We who think we are about to die will laugh at anything.
Jun 25, 2022 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Even with a publicly funded NHS and supportive health care professionals, abortions are terrifying. 🧵 #RoeVsWade
First you have to confirm the pregnancy with your GP, who will refer you to the maternity hospital. This can take a while, back in the late 2000s it was a few weeks.
God only knows how long it is now under a govt systematically underfunding public health care to make it private.
Jun 24, 2022 • 11 tweets • 1 min read
Calling Wakefield before 4am - I'm hoping for a thumping majority.
Tiverton after 4am but unsure when.
But it's all but confirmed the Tories have lost both seats.
I'm really looking forward to the inevitable Dorries' defence 😆
Well here we go.
He sounds like a spunk filled balloon.
May 18, 2022 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
The Les Anderson Challenge
It’s a moral argument at the moment isn’t it? How much do we need to live on?
A 🧵
I won’t pontificate about the fact that this question, posed by certain politicians and driven by client journalists was not a question we asked of ourselves until the last several years. I can afford to feed myself.
Sep 16, 2021 • 14 tweets • 2 min read
Given how angry I got yesterday at listening to the uninformed make judgements about how Universal Credit recipients should be "grateful" for the measly £20 uplift that has been ripped away from them without any form of transitional protection, a *very* basic thread is in order.
Therese Coffey said yesterday that someone working full time could easily get that £20.00 back by working 2 hours. Keir Starmer correctly pointed out this fundamental misunderstanding and he was right.
