Can't get it out of my head that Europe cried about a 'migrant crisis' in 2015 against 1.4m refugees fleeing war in Syria and yet quickly absorbed some 2m Ukrainians within days, complete with flags and piano music.
Europe never had a migrant crisis. It has a racism crisis.
My International Womens' Day hero, and totally worth a follow: @PayGapApp. If a company are tweeting some bland pro-IWD bumpf, @PayGapApp Tweets that company's pay-gap. So smart and innately also amusing.
@Skipinder Grate some fresh ginger, brew it in hot water with half tsp of turmeric plus some honey and milk- best version 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 optional to heat a little bit of butter first and melt turmeric into it, then chuck that into water + milk. This is my Dad’s cure for all ills!
.@HarrietHarman: "So her income is clobbered, just when she needs to be spending more. Honestly, if men had babies, do we really think that maternity pay would be so insultingly low? Not a chance!" 👏👏👏👏👏
Fascinating quote in here about charity CEO wages.
"Why do we get upset that people may make a lot of money helping others, but not upset that people who do jobs that don't help others make lots of money."
@Skipinder Govt obvs doesn’t get it BUT as a sector perhaps we can do more to make ourselves understood more widely.... Eg We are never at careers fairs, we don’t advertise jobs that widely, we don’t talk much about paid staff in our communications..... 🤔 I feel a blog coming on
Yet another joyful video for you as part of #CSWBlackHistoryMonth
So many fire quotes from the amazing @NYD_Agyeman 👑🔥 "People underestimate me because I'm Black. But the power of blackness, is that when we RISE, we rise HIGH"
Watch, listen & share #BlackHistoryMonth
Imposition of 10pm curfew on hospitality industry was entirely avoidable, but became inevitable due to Govt’s shambolic privatised test & trace system.
Instead of fobbing me off again or giving misinformation, it’d be good if Health Secretary could actually answer my question.
Our Chief Executive @MichaelAdamson5 has a letter @thetimes today (£), setting out the need for a factual and humane response to people seeking asylum in the UK https://t.co/skWIsBK9SV #everyrefugeematters