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pedestrians1st, 4 months ago to random

“Forcing all UK supermarkets to put “not for EU” labels on meat, dairy and plant products in a move to assuage the concerns of unionists in Northern Ireland will force up prices and increase inflation, ministers have been told.” The Brexit benefits just keep rolling in. And soon one suspects the “not for EU” label will mean lower quality and lower environmental standards. #brexit

pedestrians1st, 4 months ago to random

“Labour vows to cut financial ‘red tape’ and ‘unashamedly champion’ UK sector”. As the party clearly no longer supports ordinary working class people should it change its name? Perhaps ‘Banker’ or ‘The City Financier Party’ might be more appropriate. #Labour

Mikewashere, 4 months ago to random

Israel is a truly sickening experiment.

pvonhellermannn, 4 months ago to random

#ClimateDiary Now this is a story that has cheered me up (not much, recently). It sounds like a really wonderful, thought-through regenerative #restoration project - tree planting done the right way.

And: it is wonderful to see the efforts of people like Guy Shrubsole, George Monbiot and Eoghan Daltun, campaigning and writing about UK and Irish #rainforests for years, bear fruit. All this work does matter. Spurs me on a bit again! #HistoricalEcology #Devon

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/29/more-than-100000-trees-to-be-planted-in-devon-to-boost-celtic-rainforest?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Geri, 4 months ago to random

£8 Billion of £13.6 Billion spent on PPE was not used, was no good, and was wasted money.

Three quaters!

These figures have been revealed as the National Crime Agency investigates bribery and fraud in the awarding of PPE contracts.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/25/uk-government-wasted-nearly-10bn-on-unused-covid-ppe-figures-show

Woodknot, 4 months ago to random

HMRC haven’t charged a single company with tax avoidance despite new powers.

British Overseas Territories have failed to report firms using them as tax havens.

Two thirds of the the UK's richest earners paid less tax in 2023 than in the year before, while our hospitals and schools crumble and we bear an increasing tax burden.

It’s time for the Treasury and HMRC to get tough on the tax avoiders, so we can save our NHS and public services.

https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/hmrc-tax-advoidance-petition

#SaveOurNHS #GTTO #TaxWealth #TaxTheRich

pedestrians1st, 4 months ago to Palestine

“An Israeli military spokesperson said 21 soldiers were killed in Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza when two buildings they had mined for demolition collapsed after militants fired grenades at a nearby tank. Reports in local media said explosives set by the soldiers detonated prematurely.” Sad but as (Matthew 26, 26:52) has it "Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword." #Palestine #Israel

pedestrians1st, 4 months ago to delhi

Alice Ferguson, of Playing Out, said: “Compared to previous generations, children’s lives have become incredibly restricted, indoors, isolated and inactive, largely due to changes in the outdoor environment. Government could reverse this trend and hugely improve children’s health and wellbeing by making streets safer and neighbourhoods more child-friendly, enabling them to get outside and play every day.” Too much traffic blights young lives not just through pollution. #traffic #children

pedestrians1st, 4 months ago to random

“National Archives censor files showing late queen concealed relative’s wealth
Documents recording request from monarch to keep secret the will of a relative partly withdrawn from public view”. Oh no! Was she a badun too!! #AbolishTheMonarchy

pedestrians1st, 4 months ago to random

Sadiq Khan: ‘Free young people from Brexit work and travel ban’. At last a serious politician wanting to undo some of the damage of Brexit. #brexit

pedestrians1st, 4 months ago to random

“‘Inhumane’ Home Office denying visas to children of migrant health workers
Observer investigation reveals children as young as two are being barred from joining their mothers in Britain”. Well it’s not as if we need any more care or health workers and it’s good for our reputation as a totally uncaring country with a basically fascist Home Office and Border Force. #tories

pedestrians1st, 4 months ago to random

“Fascism is everywhere on the march. And it’s Trump who sets the pace”. And “Boris Johnson says Trump back in White House is ‘what the world needs’”. Two headlines that sum things up nicely! #tories #fascism

pedestrians1st, 4 months ago to random

Another sad example of a motorist getting away with it. Coroner Dr James Adeley said it was in the "interests of justice" that he named David Harwood in connection with the death of cyclist Dylan Crossey, 15. Harwood hit Dylan with his BMW while he was drunk and fiddling with his satnav. Dylan bounced over the top of his car but Harwood didn’t stop to help and Dylan died. Harwood got away with it. No doubt the police felt it was “just an accident”. #roadsafety #justice

pedestrians1st, 4 months ago to random

“Brexit divergence from EU destroying UK’s vital environmental protections”. The Brexit benefits just keep rolling in. #tories

pedestrians1st, 4 months ago to random

“Rishi Sunak challenges Labour to not ‘frustrate will of the people’ and back Rwanda bill in Lords”. It’s great how you can try and whip up anti immigration hysteria in your right wing media and then pretend it’s the will of the people. #tories

wood5y, 4 months ago to random

Racist Home Office still racist.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/18/home-office-resumes-asylum-hotel-evictions-despite-freezing-weather

ChrisMayLA6, 4 months ago to random

As Dan Evans argues:

That the 'progressive instincts of UK [#voters] have not, historically, been harnessed by the Labour party says more about the Labour party than the electorate.

... we need to appreciate people’s chaotic complexity, stop assuming views are fixed and can’t be changed – & rediscover the value of empathy'.

Building a left consensus is not impossible but it does require the sort of political leadership that seems currently absent in our political class
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/17/british-politics-chaos-red-wall-voters-world

pedestrians1st, 4 months ago to random

“World’s five richest men double their money as poorest get poorer”. Well it looks like Karl Marx was right all along! #poverty #karlmarx

pedestrians1st, 5 months ago to random

“Mississippi is withdrawing from a federal program to feed children during their summer break from school, the governor there announced, characterizing the decision as a way to reject “attempts to expand the welfare state”.” That dreaded welfare state giving food to poor children. Not at all what Jesus recommended who clearly said “suffer little children … “ #welfare

LALegault, 5 months ago to random

In more off-the-rails news:

Now Israel is calling for the dismantling of checks notes UNRWA. The United Nations 🇺🇳 refugee agency.

Former Israeli Foreign Ministry Official makes incendiary remarks about the United Nations, in the Knesset.