The one Labour MP brave enough to stand up to Starmer and Reeves over winter fuel payment
Only one Labour MP voted against the government’s cut to winter fuel payments on Tuesday, as MPs gathered in Parliament to vote to remove the benefit for all but the country’s poorest pensioners. A Conservative Party move to block the measure was defeated by…
Rachel Reeves claimed £4,400 in energy bills expenses before cutting Winter Fuel Payments
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been blasted after it emerged she billed the taxpayer thousands for her own energy bills, before announcing the decision to slash pensioners’ Winter Fuel Allowance. In the past five years alone, Ms Reeves claimed £3,700 towards…
Nigel Farage vows to ‘take fight to Starmer’ as he backs Express Winter Fuel campaign
Nigel Farage and Reform UK have published a glossy video this evening showing the party’s five MPs participating in this morning’s Express campaign photo-op ahead of the Commons Winter Fuel vote. The Daily Express called on all MPs have back…
Polscy bohaterowie ratujący Żydów. Trzy przejmujące dowody polskiego heroizmu w obliczu Zagłady
W Polsce za ukrywanie Żydów lub wszelką inną formę ich wsparcia groziła kara śmierci. W najlepszym razie można było trafić do więzienia lub obozu koncentracyjnego. Ci bohaterowie byli gotowi zapłacić najwyższą cenę. To, jak wysoki był stopień zagrożenia dla…
21 Lovely Vintage Photos of Cute Kids in Melbourne from the 1940s-50s
Here is a lovely collection of children from Melbourne taken between the 1940s and 1950s. Cute Kids in Melbourne from the 1940s-50s Cute Kids in Melbourne from the 1940s-50s Cute Kids in Melbourne from the 1940s-50s Cute Kids in Melbourne…
The Tasman Bridge Disaster Occurred in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1975
The Tasman Bridge was open to traffic in August 1964 in Hobart, the capital city of Australia’s island state of Tasmania. It was a four-lane, high level concrete bridge constructed with a central navigation span for shipping. Prior to 1964,…
An Amazing Photo Diary From Two Women Who Traveled Around Australia in a VW in 1963
Spelio had these slides to sort, and the diary to Blog one day. He scaned them ready for Betty’s 90th birthday in Mrach 2014, 50 years since the trip. “Two of my aunts Dorothy and Betty drove around Australia in their…
Vintage Australian Fashion of the 1930s
Young women running over a sand dune on an unidentified beach, ca. 1935 Young people enjoying a day at the beach, ca. 1938 Friends posing on Kirra Beach, 1938 Beachgoers at Burleigh Heads, 1938 Group of mates riding in a…
Vintage Photos of Horse Drawn Omnibus in Australia From Between the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
In the 1880s Sydney’s main streets were laid with durable hardwood blocks. The city was filled with the sound of steel-tyred buses and other vehicles rumbling over these blocks, accompanied by the clip clopping of countless horses’ hooves. The horse…
Summer Under Southern Skies of Australia in the 1940s
These are beautiful vintage photos that show the life in southern Australia in the 1940s. Relaxing under the summer sun in Townsville Diving into Sydney Harbor under summer skies Cooling down with an ice block under summer skies in New…