Retired and enjoying a slower pace of life. Interested in education, politics and books - more books.
Wales, United Kingdom
Joined February 2009
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Going on one of your Caribbean cruises @TUIUK . Booking is open for excursions and speciality dining. When will bookings be available for The Lock-in or Heist? I’ve tried to find on line . Thanks
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Oh @bbclaurak the hypocrisy of saying of Conservatives child care offer - paying for childcare for children people CHOSE to have! Add that thought to the two child benefit cap!
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I’m not an economist but… state pension is too expensive and youth unemployment is up. How much would it cost to flip it? Allow people to retire earlier (instead of raising it), free the jobs for younger more productive people.
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Bernadette Thomas retweeted
Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline has been damaged by drone attacks. The strait of Hormuz is restricted, Houthi bandits threaten shipping routes into the Red Sea. Another oil shock is coming.
Yet our Prime Minister and his Cabinet are behaving like a flock of ostriches, heads buried so deep in the sand they could strike oil themselves.
The answer is simple: DRILL OUR OWN OIL AND GAS IN THE NORTH SEA.
Bernadette Thomas retweeted
Andy Burnham’s father has died, and he’s taking two days away from public engagements.
Whatever you think of Andy Burnham politically, there really doesn’t need to be an angle to this.
No cynical digs. No political point-scoring. And no need to turn a family bereavement into another argument about whether he should be Prime Minister.
His father died. He’s taking a couple of days off.
Condolences to Andy Burnham and his family, and to anyone else today dealing with the loss of a parent.
Sometimes that really is all that needs saying.
Bernadette Thomas retweeted
If you don't vote Labour and are a member of a Trade Union, opt out of the political levy.
Submit an 'opt opt' notice by email to your union.
Everyone is legally entitled to do so.
Stop funding this Labour government and it's destruction of our country.
Bernadette Thomas retweeted
Will people who want to end the pension triple lock read the Government Actuary Reports on the National Insurance fund which pays for it? At current high rates of National Insurance Contributions the fund is in big surplus. There are many bigger and easier spending cuts.
Bernadette Thomas retweeted
Please sign if you don’t want women to lose their words.
A new petition in the UK which would “Require Government departments, NHS, education and publicly funded bodies to use the words women, girls, mothers and pregnant women as the primary and default wording in policies, guidance and public messages. These words must not be replaced, removed, diluted or overshadowed by alternative wording.
“We believe clear, sex-specific language is essential to safeguarding and safe healthcare for women, men and children, ensuring that biological differences, risks and needs are properly recognised and understood.”
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
Bernadette Thomas retweeted
Nobody who knows anything about energy has ever claimed more North Sea drilling would lower bills. But it would:
Improve security of supply (esp of gas, all of which lands on UK shores).
Help balance of payments
Add to government revenues
Create/preserve well-paid skilled jobs
Reduce UK carbon footprint since, eg, gas brought onshore from North Sea generates 3 times fewer emissions than LNG
Given even E Miliband admits we’ll be using oil and gas for the foreseeable future, why not develop a bit more of it ourselves rather than importing more and more of both.
Excellent piece. I think most people now accept that more drilling will do nothing to lower bills, next to nothing on energy security and won't stop the long term contraction of jobs and production in the North Sea. Why we must transition to renewables. heraldscotland.com/news/2648…
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Mr Burnham criticises selling UK utilities to foreign states and companies. I agree. I helped Margaret Thatcher put in Golden shares to prevent this. It was the Labour government after 1997 that wrongly cancelled these protections to please the EU.
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Andy Burn'em blaming Mrs Thatcher for de-nationalising companies in energy, water, oil etc which resulted in foreign ownership is completely disingenuous, and frankly dishonest or just plain ignorant.
What Burn'em WON'T tell you is that Mrs Thatcher ensured that her government retained what were known as 'Golden Shares' in these companies.
These allowed the government to stop foreign takeovers and to have a big say in how they operated.
Guess what though?🤔
The EU objected to these Golden Shares through their 'Free Movement of Capital' clause - Article 63 TFEU.
So John Major started to sell them off accordingly BUT the vast majority were sold off by TONY BLAIR and LABOUR.
So the finger for lack of government control in this area needs to be pointed at Tony Blair and Labour, NOT Margaret Thatcher.
So I am calling out Andy Burn'em as a liar.
If National Insurance is nothing to do with my state pension why does my @HMRCgovuk app tell me that I have paid enough each year for a full pension? @_Government_UK
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Leavers ball already! Time goes too quickly! He couldn’t have gone to a better school. They have taught him, cared for him, included him in everything and given him a very happy primary school life. I can’t thank them all enough. @FforddDyffryn @ConwyCBC
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Bernadette Thomas retweeted
Someone on benefits can receive £25,000 a year - more than what two million people earn on the minimum wage after tax. If Labour wants to put country’s finances back on track they should start by fixing this
Bernadette Thomas retweeted
Secretary of State for Housing @SteveReedMP claims the public “DOES NOT” want a General Election.
Let’s test that right now.
Do you want a General Election?
(Please share for wider audience)
98%YES
2%NO
12,800 votes • Final results Bernadette Thomas retweeted
Man who did not stand on the manifesto that is now in place, will not be voted for by anyone as PM, lays out a new plan that not a single person in this country has had opportunity to view and vote on.
Democracy is a farce.
Changing who governs Britain isn’t enough.
We need to change how Britain is governed.
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/a…
Bernadette Thomas retweeted
Absolutely… let’s buy British where & whenever we can. Support our farmers & all the uk food chain.
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Same-sex marriage was legalised in England in 2014.
Had you told me then that I would return to gay activism in the 2020s to stop the government & Stonewall trying to castrate kids who otherwise grow up gay..
I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT YOU WERE MAD!
Yet. Here. We. Are.
#StopTheTrial
