Hope this series does for water what the Post Office drama did for Horizon victims.
The scandal of privatised water is even bigger because it affects everyone.
The common theme is clear: powerful corporate entities are exploiting us all.
Time to bring water back into public ownership.
When you’re watching #DirtyBusiness, remember that these are REAL stories, REAL lives, REAL families that have been devastated by the greed of “our” water companies. It’s a national outrage and they must be held to account
#sewagescandal
Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz are living proof that a life without adversity produces people who confuse inconvenience with trauma.
They genuinely believe they are suffering—not from war, hunger, displacement, or loss—but from a wedding dress disagreement and a painfully ordinary in-law squabble.
That’s the hardship.
At the same moment millions of people worldwide are starving, being bombed, or buried in mass graves, Brooklyn and Nicola were navigating the emotional devastation of a billionaire-funded wedding not going perfectly.
So devastating, in fact, that they coped the only way people of limitless privilege can:
by organizing another multi-million-dollar wedding.
Yes—two luxury ceremonies, because someone said something unkind, a sibling caused tension, and a mother danced at the wrong moment.
This is not resilience.
This is not struggle.
This is what happens when a lifetime of insulation convinces people that mild discomfort is a crisis worthy of public sympathy.
When your worst day costs eight figures, you are not traumatized—you are simply untethered from reality.
Thoughts. Prayers. Perspective. 🙏
#Privilege #CelebrityCulture #OutOfTouch #BillionaireProblems #FirstWorldProblems #RealityCheck #WealthBubble #SocialCommentary #CulturalDisconnect
Do you think extreme wealth actually destroys a person’s ability to understand real suffering?
@MartinSLewis How do we find out more about about stocks and shares? I found the stuff on the website too complicated for someone who has never invested or had a need to (but soon might)
@Baddiel Thankyou for this. I'm a MH nurse in a care home and the complexity around capacity for a whole range of issues is difficult enough now. My other concern (if say an advanced plan was completed) is who makes the decision of less than 6 months? seen many cases when patients..1/2
Some time in 2025 after the Assisted Dying vote:
Mabel is too frail to return home from hospital, but has no acute medical problem after her UTI was treated for 3 days. She has been sitting in a hospital bed for 5 weeks waiting for a care home placement. She feels awful about taking up a bed.
The hospital is under immense and all too familiar pressures, just like in 2024. Patients line corridors. Ambulances queue for hours to offload patients to A&E. Every bed is precious.
But there are so many Mabels.
After the third discharge plan for Mabel has failed, a manager asks the ward doctor: "How frail is Mabel? Is she in the last 6 months of life?"
"Possibly..."
"Has anyone spoken to her about all her options?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, has anyone asked if she is suffering unbearably? It's important she knows all the options open to her. It's important she has real choice."
That's how this will go. Little conversations like this. Throughout the NHS. For every Mabel.
“I don't want to see fear in my patients' eyes when I go to see them, fear that I'm going to suggest assisted dying to them.”
Dominic Whitehouse - Palliative Care Consultant
#AssistedDyingBill
1 in 3 households are single people. Why do we not get 50% discount on Council Tax. Why don’t we get a higher pension? Why do we have to pay a premium on holidays? Why is there not a focus on us as a valid, important, influential demographic? Why are we ignored by politicians?
What a month it’s been for Iris! Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who’s listened! And if you haven’t yet, Iris is More Than Okay is an Audible Original romance with a twist narrated by the wonderful Jenna Coleman ♥️