Also in the news: our democracy is under threat – from incompetent Tory fools
Here’s some of the news that other people have seen fit to print in the last 24 hours or so.
Exclusive: Labour NEC members not informed which company has breached data – despite potential liability https://t.co/bskhmuaN92
— The SKWAWKBOX (@skwawkbox) November 6, 2021
It's an open goal for Labour to ban MPs from taking second jobs, with public service exceptions like nursing.
So why aren't Labour arguing for it anymore?https://t.co/cvyo5IVSrY
— Owen Jones (@OwenJones84) November 6, 2021
(Does Keir Starmer have a second job, perhaps?)
Border Force won’t turn back asylum seekers and migrants crossing the Channel because of the risk of causing someone’s death from drowning https://t.co/8KUPl9lEkR
— Paul Lewis (@paullewismoney) November 6, 2021
https://twitter.com/GoodLawProject/status/1456897914308075520
We bought – at five times the normal price – so much PPE, including from our VIP mates, that it costs £1m a day to store it. What a grotesque waste of public money. https://t.co/K9tnIwds1y
— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) November 6, 2021
Conservative MP Owen Paterson may have now resigned, but Government’s behaviour in the past week has been truly appalling. Our democracy is under threat. https://t.co/pXTf3WZI7I
— Good Law Project (@GoodLawProject) November 7, 2021
Sajid Javid is planning to slash the take home pay of 800,000 health workers next year by raising their pension contributionshttps://t.co/ZfzWeYKWAP
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) November 7, 2021
Labour calls on Jacob Rees-Mogg to resign over lobbying row
Ha!
Rees Mogg and Andrea Leadsom.
"Arsenic and Old Lace "
springs to mind ! https://t.co/rjtNXfNhZI— Clare Hepworth OBE (@Hepworthclare) November 7, 2021
PM will become a ‘former occupant of No 10’ over Paterson row, Tory MP says https://t.co/YIriCnbKBD
— Clare Hepworth OBE (@Hepworthclare) November 7, 2021
This is how they see our Prime Minister in Finland https://t.co/Q9QMnNT58g pic.twitter.com/ZnVRVmsq1q
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) November 7, 2021
.@davmidd highlights the crucial importance of stepping up grassroots demands for action to prevent potential climate catastrophe in this article for @CreatingSociali
https://t.co/1iBlbrOUxy— Chris Williamson (@DerbyChrisW) November 7, 2021
Which country's secret service spied on prominent press and broadcast journalists in an attempt to discredit them? Read @jmcevoy_2's article in @TheCanaryUK for the answer.
https://t.co/3tqgvkIqOu— Chris Williamson (@DerbyChrisW) November 7, 2021
UK’s Brexit losses more than 178 times bigger than trade deal gains https://t.co/2u64XLABCZ
— The Independent (@Independent) November 7, 2021
Care homes on brink as fears grow compulsory jabs will leave 170,000 jobs vacant https://t.co/MUXtD2hGnr pic.twitter.com/dayouZ2vJS
— Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) November 7, 2021
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