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THREAD: Number of people in the U.K. in #poverty:
Working-age adults: 8.4 million
Children: 4.5 million
Pensioners: 1.4 million
Total: 14.2 million people
#NewPovertyMeasure #UKPovertyMeasure
Working-age adults: 8.4 million
Children: 4.5 million
Pensioners: 1.4 million
Total: 14.2 million people
#NewPovertyMeasure #UKPovertyMeasure
Percentage (%) of people in #poverty in the U.K in 2016/17:
Children in poverty: 32.6%
Working adults in poverty: 21.5%
Pensioners in poverty: 11.4%
Total U.K. population in poverty: 22.0%
#NewPovertyMeasure #UKPovertyMeasure
Children in poverty: 32.6%
Working adults in poverty: 21.5%
Pensioners in poverty: 11.4%
Total U.K. population in poverty: 22.0%
#NewPovertyMeasure #UKPovertyMeasure
Family status of people in #poverty in the U.K. circa 2016/17:
Single parent families: 2.6 million
Couples w/ children: 5.6 million
Single, no children: 3.1 million
#NewPovertyMeasure #UKPovertyMeasure
Single parent families: 2.6 million
Couples w/ children: 5.6 million
Single, no children: 3.1 million
#NewPovertyMeasure #UKPovertyMeasure
1)I don't have too many followers but I would appreciate if you could RT.
My Great Uncle Eion passed away a fortnight ago, when sorting his things we found his #WW2 diary. From 17yo he fought across Europe and Africa. A true #British hero who gave my generation lasting #peace.
My Great Uncle Eion passed away a fortnight ago, when sorting his things we found his #WW2 diary. From 17yo he fought across Europe and Africa. A true #British hero who gave my generation lasting #peace.
2) Jan 27th was the first time he was wounded. Less than a year after joining the Para's.
By the end of April he was on the front lines at the infamous battle for Monte Cassino. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of…
By the end of April he was on the front lines at the infamous battle for Monte Cassino. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of…
3) I've been told by those who have served in different branches of the military that one of the toughest things they have to deal with is when the promise of being relieved from the front line is cancelled. It happened to my Uncle. A lot.
I suppose we can safely say that now #TheFrighteners have been so successfully and publicly put on a certain sector their combined angst will spew a diarrhoea of spin & warp whilst trying to use THAT VERY THING to generate $£Es Some with automated AdTech software already bought.
2/ Some bought by gormless companies, by mistake, some in full knowledge or partial knowledge of what it could do. It will be interesting as time goes on to see who apparently DIDN'T CARE about the likely instigation of its more negative 'dark' capabilities looking to 'side-step'
3/ or even 'wrong-foot' Irish & EU regulation standards, & possibly law. This too is a kind of #climatechange & #ClimateAction in itself, a would be mammoth untouchable iceberg of 'dominion' & 'control' being melted out into an ocean of citizens' scrutiny & advancement for change
We are delighted to announce that the first #MND clinical drug trial in Scotland, in over 20 years, has launched! 👏 MND Scotland is committing over £1.5 million into bringing MND drug trials to Scotland, with #MIROCALS being the first investment. mndscotland.org.uk/latest/news/fi…
#MIROCALS is a clinical trial currently taking place in the UK and France. It is testing a new potential therapy for #ALS, the most common form of #MND. The drug being tested is called Interleukin-2, which is already used for some types of cancer.
Now recruiting people with #MND in #Glasgow, who meet the criteria, the study will focus on types of immune cells in the blood, which are capable of influencing the speed at which #ALS progresses. Find out more about the trial here: mndscotland.org.uk/mirocals
What is happening to some parts of #America? I mean seriously…
An online conspiracy theory known as “QAnon”, which is pushing dangerous disinformation on internet messaging boards, is gripping #Trump supporters.
These people are worse than clueless.
washingtonpost.com/news/morning-m…
An online conspiracy theory known as “QAnon”, which is pushing dangerous disinformation on internet messaging boards, is gripping #Trump supporters.
These people are worse than clueless.
washingtonpost.com/news/morning-m…
#pt: Read this explainer on the @washingtonpost - it’s truly bizarre.
And people are believing this -- swallowing it hook, line & sinker.
And people are believing this -- swallowing it hook, line & sinker.
@washingtonpost #QAnon followers think there are Illuminati around the world seeking to assassinate the President & that [for example] a paraglider who died near #Trump’s golf course in #Scotland was in fact an undercover Secret Service officer “shot” with “a heart attack gun.”
No kidding.
No kidding.
Time once again for our occasional series Forgotten Pulp Genres. Today I'm looking at... sexy space pulp!
It wasn't long after man first went into orbit that people* began asking the obvious question: how do you have sex in space?
(*particularly the French)
(*particularly the French)
Well, near-earth orbit nookie is a difficult thing apparently. It's hard enough getting a Soyuz to dock with the ISS, let alone anything else...
Today in pulp I look back at the career of prolific pulp horror legend Guy N Smith. Stand by for werewolves, crabs, locusts and many other baffling beasties running amok...
To say Guy N Smith is prolific is an understatement: he has over a thousand short stories and magazine articles published, as well as writing for countryside magazines and promoting pipe smoking. Quite a busy guy...
Guy N Smith's mother was historical novelist E.M. Weale. He published his first story aged 12 and write 55 more before he turned 17. At his father's insistence he went into banking as a career, before moving into the shotgun trade.
"Our flight to Glasgow is delayed and we are waiting in Air Force One on the tarmac," according to radio pool reporter @Tara_Mckelvey. "Not sure why. We have asked the White House for an explanation."
Next week in #UK @POTUS will have dinner with @theresa_may and business leaders, according to @10DowningStreet.
During the #UK visit @POTUS will also hold talks with @theresa_may at her manor house and meet Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle, according to @10DowningStreet.
Me and JK Rowling; A Thread: I grew up not just with Harry Potter but down the road from JK Rowling, in Edinburgh. A place where it was easy to imagine the world she had created had come to life. Like most children and teens, I was obsessed with the books and couldn't wait for
each new one. Going past her house on the bus I would desperately try and peer over the fence. Reading interviews I felt inspired by her story, her clear love of Scotland and her struggles as a single mum. Like me, she seemed to be a true socialist at heart, and the books
reflected that too; they were full of stories about justice, love and kindness. I was perhaps a bit let down when I found out her kids attended private school, since Edinburgh has so many excellent state schools, mine being one of them. But she was still a hero, an inspiration.
LOOKING FOR LOST HEIRS
by Pastor Bertrand L. Comparet,A.B., J.D.
Have you ever stopped to question the intense hatred there is in the world for #white #Christians?
by Pastor Bertrand L. Comparet,A.B., J.D.
Have you ever stopped to question the intense hatred there is in the world for #white #Christians?
"The written intention of our heavenly Father #Yahweh is expressed in His prayer when we pray, Thy will be done on EARTH as it is in HEAVEN.
[Thread] A photo journey through an island in the Outer Hebrides off the coast of #Scotland, Lewis and Harris, with a small bit of #tech/#Amazon/#Netflix thrown in for good measure 🤓
Lewis and Harris is about a 3-hour ferry ride from Ullapool, which is already probably further up into Scotland than the vast majority of people will ever go. The view as you leave the Ullapool harbor is 😗
Once you get to Lewis and Harris (pop. 22,000), you've got a pretty wide open landscape in front of you.
It's excruciatingly embarrassing that our press has pumped out so much bilge about the EU that .@EUlondonrep had to have a page on its website dedicated to "A-Z of Euromyths".
As it's Friday, I've picked out my top-ten stupid stories by the British press on the EU #Thread
As it's Friday, I've picked out my top-ten stupid stories by the British press on the EU #Thread
In at N°10 in the Brit EU-#FakeNews Hit Parade: The S*n claimed the EU wanted to ban BAGPIPES. I'm sure Her Majesty the Queen would have had something to say about that, of whom more anon...
#BrexitShambles #FBPE #WATON #ABTV #BrexitIdiocy
#BrexitShambles #FBPE #WATON #ABTV #BrexitIdiocy
At N°9 in the Brit EU-#FakeNews Hit Parade: The Daily Telegraph, which is now almost as bad as red-tops for fake news when it comes to the EU, claimed the EU wanted to ban that most famous of British icons, the doubled-decker bus.
#BrexitShambles #FBPE #WATON #ABTV #BrexitIdiocy
#BrexitShambles #FBPE #WATON #ABTV #BrexitIdiocy
THREAD I've a little-known integral connection with #Glasgow so will be sharing some photos of #ArtDeco buildings from there before I reveal
1. #ArtDeco bank, Buchanan St #Glasgow that was built as a Burton store, via @LaidByMonty #Belfast has two of them😊
Dear Scotland,
Let's look at the reality...
Let's look at the reality...
What people forget is the news media's apparent hostility towards @theSNP is one of the reasons social media became a core communications channel for the party early on (2010), before other UK political parties began taking part. The approach was simple in theory, difficult to...
THREAD: On Friday, to mark the start of #IBDAwarenessWeek, the wonderful @bottomline_ibd published a series of videos highlighting advice to those newly diagnosed with #IBD (#Crohns, #UC or #INDColitis). Thought I'd try and collate them here and then unroll...
