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Labour’s plan to boost care workers’ pay ‘could cost taxpayers billions’
Another day, another Article in The Times promoting the Tufton Street cabal who re unwilling to contribute to society but very eager to leech from the public purse. Intriguingly, they are called out on it (‘fink tank’ and paper) by all of the comments as of Sunday morning.
Social care costs - who would have thunk it?
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#SocialCare #ConservativeHypocrisy #TuftonStreet #ukPolitics
Well the Patriarchal UK Media may be ignoring it but Mastodon is a buzz with Sandi Toksvig's "Women's Equality Party" taking their first councillor in Basingstoke, on more than 60% of the vote!
Congratulations to Stacy Hart
#UKPOL #UKpolitics #WEP #LocalElections2024
One of the few openly Anti-Fascist voices in uk politics, and he has to wear a bin on his head for the Media to pay him attention.
#London #LondonMayoralElection #CountBinface #Ukpolitics #UKpol
Climate catastrophe news. This is a before and after of the Brazilian State of Rio Grande del Sul, following four days of relentless torrential rain.
However, in better news, Rishi Sunak's climate policy has been declared unlawful by the High Court this morning (via Adam Bienkov of Byline, see tweet). I'll post the link to the judgment when it surfaces.
Report: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/03/britain-climate-action-plan-unlawful-high-court
#UKPolitics #ClimateCatastrophe #Brazil
Britain’s climate action plan unlawful, high court rules
Environmental campaign groups took joint action against decision to approve carbon budget delivery planGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Guardian Balanced reporting
If anyone has ever taken the trouble to read the comments (when allowed) below any article on Scotland will have realised, many, if not all, readers (they definitely seem to have done so) take a rather different view.
One more for their collection of ‘balanced articles' I suppose, along with Crace, Rowson and many more.
#Guardian #Scotland #ScottishPolitics #UkPolitics #BiasSelection
‘The SNP are in trouble’: Scottish voters on the drama at Holyrood
As John Swinney emerges as favourite to succeed Humza Yousaf as leader, Guardian readers share their viewsClea Skopeliti (The Guardian)
This is brilliant. Some rancid TERF emailed the Lib Dem Mayoral candidate in her area with some "polite questions" and got this response.
Bravo Hannah 👏 🤣
#UKPolitics #TransRightsAreHumanRights
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/27/tory-staff-running-network-of-anti-ulez-facebook-groups-riddled-with-racism-and-abuse
#airpollution #london #ukpolitics #democracy
Tory staff running network of anti-Ulez Facebook groups riddled with racism and abuse
Investigation finds groups hosting Islamophobic attacks on London mayor Sadiq Khan, white supremacist slogans and antisemitic conspiracy theoriesShanti Das (The Guardian)
"But all these claims have served a purpose. They keep western publics focused on evil humanitarian aid workers and evil anti-war protesters rather than the kind of evil that dares in broad daylight to kill 15,000 children, destroy hospitals, and hide bodies in mass graves.
Jonathan Cook on how an ‘antisemitism hoax' drowned out the discovery of mass graves in Gaza.
#Israel #Gaza #Antisemitism #MassGraves #UKPolitics #USPolitics
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/how-an-antisemitism-hoax-drowned
How an ‘antisemitism hoax' drowned out the discovery of mass graves in Gaza
In confecting a media row about the policing of London marches against genocide, the Israel lobby knew it would score a victory, whatever happenedJonathan Cook
"Police in Scotland have been put on alert because of the high risks of street protests and attempts by pro-refugee campaigners to stop detentions.
Local communities in Scotland have twice prevented deportations by staging mass protests on Kenmure Street in Glasgow, in May 2021, and in Nicolson Square, Edinburgh, in June 2022."
We need the spirit of Kenmure Street across the UK.
#HomeOffice #Scotland #AsylumSeekers #Rwanda #Deportation #UKPolitics
"If you’d like to find out more about resisting the UK’s racist & hostile immigration system, power mapping, 1-2-1s and other community organising tools, this workbook is for you.
The workbook is a living, breathing and changing publication, which we will update and translate. It’s available in an easy-to-print black/white version and a riso printed publication"
Excellent resource from Solidarity Knows No Borders.
#Migrants #Refugees #AsylumSeekers #UKPolitics #SKNB
https://sknb.org/resource/organising-workbook/?
Organising Workbook
Resources Solidarity Knows No Borders Organising Workbook If you’d like to find out more about resisting the UK’s racist & hostile immigration system, power mapping, 1-2-1s and other community organising tools, this workbook is for you.Solidarity Knows No Borders
The Home Office will launch a surprise operation to detain asylum seekers across the UK tomorrow..
Officials will hold refugees who turn up for routine meetings at immigration offices & also pick people up nationwide.
They will be immediately transferred to previously prepared detention centres & held to be put on later flights to Rwanda.
Anyone who takes part in this disgusting operation is breaking international law.
#HomeOffice #Rwanda #AsylumSeekers #UKPolitics
Home Office to detain asylum seekers across UK in shock Rwanda operation
Exclusive: Operation comes weeks earlier than expected and is thought to have been timed to coincide with local electionsSeverin Carrell (The Guardian)
Dining clubs?!?
"Since Rishi Sunak became prime minister, anonymous dining clubs and special interest groups, set up as ‘unincorporated associations’, have funnelled millions into political parties. But who’s splashing the cash?"
https://goodlawproject.org/carlton-club-unincorporated-associations-5m-into-politics-tory-labour/
Jo Maugham wins again 🥳
https://goodlawproject.org/government-ordered-to-disclose-sunaks-hedge-fund-emails/
Government ordered to disclose Sunak’s hedge fund emails - Good Law Project
Good Law Project has won a battle with the Treasury after it tried to suppress emails between Rishi Sunak and the hedge fund he founded.Good Law Project
The SNP has ended the coalition with the Scottish Green Party. This leaves @thesnp as a minority administration at Holyrood.
There is some talk - only talk at the moment - of Humza Yusaf resigning as SNP leader.
Either way it's chaos at Holyrood with doubts over the continuation of the SNP government in its current form.
Time for a vote of no confidence in the SNP administration in my opinion.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz5dy15grjnt
Scotland's power-sharing government collapses as SNP and Greens end deal
A meeting of the Scottish cabinet was being held at Edinburgh's Bute House to discuss the coalition arrangement between the SNP and the Scottish Greens.BBC News
Ex-Brexit Party MEP and Reform Party Deputy Leader Ben Habib questions "What is uncivilised?" about leaving asylum seekers to drown in the channel.
How did we give these people any foothold in our civic discourse?
#politics #ukpolitics #ReformUK #Brexit
Remember the moral panic when the ceasefire march was thought to be going near the Cenotaph last year (which it wasn't)? Seems it's ok if you've got a St George's flag and a can of Stella 🤬
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-04-15/the-oil-crash-is-coming-sooner-than-we-think/
#oil #JustTransition #LightsOff #PeakOil #ukpolitics
The Oil Crash Is Coming Sooner Than We Think - resilience
Low-energy is the future, either through choice or physics. We are running out of time to have a say.Resilience (Resilience.org)
A sad day for human rights and a terrifying one for asylum seekers in the UK, who are made scapegoats for a failing government.
#Rwanda #AsylumSeekers #HumanRights #UKPolitics
UK passes bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/22/rwanda-deportations-bill-passes-parliament-sunak?CMP=GTUK_email
UK passes bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
Lawyers prepare for legal battles on behalf of individual asylum seekers challenging removal to east AfricaRajeev Syal (The Guardian)
The foundational belief of the right wing is this:
I am rich because of my hard work, not just because I was born rich. You are poor because you are lazy, not just because you were born poor.
#ukpolitics #tory #uspol #politics
Experts ignoring the elephant in the room, younger generations are sick and tired of CAPITALISM, it's not 'smartphones' or whatever bullshit excuse the Media comes up with, it's the very toxic society you've forced on us which is making us ill.
#MentalHealth #Capitalism #UKPOL #Ukpolitics
Well, we've got to give Sunak's mates time to make some profit before we get landed with the debt and a 56% increase in bills.
#UKPolitics #CostOfGreedCrisis #Water
Thames Water Crisis: Hedge Funds Are Shorting UK Water Companies
Hedge funds including Millennium Management and Arrowstreet Capital are shorting the assets of UK water companies after a crisis at Thames Water spotlighted high debt levels across the industry.Laura Benitez (Bloomberg)
Nationalise it, nationalise them all, the thieving fucks
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/18/whitehall-blueprint-for-thames-water-nationalisation-could-see-state-take-on-bulk-of-15bn-debt
#Sewage #ThamesWater #UKPOL #Ukpolitics
Whitehall blueprint for Thames Water nationalisation could see state take on bulk of £15bn debt
Exclusive: Project Timber could see some lenders lose up to 40% of their money under the plansAnna Isaac (The Guardian)
