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Simon Fraser explains how Brexit has created more red tape resulting in more staff needed at the civil service to manage the rise in red tape

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Men often ask me what they can do to help support women’s rights. Signing this, to once and for all decriminalise abortion, would be a solid start. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...

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Pressure is building on the government to end one of the most cruel and monumental injustices of the past half-century, the shocking IPP scandal thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/05/28/c...

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Govt confirms criminals control England water industry. "Since the privatisation of water and sewerage companies in 1989, all ten Water and Sewerage companies which discharge into English waters have been convicted of criminal offences". Still allowed to fleece people, no end to criminality.

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The UK government’s final chance to act is NOW. Laila Soueif is at death’s door after 242 days on hunger strike — demanding freedom for her son Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a British-Egyptian activist unjustly imprisoned in Egypt for years. The clock has run out. Free Alaa. Save Laila.

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It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to learn that Nigel Farage’s ‘£7 Billion DEI Savings’ Don’t Actually Exist bylinetimes.com/2025/05/30/n...

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Jenrick does the right-wing neighborhood watch scheme on the tube, but of course conveniently ignores his own atrocious track record of white collar ‘misdeeds’…shall we call them that? m.youtube.com/watch?v=X1p7...

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Who would have guessed.. www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

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I'm still furious about the billions wasted by the tories on useless PPE gear. Still, at least loads of tory donors, ministers and peers have gone to jail eh? 🤔

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Nigel Farage is voters' last choice to be Prime Minister - as he's branded 'political fraud' www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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Nigel Farage, "Lifting the two child benefit cap is the right thing to do" BBC News, "Isn't the reality that your numbers don't add up?" Nigel Farage, "At no point in history of any government has anybody ever thought their numbers added up" Just like the Brexit he sold..

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🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺 Let’s send a message to the government! 18/Oct/2025 Join the majority who hate Brexit! #RejoinEU #MarchForEurope

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This 'record' fine poses a conundrum for failed bosses, recently gifted £3bn of tax-payer money expressly to pay themselves bonuses for shit-soaked waterways. Having to make do with a mere £2.88bn could seriously curtail their entitlement to carefree abandon. www.dumptheguardian.com/business/202...

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Millions in the UK are one pay day from disaster youtu.be/6qm7lVRhgZg?... The UK is a country of massive wealth inequality, with all the stress landing on those the wealthy think to be the undeserving poor, which is most of us.

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Left: The start of Wes Streeting's long speech to junior doctors asking them not to strike Right: Your reminder of how much more doctors, nurses and teachers would earn since 2010 if they had the same pay rise as MPs have had

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But I thought we were assured (again & again & again) that 2°C was a next century risk if we failed to meet that stringent & urgent & serious Paris Agreement target of 1.5°C. It's almost as though we can't expect politicians to work in our best interests... www.dumptheguardian.com/environment/...

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🚨 Saturday night: Our lifeboat launched to a 32ft yacht in distress off #Brighton Marina. Fouled anchor. Rope around prop. 4 people onboard. We placed a crew member aboard in rough seas before requesting help from Shoreham and Newhaven. Vessel freed & towed after 3+ hours.

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Still Unite funds Labour Party @unitesharon.bsky.social 🤷‍♂️

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Thoughts with welsh cons once again. hhttps://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/20mph-roads-london-research-injuries-collisions-tfl-will-norman-b1228903.html

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“It’s not dissatisfaction. It’s not disillusionment. It’s revulsion: visceral fury, anger on a level I’ve seldom seen before, even towards Tory cruelties. Why? Because these are Tory cruelties, delivered by a party that claimed to be the only alternative, in our FPTP electoral system.”

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Thames Water hit with record £123m fine. Beware of the OFWAT spin. £104.5m fine for sewage dumping was announced on 6 Aug 2024. £18.2m fine for breach of dividend rules was announced on 19 Dec 2024. Companies allowed to negotiate fines. Can't end abuses without ending the profit motive

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"Canadians and Europeans have much in common... Canadian and European citizens have boycotted U.S. goods and services, travel to the U.S... Trump warned he will impose additional tariffs on the European Union and Canada if they band together to “do economic harm” against the United States."

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Raising Awareness About Free Zones: A Triad of Political Support (Tories, Labour, Reform UK) and the EU State Aid Conflict Some of you know that I write a lot about the dangers of Freeports and Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the UK. Thread publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5804/cm...

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True: Brexit caused a big rise in immigration in UK.

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📊 “First Past the Post simply isn't designed to cope with a multi-party system - at least not if you believe in fairness”, says @mariecgoldman.bsky.social 🗳️ We “need to look at how elections are conducted”, agrees @lucympowell.bsky.social, Leader of the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk

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Professor Martin Green, of Care England, said: "This is a crushing blow to an already fragile sector. The government is kicking us while we're already down” news.sky.com/story/labour...

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Yet again Guardian overlooks Zone Fever. £64 billion of public money is being spent on 74 SEZs and 12 Freeports over the next 25 years. I will continue to highlight why free zones are stealth killers of the commons, they are a costly and inefficient policy. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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😳👀 #supportscotland #ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌻

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THE INDEPENDENT: Prosecutions for minimum wage violations plummet as rogue employers thrive, putting pressure on Keir Starmer's Labour to enforce workers’ rights and tackle economic inequality. - by Kate Devlin

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Simply this.

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Here is the view of The Economist, which is not known for its left wing views, on Farage's Reform Party "manifesto"...

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This coutry needs left wing politics www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/05...

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The most ironic line from Farage’s Mail piece - “The casual lies and careless attitudes of our political class have let people down” Hmm.

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So Starmer is now doubling down on immigrants. He's trying to out reform Reform UK Ltd. He's still happy to hammer the elderly and disabled. I honestly don't recognise this 'Labour' party.

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Gentle reminder about Nigel Farage's views on the NHS

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Hysterical!😂

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British Gas CEO salary rose 29% last year! Instead of leaving decisions with private shareholders, the government should set up a retail wing for Great British Energy In other countries it's NORMAL to buy energy from a publicly owned provider www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Do you know what annoys me? Politicians who are privatising the NHS, pointing fingers at other politicians who want to privatise it (in a different way). There’s more than one way to mine the NHS for profit! 🚨

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Yet again the Guardian overlooks the elephant in the room: £64 billion of public money is being spent on 74 SEZs and 12 Freeports over the next 25 years. Deregulated Free zones are stealth killers of the commons, they are a costly and inefficient policy. 1/4 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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I am obliged to say that you should never try and judge the likely outcome of a criminal trial from half-following the media coverage but come on was anyone expecting anything else after some of the claims these guys were making? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Imagine if Keir Starmer just decided to tax extremely wealthy people properly instead. I wonder how many lives would be saved? www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Tell me there’s a prettier planet. I won’t believe you.

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Deform Uk are complaining about political repression today, as two of their best prospective candidates await sentencing in July, just for chopping down a sodding tree!

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The Guardian view on Labour’s drift and Tory collapse: Reform fills a vacuum they created. The editorial ends with this: “Britain’s first-past-the-post system, designed to keep extremism at bay, may end up amplifying it” - Electoral reform is an urgent priority! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Defo Sister! ✊❤️

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