"Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring."
-Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid and human rights activist

#BicycleBirthday
October 7 (1931 -2021)

Keeping people in poverty is an expensive luxury.
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Absolute credit to Wes Streeting for directly contradicting the poison that comes from Nigel Farage, by welcoming and thanking people who make Britain their home to work in our health and social care systems.
Reform would send them packing and collapse the NHS.
#LabourPartyConference

Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary

A letter warns Shabana Mahmood that ‘targeting refugees will do nothing to tackle’ problems with housing and the NHS

The case against digital ID cards: imagine how a Reform government could use them | Gaby Hinsliff

Reform MP backs up Nigel Farage claims that migrants are coming for your birds.

I think tonight’s Plymouth Humanists gig is sold out , but I will also be at Newton Abbot library at 2pm (and Tavistock and Ivybridge libraries on Wednesday) Robinince.com

🌟 We’re Hiring: Harm Reduction Peer Support Lead (Torbay)🌟

This role will be responsible for recruiting, training, and supervising volunteer peers to deliver vital harm reduction interventions - including needle and syringe provision.

www.hepctrust.org.uk/job/harm-red...

Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain.

They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.

Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.

shouting this at the screen every day in these cursed times

If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.

So cool they discovered the cause of autism on basically day they guessed they would. I’m also glad they are withholding this information for a few days to prep for a WrestleMania-style announcement. This is how science works.

“Flags is it?” 🤌
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Good morning from Plymouth ☺️

No one wants choice in public services. They want the one nearest them to be good.

- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked

Translated out of Quaker, this is the sound of Arnold Schwarzenegger reloading a shotgun one-handed.

www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

The five week-wait for universal credit is a flaw that actively creates debt, instability and dependency, says Christians Against Poverty.

Introducing digital ID won't "stop the boats"

It would instead raise a whole range of human rights concerns - from mass surveillance to accessibility

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

So people who’ve fled death & torture are going to be denied the chance to live with their families- who may themselves consequently be exposed to the same dangers- and I’d suggest not a single Reform voter will vote Labour as a result while other Labour voters will abandon them in disgust

Politicians and journalists love to blame the ECHR for small boats, ignoring that the issue is relatively new and a direct result of government policy, including Brexit.
It's an unnecessary debate built on deceit that suits people's own agendas.
#r4today
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform MP says they will negotiate with the Taliban.

Are you a drug and alcohol services commissioner? Do you work in these services? Are you interested in harm reduction?

Next month, we're bringing colleagues working across health together to discuss how we can drive forward harm prevention efforts.

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Migrants didn't cut council funding. Migrants didn't cut NHS funding. Migrants didn't close youth centres. Migrants didn't sell off council houses. Migrants aren't filling our rivers with sewage.

Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants.

Don't fall for it.