Heather Rawls
@rawls-heather.bsky.social
Inequality hater avid reader enjoy art love natural world ukulele player love a good shed Me and my Lurcher fighting for a better world #FBPE
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How will we explain to our children and grandchildren that unfortunately, we couldn’t leave them a livable planet because a few petro-states vetoed phasing out fossil fuels?
December 12, 2023 at 4:12 PM
How will we explain to our children and grandchildren that unfortunately, we couldn’t leave them a livable planet because a few petro-states vetoed phasing out fossil fuels?
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The results from the world’s largest Universal Basic Income study are now in. Findings:
“A monthly UBI empowered recipients and did not create idleness. They invested, became more entrepreneurial, and earned more. The common concern of “laziness” never materialized.”
“A monthly UBI empowered recipients and did not create idleness. They invested, became more entrepreneurial, and earned more. The common concern of “laziness” never materialized.”
Early findings from the world’s largest UBI study | GiveDirectly
Money always helps, but for the poorest, one large lump sum can last a long time. A long-term universal basic income also looks promising.
www.givedirectly.org
December 7, 2023 at 12:30 AM
The results from the world’s largest Universal Basic Income study are now in. Findings:
“A monthly UBI empowered recipients and did not create idleness. They invested, became more entrepreneurial, and earned more. The common concern of “laziness” never materialized.”
“A monthly UBI empowered recipients and did not create idleness. They invested, became more entrepreneurial, and earned more. The common concern of “laziness” never materialized.”
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Democrats never came for your guns, but Republicans are comin' for your democracy!
December 12, 2023 at 2:43 PM
Democrats never came for your guns, but Republicans are comin' for your democracy!
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‘In Fighting for the Cause of Refugees and Migrants, We Fight For Ourselves’
'In Fighting for the Cause of Refugees and Migrants, We Fight For Ourselves' – Byline Times
AC Grayling reflects on what immigration really means, how right-wing politicians are twisting that meaning to exploit xenophobia, and what can be done to counteract their rhetoric
bylinetimes.com
December 12, 2023 at 9:16 AM
‘In Fighting for the Cause of Refugees and Migrants, We Fight For Ourselves’
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Tory Advent Calendar Day 12:
A strong and stable government.
I think we can all be grateful we missed chaos with Ed Miliband!
A strong and stable government.
I think we can all be grateful we missed chaos with Ed Miliband!
December 12, 2023 at 10:48 AM
Tory Advent Calendar Day 12:
A strong and stable government.
I think we can all be grateful we missed chaos with Ed Miliband!
A strong and stable government.
I think we can all be grateful we missed chaos with Ed Miliband!
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Irrespective of whether they should have used the platform or not, they did.
And, as we don't know what other messages there are, we don't know what risk we have incurred.
"Lost" is not acceptable - they must be fully retrieved.
And, as we don't know what other messages there are, we don't know what risk we have incurred.
"Lost" is not acceptable - they must be fully retrieved.
December 12, 2023 at 11:05 AM
Irrespective of whether they should have used the platform or not, they did.
And, as we don't know what other messages there are, we don't know what risk we have incurred.
"Lost" is not acceptable - they must be fully retrieved.
And, as we don't know what other messages there are, we don't know what risk we have incurred.
"Lost" is not acceptable - they must be fully retrieved.
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My thoughts on the Safety of Rwanda Bill: open.substack.com/pub/georgepe.... The fundamental problem with the Safety of Rwanda Bill is its dishonesty: it lies about it is doing and what its purpose is, and it is dishonest about its departure from basic principles.
Legislating lies and drafting dishonesty: the Safety of Rwanda Bill
The fundamental problem with the Safety of Rwanda Bill is its dishonesty: it lies about it is doing and what its purpose is, and it is dishonest about its departure from basic principles.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2023 at 7:40 AM
My thoughts on the Safety of Rwanda Bill: open.substack.com/pub/georgepe.... The fundamental problem with the Safety of Rwanda Bill is its dishonesty: it lies about it is doing and what its purpose is, and it is dishonest about its departure from basic principles.
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PPE bought via ‘VIP lane’ was on average 80% more expensive, documents reveal www.theguardian.com/world/2023/d...
PPE bought via ‘VIP lane’ was on average 80% more expensive, documents reveal
Good Law Project finds items were priced up to four times higher by companies referred through scheme by UK ministers
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2023 at 9:19 PM
PPE bought via ‘VIP lane’ was on average 80% more expensive, documents reveal www.theguardian.com/world/2023/d...
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Almost 100 journalists killed and 400 imprisoned in 2023, says report
Almost 100 journalists killed and 400 imprisoned in 2023, says report
International Federation of Journalists says 68 killed covering Israel-Gaza war, more than in any other conflict in over 30 years
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2023 at 4:50 PM
Almost 100 journalists killed and 400 imprisoned in 2023, says report
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This is absurd.
Just 2% of calls made to the official Covid Fraud Hotline are being investigated
An estimated £7.2billion has been "lost"to Covid-related fraud - Rishi Sunak & the Tories delivering for fraudsters.
Just 2% of calls made to the official Covid Fraud Hotline are being investigated
An estimated £7.2billion has been "lost"to Covid-related fraud - Rishi Sunak & the Tories delivering for fraudsters.
Just 2% of calls made to the official Covid Fraud Hotline are being investigated
Rishi Sunak has been criticised for 'turning a blind eye' to an estimated £7.2billion lost to Covid-related fraud - while Labour has pledged to retrieve lost taxpayers' cash
www.mirror.co.uk
December 11, 2023 at 4:28 PM
This is absurd.
Just 2% of calls made to the official Covid Fraud Hotline are being investigated
An estimated £7.2billion has been "lost"to Covid-related fraud - Rishi Sunak & the Tories delivering for fraudsters.
Just 2% of calls made to the official Covid Fraud Hotline are being investigated
An estimated £7.2billion has been "lost"to Covid-related fraud - Rishi Sunak & the Tories delivering for fraudsters.
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The Arctic 103 years ago compared to today
December 10, 2023 at 1:13 PM
The Arctic 103 years ago compared to today
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Constitutionally, Sunak retains the right to remain in this holding pattern for another 12 months, waiting, like Mr Micawber, for something to turn up.
It isn’t good enough: the voters deserve to take back control. We should have an election, as soon as possible.
It isn’t good enough: the voters deserve to take back control. We should have an election, as soon as possible.
The Tories have no good reason to deny us an election
For too long, this country has been run for the benefit of the Conservative Party rather than the other way around.
www.newstatesman.com
December 10, 2023 at 1:28 PM
Constitutionally, Sunak retains the right to remain in this holding pattern for another 12 months, waiting, like Mr Micawber, for something to turn up.
It isn’t good enough: the voters deserve to take back control. We should have an election, as soon as possible.
It isn’t good enough: the voters deserve to take back control. We should have an election, as soon as possible.
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A. French cuisine. Add cream
B. Italian cuisine. Add olive oil.
C. English cuisine. Add lard.
D. Scandinavian cuisine. Add pickles.
E. Scottish cuisine. A, B, C, D + E but DEEP FRY EVERYTHING AND ADD A MARS BAR!
F. American cuisine, A, B, C, E & D but add plastic cheese and call it culture.
B. Italian cuisine. Add olive oil.
C. English cuisine. Add lard.
D. Scandinavian cuisine. Add pickles.
E. Scottish cuisine. A, B, C, D + E but DEEP FRY EVERYTHING AND ADD A MARS BAR!
F. American cuisine, A, B, C, E & D but add plastic cheese and call it culture.
December 10, 2023 at 7:05 PM
A. French cuisine. Add cream
B. Italian cuisine. Add olive oil.
C. English cuisine. Add lard.
D. Scandinavian cuisine. Add pickles.
E. Scottish cuisine. A, B, C, D + E but DEEP FRY EVERYTHING AND ADD A MARS BAR!
F. American cuisine, A, B, C, E & D but add plastic cheese and call it culture.
B. Italian cuisine. Add olive oil.
C. English cuisine. Add lard.
D. Scandinavian cuisine. Add pickles.
E. Scottish cuisine. A, B, C, D + E but DEEP FRY EVERYTHING AND ADD A MARS BAR!
F. American cuisine, A, B, C, E & D but add plastic cheese and call it culture.
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Fewer than one-in-four people support Prime Ministers creating new Lords so they can put them in the cabinet, a new poll has found.
The current system is completely unfit for purpose.
The current system is completely unfit for purpose.
Just 1 in 4 support PM making new Lords so they can parachute them into Cabinet
Just 23% of respondents said such a move was acceptable - with more than double - 49% - saying it was not acceptable.
www.mirror.co.uk
December 10, 2023 at 4:00 PM
Fewer than one-in-four people support Prime Ministers creating new Lords so they can put them in the cabinet, a new poll has found.
The current system is completely unfit for purpose.
The current system is completely unfit for purpose.
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FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
Tory right rejects Rwanda plan and David Cameron sent to fend off rebels
Foreign secretary involved in PM’s push to save deportation plan – but right-wingers deliver thumbs down, as Robert Jenrick insists bill ‘doesn’t do the job’
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2023 at 4:12 PM
FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
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'Taxpayers deserve to know truth over Michelle Mone £200million Covid contracts' www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Taxpayers deserve to know truth over Michelle Mone £200million Covid contracts'
Tory peer Michelle Mone acknowledged this month she was involved with the company PPE Medpro, writes the Voice of the Mirror
www.mirror.co.uk
December 10, 2023 at 4:05 PM
'Taxpayers deserve to know truth over Michelle Mone £200million Covid contracts' www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Wonder how that NCA investigation into covid fraud is going?
December 10, 2023 at 3:23 PM
Wonder how that NCA investigation into covid fraud is going?
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Wes Streeting says NHS uses winter crisis as excuse to ask for more money
Wes Streeting says NHS uses winter crisis as excuse to ask for more money
Shadow minister tells health service ‘money is tight’ and that it must provide better value for taxpayers
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2023 at 1:40 PM
Wes Streeting says NHS uses winter crisis as excuse to ask for more money
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One day, Britain will look back at the years 2016-2023 as a moment of national insanity, the inevitable Gotterdammerung of Thatcherism. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘The optics are terrible’: how Rishi Sunak’s 2020 ‘eat out to help out’ scheme backfired
The then chancellor’s plan proved to be of no economic benefit and was decried by scientists – but it clearly set out the political aims of ‘Dishy Rishi’
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2023 at 1:43 PM
One day, Britain will look back at the years 2016-2023 as a moment of national insanity, the inevitable Gotterdammerung of Thatcherism. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Tories facing general election wipeout with just 130 seats
130 too many…
130 too many…
Tories facing general election wipeout with just 130 seats, says John Curtice
Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives are looking at the ‘worst outcome in the party’s history’, says UK’s top polling guru
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2023 at 12:27 PM
Tories facing general election wipeout with just 130 seats
130 too many…
130 too many…
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"Conspiracy theorist" is a bit of a soft label for a malicious cvnt who consciously orchestrated and prosecuted a campaign of vicious lies against the parents of murdered children for his own profit, Sky News 🙄
news.sky.com/story/alex-j...
news.sky.com/story/alex-j...
Alex Jones: Conspiracy theorist set to have X account reinstated after poll by Elon Musk
The 49-year-old, notorious for falsely claiming the fatal 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was "staged", was banned from what was then Twitter in 2018 for breaching the site's rules on abusive behaviou...
news.sky.com
December 10, 2023 at 12:59 PM
"Conspiracy theorist" is a bit of a soft label for a malicious cvnt who consciously orchestrated and prosecuted a campaign of vicious lies against the parents of murdered children for his own profit, Sky News 🙄
news.sky.com/story/alex-j...
news.sky.com/story/alex-j...