Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

Been in the Uk for a few days. The extent to which the place is coming apart at the seams is alarming. Trains don’t work. Ambulances don’t work. Post doesn’t work. Electricity is a luxury good. It feels like a fairly advanced stage of terminal decline.

The answer is a return to social democracy and EU membership, but no political parties are advocating either because trying to halt this decline is, itself, seen as toxic.

💰Lord Bethell referred a company called OptiGene Ltd after being contacted by a Cabinet Office official – OptiGene were subsequently awarded a £322m contract, leading to a 1221% increase in profits.

Wishing you all a truly lovely, healthy, happy Christmas! Thank you for being so very friendly, engaging and supportive.

Sending strength to those struggling in any way; here’s to real hope for a brighter future

#Christmas #Family #Friends #Winter #iPhonePhotography #Photography

To everyone working today or tomorrow in essential services - including gas, food/supplies retail, emergency services, medical, and ride hailing or delivery:

Thank you.

@fencoul @fbpe

How the U.K. Became One of the Poorest Countries in Western Europe
Britain chose finance over industry, austerity over investment, and a closed economy over openness to the world.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/10/uk-economy-disaster-degrowth-brexit/671847/?s=09

The English often thought English and British meant the same thing. This though is a deliberate attempt to obliterate the identity expressed by the Welsh and Scottish governments. https://toot.wales/@NationCymru/109557817664462370 #WelshNotBritish

@bitterwhiteguy @blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social

My priorities are reproductive rights, fighting climate change, ending poverty & reforming immigration & gun laws. I was elected 3 times to the Midland City Council and while Mayor Pro Tem served as President of the Texas Municipal League representing 1,000 Texas cities and towns standing up for their ability to solve problems locally and without undue interference from the Texas Legislature.

The Tories quietly pushed back the target for cleaning up English inland waterways by 36 year. YES 36 YEARS.

Anyone might be forgiven for assuming they care more for the foreign owners of English water companies more than their own population.

For the ever diminishing number of 'Conservative' voters in Scotland, look at what they are doing in England - expect the worst for anywhere else they take power.

https://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/v/c3-plan/England/objectives

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/22/target-date-for-cleaning-up-waterways-in-england-is-moved-back-by-36-years

#pollution #WildSwimming #Independence

Who Cares About #Copyright? Everyone Should, Because It Impacts So Many Aspects Of Modern Life - https://business.express/who-cares-about-copyright-everyone-should-because-it-impacts-so-many-aspects-of-modern-life/ and that's really bad news; here's why - https://walledculture.org/the-book/ #ebook #free

Can we all reflect on what amazing work has happened in terms of housing rights and law in Cymru this year?

It's now far harder to evict people, there are named resolutions for common housing problems and people with multiple properties are being forced to sell them because of costs!

This means more houses, cheaper houses, paths for conflict resolution when landlords fail to provide livable housing and lower chances of eviction!

A senior German official said Twitter should be directly monitored by the European Commission, joining other tech firms, saying the company's erratic behavior under Elon Musk posed a threat to free speech https://reut.rs/3WBE5zR

🌟 I will be taking 2 weeks off over Christmas, and will be away from my screens to have a bit of a digital detox 🌟

Back to the office in January! Have a Nadolig Llawen everyone.

#Aberystwyth #Ceredigion #Wales #Cymru

JUST IN: We just passed in the House an #Omnibus #budget, BOOSTING public investments by more than 9% in

✅️ Clean energy
✅️ K-12 education
✅️ Higher education
✅️ Election security
✅️ Immigration
✅️ Labor
✅️ Mental health
✅️ Public health
✅️ Puerto Rico
✅️ Veterans.

FOR THE PEOPLE!

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Are we clear now extreme disparities of income—and particularly subsidizing billionaires—is not great for a healthy, stable society?

🇷🇺 Monthly polling. Note how many now want to skip awkward question

“Russia against Putin.
A thread on what's going on with the public opinion of the Russian society.
(A lot. It changes rapidly, and definitely not in the way Putin would like it to change).

But before we start: where does the data come from and how could we expect it to be accurate?
There is a public opinion research department at the Anti-Corruption Foundation @ACF_int since 2013. “

#TheSpecials - #Gangsters (Official Music Video) [HD] - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgCZN1rU5co

#TerryHall

Even England’s police want to decriminalise hard drugs. Why won’t our posturing politicians listen - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/20/england-police-decriminalise-hard-drugs-home-office why, indeed? #drugs #decriminalisation

Female students have been banned from Universities in Afghanistan with immediate effect, the Taliban has said.

Women’s rights being disregarded, yet again. I’m incandescent with rage for Afghan women & girls, they deserve equal access to education 😡

https://news.sky.com/story/taliban-bans-female-students-from-universities-in-afghanistan-12772113

"The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds"

Dalai Lama

Wednesday's Front Page 📰

SICKENING
🟥As nurses and 999 crews fight to earn enough to pay their bills, PPE scandal peer Michelle Mone is on luxury break at £6k-a-night hotel in the Alps.

#TomorrowsPapersToday