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That'll be useful when NHS staff lose their homes because wages have fallen so far behind rent inflation. Are they getting a bench each or will they have to share?
Benches unveiled to honour front line NHS and key workers during the Covid-19 pandemic bbc.in/341Mp3S
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Trump's chairman of the Board of Governors of USPS, Mike Duncan, is a former Republican National Committee chairman who also led a super PAC for Senate Republicans.
The idea that Trump and his lackeys are consolidating power over the postal service should alarm all Americans.
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For every 4 people who voted for the Tories, 5 voted for someone else - yet the government has total power.
Its time for Proportional Representation - so Parliament reflects the people.
Join @MakeVotesMatter for a day of action to #DemandDemocracy bit.ly/mvmaction20
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Just how can this be anything but a travesty?
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A rant before I burst. For a student predicted AAB With 6A*GSCE to be reduced to a BCC is unforgivable. Teachers have told her this morning “they don’t even recognise the results in relation to her and are powerless.” 1/1
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The system is designed by and for people who drift through life on mummy and daddy’s wealth and connections. They’ve got no idea how hard it is to have to graft for every millimetre of personal development.
“I wanted to make everyone that believed in me proud… I knew I could get those grades if I actually did the exams.”
Mithushan Thiagarajah had an offer to read medicine at Cambridge and was predicted 4 A*s. Today he was downgraded and the offer has been withdrawn.
#Newsnight
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Teachers handed out implausibly high predicted grades says exam regulator - but we decided to accept them because they came from private schools.
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Migrants Are Not Your Enemy. Corrupt Politicians Are | Professor John Ashton doubledown.news/watch/2020/1…
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Senate Republicans abandoned their responsibilities and adjourned until Sept.; putting millions at risk of eviction and hunger during a health crisis while they take a vacation.
And for what, to defend their Senate Majority? What accomplishments are they even running on?
BREAKING: Senate adjourns until after Labor Day despite not reaching a deal on a new coronavirus aid package. cnbc.com
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Racist attacks on @KamalaHarris and her eligibility to run are enraging.
Conspiracy-theorist Georgia GOP candidate is horrifying.
Kanye...I can’t even.
But this is what we should be focused on. Trump is trying to suppress the vote and steal the elections by crippling the USPS.
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Why I love teaching. Well said @mrjamesob
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"If you were doing Sanskrit at Eton, you would have got your grade put up. If you were set to be the first person from a bog-standard Comprehensive to go to Oxford, you would almost certainly have seen your grade go down. They can fix this NOW."
@mrjamesob | #AlevelResults
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Remember when refugees crashed the economy, caused a decade of austerity, took billions in bonuses and dodged tax by stashing their money away in tax havens? No? Me neither.
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Just to make sure it’s not lost: The President wants to slow down mail delivery, such as prescription drugs for seniors and veterans, in order to make sure people can’t vote in November.
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Trump admits he's sabotaging the Postal Service so universal mail voting will be impossible during an election that will be conducted amid a pandemic this November
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Fraud doesn't get more obvious than this, folks.
1) Repeat lie that voting by mail is bad (even when he's done it many times)
2) Replace Postmaster General with toadie to slow down the mail & charge 1st-class rate for ballots
3) Defund the Post Office so it can't accept ballots
Trump Admits To Opposing Funding For Postal Service To Block More Voting By Mail npr.org/2020/08/13/902109991…
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Dear Trump Supporters,
Only 3 miles of wall got built; Mexico didn't pay; Hillary's not locked up; Obamacare wasn't repealed; the deficit's skyrocketed; millions are unemployed; and instead of being "great again," America is the epicenter of a global pandemic.
Y'all got played.
