NEW:
Britain’s grim winter of strikes, falling incomes and a worsening NHS crisis is not some unfortunate series of events
It’s the inevitable result of a decade of Tory austerity that steadily weakened the state’s capacity to respond to shocks
https://t.co/xJcNiCJk2b
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Wow! About the worst mistake you could make when speaking at a rugby league event and saying how much you like the sport, how you remember watching the 2003 ‘rugby union’ World Cup final and thinking it’s the same sport!! 🫣🫣🫣
AUDIO of gaffe by Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries during speech at a Rugby League World Cup social impact event in St Helens earlier.
“I’ve always quite liked the idea of rugby league - my long-standing memory is that 2003 drop-goal… Wow, what a moment that was.” Listen 👇
If you read the article it describes how our Prime Minister, when working from home, says that he manages to forget what he’s supposed to be doing in the time it takes to get a piece of cheese from the fridge and walking back to his desk - and he’s in charge! 😫😫😫
Boris Johnson: Working from home doesn't work
‘In my experience you make a coffee, go to the fridge, hack off a piece of cheese and walk very slowly back to your computer,’ he says
Read more here:
https://t.co/eOoW8Cv5W7
Highlight of our walk yesterday in the Peaks was meeting @sallycarman1 and Joe Duttine of #corrie, we couldn’t help but interrupt their day and they were lovely! @itvcorrie
Great trip to London, visited the #charlesdickensmuseum, @MatildaMusical, took in another couple of museums as well as a ride on our bikes, time for a rest!
Great to visit Sheffield for our annual trip to the panto, fantastic show, with the legend @djwilliamsact on top form as ever, already booked again for next year! 😁 #lyceumpanto@SheffieldLyceum