If you want schoolkids to learn calculus, it probably helps if they're not hungry
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The right to withdraw your labour is the difference between being an employee and being a slave
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Last time I checked, no strike ever crashed the pound, jacked up mortgages or knocked 40% off pension funds
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So that’s it. Who are the winners from this budget? Bankers, city fatcats, fossil fuel giants, the extremely wealthy. Who are the losers? Everyone else. And not one word about climate & nature protection, on which all wealth ultimately depends #Bankersbudget
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I don’t want to pay less tax, I want to make sure our country’s most vulnerable are safe and well this winter. This will make the rich richer and the vulnerable suffer more as a result #notmybudget
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Ok. Deep breath.
I think we may look back on this as the first Great Information War. Except we're already 8 years in.
The first Great Information War began in 2014. The invasion of Ukraine is the latest front. And the idea it doesn't already involve us is fiction, a lie.
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Allowing British citizens to bring their parents, siblings and children to safety, is not generosity - it should be a right. This is OUR country, not the Government’s.
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Putin’s attack on Ukraine isn’t just about Europe. We must rally the world against this act of war
Boris Johnson claims the UK is rooting out dirty Russian money. He’s really not
When you hear Rishi Sunak propose a £200 *loan* as a solution for households facing energy bills rocketing by £693, remember:
He's the richest MP, who last night in Parliament pushed through a tax cut for bankers worth £1,000,000,000 a year.
Sunak's on their side, not yours.
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Surely no one in their right mind thinks this is OK? We seriously need to be paying attention to what our Govt is trying to slip through thank you for drawing me to this
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A really troubling read about clause 9 of the Nationality and Borders Bill which will enable Priti Patel to remove the citizenship of individuals - and them to be rendered stateless - without even being told.
By @ProfDPrabhat. theconversation.com/stripping-brit
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In case you doubt the dishonesty of this Government when it comes to testing contracts see their denial - "completely false" - of our revelation of a VIP lane and then the undeniable proof. People not fit to run a church raffle have blown £37bn.
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Johnson got paid £2,291 an hour by the offshore billionaire Barclay brothers for writing a column in the Telegraph. They wanted Brexit, he delivered it. Join the dots. All such lucrative jobs, gifts and payments to MPs must be made illegal.
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Thick Tory Voters Explained:
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I’m a naturalised British citizen. This stuff frightens me.
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So glad that after 25 years in the NHS, I can be rendered stateless and deported , as can my British born kids, if we engage in peaceful protest or are convicted of any crime, including traffic offences. Truly a second class citizen now #NationalityandBordersBill
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Perhaps the ppl of North Shropshire would like to know that Cornwall voted to give up EU funding for Johnson Gove promises.
They now get £1 for every £8,333 they got from the EU.
Perhaps a few retweets might get the message up there?
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It’s obvious that the NHS won’t be able to deliver for everyone this winter. You have a choice about who to get angry with. One option is NHS staff, who are doing their best despite not having the resources they need. The other is the politicians who deny them those resources.
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A bit much from a man earning £161k per annum plus accommodation but who still asks for welfare from wealthy donors to fund his personal living expenses including meals, childcare, flat decorations. #OneRuleForThem
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Boris Johnson is facing pressure from members of his own backbenches to reverse plans to cut Universal Credit payments.
But the Prime Minister says his "strong preference is for people to see their wages rise through their efforts" rather than "welfare".
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If care was publicly owned, councils would save millions in shareholder profits and bosses' salaries, and could fund better care - and better pay for care workers.
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The Taliban have taken most of Afghanistan back in a week but parliament needs til Wednesday to arrange a five hour chat about it.
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“The men standing around were making fun of girls and women, laughing at our terror. “Go and put on your chadari [burqa],” one called. “It is your last days of being out on the streets,” said another. “I will marry four of you in one day,” said a third.”
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It is increasingly clear that there's now a concerted effort under way in parts of the British press to derail action on the #ClimateEmergency.
This🧵highlights key examples & shows how the main arguments are textbook #ClimateDelay 1/n
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🤡 scared? wait til you learn the dude in charge of COP26 is Boris Johnson 🤡
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We used to say “24 hours to save the NHS”. That’s now in the past tense. We essentially failed
• The NHS is no longer free at the point of use
• At least 26 treatments are now rationed
• There is a bed & staffing crisis
• Waiting lists & A&E waits are now the worst on record
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“false, disgraceful and dehumanising” The lies and behaviour of this government are shameful.
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Dawn Butler () has been kicked out of the Commons for calling Boris Johnson a liar.
It’s an affront to democracy that you can be ejected from the chamber for simply telling the truth.
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Breaking:
Courageous Labour MP has just been told to leave the Chamber by Deputy Speaker for raising my film which public have sent to 27 MILLION VIEWS in protest at Prime Ministers rampant lying in Parliament & calling PM a lier
Thank you for your courage Dawn
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Every MP who does not call out what Mr Johnson has done, that he has lied repeatedly, disgraces themself by their moral cowardice and complicity with this government’s corruption.
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UNCHR is saddened that the Nationality & Borders Bill has passed 2nd reading in current form.
It’ll create a two-tier asylum system, violating 1951 Refugee Convention, harming genuine refugees.
We urge MPs to amend the most damaging parts
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Congrats to Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson on their space flights.
I think that Jeff Bezos's Amazon should pay its fair share of taxes in the UK.
I think that Richard Branson should pay his taxes in the UK and stop trying to privatise (and then sue) our NHS to make more money.
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A Caribbean woman whose Windrush father served in the RAF is refused UK citizenship because she was born in Germany while her father was stationed there. The Home Office's actions caused her to lose her job as an NHS nurse.
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I don't mind public criticism but I do object to being misrepresented, in a major paper like @thesundaytimes without being consulted. Their leader writer Dominic Lawson has taken a pop at me so let me correct his accusations. (1)
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There is 70% chance of transmitting Covid to someone if you're positive and you're not wearing a mask.
There is a 1.5% chance if you're both wearing a mask.
This is why the are manslaughterers by making masks voluntary.
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What's it called when you knowingly proceed with a course of action that is going to fail, kill people, destroy the NHS and leave kids with long term health problems....... criminal fucking heinous insanity.
May the fuckers rot in hell.
#FreeDumbDay
#PlagueIsland
#JohnsonOut
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The Eternal Wisdom of Pooh.
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I've said it before & I'll say it again (& again): if there are any women looking at the farce that is British government right now who still believe any suggestion they're not good enough to run for political office - let's have a chat. #activate #electher #representationmatters
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