"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.
@Edent naturally @CountBinface is the first one I picked to follow from that list. If we voted with proportional representation he'd have a real chance of getting a seat in the commons thanks to his no-nonsense sensible policy ideas...well mostly sensible...
@Wen Many of us in Fire&Rescue withdrew our political levy in favour of the Labour Party many, many years ago. The people, big business, who used to fund the Blue Tories, now fund the Red Tories.
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.
My questions: Does the UK govt really want to be in the crosshairs of the ICC and ICJ as their investigations progress?
How much of our tax money is going to Israel's criminal actions?