Rachal Minchinton

Astonishing evidence at the Covid Inquiry.

The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.

Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.

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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

Analysis | Americans don’t love Trump’s methods on Ukraine They increasingly support a negotiated end to the war and even territorial concessions to Russia — but not necessarily like this.

NEW. Trump poll nos. on foreign policy tanking 📉

‼️ Unlike Trump, Americans personally sympathize more w Ukraine overRussia by 56-3

👀 Disapprove Trump's foreign policy by 13 pts (50% to 37 %); in Jan they approved 39% to 37%.

Ambushing Zelensky at Oval despite propaganda looks to be a disaster.

RFK JR on Measles Outbreaks just now: "It is not unusual. There are measles outbreaks every year."

It is actually very unusual. This is the first Measles death in the US in 10 years.

an older woman is crying while leaning against a door . Alt: an older woman is crying while leaning against a door

The horror of being added to a new parents WhatsApp group

How Kemi Badenoch's spokesman responded today when I asked which of the communities living in the UK she was referring to when she described them as "peasants"

Kemi Badenoch says Tories looking at 'means testing' state pension triple lock Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch was accused of plotting to leave pensioners worse off by means testing the triple lock - which governs how much the state pension rises each year

Badenoch seems confused about the difference between means-testing and inflation protection. That’s pretty basic.
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Tories will consider means testing pension triple-lock, Badenoch says Major policy shift follows speech admitting the Tories made mistakes and offered policies without plans while in power

Tories will consider means testing pension triple-lock, Badenoch says.

UK state pension is one of the lowest in OECD countries.

It is the only/main source of income for majority of pensioners.

Tory plan to impoverish/kill pensioners; won't tax the rich.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The Telegraph has finally found some unemployed people it sympathises with

This is an astonishingly ill-informed and amoral assessment for the political editor of the BBC to have reached, about someone spreading extremist conspiracy theories and using them to whip up hatred against elected politicians. I'd say I'm surprised, but sadly I'm not.

Suella Braverman has just told #lbc listeners that not only has Italy built a wall on "its border with Turkey" but that she has been there "and seen it."

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People really ought to stop irritating me this week. It’s not going to end well. For them.

"Some jobs are productive and others less so," says Kemi Badenoch, whose own job has involved trying to start a culture war with autistic children, calling for civil servants to be locked up, and attempting to start an online spat with Doctor Who

1 December the best day for festive donations in 2023 1 December was the best day for festive giving last year, according to Enthuse’s latest insights into Christmas fundraising trends, accounting for nearly 5% of the month’s total giving – above the 3.2...

1 December the best day for festive donations in 2023, says @enthuse.com

Dydd Gwener bois ffantastig... 🍻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🍰

@jtchangingbiz.bsky.social BIANCA!!!!

This. The most effective way to 'smash the gangs' is by offering safe routes for refugees to get here.

• Mr Clarkson went on: "Frankly, I'd have them all shot. I would take them outside and execute them in front of their families. I mean, how dare they go on strike when they have these gilt-edged pensions that are going to be guaranteed while the rest of us have to work for a living?"

for some reason I’ve remembered what Jeremy Clarkson, who said he bought land to avoid inheritance tax, said on live TV about striking public sector workers (extra marks for use of ‘us’)

Apollo Fundraising's Marketing Department have been busy lately. Did you see our new ad in today's @museumsassociation.bsky.social newsletter?

'Exploitative' children's home firm profits to be curbed The new measures aim to stop private care home providers benefiting excessively from a stretched system.

#BBCNews - 'Exploitative' children's home profits to be curbed in England
www.bbc.com/news/article...
By @sanchia7.bsky.social

Think today might be Blue Friday as the numbers here explode.

Do say hi if your charity is new here and I'll add you to the pack.

#BlueFriday

Sue Gray’s final departure marks the moment that the Starmer project gets serious | Martin Kettle The prime minister has finally grasped that Downing Street must control the narrative, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

I see that UK Labour’s habit of using friendly journalists to write bonkers pieces blaming Sue Gray for all the woes of the world carries on.

I would put the Labour Party’s contingent liability for constructive dismissal in this case at £ several million by now

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I am loving Blue Sky starter packs which have helped me develop a far broader mix of content than before. However I’m hating my new varifocals (yes I’m that old) - which mean whatever I’m looking at is blurry 🤣

Covid inquiry told Treasury blocked request for 10,000 NHS beds NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard says the decision, in July 2020, was very disappointing.

“Boris Johnson’s government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at the height of the Covid pandemic.”

When we bemoan the long waiting lists and missed routine treatments, remember that this is part of the reason.

A lot of men want to rape women and get away with it - and women probably should not forget that.

Treasury may have broken law by failing to reveal £9.5bn spend in Tory budget, MPs told Head of OBR says spending commitment would have ‘materially changed’ its forecast on Jeremy Hunt’s pre-election budget

Ah, so Hunt was fiddling the books and may have broken the law to do so.

#UKPolitics #Budget #OBR

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Fixing cladding on high-rise buildings ‘could take until 2037’ Seven years after the Grenfell Tower disaster, 60 per cent of buildings with flammable cladding have not been made safe

Horrifyingly, it could take until 2037, that's 20 years after the Grenfell fire, to remove all flammable cladding from high-rise buildings according to a report by the National Audit Office.
Less than a third (29 per cent) have been fixed so far.
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Welsh roads safer this spring compared to last - new data Collisions and casualties on 20mph and 30mph roads have fallen by almost a quarter compared to the same period in 2023 – the lowest recorded outside of the pandemic. The new data released today (Octob...

Positive signs that new speed limits are working as intended in Wales

“Collisions and casualties on 20mph and 30mph roads have fallen by almost a quarter compared to the same period in 2023 – the lowest recorded outside of the pandemic”

Children face long waits for neuro-divergence diagnosis Martin Shipton Children living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan are having to wait nearly three and a half years to access a much-heralded neurodevelopmental programme, a Freedom of Information…

Children living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan are having to wait nearly three and a half years to access a much-heralded neurodevelopmental programme, a Freedom of Information Act disclosure has revealed ✍️Martin Shipton

🚨 The Home Office have given Paddington Bear - a fictional, well-loved character - a UK passport.⁣

Regularly described as one of the UK's favourite and most prominent 'refugees', some have marked the move a humorous tongue-in-cheek stunt by the Home Office.⁣

Yet...

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