MimiJ9

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Social Democrat, European, Derby County fan, #SaveTheNHS . We must get the Tories out. Twitter @MimiJ9
MimiJ9Jul 6, 2023
Stephen Lawrence case: Retired detectives will not face prosecution over inquiry https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66118651
Stephen Lawrence case: Retired detectives will not face prosecution over inquiry

The CPS made its decision after considering a file of evidence for nearly three years.

BBC News
MimiJ9May 28, 2023
Starmer plans to block all new North Sea oil and gas developments - The Times and The Sunday Times https://apple.news/AmiZ4vAEdQ4q74S48i-aYbg
Starmer plans to block all new North Sea oil and gas developments — The Times and The Sunday Times

Sir Keir Starmer will announce plans to block all new North Sea oil and gas developments and limit borrowing to green investment only as part of a radical blueprint to make Britain a “clean energy superpower”. The Labour leader is expected to set out his net zero energy policy when he launches his latest “national mission” in Scotland next month. It will include a pledge to ban all new North Sea oil and gas licences, signalling a seismic shift in decades of UK energy policy. It will be one of

MimiJ9May 28, 2023
More than half of voters now want Britain to forge closer ties with the EU, poll reveals https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/28/more-than-half-of-voters-now-want-britain-to-forge-closer-ties-with-the-eu-poll-reveals?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
More than half of voters now want Britain to forge closer ties with the EU, poll reveals

Dramatic reversal in public opinion seen even in those constituencies that recorded the highest votes to leave

The Guardian
MimiJ9May 25, 2023
US banker paid £73m dividend in 2021 after firm won millions in UK Covid contracts https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/25/us-banker-banks-bourne-paid-73m-dividend-2021-millions-uk-covid-contracts?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
US banker paid £73m dividend in 2021 after firm won millions in UK Covid contracts

Banks Bourne, sole owner of Tanner Pharma in North Carolina, took sum from Tanner’s UK arm, records show

The Guardian
MimiJ9May 23, 2023
NHS dentist numbers in England at lowest level in a decade https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/23/nhs-dentist-numbers-in-england-at-lowest-level-in-a-decade?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
MimiJ9May 23, 2023
Rishi Sunak thinks voters don’t care about his vast wealth, but the pollsters aren’t so sure https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/23/rishi-sunak-wealth-public-opinion-general-election-prime-minister?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Rishi Sunak thinks voters don’t care about his vast wealth, but the pollsters aren’t so sure

Public opinion is turning against the super-rich. Will it take a general election for the prime minister to realise, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian
MimiJ9May 23, 2023
We know Boris Johnson is a liar but Rishi Sunak promised truth and integrity. Where is it? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/23/boris-johnson-rishi-sunak-truth-integrity?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
We know Boris Johnson is a liar but Rishi Sunak promised truth and integrity. Where is it?

The former prime minister set a shameful example, and his colleagues are following it, says journalist and author Peter Oborne

The Guardian
MimiJ9May 21, 2023
Suella Braverman ‘tried to get out of final vote on small boats bill’ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/21/suella-braverman-tried-to-get-out-of-final-vote-on-small-boats-bill?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Suella Braverman ‘tried to get out of final vote on small boats bill’

Exclusive: Home secretary’s aides repeatedly requested she be allowed to miss vote on major legislation despite three-line whip

The Guardian
MimiJ9May 21, 2023
After Brexit: what are the Tories really for? - The Guardian https://apple.news/AZwJcWwuXRc6nDjHXxWLYaA
After Brexit: what are the Tories really for? — The Guardian

As Rishi Sunak flew off to Japan, he left behind a party flailing around for an identity

MimiJ9May 21, 2023
UK care home firm under fire as children forced to move hundreds of miles https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/21/uk-care-home-firm-under-fire-as-children-forced-to-move-hundreds-of-miles?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
UK care home firm under fire as children forced to move hundreds of miles

Private provider criticised for uprooting more than 60 vulnerable children, with some transferred from south-east England to Scotland

The Guardian