mrscheese

mother, maker, collector, welshy, one-time bingo caller, breast cancer statistic...

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

I'm getting soppy in my old age🤗

Ann Davies, the new @Plaid_Cymru MP for Caerfyrddin gets on the train to London for her first day at Westminster, the crowd sing our Welsh National Anthem ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

A scene which brings hope, and that’s enough for now
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[mrscheese @mrscheesie]

@BarristerSecret The Secret PM

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

Lads, I’ve done it.

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

BREAKING
Biggest waste of all Tory PPE deals.

£1.4 billion of PPE, believed to be compliant, ordered from Full Support Healthcare has been destroyed

Equivalent to 35,000 nurses salaries up in smoke

Tories staying quiet!! 😡

⁦@BBCNews⁩

https://t.co/cA08xiZfBi

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

Do babies develop accents even before they can speak conventionally?

The short answer is yes… and these linguistic markers begin even sooner than you might think.

So many of you tagged me in this video yesterday featuring an infant that babbles with the same Scouse accent as his mother.

Other than “no” he doesn’t speak a single conventional word, but listen to how the rhythm and intonation of his vocalizations mirror those to which he is exposed daily.

As hearing becomes functional during the third trimester, infants are exposed to the distinct patterns of their mothers’ native language - with studies suggesting newborns can already distinguish (and prefer) what will become their native tongue only hours after birth.

Incredibly this learning doesn’t wait until the babbling stage to evidence itself.

Research suggests that even the cries of newborns reflect this preference.

That’s right: babies cry with an accent.

One major study on the topic showed that French babies cry with a rising intonation, while German infants favor a falling melody - both reflecting the patterns of their native languages.

We’re only just beginning to understand the deep learning that begins in utero. It’s just more evidence that the period from prenatal to three is the most critical window in all of human development.

This little Liverpudlian was shared to TT by iamcustardpot.

[mrscheese @mrscheesie]

@TelegraphRoyals @AllisonPearson ‘Lesser mortals’?!?!? I worked through my chemo, radiotherapy and neutropenia!!! What an absolutely awful thing to write. You should be ashamed!

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

@RishiSunak Let's start with fraudsters, liars, charlatans, sex pests and thieves?
Where shall we look?

Also there's a list of PPE VIP Lane beneficiaries who must be waiting for the knock on the door
once Rachel Reeves becomes Chancellor and
appoints her COVID CORRUPTION COMMISSIONER

[Otto English @Otto_English]

You think the Tories can't fuck up any worse and then they totally pull it out of the bag.

The prospective Labour candidate is Bayo Alaba

On the right.

[Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @Haggis_UK]

#Ridge: How much has tax gone up, under the Tories, since 2019?

Bim Afolami(Tory): It's difficult to calculate...

SR: It's gone by £13,000 per household.... £2,000 sounds like a bit of a bargain.

#politicshub

[Sophy Ridge @SophyRidgeSky]

Can I be honest with you? I didn’t want to start the programme talking about the Conservative claim that a Labour Government would cost you £2,000 in extra taxes.

It’s obviously been disputed. Not just because it’s cumulative rather than annual – but because it’s based on an awful lot of assumptions, with some of the conclusions even being disowned by the authors who did the research.

But look – I’m being sucked down the rabbit hole now too.

There are two reasons I don’t want to talk about the £2,000 claim.

The first is because the Conservatives WANT us to talk about it – because even if we’re discussing the fact the number is being disputed, we’re still talking about Labour putting up tax.

But the second reason is even more important.
The parties are both arguing about whether each others sums add up.
Well… they don’t, do they?

Both of them are promising they won’t raise income tax, national insurance, or VAT – three fifths of the total tax revenue. Nobody wants to borrow other than to invest. Health, schools and defence are all ring fenced from spending cuts in some form.

I genuinely don’t understand how this all adds up. Not even close.
Public spending projections after the next election have been described as a “fantasy” by economists – the tax burden is set to hit a historic high - and we’re spending more on debt interest payments than education.

Forget about the quibbling over a few numbers here and there. Because it doesn’t seem to me like ANY party is being honest about just how difficult it will be after the election… and the kind of choices that the next Government will have to make – no matter who it turns out to be.

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

Sunak wants private schools to have tax breaks because…

“I believe that parents who work hard and have that aspiration for their children should have that freedom”

Meanwhile, Julie doesn’t have the freedom to switch on her oven.

[Angela Rayner @AngelaRayner]

Rishi Sunak lied to you.

He lied and lied and lied.

[Jess Phillips @jessphillips]

Today I have written to the Prime Minister about the conduct of one of his members of parliament, ex-PM Liz Truss.

[Krishnan Guru-Murthy @krishgm]

Flick over to #BBCQT to find 1 Labour, 1 Lib Dem, 2 Tories. Is this is the format of the BBC Leaders Debate?!

[Trades Union Congress @The_TUC]

P&O Ferries CEO is asked why crew are only being paid £4.87 an hour while he is paid over half a million a year.

[BBC Breakfast @BBCBreakfast]

'These carers are basically keeping the country going, it can be quite a lonely and dark place at times'

Lindsey Burrow, whose husband Rob is living with MND, told #BBCBreakfast about her plans for a book highlighting the role of unpaid carers called 'Take Care: A Memoir of Love, Family & Never Giving Up'

https://t.co/rwGJ4ZBIsI

[mrscheese @mrscheesie]

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[LiLi🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈 @thommoteach]

#RwandaNotInMyName

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

If a Rwanda flight does take off…

Your bills will still be as expensive

Your wait for a GP/hospital bed will still be as long

Your court date will still be as delayed

Your taxes will still be as high

…but we will all be more more morally & financially bankrupt as a nation