The cost of meeting nurses’ demand for an inflation-busting pay rise: £1.6 billion. The cost of Rishi Sunak’s bank tax giveaways: £7.3 billion. If we can afford handouts for the rich, we can afford to meet the basic needs of those who keep this country afloat.

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Watching a terrible Christmas movie (you all know the kind) and protagonist says "I'm making roast potatoes on the vine" someone please tell me which potatoes are cooked on a vine, I'm on the floor, Nigella Lawson potatoes on the vine?

Travelling at an airport alone with significant hearing loss is horrid, the constant having to announce that I cannot hear, asking people to speak loudly and directly to me without turning their head. This is also the first time flight staff have taken me seriously.

The cost of meeting the nurses' pay demand - £1.6bn 🏥 Cost of Sunak's bank tax giveaway - £7.3bn 💸 They have the money to give nurses a proper pay rise- they just don't want to. RT if you back a real pay rise for our nurses 👊

Does anyone have access to a copy of Museums and the ancient middle east. I need a page number 🤦🏻‍♀️

Back in my small hometown for Christmas and no one is falling in love with me, outrageous

29th December 2022.  Vivienne Westwood died today, peacefully and surrounded by her family, in Clapham, South London. The world needs people like Vivienne to make a change for the better.

You may have seen on the weekend an insidious petition asking to remove all LGBT school content. This is a dangerous throwback to Section 28 & would be harmful to so many young people. Please sign the counter-petition to fight this regressive stance. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6315…

🚨 NEW: Oil giant Shell has just recorded £32,200,000,000 in profit – the highest in 115 years. Will we see its corporate executives named and shamed for being “greedy”? Or does that only apply to teachers and nurses fighting for fair pay? #EnoughIsEnough

“As Indigenous people all we want is to live and navigate a world where we can enjoy a TV program on Sunday, or attend a football game without being met with stereotypes like fake headdresses, the tomahawk chop, the mockery of our culture.” Amanda Blackhorse ictnews.org/news/a-renewed…

The contempt for teachers in the UK is unmatched.

This week you: Kept them safe Made them laugh Helped them learn Made them better Modelled kindness Supported their needs Showed them something new Helped a colleague Made someone smile Were good enough Did more than you realise This week you made a difference.

A final thought: however difficult the last few days have been, it simply doesn’t compare to having to flee your home from persecution or war to seek refuge in a land far away. It’s heartwarming to have seen the empathy towards their plight from so many of you. 3/4

Today, the Chancellor could have announced a wealth tax to give people a proper pay rise & save our NHS. His failure to do so will prolong the suffering of those in poverty & deepen the crisis in our public services. Inequality is a political choice, not an economic necessity.

Children & families need #teachers who need #socialworkers who need #localauthority, specialist services & #charities. We all need decent #transport & #NHS. Time for the #collectivesystemic to manage poverty, racism, misogyny, homophobia 👊🏽 Enough gaslighting. #callitout

I've put the 4.5% through my budget planning. I had based my assumptions on 3% (from the STRB report last year) and just broke even. I also predicted 3% for support staff The additional pay rises for teachers and support staff take me over £25k in deficit.

Forgive me… but this is one of the happiest days of my life! Princess Sophia Duleep Singh gets her blue plaque at Hampton Court! And sisters from everywhere come to celebrate her in the blazing sun! Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary. #suffragette #womem

Our society is enriched by immigration. Let’s make the case for friendship, not fear.