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England faces 5bn litre public water shortage by 2055. Govt softening people up for bill hikes. Island surrounded by water has shortage - 1 trillion litres a year lost to leaks, lack of new reservoirs, £85bn paid in dividends, rivers/lakes polluted by sewage. Crisis created by privatisation.

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Trump has removed civil rights leader MLK Jr’s bust from the Oval Office. meidasnews.com/news/trump-r...

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My face when I realize my army has the weakest parade march in all of NATO during my pyramid scheme sponsored propaganda event.

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When a civilised nation realises that its premier is totally bonkers, there is usually a process to follow to protect its interests

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HS2 reports subcontractor over alleged fraud. Is there a pristine sector? Fraud/Corruption is endemic: In a rat race people are rewarded for hitting targets & self worth is determined by material outcomes, seeds of fraud and corruption are sown. How do we change our value systems?

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The @greenparty.org.uk should not be in a situation where, as a party with 4 MPs at Westminster, they’re struggling to get coverage for their leadership election when Reform get 10x the coverage of LibDems (with 72 MPs), SNP & Plaid & increasingly more than the Tories with 121 MPs SIGN OUR PETITION

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If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country. We will hold this administration accountable.

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when no one attends your shitty dictator parade

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"Special thanks to our sponsors Palantir" I guess we can be happy that profits made by Palantir from their NHS contracts are helping fund Trump's birthday parade

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Billionaire Bessent dumb-struck trying to defend billionaire tax cuts! Pathetic. #GOPHypocrisy 1min www.youtube.com/shorts/ukiCk...

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Bob Costas nailed it. 🎯

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Thames Water is now controlled by two US credit powerhouses: Silver Point Capital and Elliott Management. Their game - asset stripping, profiteering, slick PR, devour; to get high returns. Govt can put an end by bringing water into public ownership, but refuses. People's misery to deepen.

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Memo from Private Eye to our broadcasters

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2025: Zia Yusuf says it's not true that Nigel Farage is on the record saying to scrap the NHS #BBCQT 2012: Nigel Farage on the record saying he'd scrap the NHS and replace it with an insurance-based privatised health care system

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Trump on Oct 1, 2024, saying that we are on the brink of WWIII and a “global catastrophe” because Iran just launched missiles at Israel, which never would’ve happened if he was president.

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Trump says Putin fought in WWII Even though WWII ended in 1945 And Putin was born in 1952

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US Senator Alex Padilla (Democrat) pushed to ground and arrested at DHS press conference by Secretary Kristi Noem - Trump's America: this version of the US is truly terrifying

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From my 2024 Heroes & Villains Tour.

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Latching on to a leg near you this summer . Mission Impossible: The Hemoglobin Heist #Springwatch

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Trump gives chilling speech as he gets troops to boo California governor "We're in a really scary place now” www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tru...

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So Hegseth lied under oath today. Marine infantry units aren’t trained for this.

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UK Govt's £122m claim against Michelle Mone-linked company reaches high court. Got PPE contracts through VIP lane. Govt claimed PPE was defective. After denials Mone and husband admitted they personally benefitted. Wheels grind slowly when it comes to the rich. Mone was sued in December 2022.

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Spread the thread folks youtu.be/baR4logaaOQ?...

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So ... We can tax the rich more ...

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If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options: 1-877-447-4487

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The First Amendment specifically prohibits the government from using heavy force on citizens who protest the government. bsky.app/profile/atru...

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A message from Carl Sagan from 1995—some of his last prophetic words.

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Mobland Auditions: Dame Helen Mirren. (She’s actually seen, commented on and shared this. 😳)

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This proposal by the BBC is explicitly anti-democratic. As @natashadevon.bsky.social and others have pointed out, more women are moving to the Green party than are men going to Reform - yet the national broadcaster is falling over itself to pander to the extreme right. Why?

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Thames Water is teetering on the edge of collapse, surviving by borrowing, dumping sewage in rivers & exploiting customers. When will the Govt recognise that privatisation has failed and public ownership is the only effective way forward? Watch the Minister's reply. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXmD...

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Post Office Horizon IT scandal payouts hit £1bn. Postmasters pressured into accepting less. No contribution from PO execs, Fujitsu, lawyers, accountants and others who benefitted from wrongful prosecutions. Despite evidence no one charged for perverting justice. Will they ever be?

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MPs ask minister if he will claw back Thames Water exec bonuses. £18.5m bonus, 50% of base pay, already paid to 21 execs to circumvent ban, out of £3bn loan. TW plan to pay bonus of 200% of base pay next year. Rewards for fleecing people, dumping sewage.

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