‘Who approved it?’ – Angry reactions to sexist Government lockdown poster
"Reinforcing the view that it is a woman’s job to homeschool, clean, do the childcare."
"Reinforcing the view that it is a woman’s job to homeschool, clean, do the childcare."
“A lethal mix of deceit, a failure to grasp reality and wishful thinking that engineers will acquiesce on pay 15% below agreed rates and other changes, has led to a complete breakdown in industrial relations between British Gas and the field engineers bargaining group."
"I was absolutely sickened when I heard him say that, because it was patently & obviously a lie."
Anglea Rayner said the Tory MP “endorsed conspiracy theories about the veracity of the disease” and made a “deeply dangerous claim” about official figures.
'You have to remember this is hurting real people who own multiple boats."
“In many ways, you could be forgiven for thinking being a donor to the Tory party must carry an inherent specialism on delivering Covid contracts as Tory donors have really done very well out of this crisis.”
"If Johnson had an ounce of integrity, honesty, and self-awareness, he would go."
Labour attacks Jeremy Corbyn for ‘wasting time and money’ after court defeat over suspension from party
It comes as the UK government announced a further 1,725 more coronavirus deaths have been recorded. This is the second highest daily death total on this measure.
“We can’t afford any more of the dithering or eleventh-hour announcements from the government. The death toll has already passed 100,000. It’s vital that the government gets this right and shows us the plans now to protect those like our school support staff.”
If Johnson’s stewardship of this crisis is comparable to any of Britain’s modern military engagements it is surely the Battle of the Somme, wherein wave upon wave of troops were sent to their inevitable demise.
“The infrastructure of the Irish Sea border is the physical manifestation of not just the partitioning of the UK but the locking of Northern Ireland into the economic orbit of the Republic/EU.”
"Oh god. Hedgehogs will be extinct within a month."
'Boris Johnson says: “We did everything we could.” 'No, he didn’t.'
A tour de force in dealing with backseat drivers.
The group previously said they believed they “can hold out in the tunnel for several weeks and hope in this time that a court will rule against HS2 for breaking the law by attempting an eviction without a court order and during the national coronavirus lockdown”.
“Seeing how people in Calais are treated by our authorities is deeply shocking. They are hounded night and day, exposed to the bitter winter elements, denied food and shelter and subject to regular police brutality."
Barclays bank last month warned there had been a 20% surge in scams targeting businesses over the past five months as criminals attempted to capitalise on the changes that Brexit would bring.
Angela Rayner told Sunak she was “happy to brief you on the inequality and sexism women face at work.”
“The man was vaccinated despite thousands of local people on the Government’s priority list still waiting anxiously and patiently."
Domestic tragedies in the capital in 2020 included the deaths of 19-month-old Pavinya Nithiyakumar and her three-year-old brother, Nigish, who were killed by their shop worker father Nadarajah Nithiyakumar while his wife was in the shower at their east London home in April.
The surface of the lake got covered in a thick layer of waste ranging from plastics to rusty metal scraps, tree trunks and even reportedly a coffin.
"Frankly, I thought this Brexit festival was sick before a pandemic."
"Taking back control to increase prices: Will mobile roaming charges return now credit card costs are up because Britons are no longer protected by an EU cap? Well done, Brextremists."
Another waste of money? The 'Test and Trace' system cost set to rise to 22 billion pounds.
“They are so in love and such lovely people. He needed either a walking frame or a mobility scooter but meeting Jenny has taken years off him – he looks 20 years younger."
"We will fight these criminal charges vigorously on behalf of our clients."
"But there a number of diehard Remainers who would quite like the UK to break up, if only only to vindicate their claims that Britain would pay a terrible price for Brexit."
It comes as Andrew Neil Tweeted: "But there a number of diehard Remainers who would quite like the UK to break up, if only only to vindicate their claims that Britain would pay a terrible price for Brexit."
“This Government should not be making families pay the price for their broken promises to support councils."
The fact the article says they're still calling it Festival UK, or FUK, doesn't show amazing attention to detail.
“One of the new things in this administration is, If you don’t know the answer, don’t guess.”
"No-one should go to work in fear of being assaulted. Emergency workers’ jobs are extremely challenging at the best of times, and assaults during the pandemic are putting lives at risk."
There have been reports of suicide attempts in the Army barracks and many residents went on hunger strike in protest at the conditions, which reportedly include 34 people sharing one shower.
Amazon removed Parler, an app favoured by followers of former President Donald Trump, from its web hosting service on January 11.
"I was horrified to hear reports that some unscrupulous people have used links shared with them to try and falsely book a vaccination appointment."
There was also hostility to the proposal in some parts of the Government, with one source saying the plan “incentivises people to catch Covid”.
“The Prime Minister promised us that there would not be any difficulties, but given the protocol and all the difficulties we have seen on the ground it was very clear that this was going to happen – it was all foreseen.”
It means that debt is now 99.4% the size of gross domestic product (GDP), which measures the value of all goods and services produced in the UK. This level had not previously been reached since 1962.
This comes days after Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said Britain should not try to edit its past.
'A lorry load of potato crisps was held up for two days because the haulier couldn’t prove the potatoes from which the crisps had been manufactured had not been imported into the UK from somewhere else. This is ridiculous.”
Even by his standards it was a busy day of offending people.
“There is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it; if only we’re brave enough to be it.”
Babs would have been proud
“At the heart of the Conservative Government’s mishandling of this crisis over the last 10 months has been an insistence that you can treat the health of a nation and its economy as distinct entities, to be traded off against one another."
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