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Real Science & finance/economics, environment, health & well being. 💙NHSSOS. Rejoin the EU🇪🇺 Zero tolerance to bs, lies
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This is what they call a historic turning point “The independent forecaster Frontier Economics reckons that the impact of US tariffs will shrink UK GDP by 0.7%, while a deeper deal with the EU could instead lift GDP by 1.5%, despite US tariffs” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 11 hours ago • 10 comments

"A Labour minister just exposed how cruel DWP PIP changes are going to be" www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

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You're not meant to know anything about deregulated UK’s Special Economic Zones and Freeports until it's too late. open.substack.com/pub/european...

submitted 20 hours ago • 3 comments

My latest article, How and Why the UK Duopoly Embedded 86 Deregulated Free Zones with 'Secondary Legislation' is up on Substack. Please subscribe and if you are able please take out a paid subscription❤️ open.substack.com/pub/european...

submitted 20 hours ago • 1 comment

I've loved this book since I was a little kid and @helendecruz.net has written a wonderful analysis of it's presentation of various political visions: helenldecruz.medium.com/the-politica...

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

THEY DO NOT WANT YOU TO SEE THIS! LEAKED - GAMEKEEPER TRAINING VIDEO Explaining the wholescale extermination of wildlife - aka vermin - on driven grouse moors. You can sign the petition to ban DGS here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

submitted 3 days ago • 20 comments

Some of you might be interested in signing this. It is most of the way to the 100000 that it needs to trigger a debate in parliament. The video is quite amusing even if the message of it is grim.

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"We can rely on [the EU]. We aren't going to be at the mercy of them changing their minds every few hours as Trump does." Our CEO @pimlicat.bsky.social at expertly sums up why we need to prioritise trade with the EU over the US on @lbc.co.uk with @mrjamesob.bsky.social. 👏

submitted 1 day ago • 15 comments

🎉 Great news for children and parents across Europe! 👏 EU legislators have agreed a revised law that bans the most harmful chemicals including EDCs, concerning bisphenols, and #PFAS, in toys. The deal will have to be adopted by Council and Parliament. chemtrust.org/wp-content/u... #ToxicFreeToys

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

🥳Good news! Last night, EU Parliament and Council agreed on a revised 🧸Toy Safety law — including an extension of the generic restriction mechanism to endocrine disruptors, and a ban on bisphenols and #PFAS. #ToxicFreeToys #ToxicFreeFuture

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The oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Horizon scandal, 92 year old, was offered 29% of the compensation she asked for. Now receives offer of 60%. Scandalous. Why is their agony being prolonged? Pay them. No victim should get less than what Post Office execs have retired on.

submitted 2 days ago • 22 comments

Rachel Reeves could cut the interest paid by the government to the UK’s commercial banks by up to £20bn a year. So why won’t she, when she says she is so short of money that those with disabilities must suffer? youtu.be/XITKNiosNwk?...

submitted 2 days ago • 15 comments

Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss: Australia 0 Canada 0 Denmark 0 Finland 0 France 0 Germany 0 Iceland 0 Ireland 0 Italy 0 Japan 0 Netherlands 0 Norway 0 Portugal 0 Spain 0 Sweden 0 UK 0 United States 530,000 There’s a lesson there.

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3m UK households will be hit by disability/incapacity benefit cuts. Sick/Disabled will be made ‘invisible’. Loss of benefits will “erase some of the most vulnerable people” from the system; increase poverty & homelessness; threaten survival. Oppose the cuts. Tax the rich.

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

Public ownership of energy central to industrial strategy in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark. Gives the state levers for protecting people, controlling business costs, inflation. UK privatised energy; struggles to control poverty, inflation; watches businesses collapse Nationalise energy

submitted 3 days ago • 14 comments

Crucial intervention from Meg Russell of the @conunitucl.bsky.social this week: the chance for meaningful Lords reform is crumbling before our eyes. There's still a chance to save it, but it needs to happen immediately with amendments at report stage. inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...

submitted 3 days ago • 16 comments

'Covid, Learning, and Rights' In her new article, @larawong.bsky.social highlights the UK's neglect of those at-risk and calls for equitable policies. Link to full magazine below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Today the great legal team at Berlin based @freiheitsrechte.org have lodged complaints against Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, Google and Twitter with the Irish regulator who oversees the EU's DSA, for failing to be transparent on why they shut down our accounts & content I am proud to act as complainant

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

The West has created a Frankenstein monster …it’s called Israel!

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🚨 Seven arrests in hit against Egyptian criminal network smuggling irregular migrants across the Mediterranean. Europol Operational Task Force supports coordinated action against smugglers across several countries. Read more via our press release ⤵️ www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment