Stephen J Henstridge

@henstridge
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Lapsed biologist, lapsed software engineer, full-time cat wrangler, procrastinator and defender of the Oxford Comma.
Sometimes ironic.
Views from my window.

Yesterday, I read about people being prescribed heating; today, fresh fruit and veg

Here’s an idea - how about we give people enough money to live comfortably - and have the freedom and dignity to make their own choices?

#UKPolitics #Poverty #FoodPoverty

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/22/fresh-fruit-and-veg-given-to-low-income-families-in-uk-trial?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Fresh fruit and veg prescribed to low-income families in UK trial

Project aims to tackle poverty-related health inequalities caused by cost of living crisis

The Guardian

#Brexit #UK #LabourParty

1. This "cheap labour" claim has already been refuted several times.
2. Almost every developed country knows it's necessary to import workers.
3. What next? Internal passports to stop people looking for work outside the county they were born in?
4. Treat people like human beings, not economic commodities.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/22/keir-starmer-promises-end-short-term-fix-foreign-workers

Keir Starmer promises to end ‘short-term fix’ of foreign workers

Labour leader calls on business leaders to stop using ‘cheap labour’ to plug workforce shortages

The Guardian

@stayeuropean

We know the original vote was misrepresented and not fair for a number of reasons, but I hope we're better than that.

RT @[email protected]

Keir Starmer is blaming migrant workers here for low paid work

The reality is that the best solution is a £15 minimum wage & strong Trade Unions - not closing the door to migrants https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63707941

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/greenbenali/status/1594998687800987650

We must wean economy off immigration, Labour leader to warn businesses

Sir Keir Starmer will promise a "pragmatic" immigration policy in a speech to business leaders.

BBC News
Little tree big woods, Oxfordshire. #monochrome #photography

@stayeuropean

No, 57% of those who expressed a Yes/No opinion.

(For the record, I'm pro-rejoining)

Elon Musk may have just lost £44 billion buying and wrecking Twitter, but put it into perspective: it's less than half of the UK's £100 billion loss *per year* from Brexit.

RT @[email protected]

Tory MPs are threatening rebellion over miniscule tax rises for the well-off.

Didn't do that over destruction of the NHS; cuts to schools, wages, pensions; children going hungry; deaths from austerity, Grenfell deaths; contracts for cronies.

You know what side they are on.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/premnsikka/status/1594965416509595648

Prem Sikka on Twitter

“Tory MPs are threatening rebellion over miniscule tax rises for the well-off. Didn't do that over destruction of the NHS; cuts to schools, wages, pensions; children going hungry; deaths from austerity, Grenfell deaths; contracts for cronies. You know what side they are on.”

Twitter
Trying to get the economy to grow after Brexit is like trying to get a plant to grow after putting it in a cupboard