Of high income countries, the U.K. ranked:
▪️4th worst Covid deaths
▪️3rd worst excess deaths
▪️4th least vaccinated
▪️average for vaccine boosters
▪️2nd most days in Lockdown
Even with the sacrifices made by the public, NHS & business, the Tory gov utterly FAILED to protect UK
Want to know how Brexit Red Tape is eroding the UK's tax base? In early January we had a request for samples of our CE marked IVD medical device from the leader of a Spanish regional Government.
@Foodanddrinkfed@ChilledFood@KaarinGoodburn Of course, these new regs will fall on all third countries, but the reality is they are not doing the kind of intense, just-in-time trade that the UK does with the EU. So we're mapping processes designed for long-sea trade onto fast-flowing pipe of UK-EU trade/17
This thread just exposes the folly of the Government’s continued insistence on the right to theoretically diverge from EU standards at some undefined point in the future. Reluctance to agree at least Swiss-style equivalencies will cripple this sector...
Several shellfish businesses have got in touch to explain why DEFRA's plan to build purification tanks in the UK won't revive live exports to the EU
Purification reduces shelf life and even if it didn't they'd need tanks as big as swimming pools, they say
https://t.co/6H7FKNtDEH
I keep on getting messages on social media asking me if I think there should be a statue for Captain Tom.
Surely best way to respect his legacy would be to protect the NHS and give nurses the pay rise they deserve?
This is from one of our team and highlights the impossible choices NHS staff are making.
“Today my colleague was forced to choose between lives in a way that no human should.”
Please don’t believe the trolls - believe the NHS staff who are living it and have no reason to lie.
#blossomwatch St Andrew’s churchyard. Tarring. Worthing. West Sussex
My daughter and I now walk under these trees as part of our daily exercise. I look forward to these moments every day.
In April, journalist @carolecadwalla gave a vital TED Talk about how a barrage of misleading Facebook ads targeted at swing voters shaped the outcome of Brexit.
Here's what has happened since her talk went viral. Watch the full interview here: https://t.co/f0ubiBLH0D #TEDSummit
TV:
“For Russia, Johnson is a very convenient negotiator, just like Trump. He will inject instability into European politics.”
Host: “And we will wait for them to fall apart.”
“We'll gladly wait until they drive themselves into crisis.”
Host: “We’re so cunning.”
[Audience claps]
Lots of banging noises outside. I find my Romanian neighbours have rebuilt my fence which had fallen down a while ago.
When I offered money/beer as gratitude, they said it was better to do nice things rather than expect something.
Bloody foreigners coming here & building fences