Dr.Cathy Gale

research design educator / course leader MA graphic design / Kingston School of Art / #AlternativeArtschool / urban cyclist / all views my own etc

[Dr.Cathy Gale @PlayMakeThink]

Quincy Jones RIP xx https://t.co/kU5t7QiySu

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Mmmm. You’re the Chancellor of the Exchequer and your eve of poll message is that the tap water is drinkable again and you should be really grateful …. Not sure this is quite the vote winner he seems to think

[Dr.Cathy Gale @PlayMakeThink]

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[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Martin Lewis explains how Rishi Sunak misspoke during the #iTVDebate on state pensioners and tax

[Jon Sopel @jonsopel]

Two quotes:
Rishi Sunak: "Independent Treasury officials have costed Labour's policies and they amount to a £2,000 tax rise for every working family"
Treasury Permanent Secretary: “civil servants were not involved in the production or presentation of the Conservative Party’s document”

[Yvette Cooper @YvetteCooperMP]

Tory MPs just voted to insist that Afghan interpreters who served British armed forces can be sent to Rwanda.

A scheme which costs £2m per asylum seeker. A £500m+ scheme for less than 1% of asylum seekers. Which now includes those who worked with our troops

Shameful & shambolic

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

This is so cringe 🫣

“I asked the police to investigate certain matters that were in the public domain regarding um um… certain things”.

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

The Mail and hypocrisy is not a new theme but I felt it needed a new airing in the light of their current obsession with Angela Rayner. Enjoy the Rothermere Dacre property portfolios and the non dommery https://t.co/vjP4wzful3

[Dr.Cathy Gale @PlayMakeThink]

@LordScroley Curious 🧐

[Deirdre Heenan @deirdreheenan]

Armando Iannucci responds to Jeremy Hunt’s gaslighting #bbclaurak

“it's almost like we're in a Dickens novel, rather than 6th biggest economy in world”

Child poverty rates (JRF 2024)

UK 20%

Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%

Shameful

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Jeremy Hunt explains that the Conservative party's plan has been rejected by the Courts of Law, so they've had to go back to parliament to create legislation which overrules the the law.

So the Conservative party's plan is to find ways to break the law 🤷‍♂️

[Chris Bryant @RhonddaBryant]

Wait till he finds out who’s been running the country for 14 years. He’s going to be sooo angry

[Jessica Simor KC @JMPSimor]

Israel looks completely out of control. I remember the Sarajevo market killing. It was all over the news. Where is this story?

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

President of Student's Union in Lancaster, "I have students coming in saying they can't study because they haven't eaten in three days"

Fiona Bruce, "People are telling you they haven't eaten in three days?"

President, "I have hundreds of stories.. We have a food bank on campus.. We have a supper club where we give our free meals to over 100 students every Thursday... The only hot meal they'll have that week"

"Students are the future of the economy.. If we can't eat, we can't study, if we can't afford our rent we can't live here.. The government does not prioritise students and it hasn't in the last decade" #BBCQT @LancasterSU @CerysEvans

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Victoria Derbyshire, "The total number of Palestinians dead in this conflict is 28,340.. At what point, if ever, will the international communities tell Israel they have crossed a line?" #Newsnight

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

There is nowhere left for Gazans to go.
An assault on Rafah makes mass casualties inevitable among the 1.3 million people sheltering there. Government failure to call for immediate #CeasefireNOW & to end all military support for Israel makes them complicit
#RafahUnderAttack

[Have I Got News For You @haveigotnews]

GB News Presenter Martin Daubney has called on Joe Biden to resign for stumbling over autocue and getting someone’s name wrong. Here’s Martin showing the President how it’s done:

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Single person will need £31,300 a year for a moderate income in retirement.

Median wage, £29,600. Majority can't save enough for retirement.

Full state pension in April will be £11,500, only 50% will receive it.

Grim future delivered by govt policies.
https://t.co/EB7g75lde9

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Phosphorus 10 times over permitted level and the @EnvAgency did what exactly?

Yep. Nothing. 👇