So, yesterday we were subjected to Jonathan Gullis demanding to legislate to leave the ECHR in order to brazenly breach people’s human rights, deport them to Rwanda and max out on cruelty. He has the backing of Johnson and Patel and others in this nasty, thuggish plan.
This Tory party has become something revolting. Knotted up with hatred and prejudice. Looking to scapegoat others for its own grim failure.
Greedy, callous people doing unforgivable things for power.
While people up and down the country followed the rules, made sacrifices and lost loved ones Boris Johnson held parties - and then lied about it. I don't want a penny of the tax I pay on my NHS wage to be spent defending a wealthy former Prime Minister who broke Covid lockdown rules while my colleagues were risking their lives. And right now so many Brits can't afford to eat or heat their homes, they do not need another expense. Most of us were brought up to believe that when we were found...
OPINION: The government’s wrong. We can afford public sector pay rises.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/public-sector-strikes-pay-rise-nurses-james-meadway/
#UK #NursesStrike #UKPolitics #Tax #Economy
#UKNews #TradeUnions
National Energy Action (NEA) NI research is showing that 80% of households here have already cut down on their central heating, and most worryingly more than 1 in 10 households have had to forego meals to meet the rising energy costs. NI householders have received significantly less help in the energy crisis than those in England Scotland and Wales. They did not benefit from the £150 council tax rebate and nor do they benefit from Household Support Fund. Furthermore, NI homes are not part...
Revealed: Police may be assessing climate protesters for terrorism.
#Police could be labelling #climate activists whose actions ‘threaten businesses’ as potential #terrorists, according to secret documents obtained by openDemocracy.
#Intelligence on protesters who specifically target large companies is being handed to counter-terror police (CTP) to see if their activity could “indicate a path towards #terrorism”.
This Twitter fiasco is a reminder of who is *actually* critical to the survival of our economy & society.
Twitter worked before the billionaire got here. Now that workers are gone, Twitter is collapsing. Workers made Twitter work—a billionaire broke it.
Workers > Billionaires
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