The dark heart of this catastrophe lies in this simple, depressing narrative: the state stepped back, corporate greed stepped in and innocent people died.
Bit by me for The Guardian:
https://t.co/GeqyUkjIJj
Hey @YouTube . Thanks for what you have done. I want @LondonRealTV to stay off-line. Their content is absurd. Please do not replatform https://t.co/bFXdp8wQzY x
Nigel Farage said no church for him this Easter to hear some “ Marxist vicar”. So I thought I would. I’m not sure about resurrection, but I am sure about the core message of fellowship, redemption and love the vicar delivered. It’s the best of England. Peace be with you, Nigel.
Uxbridge & ULEZ
1. ULEZ was initiated by Boris Johnson long before Sadiq Khan.
2. The Conservative government under Grant Shapps made expanding ULEZ a condition of providing financial support to TFL during covid.
3. The Conservative government have provided funds to cities such as Birmingham (with a Conservative mayor), but not to London (with a Labour mayor).
Clean air is good, we need more of it.
Underfunding from the Conservative government which has caused the ULEZ charge is the problem. - Billions given to bankers in tax cuts, billions wasted in PPE/covid fraud, billions wasted on refugee bargees.
We need a different and better government. A pity the people of Uxbridge voted for more of the same.
Even the then Prime Minister was shocked to find out what NRPF meant in the pandemic. He said "Clearly people who have worked hard for this country, who live and work here, should have support of one kind or another." I agree. Unfortunately, that wasn't his Government's policy.
Please retweet if you want Labour, LibDems and Greens to cooperate at the next election in order to oust the Tories and introduce PR so that we never again have to endure a Tory majority of 80, secured with only 43% of the popular vote.
Brilliant speech in the Commons just now by @Ed_Miliband attacking the Chancellor’s failure to act to protect people from unaffordable price rises. Just look at the faces on the Treasury bench.
I’m genuinely concerned about what will happen to this country if this government wins another General Election. We cannot allow it to happen. RT if you agree.
Lee Anderson MP, who today said poor people forced to use foodbanks 'cannot cook or budget properly' claimed £222,000 in expenses in 2020/21 - including £4,100 on travel and 'subsistence'
Boris Johnson said in Parliament today there are "500,000 more people in paid employment now than there were before the pandemic began". He told me at the Liaison Committee on 30 March that he knows this is untrue.
Boris Johnson has said repeatedly in Parliament since November that unemployment is now lower than at the start of the pandemic. This is untrue. When I raised this with him, he accepted it was untrue, and told me he has corrected the record. It turns out this is also untrue!
GREAT NEWS
My ongoing campaign to limit the number of people retweeting this image and causing upset to the Conservatives has made great progress I am now so confident that nobody will RT it that I am going to tag in @Conservatives so they can see how well we're doing.
Thank you