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Mx Verda @MxVerda@lgbtqia.space
· 2mo ago
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Hmm, just thought, "How convenient that COVID-19 [sic: formatting] is why 'we are experiencing high demand', while also justifying no health restrictions anywhere because 'the pandemic is over' [sic]." #UnitedKingdom #UK #UK_politics #UK111 #NHS #SaveOurNHS #covid #covid19 #SARS2 #SarsCoV2 #SARS_CoV2 #Infection #InfectionPrevention #InfectionControl #Public #PublicHealth #PublicHealthPolicy #efficiency #ResourceEfficiency #Savings #budget #spending #Austerity #BudgetCuts
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Steve Woods @wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
· 2mo ago
#ReformUK = cruelty personfied. "A café owner who served up free meals to hungry children after food vouchers were removed has been told he will be reported to police by a Reform council leader. Barry Ashley, who runs the Grumpy Cook in Hastings, stepped up after East Sussex County Council decided not to issue school holiday meal vouchers to struggling families over the summer. He has criticised the move, which he branded “shameless”, accusing the council of turning its back of children in poverty." #UK_politicshttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/reform-uk-meal-vouchers-police-37494875
Reform council chief threatens to report café boss who fed kids for free to cops
Daily Mirror

Reform council chief threatens to report café boss who fed kids for free to cops

EXCLUSIVE: Barry Ashley, who runs the Grumpy Cook café in Hastings, and Labour MP Helena Dollimore have been told by East Sussex County Council chief Andy Woolley that he plans to contact police after they named him in criticism when school holiday meal vouchers were stopped

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Steve Woods @wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
Grauniad editorial. "The first-past-the-post model used to elect local authorities in England is ill-suited to multiparty politics. It was already flawed in the era when political competition was defined by the rivalry between Labour and the Conservatives. Smaller parties were locked out. Too many voters felt their ballots counted for nothing in safe seats. But there is an additional perversity when four or five parties have poll ratings somewhere between the high teens and high twenties. The threshold for victory drops. The winning candidate might have been opposed by a clear majority. The average winner’s vote share in last year’s local elections was 40.7% – the lowest on record. About 75 candidates were elected on vote shares lower than 30%." #Elections2026 #UK_Politicshttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/06/the-guardian-view-on-britains-multiparty-politics-the-westminster-voting-system-needs-to-catch-up
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Steve Woods @wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
"It was quite an eye-opener peering into the misinformation that surrounds these bubbles, with Reformers fuming over a Sikh kebab owner arrested for refusing to sell Halal meat (he wasn’t), championing the Japanese government for banning Islam (they didn’t), and seething over bizarre AI-generated images of a taxpayer-funded water park in Croydon (there isn’t one)." #ReformUK #UK_politics #Elections2026https://bylinetimes.com/2026/05/01/i-set-up-a-fake-far-right-news-channel-to-interview-reform-uk-candidates-and-this-is-what-they-told-me/
'I Set Up a Fake Far-Right News Channel to Interview Reform UK Candidates and This Is What They Told Me'
Byline Times

'I Set Up a Fake Far-Right News Channel to Interview Reform UK Candidates and This Is What They Told Me'

The Reform hopefuls were quick to condemn scandals supposedly overseen by Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat councils, without realising they were actually condemning the actions of their own party

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Steve Woods @wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
No doubt #ReformUK's 'patriotic' history lessons will teach that the British Empire was a glorious force for good in the world rather than the centuries-long series of crimes against humanity it actually was. #UK_Politics #Elections2026https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/reform-uk-union-flag-school-policies-b2963196.html
Reform UK unveils plans for union flags and ‘patriotic’ history lessons in schools
The Independent

Reform UK unveils plans for union flags and ‘patriotic’ history lessons in schools

The party has announced a string of education policies ahead of St George’s Day

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Steve Woods @wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
· 5mo ago
History does not happen in nice, neat chronological sequences. It's also subject to two other major factors: 1) new evidence of what happened being discovered; and 2) interpretation. Politics doesn't come with much more ignorance than it does from the #Farage 🐸 #Fascist Fan Club. #Senedd #Elections2026 #UK_Politicshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqww40gv19o
Reform to tell Welsh museums how to present history, manifesto says
BBC News

Reform to tell Welsh museums how to present history, manifesto says

Election pledges say Reform would ask museums to present history chronologically.

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