly altered. I have spent every single day since then trying to rebuild my life — physically, emotionally, and mentally.
So you’ll understand why I am absolutely disgusted — beyond words — to learn that Hashem Abedi, a man who was found guilty of playing a key role in that heinous attack, has somehow been given the comfort and privilege of kitchen access in prison.
Let’s call this what it is: a catastrophic failure of your duty to protect prison staff and the public from an unrepentant terrorist. Not only was Abedi allowed the freedom to move around and use facilities that should never be available to someone like him — he was able to track and target three prison guards using boiling oil and homemade weapons.
Boiling oil. Homemade weapons. Again. This is not the first time he’s attacked guards. How many more times does this need to happen before you take meaningful action?
This is a man convicted of being involved in the murder of 22 innocent people, including children. How is it remotely acceptable that he has access to anything that could pose a danger — to staff, to other inmates, or to the principles of justice itself?
I was led to believe that people like him — mass murderers, terrorists — would face a regime of strict control and zero comfort. I was told justice would be served. What I see now is not justice. It’s a shameful lack of accountability and basic prison security.
I’m not just angry. I’m broken by this. And I am furious that the pain of survivors like me is being so blatantly disrespected by your inaction.
This cannot continue. Something drastic needs to be done. Not tomorrow. Not next month. Now.
Review his prison privileges. Strip him of any access to areas where he can make or find weapons. Protect your staff. Protect the memory of those we lost. Respect those who survived.
Because right now, it feels like you’ve forgotten us.
Martin Hibbert
Manchester Arena Survivor
Crews remain at the scene of the fire in #Hayes - please continue to keep windows & doors closed due to smoke & avoid the area.
This will be a prolonged incident, with crews remaining on scene throughout the night.
Read more: https://t.co/d6UNReGHa6
Well that is quite some slap in the face for all those who British Soldiers who fought alongside their close Allies when they were needed… he really is a very nasty piece of work isn’t he?