Today, the government’s “stop the boats” #RefugeeBanBill debated in the Lords
The Bill means when people come to us asking for help, we will no longer assess whether they are refugees or not- We’ll simply lock all of them up, regardless
Only traffickers will welcome it #r4today
You might have seen some reports in the media today suggesting the Met Office 'failed to predict' the current cold weather.
This is simply not true. The potential for cold weather in December was signalled as early as September.
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If Matt Hancock would rather go on I'm A Celebrity than serve his constituents while being paid lots of money to be an MP, he should face an immediate by-election. Against me. RT if you agree.
Lionel Shriver claimed in the Spectator that Covid vaccines “can’t stop Covid from spreading”.
That simply isn’t true. Vaccines stop many infections from happening.
https://t.co/rjDA9mnL40
An Instagram post says it is “anti science” to wear a face mask because the box says they “will not protect against Covid-19”.
But this type of mask mainly works by reducing the spread of Covid from an infected wearer to protect others, not the wearer.
https://t.co/TPRqkK4Hln
UK Covid Deaths
- 642 in September 2020
- 4127 in September 2021
Remember this when you next hear Government Ministers lying about now learning the lessons.
Just saying: if National Insurance is rising from 12% to 13.25% it is NOT rising by 1.25%. It is rising by 1.25 percentage points. In percentage terms, it is rising by just over 10%. It is a 10% tax hike.