These two points from Burnham’s speech outside Downing Street are crucial in signalling to the establishment that little will change:
“…to meet our fiscal rules and to honour our commitments on defence to our international partners.”
Amid all the pomp and ceremony surrounding the transfer of power from Starmer to Burnham, and the talk of hope and change, there are exactly the same set of struggles on our hands today as there were yesterday.
Andy Burnham is putting Thames Water into Special Administration
There is a risk that it could cost taxpayers £2bn
He needs to be clear with them, if the Government spends a penny, if bills have to go up
The whole thing becomes Nationalised, either it is privatised or it isn't
Richard Gere: “Trump uses the same words that Hitler did. Calls them vermin. They’re not vermin. These are human beings. I’ve met them. He’s never met a refugee or a migrant. These are human beings like us who are usually running from a fire of one kind or another”
BAM! Colombia has announced a historic ban on all new oil and large-scale mining projects in its part of the Amazon Rainforest, protecting an area roughly the size of Sweden. 🌿
Experts say the move could help protect one of the planet’s most important ecosystems—often called the “lungs of the Earth.” 🌎🌳
Nature is amazing. Protect it.
#ActOnClimate #nature
How far would you go for the right person?
Chicago-born icon Chaka Khan brings enduring emotion to ‘Through The Fire’ (1984), the iconic ballad from her landmark album ‘I Feel for You’. This performance celebrates the lasting cultural impact of one of music's most iconic voices.
Watch the full show: https://t.co/QwyP15Y6zz
Let's make this racist famous.
He assaulted a Black British woman by slapping her phone out of her hand, called her a golliwog, told her she doesn't belong in this country, and referred to her as third world.
‘What I'm scared of is what comes after Farage, and what comes after Trump. Because they will fail on the economy. And maybe we'll get another boring centrist in, and they will be replaced by somebody further to the right.’
@AaronBastani in conversation with former trader and wealth tax campaigner, Gary Stevenson (@garyseconomics). .
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🚨 BREAKING: Al Jazeera exposes a massive European supply chain crisis.
The Rhine River is so dry that cargo ships must slash their loads by 60 percent just to stay afloat.
Shipper Iris Dijs confirms it now takes three ships to do the work of one. Total disaster!
It takes some brass-neck for a person on £100k+ a year, with £200k expenses, a free house with all bills paid & work at a place with subsidised food & alcohol to tell a disabled person their £30 a week PIP is too much.
I hate celeb culture but there are some ppl in the entertainment industry who keep it real. Here's Jenifer Lewis calling out celebs for staying silent about Congo, Sudan & Gaza.
Italy just sent 32 people to prison for killing 43 people in 2018 with a dodgy bridge.
In the UK 0 people are in prison or even on trial for killing 72 people with illegal cladding in 2016.
@JaymieGill An honest mistake would be forgetting an item on a shopping list, not something that had catastrophic outcomes. They should be locked up and kept from having influential positions.