People struggling to pay energy bills whilst companies make record profits. Sewage in our waters whilst water company CEOs & shareholders make billions. People skipping meals whilst Labour Government refuse wealth taxes or to invest in our country. www.theguardian.com/business/202... - ThreadSky

zackpolanski.bsky.social • 166 days ago

People struggling to pay energy bills whilst companies make record profits.

Sewage in our waters whilst water company CEOs & shareholders make billions.

People skipping meals whilst Labour Government refuse wealth taxes or to invest in our country.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/12/one-in-six-uk-workers-skipping-meals-to-make-ends-meet-says-tuc?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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darlingd53.bsky.social•165 days ago

Tax the wealthy... They are getting off Scott free again!!!

unixmaisonette.com•166 days ago

We need to have a conversation about what the economy is actually for.

ferrickbrick.bsky.social•165 days ago

The world is out of balance and tipping sideways.

wiccanwych.bsky.social•165 days ago

Maybe we should tax earnings from investments at the same rate as wages, and return to a post-war tax policy, where the rich pay their share.
Or we can continue to have a wealth gap reminiscent of the bloody Roman era.

The social contract has been deliberately broken, but not by the poor.

kentmuslimgreens.bsky.social•166 days ago

🙏🏼💚🙏🏼

https://bsky.app/profile/kentmuslimgreens.bsky.social/post/3lfmkn2e2zc2u

charlesfradley.bsky.social•166 days ago

The root cause of all these problems of course is the elephant in the Room which is being ignored .... Brexit .... I suggest to sign the UK Parliamentary petition number 700005 to rejoin the EU

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700005

coatescan.bsky.social•166 days ago

Yep. Make Britain great again 🙄

blueeyedjurist.bsky.social•165 days ago

traceism.bsky.social•165 days ago

How many mothers are skipping meals so that their children are provided for? Bet it's more than 1 in 6.

hollybrigstocke.bsky.social•166 days ago

Starmer has no clue at all. Being Tories isn't playing well for Labour.

Does anyone remember "Rip-off Britain", "feral media", and "forces of conservatism".

cllrdeanevans.bsky.social•164 days ago

What 3 bullet points would you use to compare GP policies to the 3 you quote for the Labour Government, Zack?

zackpolanski.bsky.social•164 days ago

Good question.

Nationalise our public services, tax the super rich and insulate every home. (Reducing bills, reducing emissions & creating public sector jobs.)

robhogg68.bsky.social•166 days ago

And the right trying to distract us from it all by whipping up bigotry.

jindre.bsky.social•165 days ago

Record corporate profits without a corresponding increase in wages, pensions, and welfare is theft

nrunky.bsky.social•166 days ago

The successes of neoliberalism and shareholder capitalism , wage stagnation for over 40 years, time to tax the richest

landscapepainter.bsky.social•164 days ago

It’s shocking

adventurist.bsky.social•165 days ago

King Charles won't allow a wealth tax and what he says, goes.

robertofab.bsky.social•165 days ago

This is not a Labour government, just a more efficient Tory one.

wiccanwych.bsky.social•165 days ago

This is the consequence of 14 years of mismanagement by the Tories, Labour can't fix it overnight from the bottom of a financial black hole.

Ask a homeless person why they're not buying a shower curtain.
Priorities innit.

The country is broken. The Tories broke it.
Let's not blame the new roofers

robertofab.bsky.social•165 days ago

Sorry,Blossom, but if the new roofers are making the holes in the roof worse they need to be held to account.

sileos.bsky.social•165 days ago

And Pensioners going cold because Labour couldn't be bothered to do a proper assessment about where fairer thresholds should be.🫤

tr1shw.bsky.social•166 days ago

It’s okay Zack, AI is going to save us all apparently 🙄

#DeludedLabour
#LabourSoldItsSoul

thinkitthrough.bsky.social•166 days ago

Tax the wealthy.

damonthedemon.bsky.social•165 days ago

And fucking REIGN IN the BOE before they crash us again. Monetarist neolib leeches will simply pauperise the whole country once again. I for one wont stand for this merry go round so private capital can continue to make obscene profits on the backs of actual human beings.

hibernaculum.bsky.social•166 days ago

Meanwhile Tesco announce record profits as they raise prices, and while I am not necessarily saying it's right to shoplif... Actually, I am, go steal as much as you can get away with and if you see someone else shoplifting, of course, you didn't.

bertyboi.bsky.social•165 days ago

Ur right Zack it is our country they must work for us! I know the greens do.

chy-lowen13.bsky.social•166 days ago

Labour's answer is 'Lets go round again, maybe it'll work this time' cos 40 years of economic bullshit isn't quite enough

butterflyhels.bsky.social•166 days ago

You seem to be the only party who actually cares about people and our environment. Starmer now banging on about AI because he wants the country to be top of the league in this field. Absolutely no concerns about the environment, job losses and security.

damonthedemon.bsky.social•165 days ago

Agree. Its laughable. As if AI, using up billions of gallons of water and megawatts of power to provide next to no added value whatsoever, that a human could easily do and trying to sell this as a fit all solution. He takes us all for fools. Peeps might say im harsh but the mans an imbecile.

butterflyhels.bsky.social•165 days ago

Definitely not harsh. I honestly thought the Tories were bad but I can't believe I'm saying that he might be worse. To be pushing AI at a time when people are already struggling to get work and knowing that our global resources are finite. Plus no thought for our green spaces and wildlife.

damonthedemon.bsky.social•165 days ago

12.7 billion litres of water used in 2024 by Googles AI ALONE!!!! Yes 12.7 billion litres…..And this fool wants AI? Ffs! Imbecile!

butterflyhels.bsky.social•165 days ago

Wow scary! So dangerous and irresponsible - how can he call himself Labour?!

damonthedemon.bsky.social•166 days ago

Everyday and in everyway, Starmer and Nu Nu Labour dont fail to bitterly disappoint and incite a deep anger and bitterness. The man is simply a ludicrous parody of a centre right political simpleton. Zac and Carla are seemingly the only light in this quite ridiculous darkness we seem to be mired in.

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