Helen Verity 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺🇺🇦

Mum of 3 and 2 Border Terriers. All about family, everything else second

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

Are you ready for this?

Our Govt paid £2.6bn for 5 migrant ships over 2 years

And yet…

The general cost to charter the most luxurious Royal Caribbean cruise ship for 2 years

Inc fuel, food, staff, etc

For 5614 people (double our migrant boats’ capacity)

Is $832m

Or £643m.

[Dr Dan Goyal @danielgoyal]

Monday was another damning day for the government at the Covid Inquiry.

It is becoming clearer what the recommendations from the Inquiry are likely to be…

But there is also a bigger question raised about criminality…
1/n

[richard bacon @richardpbacon]

This is absolutely fucking brilliant. She’s Sherlock.

[Helen Verity 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺🇺🇦 @VerityHelen]

@AntJphoto @joyouskent @AndrewRTDavies @SuellaBraverman Email sent. Dangerous, incorrect rhetoric

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Read this thread and weep (then get angry) at the utter folly of Brexit seen through the eyes of a family firm being ruined by its red tape consequences Remember - that was the stuff Brexit was going to get rid of. Never forget. Never forgive the liars who created this self-harm

[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

Back To You, Huw!
https://t.co/eRZhxs3trJ

[Tanni Grey-Thompson @Tanni_GT]

So far all my assistance has gone well today. Do you know what made it work? People. People being at the station.

[Aubrey Allegretti @breeallegretti]

Harriet Harman appears teary-eyed as Tory MP @Laura__Farris pays tribute to her work and reminds the Commons she took up the role of privileges committee chair not long after her husband died.

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

It's
6yrs since we started seeing mass proliferation of scam ads
5yrs since I sued Facebook.
4yrs since they settled (for £3m to charity).
4yrs since the online harms white paper (still not law)
18mth since they agreed to inc scams in it.
1 day since first deep fake scam ad I've seen

Yet we've still
NO proper laws
NO proper regulation
NO proper fines for big tech who get paid to publish these criminal ads
NO mention of when things will improve
NO sign of the promised online advertising programme to help

It isn't good enough. Vulnerable people are being scammed, lifes are being ruined, and people are totally unprotected.

[Helen Verity 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺🇺🇦 @VerityHelen]

https://t.co/S53QcjAXa6

[City of Sanctuary Sheffield🧡 @SheffCityofSanc]

Today @SheffCouncil voted unanimously to reaffirm Sheffield as a City of Sanctuary!

They committed to standing against the government's hostile asylum policies and taking practical actions which make our city safer and more welcoming for people seeking sanctuary🧡

[Ruth Marks @ruths_marks]

This is a super opportunity and I would really appreciate these colleagues retweeting and sharing with networks especially those connected with public affairs @DerynConsulting @PACymru @LauraMcAllister @ashokahir @AtebCymru @OwenEvansEstyn @RWynJones @NeilIngham @ruthbate

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

UK water companies have managed to rack up combined debts of an eye-watering £65 billion. What on earth have they done with all that dosh? Certainly not repair massive water leaks or stop sewage polluting rivers and beaches. Even the absurd dividends they’ve been paying themselves can’t account for it. Perhaps Ofwat could explain, if it wasn’t in their pocket (clear example of what is known as regulatory capture).

[Professor Kishan Devani BEM @Kishan_Devani]

The world will hopefully begin to get back to some sense of normality - when all 3 of these individuals are safely out of #WorldPolitics.

RT if you agree!

[Oasis Cardiff 🧡 @OasisCDF]

Oasis staff, volunteers, trustees and clients had a 'wicket' time @GlamCricket last night! Oasis was Charity of the Day. Great fun watching a game loved around the world on a beautiful Cardiff evening. #WarmWelshWelcome https://t.co/hTmcMWyfZF

[Refugee Action @RefugeeAction]

#GlastoWithRefugees

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Next Week is Refugee Week & the theme this year is Compassion

Sunak’s Illegal Migration Bill is a clear breach of the UK’s international legal obligations

Human rights are universal -it’s not up to this Government to pick who does & doesn’t deserve them

[Mike H @mikoh123]

Victoria Derbyshire destroying @Bren4Bassetlaw on #Newsnight was tremendous 👋

#r4today #PoliticsLive #PrivilegesCommittee #bbcqt #BorisTheLiar #BorisJohnson

[Oasis Cardiff 🧡 @OasisCDF]

Share Bower is the Volunteer Coordinator here at Oasis. Volunteers are a hugely important part of the work that we do and we are so grateful to each and every one of them for the care and dedication they show every day. Thank you. #VolunteerWeek2023