Very impressed by #RSPB - calling out #UKGovt, respectfully apologising for making personal attacks then using platform of craven @bbcr4today to repeat the important messages #UniteForNature

UK government quietly awards travel firm £1.6bn contract for asylum barges and accommodation

An Australian travel firm previously slammed for its handling of Covid quarantine hotels has been quietly handed a £1.6bn contract covering the UK’s new asylum accommodation ships, The Independent can reveal.

Corporate Travel Management (CTM) was put in charge of the lucrative two-year arrangement in February, weeks before the government revealed it would use a barge as its first offshore accommodation for asylum seekers.

#UnitedKingdom #UKGovt #UK #AsylumSeekers #AsylumBarges #CTM #immigration #asylum #covid #business #industry #australia

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/barge-australia-asylum-contract-travel-b2354578.html

We are dragged ever lower than we could imagine we ever would by a toxic #Tory #UKGovt - Sudanese NHS doctor 'betrayed' after being refused entry onto evacuation flight to UK https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65420882

The characteristics of good management and strong leadership are completely different from the characteristics of bullying.

Too many people suggesting that it's all on a spectrum or that there's a fine line.

That is insulting to all the excellent leaders who manage to inspire high standards without bullying.

#bullyingallegations #ukpolitics #raab #raabreport #workplaceculture #leadershipskills #bullying #ukgovt #leadership #management

I look forward to the UK government SMS alert test tomorrow. In Central London. During the London Marathon. With hundreds of thousands more people than usual.

Yeah, this isn't going to end well, is it?

#UKGovt #LondonMarathon #SMSalert

The Register: Capita IT breach gets worse as Black Basta claims it's now selling off stolen data

https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/18/capita_breach_gets_worse/
#capita living up to its #crapita moniker.
#UKGovt
#procurement

A link to a video by the charity Refuge. If you have a hidden phone, this will help keep it safe when they test the new alert system next month. "Managing Emergency Alerts on your phone to stay safe if you're experiencing domestic abuse"

https://youtu.be/I2MBcHwmiy8

#UKGovt #UKGovernment #emergencyalerts

Dear UK #Conservatives, if you don't like being compared to the Nazis, then stop adopting Nazi policies and slogans. It really is that simple. #UKPolitics #UKGovt #UKRightwingShitshow

Only one message for now.
#dignityforbrianna
#trans #lgbt #Harlow
#UKGovt

Even an organisation as temporally challenged as the #UKGovt cannot have failed to notice that we're living in the 21st century. Nowadays, using the phrase "please wait five working days" is *exactly* the same as "please wait five days", since Sat & Sun are working days too.

Secretive UK government programme tried to spy on Palestinians
#Palestinians
#PalestinianRefugees
#UKGovt
#UKGovernment
#TheElectronicIntifada
#BritishForeignOffice
#ConflictStabilityAndSecurityFund
#AdamSmithInternational
#IslamicState
#TheInstituteForStrategicDialogue
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2023/02/03/uk-government-has-been-spying-on-palestinian-people/
>The Electronic Intifada has revealed that right-wing think tanks tried to spy on Palestinian refugees under the guise of countering terrorism

Listening to #InOurTime this week was a reminder of the reasons for #Brexit. From the 19thC London’s liquid sewage was pumped into the Thames; solids from 8 million Londoners were dumped in the North Sea. This went on until 1998 (!) when the #EU brought the law to #ThamesWater, and insisted on safe alternatives. And what did #UKGovt do as soon as it could? They let the water co’s start pumping sewage into our waterways again. That’s what Brexit means: Shit in our rivers, shit on our beaches.

Treasury Help Putin Ally Sue U.K. Journalist 👀👀👀 https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/prigozhin-government-russia-ukraine-hack-libel-slapp/ #Russia #Putin #UKGovt #Sunak #Prigozhin

BBC Row: UK report states VHP planned Gujarat violence in advance, Godhra a “pretext”

The report states that the violence was “planned, possibly months in advance” by Vishva Hindu Parishad, a Hindu nationalist organisation. The report notes: “The attack on the train at Godhra on 27 February provided the pretext. If it had not occurred, another one would have been found.

#GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #BBC #documentary #gujarat #godhra #BJP #VHP #genocide #NarendraModi #modi #CommunalViolence #muslims #hindutva #minorities #UKGovt #india

https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/uk-government-modi-gujarat-2002-riots-report-bbc-documentary

Government response to climate crisis is definitely measured and appropriate - Canary
#Tories
#ClimateCrisis
#UKGovt

If only all economy passengers would stow their tray tables, we could save the plane from exploding in a fiery ball

https://www.thecanary.co/cartoons/2023/01/13/government-response-to-climate-crisis-is-definitely-measured-and-appropriate/

ECHR Calls On U.K. Government to Respond to Credible Allegations of Interference in Brexit Referendum 👀 https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/echr-calls-on-uk-govt-to-respond-to-credible-allegations-of-interference-in-brexit-referendum-342167/ #brexit #RussianInterference #echr #ukgov #UKGovt

Riots Recall: Why Modi’s Visit to London as Gujarat CM in 2003 Had Vajpayee and Blair on Edge

A former Indian diplomat recalls how a visit that both the British and the Indian governments absolutely did not want took place.

#GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #genocide #muslims #minorities #NarendraModi #vajpayee #TonyBlair #HumanRights #advani #IndianHighCommission #UKGovt #ForeignOffice #india #SatyabrataPal

https://thewire.in/politics/when-mr-modi-went-to-london

Infuriating!

“Many loans went to the former private schools of government ministers. State schools were specifically excluded from applying”

#PublicMoney #PrivateSchools #Covid19 #tories #UKGovt

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/conservatives-private-schools-157m-government-subsidised-loans/?fbclid=IwAR18APLk2CaarWyqIVVK3BnfdZ0ImHBpd22OyqDUIMAiOKKfWZX9Jrj_Uk4

Just got a reply from my Tory MP about workers rights and the current strikes throughout the UK.

#UK #Strikes #UKgovt #Workersrights #Workerstrikes

Trans activists blasts Tory government’s ‘outrageous’ response to Scotland’s gender law reform
#GenderRecognitionReform
#Scotland
#Tories
#UKGovt
#TransActivist
#GRA

Activists blasts Tory government's 'outrageous' response to Scotland's gender bill

Trans advocacy groups have condemned the Tory government's response to Scotland's planned reforms of the Gender Recognition Act (GRA).

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/10/scotland-gender-reform-bill-tory-government-trans/