Haitian Migrants Panic After Mass Deportations

Haitian migrants have turned to religion amid the imminent threat of deportation under the presidency of Donald Trump – who accused them of eating their neighbours’ pets on the campaign trail.

The First Haitian Evangelical Church of Springfield, Ohio was jam-packed with parishioners on the first Sunday service since President Trump’s inauguration as immigration raids take place across the country.

‘I asked God to protect my people,’ Reverend Reginald Silencieux said after the service.

‘I prayed especially for the Haitian community, and I prayed for U.S.A. too, because Trump is our president. As a church, we have an obligation to pray for him because he’s our political leader right now.’ 

The town was forced into the national spotlight during the presidential campaign when Trump accused Haitians in Springfield of eating their neighbour’s cats and dogs.

Now, migrants in the community are worried that they will be targeted and sent packing, as Trump authorizes ICE raids across the country. 

Many had come to receive a blessing and hear advice on dealing with federal agents in case of raids arising from President Trump’s crackdown on immigration.

Fearful and increasingly uneasy, several congregation members stayed at home.

Community leaders say many of Springfield’s estimated 15,000 Haitians are overwhelmed by fears Trump will end or let expire the Temporary Protected Status program that permits them to stay in the U.S. legally.

‘The community is panicking.’ Viles Dorsainvil, leader of Springfield’s Haitian Community Help and Support Center, told AP. 

‘They see the arrests on TV in other parts of the country and they don’t know what’s going to happen.

‘The majority of immigrants in the U.S.A. are not criminals, and they’re hard-working people.’

Jacob Payne, a leader in the Haitian community, has been helping residents with their TPS applications, employment authorisation cards, and immigration paperwork.

‘Before, we had a different type of fear – it was a fear of retaliation, whether it was the far right, the Proud Boys,’ Payne said.

‘Now, there’s a fear of deportation. That keeps a lot of people from going out and has caused a lot of people to have left,’ he said.

But anti-immigrant sentiment has been on the rise in Springfield after untrue rumours circulated that cats and dogs were being stolen – and eaten – by Haitian migrant communities.

The rumours circulated like wildfire following a social media post in September 2024 that a local cat had been mutilated and exacerbated fears in the predominantly white, blue-collar metropolis of about 59,000.

During his debate with Kamala Harris, Trump reiterated the rumour and added that dogs were also being eaten. Bomb threats were made against political leaders’ residences, government facilities, and schools in the weeks that followed.

Living in Florida and Little Haiti, which is one of the most unsafe metropolises in the USA. It doesn’t get better and the crimes just increase due to the culture.

The key word here is ‘temporary.’ They have temporary protective status, not permanent protective status. They were never supposed to stay permanently!

These Haitians were flown in by the Biden administration and given TPA’s – those are temporary. If they are deported, it’s because the TPA was over, but they obviously thought Kamala Harris would win, thus securing their stay.

If they’re in the US illegally, then they must go. If they truly want to be in the US they should get their papers and then travel there legally – it’s remarkably straightforward.

America now has a new President, and delivering on his pledges is what Americans like to see – load the cargo containers, and get the barges ready because there are no free rides in the US.

Five People Are Stabbed Near An Asda Supermarket As Wounded Are Taken To Hospital

A man has been arrested after five people were allegedly stabbed near an Asda supermarket.

The victims were reportedly attacked at a Sainsbury’s Argos distribution hub near the store in Beddington, London. 

Paramedics and the air ambulance hurried to the location soon after 10 am on Thursday.

Five people were taken to hospital, the London Ambulance Service said.

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: ‘At 10:15 hrs on Thursday, 23 January, officers responded to reports of a stabbing at a commercial address on Marlowe Way, Beddington.

‘Officers are on scene with the London Ambulance Service to treat [five] injured people.

‘The suspect has been arrested.’

Photos from the scene reveal first responders outside
the Sainsbury’s Argos distribution centre. 

A police cordon is in place.

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: ‘We were called at 10.21 am this morning (Thursday 23 January) to reports of a stabbing incident in Marlowe Way, Croydon.

‘We sent a number of resources to the scene, including ambulance crews, a paramedic in a fast response car, an incident response officer, members of our Tactical Response Unit and London’s Air Ambulance.

‘Our crews treated five patients at the scene, before taking one to a London major trauma centre and four to other hospitals.’

An Argos spokesperson said: ‘We’re doing everything we can to support the teams on site and gathering as much information as possible to support the police with their investigation.’

Crimes of this nature are now almost always in the headlines. Why are the police and other pertinent authorities not able to stop this from happening when so many of the accused have prior convictions for assault, stalking, or harassment, or are on watch lists?

This was going on before the Labour Party was elected, so we can’t hold them responsible.

In September 2010, the police workforce in England and Wales had 243,143 officers and staff. After four years of austerity, in September 2016, this number had shrunk by almost 45,000.

To be fair, this was taking place under the Conservatives, who did this behind the pretence of multiculturalism because our government is terrified of being perceived as racist.

And now Starmer keeps releasing them so that people who post on social media can be jailed instead. You can’t breathe, you can’t speak and you can’t fart without being told that you’re a racist, and of course, no new prisons were built under the Conservatives either, way to go – I don’t think so!

This is no longer even a major headline. These horrible crimes have grown so commonplace in Lawless Britain that they are listed farther down the page, along with the Oscar nominations.

Even while the general public doesn’t feel safe, these boat people do, especially now that Labour is in power.

Since this government is so good at hiding things, the one thing they will never do is get wet in the rain.

Additionally, we should acknowledge that these diversity stabbings are merely another fantastic manifestation of the incredible and lively diversity that exists on Diversity Island.

Nobody in the UK feels safe now, and we need a strong leader, but we also know that won’t happen since we have so many woke leaders who are always watching over their shoulders and too afraid of their own shadow.

As we sit back and watched the daily invaders walk in, our group commander assured us that we would be safe, allowing them to kill at random.

To be honest, when does enough become just enough? If one of their own had been slain, I wonder how long it would take our administration to take action. Did the murder of Davis Amess not teach them anything?

ADL Calls For Calm After Elon Musk’s Awkward Hand Gesture

Elon Musk has slammed his critics for needing ‘better dirty tricks’ as he defended an ‘awkward hand gesture’ that some have compared to a Nazi salutation.

Musk has come under fire over a gesticulation he made Monday while addressing a gathering of MAGA fans during a celebration of President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Chewing his bottom lip, the Tesla billionaire drummed his right hand over his heart, fingers spread wide, then extended his right arm out, emphatically, at an upward angle, palm down and fingers together. Then he turned and made the same hand gesture to the gathering behind him.

After the gestures were immediately examined online, detractors claimed they were an overt allusion to Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.

Musk took to his social media platform X to defend himself, saying that his opponents needed ‘better dirty tricks’ and that ‘the ‘everyone is Hitler’ attack is sooo tired’.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), an organization established to fight anti-Semitism and has condemned Musk in the past, also rushed to his defence, saying it appears that he ‘made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute’.

The ADL also noted that Trump’s inauguration was a ‘delicate moment’ and that ‘politics are inflamed’ but urged ‘all sides’ to offer each other a ‘bit of grace’ and ‘perhaps even the benefit of the doubt’.

Musk’s debatable gesticulation comes after he made several statements in recent weeks in support of Germany’s far-right AfD party.

At the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, where supporters of the recently elected president had assembled for a rally, Musk made an appearance on stage on Monday.

He took to the podium to tremendous cheers, pumping his arms and yelling, ‘Yesssss.’

‘This was no ordinary victory. This was a fork in the road of human civilization,’ he said. ‘This one really mattered. Thank you for making it happen! Thank you,’ he said.

Musk then tapped the left side of his chest with his right hand and raised his arm with his palm open, repeating the gesticulation for the gathering sitting behind him.

Claire Aubin, a historian who specializes in Nazism within the United States, said Musk’s gesture was a ‘sieg heil,’ or Nazi salute.

‘My professional opinion is that you’re all right, you should believe your eyes,’ Aubin posted on X, aligning with those who found the gesture was an overt reference to Nazis.

However, the ADL defended Musk, who denied the online comments.

He is fully aware of what he did. He was attempting to annoy a certain contingent, and it was cynically and purposefully inflammatory. That gesture is wrong since it is inherently associated with one of the darkest periods in human history.

The Musk narrative is unconvincing. On the one hand, he reminds us repeatedly that he’s a brainiac, but then when he does something calculated, controversial and socially inappropriate, it just demonstrates why he’s just awkward, a bit embarrassing and someone to be fearful of.

Maybe he was saluting Tump, the fuhrer.

The hand gesture Musk made was not considered unusual by the ADL. Antisemitism is ingrained in this organisation. I’m curious to know how people would react if they were gathered outside the closest synagogue and instructed to do exactly what Musk did.

Whether Elon Musk did the gesture intentionally or not, he wasn’t thinking with his brain. People are sensitive to this type of gesture and he should have had more sensitivity and consideration for the millions that were gassed and those living in occupied countries during Hitler’s aggression. It’s called respect and if Elon Musk has an issue with it, then he should get off his podium.

Our Council Shames Us For Our Wood Burners, So We Ask Chimney Sweeps To Park Down The Street

A council clean air campaign has led to ‘a climate of fear and intimidation’ for owners of wood-burning stoves, it has been claimed.

Locals say they have been named, shamed and verbally abused in the street for using their wood-burning stoves this winter.

Some say they have been branded ‘polluters’ and have been ‘stigmatised’ for using them.

Chimney sweeps in Brighton and Hove say they have been asked to park away some distance from the homes of their customers for fear of alerting neighbours to the presence of a wood-burning stove.

It follows a campaign against open fires and wood-burning stoves that was started by Brighton and Hove City Council last month.

Bus stop adverts for the Cosy Killer campaign claim wood burning produced a particularly dangerous form of air pollution.

The pollutants – PM2.5s – are said to be worse than all of the UK’s road traffic put together.

However, wood burners are still legal everywhere in this country and some 1.5 million homes across the UK are estimated to have them installed. 

Even in those parts of our towns and cities covered by Smoke Control Areas, which includes much of Brighton, as well as almost all of London and most of Birmingham and Manchester, wood may be burned in stoves that satisfy regulations brought in three years ago.

Councillor Tim Rowkins, cabinet member for Net Zero and Environmental Services, said: ‘Our campaign is not designed to demonise anyone; I strongly believe most people who burn at home simply aren’t aware of the harm they’re doing, and this campaign is aimed squarely at raising awareness.

‘It is important our residents are fully aware of the health risks associated with wood burning in the home and our campaign is underpinned by robust academic research and public health data from multiple sources.

‘We have also installed a network of real-time air quality monitors throughout the city, providing us with vital additional data and insight.

‘For example, on cold evenings when log burners are most commonly in use, we see significant spikes in residential areas – including near schools and pre-schools – at levels way beyond those deemed safe by the World Health Organisation.

‘We know for some people a wood burner is essential for them to be able to heat their homes – and we are certainly not attempting to unfairly target anyone experiencing fuel poverty with this campaign – but for the majority, it is more of a luxury.

‘It is only right that as a council we raise local awareness of what is an important public health issue.’

Jeez, I wonder how we all survived all those years ago when all we could do was burn wood – coal was a real delight, and I wonder how we have such an elderly population when everything we did back then was so full of danger.

I don’t have a burner, but for some, it’s worth mentioning that it’s their primary source of heating.

Not everyone survived though. Life Expectancy was lower, and in the 1953 Great Smog of London thousands died – that’s why we have the Clean Air Act, but for the small amount of burners that still exist, it’s not too much of a concern.

It’s all nonsense at the end of the day. Due to the fact that certain power plants continue to burn wood, millions of people continue to smoke, and millions more vape, millions of people are not concerned about their lungs. In the end, nobody can predict when we will all die. Good times—I need a drink now!

As Pauline Quirke, 65, Struggles With Dementia, Experts Reveal Easy-To-Miss Signs

Birds Of A Feather star Pauline Quirke is to ‘step back’ from all professional obligations due to struggles with the memory-robbing disease dementia, which she was diagnosed with in 2021.

The actor, now 65, plans to spend time with her family, children and grandchildren during this ‘difficult period’, her husband Steve Sheen said.

A diagnosis of the disease under the age of 65 is deemed young-onset dementia, which is caused by genetics in about one in 10 cases, according to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

According to experts, the disease’s first brain alterations take place decades before symptoms appear.

However, some red flag signs may occur far earlier than others—and should be looked out for, especially in those with a family history.

According to Dr Daniel Amen, a psychiatrist and brain disorder specialist based in California, one indicative sign is a significantly shortened attention span.

He says of this characteristic in a recent TikTok video: ‘[It is] not like ADHD, that you’ve had it your whole life, but it seems to be accelerating.’

Touching on why this happens Ruth Drew, the director of client and information services for the Alzheimer’s Association in the US, explains: ‘Alzheimer’s disease attacks the brain, and it tends to start in the hippocampus where new memory and new learning are stored.

‘So anything that disrupts that could certainly make it more difficult for a person to hold on to a train of thought.

‘It is different for each person. Certainly, by the middle stages [of the disease], focus is definitely going to be impacted.’ 

Another easily missed sign is what appears to be depression, Dr Amen says. 

Watch out for ‘low mood’, he warns.

‘Depression doubles the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in women and quadruples the risk in men.’

The Alzheimer’s Society says it is hard to know what causes depression in dementia. 

It adds: ‘For many people, the challenges of living with dementia can lead to feelings of deep sadness or hopelessness. 

‘In addition, the diseases that cause dementia may damage parts of the brain involved in emotions and behaviour.’

A discernible deterioration in your memory is another more overt indication that dementia may have taken hold.

He explains: ‘Eighty percent of people who say their memory is worse than it was 10 years ago have an 80 percent chance it will continue to get worse.’

The National Institute of Aging says memory problems associated with the early stages of Alzheimer’s include ‘a decline in non-memory aspects of cognition, such as finding the right word, trouble understanding visual images and spatial relationships, and impaired reasoning or judgment.’ 

It adds: ‘As the disease progresses, symptoms become more severe and include increased confusion and behaviour changes.’ 

Dr Amen’s next early alarm bell is ‘poor judgment and impulsivity’. For example, this could include making poor financial decisions or engaging in excessive arguments.

This is because the frontal lobes—the largest lobes of the brain found directly behind the forehead responsible for behaviour and emotions—are ‘decreasing in activity’ due to the disease, which is ‘sort of like your brain going offline’, according to Dr Amen.

Only around 1 in 50 people with Alzheimer’s disease find their frontal lobes are affected early on.

After describing the major warning signs, Dr Amen ran through some factors that can increase the chance of your developing the disease.

He said: ‘Being overweight or obese [increases the risk]. As your weight goes up, the size and function of your brain goes down.

‘That’s why I’m trim. I do not want to purposely do anything that damages my brain.’

He also points out a few more conditions that could lead to poor brain health, including erectile dysfunction – ‘because if you have blood flow problems anywhere, it means they’re everywhere’ – chronic insomnia, and sleep apnoea. 

Memory problems, thinking and reasoning difficulties and language problems are typical early manifestations of the condition, which then deteriorate over time. 

A separate Alzheimer’s Research UK study found 74,261 people passed away from dementia in 2022 compared with 69,178 a year earlier, making it the country’s biggest killer. 

In 2022, Marvel actor Chris Hemsworth, 40, found out he was likely to develop the disease, after going through genetic testing.

He has gained notoriety in the battle against dementia.

He urges others to go to the doctor regularly and freely offers information about his well-being and health practices.

Dementia is such a vicious disease and it deprives people of their families, even long before they’ve passed away, and it’s cruel what they have to endure.

Since I was a child, Pauline Quirke has been on my television screen. She was witty and direct, and I hope the best for her and her family.

Care homes must be rubbing their hands together, but then I guess foresightedness for those who spotted an opportunity.

I do hope that they discover a cure for this evil disease.

Hearing about Pauline Quirke’s dementia makes me very sad because my mother tragically suffered from vascular dementia, which isn’t mentioned in the piece at all.

All forms of dementia are extremely severe, and further research and comprehension are needed.

The public coffers have long been burdened by this sickness, but Margaret Thatcher and all subsequent leaders have reduced spending while ignoring the ageing of our population.

They have cut funding to our councils and in numerous regions of the UK, which means good quality council-run homes do not exist. They have even ignored the fact that even privately run homes are in short supply and there is a bed crisis. So, we have to rely on stressed-out family members to care for our elderly and dementia-suffering patients.

If you are given care by Social Services, you’ll be lucky if you get 2 or three calls a day from private care companies.

What is the purpose of research and development if there is new medication to slow the progress yet it is generally too costly to provide to NHS patients? I’m furious about it!

Additionally, it is abhorrent to have to sell your parent’s house to pay for the care expenses, and the law needs to be amended right away.

If you get early-onset Alzheimers, don’t expect any financial support.

Try applying for Personal Independence Payments (PIP). You have to leap through hoops with numerous complex questions, it would be challenging enough for a person whose brain is still intact, but for a person whose brain isn’t, it’s traumatic and confusing. Basically after the age of 50 years old, you’re thrown on the scrap heap.

I truly believe that the government should cover all costs of Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Numerous patients are just left to get on with it and families cannot always assist because they either live too far away or have young children of their own. In addition to the fact that nursing these patients is demanding and relentless, and may need specialist care.

While any illness can be awful, I believe dementia or Alzheimer’s to be the worst because it is cruel and heartbreaking to all those affected.

Asylum Seekers Shoplift Designer Goods

Two asylum seekers were caught stealing to order while waiting for their refugee claims to be processed by the Home Office. 

Frans Epentrius, 29, and Tobias Iileka, 33, went on a spree targeting the John Lewis department store at the Bluewater shopping centre, near Stone, Kent.

The duo were busted on December 23 after eagle-eyed staff at the shopping mall spotted them behaving suspiciously and detained them. 

Iileka was discovered with a pair of wire cutters, while Epentrius was caught attempting to stash a £550 Coach handbag in a brown paper bag he was carrying. 

After discovering he had been clocked by staff, Epentrius went behind a column and put the bag on a different display. 

‘They refused to wait for the police and they both ran off but were subsequently caught and taken to North Kent police station,’ prosecutor Lauren Kenny told Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court.

Iileka acknowledged stealing additional things from John Lewis during a previous visit after being charged. He stated that he had committed the thefts to purchase clothing and food.

The court heard that Iileka had said that a friend had given him an order for things to steal, including designer perfumes, handbags and sunglasses.

Iileka, from Crawley, was charged with shoplifting items worth £1,356 from the Bluewater’s John Lewis outlet on December 4.

He was also charged with going prepared for robbery by having wire cutters during the foiled shoplifting endeavour on December 23.

Due to the unsuccessful ransacking on December 23, Epentrius, a father of two from St Leonards, East Sussex, was charged with attempted stealing.

The court heard Epentrius has two convictions for seven prior crimes but none of a comparable nature, while Iileka had one previous violation for failing to pay a fare on the railways.

Simon Patrick Pettican, representing Epentrius, said his client’s children were in Africa with the 29-year-old’s family as the thief awaits the results of his UK asylum request.

‘He is an asylum seeker at the moment and his claim is currently being processed. He has an excess alcohol (conviction) on file and he’s not working at the moment,’ he told the court, reported Kent Online.

‘He was getting cash from the Salvation Army but that has stopped and the friend he lives with is supporting him now.

‘It was a shot at getting some money (the thieving) and he has £419 outstanding on his fine’s account and that was for train evasion (not paying for the fare).’

District Judge Nadeem Holland placed Epentrius on a 12-month community order, with a requirement to complete 60 hours of unpaid work.

Why on earth would we want people like this in our country? If someone violates the law while waiting for an immigration decision it should be an instant decline and straight back on the plane home. It shouldn’t be our problem!

Only once they arrive and are welcomed on our shores will they stay and become a part of our culture. This is where the concept of human rights comes in.

However, they have already demonstrated their beliefs and the reason they are here. Our foolish administration will eventually figure out a method to get rid of them, but it won’t be for some time, and by then it will be too late—they are here to stay!

Naturally, a court will always find a justification for their actions, but keep an eye out since these individuals will go on to conduct more serious crimes in the future. Their asylum application should have been automatically denied.

After committing a criminal violation, that should have been the end of any claim they have to stay in the UK, but now they will likely be offered a home to live in a location of their choosing, and guess what, the taxpayers will have to pay for that!

Gen Z’s Must-Have Gadgets

According to a study, the devices that Gen Z cannot live without are air fryers, coffee makers, and hair dryers.

A poll, of 2,000 adults, has demonstrated how much different generations value various appliances around the home – and what things they turn to first thing in the morning.

For coffee-mad Gen Z, less than half (41 percent) felt their machine was a luxury item, compared to 64 percent of both Boomers and Gen X.

The younger generation is also less likely to consider hair tongs (30 percent) and air fryers (33 percent) a luxury compared to boomers (55 percent for hair tongs and 47 percent for air fryers).

It’s also evident the country is a fan of hot drinks, as half of all adults named the kettle as the first appliance they use in the morning – well ahead of the fridge (11 percent).

But older generations are more likely than youngsters to go for a brew first thing in the morning, with seven in 10 Boomers turning to the kettle before anything else compared to only 21 percent of Gen Z.

The research was commissioned by the Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Appliances (AMDEA), to encourage people to sign up for their devices, as part of Register My Appliance Week.

Additionally, there is a quiz designed to test your understanding of the appliances that are valued by various generations.

CEO Paul Hide said: ‘We are clearly a nation of appliance lovers, who appreciate the transformative effect they’ve had on our lives and who are excited by the future of smart tech, especially the younger generations.

‘However, people are missing out on an important safety benefit – an estimated 40 million large appliances are unregistered, which means they are untraceable if a safety repair is needed.’

The washing machine was universally recognised by all ages as the appliance they can’t manage without (62 percent).

This was followed by the fridge (59 percent), oven (32 percent) and freezer (29 percent).

It also emerged that 80 percent of adults said energy efficiency was an important factor when it comes to buying a new appliance, with 65 percent checking its green credentials before parting with their cash.

Anyone born in this century, before all this new tech stuff, has no idea what it was like to live say in the 70s and before. They have no idea how easy their lives are now, yet they frequently whine anyway. Try living through the war, there were no gizmos back then, and most of them wouldn’t even know how to cook a meal from scratch.

In the 60s a washing machine consisted of a scrub board, typically at the side of your butler sink. In the 70s washing machines existed but generally for the more affluent clientele. I value specific things now but only because I’m more senior and disabled, but when I was more youthful and in my prime there was nothing wrong with a bit of spit and polish.

Jeez, if kids these days lose their wifi signal, they have a breakdown and tell everyone it’s caused them to have PTSD.

These kids need National Service, that might knock some sense into the woke loonies.

If my toaster broke, I definitely wouldn’t have a meltdown about it, I would do it the old-fashioned way and use the grill. Gen Z would have a blue fit if the toaster was broken and they take so many things for granted these days. Toasters are amazing but they are much more inferior to just putting your bread under the grill.

There have been numerous advancements over the last 60 years, things that we did not have back then and these are taken as a given these days, and we have become a dreadful society because of it, but you wouldn’t want to go back, would you? However, if there was a war, we might have to!

High Street Bank To Leave Britain Over Red Tape

High street banking giant Santander is looking ‘to quit Britain over excessive red tape’ – a decision which would hit millions of customers and tens of thousands of staff.

According to reports, the Spanish financial company is thinking about leaving the UK as it evaluates its upcoming commercial dealings.

According to the Financial Times, it is believed the possible exit from the British Isles is down to frustrations over UK rules introduced after the 2008 financial crisis, which has led to lower returns for the bank than in other markets. 

Large banks were forced to keep their retail banking separate from riskier assets and foreign operations following the crisis, which the banking behemoth claims has led to lower profits than in other markets, such as Spain.

The Financial Times reported that a former Santander executive said it had ‘always been a possibility’ that executive chair, Ana Botín, would sell up as a result. 

Insiders say executives want to shift their focus on growth regions like the US after share prices fell by a third in just over 10 years. 

The plans call for the bank to withdraw from retail and commercial banking in the UK while keeping some business interests and investment, and it has hired TV stars Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly as part of an advertising campaign.

There are some 14 million Santander customers who could be affected if the apparent plans go ahead, in addition to approximately 20,000 employees across 444 branches in the UK. It also holds about £200 billion in customer lending.

It comes after Chancellor Rachel Reeves told the bosses of Britain’s regulators to help revive the UK economy by ‘tearing down the regulatory barriers that hold back growth’. 

Last year, Ms Reeves promised to tear up red tape for the City of London after claiming regulation after the 2008 financial crash had ‘gone too far’.

In her first Mansion House speech last November, she said: ‘While it was right that successive governments made regulatory changes after the global financial crisis, to ensure that regulation kept pace with the global economy of the time, it is important that we learn the lessons of the past.

‘These changes have resulted in a system which sought to eliminate risk-taking. That has gone too far and, in places, it has had unintended consequences which we must now address.’

Let’s be honest, Santander has an extremely low interest rate for businesses and customers. They also have very short opening hours, and you could probably shop elsewhere, but it is a real rigamarole because you have to switch everything over, direct debits, standing orders et cetera, and for those that have a mortgage with the said bank your mortgage will usually be sold to another lender, but again it’s a total pain in the posterior.

Who caused the issue or how it happened is irrelevant. Finding alternate banking arrangements is currently an issue for Santanders’ clients, which adds to people’s worries.

School Sells Soggy Pizza For £2.30… But Have YOUR Children Been Served Worse?

A mother has blasted her son’s school for charging him £2.30 for a soggy pizza slice at break time.

After he complained to her, she uploaded the dismal images of the tomato slice with a tiny bite removed and the cheese to a Reddit page.

She wrote: ‘My son’s school charging £2.30 for this…is this normal?’

Reddit users expressed outrage and contempt at the cost of such a meagre and pitiful-looking food.

This prompted more discussion about the audacious cost of school food in general as they pointed out the cost of living situation.

Thousands of people viewed the article right away, and hundreds of angry comments regarding the condition of school food were left.

‘It might be normal but it isn’t fair,’ one poster responded, to which one replied: ‘My child’s school charges 45p for a slice of toast per day. And quite often there’s no guarantee they will even get one either.

‘And rich politicians wonder why there are so many kids living in poverty.’

Giving your child a packed lunch is probably far healthier than a slice of pizza, at least a packed lunch might include an apple or a banana in with their lunch, perhaps even a muffin, but also giving a child a decent breakfast such as porridge, weetabix or shredded wheat and a couple of slices of wholesome toast would keep them full until lunchtime.

Back in my day, a school meal consisted of a proper meal, a dessert and a drink to sustain them, now all you get is a slice of pizza or burger and the cost of it is unreasonable.

Some mothers have to go to work to support their family, nothing has changed from when I was a child, numerous mothers had to go to work, but mothers also knew that their children were getting a wholesome meal so that when they got home all they had to do was give them tea, which would have usually consisted of sandwiches, crisps and some fruit, maybe a yoghurt.

But regardless of whether we should be making our children a packed lunch or not, £2.30 for a slice of pizza is absurd, not to mention unhealthy. If schools are going to provide meals for our children at school, at least make it better than a slice of pizza – try providing food with nutritious value.

Not providing a proper meal at lunchtime will just make our children slothful and exhausted – not lazy as the school would tell you! We need good food to feed our brains, but our government don’t want smart children because then they will go against the regime!

At one time schools had a proper kitchen and decent cooks, but now we are told it’s all in aid of progress, and in some schools they have banned packed lunches which is ridiculous. I mean, why would they do that? Oh, of course, to make more money – it’s always about the money!

Back in the 70s school meals were cooked by staff and they were lovely, particularly the desserts, and the women that served the food to us were great and made meal times feel like home.

Kate Tours A £10,000-A-Term School In North London

The Princess of Wales has toured two elite north London day schools – sparking rumours Prince George could be educated at one of them.

Kate, in remission from cancer, was seen at £10,000-a-term University College School (UCS) in Hampstead just after it closed for the Christmas holiday.

The same week, Highgate School – only two miles away – was also closed for a ‘special VIP visitor’ – said to have been the princess.

Her alma mater, Marlborough College in Wiltshire is understood to be the favoured option for her elder son when he departs Lambrook School in Berkshire in 18 months.

However, Kate and Prince William might be eager to consider other choices.

Prince George, 11, attends co-educational Lambrook with siblings Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, six.

Kate is believed to be inclined to keep them together. And Marlborough, a £59,000-a-year co-educational boarding school, could take all three.

According to reports, Prince George has already been promised a place and a house has been set up for him. According to reports, it is the greatest choice for his security needs.

A source said while a day school in north London would be an ‘unexpected choice’, events of the past year might also have changed the Waleses’ priorities.

‘With the year Catherine has had, she may well have thought to herself that she wants to soak up every drop of George’s childhood and tuck him into bed herself each night,’ the source said.

However, it might not be a surprise, either, if the school visits were related to Kate’s work with the Royal Foundation. One of Kate’s first official engagements after her chemotherapy ended was an Early Years meeting at Windsor Castle in September.

It is a subject close to her heart, and she has said she takes ‘great joy’ from her work.

Why would you have children and then send them away to school? You cannot raise a child if he/she lives away from you, and time is too short anyway.

Having a child and then sending it to school has always baffled me. When your child lives far away, how can you raise him? Our time together is already brief enough.

Of course, you can Facetime them every night. See them on weekends and holidays. Let’s face it: It’s not like they’re shipping them off to Colditz.

Sending royal children to a day school, in my opinion, conveys a very positive message. While some students do enjoy boarding, it’s not for everyone, and parents are no exception. Why shouldn’t their kids attend a day school and grow up at home?

But then Kate and William might want to be seen as hands-on parents without truly being hands-on.

In my opinion, these schools are extremely expensive, and when parents have spent thousands of pounds on their education and the child is aware that they must do well in school to gain admission to a prestigious university, it is a terrible burden for them to bear.

Whether you support royalism or not, these small steps are a positive step towards modernising the monarchy, and these parents will do what is best for their kids, and with good reason.

Individuals who send their children away to school are simply byzantine. Like arranged marriages, top hots, the workhouse and monarchies – oh, did I really say that out loud? Good for me!

Eton and schools alike don’t offer what modern-day students and a prospective king will need in today’s world. So many things have changed and the old boy network is becoming outdated.

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