Rishi Sunak has stated its going to be about who the public trusts...
Not the ground on which he might be best advised to fight after a decade & half of scandals, corruption & crisis....
Indeed, he says he's going to 'earn our trust'.... well given he's been PM for some time, and is (therefore) admitting he hasn't earnt our trust already, this looks like howl statements scripted by a advisor, unless he's monumentally out of touch.... oh, hold on
@ChrisMayLA6 I’m no constitutional expert but isn’t a party leader making a Party Political Broadcast while parenthetically exercising Prime Ministerial prerogative to announce a General Election a breach of the Ministerial Code?
I thought they were supposed to maintain separation of roles?
But of course, any constitutional probity went out the window years ago
A study reported in the Guardian has concluded that the dismal weather over the past year is 10 times more likely thanks to global heating, and we're heading for one year in three following that pattern. To quote the end of the article:
Dr Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at Imperial College London and co-founder of WWA, said: “To put it bluntly, climate change is already making life shittier. Wetter winters are flooding farms, cancelling football matches, overflowing sewage systems and [making] groceries more expensive.
“Thankfully, we know the solutions. Replace oil, gas and coal with cleaner, cheaper renewable sources of energy; insulate homes, and restore nature. All this will make life cheaper and better for all, not more expensive.”
So why isn't our government doing anything, given that all the experts say that it's essential and will save us money (and possibly our very existence)? Too many vested interests in oil and gas, I fear.
I am ashamed of my country & government!
This gov't has no compassion, & is willing to break international law in order to deprive desperate people of their right to asylum. What an absolute disgrace.
I hope (but have no confidence) that Labour will repeal this when we finally get rid of these inhumane Tories later this year.
Tory MP Mark Menzies, who's facing allegations of misusing campaign funds has quit the #Conservative Party and says he won't stand at the next general election. 👀
Lancashire Police said it was reviewing "information" about Mr Menzies after Labour asked for an investigation.
JFC, the #UK is so desperate for a #GeneralElection which must be called in the next 6 months ... But not before the #Tories make one more attack to damage the #NHS
Perhaps he's leaving them to collapse under a Labour gov. Or, maybe there's a few million left to drain in dividends and exec bonuses first. Whatever the reason, this is bad for customers and the environment.
"This "fiscal drag" will mean nearly four million more low earners paying tax. A recipient of the full basic state pension alone is also on course to have to pay tax, and perhaps fill out a tax return in 2026/27. (BBC)
Tories taxing the low income homes and pensioners to "incentivise" work!!!
Life expectancy at birth in the UK in 2020 to 2022 was 78.6 years for males and 82.6 years for females; compared with 2017 to 2019, life expectancy has fallen by 38 weeks from 79.3 years for males and by 23 weeks from 83.0 years for females.
And no, it’s not just COVID-19. Plateau started in 2011, decline in 2017.
Across the OECD, the average number of #doctors per 1000 population is 3.7; in #Germany its 4.3, but in the UK (you know what's coming) its only 2.9 per 1000.
In the face of this low level, #NHS#workforce planning needs more doctors... and we cannot continue to rely on other countries training doctors & then employing them... so of course we need to ramp up the domestic training of doctors.
But, that might actually help the #NHS so naturally the #Tories are stalling
Cameron's government knew of the Horizon screw-up and failed to defend the persecuted Post Office staff. No doubt he will resign before the end of the week!!! #ToriesUnfitToGovern#ToriesOutNow#PostOfficeScandal
"Sunak talks up tax cuts after byelection defeats" 😖
I don't want tax cuts. I want a properly funded #NHS , schools and other services. I want real action on #GreenEnergy . I want to #TaxTheRich and stop corporate profiteering to pay for it.
I read Dunt's Substack piece, and burst into tears. For Branna, for her extraordinarily brave and caring mother, and for the country I used to love but which has not simply just fallen to the barbarians, but opened the gates and handed them power.