JuneSim63 · @junesim63
1061 followers · 4018 posts · Server mstdn.social

Rishi Sunak provided funding to repair just a fraction of the schools that needed rebuilding during his time as Chancellor despite “critical” concerns over pupil safety, a former senior civil servant has claimed.

inews.co.uk/news/politics/rish

#torybritain #Education #Schools #raac

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JuneSim63 · @junesim63
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"We will spend what it takes to make sure children can go to school safely, yes.”
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt this morning.

Hours later, Treasury sources briefed that any such funding will come from the Department for Education’s existing budget for buildings – and not from additional funds.

They don't care.

theguardian.com/education/2023

#torybritain #ukpolitics #Education #raac #Schools

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Keith Wilson · @keithwilson
1184 followers · 3073 posts · Server fediphilosophy.org

*Grant Shapps*, aka Michael Green/Corinne Stockheath/Sebastian Fox, is now UK Defence Secretary? What a deeply depressing parody of a government the Tory Party of Sunak and Johnson has become.

#torybritain #ToryCorruption

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MusiqueNow :newpride: · @MusiqueNow
795 followers · 21623 posts · Server todon.eu
MusiqueNow :newpride: · @MusiqueNow
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@Chloeg

Interesting that you said that, because my mum said the same thing.

And my husband and I have considered it.

Italy🇮🇹 is out of the question (fascism, including a hatred for LGBTQ :newpride: :anqueer_flag: people). France 🇫🇷 (my family's country) has its problems.

I don't think there's a place to go.

All the countries are fucked up now. Either turning far right, having economic problems and more than likely, both.

There's no safe home.

#torybritain #nohomeland #noescape #noutopias #hopeless #uk #CostOfLiving #farright

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Keith Wilson · @keithwilson
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SubtleBlade ⚔️ · @SubtleBlade
212 followers · 4243 posts · Server mastodon.scot

Why this lament for a burnt-out pub? Is it because seems a bit of a these days?

The fate of an historic landmark has certainly struck a chord: neglected and then reduced to rubble. Uncanny isn’t it?
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

#torybritain #crookedhouse #britain

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Keith Wilson · @keithwilson
1167 followers · 2998 posts · Server fediphilosophy.org

Someone in No. 10 either doesn’t know that the UK has left the EU, or doesn’t know the meaning of ‘other’. Either way it’s not a good look. bbc.com/news/uk-politics-66461

#ToryIncompetence #torybritain

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Keith Wilson · @keithwilson
1169 followers · 2993 posts · Server fediphilosophy.org

I’m increasingly wondering if the Prime Minister is an idiot. 🤔 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-663

#torybritain

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paulb3017 · @paulb3017
49 followers · 590 posts · Server mastodon.scot

I was watching TV a few days ago and saw an advert asking for donations to feed starving children. Seems unimaginable but these starving children live in the UK. In after .

Fast forward a few days and announces profits of £969m, and that's just for six months! An almost 900% increase while children in the UK are starving. Aided and abetted by the most right wing Tory government that's ever been in power, and that includes the Thatcher years. A party for the rich.

#BritishGas #brexit #torybritain

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JuneSim63 · @junesim63
987 followers · 4246 posts · Server mstdn.social

"In 2019 around four million people were unable to access an NHS dentist – the latest figures found that 12 million people have been unable to get an appointment. And many patients can’t afford to pay for NHS care even if they can access it, as the government has increased NHS dental charges by 8.5%"

Today's Guardian briefing examines the awful state of British dentistry, 'dental deserts' and people resorting to pulling out their own teeth.


theguardian.com/world/2023/jul

#torybritain #dentistry #nhs

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Simon :verified: · @Sim0n
294 followers · 854 posts · Server mastodon.org.uk

Numbers in temporary accommodation in England hit record bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66296333

#torybritain #nevertrustatory #ToryScum

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Keith Wilson · @keithwilson
1148 followers · 2869 posts · Server fediphilosophy.org

That half of university students don’t end up paying off their full student loan is hardly universities’ fault. If anything, it’s an indictment of the graduate job market and loans system in which most of the money paid back ends up going on interest, not funding education.

In other words, arts and humanities degrees are not a rip-off, are.

#studentloans #highereducation #torylies #torybritain

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Philip John · @phil
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JuneSim63 💚 · @junesim63
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A very good summing up of the Tories' woeful performance on the climate crisis over the last 13 years in today's Guardian First Edition briefing.

theguardian.com/world/2023/jul

#torybritain #ukpolitics #ClimateEmergency

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Keith Wilson · @keithwilson
1116 followers · 2742 posts · Server fediphilosophy.org

The NHS is ‘flashing red’ on almost all performance measures, warns the British Medical Association. apple.news/A_lAIKC61S_SYQq4M29

#torybritain #GeneralElectionNOW #saveournhs

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Keith Wilson · @keithwilson
1112 followers · 2712 posts · Server fediphilosophy.org

Here are five pledges I could get behind:

– Halve emissions
– Tax the rich
– Increase public investment
– Fund the NHS
– Stop the Tories

#torybritain #FivePledges

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Keith Wilson · @keithwilson
1112 followers · 2710 posts · Server fediphilosophy.org
JuneSim63 💚 · @junesim63
919 followers · 4436 posts · Server mstdn.social

Since 2010, five-year-olds have been showing signs of reduced growth, a likely symptom of policies that have led to impoverished lives.

Michael Marmot on how deliberate and ideological austerity is literally stunting growth.


theguardian.com/commentisfree/

#malnutrition #publichealth #poverty #childpoverty #torybritain #austerity #UK

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