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Labour MP says Starmer’s ‘island of strangers’ warning over immigration mimics scaremongering of far right – UK politics live @theguardian.com suggests similarities to Enoch Powell’s language is a coincidence but the effect is much the same.

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Stand up for trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️ Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:https://goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8

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The Chancellor could stop paying interest on bank reserves—a tweak that could save £30 billion over two years, says the IFS: theguardian.com/p/z4j3p The ECB already uses tiered rates. We’re handing billions to banks while pretending we can’t afford warm homes or decent care. #Economics

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This: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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1/ 🧵Yields are a policy choice, not an inevitability. The BoE could implement yield curve control to cap yields and ensure stable ‘borrowing’ costs. #YieldCurveControl #CentralBanking #UKBonds www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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1. This sent me back to L. Randall Wray’s excellent book ‘Why Minsky Matters.’ #Minsky #Deregulation www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Today's 36% #OFWAT average water bill hike is yet another symptom of water privatisation's failure. The water regulator OFWAT is allowing companies it has utterly failed to regulate to continue exploiting their customers, who have no choice but to use water. 🧵1/6

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Ofwat approved a 29% Anglian Water bill hike—more than the 25% they asked for. This comes despite 65 serious pollution incidents in 5 years - the 2nd worst record after Thames Water - and a £38.1m refund ordered for poor performance. Back my Water Bill: actionnetwork.org/forms/add-yo...

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Ofwat is making us pay for decades of criminal behaviour by water companies. Time to scrap both of them and give the public a real say over the future of our water. Back my Water Bill here: actionnetwork.org/forms/add-yo...

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What are the flying objects spotted in New Jersey?

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Protests at the British Museum #BritishMuseum #BP #ClimateCrisis

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1. I’m reading Our Final Warning by Mark Lynas. It describes the impacts of climate change, degree by degree. #ClimateChange

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Herefordshire from the Malvern Hills, you can just about see British Camp. The regular evening dog walk.

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