Jim Parkin @ParkinJim@qoto.org
Engineer, European, Brit. I am also https://mobile.twitter.com/parkinjim
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Just the head of the civil service calling the Prime Minister "nationally distrusted" less than a year after his election.
Despite this Johnson remained PM for the best part of two more years.
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The really annoying thing about Hancock's leaked Whatsapp messages is that we are only seeing what the telegraph wants us to see.
Imagine if those messages were actually in the public domain.
We'd hear the dirt on the politicians they are currently protecting.
@kityates Exactly.
Also, why is government business conducted by WhatsApp messages and not a govenrnmental messaging system where they can be stored and accessed by the government.
And subject to FOI requests.
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"Matt Hancock plotted to try and oust Sir Simon Stevens, a longtime thorn in the government’s side, from his role as the head of the NHS in England, the former health secretary’s leaked messages reveal."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/05/hancock-plotted-to-oust-nhs-england-chief-simon-stevens-whatsapp-leak-shows
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RT @NHSMillion
Privatisation of the NHS is not some myth or conspiracy theory
The last accounts from NHS England show that over £18 billion of taxpayer money went to private healthcare providers in a year
RT if you agree the NHS should be about people, not profit
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When justice miscarries
Human rights court to consider whether former prisoners should receive compensation
New piece on my Substack blog
https://rozenberg.substack.com/p/when-justice-miscarries-4f9
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We're urging MPs to support an amendment to bring housing associations under the Freedom of Information Act.
The amendment to the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill whose report stage is today has been tabled by shadow housing minister Matthew Pennycook MP supported by Rebecca Long-Bailey and Caroline Lucas.
The amendment was drafted by the Greater Manchester Law Centre.
https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3177/stages/17181/amendments/10005504
https://community.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/b/investigations/posts/regime-change
More evidence of #WildlifeCrime on moors managed for #grouseshooting (yet again by tenants of the #NatiomalTrust in the #peakdistrict) At least this time the National Trust has done the right thing and the lease is not renewed, but #RaptorPersecution is common in the industry and the legal parts of #grousemoormanagement are damaging. Time for a ban. Its tourism damage probably costs the rural economy more than it brings in.
@CyclingJourno@toot.bike yup and Ian Hislop also points out that it's unethical on top of that
@CyclingJourno@toot.bike and don't forget the miscarriages of justice as Ian Hislop pointed out https://youtu.be/_DrsVhzbLzU
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If the state is no better than the murderer, then how is it fit to pass judgement on anyone?
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@FrancisHayden1 I run the risk. I made a direct video appeal to Keir Starmer on Twitter before conference the year before last. The vast majority of ordinary members want PR. The Union block vote scuppered that. I shall stick to my guns. If they want to expel me, then there are tens of thousands of others like me, and they know it.
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***UK POLL***
When you come to vote in any forthcoming UK elections, do you intend to stay loyal to your political party of choice, or will you vote tactically in order to secure the government you would prefer?
Please vote, comment, and REBLOG for larger response.
Thank you.
Should be interesting.
And that is if there is a General Election now. Sunak's trajectory is downward and his forced reshuffle and sleeze hasn't yet worked its way into the polls. Lee Anderson is also going to put off voters given his sharp practices. To say nothing of Truss reminding voters who the Tories choose first.
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How a Dutch "Dementia Village" Improves Quality of Life with Intentional Design
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Britain Predicts — model update
LAB: 424 MPs (+222)
CON: 138 (-227)
SNP: 42 (-6)
LDEM: 22 (+11)
Drilldown:
sotn.newstatesman.com/2022/11/britai…
[Tactical voting not accounted for (update coming soon!)]
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Welp, first full-time writer I know has just lost an income stream as a website they work for has switched to ChatGPT.
Yes, I know, it sounds ridiculous and made-up, but this is a real person.
Copywriting pay has been dropping in real terms for decadesas publication across the board becomes less economically viable. Under those conditions, it becomes increasingly likely that sites will go for cheap quantity over well-paid quality.
Engineer, European, Brit. I am also https://mobile.twitter.com/parkinjim
parkinjim.bsky.social
#BlackLivesMatter
Joined Nov 2022
