Geri

Geri , 1 day ago to random

TODAY marks the 8 year anniversary of the #Brexit Referendum

TODAY it’s almost routine for politicians to tell blatant lies in order to secure our votes.

TODAY It’s seen as normal that the wealthiest in our society get direct access to government ministers

TODAY most people barely bat an eyelid at the utter bilge that oozes from our disreputable media or the dirty tricks of big tech.

Brexit marked the beginning of this post-truth, post-fairness democracy

This is where we are TODAY

Geri , 1 day ago to random

Lord Mandelson said on today's #BBCLauraK, "They have been in power too long and they have been in power too long without an effective opposition led by Jeremy #Corbyn "

What a dirty skunk Mandelson is, and indeed, was.

Geri , 6 days ago to random

Just watched a party political broadcast featuring my MP, Laura Trott, from the Conservative Party.

The entire time was devoted to criticising the Labour Party, and throughout, she rarely looked at the camera. That made her look shifty.

#Election2024

Geri , 7 days ago to random

I am uncertain whether this will be of benefit to the poor people of #Gaza

Do reply if you know the ramifications of this change.

#Netanyahu dissolves Israel’s war cabinet after centrist members resign
https://www.ft.com/content/1be749ba-5cc6-43e6-9d02-13c573790e2e

Geri , 8 days ago to random

It's not by accident #BBCLauraK is wearing a bright red trouser suit and is in front of a picture of No 10 that has red stripes across it. Whilst her and her guests are sitting in bright red chairs

Who runs the country x x

Geri , 8 days ago to random

Sunday Telegraph is describing Labour's potential new government as a "dictatorship"

#Desperate

Geri , 10 days ago to random

"It [#Brexit] would have all worked perfectly if the EU had not implemented what we agreed " - David Frost, ex-minister for exiting the European Union.

jsim63 , 12 days ago to random

I have just created this account on mastodon.social as I am unable to reach my account on mstdn.social. Is this a general problem or is it just me? My account on mstdn.social is @junesim63

#MstdnSocial #MstdnDown #ServerDown

Edit: It's a problem with my broadband connectivity. I'm trying to resolve it with Virgin Media.

Geri , 14 days ago to random

WARNING

Since the last general election, we have had the hottest year globally on record, and the temperature in the UK has breached 40C for the first time – something meteorologists didn’t expect for decades.

The other parties should be vying with each other to spell out their plans to tackle the overlapping climate and nature crises. Instead, they have been silent

SILENT

#ClimateChange

Geri , 15 days ago to random

#BBCLauraK is featuring Farage the known racist again

Unhappy about that do complain 7,000 have

Make A Complaint | Contact the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints/make-a-complaint#/Complaint

Geri , 21 days ago to random

Way to go #Mexico

First woman President who's also a climate scientist and a lady from the left.

More of this please.

🇲🇽

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp4475gwny1o

Geri , 21 days ago to random

"Sunak’s boss at the multi-billion fund, Chris Hohn, admitted to a select committee in January 2009 that the fund had bet against British banks during the crash.

AND Sunak was a partner"

#Crook
#SharpPractice
#OurMoney
#2008FinacialCrash

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/02/pm-must-face-questions-about-hedge-fund-at-heart-of-financial-crash-says-labour

Geri , 25 days ago to random

BREAKUN.

Mark Logan TORY MP for Bolton NE has defected to Labour, urging his supporters to vote for then

#ouch

#GRTO

Geri , 28 days ago to random

Ahem ... remember this when you put your kisses down.

Geri , 29 days ago to random

Rachel Johnson.

"We need #NationalService because we have not got enough people to pick our fruit ."

There you go folks, half an hour into the #TrevorPhillips show

Geri , 1 month ago to random

My niece is staying with me. I have bought her a packet of Foxes biscuits and have explained to her how they are vegan and what veganism is. She has gone to bed. I have eaten all the biscuits.

#badauntie

Geri , 1 month ago to random

https://actionstorm.org/petitions/pr2028?ref=649799

Geri , 1 month ago to random

By the end of this year, the Conservative Party must be destroyed, utterly

Xx

Geri , 1 month ago to random

#Putin has a big moon face.

Steroids?

Geri , 1 month ago to random

I have been following #UKPolitics for more years than I care to mention but this #Rwanda scheme is, by far, one of the worst things that my government has embarked upon.

I feel great shame and intense anger.

FUCK YOU SUNAK FUCK YOU

Lady in a fetching gaberdine macintosh. She is flicking her finger up iin an 'up yours' gesture

Geri , 2 months ago to random

The day after Sunak outlined his horrific future for disabled people, Labour said the government was too soft on shoplifting..

#FFS

#ContinuityConservatives

Geri , 2 months ago to random

"Of the 850,000 people who are long-term sick, fully half say they have depression or anxiety," said Sunak in such a manner today that these were not real illnesses.
....

"It would be wrong to sit back and accept this growing trend."

Oh, fuck off

Geri , 2 months ago to random

"Work is a source of dignity," said Sunak today

It's a source of explotation !

Geri , 2 months ago to random

Please don't attack Iran - Cameron

Get fucked, Shepherd Boy - #netanyahu

Before 2023 [#Israel had breached 63 UN Resolutions]

Geri , 2 months ago to random

The government rejected two Lords' amendments yesterday.

It said the following would not be given any special treatment:

1. Victims of human trafficking

2. Those who fought in wars alongside us

Cruel, evil bastards aren't they. (rhet)

#Rwanda
#AsylumSeekers

randahl , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

After having killed 30,000 people in Gaza and wounded another 70,000 and having lost 604 Israeli troops, and having damaged 150,000 buildings, Benjamin Netanyahu now withdraws his troops from southern Gaza without having eliminated Hamas.

Benjamin Netanyahu truly is a master strategist.

Geri , 3 months ago to random

We had inflation so bad because we had NO stored gas

But #Hunt blames Putin on #BBCLauraK

Geri , 3 months ago to random

The interest on #Trump's debt of $474m is increasing by $120,000 every week

And that debt is accumulative!

Geri , 3 months ago to random

Testy moment on #BBCLauraK where Laura gets irritated with Harper

She says: 'There has been reputable reporting that he [#FrankHester] has offered another £5 million pounds to the party. I think our viewers might expect, with respect Mark Harper, that you might have found this out before coming on our programme today.

Then, she plays Sunak's inaugural speech and says he promised the highest levels of accoubtability and integrity.

Harper looks flummoxed and says "Well look ....

Geri , 3 months ago to random

#Sunak often says "Hardworking people can keep more of the money they have earned"

But ignores that what we pay for in taxation does not go to vital services, but instead finds itself in the back pockets of people like #FrankHester

and the increased money that is enjoyed in wages is nothing more than a sop to prevent us from complaining

Tell me I am wrong

#GTTO

Geri , 3 months ago to random

Because Lee Anderson has joined Reform. He has handed them their first constituency.

Imo, if you, as a sitting MP, change your party a byelection should be called.

Geri , 3 months ago to random

UN’s Palestinian aid agency ‘at breaking point’ after $450m budget shortfall | United Nations | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/25/uns-palestinian-aid-agency-at-breaking-point-after-450m-budget-shortfall

breadandcircuses , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

You’ve probably already heard the very bad — but completely expected — news that we have just completed our first 12-month span with global temperatures more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial average.

See -- https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68110310

However, according to the IPCC, this does not mean that the goal of the Paris agreement is in tatters. According to them, 1.5C will have to be exceeded over a span of 20 to 30 years (!) before they will declare the target missed.

Come on, give me a break. Do you think we’re idiots? You expect us to fall for that?

If we continue on with Business As Usual for another 20 years, the planet will heat up even more, probably over 2C if not higher.

It’s time to stop the lying. Stop covering up for capitalism. And stop drilling for more oil and more gas to burn.

#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual

Geri , 4 months ago to random

This is possibly the most serious message I have ever posted.

Between Feb 2023 and January 2024, for a whole year, the threshold of 1.5° was breached.

Climate change is an exponential change !

#climatechange

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68110310

Geri , 4 months ago to random

It's 20:00

I am sitting in a small town in South East Engjand.

It is the first week of February

My thermometer is showing 12 degrees

Something is not right xx

Geri , 4 months ago to random

Should Israel participate in this year's #Eurovision

Xx

Geri , 4 months ago to random

IMF advises the UK against further tax cuts.

Hunt says, "tax reductions can make a difference in economic growth"

So, who is right?

A long-standing, international economic, advisory body?

Or a failed marmalade salesman?

#PassTheToast xx

Geri , 5 months ago to random

I'm not a keen royalist, but Charles being open about his prostate condition may and probably will save many lives

In the last 24 hours, the prostate page on the #NHS website has seen a 1000% increase in the number of hits

Geri , 5 months ago to random

#Fujitsu boss is asked at Trade Select Committee: "Can you tell us how much you think your company should contribute to the compensation scheme,"

Blah blah blah

"Is there a moral obligation for your company to contribute,"

Blah blah

"I've just read your last set of accounts, and you have not made any provision for compensation"

NB Fujitsu made 2 4 billion pounds from their post office deal alone

NB2 The deal was made by Peter Lilley, the Tory trade secretary in 1995

#PostOfficeScandal