Father/Grandfather, FE Lecturer Trade Union Activist member EIS-FELA All views are my own.
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"You're not to be so blind with Patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it." Malcolm X
Too many of our MSPs neither know/care about role of FE colleges. The treatment of working class education in Scotland gives the lies to the "Fight Against Poverty"
The definition of a disingenuous lickspittle. No wonder people turn their back on "mainstream politicians". A shameless sycophant
During the local elections I repeatedly heard from local pensioners across North Durham about the impact on their household finances of the means testing of the Winter Fuel Allowance. I am therefore very pleased that the Prime Minister has listened to the public on this issue and announced that because economic growth means the public finances are in a better place, the Government is able to review the income threshold for Winter Fuel Allowance. We heard you and we will be acting.
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Except if you're a Birmingham bin worker. Stop cutting workers wages, stop cutting disability benefits & people's pensions, stop making the poorest pay for other people's wars, stop austerity. Start taxing billionaires & their corporations properly. Make super rich pay their way
The National Living Wage and Minimum Wage are rising today.
We’re giving working people the pay rise they deserve.
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In fact, doing all the things they were against in opposition because hypocrisy is their byword. More Tory than the Tories more Trump than Farage. Never to be trusted, ever again
Removing illegal migrants at the highest rate in eight years, seizing hundreds of boats and engines, taking down 18,000 social media accounts, ramping up illegal working raids.
No gimmicks. Just hard graft.
This government is delivering the security you deserve.
ALT Keir Starmer hosts the Organised Immigration Crime Summit.
ALT Keir Starmer hosts a roundtable at the Organised Immigration Crime Summit
Absolutely no fan of Farage but, my goodness @UKLabour have some brass neck
Our public services are not safe in Nigel Farage’s hands.
ALT A graphic which shows a family walking with the caption: 'Could your family afford to get sick under Farage?'. Each of the family is labelled with a common medical procedure and a cost: MRI scan - £457. GP visit - £129. Appendix removal - £10,958. A&E visit - £1,368.
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I look forward to the day when people matter more than 🏴🇬🇧
Until that day, neither unionist nor separatist offer anything for the people they claim to be fighting for. Let's make it work for people not the made up/romanticised idea of nationality
I look forward to the day , they're no union flags flying anywhere in Scotland
#ScottishIndependence
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It's utterly shameful in 21st century, parents feel the need to justify the lives of their disabled children. This is what you've achieved @UKLabour this will be your legacy @Keir_Starmer if you weren't such selfish, craven, Tories you'd be ashamed of yourselves.
Hell mend you
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Well before "asylum seekers" women were harassed, assaulted & raped every week in Glasgow. You never said a word about it. You've no care for women, just another misogynist weaponisng the abuse they suffer in our society to divide people according to your pathetic bigoted agenda
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This is the reality of a media that promotes Might is Right. A system that promotes individualism & greed. That promotes wealth over health & blames the victims & worships the aggressor. We reap what YOU sow then, ironically, go online to moan about, ignoring your role in it all
Andrew Clark, 43, went to his local Sainsbury's supermarket on Sunday - and was beaten to death by a Welsh choirboy loitering outside.
He was rushed to a major trauma centre, but died from his head injuries on Wednesday.
This is the reality of Sadiq Khan's lawless London.
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Doubt you really are sorry but, you definitely are wrong. People who blame the electorate have no understanding of the system. Politicians lie & cheat to get power. That's on nobody but the Politicians & corrupt system. Your sanctimonious bullshit isn't as clever as you think
Sorry, but people who voted Labour when it meant making Rachel Reeves Chancellor absolutely did vote for this.
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Problem is, neither are you.
If you were, chancers like Farage wouldn't be getting spoken of by anyone let alone yourselves. Time your party had a look at itself. Getting rid of Tories becomes meaningless when you do they're bidding anyway. Your now just a shameful mess of liars
Don’t be fooled. Nigel Farage is not on the side of working people.
ALT A meme featuring two images of Nigel Farage. The top image shows Farage laughing happily with the caption: "Farage when someone talks about privatising the NHS." The bottom image shows Farage with a serious, unimpressed expression and the caption: "Farage when someone talks about raising the minimum wage."
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Hard to take you seriously as a "political presenter & commentator" if you really believe this nonsense. There was no mistake, Jones was simply told by @UKLabour to go back & clean up the mess because it was clear message had gone down badly. Other Labour people had said similar
This is incredibly refreshing from @darrenpjones - a politician holding their hands up and saying sorry.
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Very sad news. Regardless of people's political views, this is tragic.
Thoughts with her family & friends
We must do more to find cures for these sorts of illnesses
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Took the Tories years to completely run out of ideas on how to distract from the mess of the economy & come up with "Traffic Cone Hotline" @UKLabour are there already. There's a hole in the road & Starmer's looking into it
People are bored of seeing politicians aimlessly pointing at potholes with no real plan to fix them. That ends now.
After years of neglect, @UKLabour is tackling the pothole plague. We're building vital roads and ensuring every penny is spent properly.
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"Morituri te salutant" cried the rogues, vagabonds, destitute and enslaved before slaying and being slayed for the perverse pleasure of their bloodthirsty masters. Quite ironic when you (actually) think about it
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Another one who doesn't understand the difference between education and training.
There are always more questions than answers. Finding YOUR answers allows YOU to understand why
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So, if some Jewish people had taken hostages when Nazis were attacking them, the Holocaust would have been justified? What a wild, stupid take 🤦. This is what happens when you try to justify GENOCIDE & other atrocities, just because it's your side that's committing them. Crazy
He’s making reference to the Holocaust. The Jews who suffered in the Holocaust never took German hostages. The Palestinians took Jewish hostages. So the comparison doesn’t work. Completely different.
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