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Private equity bidders trump rival to buy doctors' surgeries, hospitals and hospices with £1.7bn Assura bid. NHS estate privatised by Tories/Blair, now bought/sold for profit. NHS pays escalating rents, less money left for frontline services. All part of creeping privatisation

The Iraq playbook is back & the media won’t question it. Iran has no nuclear weapons. Israel — on trial for genocide — does. Iran signed the NPT & allows IAEA inspections. Israel hasn’t — & its leaders face ICC arrest warrants. Beware of politicians beating the drums of war.

Yes please.

Yesterday’s demonstrations across the nation in favor of democracy and against Trump’s dictatorship revealed the power of the people. Millions reasserted the “We” in “We the people.” Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-5b2

'there is a special place in hell for politicians who object to solar farms & other renewable projects. But perhaps the hottest part is reserved for those who seek to slow pylons and other forms of electricity transmission, they keep us on course for a burning world. bright-green.org/2023/11/07/g...

Amanpour, "Netanyahu has wanted to do this for decades, he has never believed in the diplomatic path" "No American president has allowed him to do it until president Trump" "Trump has failed on all the big foreign policy issues that he promised he would solve and quickly, they've got worse"

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, "Israel attacking Iran is a is a disaster for the people of Gaza" "At a time when international concern about the mounting atrocities innocent civilians being slaughtered in their food queues" "And the Saudi-French summit on the state of Palestine has been postponed"

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, "It's concerning that we're sending jets out to the middle east when all the talk should be of de-escalation" "If Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Labour government really wanted to show they were serious about de-escalating, they should stop selling arms to Israel"

A very interesting @conunitucl.bsky.social panel on House of Commons reform coming up next week! Sign up details in the link below.

The not so slow descent into authoritarianism...

Trump has shown his disregard for our collective security time and time again. The Prime Minister should propose a new, bilateral UK-Canada defence pact at the G7 this weekend, making us more secure.

First look: New food market gathers the best of global street food vendors in one place

I think it would be good to get some women in charge of the countries that have nuclear weapons. Women talk to each other. Women can be reasonable. Enough with the macho men and swinging dicks.

Netanyahu is trying to replace social media images of suffering Palestinians and the destruction of their homes… with those of suffering Israelis and their destroyed homes. So he needs to: 1) bait Iran to attack and 2) cut all comms out of Gaza. Our mainstream media will swallow it whole.

"The DUP is being grossly hypocritical on immigration - when for years it lobbied the Government to make it easier for more low-skilled foreigners to come to Northern Ireland as cheap labour for big business."

MLK says it like it is... #MLK

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Sound familiar?

Fiona Bruce, "We have a lot of Reform voters in the audience, I want to hear from some of them at least" If the #BBCQT audience is based on voter share at the election, how can there be so many Reform voters in the audience if Reform only got 14% of the vote share in the 2024 general election?

But of course the UK is still training the IDF to be genocidal terrorists. It's what the British do best.

Belfast, this Saturday, it’s only by showing up in numbers that fascists get the message.

My latest article is free to read on Substack. Beware of Nigel Farage, Reform UK Ltd is a Template for the Alt-Right's Stealth Implementation of a Sovereign Corporation Please subscribe, and share!❤️ open.substack.com/pub/european...

Reminder Reform UK Ltd is a private company. Nigel Farage is on track to install Govt as a Sovereign Corporation with himself as CEO at the helm, accountable to his shareholders rather than voters. Thread

Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

Israel's oldest newspaper, today called for full blown sanctions, against its own country.

It’s time for decriminalisation. 👇 Ask your MP to back @stellacreasy.bsky.social 's amendment to the Policing Bill. goodlaw.social/f2eef3

Thomas Friedman: ‘This Israeli Government Is a Danger to Jews Everywhere’ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/o...

Remember the ones who stood up!

Hopefully, the Spending Review is the start of Labour conducting itself like a Labour government. Next step? Deeper economic ties with our friends and neighbours in Europe. Time to be bold.

"If you speak to anybody in the NHS, they will always say we cannot fix the NHS until we fix adult social care." @AlPinkerton.bsky.social

I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

The routine dehumanising and killing of Palestinians continues on a daily basis. Why is our government not pulling out all the stops to prevent this outrage, in the name of humanity? #GazaAtrocities #NotInOurName #Sanctions www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Gibraltar also joined Schengen. Customs union is a win for importers and exporters (yes, it's important) but freedom of movement of people is the real goal for our population.

Labour VS Tory VS Reform when it comes to our NHS. #Labour #KierStarmer