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Sapphire & Steel have been reassigned!
Big Finish’s acclaimed audio dramas based on the ITV Studios sci-fi/fantasy series Sapphire & Steel are now available to buy as downloads for the first time.
All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension. Transuranic, heavy elements may not be used where there is life. Medium atomic weights are available: Gold, Lead, Copper, Jet, Diamond, Radium, Sapphire, Silver and Steel.
Sapphire and Steel have been assigned.
Sapphire & Steel, created by P. J. Hammond, was originally broadcast between 1979 and 1982. It starred Joanna Lumley and David McCallum as a pair of “interdimensional operatives” tasked with protecting the flow of time. Each story would see them take human form as they showed up in a new location, to investigate a dangerous anomaly.
Between May 2005 and August 2008, Big Finish released 15 full-cast audio dramas based on the TV series. The late David Warner took on McCallum’s part to play the stubborn Steel, whilst Susannah Harker slipped into Lumley’s role as Sapphire.
For three of the audio stories, original TV guest star David Collings returned to recreate his performance as Silver. Other notable guest stars in the range included Mark Gatiss, Colin Baker, Sarah Douglas, Richard Franklin, Angela Bruce, Arthur Bostrom and Louise Jameson.
The audio series was only ever released on CD and has been unavailable for more than a decade.
Now, in association with ITV Studios, all three series have been re-released as downloads, giving fans the chance to relisten or indeed discover the adventures for the first time.
Each series comes packaged with a brand-new 30-minute behind-the-scenes featurette, offering an insight into the production of these beloved adventures.
All three series are available to buy at an exclusive early-bird price for the first month; Series One (comprising five stories) is available for just £19.99, Series Two (comprising six stories) is just £24.99, and Series Three (four stories) is £19.99.
Big Finish chairman Jason Haigh-Ellery said: “We are delighted to have reached an agreement with ITV Studios to bring back our Sapphire & Steel releases as downloads. We have received regular requests over the years for it to be made available again, so we’re pleased that a whole new generation of listeners will be able to hear the late, great David Warner as Steel and Susannah Harker as Sapphire.”
Nigel Fairs, who produced the series, added: “I’m absolutely delighted that people will be able to hear our version of Sapphire & Steel again, as it really was a labour of love. Re-imagining such a visual television series for audio was no easy task, but I think my decision to concentrate on the emotional story arcs of the characters who encountered ‘Time’ and our two agents bore some really tasty fruit! Dear David and Susie were the perfect leads, and the recording sessions were amongst the happiest I ever had at Big Finish. Creative times indeed. ‘Roll back time, Sapphire…’”
The four-part stories in each series are:
Series One:
The Passenger by Steve Lyons
Daisy Chain by Joseph Lidster
All Fall Down by David Bishop
The Lighthouse by Nigel Fairs
Dead Man Walking by Nigel Fairs (based on a story by John Ainsworth)
Series Two:
The School by Simon Guerrier
The Surest Poison by Richard Dinnick
Water Like a Stone by Nigel Fairs
Cruel Immortality by Nigel Fairs
Perfect Day by Steve Lyons
The Mystery of the Missing Hour by Joseph Lidster
Series Three:
Second Sight by Nigel Fairs
Remember Me by John Dorney
Zero by Steve Lyons
Wall of Darkness by Nigel Fairs
All three series are available exclusively here. Series One is available for just £19.99, Series Two for £24.99, and Series Three for £19.99.
All the above prices include the special pre-order discount and are subject to change after general release.
-- Well bugger me!
I wonder if this means I've got access to the downloads now, since I bought the CDs way back when?
*goes to check* No, huh. Guess I'll go on using the rips of the CDs then!
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Labour MP Wes Streeting 'regrets saying trans women are women'
Wes Streeting is a joke. In the pursuit of voters who might not have considered us before, in apparent terror of anything resembling the Corbyn years, Streeting (and Louise Haigh and who knows who else on the front bench) have forgotten a principle that I thought was foundational to Labour.
Everyone, without exception, has the right to live their lives in peace and dignity, and to pursue happiness and fulfilment in those lives however they see fit, so long as they aren't directly harming anybody else's.
That applies to trans people no less than anyone else.
The Cass review is rapidly unravelling as scientifically unsound and riddled with authorial bias. It depends on expert testimony from people who are directly complicit in Florida's outright ban on gender affirming care. It includes testimony from zero (0) trans people or advocacy groups. It is as if the Tory-appointed review started from a conclusion, that nobody under the age of 25 can possibly be allowed to seek to transition, and worked backwards.
And the man who will be the health secretary in Labour's next government has pledged to adopt all of the reports recommendations, faster than he could possibly have read them.
Here's where I'm grateful to have kept this blog anonymous, because if anybody put my name to what I'm saying I would be out of the party faster than I could say "things can only get better." Because it's now clear to me that Keir Starmer's leadership has fallen in the exact same institutionally bigoted thinking over trans people that Jeremy Corbyn's did over Jews.
And it kills me because the morning after election day one of two people is going to be prime minister: Rishi Sunak or Keir Starmer. And this country simply cannot sustain another five years of Tory misgovernment. But I don't know how to look my Queer loved ones and their allies in the eye and tell them that Labour is better for them than the Tories right now. Either by design or by pure cowardice, regardless of the rhetorical differences, we have become the same on this question.
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'Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott star in All of Us Strangers, which premiered in cinemas on Friday, January 26, and it certainly has moviegoers reaching for the tissues. Directed by English filmmaker Andrew Haigh, the film has led to many walking out of the cinema over the weekend saying the same thing – be prepared to cry.
Reacting to the film, one viewer said “I am in tiny pieces after All of Us Strangers - I want to drink wine, listen to the Power of Love and weep gently to myself”.
Another person who watched the film on its opening weekend posted with the emoji of a broken heart to say, “It tapped into something I don’t think any film has in a long while.”
The film is adapted from the 1987 novel Strangers by Japanese novelist Taichi Yamada. It also stars Claire Foy (The Crown, Women Talking) and Jamie Bell (Rocket Man, Billy Elliot).
All of us Strangers tells the story of a gay screenwriter Adam (Scott) as he unexpectedly runs into his mysterious neighbour Harry (Mescal) one night in his London apartment. This meeting changes the course of their lives. As a relationship grows between them, Adam finds himself in his childhood home where his parents died 30 years ago, reliving crucial moments from his life. And it is certainly a tearjerker by all accounts.
The director acknowledged the moving nature of the film. Haigh points out that the main character in the film suffers the unimaginable loss of both parents prematurely. He said to RTÉ: "There is something so cathartic about crying… and especially in a cinema, to do it with strangers.
"Someone was telling me last night that they were at the premiere and they sat with someone they didn’t know. That person was crying and they comforted that person – but they don’t know each other. It’s kind of beautiful that two strangers sitting in the cinema are having a connection with each other through watching a film.
"I feel like that is what you want – it’s a film about connecting and being understood and being known and vulnerable, and I think people bring their own vulnerability to it.”
Scott and Mescal’s performances are being lauded as so powerful that some people who watched the film are shocked that it failed to receive Oscar nominations.
A Dublin-based film critic said: “No idea why Andrew Scott wasn't nominated, but he doesn't need an Oscar to validate his incredible performance.”
Irish drag queen, internet personality and gay rights activist Panti Bliss-Cabrera pointed out that it was a shame that Claire Foy was overlooked in the Academy Award nominations.
Irish DJ and Irish Independent columnist Louise McSharry also echoed the sentiment about the film being overlooked.
Film lovers from all over the world praised the film for it’s storytelling, with some calling it a ‘gut punch’ and others praising the powerful performances of all the actors involved.'
#Paul Mescal#Andrew Scott#Twitter#Andrew Haigh#Claire Foy#All of Us Strangers#Oscars#The Crown#Women Talking#Billy Elliot#Rocketman#The Power of Love#Taichi Yamada#Strangers#Jamie Bell
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A guide to the maddest freebees MPs got last year
Ed Davey snapped up two hospitality tickets to Glastonbury last year, worth nearly £2,500. We wonder if the Lib Dem leader crossed paths with any of the seven Labour MPs who also got free tickets: Ed Miliband, Louise Haigh, Kevin Brennan, Mark Tami, Darren Jones, Alex Sobel, and Clive Lewis. To be fair, Miliband, Lewis and Jones were there for speaking events – the others were free to cut shapes…
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Cruise giant Carnival UK accused of plan to fire and rehire 900 crew
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A leading cruise ship company is being accused of a plan to fire more than 900 staff members if they do not accept new terms and conditions for their job.
Carnival UK, owner of P&O Cruises and Cunard, notified authorities of the “fire and rehire” plan one day after beginning talks with union members.
The Nautilus union said it showed the cruise firm had “no real intention to engage” in meaningful negotiations.
Carnival UK said it was “not making any redundancies”.
It comes after a separate company, P&O Ferries, last year became embroiled in a dispute over the sacking of 800 of its workers by its owner DP World. The firm sacked staff without notice, replacing them with foreign agency workers who were paid less than the UK minimum wage.
Nautilus, which represents hundreds of those potentially affected, said Carnival UK has notified authorities in the UK and Bermuda of its intention to change employment terms and conditions for 919 crew across 10 vessels.
The union said the changes would affect crew on P&O Cruises as well as those working on ships such at the Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mary 2.
In a statement, Nautilus referred to Form HR1, a document outlining a company’s redundancy plans that is submitted to the UK government.
“Negotiations with the union opened on November 14 but the union was only notified of the HR1 on the evening of November 22,” it said, adding that Carnival has written: “Dismissal and re-engagement may be considered if agreement cannot be reached on new terms.”
Nautilus said the move suggested “that the employer never had any intention of ‘meaningful negotiation'”.
Carnival UK said: “We are categorically not making any redundancies and we will not dismiss and re-engage staff. In fact we have significantly increased our headcount across our fleet.”
It added: “This is an annual pay review process with our maritime officers onboard our ships which will ensure alignment. This will empower our staff, deliver the right teams across our fleet and attract and retain talent to work on our ships.”
The union said the cruise company effectively “wants to enforce a cut in 20% of their working days”, which amounts to a drop from 243 days worked per year, to 200 days, leading to a drop in income.
It said changes were being enforced and were “not negotiable”, leaving members upset, especially as it seemed that the company were “taking away flexibility” in terms of when the work could be done.
Nautilus has written to the company calling for it to withdraw the threat of “fire and rehire”, and engage in meaningful negotiations.
Shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh said history was “repeating itself”.
“The lives of hundreds more seafarers are once again being upended by bad bosses who know they can get away with it”, she said. adding ministers have ignored “warning after warning” that this would happen again without changes in employment law.
Nautilus’s senior national organiser Garry Elliot called on the government to learn lessons from last year’s P&O Ferries scandal “and outlaw the coercive practice of fire and rehire”. He added: “Employers cannot be allowed to treat their employees with contempt and force through fundamental changes to terms and conditions by playing with their employees’ livelihoods.”
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Hundreds of Flights Into Britain Canceled After ‘Technical Issue’ With U.K. Air Traffic Control
Britain’s air traffic control agency experienced a system fault that lasted several hours, leading to widespread disruption and delays.
Heathrow, United Kingdom — Airlines were forced to cancel hundreds of flights and delay hundreds more on Monday after Britain’s air traffic control service experienced a “technical issue” that caused widespread disruption on one of the country’s busiest travel days of the year.
More than 200 flights departing from Britain were canceled, according to Cirium, the aviation analytics company, along with 271 that were scheduled to arrive in the country on Monday. Many other flights would be delayed by more than eight hours, “which will inevitably result in a cancellation,” Cirium added.
NATS, Britain’s National Air Traffic Service, said a technical problem had affected its ability to automatically process flight plans, which meant that the information had to be entered manually, slowing down the process.
While British airspace was not closed at any time, NATS restricted the number of flights departing from and landing at airports in order to maintain safety while its engineers tried to fix the problem. At about 3 p.m. local time, NATS said it had resolved the issue, but noted that air traffic remained disrupted. Britain’s government has a 49 percent stake in NATS, which is a public-private partnership.
The delays hit during a particularly heavy travel period, as people returned from summer vacations or extended weekend trips on Monday’s “bank holiday,” or national day off, in Britain.
Thousands of holidaymakers spent hours stuck in departure lounges or on runway tarmac, facing long delays and uncertain departure times.
In Palma de Mallorca, Jon Hughes, 49, boarded a plane bound for the English city of Leeds at about 1 p.m. local time with his two children, ages 13 and 15. Once seated, he said, they were told that the plane had been allotted a departure slot in about seven hours.
“It’s very hot and kids are getting restless,” he said in a message. “We don’t know how long we will be stuck on the plane. Or even if we will get home today.”
Two hours after NATS said it had resolved the technical issue, Mark Harper, the government minister responsible for transport policy, said flights were still affected, and advised travelers to “be aware” of their rights when flights were delayed or canceled.
Heathrow Airport, near London, advised passengers to contact their airline before heading there, and Edinburgh Airport told passengers not to leave home before checking the status of their flight.
Jamie Steele, 39, a British nurse returning to Manchester from a vacation in the Italian city of Pisa, had been set to depart at 10.30 a.m. local time. Four hours later, he was still sitting in the plane on the tarmac. The pilot told passengers that the plane would have a departure slot in the next three hours, but added that he was “not sure he trusts the time given.”
“It’s difficult not knowing the time we will get home,” Mr. Steele said in a message.
Louise Haigh, the lawmaker in charge of transportation policy for the opposition Labour Party, described the disruption as “extremely concerning for passengers” on “one of the busiest days of the year.”
The number of flight departures during the three-day holiday weekend had been scheduled to be 10 percent higher than the same period the year before, according to Cirium, and 83 percent higher than in 2021, when the Covid-19 pandemic drastically reduced air travel.
Alex Macheras, an aviation analyst, said the backlog of flights would cause flight disruptions for several days.
“That’s probably the worst timing ever given it’s the end of August, which is typically one of the busiest weeks of the calendar year,” he said.
Mr. Macheras said that compared with last summer, when there were numerous cancellations and delays, this summer’s air travel in Britain and continental Europe had been “smooth sailing” until Monday.
The disruption is expected to have little effect on overall operations for U.S. airlines, which collectively had just over 140 planned flights to or from Britain on Monday.
European flights were disrupted for hours in December 2014 because of a technical problem at NATS’s air traffic control center in Swanwick, England.
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BBC chair Richard Sharp will ‘have to go’ if found to have broken appointment rules, says Labour – UK politics live | Politics
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BBC chairman faces calls to quit ahead of report
Richard Sharp “will have to go” from his role at the BBC if he is found to have broken the code for public appointments by facilitating a loan for Boris Johnson, a senior opposition figure says. The shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh told Sky News:
If it is revealed that he has failed to declare the details of this loan…
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Rail strike: Travellers face reduced service ahead of train strikes
Treasury minister Simon Clarke warned that the industrial action was likely to go ahead despite the planned talks.He told BBC Breakfast there was "no point giving false hope" that the strikes could be avoided, adding that it is "important to be realistic" about the difficulty of the negotiations.Mr Clarke also ruled out the direct involvement of government ministers in the talks and said the railway would have to "financially sustain itself".Labour said the absence of the government from the negotiating table was "hobbling" talks.Shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Without them there, it's impossible for them to find a way forward and therefore, it is inevitable that industrial action will happen."
Network Rail says the last trains between many major cities are expected to depart over the course of the afternoon, before more than 40,000 rail workers walk out over job cuts, pay and conditions on Tuesday.Knock-on disruption is expected on the roads, with motorists being warned to expected a surge in traffic.Motoring group the AA says drivers in Scotland and Wales should expect to face long queues as most railway lines will be closed.The M74, M8 and A9 in Scotland and the M4, A55, A5, and A483 in Wales could see severe traffic, it says.
The RAC says major city routes and those serving the home counties are likely to see some of the biggest increases in traffic volumes.The strikes will affect a number of events including school exams and the first Glastonbury Festival for three years.
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Heeley - Louise Haigh (Lab) - Pro Hong Kong
This will probably take a few weeks to compile but starting with my own MP; Louise Haigh is for the enforcement of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, would like to see an independent inquiry into the actions of the HK Police against protesters and said she will follow this issue closely.
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The Government must follow up the P&O issues
The Government must follow up the P&O issues
Last Thursday in the House of Commons a series of questions from a range of MPs took place on the theme of P&O. The title was P&O Ferries: Staff Rosters which can be found here. It seemed very clear that the Government is not responding anywhere as much as they need to. The people who asked the questions were Labour, SNP and Conservative MPs. The Conservative was Huw Merriman who is the Bexhill…
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Aoife Mannion: when players at one team suffer we all suffer
#ngl the quote tweets on the tweet made me slightly emotional#it may be a crap situation but everyone is rallying around the team#birmingham city wfc#fawsl#leah williamson#beth mead#katie mccabe#beth england#aoife mannion#alex greenwood#martha thomas#danielle carter#sophie haywood#louise quinn#lucy staniforty#claire rafferty#hayley ladd#natalie haigh#emma follis#gilly flaherty#kerys harrop#og
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AllForXI Presents: WSL footballers as animals
Sky Sports meets Animal Planet
Two years ago, we boldly went around and asked 24 professional footballers what fruit they’d be if they had to choose, undeterred by the world events that have happened since, and keen to keep ourselves on the cutting edge of investigative journalism, we have once again, been at it. This time, the question a simple one: If you were an animal, what animal would you be and why?
Chloe Arthur: Aston Villa – midfielder – 26
Probably… I think a monkey because they’re quite cute and they’re just the most human-like animal you can get.
Jennifer Beattie: Arsenal – defender – 30
I’d be a koala bear because they’re cute.
Vilde Bøe Risa: Manchester United – midfielder - 26
I think I would be a cat; first of all, because I love cats, second of all, because they chose when they want to leave and when they want to stay. I like people a lot but sometimes I just want to be by myself and take care of myself and have a rest and also, I sleep a lot.
Hannah Cain: Leicester City – attacker – 22
I could say… the obvious one is a fox because I play for Leicester, but I’d say, a giraffe because they’re really tall and can see everything and I know that’s really random and not many would say that but I’m not that tall.
Dan Carter: Brighton – attacker – 28
I’m not an animal person, I don’t know if you’ve seen from my many tweets but maybe… I would say some type of bird but since I’ve been down in Brighton, those seagulls are something else… *pause* a dolphin. Because they’re so soft and cute and that’s just me as an individual.
Hawa Cissoko: West Ham United – defender – 24
Donkey. I just think they’re a really beautiful animal and really strong and everyone wants to take care of donkeys so I’d want to be a donkey on the beach.
Toni Duggan: Everton – attacker – 30
A monkey, so I could be cheeky.
Jessie Fleming: Chelsea – midfielder - 23
(Sat next to Reiten who’s just said bird) I was going to say bird too actually.
Valérie Gauvin: Everton – attacker – 25
An eagle because I’ve always loved watching eagles since I was a little kid, they’re powerful, they’re fast, they’ve got great vision and I just love to see them fly.
Natalie Haigh: Aston Villa – defender – 32
I think probably a giraffe, I’m all limbs and a bit unorthodox in how I move sometimes, so yeah, I’d say a giraffe because they’re my favourite animal.
Natasha Harding: Reading – midfielder – 32
Okay… I think I would be a Labrador so a dog but because people think I’m quite chilled but then you put me in an environment and I can be really scatty, I’m not saying I’d chew anything, but I could be… if left alone too long… I’m getting in trouble somehow but I could be there and be someone’s comfort blanket as well.
Vicky Losada: Manchester City – midfielder – 30
I think I’d be a dog, I’ve got two dogs and I love animals… so I think I’d be happy.
Katie McCabe: Arsenal – defender/attacker – 25
I like cheetahs, cheetahs look cool, don’t they? They look good and they’re quick… and they don’t really get up to much in the jungle either, they kind of just keep to themselves and I like that so, a cheetah.
Molly Pike: Leicester City – midfielder – 20
I’d want to be a dolphin, everyone loves them and they scare the sharks away… no, I just feel like they’re such a lovely creature and everyone loves a dolphin so I’d want to be that.
Louise Quinn: Birmingham City – defender – 31
I think… it probably…. I would actually say a giraffe, they’re strong and sturdy but still have jelly legs sometimes and I saw a picture the other day and saw that my neck is incredibly long. But I think they’re still a strong, well-liked animal that you always want to see when you go to the zoo, so I’m going to go giraffe.
Lucy Quinn: Birmingham City – attacker – 27
I think I’d have to be a monkey; I think I am a bit of a performing monkey, I think everyone knows that so I think I’d be lying to myself if I said anything else.
Guro Reiten: Chelsea – midfielder - 27
A bird so I can fly
Rachel Rowe: Reading – attacker – 28
Squirrel. I already know this because I love squirrels: fun, playful, ferocious – will bite you if you come too close. That’s why I’d be a squirrel.
Chioma Ubogagu: Tottenham Hotspur – attacker – 28
I really, really love monkeys but I think I’d chose a koala bear because they’re pretty chill: they sleep all the time and after they eat, they go back to sleep, so it just seems like it’s a pretty calm lifestyle so I wouldn’t mind.
Claudia Walker: West Ham United – attacker – 25
A monkey because I like climbing things.
Ellen White: Manchester City – attacker – 31
I’d say a cat, I think I’d be one of my cats at home, they get treated so well, they live the life; sleeping all day, eating what they want, going outside when they want.
Tori Williams: Brighton – defender - 31
A cat because…. No, I like dogs but a cat: you get fed as much as you want, all you’ve got to do is meow, you don’t actually have to do much… cats get to do whatever they want. A dog will do things if you teach them but a cat’s just like, “nah, you’re alright, put my food down… cat I have some cat nip? No? Okay I’ll just scratch the sofa and then I get the cap nip.”
Shelina Zadorsky: Tottenham Hotspur – defender – 28
You know what, my family has always compared me to meercats because I’m so excitable and just my energy and I’m just like always popping up and ready to bring the good vibes so I feel like that’s a funny one, not necessarily that I’d like to be one but I suppose I’d probably just pick and dog and be part of a great family.
Katie Zelem: Manchester United – midfielder – 25
I think I’d be a bird because you can fly around and see what other people are doing and chose where you want to go.
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Protests over soaring energy prices take place across UK | Energy bills | The Guardian
... Labour said the government should bring in laws to keep prices down. The shadow transport secretary, Louise Haigh, said: “We would be meeting with oil and gas companies to make sure that it happened and, if it didn’t, then we’d be putting in legislative measures to make sure that it did.“I think we do need to see legislative measures if North Sea oil and gas companies, petrol retailers, are experiencing record profits and not passing any of those savings on to customers.”
She said she was shocked that the increase in national insurance contributions was going ahead when people were having to deal with other spiralling costs.
“It frankly beggars belief when we think about what people are having to pay over the coming weeks and months, that the government would not be doing much more to support people, let alone making things harder,” she told Times Radio.
Amid a renewed focus on energy, the government’s strategy on the issue has yet to be revealed – weeks after it was due to be announced. Reports in the Times suggested that Boris Johnson was considering trebling the amount of onshore wind power by 2035, despite many Tory backbenchers opposing it. Nuclear power is also expected to feature heavily. ...
#UK#cost of living crisis#Activism#Protests#bojo the evil clown#screw the people#lies#WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK TORIES?!#evil#bojo the clown#fuck the tories#corruption#tories#conservative politics
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This will be a hammer blow for Sheffield and leave a gaping hole in our city centre. John Lewis is a huge draw, and the closure will have a knock-on effect for businesses across Sheffield. We can't continue with a situation where five US tech firms account for £1.3bn in lost corporation tax every year, while high street shops pay business rates under a system that hasn't been reformed for years. The government are washing their hands of any responsibility for reviving our high streets, and creating a level playing field for local businesses. It's the communities and workers who rely on them that are paying the price.
Louise Haigh, Sheffield Heeley Labour MP, on the decision to close the Sheffield John Lewis store, which was at the heart of a £480m regeneration project
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