Excess winter deaths caused by cold homes in Great Britain ‘up by about a third’

#ToryBritain

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/sep/06/excess-winter-deaths-caused-by-cold-homes-in-great-britain-up-by-about-a-third

‘If Our Government Turns on its Own People, We Will Need the #ECHR to Protect Us’

The European Court of Human Rights is there to safeguard us against our own worst impulses – calls to leave its jurisdiction are deeply troubling

@alexhallhall @BylineTimes @SydesJokes #ToryBritain
https://bylinetimes.com/2023/09/05/if-our-government-turns-on-its-own-people-we-will-need-the-echr-to-protect-us/

The Links Between the #ULEZ Protests, Radical Anti-Vaxxers and the #FarRight

The heavily-publicised protests were not quite the grassroots movement the right-wing press made them out to be

Karam Balles @BylineTimes @SydesJokes
#AntiVax #ToryBritain
https://bylinetimes.com/2023/09/04/the-links-between-the-ulez-protests-radical-anti-vaxxers-and-the-far-right/

More poverty-hit pupils may arrive at school with dirty clothes this term

#ToryBritain

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hygiene-poverty-uk-cost-of-living-crisis-b2404291.html

UK food banks bring in counsellors and private GPs to help exhausted workers

#ToryBritain

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/03/british-food-banks-bring-in-counsellors-and-private-gps-to-help-exhausted-workers

UK on recession alert after big falls in factory output and house prices

#ToryBritain

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/01/uk-recession-alert-big-falls-factory-output-house-prices-economy-bank-of-england-interest-rates

One in four teachers giving extra food to hungry students, charity says

#ToryBritain

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/teachers-free-school-meals-hunger-poverty-food-b2401802.html

Energy bills: 13m British homes ‘did not turn on heating when cold last winter’

#ToryBritain

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/aug/22/energy-bills-13m-british-homes-did-not-turn-on-heating-when-cold-last-winter

Hungry children stealing food as tens of thousands living in extreme poverty: ‘Like the 1800s’

#ToryBritain

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/child-poverty-destitution-dwp-benefits-b2395322.html

Anger as Nadine Dorries’ Year-Long Silence in Parliament is Deemed ‘Within the Rules’ By Standards Watchdog

Tory MP #NadineDorries HAS made time for her lucrative #TalkTV job, though

@josiahmortimer @BylineTimes @SydesJokes

#ToryBritain #GTTO
https://bylinetimes.com/2023/08/14/anger-as-nadine-dorries-year-long-silence-in-parliament-is-deemed-within-the-rules-by-standards-watchdog/

#LeeAnderson tells #AsylumSeekers to ‘f*** off back to France’ if they don’t like barges.

This is the DEPUTY CHAIRMAN of the #ConservativeParty. This is #ToryBritain.

#GTTO @SydesJokes
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/lee-anderson-asylum-seekers-bibby-barge-b2389327.html

This is #ToryBritain

The Home Office is using hyper-targeted social media adverts to create a new “digital hostile environment” and target #refugees or #migrants in central Europe, campaigners have claimed.

Sam Meadows @BylineTimes @SydesJokes

#GTTO

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/08/07/home-office-creating-new-digital-hostile-environment-with-targeted-social-media-ads/

Cost of living report paints 'incredibly bleak picture' of life in UK

#ToryBritain #Brexit

https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23656994.cost-living-report-paints-incredibly-bleak-picture-life-uk/?ref=rss

PINCHER REPORT DUE TODAY

Chris Pincher, the Tory MP and alleged groper who was made a whip by Boris Johnson, is to receive his report today on misconduct allegations.

If the House decides on a suspension of 10+ days, then a by-election could be called in his seat of Tamworth (following a recall petition).

#ToryShambles #ToryCorruption #ToryBritain #ToryIncompetence #borisjohnson #Pincher #chrispincher

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66112100

He never misses.

#ToryShambles #ToryBritain #ToryBrexitDisaster #BrexitHasFailed

GOVT PLAN TO CLOSE RAIL TICKET BOOTHS

The government must think we haven't had enough strikes in the UK.

This is insane from the government. We're no fan of the RMT but this is just giving them license for more disruption.

#Rail #RailStrikes #ToryBritain #ToryShambles

https://news.sky.com/story/nearly-every-railway-ticket-office-in-england-set-to-close-under-new-plans-12915187

#ToryBritain

"more children in Thirsk & Malton are living in absolute poverty since Hollinrake became their MP."

This is the effect of having a Tory MP who doesn't give a toss what happens to his constituents as long as he gets a nice job in government.

#ToryShambles #ToryBritain #Politics #ToryIncompetence #Politics #ukpolitics #Conservatives

@YorksBylines

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/rural-poverty-the-hidden-issue-in-thirsk-and-malton/

Contingency plans being drawn up for Thames Water collapse https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/28/contingency-plans-reportedly-being-drawn-up-for-thames-water-collapse?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Privatised by #tories in 1989 with no debt. By 2022 £54bn debt and £66bn dividends paid. #thameswater #ToryBritain #tory vampiric asset stripping conspiracy

No relief for the 7.3 million going without essentials

#ToryBritain

https://www.jrf.org.uk/press/no-relief-73-million-going-without-essentials-jrf-responds-cpi-inflation-figures