#OtD 31 Jan 1919 striking workers fought police in the centre of Glasgow. The Secretary of State for Scotland declared it a "Bolshevist uprising" and thousands of troops were deployed to restore order. The strike was to lower the working week to 40 hours
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/wrkclasshistory/status/1620307905739390976
The City of Copenhagen wanted to know the overall costs and benefits of cycling for transport compared to driving, so they commissioned health economists to calculate it. Their findings?
- Every mile driven costs society £0.98
- Every mile cycled *saves* society £0.88
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/anotherJon/status/1620094851294580736
Imagine getting publicly sacked for shameful tax dodginess…
And then responding by telling your boss how blessed and great you are…
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MarinaPurkiss/status/1619645053630291969
1 Likes, 0 Comments - Mark Bradshaw (@memarkyb) on Instagram: "The wanderer has returned, normally I get a sausage as a gift, but this time I got a couple of lovely Shemaghs, more coffee mugs, a cezve and some cardamom coffee!"
Aren’t you the Brexit bloke? How’s that working out?
A longer @[email protected] column from me tomorrow, urging the Government to get back to Tory tradition and stand up for "Prosperity and the Nation".
I'm not interested in losing gracefully. We need to show some energy & political conviction - and try to win.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1618710413444788224
Nadine Dorries interiewing Boris Johnson on TalkTV could break all records for the channel with up to 35 people tuning in
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/davemacladd/status/1618982502034735104