. . staff don't work as hard at home and only want to so they can save money
Whereas your motivation for saying these things is?
Whereas your motivation for saying these things is?
01:12 AM - Oct 25, 2023
02:09 AM - Oct 22, 2023
"For every £100 fossil fuel companies plunge into climate-wrecking oil and gas, they can claim £91.25 back from the Treasury."
Pivate sector investment, my arse.
https://www.theguardian.co...
Pivate sector investment, my arse.
https://www.theguardian.co...
10:28 PM - Sep 27, 2023
'The “Great Noticing”, this new clarity
. . a new era when pointing out Britain’s problems is no longer “doing the country down”, or “sabotaging Brexit'
https://www.theguardian.co...
. . a new era when pointing out Britain’s problems is no longer “doing the country down”, or “sabotaging Brexit'
https://www.theguardian.co...
theguardian.com
It’s the ‘great noticing’, as rightwingers accept that ‘Britain is broken’. But their fixes won’t make it any better | Nesrine Malik | The Guardian
After years spent dismissing progressive concerns, Tories want to highlight national decline, but to accept no responsibility, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
03:30 AM - Sep 18, 2023
the only reason for government to leave the ECHR is because it wants to pass laws in breach of it. Doesn’t that prove that we cannot trust our government always to respect human rights?
https://bylinetimes.com/20...
https://bylinetimes.com/20...
01:16 AM - Sep 18, 2023
"A soul-scraping orgy of “bros-before-hoes” cliche, it’s a hellscape of pornographic consumerist vulgarity that makes Sex & the City 2 look like a Marxist tract."
Mark Kermode on the Entourage movie
Mark Kermode on the Entourage movie
09:04 AM - Sep 17, 2023
In case you haven't seen it already.
Those with the greatest incentive to invest in politics are the dirtiest and most anti social companies because if they don't they'll be regulated out of existence.
George Monbiot
https://youtu.be/Zcn-LYa4f...
Those with the greatest incentive to invest in politics are the dirtiest and most anti social companies because if they don't they'll be regulated out of existence.
George Monbiot
https://youtu.be/Zcn-LYa4f...
George Monbiot DESTROYS Rishi Sunak AND Keir Starmer - YouTube
No matter who's in charge YOU loseFull 25min interview with George Monbiot ► https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-25min-sunak-88953472Join the Future of Journa...
01:13 AM - Sep 11, 2023
"Perhaps [the tories] most defining characteristic is an aggressive, bullying & dogmatic obstinacy which assumes that they are entitled to control our affairs without the slightest recognition of the expertise of others.” The much lamented John Smith.
And they're worse that ever now.
And they're worse that ever now.
11:28 AM - Sep 08, 2023
Back in 2010 more than 700 school building projects were cancelled when [Labours] "Building Schools for the Future" programme was controversially scrapped by the education secretary Michael Gove.
https://www.theguardian.co...
https://www.theguardian.co...
01:22 AM - Sep 04, 2023
"In this context of capitalism without accountability . . . economic and political inequality have grown so extreme that many are rejecting democracy."
https://www.theguardian.co...
https://www.theguardian.co...
12:09 AM - Sep 03, 2023
"we have the spectacle of the most powerful people in the country styling themselves as a sort of rebel coalition – the last opposition to an unspecified shadowy elite."
https://www.theguardian.co...
https://www.theguardian.co...
11:16 AM - Aug 22, 2023
As with any nationalised industry the Conservatives are ideologically opposed to the very existence of the NHS, and they seek to undermine it whenever in power. This is in spite of the overwhelming support the service has among the people that the tories are supposedly elected to represent.
11:27 AM - Jul 05, 2023
3 Threaded Spouts
"NHS is in a state of managed decline . . a conscious political decision to deny it adequate resources . . underfund and undervalue the NHS as a national asset"
https://www.theguardian.co...
https://www.theguardian.co...
02:06 AM - Jul 05, 2023
Words I'm tired of hearing.
Looming
Imminent
Impending
Expected
Forthcoming
Been hearing those words every day for 2 years.
Just arrest them already.
Looming
Imminent
Impending
Expected
Forthcoming
Been hearing those words every day for 2 years.
Just arrest them already.
08:09 AM - Mar 17, 2023
We haven’t lost 10 grand a year per household through laziness at work but because politicians from Thatcher onwards smashed up trade unions, undermined labour rights, and crowed over the result as a “flexible labour market".
Aditya Chakrabortty
Aditya Chakrabortty
01:53 AM - Jun 26, 2023
In his new column Boris Johnson talks of his “40 years of moral failure, 40 years of weakness in the face of temptation”.
l thought he was a lot older than that.
l thought he was a lot older than that.
11:24 PM - Jun 16, 2023
Most enjoyable quote of the last 24 hours.
"He had it all. He had this extraordinary majority, he had this ability to win, he had the best education, he had people falling at their feet for him and he managed to, in his words, spaff it all up the wall."
Emily Maitlis
"He had it all. He had this extraordinary majority, he had this ability to win, he had the best education, he had people falling at their feet for him and he managed to, in his words, spaff it all up the wall."
Emily Maitlis
10:02 AM - Jun 10, 2023
"Never again can we fall for the small-state, low-tax promises that leave everyone vulnerable, without the security of good government or the protection of good public services."
Polly Toynbee
Polly Toynbee
02:23 AM - Jun 02, 2023
“First of all, give her [Hallet] access. These are people who are working for the public. If there’s something deeply private and personal they shouldn’t have been using their official context for that. This should all be accessible to the inquiry". John Bell
11:52 AM - May 31, 2023
Time to ban government conducting business on WhatsApp. We let them try it, they abused it.
It's Tory Catnip; with no record or oversight, we've had shady covid contracts, Johnson being Johnson, lost phones - the Caroline Watt North Sea defence.
This is why we can't let them have nice things.
It's Tory Catnip; with no record or oversight, we've had shady covid contracts, Johnson being Johnson, lost phones - the Caroline Watt North Sea defence.
This is why we can't let them have nice things.
02:31 AM - May 31, 2023
"Food banks help a government without empathy, without a plan and without competence. Food banks support a government that works against its own people"
"The solution is not charity, nor the goodwill of willing volunteers & free food outlets. The solution is the states involvement – the government."
"The solution is not charity, nor the goodwill of willing volunteers & free food outlets. The solution is the states involvement – the government."
01:19 AM - May 28, 2023
Excellent rule of thumb from the NYT Flight Attendant’s 12 Etiquette Rules
"The middle seat gets both armrests.
It’s the consolation prize for being squished between two people with nowhere to lean. Case closed"
"The middle seat gets both armrests.
It’s the consolation prize for being squished between two people with nowhere to lean. Case closed"
03:16 AM - May 25, 2023
"Even if inflation did fall, it wouldn’t mean that food and heating would get any more affordable . . they would just become more unaffordable marginally less quickly."
&
"What great karma that it was Boris Johnson refusal to pay for his own lawyers that led to him being grassed up."
John Crace
&
"What great karma that it was Boris Johnson refusal to pay for his own lawyers that led to him being grassed up."
John Crace
02:25 AM - May 25, 2023
Dominic Raab was going to lose his seat at the next election.
01:35 AM - May 23, 2023
"The rightwing movements values ecosystem has blocked any change in attitudes from materialising in the form of policy or a progressive political programme."
Nesrine Malik
https://www.theguardian.co...
Nesrine Malik
https://www.theguardian.co...
12:24 PM - May 22, 2023
