Sir Ellen πŸ’™πŸπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

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MOB and a fur baby. Hates inequality and corruption. #GTTO
Is Β£74bn enough to give nurses a pay rise?
We should stop using past tense for COVID and future tense for climate change.
Everyone guessed we’d have a horrendously cold winter with bills as high as they are. Why did we have to be right. It’s white over here. πŸ₯Ά

RT @themingford
You've got Hancock in the jungle getting Β£400K while also getting his MP salary and expenses.

But, no, you complain about nurses striking.

Have you ever considered that nurses and workers aren't the problem but that the problem is you?

#bbcqt

Hunt under fire for using lobby group data to shield private schools from Β£1.7bn VAT https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/nov/19/hunt-chancellor-lobby-group-private-schools-vat-labour?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Hunt under fire for using lobby group data to shield private schools from Β£1.7bn VAT

Experts attack claim that 90,000 pupils would be forced into state schools by tax change that Labour says could fund thousands of extra teachers

The Guardian

BBC News have written an article called "Staying Warm; What does an unheated room do to your body?"

A healthy male journalist was connected to medical monitors and the impact on his body documented as the room fell from a cosy 21c to 10c-the average winter temperature of an unheated room.

It's interesting, but it's bland data without context and lived experience, so let me tell you what it's actually like to inhabit a space that's not warm enough...

#CostOfLiving

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63602501

Cold weather: What does an unheated room do to your body?

The BBC's health and science correspondent undergoes an experiment to find out how a cold home affects him.

BBC News

Children need:

Safe housing
Heat & power
Varied healthy enjoyable food
Appropriate healthcare
A fair education
Clean fitting clothes
Low crime environments
Entertainment & toys
Books
Participation in culture

Every one of these is being stolen from the #FoodbankGeneration

The UK's billionaires have never had it better

https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2021/may/21/number-of-billionaires-in-uk-reached-new-record-during-covid-pandemic

Meanwhile 31% of UK children now cannot rely on the simplest of their needs being met.

https://www.jrf.org.uk/data/overall-uk-poverty-rates

Wake up. They're robbing our children.

Number of billionaires in UK reached new record during Covid crisis

Despite year of economic turmoil, 24 people became billionaires in UK during pandemic, taking total to 171

The Guardian
This month has been a bit of a rollercoaster so far. Husband being made redundant, eldest quitting uni, what else is around the corner? Life always likes to throw a few curve balls doesn’t it!
Metatext is a lot easier to use than the Mastodon app on iPhone. It no longer keeps crashing πŸ˜€ I might get the hang of this after all πŸ™Œ