The deliberate and cynical destruction of Sure Start stands out - against stiff competition - as one of the worst long-term policy decisions taken by a British government in recent decades.

🧵 Russian man sacrificed his life to help Ukrainians: Alexander Demidenko helped Ukrainian refugees return to Ukraine. He died in a Belgorod prison on April 5. In Oct 2023 he was kidnapped by masked fascists as he brought a stretcher for a Ukrainian near the border in Belgorod.

3 years later, finally got a #COVID booster. Paid £80 for the privilege.
Still can't get my children vaccinated, unlike pretty much all other Western countries.
What a stupid country.
#VaccinesWork

Top tip: Do not switch to ScottishPower. Their customer service is insanely bad. To the point that I'd need 40 tweets to adequately explain how terrible it is.
I switched in December 2023. I still don't have a functioning meter and they keep asking me for readings.

I want to try to encapsulate the magnitude of big picture problems Russia is having. So here is a list:

1. In the wake of a terrorist attack Putin is blaming Ukraine instead of ISIS. This means that they might not be taking steps to address the actual problem

'London negotiated the 'worst trade deals in the world' with Brussels after the UK's exit from the EU, claimed the founder of Save British Farming.'

bit.ly/4axMoDX

First time I've heard it put this way. Something to think on.

This is second only to the publisher of Astounding Science Fiction magazine realizing that something huge was going down in Los Alamos in 1944 because a bunch of physicists subscribers changed their mailing addresses.

In a cafe listening to upper middle class Boomers complaining about the 'kids these days'. Some real avocado toast bullshit. As an elder Millennial (third party), I have so much more hope in Gen Alpha than Boomers. I see so much more *unconditional* kindness and respect.

Hemingway was asked to come up with a six-word story to encapsulate the economic mismanagement of the UK

Musk is trying to bury this thread and hide replies. Do your duty.

I got around an IT limitation at work by using a linked Gmail account.
IT: You can't do that.
One long complicated solution later, it worked for a year until it didn't.
I reported it.
IT: You should use Gmail instead.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

One of the most horrifying graphics ever.

Remember folks, if you have a screenshot of someone saying something on Facebook, that makes it a fact.
Scientists have just been making it difficult for themselves all these years.
#WarOnWoke #WeWantAreCountryBack

Stephen Flynn, 'The good news is this Conservative government is coming to an end. The bad news is they have not realised it yet' #BBCQT

*laughter'

'So they're going to spend whatever time they have left to divide, deflect and distract from the chaos of the last 14 years.