Thread 20 Starmer - Spring Statement

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Happy Mothers’ Day, the sun’s out here and it’s a beautiful day.

Ooh @cardibach I didn't know about Strike! Will pay a visit to it in the week, will be right up DH's street.

Lovely day here, weather is set to be good all week, hopefully.

@PandoraSox it was interesting - not earth shattering as I did know pretty much all of what it said but I’d forgotten some. It made me cross all over again so be prepared for that! It’s pay what you can from £3 upwards and you can book a slot online, which keeps the numbers sensible. Good soundtrack in there!

It's little Tennyson's birthday. He will be having cottage cheese. He's exceedingly partial to cottage cheese.

Happy Brithday little Tennyson 😻

Happy birthday Tennyson! 🍰 🎂

Happy Birthday Tennyson 🎂🎉

Happy Birthday Tennyson🐈‍⬛

Happy birthday to Tennyson. She’s fobbing you off with cottage cheese, I’m sending you a 🦞

Happy Birthday Tennyson. 😻

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8eprd9n5plo

Women in England will be able to get the morning-after pill for free from pharmacies from later this year, the government has said.

Emergency contraception is already free of charge from most GPs and sexual health clinics, but ministers say getting it over the counter is more of a "postcode lottery".

Some women have to pay as much as £30.

I thought that was already the case ?

If not, then what the fuck were the Tories up to for 14 years ?

Ah well you see it's all because everyone didn't back the Rwanda plan...

Me thinks the Tories were quite fond of cheap labour

From the full article

Under the current rules, companies must carry out right-to-work checks on employees, but they do not have to do so when using self-employed contractors.

Happy birthday Tennyson! But no cake? You are a cruel mother @ilovesooty

What a convenient loop hole

That is an excellent move but I hope the extra funding that pharmacies will need to meet this is forthcoming. They're struggling enough already.

SIL lives in Cardiff @cardibach so sounds like a good trip next time we visit her.

I'll go and get a Victoria sponge later and let him have a tiny bit. He's extremely partial to Victoria sponge. 💙

There’s a really interesting article in today’s Observer about US tariffs, and their impact on world trade, right back from the days of Abraham Lincoln.

He has a lot in common with DS2, then 😂

That is so egregious you could see it from space. Clearly a planned "loophole" to kneecap the entire intention of the law.

Fucking Tories.

Tried to find a link, but I couldn’t, for some reason.

I’m not wealthy at all, but have savings in a couple of ISAs for a rainy day i.e., unexpected illness. Rather than have the interest taxed I’ll buy a slightly better property and if/when that rainy day arrives I’ll be reliant on the benefits system. I’m not investing it in stocks and shares.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/30/mps-to-vote-on-disability-benefit-cuts-without-knowing-full-impact

We've seen this sort of nonsense pulled a lot over the last 5 years. Ridiculous to vote on something without having all the information necessary to evaluate it.
If its a decent policy they will be able to back it up.