UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is profoundly concerned by the asylum bill introduced by the UK Government to the House of Commons today.
Our statement here: https://t.co/gyn8sAKqVg Tweet 1/2
The Palaio-Christian Byzantine Basilica of Acheiropoietos (450 AD) in Thessaloniki is built over a complex of Roman public baths which were built over some older baths or temple.
@RichardJMurphy GP model is not the only option - e.g. France/Germany, it is normal for patients to go directly to specialists not GPs & the system can work well. This doesn't mean the system should be used in the UK, but it's valid to at least consider it & see if it might be an improvement.
Why are Zahawi and Braverman stories not all over every news bulletin, as they would be if they were ministers in a non Tory government in a country with a genuinely free media ?
I’m finding it rather amazing how quickly we have accepted that our post will rarely arrive, that we can’t see a GP, that a 12 hour wait at A&E and a 3m wait for a passport is perfectly normal, that paying more taxes for significantly shittier services is inevitable etc.
Iranian forces have killed at least 41 people - mostly women - for protesting against the oppression and subjugation of women in the name of #MahsaAmini. This number is underreported and will continue to rise. May their names forever be eternal symbols of resistance and defiance.