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elaine5.bsky.social
European, protect the planet and its species, film and literature, anti-war. Bit of science, travel and all things foodie.
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🏥Good news! 🧑‍⚕️ The NHS waiting list has now fallen for 6 months in a row, down by 219,000. The Government promised 2 million extra appointments. So far, it’s delivered 3 million in just 9 months. There is plenty of work left to do, but Labour are getting the NHS back on its feet.

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

The European Union and China are now starting negotiations to abolish EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. This is a major strategic failure for the United States.

submitted 3 days ago • 1221 comments

If Trump can claim a "national emergency" to disappear legal residents without due process, what’s to stop him from doing the same to U.S. citizens who oppose him? No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens. Fascism is here.

submitted 5 days ago • 254 comments

We'd really appreciate it if you could share action with your broader networks - including via WhatsApp. Once you've done the process yourself you will be given a whole range of sharing tools. Let's start to defund Zuckerberg!

submitted 10 days ago • 8 comments

🔥 OUCH! Farage’s "biggest rally in history" flopped. - empty seats, protests, and ejections marked the weird night in Birmingham.

submitted 12 days ago • 16 comments

Seems that the power station with the Bond villain name actually is a real world villain - £1 billion profit just announced was built on subsidies built on lies - let’s have it back.

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

'Murica!

submitted 31 days ago • 43 comments

📢ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 3.6% in 2024 to lowest since 1872 🏭Coal lowest since 1666, when Great Fire ravaged London 🚗EVs pushed oil down despite more traffic, saving £1.7bn 🌇Gas down on "cleanest ever" power 📈📉Since 1990, CO2 -54% / GDP +84% www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/9

submitted 32 days ago • 46 comments

Don't hurt the old, poor, sick, disabled. Partners in accountancy/law firms treated as self-employed, pay Class 4 NIC. Employer NIC avoided. Rules save partners £138,000 for every £1m of profit shared. Big four law firms dodge £4bn NIC a year, billions more elsewhere. We can't afford the rich.

submitted 31 days ago • 16 comments

Telling that after Trump betrays Europe and his Vice President writes the UK off as a "random country", the leader of his majesty's supposedly loyal opposition's first instinct is to rush to his defence

submitted 40 days ago • 27 comments

Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽

submitted 40 days ago • 1195 comments

I’m sure “DOGE” will be all over this.. truthout.org/articles/tes...

submitted 63 days ago • 505 comments

“Move closer to Europe – not Trump” Huge UK poll shows Brits overwhelmingly want Starmer to prioritise trade with EU not US. Even in Farage’s constituency! Excellent work by @bestforbritain.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social. 👏👏👏

submitted 76 days ago • 48 comments

"UK goods exports to the EU between 2021 and 2023 were down by 27% while EU goods imports to the UK were down by 32%... Meanwhile, other G7 countries including the US, Japan, France and Italy enjoyed a boom in trade." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 87 days ago • 7 comments

"James Dyson owns 36,000 acres of agricultural land, estimated to be worth in excess of £550mn... Prior to Reeves’ new tax regulations there would have been no tax to pay if he had died and passed the land on to his successors."

submitted 105 days ago • 44 comments

UK inflation (CPI) rate has crept to 2.6%. Govts respond by forcing impoverished people to hand wealth to banks, enriching bankers & their shareholders. Real cause of inflation is profiteering. Govts need curb profiteering, tax the rich as they have excessive cash. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 106 days ago • 54 comments

This is insane. Citizens of Greenland are Danish & EU citizens. You cannot just invade nor buy them. It follows Trump saying he would invade Mexico, take the Panama canal and make Canada the 51st state of the US. This is not a president who wants world peace.

submitted 111 days ago • 174 comments

This is America being great?

submitted 118 days ago • 531 comments

I’m old enough to remember Boris Johnson telling businesses Brexit paperwork could go in a bin. Now they need a warehouse to store it in

submitted 118 days ago • 211 comments

Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago 🧪 #IDsky www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 119 days ago • 235 comments

Just to be clear: however bad you think the Trump second term will be, I assure you it’ll be worse. Bookmark this if you don’t believe me.

submitted 120 days ago • 551 comments

Sorry, what? Zuckerberg did WHAT??

submitted 120 days ago • 277 comments

Corporate governance, the corporate political model wants you to believe that public services are startup schemes, this is fundamentally wrong. Ask why such a stance is being endorsed by Starmer's changed Labour Party. theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 122 days ago • 3 comments

If that disgusting racist and grifting liar Nigel Farage shouldn't have been on Question Time even once, nevermind 38 times. Give this a Like, or better yet a RP.

submitted 128 days ago • 90 comments