@RobBryher @bristolgreen Over a million people on housing waiting list
Poverty at almost Victorian levels
Mental health huge problem
Obesity levels soaring
Rents soaring
Living standards falling
No problems then
@CarolineLucas To misquote Neil Kinnock when he took down the militant tendency
When a labour party a Labour Party will not legislate for the very wealthy to pay more tax labour deserves to be treated with utter contempt
Not sure I can watch the Johnson programme tonight because just hearing his voice is triggering for me. Can someone watch and summarise for me? #JohnsonLies
The Conservatives are salting the earth and poisoning the wells (well, the rivers at any rate), as they know the next government will not be theirs. They are leaving, as their legacy, a broken country.
As I contemplate another (no doubt unsuccessful) attempt to carve my pleasure-loving body into a svelte honed machine, I think my instinct is to be more Miriam Margoyles. It would be nice to look insta-ready for one week in a swimsuit. But I’d rather years of wine, cats & books.
@CodeRedEarth@KevinClimate@jrockstrom Wars economic growth refugees authoritarian states tax burden benefit scrounging social care NHS extreme right politics mental health obesity small boats
All headlines that dominate the news
But alI are insignificant when put alongside the climate emergency
I’ve been sprayed in the face with CS incapacitant and it was very unpleasant. But, it will never come close to the pain of having this stuff in my eyes during my weekly Sunday night bath as a young lad.
Right in the middle of a news & data deluge on how Brexit is battering the UK economy UK news shows are deliberately avoiding “Brexit” in the list of things battering the UK economy ahead of Wednesday’s budget
If you think they should be pointing it out RT this widely
@70s80s90sKids And how many of us went on to use protractors set squares etc
What a waste of time along with four figure logarithm tables
I can still recite my times tables
Another waste of time
And what has changed no longer use the above but bugger all in reality. education my arse
@DrFrancesRyan You barely exist on benefits
Stigmatising the poor mentally ill disabled single parent families
Labour my arse and if reform or George Galloway workers party are the alternative I despair
"A sharp rise in the number of Environment Agency inspections has left hundreds of farmers facing punishment for not complying with the law"
Fixed that for you.
Farmers are important, a crucial part of society and civilization, but they aren't above the law.