The Israeli Minister inviting Tommy Robinson a man with multiple convictions for violence and fraud to Israel in response to the horrific Manchester attack.
Let that sink in.😳
At a time all communities in the UK are uniting to support our Jewish community as they grieve, the State of Israel is sowing division in our country, supporting and promoting those that platform hate and making our country unsafe.
It’s time for all right thinking people to call out this irresponsible and deeply dangerous behaviour from Israel.
I was just on the Easyjet EZY8084 from Palma to Gatwick. Once we got on board we got an air traffic delay. The captain came out and explained the situation and invited anyone with children who wanted to use the 45 minutes delay to come and visit the cockpit. Once we took off there was medical emergency which meant half the cabin were occupied dealing with the situation. The remaining crew managed to deal with everyone else with good humour and all the passengers seemed to act with respect and patience. When we landed the captain explained that the medical emergency would be dealt with at the front and asked passengers to disembark through tje rear row by row.
I just wanted to say this was the perfect example of how to manage a situation and I wanted to congratulate the captain and the crew because it could not have been handled better.
As the rain started to chuck down, I cycled back to my moorings, my slicked ski suit making me look like some kind of colourful but oiled seabird.
I have yet again rung the incident in to @EnvAgency & they have said they are hoping to attend tomorrow.
What lessons can we draw here?
First, an oil spill on this scale is likely a deliberate criminal act, rather than an accident. The delay by the EA in investigating makes it likely that whoever did it will have gotten away with it.
Second, the eyes & ears of river guardians on the ground is vital. If I hadn’t noticed or investigated, it is likely the spill would never have even been picked up by the EA.
Third, the EA needs to work better with local river guardians: we should be given a specific person or team to call in incidents to, rather than getting ‘lost in the system’ calling the generic national helpline. They need our local knowledge & we need their accountable, professional help.
Fourth, the EA needs to be funded properly to give support to local river guardians (eg a supply of booms we can have on hand to quickly deploy) & to actually act quickly when we alert them to an incident.
Finally, as challenging as it might be, & as a difficult as it is to care for a river with inadequate support from the authorities, it is an honour to be able to do whatever is within my my ability to protect my river.
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@JoshMacAlister Hi Josh, this is fabulous. Are you in need of a Parliamentry Assistant? I have loved your policies and would love to be in a team led by you! Any chance of a vacancy in the excellent Parliamentry work you do?
"I'm proud to be working class, and I'm proud to be anti-racist working class as well!"
Love this woman - interviewed by @novaramedia in Barnsley today ❤
The media and political class is complicit in the far right, racist and Islamophobic violence we’re seeing across our country.
This morning, I experienced the visceral denial of this reality.
I’m simply horrified to see @NHSEngland now literally breaking the law in how it misrepresents physician associates & other allied health professional - who are NOT doctors - to the public.
These posters are from the Bradford District & Craven Health & Care Partnership. 1/n
Stephen Flynn, "When Nigel Farage tells you all that migrants are making you poorer and they're the problem, don't believe him"
"Do you want to know the biggest problem facing the UK ecnomy right now? His pet project of Brexit. £40 billion of taxes lost every year because we left the EU"
Brexit has made us so poor that neither Labour nor the Conservatives can afford to pay for public services