Jim Parkin @ParkinJim@qoto.org

"The typical incomes of the poorest fifth of the UK population were almost no higher on the eve of the pandemic than they were in 2004-05. The poorest fifth of households in Britain are more than 20 per cent poorer than their French and German equivalents. The country’s problems with a threadbare safety net have been laid bare by the crisis, but they weren’t created by it.
"It was always going to be a hard winter. It didn’t need to be this hard." - Sarah O'Connor, FT
https://www.ft.com/content/318b9dbf-15a8-4232-9931-9ee540bb2c21

@tom79
I'd just like to register my concern at the use of Yandex for translation in mastalab.
Yandex is heavily implicated in the misuse of facebook data, as well as other non-consensual datamining.
There also seems to be a clear link between yandex and Russian cyber-espionage.

Kevin Brennan - How has brexit affected consumers?

Martin Lewis - There are many consumer protections, that were put in place by the European Union, that need to be continued in this country or people won't be protected...

https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/1597555044257128448?t=iNslnKXYqit3-EvAKdq_Nw&s=19

OMG. Femi shows how the truth has been seeping out from the Tories themselves. A brilliant tour de force.
#ToriesOut
#ToryDamage

https://twitter.com/femi_sorry/status/1597337339772039169

Gove article from 2017 on private school VAT exemption goes viral….looks a just bit awkward for the Tories?

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/michael-gove-article-from-2017-goes-viral-after-daily-mail-accuse-starmer-of-starting-a-class-war-339586/

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Looking south towards The Cheviot and the Scotland/England border from Berrymoss just south of Selkirk this morning. A clear sky a sharp frost and -4c making for a cracking morning with mist along the river valleys.

I missed this little gem of rank Tory arrogance:
Tory Who Told Female Labour MPs To 'Shut Up' Accused Of Failing To Declare 17 Properties In Commons Clash

https://apple.news/AkEDaf0M_T9CAVX9pJdUf7A

A decade ago, this image went mega-viral on Google+. In the ensuing years, it has been adapted and reused thousands of times.

@cra1g created this instantly viral image and tells the story of its evolution here:
https://medium.com/@CRA1G/the-evolution-of-an-accidental-meme-ddc4e139e0e4
@sociology @politicalscience

Please. Read this.

Even if you think you have realised how bad things are, perhaps there will still be something that shocks you further

For me, it was the man whose benefits were stopped when he couldn’t ‘verify his identity’ on his phone because he had no credit. So he’d been left, with no food, no phone and no electricity, in the cold and dark

How has it come to this?

#UKPolitics #Poverty

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/28/citizens-advice-cost-of-living-emergency

News flash: If you outlaw abortions, criminalize providing gender affirming care for trans youth, dictate what educators can teach in schools, and stop people from voting, you're not the party of "limited government."

"I think we're seeing a tipping point around not just restitution and repatriation, but museums acknowledging their colonial history - and that's better history, I think"

A historic day for a British-based museum to return looted artefacts.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63783561

Amazing photo from #China - the people stand up to Xi, some demanding he step down. Photo of two professors from Fudan University.

Carnegie Syndrome is when Americans ignore labor abuse and low wages if a corporate titan shows up in a tux to donate money to a “cause.”

#Unions #Amazon #Bezos #LivingWage #WeRise
#filmmaking #DocumentaryFilmFestival