As Rachel Reeves considers both her position & doubling council tax, The Times thinks people earning £100,000 deserve a tax break because higher tax 'deters the ambition of people who could otherwise help drive the economy', suggesting people deliberately refuse to earn more to avoid paying tax...

We had a Primary School TA at our foodbank during half term.
Her partner had left her. She had 3 small children and a mountain of debt. She was living on fresh air to provide for her children.
Spare us shite like this...

Hannan and Frost in the Telegraph.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.

The Palace keeps trying to shut the Andrew scandal down through incremental steps, but they're just not getting it...

The king shouldn't get to decide what happens to his brother. 🚔👮That's just more evidence of entitlement and priviliege (sic).

They're all in it together; up to their necks... 🪓

Delivery firm DPD accused of ‘revenge’ sacking drivers who criticised pay cuts Exclusive: Labour peer calls for change in the law after company terminates contracts of strike ‘ringleaders’

Delivery firm DPD in “revenge” sackings after workers spoke out against a plan to cut thousands of pounds from their earnings.

DPD had £200m pre-tax profit last year. Boss paid £1.5m.

Wants to cut £6,000 - £8,000 in pay to workers.

Can't grow economy without protecting worker rights.

The story of how a Victorian Yorkshire community came together to ensure that everyone could be buried with dignity. (Article John Heywood)

As we approach All Souls Day when in many countries, people remember their loved ones who have died, the lovely story of a small Yorkshire community who many years ago came together to ensure that everyone could be buried with dignity. The story of the Farndale Hearse. Please enlarge the image.

Really informative, have enjoyed your telling and didn’t know the story prior.

1905: First motor lifeboat - Timeline - Our history - RNLI The evolution from sail to petrol, and later petrol to diesel, revolutionised the RNLI’s lifesaving capacity.

The SS Rohilla Disaster 🧵
1 November, Dawn – The Final Rescue

rnli.org/about-us/our...

At dawn, the Tynemouth motor lifeboat, the Henry Vernon (below) carrying not only her regular crew bur also Lieut. Basil Hall R.N. and the Second Whitby Coxswain Richard Eglon, set out 1/4

Thank you, so sad but so many brave people.

The Rohilla Memorial Whitby Cemetery

Aftermath
Out of 229 people aboard the SS Rohilla, 145 were saved. The wreck became a grim reminder of both the perils of the sea and the indomitable courage of the Yorkshire and north east coast. The bravery of those involved in the rescue earned them national honour, and the

Almost all children in 73 areas of England live in low-income households New official measures show levelling up attempts have failed to shift high levels of deprivation

Almost 100% of children in 73 neighbourhoods in England are living in income-deprived families.

Govts push real wage/benefit cuts, two-child benefit cap; oppose universal basic income; don't curb profiteering.

No govt targets to cut poverty.

1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.

The Scarborough rowed lifeboat Queensbury showing the kind of conditions it faced during the Rohilla rescue.

I ordered this image of the Scarborough rowed lifeboat Queensbury to show the kind of conditions it faced during the Rohilla rescue. Sadly it arrived a day late — taken a few years earlier, but it speaks for itself. Image North Yorkshire Archives

Nearly 150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year Older people left in their own excrement and wet beds for hours and forced to watch others die, Age UK report finds

150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year.

Older people left in excrement, wet beds, denied pain relief, forced to watch/hear other patients die.

NHS money pilfered by PFI and privatisation

But ... Govts have fiscal rules and don't want to tax the rich.

Artwork with the text of the title in white letters on a pastel coloured backdrop

Ghada Amer,
'We are the granddaughters of the witches that you could not burn' ♀ #womensart

WHAT A FRIDAY HAPPY NEWS STORY!!

Head of UK government’s anti-Islamophobia partner ‘refused service in shop for being Muslim’ Akeela Ahmed, of British Muslim Trust, says experience is part of a wider rise in anti-Muslim hatred

Racism on the rise. Fuck the flagshaggers and Deform!

The SS Rohilla Disaster 🧵
31 October, Morning

Further to my last post you may find this short Pathe film of locals rescuing survivors interesting. www.britishpathe.com/asset/105913/

‘Patients will suffer’: tales from the frontline of the UK pharma crisis The pricing standoff between government and industry has stalled research and put thousands of jobs at risk

UK Govt to capitulate to Big Pharma

Ministers have drawn up proposals to pay companies 25% more for NHS medicines.

Too many corporations holding govts/peopie to ransom - give us what we want or else
Energy
Water
Banks
Internet
Tax abuses

Who governs - Corporations or elected govts?

Labour MPs still crave a compelling story from Starmer Frustration is growing about the PM's ability to define the government's message - and sell it to the public.

Number 10 worries that Labour hasn't been able to 'define ourselves.' Oh, but they have. They have...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Truth

Why the banking industry is not a paragon of free markets, efficiency, or honesty Despite making record profits and paying record returns to shareholders it resents paying taxes.

Corrupt Britannia.

UK Govts bury bank scandals.

Frauds, moneylaundering not investigated.
FCA, SFO rarely prosecute.
HBOS frauds report promised by 2018, nothing published, ministers don't answer questions.

City of London Police funded by Lloyds Bank, UK Finance, financial institutions.

"So close but yet so far" this still from a British Pathe film shows the distance from the stricken ship to the shore. You can't imagine what it felt like to be viewing this the other way round frozen and soaked to the skin, clinging to what little was left of the Rohilla.

Robin Hood's Bay, north Yorkshire, circa 1900.

YouTube video by Britain At War How One British Engineer's "Insane" Modification Made Spitfire Outclimb Messerschmitts in 90 Seconds

Yet another female engineer erased from official histories and in this case, her singular contribution was a true game changer in the Battle of Britain. Worth a watch.
youtu.be/EtUadn9dpdA

YouTube video by UN Human Rights Council Francesca Albanese calls for "suspension of all ties with Israel" until "Gaza genocide" ends

The bare minimum we should do is…

Suspend ALL ties with Israel!!

youtu.be/4X0Hbuw7mlE?...

Today Nigel Farage tried to tear up people’s rights and take us out of the ECHR. Winston Churchill, a key advocate of it, would be turning in his grave. But, the @libdems.org.uk stopped him - a proud moment and we’ll keep fighting.

The Rapid Support Forces in Sudan are massacring civilians.

They're armed by the United Arab Emirates - a key Western ally.

This is yet more genocidal mayhem armed and facilitated by the West.

The John Fielden was launched into the raging surf. They brought twelve men and five women to safety, then returned for a second attempt, rescuing eighteen more before the battered boat became unseaworthy.

The SS Rohilla Disaster 🧵
30 October 1914 – Morning - The First Launch

In hauling, the John Fielden was stove in twice, yet she was patched and launched into the raging surf. Against all odds, Langlands and his crew reached the wreck, which 1/2