And that violence has a cost.

While all our attention is on the psychodrama of watching these vulnerable people being mistreated.

Not one of us is closer to a hospital appointment, no one can better afford rent & groceries, no one has an extra council home, no benefit. #r4today

The reason he can talk about flight after flight & bragged about hundreds of agents trained to enforce removals, that’s because it takes violence.

Multiple agents per human to force them onto the plane.
Flights filled with enforcement staff & a few desperate refugees. #r4today

And it’s the violence I want you to think about today.

Because there is no way to carry out the deportations Sunak is crowing about without serious violence.

People will struggle, they’ll be restrained, may attempt to self harm or kill themselves. Over & over again. #r4today

The Rwanda bill passed.

Very few asylum seekers will ever be sent there, but this morning, thousands of homeless men, women & children who came to us with nothing & asked for help but we left in limbo, have fear hanging over them of violent deportation to a dictatorship #r4today

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Sunak says that “government can’t be expected to solve every problem.”

Here is a list of problems this government cannot be expected to solve.

If we want them solved, we need a different government.

Farrukh I know I keep posting this quote, but... It's. Just. So. Apposite.

A short history of the Conservative Party backing the mob

IndieWire Well you could always check out Corrinne Wicks in #timetravel movie You Might Get Lost tubitv.com/movies/1000042… 😎

My interview with Rishi Sunak

John Pilger may have left us but there remains a body of excellent work, of which this is a fine example. If the NHS is your concern, watch this.

Corrinne Wicks Tim O'Mara I like the idea we meet people who entertained us on earth 🥰.
Thank you Corrinne for being part of the lovely memories of our many trips to the theatre together 💜.
She would've been sad about the news of Doctors coming to an end as well, she watched or recorded it everyday!

Another great review for The Waterhouse (2023) projectedfigures.com/2023/10/27/the… via Anton Bitel

FRIGHTFEST HALLOWEEN 2023 - THE WATERHOUSE - Samuel Clemens youtu.be/tGqXl7foCrs?si… via YouTube

Such a lovely review from STARBURST MAGAZINE about #TheWaterhouse & ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️!

Prior to our World Premiere this Friday FrightFest we are very excited to reveal the international poster of #TheWaterhouse

Neerja Bhanot was a 22-year-old flight attendant working on Pan Am Flight 73 when it was hijacked by terrorists during a layover in 1986.

Soon after taking control, the terrorists killed an Indian-American traveler and discarded his body outside the plane.

They ordered…

This Friday! Thanks to all cast, crew & post team for helping us bring #TheWaterhouse to the big screen.

We're just over a week away now! Opening the Pigeon Shrine @frightfest #Halloween event is the World Premiere of Sam Clemens' gripping psychological chiller THE WATERHOUSE. Making his directorial debut, Sam (@JoshTwain) will be attending alongside his fabulous cast #frightfest

So sad to hear this 😢 I had a wonderful 6 years on BBC Doctors as Dr Helen Thompson when it first aired

Super chuffed about this….