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Just had an #RNLI emergency vehicle drive past with full blues and twos. It’s tricky enough negotiating these narrow roads, I wouldn’t want to do it at speed. I read the surf warnings this morning on the beach and dangerous rip tides are mentioned. Hope everyone’s safe.

12/12
The RNLI’s willingness to respond should never become an excuse for government to keep expanding what volunteers are expected to do. Goodwill isn’t an infinite resource. #RNLI

11/12
If we’re quietly turning a volunteer charity into another emergency service because the state needs more capacity, let’s have that debate honestly. Don’t hide it behind volunteer goodwill. #RNLI

10/12
The trustees have a difficult job: help people in genuine danger while protecting the volunteers who make the service possible. That balance becomes harder as demands keep increasing. #RNLI

9/12
Supporting the RNLI means protecting its volunteers too. We shouldn’t wait until people are physically or psychologically broken before admitting we’ve asked too much of them. #RNLI

8/12
These volunteers have jobs, families and lives outside the RNLI. They’re not an endless pool of emergency responders who can absorb ever-increasing demands without consequences. #RNLI

7/12
Suicide callouts deserve particular attention too. Repeatedly sending volunteers into traumatic incidents, especially around known suicide hotspots, carries a psychological cost. #RNLI

6/12
We’re asking volunteers to deal with increasingly complex incidents while facing growing political and public hostility. At some point, you have to ask whether that’s sustainable. #RNLI

5/12
Imagine volunteering to save lives, then facing abuse from people who believe you’re providing a taxi service for refugees. Whatever your politics, those volunteers don’t deserve that. #RNLI

4/12
And now volunteers face increasing public hostility, with some portraying the RNLI as little more than a “taxi service” for migrants crossing the Channel. That hostility has consequences. #RNLI

3/12
Every new demand carries a cost. Physical risk is obvious. Psychological harm is less visible, but repeatedly exposing volunteers to traumatic incidents has consequences too. #RNLI

2/12
The Coastguard is a statutory emergency service. The RNLI is a charity powered by volunteers. They work together, but they aren’t interchangeable. That distinction matters. #RNLI

1/12
The RNLI is a volunteer lifeboat service, not an unlimited extension of the state. We need to be very careful how much more we expect volunteers to take on. #RNLI

I stand with the #RNLI

#ToriesGone796

Brave RNLI Volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. Disgusting.

Pls Sign/RP the Open ✉️ of thanks to the #RNLI PATRIOTS letting them know these thugs do not speak for the rest of us 👌👇

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There are no “legitimate concerns” that justify threatening lifesavers because you want them to let people drown. It’s not a “protest” or a “debate”. No government or media outlet should give this sheer hatred a moment’s credence. Call it what it is: racist terrorism & criminal thuggery. #RNLI

If you can, please donate and be part of a lifesaving crew.

#RNLI