Week in the UK. Good or bad

The first Wednesday news became political and Russian scandal. T ory were happy to know that their donor's amusement centre in Hastings received with £150,000 levelling up grant .   A £150,000 grant from Boris Johnson’s flagship levelling up towns fund was awarded to an amusement centre launched by the Conservative donor Lubov Chernukhin, raising questions about whether public money has gone to projects most in need of financial help. Chernukhin, a businesswoman who has given more than £2m to the Conservatives since 2014 and is married to a former Russian finance minister, co-founded the Owens entertainment centre in Hastings, East Sussex. The centre received £150,000 from the government’s towns fund in October after a tender process, through a company called C&O Entertainment. A further £250,000 went to the developer behind the refurbishment of the former Debenhams building in the seaside town. It includes several restaurants, a bowling alley, immersive experienc...

On Monday, election race continued. So, we've known more about leader of British opposition and l eader of the Labour Party since 2020 Keir Starmer. While his party took under fire Rishi Sunak's wife for using tax loophole in their latest advert   so that, the readers wished "the Labour front bench better hope every single one of their spouses/partners is squeaky clean because now they've opened this door it'll be open season. I expect numerous stories in the media going forward about their families, and any complaints will be knocked back with 'well you brought Sunak's wife into it, your family is fair game now';   the Daily Mail correspondent recalled old sins of sir Keir Starmer went to 21 meetings of the Sentencing Council, it decided not all child sex offenders should go to prison. The article concludes that Starmer bears significant responsibility for the fact that, from 2014 until the present day, it has been possible for child sex offend...

On Thursday the UK Prime Minister expressed his concern about schools no informing parents on gender issues regarding their children .  Teachers among redditors disagree with him: "Speaking as someone who was a youth worker for over ten years, this is an incredibly shit policy.  Informing parents of things like this by default is dangerous. Some parents have incredibly strict points of view, particularly where religion is involved. Given information like this about gender, or sexuality, can lead to some parents taking harmful action towards their children, which in the worst cases can be tantamount to abuse.  No one should ever be legally obliged to out a child to someone if it may put the child at risk." - "Agree completely. I'm a teacher and part of standard safeguarding policy is to ensure that no harm to them occurs at home as well as school.  What this practically means is that if a student discloses something and also mentions that it will make their ...