"Yesterday I was told by the most senior person working for the Train Operating Companies that he has been stopped from offering us a deal... by the Department of Transport".
Mick Lynch from the @RMTunion explaining that the Tories are blocking a deal on the railway.
THREAD: Boris Johnson is basically talking bollocks about the 3rd wave in Europe inevitably coming here and he must know it.
It's cynical opportunism to blame any resurgence in England on the European wave. It is frankly absurd. Here's why: 1/6
https://t.co/GxmfZKdhFZ
"Imagine if the Bank of England, instead of passing the money on to the commercial banks, were to put it in the bank account of every citizen of the United Kingdom..." -- @yanisvaroufakis intervention on @bbcquestiontime (on the need for a Universal Basic Dividend)
There's a long tradition in this country of breaking international law "in a specific and limited way."
To give just one example, it's what Tony Blair did in Iraq.
Happily, the consequences were specific and limited to a few hunded thousand dead.
This is a massive scandal, perhaps the biggest so far under this government.
The secret, under-the-counter contracts given to really weird companies to deliver PPE and other pandemic services.
It needs more exposure.
Please RT and circulate. Thanks.
https://t.co/V5lXWvfzxI