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4·12 days agoNew Labour continuing Blair’s traditions.
What an entitled wanker.
7·15 days agoPublic culture shouldn’t be accessible to only those with means. Someone’s country of origin has no bearing on that.
Half of the exhibits in these museums are of foreign origin as well, stolen during imperialism. So charging foreigners to see stolen items that could very well be from their own country is again ridiculous.
Thirdly, how many museums and art galleries have you been to that are clearly struggling for cash? I’ve been to many, and 9 times out of 10 they’re in exquisite condition. Money isn’t the fix for everything. Charging to enter museums could even backfire and result in a reduction in footfall and therefore donations.
I’m sure Baroness Margaret Hodge knows all about keeping culture afloat for the public good though and only has the public’s best interests at heart…
The family moved to Orpington, Kent (present-day Greater London), where they started their family-owned steel-trading corporation, Stemcor.[7] It is now one of the world’s largest privately held steel companies, with an annual turnover of over £6 billion in 2011.[8] Hodge is a major shareholder
She went on to study at the London School of Economics, graduating in 1966 with a third-class honours degree in government studies.[12] After working briefly on television political programmes, she began, but did not complete, a master’s degree in philosophy at Bedford College, London.[13]
In 2015 there was considerable controversy about her benefiting, to the tune of £1.5 million, from assets repatriated from a Liechtenstein family trust in 2011 using the Liechtenstein disclosure facility, that reduced penalties and removed the risk of prosecution for Britons moving undeclared assets back to the UK. Coverage focused on the apparent hypocrisy in her condemnation of the use of tax havens.
What a shower of bastards.
A village. Community. Something increasingly disappearing in the hyper individualised UK.
Help. Help to raise the child(ren) that doesn’t cost money for every minute used.
The abolition of capitalism. The root cause for the destruction of our communities.
That whole article is infuriating.
BUt wE hAVe nO mONeY FOr puBlIC sERvIcES
How do you boycott a service you already boycott?
I think this post could go in NotTheOnion!
High speed rail to travel at low speed…
Airstrip One, for instance, had not been so called in those days: it had been called England, or Britain, though London, he felt fairly certain, had always been called London.[9]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_geography_of_Nineteen_Eighty-Four
The important part, despite BBC’s childish questions about being PM:
Asked whether he could see himself as prime minister, Polanski - who is also a London Assembly member - initially dismissed the idea outright, saying “that really isn’t the target right now”, before adding that he was asked about it a lot.
He said: “It’s definitely on my mind because I get asked about it all the time, but my burning ambition really is to have a wealth tax, action on climate change, and proportional representation.”
Pressed further, he said whilst it was tempting to be drawn into thinking about occupying No 10, he was focusing on the next step, which was "to win a lot more MPs and potentially hold the balance of power in a hung parliament after the next general election.
“Then I think that’s really interesting, because then you’re having conversations about proportional representation, a wealth tax, climate action, and various other policies to reduce the cost of living and make life better for everyone in the country.”
5·24 days agoYour employer owes you a phone if they want you to use software that they specify.
We would, but unfortunately in the lowlands we’ve too many people that haven’t got any shovels. They’re douglas!
New migrants aren’t eligible for social housing except in very limited circumstances. Most people who come to the UK on visas to work or study have “no recourse to public funds” and can’t receive benefits or get help with their housing. Asylum seekers cannot apply for council housing at all.
Sunday 8th March
Ofcom has received 24 complaints, but has not yet decided whether to investigate.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/make-a-complaint
Make your voice heard.
So much for voting Brexit for sovereignty, ay?
Can’t even decide what to do with our own land without America bullying its way instead!