Mark · @paka
166 followers · 4535 posts · Server mastodon.scot
Austerity is a False Economy that has Brought the Britain’s Roof Crumbling Down
Collapsing school buildings has exposed how the Tories failed
It's the most obvious example of the reckless & self-defeating approach taken by the Tories
Since 2010 Tories have cut infrastructure spending as a share of GDP by a third
#BylineTimes #austerity #ToryLies #ToryIncompetence #UK #Tories #Britain #schools #buildings #ToryCorruption #corruption #concrete #Raac #corruption
#raac #concrete #corruption #ToryCorruption #buildings #schools #britain #tories #uk #ToryIncompetence #torylies #austerity #BylineTimes
Miro Collas · @Miro_Collas
514 followers · 14832 posts · Server masto.ai#tories #nhs #uk #capitalism #neoliberalism
Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
3155 followers · 10092 posts · Server zirk.usas @RichardJMurphy points out this morning, the #Tories wrecking campaign against the public sector, by making working conditions so unwelcoming & badly paid is having a continuing effect, with shortage of #teachers, #nurses and other key public #workers.
The game plan is clear:
attack the public services via defunding & stressing the workforce;
use #austerity to claim money is tight, to reduce real wages;
claim: 'we'd like to run better public services, but we just can't get the staff'!
#tories #teachers #nurses #workers #austerity
Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
3154 followers · 10082 posts · Server zirk.usThe #TUC has voted for a non-compliance motion on #Tories anti-strike laws (specifically minimum service requirements).
Sometimes the #RuleofLaw is maintained by not complying with unjust laws - maintaining through #civildisobedience that the idea of the rule of law is being violated by unjust laws themselves, which those protesting such injustice should break.
This political manoeuvre has a long pedigree, from #civilrights movements across history;
can the TUC can tap into that history?
#tuc #tories #RuleofLaw #civildisobedience #civilrights
Rab Bruce’s Spider · @RabBrucesSpider1
611 followers · 3267 posts · Server mastodon.scotA superb rant from Wee Ginger Dug on the hypocrisy of Labour’s Scottish brand. This says it all.
#Politics #Scotland #Labour #Tories Labour’s discomfort zone for Scotland https://weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2023/09/11/labours-discomfort-zone-for-scotland/
#tories #labour #scotland #politics
AutisticMumTo3 She/her 🌈 · @AutisticMumTo3
613 followers · 18958 posts · Server leftist.network
Tactical voting could spell the Tories’ worst election in 100 years, shock poll shows | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tactical-voting-general-election-tory-defeat-sunak-starmer-b2407871.html
#TacticalVoting
#Tories
#GE
#SplitOppositionVote
#LibDems
#Starmer
#Pincher
#ByElection
#Tamworth
#Greens
#ElectoralCalculus
#RedWall
#TacticalVoting #tories #ge #SplitOppositionVote #libdems #starmer #Pincher #byelection #tamworth #greens #ElectoralCalculus #redwall
· @jtb
33 followers · 675 posts · Server toot.walesIt doesn't seem long ago that the #Tories were excited about having a #Chinese nuclear power station. Well, as long as they know what they are doing. (The Tories that is, not the Chinese).
"MPs express anger after arrest of parliamentary researcher over alleged spying for China"
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/mps-express-anger-arrest-parliamentary-194433905.html
random thoughts · @hittitezombie
183 followers · 2568 posts · Server mastodon.me.ukWho the fuck would have guessed this, indeeed?!?
Michael · @therightarticle
1638 followers · 12659 posts · Server mas.toPM says closing railway #ticketoffices is ‘right thing for British public’
It’s absolutely the WRONG thing. #outoftouch #Tories
#tories #outoftouch #ticketoffices
Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
3148 followers · 10066 posts · Server zirk.usso back to C17th/C18th... for a lot of landowning #Tories, that probably doesn't sound so bad... they loved Feudalism
Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
3148 followers · 10066 posts · Server zirk.us
Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
3144 followers · 10040 posts · Server zirk.usIts now clear that #VoterID requirements in local election caused impediments to #voting along #racial lines & also impeded voting by the #disabled.
The review suggests Voter ID is a 'poisoned cure' to a minor problem; but of course, this was not a bug, but a feature of the policy.
As I said, #RishiSunak is criticising #China for interfering with #democracy in the UK, mainly because that's the #Tories job!
#voterid #voting #racial #disabled #RishiSunak #china #democracy #tories
Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
3144 followers · 10038 posts · Server zirk.usRory Stewart on what might happen after the next election:
'I think we’ll find, when Rishi Sunak loses the next election, Suella Braverman becomes the next leader of the Conservative party'!
We'll find out whether he's right but if he is the (rump of the) #Tories might find out quite how far the country seems to have moved away from them on the issue of #migrants
h/t FT
AutisticMumTo3 She/her · @AutisticMumTo3
103 followers · 2259 posts · Server union.placeTUC calls on political parties to commit to needs-based funding for all public services | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/tuc-calls-on-political-parties-to-commit-to-needs-based-funding-for-all-public-services
#TUC
#NeedsBasedFunding
#PublicServices
#Unions
#Tories
#Austerity
#Corrupution
#Inept
#ToryFailure
#ToryFailures
#ToryCuts
#Labour
#PCS
#POA
#IFS
#StrikesMinimumServiceLevelsAct
#StrikesBill
#tuc #needsbasedfunding #publicservices #unions #tories #austerity #corrupution #inept #toryfailure #toryfailures #torycuts #labour #pcs #poa #ifs #strikesminimumservicelevelsact #strikesbill
Ana Ribeiro 💙:toad: · @anaribeiro
481 followers · 7908 posts · Server toad.social
‘We Need to Confront the Lie That There are ‘Safe Routes’ for Refugees to Come to the UK https://bylinetimes.com/2023/08/31/we-need-to-confront-the-lie-that-there-are-safe-routes-for-refugees-to-come-to-the-uk/ #uk #ukpolitics #refugees #saferoutes #tories
#uk #ukpolitics #refugees #saferoutes #tories
Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
3143 followers · 10032 posts · Server zirk.usmeanwhile at the #G20:
#RishiSunak voiced to #China premier Li Qiang - his 'very strong concerns about any interference in our parliamentary democracy, which is obviously unacceptable'...
Because as we all know interfering in the UK's parliamentary #democracy is the #Tories job & they'll not have johnny foreigner doing it for them!
#G20 #RishiSunak #china #democracy #tories
AutisticMumTo3 She/her · @AutisticMumTo3
103 followers · 2258 posts · Server union.place‘The Strikes Act is the nadir of the Conservatives’ wretched record on living standards’ | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/the-strikes-act-is-the-nadir-of-the-conservatives-wretched-record-on-living-standards
#StrikesAct
#TUC
#Tories
#StrikesMinimumServiceLevelsAct
#UN
#WorkersRights
#UNWorkersRightsArm
#InternationalLabourOrganisation
#ILO
#EuropeanTradeUnionConfederation
#ETUC
#FireAndRehire
#ZeroHoursContracts
#ZeroHours
#Unions
#strikesact #tuc #tories #strikesminimumservicelevelsact #UN #workersrights #unworkersrightsarm #internationallabourorganisation #ilo #europeantradeunionconfederation #etuc #fireandrehire #zerohourscontracts #zerohours #unions
Nando161 · @nando161
913 followers · 39500 posts · Server kolektiva.social
SubtleBlade ⚔️ · @SubtleBlade
225 followers · 4644 posts · Server mastodon.scotHow #austerity (and #ideology) broke #Britain
This endless week of #CrumblingSchools, #PrisonCuts and collapsing #CouncilFinances has been 13 years in the making – and even loyal #Tories now know the game is up
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/10/how-austerity-and-ideology-broke-britain
#ToryPoliciesInAction
#torypoliciesinaction #tories #councilfinances #prisoncuts #crumblingschools #britain #ideology #austerity
KB · @decembr14
47 followers · 2068 posts · Server mastodon.scot‘The government’s so-called “small boats week” in August saw more deaths in the Channel, the number of people crossing since 2018 topping 100,000 and the Tories’ deputy chair confessing that the government had “failed”. It is another rule of competitive politics that you should try to reduce the attention paid to your failures, not attract more of it.”’