BritMonkey's Video Is a Dump!!!!!!!!!!!!
269Someone made a bad video before the UK election so I guess we're doing response videos now.
The offending video in case you want to check it out don't be weird in the comments: • BRITAIN IS A DUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sources, interesting things to read and recommendations:
Alistair Darling: we will cut deeper than Margaret Thatcher - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/mar/25/alistair-darling-cut-deeper-margaret-thatcher
How wages fell in the UK while the economy grew - https://www.ft.com/content/83e7e87e-fe64-11e6-96f8-3700c5664d30
Mohamed: “Migrant workers in Qatar should not be exploited and abused like I was” - https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2023/12/migrant-workers-in-qatar-should-not-be-exploited-and-abused-like-i-was/
How North Sea Oil Shaped Britain’s Economy - https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/12/how-north-sea-oil-shaped-britains-economy
Frank Adlington-Stringer's blog on Solar Farms - https://frankadlington.wixsite.com/franksblog/post/why-should-solar-farms-not-be-the-future-of-derbyshire-s-energy
Archived link of the Green Party energy policy - https://web.archive.org/web/20231202182532/https://greenparty.org.uk/assets/images/newsletter/GP Renewable Energy Policy for Invitees of Renewable Dinner Dialogue.pdf
Green Party objects to solar farm near Reigate - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-28856657
Even the Green Party oppose Cleve Hill Solar Farm - https://savegraveneymarshes.org/2018/03/even-the-green-party-oppose-cleve-hill-solar-farm/
Kent Wildlife Trust Page - https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/campaigns/planning-and-development/cleve-hill-solar-park
Green Party opposes council’s solar farm - https://theenergyst.com/green-party-opposes-councils-solar-farm/
Archived Hastings Country Park Page - https://web.archive.org/web/20240630233620/https://www.hastings.gov.uk/countryside-nature/naturereserves/naturereserves-hastings/hcp/
NHS workforce: Record numbers of doctors and nurses in NHS - https://healthmedia.blog.gov.uk/2023/04/27/nhs-workforce-record-numbers-of-doctors-and-nurses-in-nhs/
BMA Health Funding Data Analysis - https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/nhs-delivery-and-workforce/funding/health-funding-data-analysis
UK health system comes out on top in new report - https://www.england.nhs.uk/2017/07/uk-health-system-comes-out-on-top-in-new-report/
NHS hospital trusts paying hundreds of millions in interest to private firms - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/25/nhs-hospital-trusts-paying-hundreds-of-millions-in-interest-to-private-firms
National Audit Office Report "Managing PFI assets and services as contracts end" - https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Managing-PFI-assets-and-services-as-contracts-end.pdf
UK losing five nightclubs per week as industry demands “immediate intervention” - https://www.nme.com/news/music/uk-losing-five-nightclubs-per-week-as-industry-demands-immediate-intervention-3756982
Public libraries in 'crisis' as councils cut services - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9lexplel5o
Videos I mention:
Owen Jones' video • Government LYING THROUGH ITS TEETH - ...
• Unmasking The Real Keir Starmer
• Is It Time To Give The Green Party A ...
• The Conservative Party is Finished an...
Timestamps:
00:00 - Britain is a Dump
04:42 - What Really Caused Austerity?
17:14 - Do The Greens Really Oppose Renewable Energy?
27:14 - The Part Where I Have to Explain PFI
39:32 - These Days If You Have Pints With The Lads They Arrest You And Throw You In Jail
47:02 - An Earnest Message for BritMonkey