In the UK approx 1 in 500 of its entire population has died from Covid so far. In Japan, with similar risk factors in terms of age etc, the figure is 1 in 7,000 and UK has suffered a larger fall in GDP. The main difference is how our governments have chosen to handle the pandemic

The Bank of England announced that voting to leave the European Union has cost Britain more than £440 million a week in lost growth since the referendum, thats £727 per second.

This is disgraceful: The Trussell Trust, which just one of the food charities, reports that when the Tories came to power in 2010 the number of food parcels it handed out was 25,899. Now as 2022 starts the number is 2,537,198 - a 100-fold increase in 12 years! #JohnsonOut

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Yes I said it. I’m not a civil servant. As an independent academic, able to speak freely analysing public health policy & decisions.

Prof Devi Sridhar calls out Prime Minister Boris Johnson #KayBurley #ToryCovidCatastrophe #DowningStreetParties Prof. Devi Sridhar

When fiction becomes fact.

This is like trying to scrabble together the material for a parachute 2,058 days after jumping out of a plane without one. (Clue: the strawberry jam moment has passed. Now it's just a question of waiting for the clean-up crew.)

I’ve been dreading the release of our Valentine’s Day video. Here it is 😭 Give it a share if you can ❤️ #HeartUnions

Do please take four minutes to watch this. It's comprehensive.

Today’s just saying. #NursesStrike

At present the BBC website has over 50 pages on its politics page, plus the main news pages. No mention of Zahawis tax fraud or his payment of £3m in unpaid tax upon being exposed by a journalist he attempted to silence. Just how compromised BBC News (UK) by the Tories are you?

We've found Michelle Mone's yacht

200 days of the World's Most Documented Genocide in History 550 Palestinians killed or wounded every single day Starvation, displacement, torture, mass graves & industrial violence This is not self-defence, this is revenge, supremacy & genocide Gleefully supported by US & UK

Thames Water is planning one last £2bn dividend payout before it goes bust. Absolutely outrageous behaviour.

"Cleverly said the cost of the Rwanda treaty, which would pay the Paul Kagame government £490m once 300 people have been sent, would be justified if small boats stop coming to the UK." £490,000,000 for 300 people sent to Rwanda? Beyond madness. theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…