@narindertweets Are you suggesting it would be better if more white women and white babies were more likely to die?
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Charlie kinsmith
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Charlie kinsmith
@Alan_Turings
Manc/Irish/British/European. Rugby, Football and Gaelic football.
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Black and south Asian women more likely to die in child birth & brown and black babies more likely to be still born in Britain 2026.
How is this even a thing?
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The median is actually £33,980. Which is extremely low. You ain't buying a house on that salary or starting a family. You'd be lucky to even rent on that salary in London where a huge proportion of Civil Servant are based. Also, include student loan which is 9% of your income after the threshold.
Minimum wage is forecasted to hit 30k in 2029, and the student threshold and tax bands are being frozen.
Civil Service is an awful place to work unless you joined decades ago and have a great pension..
I was paid 35k after 4 years, and having a degree. I left and instantly went from 35k to 55k in private sector for significantly less work.
Now, I earn significantly more as a consultant in my old team lol.
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@Alan_Turings @ajwillshire Not true. Median salary for civil servants is around £35k. Even the lower paying depts like MoJ and DWP the average salary is £30k. Civil service pay has flatlined for a while, and the minimum wage has risen far too much, but they're not badly paid, especially outside London.
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And today in "pay peanuts, get monkeys", we have this entry from HM Treasury.
Seriously, paying someone three-four times this salary would be massively worthwhile in order to get the right person. Why can't our government understand this? Is it because the classicists would have their noses put out of joint?
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@floboflo You know when the SNP win the most seats, Starmer will grant them another independence referendum?
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Kemi Badenoch didn’t even turn up for PMQs today because she knew Starmer would show her up.
Our war hero is getting 5 more years and she can’t handle it!
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@R_J_Shaw In response to Nazi Germany and Japan "they'll be taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget"
Winston Churchill 1942, US Congress Speech.
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Let me be very clear about this…
I would not treat an attack on the Falklands in the same way Margaret Thatcher did…
I would treat it in the same way Donald Trump would treat an attack on Mar-a-logo…
If Argentina were to ever attack the Falklands, we should meet them with FIRE AND FURY the likes of which they have never seen!
I wouldn’t stop until EVERY piece of military hardware they possess, both around the Falklands and in ARGENTINA ITSELF was little more than a twisted pile of scrap metal!
The Falklands are as British as the Isle of White. We should NEVER tolerate an attack on Britain.
British Intel@TheBritishIntel
🚨 CHILE SIDES WITH ARGENTINA ON THE FALKLANDS Chile has officially declared its support for Argentina’s claim over the Falkland Islands. This came in a joint statement after a meeting between the two countries’ leaders. The Falklands are British territory - defended with British blood in 1982. Now more countries are openly testing us because they sense weakness in London. Britain must make it crystal clear: The Falklands are ours and will remain ours forever.
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@defossardf @ajwillshire The average civil servant is paid barley above minimum/living wage.
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@ajwillshire This is in no way a defence of the civil service, but "head of" jobs are not that senior. There is a huge amount of title inflation. Certain civil service salaries should definitely increase, but job titles do not correspond well to the private sector.
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@mehdirhasan Surely you mean 7 party system? Plaid and SNP will win more seats then the Green!
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How the hell can anyone justify first past the post in the UK when it’s clearly now a five party system?
Stefan Boscia@Stefan_Boscia
NEW: Weekly YouGov voting intention poll for The Times/Sky News Labour drops to 16 per cent, while Restore Britain and Your Party are included by YouGov for the first time RFM 24% (+1) CON 19% (=) LAB 16% (-2) GRN 16% (-3) LDEM 13% (+1)
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@campbellclaret Have you apologised on behalf of your friends Peter Mandelson and Tony Blair?
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Did your friend Vance apologise for whacking up the price of oil with their war of choice?
Orbán Viktor@PM_ViktorOrban
📈 An energy crisis in Europe is, by all calculations, unavoidable. The Brusselians are once again demanding that we phase out protected fuel prices. Thus, any Hungarian who votes for pro-Brussels political forces on April 12th is voting for higher fuel prices. No matter what Brussels says, we will stand by protected fuel prices. We will stand by our families, businesses, and farmers. Undoubtedly, Fidesz is the safe choice! 🇭🇺
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@ProfHall1955 You're getting senile and rude in your old age. You know its an expression, as you have used it previously [below]. Get rekt you boomer.
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@Alan_Turings Currency-issuing states can't go 'bankrupt'. Name a year the UK has been 'bankrupt' since 1694. Idiot.
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Idiot wants to cut 25% of pensions, which would shave over £35 billion off aggregate demand. Pensioners, even richer ones, spend a lot of their money in local economies - shops, cafes, galleries, travel etc. That would be more small/medium busineses struggling or closing down.
Albie@albieamankona
For every £1 boomers pay in tax, they will receive £1.20 in benefits. The state pension should be scrapped. No ifs, no buts, scrapped.
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@RationeSolum @BenKentish I am, I already said this. I am going to Australia which is more British !
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Pathetic response to the student loan repayment crisis. 6% interest is more than most people will be paying on their mortgages, car finance or bank loans. The government rip-off of young people continues.
Sky News@SkyNews
BREAKING: Interest rates on plan 2 and 3 student loans will be capped at a maximum of 6% from 1 September, the government has said trib.al/x5bNEMa
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@DuxVul @BladeoftheS Actually it was closer to 20% before Tony Blair came to power. Also, when Thatcher destroyed what was left of Industrial Britain and transitioned Britain towards a service-based economy... you kinda need a highly skilled and educated workforce.
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@BladeoftheS So only 10% of people should go to Uni
That was how it was before Tony Blair told kids to go and do fanny studies
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An average graduate finishes University with nearly £50,000 in debt.
To pay back just the interest on 6% they would have to start on £58,000 a year.
Just 10% of people earn this.
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@campbellclaret I don't recall Labour banning singers who supported IRA and the killing of British people., like Wolfe Tones...
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Broadly agree re the singing guy. But the hypocrisy of this - yesterday you wanted to ban anyone from countries which didn’t much like colonialism!
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 WATCH: Nigel Farage says the Government shouldn't ban Kanye West from coming to the UK "If we start banning people from entering the country because we don't like what they say, I worry where that ends up... it's a dangerous path to go down"
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@RationeSolum @Fat_Jacques @BenKentish Thats not true, I am a high earner, I.e paying 40% tax and I am not paying the interest off. You're demonstrating that you don't understand the plan 2 system lol.
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@FrankBefield @Heccles94 No, the majority of my council tax goes towards adult social care.
In addition, my general taxation, the majority goes on pensioners and NHS spending which is overwhelmingly used by the elderly.
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@Alan_Turings @Heccles94 I doubt that because 25% of your council tax goes towards pensions so that would leave 5% for everything else.
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Most graduates aren’t on 100k a year.
Nurses graduate with 50-60k debt and are on 30k a year.
Abolish tuition fees.
Luke Charters MP@lukejcr
I’m an MP with a Plan 2 student loan myself, so I know exactly how millions feel about interest rates. Capping them at 6% is a clear signal: Labour is on the side of hardworking graduates and is tackling the cost of living head-on. 💪
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@FrankBefield @Heccles94 That's not true. 70% of my council tax goes towards social care. The vast majority my taxes goes to NHS spending, which is meantly spent on old age care or pensions
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@RationeSolum @Fat_Jacques @BenKentish Not true, you wil repay the actual loan but not the added interest. So its not progressive. The richer you're, the less you borrowed, thus the less you pay back.
Its not a loan its a graduate tax.
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@Alan_Turings @Fat_Jacques @BenKentish That makes it progressive, you pay it all off if you’re a high earner, it gets wiped if you don’t hit your earning potential…
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@Alan_Turings @BenKentish Because you’re choosing not to pay more of it off…
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@Turnditch_Man @RationeSolum @BenKentish Its not a loan despite it wrongfully called a loan you sausage
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@SkyNews This exactly shows the government hates its own young people
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BREAKING: Interest rates on plan 2 and 3 student loans will be capped at a maximum of 6% from 1 September, the government has said
trib.al/x5bNEMa
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