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#HIGNFY call out Steve Baker for saying the 4 month redundancy pay is not enough, and that it should be a 1 year redundancy payment instead,
"To get us over the horrible process of actually getting a job"
"To get us over the horrible process of actually getting a job"
May 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
#HIGNFY call out Steve Baker for saying the 4 month redundancy pay is not enough, and that it should be a 1 year redundancy payment instead,
"To get us over the horrible process of actually getting a job"
"To get us over the horrible process of actually getting a job"
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Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces.
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
wapo.st
April 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces.
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.
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thinking about this today for no reason at all
April 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
thinking about this today for no reason at all
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Absolutely amazing that a 10-year-old wrote this!!
Good for her, it's absolutely lovely. ❤️
Do have a quick read. 👇
Good for her, it's absolutely lovely. ❤️
Do have a quick read. 👇
Different, not less: my life as a 10-year-old with autism
People judge me for being different, but autism helps me achieve amazing things – including publishing books and writing articles
eastangliabylines.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Absolutely amazing that a 10-year-old wrote this!!
Good for her, it's absolutely lovely. ❤️
Do have a quick read. 👇
Good for her, it's absolutely lovely. ❤️
Do have a quick read. 👇
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🌍 "Labour’s ‘red lines’ on its relationship reset with the European Union, including no return to the Single Market or the EU Customs Union, must now be revisited and revised.
The reasons why will not have escaped the Chancellor’s notice, even if she does not want to look in their direction."
The reasons why will not have escaped the Chancellor’s notice, even if she does not want to look in their direction."
Chancellor must ‘supercharge EU reset’ to escape economic black holes
"Getting the UK back in the Single Market and the Customs Union is a prerequisite for creating sustained growth that can improve opportunities for British people across the board"
northeastbylines.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
🌍 "Labour’s ‘red lines’ on its relationship reset with the European Union, including no return to the Single Market or the EU Customs Union, must now be revisited and revised.
The reasons why will not have escaped the Chancellor’s notice, even if she does not want to look in their direction."
The reasons why will not have escaped the Chancellor’s notice, even if she does not want to look in their direction."
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“Until there’s more awareness of autism and underlying systems and gaps founded on lack of awareness are tackled, autistic people will face discrimination and worse”
Systemic violations of the rights of autistic people in the UK
Until there’s more awareness of autism and underlying systems and gaps founded on lack of awareness are tackled, autistic people will face discrimination and worse
bylines.cymru
March 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
“Until there’s more awareness of autism and underlying systems and gaps founded on lack of awareness are tackled, autistic people will face discrimination and worse”
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Alan Sugar, "Brexit was a total absolute disaster, and anybody who says it's not is deluded"
Amol Rajan, "What do you think it would take to get this country growing again?"
Alan Sugar, "Go back into the European Union"
Amol Rajan, "What do you think it would take to get this country growing again?"
Alan Sugar, "Go back into the European Union"
March 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Alan Sugar, "Brexit was a total absolute disaster, and anybody who says it's not is deluded"
Amol Rajan, "What do you think it would take to get this country growing again?"
Alan Sugar, "Go back into the European Union"
Amol Rajan, "What do you think it would take to get this country growing again?"
Alan Sugar, "Go back into the European Union"
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Rosalie Chapman, "You will hear from Baroness Claire Fox, a former Brexit party member of the European Parliament and a founder of Academy of Ideas"
"I can only hope that one day she can come up with a good one herself"
She then tears into Fox in the most spectacular way
"I can only hope that one day she can come up with a good one herself"
She then tears into Fox in the most spectacular way
March 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Rosalie Chapman, "You will hear from Baroness Claire Fox, a former Brexit party member of the European Parliament and a founder of Academy of Ideas"
"I can only hope that one day she can come up with a good one herself"
She then tears into Fox in the most spectacular way
"I can only hope that one day she can come up with a good one herself"
She then tears into Fox in the most spectacular way
Remind me how, in a supposed democracy can one man make such decisions with seemingly zero checks and balances?
March 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Remind me how, in a supposed democracy can one man make such decisions with seemingly zero checks and balances?
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One HSBC banker paid £16.6m in 2024 (50% rise), £14.8m at Barclays after the UK govt ended banker bonus cap.
Banks speculate with other people's money, gains privatised, public bailout if crashed, customer charges hiked.
Govt says pay rises are inflationary but not when applied to bankers.
Banks speculate with other people's money, gains privatised, public bailout if crashed, customer charges hiked.
Govt says pay rises are inflationary but not when applied to bankers.
Pay soars at Barclays and HSBC after end of UK banker bonus cap
One HSBC banker was paid up to £16.6m in 2024 while figure at Barclays was £14.8m after loosening of pay rules
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
One HSBC banker paid £16.6m in 2024 (50% rise), £14.8m at Barclays after the UK govt ended banker bonus cap.
Banks speculate with other people's money, gains privatised, public bailout if crashed, customer charges hiked.
Govt says pay rises are inflationary but not when applied to bankers.
Banks speculate with other people's money, gains privatised, public bailout if crashed, customer charges hiked.
Govt says pay rises are inflationary but not when applied to bankers.
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If you go on the press tomorrow around this, would you maybe able to drop in that Guido Fawkes (Paul Staines) conceded in his defamation case brought against him by Dale Vince and has ended up paying substantial damages? As no one else in the press is really talking about it, but it is a big case.
February 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
If you go on the press tomorrow around this, would you maybe able to drop in that Guido Fawkes (Paul Staines) conceded in his defamation case brought against him by Dale Vince and has ended up paying substantial damages? As no one else in the press is really talking about it, but it is a big case.
Maybe the last couple of uk governments should have invested more in renewables, mandated solar panels and heat pumps for new builds instead of collapsing to the fossil fuel/gas/boiler manufacturer lobbying. Then just maybe we wouldn’t need so much gas and the price cap wouldn’t be a big issue.
February 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Maybe the last couple of uk governments should have invested more in renewables, mandated solar panels and heat pumps for new builds instead of collapsing to the fossil fuel/gas/boiler manufacturer lobbying. Then just maybe we wouldn’t need so much gas and the price cap wouldn’t be a big issue.
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Brexit making the headlines.
February 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Brexit making the headlines.
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No growth and less trade: Five yeas later, Brexit is a ‘flop’ for London
Promises remain unfulfilled, and for the time being, we see only the negative effects of choice that reduces productivity by 4 percent and exports by 15 percent
www.eunews.it/en/2025/02/0...
Promises remain unfulfilled, and for the time being, we see only the negative effects of choice that reduces productivity by 4 percent and exports by 15 percent
www.eunews.it/en/2025/02/0...
No growth and less trade: Five years later, Brexit is a 'flop'
For the time being, we only see the negative effects of Brexit that reduces productivity by 4 percent and exports by 15 percent
www.eunews.it
February 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
No growth and less trade: Five yeas later, Brexit is a ‘flop’ for London
Promises remain unfulfilled, and for the time being, we see only the negative effects of choice that reduces productivity by 4 percent and exports by 15 percent
www.eunews.it/en/2025/02/0...
Promises remain unfulfilled, and for the time being, we see only the negative effects of choice that reduces productivity by 4 percent and exports by 15 percent
www.eunews.it/en/2025/02/0...
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Lord Sugar, "The biggest disaster in my lifetime was us leaving the European Union"
"If I was Prime Minister, I would be coming along on my bended knees asking to be let back in"
"How do we get out of it? Get back in the EU"
"If I was Prime Minister, I would be coming along on my bended knees asking to be let back in"
"How do we get out of it? Get back in the EU"
January 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Lord Sugar, "The biggest disaster in my lifetime was us leaving the European Union"
"If I was Prime Minister, I would be coming along on my bended knees asking to be let back in"
"How do we get out of it? Get back in the EU"
"If I was Prime Minister, I would be coming along on my bended knees asking to be let back in"
"How do we get out of it? Get back in the EU"
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Hilarious. Far right push govt to order a review into two tier policing, the review reveals what everybody with basic sense already knows: Policing that punishes white people isn’t just non existent but the claim is linked to extremist views.
The flagshaggers will love this.
The flagshaggers will love this.
January 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Hilarious. Far right push govt to order a review into two tier policing, the review reveals what everybody with basic sense already knows: Policing that punishes white people isn’t just non existent but the claim is linked to extremist views.
The flagshaggers will love this.
The flagshaggers will love this.
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The vile, sadistic crimes of this rape gang will not make national headlines, or trend on twitter for days. Govt will not have to account for failures to protect its victims.
And all of us are less safe, because there is a concerted campaign for us to focus only on perpetrators with brown skin.
And all of us are less safe, because there is a concerted campaign for us to focus only on perpetrators with brown skin.
Grooming gangs and csa are weaponised as part of certain bad faith actors attempts to make them seem race, religion or "integration" based. They aren't. Main offenders are actually white anyway. When you make them about race you risk ignoring other abusers like these.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
January 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The vile, sadistic crimes of this rape gang will not make national headlines, or trend on twitter for days. Govt will not have to account for failures to protect its victims.
And all of us are less safe, because there is a concerted campaign for us to focus only on perpetrators with brown skin.
And all of us are less safe, because there is a concerted campaign for us to focus only on perpetrators with brown skin.
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it's incredibly funny that they're banging on about security concerns when the actual concern is "chinese cars are kicking our ass", something they can't say out loud
US finalizes rule to effectively ban Chinese vehicles, which could include Polestar
Polestar says the rule would ban it from selling EVs in the US.
www.theverge.com
January 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
it's incredibly funny that they're banging on about security concerns when the actual concern is "chinese cars are kicking our ass", something they can't say out loud
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Shadow Treasury Sec, Gareth Davies: Rachel Reeves inherited a brilliant economy.
Wilf Frost: She didn't though, did she. It was terrible.
Gareth Davies: Ok. Yes. It was terrible. But none of it was our fault. And it was ABOUT to be brilliant.
That took less than 90 seconds to fall apart. Oof! ~AA
Wilf Frost: She didn't though, did she. It was terrible.
Gareth Davies: Ok. Yes. It was terrible. But none of it was our fault. And it was ABOUT to be brilliant.
That took less than 90 seconds to fall apart. Oof! ~AA
January 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Shadow Treasury Sec, Gareth Davies: Rachel Reeves inherited a brilliant economy.
Wilf Frost: She didn't though, did she. It was terrible.
Gareth Davies: Ok. Yes. It was terrible. But none of it was our fault. And it was ABOUT to be brilliant.
That took less than 90 seconds to fall apart. Oof! ~AA
Wilf Frost: She didn't though, did she. It was terrible.
Gareth Davies: Ok. Yes. It was terrible. But none of it was our fault. And it was ABOUT to be brilliant.
That took less than 90 seconds to fall apart. Oof! ~AA
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Can't end England's social care crisis without ending privatisation.
2011-2023: 804 out of 816 homes closed by regulator were for-profit homes.
30%-40% of public money vanishes in profits.
Low staffing/wages, lack of investment, regulation/safety breaches, poor care.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-03...
2011-2023: 804 out of 816 homes closed by regulator were for-profit homes.
30%-40% of public money vanishes in profits.
Low staffing/wages, lack of investment, regulation/safety breaches, poor care.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-03...
New analysis: most care homes closed by industry regulator are run
A new analysis led by researchers at the University of Oxford and funded by the Nuffield Foundation has found that virtually all care homes forced to close in England by the Care Quality Commission
www.ox.ac.uk
January 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Can't end England's social care crisis without ending privatisation.
2011-2023: 804 out of 816 homes closed by regulator were for-profit homes.
30%-40% of public money vanishes in profits.
Low staffing/wages, lack of investment, regulation/safety breaches, poor care.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-03...
2011-2023: 804 out of 816 homes closed by regulator were for-profit homes.
30%-40% of public money vanishes in profits.
Low staffing/wages, lack of investment, regulation/safety breaches, poor care.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-03...
Just had a peak on x .. what a toilet. Stay well away. I really need to delete that app.
January 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Just had a peak on x .. what a toilet. Stay well away. I really need to delete that app.
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Sewage spills considered illegal by the European Union are getting worse in Britain after Brexit, The i Paper has found
inews.co.uk/news/beaches...
inews.co.uk/news/beaches...
'Our beaches are full of sewage, rubbish and sanitary products - Brexit is to blame'
The EU previously acted as a watchdog on sewage pollution
inews.co.uk
January 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Sewage spills considered illegal by the European Union are getting worse in Britain after Brexit, The i Paper has found
inews.co.uk/news/beaches...
inews.co.uk/news/beaches...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024.... Note these directors never asked the tories to do this .
Nearly two-thirds of working private renters in England struggle to pay rent
Exclusive: Shelter poll shows housing crisis is causing hardship even for those with jobs
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2024 at 10:46 AM
www.theguardian.com/society/2024.... Note these directors never asked the tories to do this .
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Poverty is killing people.
Average male life expectancy in Blackpool declines to 73.1 yrs, females 78.9
Rich Kensington and Chelsea: 83,4 yrs for males, 86.5 females.
Hiking of UK state pension age hits the poor, results in wealth transfer from poor to the rich.
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
Average male life expectancy in Blackpool declines to 73.1 yrs, females 78.9
Rich Kensington and Chelsea: 83,4 yrs for males, 86.5 females.
Hiking of UK state pension age hits the poor, results in wealth transfer from poor to the rich.
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
Life expectancy for local areas of Great Britain - Office for National Statistics
Subnational trends in the average number of years people will live beyond their current age measured by “period life expectancy”.
www.ons.gov.uk
December 10, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Poverty is killing people.
Average male life expectancy in Blackpool declines to 73.1 yrs, females 78.9
Rich Kensington and Chelsea: 83,4 yrs for males, 86.5 females.
Hiking of UK state pension age hits the poor, results in wealth transfer from poor to the rich.
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
Average male life expectancy in Blackpool declines to 73.1 yrs, females 78.9
Rich Kensington and Chelsea: 83,4 yrs for males, 86.5 females.
Hiking of UK state pension age hits the poor, results in wealth transfer from poor to the rich.
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...