Laura Kuenssberg’s Time as BBC Political Editor has been a Catastrophic, Systemic Failure – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2022/03/30/lau…

So empire and the slave trade contributed little to Britain’s wealth? Pull the other one, Kemi Badenoch | Will Hutton | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

It is clear the Conservatives are over.

They have no right to remain in government. They have no mandate. They need to call a GE now.

RT if you agree!

#GeneralElectionlNow

Let the spin begin

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The state of the NHS after 14 yrs of deliberate, calculated government underfunding - patients put at risk by hospital ceilings literally collapsing.

They’re destroying NHS staff, buildings, morale & capacity to care.

And they just don’t care.

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'Annual Thames swimming race cancelled over sewage fears.'

And that my friends is what 33 years of regulatory failure looks like.

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Today's Times.

The govt's new visa changes have caused an 83% fall in visas granted to health & care workers.

We have:

152k social care vacancies

121k NHS vacancies.

This is catastrophic for our NHS & care sectors.

The govt is putting anti-immigrant populism above care.

Why is enriching water company shareholders more important than our right to swim in our rivers and seas? goodlawproject.org/holding-south-…

I really regret going back to work repeatedly when I was too mentally ill to do so and then letting colleagues down, often in a very messy and last minute fashion. I was desperate to be well and back working effectively but funnily enough my recovery was not linear and I couldn’t…

If you're heading out for a swim in Kent this morning you'll want to avoid Sheerness, Minster Leas, Leysdown, West Beach in Whitstable, Tankerton, Herne Bay Central, Herne Bay, Folkestone, St Marys Bay and Littlestone.

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I have a sneaky suspicion the bed of a river shouldn't really look like that.

Making mental health talking and other therapies easily and speedily accessible to all who need it, so many can recover and restart their lives is great, and once done you can look at those who aren't working who could be.

Taking away vital support from people when they have…

A message to Mr Sunak.

Why should customers bail out water companies for their mistakes? THEY built up £60 billion in debt rewarding banks and investors, and now want us to fix their problem. Sign the petition and tell Ofwat: no bill hikes to bail them out. 38d.gs/uwfu

Some very positive signs coming out of Oldham this week regarding the Oldham Coliseum
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Our water industry:
💰£78bn dividends stripped out
🤑 £64bn debt burden
🤮Millions of gallons of sewage continuously pumping out
💀major threat to wildlife & human heath
This is clearly a failed industry in need of major surgery

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Left: Rishi Sunak, 'The United Kingdom will not waver in defence of our country'

Right: Dominic Grieve, 'The Conservative government has turned a blind eye to Russia espionage.. Russian interference became the new normal because we allowed it to happen.. Conclusion of the Russia…

France takes three times as many asylum seekers as Britain, Germany ten times as many. And neither is negotiating a deportation camp scheme with an African dictatorship.

Mike Tomlinson gives a masterclass in how not to do a media interview

Rude, patronising and out of his depth, Minister Mikey ticks all the boxes | John Crace theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Rishi's Rwanda press conference.

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