My beautiful cat and family member died the other day way before his time. He was cheeky but affectionate and we loved playing games together. It's hit me hard that his life was cut so short. He will be missed a lot and I can only hope we're reunited on day. Bless you Sweep!
"What is an inflationary pay rise?"
@KrishGM asks health minister Maria Caulfield to clarify the government's position on healthcare workers striking over pay.
The health minister says every 1% increase to pay would cost £700 million.
We think NHS staff should have:
* Access to healthy food
* Whenever they are on a shift
* That is subsidised as much as the meals MPs get
Please RT if you do too
“If they really are refugees, why don’t they have to stay in the first safe country they reach?”
“Why don’t they just claim asylum in France?”
Here is my answer, once & for all. To Jonathan Gullis, and to everyone else who ever wondered.
#RefugeesWelcome
Another day another chemical explosion. This time in Houjie City, China. Late stage capitalism continues to pollute the biosphere at levels never experienced by human civilization. Nature will only tolerate so much. This is not sustainable.
@morss_alex To give this some additional context, the National Maritime Museum own the land.
This chap wasn’t the only peaceful protester removed from the site that day. @TheNMMC requested another be removed too - see video.
"We enjoy their singing": This Tajik farmer has made it his mission to save thousands of birds from a deadly frost, including some listed as endangered species. By @currenttimetv
Posties have been at the heart of our communities for generations. Today, their livelihoods are under threat.
Royal Mail is sacking union reps, deducting annual leave and attempting to tear apart our postal service.
RT if you stand with @CWUnews 👊
One of the most heartbreaking things I’ve ever seen: a grief-stricken father sat holding the hand of his 15-year-old daughter crushed to death beneath the rubble of a building in Turkey.
Up to 20,000 now feared dead. #earthquakeinturkey
Reports of grouse moors burning on peatlands across North and West Yorkshire and the Peak District today.
We will continue to press @DefraGovUK to enforce the rules prohibiting burning on deep peat and introduce a complete ban to end the practice.