Imagine a primary school being so skint that it has taken the decision to not have their pupils make Mothers Day cards to take home because they cant afford the card to make them on! It is a real story. Fortunately they have teachers who care too much so they are buying the card themselves. I dont really give a toss about the colour of political rosettes. None of them are competent, capable or trustworthy. They are all accountable for the current state we are in. How can our country be in such a ****e state. Seriously.
I remember when I was at school we got everything for free from the school. How can we pay so much in taxes now and receive so little. Everything is s hit now and I’m not blaming Labour for this. I remember having lads sweeping the paths, now in our village you are still ploughing your way through piles of s hit soggy leaves from bloody Autumn. The road drains along the A6 are all blocked solid and the council wonders why the A6 gets flooded and completely blocked off. If there is a worst place for pot holes than Cumbria god help the people who live there. Our council won’t pay for car damage if the pot hole hasn’t been reported and is less than 4” deep
Basic standards are going backwards at a rate of knots. Meanwhile the governments of the world are trying to win the AI race, whatever that is. We need to get the basic human needs sorted, by basic human endeavours.
Agree, we don't need people speculating on social media, let the enquiry deal with this failure in our systems.
The man is a liar and has created a two tier system in this country. He would have known within hours of the Southport attack that this wasn’t a Christian choir boy from Wales that it was made out to be. He’d have known about the jihadi manual and ricin that was found in this terrorists home and callously decided to pump misinformation out into the general public that it was a far right conspiracy to suggest otherwise. Labour have refused a nationwide inquiry into grooming gangs with no restrictions because of the amount of Labour MP’s and councillors that were complicit in the cover up of the grooming gangs up and down the country but especially up here in the North. Two Muslim lads battered police officers in an airport terminal and yet they’re still walking the streets. A Labour councillor is on video literally calling for people to cut the throats of others, he is on bail and still walking the streets. Anyone regarded as far right who may have typed some nasty words on the internet or thrown a few eggs at a riot were quickly charged, sentenced and now sitting in a jail cell. Anyone looking in from the outside will think we’re behaving like China or Russia.
Nice one, Starmer. Sandra said she used to depend on her winter fuel payment, but when it became means tested her pension pushed her £20 a week over the threshold so she lost it. "I've had to take out a credit card, overdraft and a credit account to be able to pay for things this winter," she told the BBC. Sandra is one of the 11 million pensioners who lost the payments, worth up to £300, just as temperatures dropped. The government said it was committed to supporting pensioners but charity Age UK said it had seen a 60% increase in calls to its advice line during the worst of the cold snap. 'I feel a failure' "I have £4 in my [bank] account currently," said Sandra, 66, who lives alone in County Durham. "I'm paying off my credit [card] account month by month, something that is a direct result of losing the winter fuel allowance. "Psychologically, it makes you feel a bit of a failure. "We're still in the middle of winter, so I'm just hoping and praying we don't get another cold snap because I don't have anywhere to go if I can't pay my bills." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn7gzx2dz23o
Should’ve been announced as a terror related attack though, like every other terror related attack is straight away. Put the speculation to bed and potentially avoid the chaos that ensued. The monster that done this was on their watch list and well known to counter terror police. Why you’d keep that from the public is beyond me it’s not breaching the Contempt of Court act and it made the situation much worse imo - well it’s not beyond me, it was done for a reason because they ****ed up but still, at this point they should’ve stated the motive. People were labelled for stating the truth whether Kier wants to accept that or not.
Genuine question. What was the alternative? The Tories who have 14 years and only succeeded in making the country the absolute ****hole it is today. Reform? No ****ing chance.
There wasn’t any but it turns out that incredibly these lot are far worse. The fact that was the case doesn’t somehow make it okay how these are governing.
BBC news backing up the governments' bragging about ( lots of talk of the investment in the south-- ) but also doing something for ''the north'' -- which amounts to regeneration of the Old Traffford area of Manchester. Once again, govt and media thinking ''the north'' is only Manchester. Money apparently now available -- but a few months ago many north east projects dropped and cancelled because ''no money''. Just like all previous govts , there's only ever talk of developing north east when there's an election coming up - and usually proves to end up as words no action. They really do boil my p*ss
If you are the same age as me, 66, then it is because we paid 30% tax and higher rate tax payers paid 60% and 80% on unearned income. That funded public services and reduced inequality.
Looks like Antisemitism is still rife amongst the Labour ranks and is only suppressed for the time being. One MP has been sacked for it and now another one is apologising and under investigation.
However, well done Labour Now we just need to make sure all these people are deported and not released as long as they promise to stay monitored. Need tougher action on that but this is a big step forward and good to read. Hundreds of migrants have been arrested since the start of this year as part of a UK-wide crackdown on illegal working, the government has said. Enforcement teams raided 828 premises including nail bars, car washes, and restaurants and made 609 arrests - a 73% increase from January 2024 and the highest figure for any January on record. Officials say many migrants are drawn in by false promises about their ability to live and work in the UK, which leads them to "risk their lives by crossing the Channel". It comes as the government's immigration bill is set to be debated by MPs on Monday. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp has called it a "weak bill that won't stop the boats". A significant proportion of last month's raids took place at restaurants, takeaways and cafes, the Home Office said. It also gave examples of arrests made in vape shops in Cheshire and a grocery warehouse in south London. Those arrested made the journey to the UK through a mix of routes, including by crossing the Channel and by overstaying legitimately-granted visas. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the government was boosting enforcement to "record levels" and that immigration rules "must be respected". "For far too long, employers have been able to take on and exploit illegal migrants and too many people have been able to arrive and work illegally with no enforcement action ever taken," she said. "Not only does this create a dangerous draw for people to risk their lives by crossing the Channel in a small boat, but it results in the abuse of vulnerable people, the immigration system and our economy." From the start of the Labour government in July up to 31 January, 3,930 arrests were made over 5,424 visits by immigration enforcement officers. A total of 1,090 civil penalty notices were also issued, with employers facing a fine of up to £60,000 per worker if found liable. During the same period, four of the "biggest return flights in the UK's history" were also carried out, the Home Office said, returning more than 800 people. But Reform UK leader Nigel Farage described the new figures released by the government as feeble, compared with the numbers that had entered the country. Across the 31 days of January, there were 1,098 people who arrived in the UK illegally on small boats. The government said it launched a social media campaign in Vietnam in December and Albania in January discouraging people from making the journey to the UK. The adverts highlight stories from migrants who entered the UK illegally "only to face debt, exploitation and a life far from what they were promised", the Home Office said. It comes as the government's Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill is set to be debated in the House of Commons in its second reading. The bill aims to introduce a raft of newoffences and counter terrororism-style powers to clamp down on people smugglers bringing migrants across the Channel. But Labour ministers have not provided a specific target on when a drop in small boat crossings could be expected. The Conservatives said they had put forward an amendment to the immigration bill in a bid to include their own immigration proposals: to double how long it takes migrants to get indefinite leave to remain and, after that, require them to wait five years rather than one before they can apply for citizenship. Philp added that "an effective removals deterrent is needed" to stop small boat crossings, something he said Labour had scrapped, a reference to the former government's plan to send illegal migrants to Rwanda.
