UK’s top civil servant said government looked like ‘tragic joke’ during pandemic
Expletive-laden messages between No 10 staff shown at Covid inquiry lament government decision-making and role of Carrie Johnson
In notes that appeared on the inquiry screen Johnson scribbled “bollocks” on one and on another said: “Do we really believe in long Covid. Why can’t we hedge it more. I bet it is complete Gulf War Syndrome.”
Rishi Sunak’s Commons majority in peril as 60 Tories join Liz Truss group
Growth Group now same size as government’s majority, as it urges PM to cut taxes and resume fracking
Sixty Conservative MPs have joined Liz Truss’s Growth Group, imperilling the government’s majority in parliament, as Rishi Sunak was warned by former cabinet ministers “we cannot accept the status quo”.
Guess what ?? Our PM paid less tax in a year than he and his wife lost in a single day.
Man of the people.
Cabinet Ministers Join Outspoken Climate Science Deniers at National Conservatism Conference
It is ‘deeply concerning’ that Suella Braverman, Michael Gove, and a raft of Tory MPs are speaking alongside anti-green forces, say opposition politicians
https://www.desmog.com/2023/05/15/national-conservatism-conference-cabinet-ministers-climate-denial/
#ClimateScienceDeniers #ToryDisaster #ClimateCrisis #climatechange #governmentcorruption
The National Conservatism (NatCon) conference kicks off today in Westminster, London, featuring a roster of high-profile speakers drawn from the upper reaches of the government and the conservative right. A DeSmog analysis has found climate denial and a hostility to net zero to be a common feature among many of the individuals speaking at the […]
Sewage flooding Cambs street for third day 'going straight into the river'
People living in Harston have contacted Anglian Water about the sewage leak
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/sewage-flooding-cambs-street-third-26893718
#water #WaterQuality #sewage #SewageParty #Toryfailure #ToryCorruption #ToryDisaster #environment #politics
‘Oliver Dowden has been appointed deputy prime minister, Downing Street has announced.’ #theguardian
Or for those brought up on ‘I’m sorry I haven’t a clue’, one imbecile to the tune of another.
A lot of 50-64 aged workers are probably retiring for health reasons rather than because they feel wealthy — Covid dividend.
The [(+130K non/EU) - (460K EU) = ] 330K worker shortfall probably isn't helping recruitment much — Brexit dividend.