'WE HAVE NEVER BOMBARDED PLACES WITH CIVILIANS' - Faisal Mekdad, Syrian Deputy FM, Feb 6th 2014. Hardening hearts. One casualty at a time
Oct 5, 2021 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
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I've always felt the answer to this lies in asking why the @Conservatives bought in the £20 rise to start with.
For decades, it was known that benefit rates were paltry+inadequate.
But pleas for even meagre rises were always met with the "no money tree" stonewall (1/)
When Covid struck, the truth is, that for the poorest and particularly job seekers, financial pressures might even have eased. Especially, the travel costs to Jobcentres, job interviews. School runs/costs. Fuel.
I can tell you this, because I was unemployed myself..(2/)
