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Israel nearly killed the head of the World Health Organization. Has any Western government commented on this yet? Can you imagine their response if it was Iran or Russia?

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“2025 will see new Brexit barriers to British passport holders… First to arrive will be the EU Entry/Exit System, known as EES. A few months later…The European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS). Citizens of 60 nations, including the UK, will be subject to these new procedures.”

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HMRC says it failed to collect around £500bn in tax since 2010. Others says £1,400bn. £570bn held by UK residents in financial accounts in tax havens. Tax dodged. Companies dodge taxes by profit shifting to low/no tax havens. No HMRC estimates. Govts hit the poor, don't upset corporations/rich.

submitted 141 days ago • 35 comments

As I’ve said before, we need to make @bsky.app the biggest social media platform on the planet. We need to do it with speed & we need to do it with urgency & then we need to use it with truth & justice to send Elon Musk packing www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

submitted 142 days ago • 62 comments

Can't believe they never offered me the role x www.normalisland.co.uk/p/apparently...

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“Brexit made the UK an early victim of this reactionary politics which, instead of making this country great again, has already made it poorer and lonelier. Who knows what further damage may be awaiting our younger generations.”

submitted 141 days ago • 74 comments

🔥 😬 🇨🇦 Canadian House of Commons Member Charlie Angus says being next to 🇺🇸 “is like living in an apartment above a meth lab at times” and “while our taxes might be slightly higher, it doesn’t cost us a dime to go to the doctor” Well played sir

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UK's regressive tax system. Poorest 10% of households paid 48% of income in tax; richest 10% paid 39%. Poorest 10% paying 12% of income in VAT; richest 10% pay 3%. Council tax: Poorest 10% paying 7%; richest 10% pay 1.2%. No govt plans to end inequity. equalitytrust.org.uk/news/press-r...

submitted 141 days ago • 98 comments

“A huge 68% of respondents in Britain see a benefit in reintroducing cross-Channel freedom of movement in exchange for access to the European single market” www.bbc.com/news/article...

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"The message to Israel is that this needs to stop, What we are seeing in the Golan is a violation of the 1974 agreement. This is a very serious issue." The UN's Syria Special Envoy Geir Pedersen tells me that Israel's unlawful actions in Syria need to stop. zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...

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BREAKING: In an unprecedented move, more than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. It's the first time in history that Nobel laureates have come together to oppose a Cabinet choice.

submitted 161 days ago • 774 comments

According to the CBO, extending Trump's tax cuts for the rich would shrink the economy over the long run. Extending the cuts would also increase the deficit by $4.6 trillion and be used by Republicans as an excuse to gut programs millions rely on. It's reverse Robin Hood.

submitted 164 days ago • 81 comments

Following the ouster of France’s prime minister, 200,000 workers mobilized across the country. It’s a reminder that only class struggle can end the regime’s attacks on workers and the rise of the Far Right.

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New research from the University of Oxford has recognised UK civil servants as among the best in the world, underscoring the vital role played by PCS members in delivering public services. www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...

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The NHS is facing a “quad-demic” of health emergencies as it heads into winter. Four different illnesses:- ▪️’Flu ▪️Covid ▪️Norovirus ▪️Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

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Driving examiners "bullied" to inflate test pass rates, PCS tells MPs Read more 👇 www.pcs.org.uk/contact-us/p... #PCS #DrivingTests

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Jeremy Bowen this morning on the Amnesty report that shows there is clear evidence that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

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"And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent." Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on) youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as

submitted 166 days ago • 68 comments

‘Winter crisis’ there are no seasons in NHS anymore It’s worth reflecting on the plans the last Govt had 5000 more beds /800 more ambulances Neither were hit despite @NHSEngland stating they were added & just a few ambulances GPs did provide 50m more appts/yr though www.nhsconfed.org/articles/ana...

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It was never “austerity”. It was a massive transfer of wealth from poor to rich. (Figs via We Own It / @cathobbs.bsky.social)

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"Democrats Will Keep Losing Until They Cut Ties With Billionaires and Corporations" Justice Democrats' @alexandrasiera pens a powerful op-ed for @zeteo.com

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“71 years ago, MI6 and the CIA overthrew Iran's democracy. British officials wanted "a non communist coup d'état" in Iran to install a "dictator" who would promote UK oil interests, declassified files show.” By @declassifieduk.org - follow them.

submitted 169 days ago • 56 comments

ILLUSIONS OF THE RULE OF LAW. 2009/10 -2022-23: Tory Govt cut Justice budget in England & Wales by 22% in real terms. Backlog: 370,700 magistrates courts cases; 71,000 Crown Court cases; 2,786 adult rape cases awaiting trial. Legal-aid non-existent for most. leftfootforward.org/2024/11/what...

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“Just three companies, News Corp (Murdoch family), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT, Viscount Rothermere) and Reach plc, control over 80% of daily newspaper circulation… The hyper-rich continue to invest huge sums in acquiring control of media” We need a free press - ie free from the billionaires.

submitted 170 days ago • 144 comments

We’re getting there! Help us beat them. Everyone who likes and reposts this will get a follow back!

submitted 169 days ago • 330 comments

This is so utterly ludicrous. Why would the Jewish Labour movement - a group standing alongside a government enabling genocide - comment on Green Party training? Who do they think they are? As if they have moral authority with Luke Akehurst as an MP! www.jewishnews.co.uk/greens-accus...

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Israeli deputy foreign minister today: "We are not restricting any humanitarian aid going into Gaza" Number of aid trucks going into Gaza: Before last Oct: 500/day Highest number since last Oct: 200/day in May Last month: 57/day This month: 80/day

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The ICC’s arrest warrants are long overdue. The Prime Minister & Foreign Secretary must immediately endorse this decision. That is the bare minimum. Will the UK government now, finally, honour its international obligations to prevent genocide and end all arms sales to Israel?

submitted 179 days ago • 76 comments

This is a dark day for Israel. All those months blackmailing the ICC and stitching up the chief prosecutor and Netanyahu and Gallant still face arrest. Life can be so unfair 😭😭😭

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The multi-millionaire who bought farmland to avoid tax… And the man who decimated farming to progress his own career …are now the self-appointed saviours of farming On today’s pod we discuss how people have lost their damned minds. Listen on link below…

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So this is the BBC blaming Nurses for the economy. Nurses who have lost 20-30% of their pay in ten years. Nothing to do with greedy CEOs and record private profits? Nothing to do with government incompetence? No. Blame the nurses. Seriously BBC?!?! How dare you!

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A reminder today, as US politicians including the President fall over one another to attack the ICC over arrest warrants and defend Netanyahu…

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My thoughts are with John Prescott’s loved ones this morning - he made a huge impact on British politics, and on global climate action (one of the lead architects of Kyoto protocol), thanks to his combination of principles and down to earth straight talking. May he rest in peace

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"BREAKING: Senate Rejects Sanders-led Effort to Block Arms Sales to Israel" Zeteo's @premthakker.bsky.social reports on the vote in Congress, which forced senators to go on the record with where they stand on the Biden administration's unconditional support for Israel. zeteo.com/p/breaking-s...

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Last night only THREE peers in the House of Lords called for public ownership of England's water industry. That was me, Jenny Jones & Natalie Bennett (Green Party) out of a membership of 827. Public ownership officially opposed by Labour, Tories and LibDems. Most people want to end the scandal.

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This is awful & heartbreaking. Schoolchildren from struggling families have pretended to eat out of empty lunchboxes to save their embarrassment at having no food. Ending child poverty must be a priority for the Government www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Elon Musk says Americans must suffer the "hardship" of $2 trillion in cuts to public spending, while he still gets tax cuts, government contracts, and corporate welfare. No wonder I got a little angry talking about it. See this week's full Coffee Klatch here :

submitted 184 days ago • 86 comments

Hi everyone! I'm over here now and will keep doing my bit to organise and build towards a fairer and better society - Who else is over here?

submitted 184 days ago • 15 comments

Friends, I’m delighted to see how many of you have joined me here on Bluesky. I thought I’d take a moment to share my course, Wealth and Poverty, which I released in its entirety on YouTube not too long ago. Now, perhaps more than ever, I hope you’ll consider joining me in the classroom.

submitted 184 days ago • 90 comments

Michael Rosen’s powerful “Don’t mention the children”

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They already have our medical records,now Palantir (run by Peter Thiel) want to get into the predict-when-people-might-commit-a-crime business.Thiel’s protege is JD Vance. Apart from that, have a lovely Saturday. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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just seeing an irrelevant old play about a nation doomed by the petty vindictiveness of its decrepit, delusional ruler

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