"Some have tried to jump off the buildings, others try to hang themselves in the rooms, one tried to hurt himself in the kitchen, and one took too many pills"
Amir, on the unfolding mental health crisis at Wethersfield, where around 580 migrants are being housed at the 80-year-old site, where asylum seekers can be held for 6-9 months.
Labour has said little on child poverty, although the shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, has pledged a “strategy for not just reducing child poverty but ending child poverty”.
A list of wealthy climate sceptics bankrolling the Reform Party, rightwing Tories, including the shady (and climate change denying) Global Warming Policy Foundation. It comes as no surprise that some are now peers.
That's what you get by voting tories in. We have done a fair amount in mitigation in Scotland, but Westminster and the England dominance of the ‘voluntary’ union continues to hold us back. The removal and squandering of Scottish/UK resources for ideological reasons did not help either.
'However, figures published this week show injuries on the roads fell by a third in the final quarter of last year compared to the same period a year earlier. After a review, the Welsh government agreed to more 30mph exemptions but insisted that most roads should remain at 20mph.’
The hysteria about 20mph was just that - rabble rousing based on no attention to the details. That included Times reporting.
I should add that for 5 months of the year we live in the Scottish Borders (migrate north during the winter for reasons). We have had 20mph limits on most roads in towns and village for some years - actually a Conservative policy, supported by most - and it has made a noticeable difference to traffic and pedestrians during that time.
“Some people might not mind parties processing their data in this manner, but many people are uncomfortable with political parties building profiles about them. ORG’s tool helps the public take back some control over their data.”
Good. Labour has finally dropped a case against five former Corbyn-era aides, accused by Starmer and his supporters of leaking hundreds of embarrassing (and in some cases racist) WhatsApp messages from Labour staff hostile to Corbyn.
It's reported to have cost the party an unconscionable £1.5m over the last four years, not to mention the stress to the five accused.
There was never a case: it was pure vindictiveness.
"... it felt a little bit to me like a cross between a political program and a bit of a game show. The "raise your hands" and all that stuff. I just wanted something a bit more serious I think."
Wait, now the Tories work out that you don't win elections by pandering to your own extreme wing? Reform are doing well not because anybody likes them but because the Tories have demonstrated themselves to be so fundamentally unserious about governing that those Tory voters who can't stand Labour have nowhere else to go.