A Brexit-Style In-Out Vote May Be Granted To London Boroughs Over Ulez

Voters could be given the opportunity to scrap an extension of Sadiq Khan’s green Ulez vehicle tax if the Tories take power in London.

Samuel Kasumu, an ex-adviser to Boris Johnson who wants to be the Tory contender at the next mayoral election, has said he would permit outer boroughs to hold referenda on remaining in the scheme.

Sadiq Khan plans to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone to all 32 boroughs of London in August, meaning owners of older and more polluting vehicles will have to pay £12.50 daily charge to travel around the capital, but the plans have sparked a fierce fightback from political adversaries and campaigners who say it will unfairly hit small businesses.

Mr Kazumu, 35, said the issue would be a key battleground in the next mayoral election in 2024, which could take place on the same day as the general election.

He told a newspaper outlet that they’ve got to do things in a responsible manner and that they have to be able to take people with them. You can’t just impose your will onto folks who don’t want it.

He said he will pledge that within the first 12 months to have a local referendum for every outer London borough so they can be empowered with the choice about how they respond to what Sadiq Khan has done.

However, Mr Kasumu faces an uphill task to get elected, with new polling showing Tory support in freefall in the Capital.

A YouGov poll put the Tories on just 18 per cent, 40 points behind Labour, whose lead is the largest since the company began polling in the city in 2010.

It could see the party lose 12 of its existing 19 Westminster seats in London if replicated at the next election.

Mr Kasumu was a special adviser to the Prime Minister on civil society until April 2021. Then stepped down when a Government-backed review said Britain was no longer a country where the system was intentionally rigged against ethnic minorities.

He later said some Conservatives believe the path to victory at the next election includes exploiting division and warned a culture war will lead to murder on Britain’s streets.

He’s presently a councillor on Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council in Hertfordshire. He is originally from Barnet and studied business and management accounting at Brunel University, where he was student president. He graduated with a 2:1 and later received a postgraduate degree in Ethnicity, Migration, and Policy from Birbeck, University of London.

Sadiq Khan is destroying London, and there are very few who will vote for him now, or at least admit to voting for him, and why vote, just scrap it altogether? All votes are fixed anyway!

Londoners get charged to drive around their own city, on top of paying motor tax, duty on fuel et cetera, what a total racket, and for all those people out there who believe there’s no environmental cost, with electric vehicles, are in for a rude awakening.

The problem with people in government is sadly none of them can be trusted and they’re all duplicitous liars, and Mayors should be ceremonial only.

Sadiq Khan should never have been permitted such a long term as mayor. He’s ruined London and continues to do so, and he should never be considered for another term.

Ulez has no bearing on climate change or air pollution, and Sadiq Khan is just raking in money.

If this was really about the issue of pollution, the mayor would be saying that you can’t drive into these zones under any circumstances because it’s killing people, but instead, he’s saying you can kill people as long as you pay, but he won’t let you do it for free – it’s purely a money-making scheme.

On Average, The Police Fail To Respond To 120 Break-Ins A Day

Figures indicate that the police failed to turn up to more than 45,000 burglaries last year, the equivalent of 120 a day.

A total of 45,233 crimes reported to 19 forces in England and Wales saw no officer visit the scene.

The actual figure will be far higher because 14 others declined to answer a Freedom of Infomation request submitted by the Liberal Democrats.

Victims suffer a stark postcode lottery, with half of all burglary reports going unattended in some regions of the country.

The most alarming was in Bedfordshire, with officers failing to visit the scene of 61 per cent of reports of the crime, followed by Northumbria with 59 per cent, and three-quarters of burglaries reported to the 19 forces last year were closed without a suspect being identified.

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey called for a guarantee that all victims are visited by police and cases are properly investigated.

He said that no family should be denied justice after suffering the distress and trauma of being burgled.

A government spokesman said that the Home Secretary made clear to police chiefs that forces must attend all domestic burglaries.

However, if someone sends a nasty tweet, they’ll be around in minutes, with three squad cars with lights flashing and sirens blaring.

There once was law and order from our police force. Now, all we have is the laughing policeman who would now rather chase after somebody who said something on Twitter or Facebook because more than ever we live in a woke society that knows no better, and God forbid you misgender someone you’ll be arrested, sacked or even potentially jailed by the woke police. So, where does the hard-earned tax that we pay go?

The way that the world is going, pretty soon murder will be considered a civil matter because it appears that the police have more important fish to fry. Investigating non-crimes, hurty words on the internet, learning new dance steps, face painting et cetera.

Now, UK police are complicit in these crimes because their deliberate neglect is facilitating criminal activity.

If you have your phone stolen and it’s tracked to a house, you pretty much have to report it online, where it will pretty much instantly come back that they looked at the case and there was no further action, yet the one person who robbed your phone is likely responsible for numerous crimes, yet the police weren’t interested because they were probably more interested in playing Candy Crush Saga on their phones.

Perhaps it’s time for communities to form their own police forces to keep our neighbourhoods safe because it seems that we’re paying a proportion of Council Tax for nothing, but then this is broken Tory Britain! And the problem is that our priorities are not PC Plod’s priorities.

The police should be able to solve the majority of burglaries with all the CCTV around but appear to be too lazy or unwilling to use this technology and ask the government why they’re not financing the police to allow them to do their job and attend.

In the future, vigilantes will be the only option available to the common person, but then that will be the perfect excuse to bring in draconian rules for all, and at the moment they’re playing the long game.

So, where is all our hard-earned cash going? Council Tax for police funding has been increased steadily and we appear to be paying the highest amount of taxes in the whole of Europe, and the per head of population police budgeting is immense, so just where is all our money going?

Paul O’Grady, Aged 67, Has Passed Away

Paul O’Grady, who shot to stardom as trailblazing comic drag act Lily Savage before becoming one of the country’s best-loved TV presenters and DJs, died suddenly but peacefully last night, his partner said. He was 67 years old.

Andre Portasio, who married Paul O’Grady in 2017, paid tribute to his humour, wit and compassion in a statement announcing his death released just before 3 am.

Paul O’Grady became a household name in the early noughties, known for his humour and love of animals, and hosted a string of television programmes including his self-titled daytime chat show, The Paul O’Grady Show, which began airing in 2004.

He also took over the reins from Blind Date’s long-running presenter and close friend Cilla Black, who passed away in 2015, to host the Channels 5 reboot of the show in 2017. And he fronted Blankety Blank, as well as ITV’s award-winning For The Love Of Dogs.

The father of one’s cause of death wasn’t immediately known, but he had previously spoken of surviving heart attacks in 2002, 2006 and 2014, and also kidney failure. He also had a debilitating COVID battle that left him unfit to work for two months.

Paul O’Grady married Portuguese lesbian barmaid Teresa Fernandes in 1977 to stop her deportation. They divorced in 2005 and he married ex-ballet dancer Mr Portasio in 2017.

Decades before in 1974, he had his only child, a daughter called Sharyn Mousley, with his dear friend Diane Jansen. Paul O’Grady was also a grandfather to Sharyn’s son Abel, who was born in 2006 and is now aged 16, and Sharyn’s daughter Halo, born in 2009.

Mr Portasio said early this morning that it was with great sadness that he had to inform everyone that Paul had passed away unexpectedly but peacefully yesterday evening and that they ask, at this difficult time, that whilst everybody is honouring his life, they should also respect their privacy as they come to terms with the loss.

He added that he would be greatly missed by his loved ones, friends, family, animals and all those who enjoyed his humour, wit and compassion and that he knew that Paul would want him to thank everyone for all the love they had shown him over the years.

Paul O’Grady and Portasio were married during a low-key wedding ceremony in 2017.

During his career, he hosted The Paul O’Grady Show, Blind Date and Blankety Blank, as well as ITV’s multi-award-winning For The Love Of Dogs. He also hosted ITV’s celebrity game show, Paul O’Grady Saturday Night Line Up.

Paul O’Grady had a dagger wit and pizzazz, he demonstrated compassion for the underdog and kindness and consideration for dogs themselves. He also showed his civic responsibility by becoming a Lord Lieutenant in Kent and majestically danced across the airwaves on the radio.

He was a truly remarkable, humorous and kind gentleman who passed away too early.

As Lily Savage, he was a fantastic entertainer. Fast, acerbic and super humorous. As Paul O’Grady, he was equally as funny, but also kind and had the warmth and comfort of the perfect cup of tea enveloped in a familiar blanket.

British entertainment will never be the same again, and of course, it’s customary to say nice things about someone when they pass away at such a young age, but he actually was the most incredible entertainer. Illuminating, witty and compassionate, and he will be sorely missed.

His death is an unexpected loss, not just to the industry as a warm and delightful personality, but as a trailblazer for animal welfare and compassion. He was like the David Attenborough of the dog world.

An English teacher In North Carolina Resigned After Covering The Mouth Of An 11-Year-Old Boy With Heavy-Duty Tape

An eleven-year-old North Carolina student allegedly had his mouth taped shut by his sixth-grade English teacher after talking too much in class.

Catherine Webster received a text message from her son Brady in February saying that he didn’t know what to do with a picture of himself with layers of blue painter’s tape adhered to his mouth during class at Smithfield Middle School, Johnston County.

Horrified by the picture of her son who she described to be a chatterbox who had the propensity to clown about.

Catherine posted the startling picture to Facebook to bring to light her son’s account and his interaction with Dawn Felix who she refers to as Mrs Felix in the post.

Catherine said she hoped her post would act as an example to any other teachers or caregivers who may be walking a fine line, and she said she’d never met, seen or received an email from Mrs Felix, who allegedly used this bizarre punishment on at least three students.

But evidently, she should have, several times over, so that she could work with the teacher to correct her son Brady’s conduct in her class.

She said that his grades were good, so she had no reason to believe anything was amiss there because the teacher never once reached out to her.

The mother of three said other teachers claimed Brady got along well with others and enjoyed entertaining his classmates, and that he also had a tendency to clown around and be disruptive and talk too much.

She said that she was a reasonable person and a fair strict parent with no tolerance for disrespect and an understanding that teachers don’t have time for repetitive disruption, and that she also disciplines Brady at home when this happens.

After receiving the text message from her son who said he was humiliated by the experience, Catherine said she couldn’t hold back her sock and disappointment.

She said that other teachers had communicated their concerns about Brady’s behaviour and with her help, came up with solutions to keep disturbances in class to a minimum.

She said in the post that those teachers have had to redirect or correct this conduct and they had always emailed or contacted her to make her aware, and she said that they would give Brady a silent lunch or move him away from his buddies or in some cases, more serious but acceptable forms of punishment, and up until that point no hand had been laid on Brady.

Painter’s tape is not heavy-duty tape, but that’s not the point. The point is that the teacher should have had Brady leave the class if he was such a disruption, not tape his mouth together as if he was going to be tortured, and of course, this kind of tape is removable. The child’s hands were not bound together, but the fact is the teacher should have never been doing this to a young child in front of his friends with the intent of humiliating him.

I understand this teacher’s frustration. However, her actions were totally inappropriate, and while we’re living in a time when discipline in schools is virtually non-existent, protocols need to be observed.

What the teacher did to this child was assault. A teacher is not allowed to lay a hand on a student, and by taping his mouth, she was giving him the attention that he desired while interrupting everyone elses learning.

The Utah Governor Signs New Laws Requiring Parents To Give Their Consent Before Their Children Can Use Social Media

Utah’s governor signed into law two bills this week that regulate social media use for children and minors and put more power into the hands of their parents and caregivers.

On Thursday, Governor Spencer Cox signed H.B. 311 and S.B. 152 which requires parental consent for minors to create profiles on social media sites and gives parents access to their child’s accounts.

Governor Spencer Cox said on Twitter Thursday afternoon that they’re no longer willing to let social media companies continue to harm the mental health of their youth.

H.B. 311 goes one step further when it comes to social media regulation, prohibiting companies from using addictive features or designs and enforcing curfews.

The new laws come as TikTok’s CEO testified before US Congress about the app and as at least four other states consider similar legislation concerning online platforms.

In a tweet Thursday, Cox said it was his responsibility as a parent and lawmaker to protect the children of the state from toxic social media platforms.

The Republican governor stated that youth rates of depression and other mental health issues were on the rise because of social media companies.

He continued in a tweet with a video of him talking about the new laws, saying that as leaders, and parents, they have a responsibility to protect their young people.

The new laws prohibit social media companies from displaying ads, showing accounts held by minors in search results, and gathering data on children.

The apps will also be unable to suggest or target content and ads to children.

One of the most notable features is the curfew which automatically locks children out of their accounts at 10.30 pm and doesn’t allow them back in until 6.30 am.

The locks are triggered by the location of a user’s phone and the feature can be changed with parental permission. Platforms like Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook now have until March 1, 2024, to comply, and if they don’t adhere to the new law, they may be punished in civil or criminal court.

While speaking with NBC News, one of the co-sponsors of one of the bills said he hopes to see the trend spread across the states as a way to address what some health officials have deemed a mental health crisis, and Utah state Senator Michael McKell said that he didn’t think they’ve seen a time in American history where mental health had been so problematic.

Of course, in this day and age where the streets of the US can be extremely dangerous, a child needs some form of communication to contact someone if they were in trouble. Back in the day, it was a pager or a walkie-talkie, and of course, there were no social media. Just a cell phone that was very basic, calls and text messages to friends and family, and children survived just fine. A child with a cell phone and social media is not a good idea, so they’re doing the right thing – 100 per cent!

Numerous manufacturers brand some excellent dumbphones, although the coverage on them isn’t especially great, so they might think about upgrading for better cell phone coverage because as a parent, it would be nice to know where your children are and how they’re doing. After all, imagine having no way to contact your child during a school shooting or something similar.

Children should not be left alone on social media full stop because everything on there is manipulated just perfectly. Children are at risk and it’s all danger, danger, danger. In fact, social media sites should be shut down for good because they’re more trouble than they’re worth.

Back in the day we just had good old MSN chat, AOL chat and Yahoo chat, and even those needed to be monitored to a point. Bring these back and shut down Facebook, Twitter and all the other social media sites that now exist.

An Update On The DNA Test For The I Am Madeleine McCann Girl Is Issued As Dr Fia Vows To Get ‘Justice’

An update on a DNA test with ‘I am Madeleine McCann’ girl Julia Wandelt has been issued by Dr Fia Johansson.

In an Instagram Live post, Dr Fia Johansson shared details of Julia’s search to discover her identity.

Last month she shot to worldwide importance when she posted on social media to claim that she could be missing Madeleine.

Since then, she’s travelled to America, where Dr Fia Johansson lives, and has taken a DNA test.

Julia is also undergoing medical tests after doctors communicated their fears that she may have leukaemia.

Dr Fia Johansson revealed that Julia was awaiting the results of her DNA test.

She then went on to claim that, once they were back, they would be checked against Madeleine’s. However, Dr Fia Johansson explained that there was no necessity for Madelein’s parents, Kate and Gerry McCann to be involved in the process because, she alleged, the DNA needed to check it against was already held on file.

Dr Fia Johansson said that at this moment they don’t know if Julia is Madeleine McCann or not. All the other facial apps are not really valid and legit until the DNA test comes back.

She claimed that a lot are asking why are they not asking Kate and Gerry McCann. Because there’s no need because Madeleine McCann’s DNA is already there and they don’t need to get involved, and Dr Fia Johansson added that they have teenagers, and they need to protect them and their privacy.

Dr Fia Johansson then went on to explain what will happen once she gets Julia’s DNA results back.

She said that when the DNA test comes in, which she was really badly waiting for and checking every day, they will match with the DNA of Madeleine McCann or anyone else out there that’s looking for their children that went missing at that time.

Dr Fia Johansson then addressed the possibility that perhaps Julia wasn’t Madeleine, and said that a lot of people were saying what if she’s not Madeleine McCann, what if she’s not anyone’s child and what if she is her mother’s real child?

She then declared that she would feel sorry for Julia to have such a heartless mum.

Some might say that it’s just one big scam and that they know the DNA is going to come back negative in regard to Madeleine McCann, and that plan b will be a terminal illness gofundme page to raise money.

As fellow human beings, we should never be in a rush to judge other folks, and we should never make a judgment based on assumptions, and we should always explore all possibilities first.

Let’s just wait for the DNA results before being judgemental because there are a lot of people’s emotions and feelings being impacted by this case.

A New Study Says Vapers Are Inhaling 240 Chemicals

Vaping has become one of Australia’s biggest public health problems, with children as young as 14 taking up e-cigarettes.

New research by the Australian National University is being used to back a call for a government crackdown on access to e-cigarettes.

Vaping is frequently framed as a better option than smoking cigarettes but the report identified a throng of risks, including unintended poisoning.

Lead research Professor Emily Banks said that our lungs are designed to breathe fresh air and that people using vapes were inhaling a complex cocktail of chemicals.

More than 240 chemicals were found in the toxicological analysis of non-nicotine e-cigarettes. That compares to about 7,000 chemicals in traditional cigarettes.

The report said that users of nicotine e-cigarettes could also be poisoned by the nicotine itself.

According to Cancer Council Victoria, nicotine poisoning can cause seizures and respiratory depression, which can result in death.

Australians can only legally access nicotine vapes if they have a prescription to use the products for the purpose of stopping smoking, but the absence of strong law enforcement against the illegal sale of e-cigarettes is threatening Australia’s hard-fought tobacco control successes, a Cancer Council spokesperson said.

Council chair Anita Dessaix said that every state and territory government must crack down on the hundreds of retailers illegally selling e-cigarette products outside of pharmacies, under the noses of authorities.

The report also found that most uses of e-cigarettes were not for smoking cessation, since most smokers who vape continued to smoke, and most uses in young people weren’t about stopping smoking.

More than one-third of e-cigarette users in Australia are under 25, with 11 per cent of the population aged 14 and over-reporting e-cigarette use in 2019.

The Australian Medical Association is urging the government to clamp down, giving the increasing use of vapes by children.

AMA president Professor Steve Robson said that Australian governments need to act now and that this would help them start to tackle the issue of vapes being marketed and sold to children.

At least 32 countries prohibit the sale of nicotine e-cigarettes, 79 countries permit them to be sold while fully or partly regulating them and the remaining 84 countries do not regulate them at all.

The study was published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

Of course, the science is there, but apply a bit of common sense because breathing anything into your lungs other than that rare commodity of fresh air isn’t going to be beneficial to your health, including car fumes and other harmful substances that we breathe in every day on our travels.

Eventually, hospitals will be plagued with people suffering damage from these chemicals.

What should happen is that people should be armed with information on what’s in the vapes and then let people decide if they want to poison their bodies because to be honest, in the real world everything that we breathe in and eat is bad for us.

Every human will die of something or another, whether it be nicotine, alcohol or drugs as an alternative to boring natural causes.

However, we as a society believe it’s okay to tell others what to do. Nonetheless, as long as you’re not breaking the law, people should be allowed to just get on with it, but governments won’t allow that and the world is turning into the Truman Show, or even worse, Hunger Games.

Manufacturers know they’re adding addictive substances to vapes, just like they do with cigarettes, so why aren’t they held accountable for essentially poisoning people?

It Is Possible That Vladimir Putin Will Be Toppled From Within The Kremlin As A Result Of The Arrest Warrant Issued By The International Criminal Court

The international criminal court (ICC) in The Hague has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for overseeing the abduction of Ukrainian children, sending Russia another significant step on the path to becoming a pariah state.

But enraged Vladimir Putin has criticised the International Criminal Court’s outrageous decision, but one expert said it could quicken Putin’s removal as Russian leader.

The ICC on Friday called for Vladimir Putin’s arrest and accused the dictator of perpetrating war crimes by abducting Ukrainian children from their homes and deporting them to Russia to be given to Russian families.

It also issued a warrant on Friday for the arrest of Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, Russia’s ‘Children’s Rights Commissioner, on the same charges.

The Kremlin criticised the court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin, saying that it was outrageous and unacceptable, but in contrast, Ukraine hailed the decision and said the wheels of justice were turning.

The Kremlin insisted that any decision of the ICC was null and void with regard to Russia as Moscow didn’t recognise the court’s jurisdiction.

Sir Geoffrey Nice, who was the lead prosecutor at former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic’s trial, said it was particularly important that the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin.

He suggested that Vladimir Putin being labelled and treated as a criminal could inspire a change in the regime or encourage the process of replacement and that there was enough information seeping out to show that there were some that were dissatisfied with his leadership.

He added that it was important because this man was now, as many would say he should have been a few weeks after the war started, labelled as a criminal.

Sir Geoffrey added that the war in Ukraine is now a ‘right, just war’ that is being ‘criminally led’.

Alexander Bastrykin, the head of Russia’s Investigative Committee, reacted to the ICC’s decision by proposing to create an ‘international court’ for ‘Ukrainian war criminals’, following similar comments from Vladimir Putin’s associates on state television.

The ICC’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan said hundreds of Ukrainian children had been taken from orphanages and children’s homes to Russia.

He said that many of those children, they alleged, had since been given up for adoption in the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin, the poisoner should do the honourable thing and hand himself in and clear his conscience, although Putin’s cards are marked, and his people should give him up.

I wouldn’t even be surprised if a price has been put on his head – he needs to be stopped nonetheless because he’s transformed Russia into a kleptocracy where he and his friends have robbed everything, and conscripted people to die in senseless wars. The Russian state is basically a mafia, and he’s the leader.

Now they can style Vladimir Putin’s child snatcher Ms Lvova-Belova as Mary Poppins.

If they can’t arrest him, they could still convict him without him even being present, either way, Vladimir Putin is finished outside of Russia and a few rogue states, although I don’t think he was planning on visiting Disneyland anytime soon.

Thousands Of People’s Phones Will Flash And Set Off Alarms As Part Of A Frightening ‘Armageddon Alarm’ Being Tested In The United Kingdom Within Weeks

The United Kingdom is set to test a terrifying ‘Armageddon alarm’ within weeks which will see thousands of people’s phones flash and set off warnings.

Millions will hear an alarm sound from their phone and will receive warning text messages as part of the government’s new emergency alert system trial.

The system is designed to alert people if there’s a danger to life nearby, with the imminent testing to focus on flooding and severe weather conditions.

The phone owner will then be given details of the emergency along with guidance on what to do and how to seek help.

Labour has been pushing for the system for more than a decade and ministers have been promising to introduce it since 2013.

Cabinet Office minister Kit Malthouse revealed at the time that the new system would permit the government to alert people much more thoroughly about imminent dangers such as floods, storms, wildfires or terror attacks.

The National Resilience Framework published by the government in December then said the system would be launched in early 2023, but up until now, there have only been local tests in Reading.

Labour’s Shadow Paymaster General Fleur Anderson said the trial was long overdue and the government had been haphazard in preparing for emergencies, and that this saga had dragged on for far too long and had left our country lagging far behind on keeping the public safe.

She added that Labour had a plan for a more resilient Britain to ensure government is alert to threats our country faces.

A Government spokesman said that Emergency Alerts would be a vital tool in helping us better respond to emergencies, both nationally and locally, and said that they’ve worked closely with the emergency services to develop this and carried out extensive trials ahead of its national rollout.

The government has been contacted for further comment by a newspaper outlet.

They have these alerts in places like Taiwan when there’s an earthquake, but the room would probably start shaking before the signal, but I believe that we’re all savvy enough to know that this has nothing to do with floods and weather and that there is something much more ominous afoot.

And I really do hope that this software that they will be using hasn’t been created by the same people who did track and trace. I mean what could possibly go wrong? And is this just another fear tactic to keep us, people, in order and to scare the pants off us?

The government always pretend that there’s a benign motivation for tracking people, like the warning of localise dangers, but then the reasoning for tracking starts being expanded more and more, and it just demonstrates just how much control they have if your phone can sound even if on silent, and you all thought you were safe!

So, is this alarm going to give us a four-minute warning? What if you don’t have a smartphone, which numerous elderly people don’t? What if your battery is flat? Or does the government expect us to keep our smartphones welded to our bodies 24/7 – what an absolute clown world we live in!

Turn off your smartphone tracking, use money as much as possible, protect privacy by using tech companies that facilitate privacy, close down your social media accounts and have conversations with people in real life, instead of through tech.

Or switch to an old non-smartphone and stop being spied on. Then no one knows where you are, you can’t be pestered by emails when you go out, and you’re free from pervasive internet, and the battery will last so much longer and the phone will easily fit in your pocket.

There’s Something Wrong Here!

A former Amazon warehouse employee has sued the internet retail colossus, arguing he was fired in retribution for seeking bereavement leave after both of his parents passed away less than a week apart.

In the suit filed on Tuesday in Kern County, California, 53-year-old Scott Brock accused Amazon of wrongfully firing him from his position at the Bakersfield fulfilment centre in early February.

Scott Brock told a newspaper outlet in a phone interview that he was stunned to be fired after he says Amazon rejected his request for bereavement leave when his parents, both in their 80s, died six days apart from natural causes.

Scott Brock said he was just shocked, and that they were more concerned about numbers than they were about people and that it wasn’t right.

Scott Brock’s attorney, Ronald L Zambrano of West Coast Trial Lawyers, concurred, telling the newspaper outlet that it was just heartless.

Amazon spokesperson Alisa Carroll denied the allegations in a statement to the newspaper outlet, saying that while they were very sorry for the loss of Mr Brock’s parents, it was unrelated to why he was no longer working at Amazon and that Mr Brock’s employment was terminated after an investigation found that he threatened a coworker and violated Amazon’s policies against workplace violence.

Mr Brock’s attorney Zambrano disputed that account, saying the workplace issue in question was well before Mr Brock’s parents died, accusing Amazon of using it as a pretext in his firing.

Zambrano said that Amazon, based on their own behaviour, appears to care more about efficiency and the bottom line versus reacting to real life and that somebody saying that their parents were dying should be that they should have let Mr Brock take some time off, and then let him back to work, but instead, they’ve punished him for it.

Mr Brock said his parents had both suffered from congestive heart failure and other medical problems, and that the couple seemed to go into a downward health spiral together in their final days, after more than six decades of happy marriage.

His father, 87-year-old Harold, was a Navy veteran who served as a mechanical specialist in aircraft carriers in the Korean War, before working as a truck driver for many years to support his wife and five children, who grew up in Bakersfield.

According to an obituary, he officially retired in 1989, but continued driving for independent trucking companies until he was 80, and then kept working as a crossing guard.

But talk to some people who have worked for or still work for Amazon and they’ll probably tell you the same thing – that Amazon doesn’t consider you as a person, and that as soon as Amazon can replace humans with robots, they will!

Awful conduct from an employer, but then I guess that’s why they’re so rich, but I do feel for this poor man, he must have had a week from hell – what doesn’t Amazon have bereavement leave? Talk about kicking a man when he’s down, it’s just not right.

Amazon evidently wanted to get rid of him and this was their excuse, and I would guess that working at a fulfilment centre must be the worst nightmare. I would imagine the definition of hell on earth where you’re dehumanised to the point of being a slave.

This man should find a better job because clearly, Amazon doesn’t value their workers.

Then you have the man that died working at Amazon who had a heart attack and wasn’t discovered for twenty minutes and then given treatment before the ambulance arrived and then staff were told to go back to work, they didn’t even have enough time to decompress, and that’s because Amazon expects their employees to work like robots.

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