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Great interview by John Samuelson focusing on fighting for working people
Agree about the dishonest comment not sure about worst. David Cameron created the mess we face today started 14 years of austerity and the rest that followed. That created the ground for Boris Johnson to thrive.
Sorry freudian slip its not a fine but compensation about time rogue bosses paid for breaking the law.
@tuc.org.uk good news for working people. Surprised that the lords would delay helping ordinary working people. Unlimited fines for breaking the law will certainly deter people lime P&O ferries so is the right thing to do
At the Traveller Movement conference 2025 in Lambeth Town Hall. Good speech by Steven Conway Bishop of Lincoln
Continuedβ¦.. A vote on keeping healthcare in the US without linking to a shutdown is will be important. A denial of a vote will be just as important.
Republicans have a choice give a vote or deny a vote this year. Or give American voters a choice in the mid terms to reverse the cuts!
I watch with it interest the decision to end the shutdown in the USA. A swallow doesnt make a summer. so a victory in New York New Jersey and Virginia doesnt make a summer. In the UK voters are anti governing party as it is safe to do so but will they vote the same a general election? Continued..
I do despair sometimes about the complaints of the influence of bond markets. If govts dont want a wide tax base and people want public service then someone has to pay. He who pays the piper then calls the turn. The answer is self sustaining economies tax revenue meets outgoings. Just like at home
I like Andy Burnham and have dealt with him in my previous job. He would make a good leader. His knowledge experience and his time out of that Palace of Varieties at Westminister would also be a bonus. But what is also needed is change in the Labour Party. A broader church would help
Black and white historical photo showing three views (left, front, right) of a person with a prisoner number and "KL Auschwitz" tag on their clothing.
Vintage black and white photo featuring a seated adult woman with long hair and three children standing around, each displaying neutral expressions.
Mugshot of three profile views (left, front, right) of an older individual with a badge displaying the number Z-1237. A might of a Roma prisoner of Auschwitz.
Black and white photo of a group of children sitting in a line outdoors, some smiling and others looking serious.
2/3 August 1944 | The Germans liquidated the so-called Gypsy camp (Zigeunerlager) at Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Some 4,300 children, women & men, the last Roma & Sinti prisoners there, were murdered in gas chambers.
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Podcast: www.auschwitz.org/en/education...
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Obviously as a BBC host Iβm hardly impartial. OTOH the polarised - in both directions - comments on the FT piece very clearly show the challenge. Hereβs a representative oneβ¦ R4 as βviolently-leftββ¦
Happy birthday to our NHS π₯³
For 77 years its staff have looked after us all π
Labour's 1st year: the comms problem
Government's most well-known decision is cutting winter fuel, which is also its most unpopular
Its least well-known decision is NHS investment, which is its most popular
Exc @thinksinsight.bsky.social research for PolHome
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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o...
This a thought provoking and interesting article worth reading
This very true from our birth to our death we need a roof over our head. How is that when ever you look at housing waiting list they are like the mythical horn of plenty always filling up. With houses come roads schools hospitals and the rest. Growth
Very good piece.
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." A history professor explains how Orwell's warnings about historical revisionism are allβtoo-relevant today: buff.ly/VD8VFRO #1984
By @fieryparticle.bsky.social, American University ποΈπ#booksky
via The Omniscient Observer
Good explanation, especially on what happens to the winter fuel payment when there are two people above state pension age in the household
The US health care system's high costs and inequities aren't accidental β they're the result of decades of policy choices prioritizing profit over people and entrenching racial hierarchies, says a #publichealth historian. buff.ly/qDyWBxp
By Zachary W. Schulz, Auburn University ποΈ
A photo of the 1929 Labour Cabinet. There are 19 people. All of them are white. Just one of them, Bondfield, is a woman.
#OnThisDay, 7 Jun 1929, Margaret Bondfield becomes Minister of Labour in the UK government. She is the first woman to hold a British Cabinet post.
[photo (c) National Portrait Gallery London]
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory ποΈ
A newspaper photo of Ginette Jullian later in life. She is a white woman with wavy dark hair.
#OnThisDay, 7 Jun 1944, Ginette Jullian parachutes into occupied France with the Special Operations Executive.
She works as a wireless operator behind enemy lines for three months until the Allied forces overtake her unit.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WorldWar2 ποΈ
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The economic ouroboros!
#economics #infographic #PrintHistory ποΈπ
Highly recommend this episode. It will go into at least one of my #18thc courses next year. #skystorians #academicchatter #somerset
This very almost recent trend of changing the leader didnt work for the Tories. I am a Watford fan and we keep changing the manager hasnt worked that well for us. Its a trap personalising are problems to leader. Dont march to that tune