Dear @RachelReevesMP.
Can you explain to me why MP's on £98'599 per year from April, are getting a £3'300 cost of living payment too?
Most "working people" are lucky if they earn £30k, and they have to pay the cost of heating
their homes and pay their own rent and mortgage too.
People who work full time and therefore need after school clubs or holiday clubs in order to work whilst children are off school - are forced to pay for them
Meanwhile those on benefits, get free holiday clubs etc when they don’t need it because they don’t work and therefore can look after their children
We need to reverse this -
Only those who work should get free holiday clubs, after school clubs and breakfast clubs
We need to make things fairer for working people.
🚨BREAKING: Farmers up and down the country are blocking roads flying the British flag and demanding "Labour out!"
Labour is the most disliked government in all of Britain's history.
One VERY important point today - there is no such thing as Government money.
It is my money. YOUR money. OUR money.
Stolen in increasing amounts, every year. With crumbs returned, and we're expected to be grateful?
The Government funds nothing, the taxpayer funds everything.
Minimum wage in 2005 was £5.05 and a Freddo was 10p. Meaning that one hour of work got you 50 Freddos.
Fast forward to 2025, minimum wage is £12.21 and a Freddo is 35p. Now one hour of work will only get you 34 of them.
That's a 142% rise in pay but a 250% rise in frog shaped chocolate bars.
If wages had kept up with the price Freddos, the minimum wage would be £17.50 an hour.
The economy’s in shambles and yes I’m measuring it in chocolate frogs. But this post is about more than that. Too many people are working full time and struggling to survive because absolutely everything is increasing faster than wages.
Something needs to change.
Said this before and I’ll say it again. If pensioners above a certain income are no longer entitled to winter fuel allowance, then MPs earning over £90k should no longer get energy expenses. Also MPs should no longer get food allowance when they’re unwilling to give free school meals to kids from lowest income households. Why are you entitled to expenses but the people who NEED it most are not?
Please retweet, Lolita has passed away after being in the smallest Orca tank in the world for for 50 years #MIAMI
Her tank at @MiamiSeaquarium was size of a hotel swimming pool.
It violated US welfare standards
Naturally sociable she had not had the company of her own species for decades.
Her companion Hugo passed away in 1980 after repeatedly hitting his head on the walls of the tank
5 other orcas died during her capture in 1970.
Her tank had no protection from weather or sunlight
Orcas naturally spend their whole lives with their mothers. Lolita's mother is still alive aged 90.
Before you book holiday or travel, check if the holiday company provide 'entertainment' involving wildlife.
Please do not go to marine wildlife shows.
We know better now don't we?
#RIPLolita
Capture 1970 and finally leaving @MiamiSeaquarium
https://t.co/t1toYRHWkv