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Ioan<p>Blaming Labour for Their Own Failures<br>The Tories blamed Labour for problems they had 14 years to fix. NHS inefficiencies? Tory cuts. Rising welfare spending? Their own low-wage economy. Economic collapse? Liz Truss tanked it in 44 days. <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/ToryFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFailure</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/EconomicCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicCrisis</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“Bookshop wins plaudits for creative display of new Bozo book: Someone at the book shop had the right idea”</p><p>by Skwawkbox <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@skwawkbox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>skwawkbox</span></a></span> </p><p>“The book was surrounded by the following titles:</p><p>- Surrounded by liars<br>- Surrounded by idiots<br>- The Psychology of Stupidity<br>- How They Broke Britain<br>- A Short History of the World in 50 Lies<br>- Unhinged”</p><p><a href="https://skwawkbox.org/2024/10/13/bookshop-wins-plaudits-for-creative-display-of-new-bozo-book/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">skwawkbox.org/2024/10/13/books</span><span class="invisible">hop-wins-plaudits-for-creative-display-of-new-bozo-book/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Johnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Johnson</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Book</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Unleashed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unleashed</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Unhinged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unhinged</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Liars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liars</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Idiots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idiots</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ToryFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFailure</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ToryScum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryScum</span></a></p>
SJ says Bo Lux<p>This piece deserves to be read and shared and read and shared and read and shared ad nauseam….. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ToryFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFailure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ToryIncompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryIncompetence</span></a>#ToryIncompetence <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/torylessons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torylessons</span></a></p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/nickcohen/p/kemi-badenoch-and-the-corruption?r=17jdaa&amp;utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe</span><span class="invisible">n/p/kemi-badenoch-and-the-corruption?r=17jdaa&amp;utm_medium=ios</span></a></p>
SJ says Bo Lux<p>Rather than make National Service compulsory for teenagers in order to 'socialise' them, wouldn't it make more sense to protect them from the market forces which create the problem in the first place. Or is that too anti-capitalist? <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/dogwhistling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dogwhistling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ToryFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFailure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ToryShit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryShit</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>Another <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a> is ‘absolutely inevitable’, says <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PatrickVallance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatrickVallance</span></a></p><p>Former <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChiefScientificAdviser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChiefScientificAdviser</span></a> warns ‘we are not ready yet’ and urges next government to prepare<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/25/another-pandemic-is-absolutely-inevitable-says-patrick-vallance-covid" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/may/25/another-pandemic-is-absolutely-inevitable-says-patrick-vallance-covid</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFailure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GE2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2024</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Social acceptance of food banks is a mark of Tory failure | Food banks | The Guardian<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/21/social-acceptance-of-food-banks-is-a-mark-of-tory-failure" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/may/21/social-acceptance-of-food-banks-is-a-mark-of-tory-failure</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/FoodBanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodBanks</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/ToryBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryBritain</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/ToryFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFailure</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poverty</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>'<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BorderChecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BorderChecks</span></a> will cost <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> firms £470m a year, says watchdog</p><p>‘More than three years after end of transition period, it is still not clear when full controls will be in place’'<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/20/britain-brexit-border-checks-eu-cost-uk-firms-470m-a-year-says-watchdog" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/artic</span><span class="invisible">le/2024/may/20/britain-brexit-border-checks-eu-cost-uk-firms-470m-a-year-says-watchdog</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BrexitBonus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrexitBonus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OvenReadyDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OvenReadyDeal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFailure</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>'Ministers are clawing back more than £250m from <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UnpaidCarers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnpaidCarers</span></a> over <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BenefitInfringements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenefitInfringements</span></a> that occurred largely as a result of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GovernmentFailures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentFailures</span></a>'</p><p>'...a successions of ministers have failed to fix the problem, leaving tens of thousands of unpaid carers – who&nbsp;save the UK £160bn a year&nbsp;and help prop up <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SocialCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialCare</span></a> services – in financial hardship while they repay the debt'<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/18/ministers-clawing-back-251m-carers-dwp-allowance-failures" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/may/18/ministers-clawing-back-251m-carers-dwp-allowance-failures</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFailure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryInhumanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryInhumanity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Carers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Carers</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>'No progress made on half of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> government’s <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LevellingUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LevellingUp</span></a> targets</p><p>Guardian analysis shows situation has deteriorated in three areas that <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MichaelGove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelGove</span></a> promised to improve'<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/01/government-levelling-up-targets-progress-politics-conservatives-labour" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/01/government-levelling-up-targets-progress-politics-conservatives-labour</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFailure</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a> accused of ditching manifesto pledge to remove <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GroundRents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GroundRents</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MichaelGove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelGove</span></a> is losing his battle to reform current <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/leaseholds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leaseholds</span></a>, Sunday Times reports<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/24/tories-ditching-manifesto-pledge-remove-ground-rents" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2024/</span><span class="invisible">mar/24/tories-ditching-manifesto-pledge-remove-ground-rents</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFailure</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Rwanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rwanda</span></a> trips by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> ministers and officials have already cost over £400,000</p><p>Figures reveal £413,541 spent on travel since the policy to send <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/asylum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asylum</span></a> seekers there was devised in 2022<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/22/rwanda-trips-uk-ministers-officials-cost-over-400000" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/22/rwanda-trips-uk-ministers-officials-cost-over-400000</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryWaste</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFailure</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>About 300,000 more <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> fell into <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AbsolutePoverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbsolutePoverty</span></a> at height of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CostOfLivingCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CostOfLivingCrisis</span></a></p><p>Nearly fifth of population struggled with basic needs and charities accuse government of failing poorest<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/21/poorest-uk-families-hardest-hit-cost-living-crisis-official-figures" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/2024/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/21/poorest-uk-families-hardest-hit-cost-living-crisis-official-figures</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFailure</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CrossChannelFerry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrossChannelFerry</span></a> operators will be required to pay their crew at least £9.95 an hour after <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> implemented a new <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MinimumWage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinimumWage</span></a> law aimed at preventing the exploitation of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/seafarers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seafarers</span></a>.</p><p>The move comes two years after <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PandOFerries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PandOFerries</span></a> caused outrage on both sides of the Channel by&nbsp;sacking almost 800 workers and replacing them with low-cost crew.<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/19/cross-channel-ferry-crews-must-be-paid-at-least-9-95-an-hour-under-french-law" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2024/</span><span class="invisible">mar/19/cross-channel-ferry-crews-must-be-paid-at-least-9-95-an-hour-under-french-law</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFailure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryInaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryInaction</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>'<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> put <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FreeTradeDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeTradeDeal</span></a> talks on ice until later this year </p><p>The UK government ended the latest round of talks on Friday night after two weeks of intensive negotiations with Indian officials failed to bear fruit.'<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/15/uk-and-india-put-free-trade-deal-talks-on-ice-until-later-this-year" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2024/</span><span class="invisible">mar/15/uk-and-india-put-free-trade-deal-talks-on-ice-until-later-this-year</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFailure</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Rail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/transport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transport</span></a></p><p>Government failing targets to fix <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RailwaySystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RailwaySystem</span></a>, watchdog reports</p><p>All ‘high level benefit’ targets missed and only three-quarters forecasted to be achieved by 2024/25, according to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NAO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAO</span></a><br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/08/government-failing-targets-to-fix-uk-railway-system-watchdog-reports" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/08/government-failing-targets-to-fix-uk-railway-system-watchdog-reports</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFailure</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/VAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VAT</span></a> threshold for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> businesses limited by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> rules, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Hunt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hunt</span></a> admits privately</p><p>Exclusive:&nbsp;Chancellor disappointed some Conservatives with only limited rise in threshold, but said he was restricted by Northern Ireland protocol<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/07/vat-threshold-for-uk-businesses-limited-by-eu-rules-hunt-admits-privately" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/07/vat-threshold-for-uk-businesses-limited-by-eu-rules-hunt-admits-privately</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFailure</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://yt.cdaut.de/watch?v=AXN2nLxRKwE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">yt.cdaut.de/watch?v=AXN2nLxRKw</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/NovaraMediaNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NovaraMediaNews</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/NovaraLIVE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NovaraLIVE</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Tory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tory</span></a> Budgets can't Hide <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ToryFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFailure</span></a> <br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ToryScum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryScum</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>‘Heartbreaking’: the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/nursery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nursery</span></a> forced to close over <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Hunt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hunt</span></a>’s free <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChildcarePolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChildcarePolicy</span></a></p><p>Critics say the surprise policy in last spring <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a>’s was ill-thought-out, prompting higher prices and fewer nurseries<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/mar/04/heartbreaking-the-nursery-forced-to-close-over-hunts-free-childcare-policy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/money/2024/mar</span><span class="invisible">/04/heartbreaking-the-nursery-forced-to-close-over-hunts-free-childcare-policy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFailure</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>Fewer than 20% of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LevellingUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LevellingUp</span></a> projects completed in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a>, figures show</p><p>Exclusive: Plans either shelved or stalled despite being part of flagship <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Policy</span></a> promise at last election<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/03/fewer-than-20-levelling-up-projects-completed-england-figures" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2024/</span><span class="invisible">mar/03/fewer-than-20-levelling-up-projects-completed-england-figures</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFailure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryLies</span></a></p>
Widdershins Smith 🐘<p>This is sinister AF</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GTTO2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GTTO2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GTTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GTTO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ToryCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryCorruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ToryFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFailure</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68451333" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-684</span><span class="invisible">51333</span></a></p>