So glad the railways were privatised – for £60, I’m crammed in a vestibule without a seat on a delayed train, safe in the knowledge that billions have been paid out to shareholders rather than being invested to improve the service or pay workers more.
I said to my wife "Do you think anyone will commit suicide because they could not get an abortion?"
She instantly replied "yes."
Then she added "there will be all those boyfriends and husbands that murder them because they couldn't get one too" and that shook my fucking world.
Why is the BBC now running an interview with Ghislaine Maxwell’s brother, pleading her innocence, on its main bulletin on R4? Would they do that for any other child sex offender found guilty in a court of law?
My 16yo niece, in her first paid job, is earning £20/hr (£40/hr on bank holidays) to dress up as an elf at an evening seasonal tourist attraction. £2800 for a Christmas holiday job. I’m delighted for her, but it starkly illustrates how undervalued NHS & social care staff are.