Government is pouring £22bn into a hole-in-the-ground carbon capture scheme that is untested, and benefits oil and gas giants. Meanwhile, @RachelReevesMP says she has to raise our taxes. We should all be demanding that the carbon capture scheme is scrapped. It's equivalent to about £500 per tax-payer.
There is a very serious point about Rachel Reeves being an unlicensed landlord.
It is a Landlord's own responsibility to abide by the rules. The liability rests with a landlord for breaches of landlord law. Agents have other liabilities they are responsible for, but this isn't one.
"Inadvertently" is meaningless. The law was broken.
That she thinks, even for one moment, that the law doesn't apply to her, and that an apology is enough for her to be absolved, when ALL other landlords would be fined, is deeply egregious.
And that's before we remember how she (rightly) lectured other politicians on rule avoidance.
It's tone deaf. It's patronising, it's insulting and above all, it's a gross dereliction of her position as a leader of the government that imposes the laws on us.
There are absolutely no circumstances under which it's acceptable for her to stay in post.
Keir Starmer may end up also having to resign for having tried to pardon and absolve her, a power he does not have.
Any minister, of any party, no matter how successful in their job, has only one option when they break the law that others are punished for. Resign immediately.
Anything else says "it's ok for some people to break the rules and get away with it."
This is arguably more serious than the situation Angela Rayner resigned for. Not paying tax due to an inadvertent error is something many people do all the time, and it's remedied by simply paying the tax.
But entering into a tenancy agreement without a license, when one is required, on penalty of unlimited fines and rent repayment, is a breach of the law.
It's more serious.
If she doesn't resign immediately, and Starmer persists in defending her, this may hasten the fall of this entire government.
The principles at stake here couldn't be more serious.
If she doesn't go, we are no longer living as equals under the law. We're living in tyranny.
What to expect from the UK's disposable vape ban
“more smoking, more illicit trade, more innovative workarounds that will leave the authorities flat-footed, and finally no recycling schemes or age-secure retailing.”
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@Moz44127575 @PaulOapdub Its a good job we didnt get tickets then...wouldnt want to be considered "awful"....but i agree it was waaaay too crowded last year (in certain areas) quite pleasant im others
#BlueMonday is a piece of crap pseudo science originally part of a travel company's press release to sell holidays.
Can we all try to avoid rewarding marketeers, using this term, which tries to sell goods by parasiting on the back of real mental health campaigns.
More misleading headlines/claims about no. of daily Covid deaths which cause unnecessary fear.
Everyone who comments on this should know by now the difference between the date a death is reported & when it actually occurred.
So what is the real picture?
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Just watched footage of Milton Keynes testing demo....something doesn't sit right with it!!? Looks like rent-a-mob to me, and why did there appear to be no general public at testing centre if people are desperate for pcr testing slots? Not condoning, not anti v, just questioning?
Literally in the same speech from the PM:
"It is now clear that two doses of the vaccine are simply not enough to give the level of protection we all need"
Then: vaccine passports for nightclubs and large events, with double-vaccinated exempt from requirement to test
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Please does anyone have the published paper(s) from the booster clinical trial(s)?
I'm especially interested in the efficacy & safety evidence for:
- the timing (3 mths vs 6 mths after dose 2 & any time in between);
- 2 viral vector doses followed by an mRNA dose.
Thank you