When one of the most respected referees in world football is refused entry by the host nation, because they don't like his home country, the correct response of the other referees should be to boycott the tournament unless he is allowed to do his job. Sadly, that won't happen.
The Guardian: “Net migration down by three-quarters, the biggest fall in NHS waiting lists for 17 years, knife crime cut by 10%, the economy growing the fastest in the G7, rising wages, energy bills and petrol prices held down, the biggest sustained rise in defence spending since the cold war, a massive expansion of free childcare …
If Keir Starmer did tub-thumping lists of Labour’s achievements in the style of Gordon Brown, he would not actually have a shortage of things to talk about.”
During the two years of Labour government, following fourteen years of Tory mismanagement, there have actually been significant improvements in Britain. Why does the Tory media not report them?
Germany is celebrating the late Queen!
A special stamp marks what would have been Queen Elizabeth II’s 100th birthday on 21 April. It honours her legacy and work towards reconciliation between the UK and Germany.
"I don't want you to hang my portraits in your offices.
Because a President is not an icon, an idol or a portrait.
Hang pictures of your children instead.
And before you make any decision, look into their eyes."
- Volodymyr Zelensky
President of Ukraine 🇺🇦
Just wow❤️
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Labour don’t understand business.
2020 - to employ a 21 year old 40 full time would cost £17,035
2026 - to employ a 21 year old 40 full time would cost £29,600
A 74% increase. Meaning a cafe needs £400k extra turnover just to fund ONE job!
It’s insane that TikTok was more Pro Free Speech when it was owned by the Chinese Communist Party than when it was owned by Donald Trump and Larry Ellison.
"Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart.
Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared."
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Why am I sticking with Labour?
The potholes have all but gone; three more dental surgeries are once again taking NHS patients; I can once again get a doctor's appointment; ambulances no longer routinely take 12 hours to arrive. And I don't miss the daily MP shenanigans.
In 1957, Norwich City Council got its first computer, an Elliott 405. Fourteen staff moved the massive machine into the Treasurer's Dept. Used for payroll and taxes, Norwich became one of the first UK councils to go digital, modernizing public administration.