Carnival of Self-Harm - Lemmy.World

Short-term thinking has been the fatal tendency of the Conservative governments to which Britain has been subjected since 2010.

Man in charge of Bristol's housing 'wasn't told' of 2017 tower block warning letter - Lemmy.World

The man in charge of Bristol’s housing in 2017 said he was not passed a letter from the government warning of safety concerns with tower blocks like Barton House - which was sent on the same day the city council’s chief executive suddenly resigned.

Labour MPs must vote tomorrow to support a Gaza ceasefire - Lemmy.World

In just over a month, 11,200 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza by Israeli forces. This cannot go on. Labour MPs must put themselves on the right side of history and vote for a ceasefire, writes former Scottish Labour Party leader Richard Leonard.

There Is Zero Evidence of a Shoplifting ‘Epidemic’ - Lemmy.World

Ofcom just let GB News off the hook over Tory MPs moonlighting as journalists - Lemmy.world

Ofcom has found that a GB News show presented by two Tory MPs breached its impartiality rules. However, the regulator only scalded the far-right media outlet over it not airing differing views. Ofcom failed to rule against the fact that two sitting Conservative MPs were posing as journalists interviewing a sitting Conservative minister. The problem here isn’t the fact GB News is a screeching, far-right foghorn amplifier. At the Canary we’ve never claimed to be impartial. They and we are private entities, and that’s our right in the UK. However, while GB News can present its programming with whatever ideological stand point it wishes, it should not be allowing sitting politicians to do it. The UK’s democracy is already a shambolic farce, which has become increasingly worse in recent years. Allowing sitting MPs to present news programmes is the thin end of the wedge. Ofcom, with all the might of a drain fly, is failing to act quickly enough to stop this practice before even more damage is done.

The NHS Doesn’t Need Reform – It Needs Funding - Lemmy.world

New research shows the NHS was the world’s leading healthcare system before austerity put it in crisis — exposing calls for ‘reform’ as justification for more privatisation and underfunding.

Mick Lynch and Matt Wrack: We Will Defy the Anti-Strikes Law - Lemmy.world

Following a historic motion backing non-compliance with anti-strikes law being passed at Trade Union Congress, the general secretaries of the RMT and FBU sit down with Tribune to discuss why a mass campaign of defiance matters for the future of the trade union movement.

American XL bulldogs kill 22 sheep - Lemmy.world

Two escaped dogs savaged a flock of pregnant sheep, killing 22 and injuring another 48, before the out-of-control American XL bulldogs were shot. A farmer turned his gun on the pair of escaped animals that subjected his livestock to a brutal attack on a Welsh farm. The financial cost of the incident, including the numerous deaths and injuries, amounted to more than £14,000. The owner of the two dogs – David Hughes, 26, of Pen y Wern, Rhosllanerchrugog – appeared at Wrexham Magistrates’ Court where he admitted being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control and being the owner of a dog worrying livestock. Hughes was banned from keeping dogs for five years and ordered to pay £900 in fines.