This Ukrainian family moved to east Belfast from Kyiv after Russia invaded. Now they are moving again after violent disorder last night severely damaged their home.
🚨NEWS: It has sadly been confirmed that Stephen Ogilvie, the man viciously attacked in Belfast has lost his left eye entirely and is now blind in his right as well
He was already hard of hearing and learning diabled
Absolutely horrific
The Man Shot and Killed By ICE has been Identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti.
He was a white U.S. citizen, had permit to legally own and carry a gun
ICE first took his gun and then shot him 5 times
It appears from zooming in just moments before ICE/CBP shoot yet another US citizen, one agent removes the victims firearm from his waste holster.
The victim was UNARMED when he was shot multiple times.
This is a state execution. Again.
He had a permit to carry
He was legally exercising his 2nd Amendment right.
He did not draw the weapon.
He was filming when they approached him.
They had taken his weapon from its holster before they shot him.
It was murder.
Here’s the reality behind these wage rises:
• NLW jumped to £12.21 last April
• Now rising again to £12.71 (+4.1%)
• 18–20 rate up 8.5% to £10.85
• Apprentices going up 6% to £8.00
Sounds supportive ! but with tax thresholds frozen, workers keep very little of that increase. Most of it disappears into tax, NI, pensions and rising living costs.
Meanwhile businesses take 100% of the cost increase + NI + pensions + holiday pay with zero offset.
And the sectors hit the hardest?
The trades and personal services that rely on hands-on skilled labour:
Electricians, plumbers, hairdressers, barbers.
These are professions where wages rise instantly hit small employers’ margins.
This is also why apprenticeships are being cut back.
A small business can’t afford to hire a learner when wage costs rise faster than revenue - and an apprentice can’t generate enough income early on to cover themselves.
Workers feel no better off.
Businesses absorb the cost.
Apprenticeships vanish.
We all continue to experience hardship