News from the opposition

Jen, how can you criticise a regime on one hand and take money from it in another?
The Guardian has defended its decision to run adverts supporting Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. To me, it seems they're happy to give him publicity to make him look good providing he pays them for it. The poor algos they use for their adverts just highlights their hypocrisy.

Seems to me that both the Guardian and the UK govt have the same problem.

Are local council elections usually covered by the MSM?

They usually get a mention on the News. I haven't even seen that. Perhaps this sort of thing waits for the Sundays now.

Good to know you are more concerned about the Guardian than what Saudi is doing in Yemen, and how we are complicit in it.
Why do you think Saudi needs 48 more Typhoon jets from the UK?

www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/08/why-saudi-arabia-in-yemen-what-does-it-mean-for-britain

If Labour had lost more seats in the local elections they would definitely have been covered on GN.

www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/lord-kerr-eu-nationals-1-5424409

This is why many EU nationals are going home.

What's the Guardian playing at? They've been running huge print ads and online ads for the Saudi's recently, haven't they? Why are they accepting Saudi money and promoting the regime? Nothing about the local elections on their main politics page either.
I do agree the MSM is pretty hypocritical though.

Are local council elections usually covered by the MSM?
Perhaps that's why?

I saw your link to the local elections Jen. There has been very little about them at all in the MSM. I wonder why?

It sounds like a back-hander for the deal Jen. Sadly, I am beginning to think nothing they do will surprise me.

This is absolutely disgusting.
How dare May give our aid money to Saudi Arabia?

www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/mar/09/national-disgrace-fury-over-100m-aid-deal-between-uk-and-saudi-arabia

They have enough money to buy 48 Typhoon jets. They don't need aid if they can do that.
What is May playing at?

Has anyone living in London spotted these?

www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/yemen-children-conflict-saudi-arabia-crown-prince/

twitter.com/DerbyChrisW/status/971283809315577856

The opposition talking about housing.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/life-expectancy-poorest-girls-women-england-ons-a8235471.html

Not a record for the government to be proud of.

www.ctrlshiftsummit.org.uk/

Might be worthwhile watching this this month.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-minister-branded-insensitive-after-12105609

MPs in line for a pay rise; self-employed in line for a cut of £3000.
Perhaps MPs should have their pay cut by £3000 to incentivise them?

By the way, MPs will only have to pay 2% NI on £30,000 of their pay.

Happy Birthday to Lib Dem’s

30 years old today??

2nd attempt?

"To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of people under the age of 25 who are in full time work and are not in receipt of the National Living Wage."
Written question from a Labour MP.
Response from Tory undersecretary in the department of business.

"The National Living Wage is applicable to those aged 25 and over."

I feel sorry for his constituents if he can't even answer a simple question like that. What chance have they got?

Here is how we should protect our NHS

www.libdems.org.uk/health

www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/fuel-poverty-uk-3000-deaths-report/

weownit.org.uk/privatisation

and why we don't want it.

weownit.org.uk/blog/east-coast-campaign-update-what-next

So is this.

Good news indeed

www.thecanary.co/trending/2018/02/27/nhs-finally-catches-break-high-court-ruling-raises-middle-finger-richard-branson/

Some good news for the NHS.

www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/28/satisfaction-with-gps-at-lowest-level-for-30-years-survey-finds

And now GPs are being paid to stop people going to hospital.
That's going to reduce satisfaction even more.

www.24housing.co.uk/news/app-shows-record-number-of-rough-sleepers/

Something else that needs to be looked at with urgency.

I do think he needs to keep holding the government to account on domestic issues Jen. They tend to get swept away by all the Brexit nonsense.