SimonC

Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds

Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
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Exactly this.

That’s pretty cryptic. Very good. 👍🏻

We don't need to "protect our borders"

Our biggest threat doesn't need to cross a border to harm us.

From a yacht, billionaires can move markets, pressure govs, dodge taxes & bankroll politicians to rewrite our laws.

The threat isn't the "outsider"

It's the concentrated power already inside.

Oh this is so good. Watch and laugh.

BMW parked like a dick

Some more shit parking

Truck blocking the entire pavement - dick

“Ditch plans”? Nothing has been announced yet. Why can’t we stop this endless speculation and just wait for the budget?

That’s very clever. Bravo 👏

the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever

Nearly got run over on our local one last night. It’s in a well lit and foot heavy area that is a “suggested” 20 zone. Driver was exceeding 20 and I was halfway across when he got there and pretty much drove over my toes. I think drivers are better conditioned to react to lights.

I thought this Washington Post headline about Elon Musk needed a bit of context.

I just hope that the Reform number drops dramatically. So many duped by Farage who will make things even worst for most of the people voting for them.

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The driver of massive cuts to public services that killed our economy and plummeted so many into poverty. I think he should just disappear and we should not have to hear from him ever again…unless he wants to apologise for the damage he caused.

FFS. There is no more to cut. Our public services are on their knees after 15 years of austerity. Tax increases the only way - but if you’d be more specific in the question and say we’d tax the super rich fairly, the percentages would be different.

I’m screwed.

If you live in a major city, your mayor is almost certainly aware of @annehidalgo.bsky.social's record.

If they're deciding not to follow her lead, that decision is a deliberate one.

Absolute lunatic. Needs putting in an asylum for everyone’s safety.

Same

He needs to be tried in a court of law.

Reform UK supporting Matt Goodwin says because we are broke taxes have to go up

Brexit costs us £40 billion a year in lost tax income from trade with the EU, this is why we are broke

If you vote for Reform you're voting for the same people who made us broke, to fix us being broke 🤷‍♂️ #BBCQT

Man with stubble, "Small boats arrivals are 37,000. There are over 4 million kids in child poverty. And 4.5 million who can't get a dentist appointment" #BBCQT

"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"

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Under the current criminalisation of protest, even the famous campaigners that we celebrate in the UK would be at risk of arrest simply for peacefully protesting.

The right to protest is a cornerstone of our democracy; we cannot allow its restriction to go unchallenged.

Oh.

Whe there are 5 parties polling in double figures, how can anyone think FPTP is democratic?

Don't spread this around, wouldn't want the gammons having heart attacks because the Daily Mail has gone 'woke'.

Does this mean they're down to one MP now?

WTF is wrong with people? Why do they want to send more money to the corrupt party/company and multi-millionaires and billionaires?

I like the idea. Far less plastic waste than individual sachets. I think I could get over my slight squeamishness of manipulating an udder for a little ketchup.