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Most of the proposed measures to tackle the energy crisis treat all segments of the market equally. That is very wasteful. It means providing less for those who really need it, and giving relatively trivial sums to those don’t.
Next, the daily standing charge is an anachronism that means that the average cost per unit of energy is far higher for the less well off than the rich.
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The standing charge is a direct transfer of wealth from the poorest to the richest. It is completely unfair. It must be scrapped.
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I would also like to see a dramatic increase in the minimum wage. Calling it a ā€˜living wage’ is farcical. I can’t believe it is only Ā£9.50. gov.uk/national-minimum-wage…
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ā€˜Benefits’ for the unemployed are supposedly low to incentivise people into work. This is nonsense in itself, but when the minimum wage is so low, where is the incentive?
Questions ⁦@TulipSiddiq⁩ needs to answer: UK wing of Bangladesh’s ruling party appear to be campaigning for Labour candidate – Channel 4 News channel4.com/news/tulip-sidd…
This makes me both sad and angry. Anti-vaxxers are a lethal global epidemic. who.int/news-room/detail/05-…
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ā€œMost deaths were among children under 5 years of ageā€
Frankly, the EU right now is looking out for the people of Britain, who are fortuitously still a member of it. Thank EU
Following PM @BorisJohnson’s decision to pause the process of ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement, and in order to avoid a no-deal #Brexit, I will recommend the EU27 accept the UK request for an extension. For this I will propose a written procedure.
end of his time in Siberia, Denisovich, son of a bitch, the fact that Crime & Punishment was a psychological drama, the fact that ducks, Newburyport, is neither psychological nor drama, Bananarama, the fact that the 80s are difficult to explain in retrospect,
Whenever I read about people wanting to set up new worlds in space, I wonder how well that will go. How have we done on this planet given a head start with all the resources we could ever want? #sustainableworld
Has anyone considered making garments from discarded navel fluff? #sustainableworld