Ex-Tory armed forces minister #SarahAtherton has defected to Reform UK: 
-> She claims #Tories 'promised strength,' yet 'delivered weakness!' 
-> Under the Conservatives, defence spending went down 0.19% GDP since 2010!

#ReformUK #ToryFail #ArmedForcesBetrayed #DefenceCrisis

Peterborough City Council's debt ballooned 5x+ under 21 yrs of Tory control: <£100m in 2000s → £526m TODAY!
-> Also sold £50m+ public assets to plug holes. -> Grants also slashed by 40%! 

#PCCfinancialCrisis #ToryFail #PeterboroughCC #PeterboroughDebt #LocalGovCrisis #UKPolitics

Normal Island News

Tories to bring back national service to punish young people for being woke
It's only what they deserve

The people who are too old to do national service have decided it would be a fantastic idea to bring back national service because it's the only way to fix the country that gen Z have ruined by being woke.

https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/tories-to-bring-back-national-service?r=12u3ju&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#NormalIslandNews #ToryFail #ToryCorruption #politics

Fresh crisis for Thames Water as investors pull plug on £500m of funding

Decision raises concerns about financial future of UK’s biggest water firm and increases prospect of nationalisation

The beleaguered utilities company announced this morning that its shareholders had refused to provide the first tranche of £750m funding set to secure its short-term cashflow, after the company had failed to meet certain conditions.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/28/fresh-crisis-for-thames-water-as-investors-pull-plug-on-500m-of-funding

#PrivatisationFail #ToryFail #water

The price of fascism; the return of Victorian era diseases.

‘It is shameful’: why the return of Victorian-era diseases to the UK alarms health experts

There has been a surge in cases of scabies and measles – both highly contagious – as well as rickets and scurvy, conditions we thought had been eradicated. Are public health cuts to blame?

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/18/return-of-victorian-era-diseases-to-the-uk-scabies-measles-rickets-scurvy

#NHSSOS #disease #health #ToryFail #ToryFascism

Normal Island News

UK in recession despite government doing everything right

No one can understand how this happened

It has been confirmed the UK economy shrank by 0.3% last year. The news has been met with outrage by the opposition who said they would only have shrank the economy by 0.25%.

https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/uk-in-recession-despite-government?r=12u3ju&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#NormalIslandNews #satire #ToryFail #recession #economy

Good Law Project.

"We’re back in court in a few weeks because the Government’s plan to reach net zero by 2050 just doesn’t add up.

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#GoodLawProject #NetZero #ClimateChange #GlobalBoiling #ToryFail

Normal Island News

Government reducing NHS queues by not letting you see a doctor
This is an ingenious move

If you’re one of the 7 million people worried you are going to die waiting for hospital treatment, I have exciting news: the government is offering you the chance to skip the NHS queue like Catherine and Charles by not using the NHS!

https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/government-reducing-nhs-queues-by?r=12u3ju&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#NormalIslandNews #NHSSOS #privatisation #ToryFail #LabourFail