In one of the richest countries in the world, nurses, firefighters & many more are relying on food banks. A 1% wealth tax on the super-rich could raise up to £70bn to ensure public sector pay keeps up with inflation. Yet Govt makes political choice not to.
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BREAKING
House of Lords has REJECTED Gov's #PublicOrderBill plan to give police powers to shut down protests on the off chance they become disruptive later
HUGE VICTORY
Rishi Sunak’s estimated wealth is £730 million.
A worker earning the median wage (£31,772) would need to have been working since the Stone Age 22,976 years ago to amass the same.
And that’s without tax.
Remember it when he tells you to tighten your belt.
#EnoughIsEnough
Welcome to modern Britian on a Monday morning.
Red dots is where sewage dumping has been taking places over the weekend, grey dots is where the water company has stopped supplying the data. Why have you done that @SouthWestWater?
Rishi should learn from Liz’s mistakes:
Instead of handouts to bankers, keep people warm this winter.
Instead of trashing nature, protect it.
Instead of new oil and gas, cheaper renewables.
Rishi Sunak's 90-second statement reflects a Conservative Party devoid of any plan to fix the multiple crises they have created.
No ideas. No conviction. No mandate.
This government has a simple choice: embrace the transformative change this country needs or get out of the way.
@BritishGas@G7 Be a few years till you build back after firing hundreds of key workers at the top of their game. The fire and Rehire shame is lingering like a bad smell. Like a rotten scotch egg.