“The amount of tax income lost every year as a result of cuts to fuel duty is more than the total passenger income of the rail & bus industries combined. In other words, for the same money, public transport could have been made free.” - Tom Haines-Doran

For those who don't fully understand what is up with the NHS, here is a thread for you that might help. I'm a consultant physician working as a doctor in the NHS in Yorkshire and Wales for 32 years now. I have experienced the NHS at its best (2008) and its worst (2022).

The changing shape of the Union, 1801-2001: an image that speaks to a lot of the current tensions in the working of the United Kingdom.

🧵 This is horrendous! It's midnight. London E1, Alie Street, and a Deliveroo rider is down. 1/

Cynllun ideolegol y Ceidwadwyr i ddiddymu’r BBC yn bwrw yn ei flaen yn dwt iawn. Fel efo’r NHS, pawb yn cychwyn colli ffydd yng ngallu’r sefydliad i gyflawni ei brif pwrpas

Visited a family who have been living in temporary accommodation in Newham since 2018. The family of 7 all sleep in one room on blow-up beds and sofas because black mould has infested every single room upstairs and is terrifying their kids, who think their house is cursed.

Ok, let’s get this right… It’s an illegal mine, operating without a licence for 8 months, over which time the illegal coal has released close to a million tonnes of C02. But the police are arresting the protesters trying to stop criminal action. Hmmm. On whose authority?

🔴BREAKING: Israel has given Al Awda Hospital just two hours to evacuate. Our staff are still treating patients. We unequivocally condemn this action, the continued indiscriminate bloodshed and attacks on health care in Gaza. We are trying to protect our staff and patients.

"Dying under bombs in Gaza cannot be the only option left to people. Hospitals are overwhelmed. There are no more painkillers. Our staff tell us about wounded people screaming in pain, and people who can't get to the hospital." - Claire Magone, General Director MSF France

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The Onion, ladies and gentlemen.

NEW: we need to talk about UK graduate wages, and the idea that Britain sends too many people to university. American readers should stick around for the UK/US comparisons 👀 Let’s start with this: the UK graduate wage premium has fallen substantially over the last 25 years

Doctors Without Borders convoys attacked in #Gaza all elements point to the responsibility of the Israeli army. We call for an independent investigation to establish the facts and the responsibilities. doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-convoy-att…

Omar Mahmoud Sadeq Abu Baker, 16, was shot in the chest by an Israeli soldier around 8:30 p.m. last night in Yabad. He is the 68th Palestinian child killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank since October 7. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…

Alert 🚨: The IDF is now admitting that at least 85% of the people they stripped, tortured and paraded around for the world to see were innocent civilians.

BBC News has shown a clear bias, giving Israeli victims more coverage and more compassion than Palestinian victims.

As a young adult in 1997, the most common living arrangement was being in a couple with children. Today the most common is... living with your parents

"There will be no Arabs in Gaza." Tonight Channel 4 News I'm reporting on last night's rightwing conference in Jerusalem. It was attended by 10 government ministers, though its aim of expelling Palestinians and resettling Gaza is against official government policy.