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1st law of philosophy: for every philosopher there is an equal and opposite philosopher. 2nd law of philosophy: they're both wrong #GTTO #JC4PM
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Outsourcing Brexit: £180 Million in Cabinet Office Contracts for Corporate Giants – Byline Times
Huge Government contracts for the delivery of Brexit have been awarded to the same outsourcing behemoths making a mint from Coronavirus, reports Sam Bright
Covid has thrived on racial discrimination, says Baroness Doreen Lawrence
Labour's review says ethnic minorities are "over-exposed" and have worse healthcare than white people.
Make a Chocolate Painting – Paint and Draw | Tate Kids
Follow this fun art activity for kids and create a chocolate painting in the style of Jackson Pollock
Empty plates left at Wolverhampton MP's office in protest over free school meals
Empty plates have been stuck to a Conservative MP's office in Wolverhampton to protest over the party voting against plans to extend free school meals over holidays.
The Northern Rebellion Is About More Than Money
Financial support is vital for millions this winter, but Greater Manchester's standoff asks deeper questions about the legitimacy of a government which is bullying and lying its way through the Covid-19 crisis.
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Time for revolution and a Northern Republic
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Saudi Arabia’s PR stunt put to the test - Reprieve
Six months ago today, Saudi Arabia’s Human Rights Commission announced that a new Royal Decree would end death sentences for people who committed ‘crimes’ as children - people like Mohammed Essam al-Faraj.
Tory MP’s office garden covered in empty plates in school meals protest | The Canary
We really just don’t want to be invisible. We want people to know that they are being challenged.
Stop MPs entitlement to "free work meals"
MPs have voted against extending free school meals into the holidays for the poorest children in the UK, in the middle of a pandemic. They should under no circumstances benefit from "free work meals" out of public funds themselves. If the public...
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#NoToryCompassion I just signed the petition calling for an end to public money being used to subsidise MP's food. Add your name here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop… via @38_degrees
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The list of Tory donors to boycott is growing. If you really want to beat them, starve them of cash
[Update: if you want to see the eye-watering amounts that Boris Johnson has received in donations – and the names of the private companies providing the cash – visit this article.] [Upd…
Pressure mounts on government to sack NHS Test and Trace chief
Tories attack government appointed chief for a “vacuum of leadership”
Help struggling businesses - not fox hunting groups
Shropshire County Council has given money that was intended to help businesses struggling because of COVID...to fox hunting groups. While shops on our high streets close their doors, aid that's meant to help them weather the Covid-19 crisis has gone...
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I've just signed a petition calling on @ShropCouncil to help struggling businesses - not fox hunting groups. Will you join me and sign the petition today? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/help… via @38_degrees
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#FreeSchoolMeals - Finder for school meal alternatives, inspired by Marcus Rashford
No child deserves to be hungry, no child should be without food. Inspired by Marcus Rashford's efforts to get school meals extended through the holidays this directory will provide a list of businesses, services and organisations offering meals.
Pubs, cafes and restaurants helping families this half-term
Here are a list businesses across our region helping out
BANNED: Stokesley pub bans Tory MPs after vote on free school meals
FOUR MPs have been given a life ban from a Teesside pub and restaurant following Wednesday’s controversial vote on extending free school meal…
Tories Starve Children - But You Mustn’t Call Them “Scum”?
We really do need to talk about this mendacious, vindictive, cabal of malevolence, masquerading as a government and their latest act of desp...
Keir Starmer Has Launched an Unprecedented Crackdown on Rebel MPs | Novara Media
As dissent mounts on Labour’s front and backbenches, Keir Starmer is fast-tracking disciplinary action against rebel MPs. Many see it as an attempt to cow the left. Rivkah Brown and Aaron Bastani report.
Reverse the cuts to union learning
I saw first-hand the difference union learning made for hundreds of my workmates and friends. So when I heard the news that the government planned to cut the Union Learning Fund, I was devastated.
I thought of everyone I’d supported as a union...
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The government's plans to cut the Union Learning Fund means hundreds of thousands of workers will miss out on skills and training.
Sign the petition calling on the government to reverse cuts to union learning #SaveUnionLearning megaphone.org.uk/petitions/uk-g… via @megaphoneuk
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Asylum Magazine (Volume 17 No 4) Winter 2010 – Asylum Magazine
Readers may know that in 2008, due to the sudden death of its Editor, Asylum magazine went into crisis and stopped publication. The re-launch was last March. However, people still kept sending in material and so this issue is made up of submiss [...]
Tories 'Showed Contempt' For Public By Deserting Commons During Covid Debate, Says Labour
Not a single Conservative backbencher was present for key parts of a debate on furlough and the evictions ban.