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The UK's anti-protest laws pre-legitimise far right authoritarianism. Labour must repeal them now. My column today. www.theguardian.com/global/comme...

submitted 4 days ago • 83 comments

Join a union. Do it now. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Experts have noted that Wes Streeting seems way more interested in fixing elective care waits, than A&E waits. Private firms can make profit from taking on NHS elective care, but they can’t from unpredictable A&E (the one attempt, Hinchingbroke, disastrous) I’m sure these two facts are unrelated…

submitted 10 days ago • 4 comments

Privatisation of the NHS US private equity and UK pension fund USS make bid for NHS landlord Assura. Assura was set up in 2003, owns more than 600 healthcare buildings worth £3bn. NHS burdened with rent. This is in addition to PFI payments. Less spent on front line services. archive.ph/QRaGZ

submitted 11 days ago • 40 comments

George Monibot, "We have a Chancellor and. Prime Minister who seem to have no vision at all, except this thing called growth, GDP growth" "GDP should not be used as a measure of national welfare" #BBCQT

submitted 12 days ago • 44 comments

UK fails to improve on record low ranking in global table of corruption. More corrupt than Japan, Seychelles, Estonia, Uruguay, Hong Kong, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Singapore. Want to hire legislators, get govt contracts, launder money, escape regulation enforcement ... UK is the place.

submitted 14 days ago • 18 comments

If Labour approves the Rosebank oil field, it would be the final straw for many of its green-minded voters. It might appease corporate power for a moment, but in doing so it will lose far more than it gains. The government seems to be on a self-destructive streak. Now's the time to rethink.

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Tesla declared profit since 2018: $6,700,000,000 Tesla federal income tax paid since 2018: $0

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Some potential "rescuers" of Thames Water (circling vulture capitalists) seek "temporary re-nationalisation" before committing. Privatise profit, nationalise debt - a recipe for continued pillage & pollution. ALL these companies belong in public hands permanently. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

This makes me feel sick Voters expected Labour to fund the NHS Darzi's review confirmed AUSTERITY as the problem Private sector can't fix this, they don't do A&E Labour had the vision to create the NHS but don't have the nous to STOP THIS HAPPENING? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

submitted 43 days ago • 9 comments

In 2018 we left the EU's Water Regulation body and their massive fines. Then sewage dumping increased 20x. Before Brexit we had some of the cleanest water in Europe. Now it is by far the dirtiest.

submitted 43 days ago • 38 comments

“With Labour maintaining a single-digit lead in the polls at the best of times and not having risen above 30% since October, there is every chance that Reform UK could take the lead.” Nigel Farage’s party poses a great threat to Britain’s future | James Jobson

submitted 44 days ago • 22 comments

Starmer deepens NHS privatisation. Can increase NHS capacity by buying private hospitals. Plan won't generate new health staff. Private sector will poach NHS staff. NHS to be a shell, doling out contracts to private sector. 30%-40% money will vanish in profits. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 50 days ago • 74 comments

Honestly @teamlabouruk.bsky.social, what is the point in your government?

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

This needs to be taken very seriously. All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations

submitted 70 days ago • 1033 comments

Public anger over water bill rises is justified, says UK environment secretary. Soft words can't hide govt policy failure. Profit motive is the real cause of the crisis. Govt won't nationalise, can't end crisis. Profiteering, sewage dumping will continue. www.theguardian.com/money/2024/d...

submitted 73 days ago • 19 comments

The CEO of Thames Water was called to a special Gloucestershire County Council meeting to answer questions on sewage spills in Gloucestershire’s rivers, huge dividends, and sky high water bills. The CEO didn't show up. He sent representatives instead and offered no apology. What arrogance…

submitted 76 days ago • 34 comments

This will probably come as no surprise to anyone but… www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/o...

submitted 77 days ago • 179 comments

Child Poverty % (children living in households below the minimum wage) Denmark 2.4% Finland 3.2% Norway 3.6% Sweden 3.6% The UK 32.1% All four of those countries have child benefits, paid by taxing the rich, that make it almost impossible for a child to be in poverty.

submitted 78 days ago • 114 comments

PFI blighted public purse/services. Govt guaranteed corporate profits. Example: private sector invested £40m in the NHS, repayment £1.1bn, less spent on healthcare. Cheaper for the govt to borrow, can do QE for public services. Streeting wants more PFI. SAY NO. weownit.org.uk/tell-wes-str...

submitted 81 days ago • 18 comments

💥 NEW: The same 17 firms who supplied £119m worth of PPE deemed unusable during the pandemic, have made £83m from NHS contracts in this year alone. 🔎 A good place to start for the new covid corruption commissioner? Read our latest with @mc00.bsky.social here⬇️ goodlaw.social/cdzh

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TW DWP Blight? A new low today. Starmer’s attack on benefit claimants is vile and deeply ableist. Framing vulnerable folk as fraudsters stokes stigma and endangers lives. It increases hate and worthlessness. Stop weaponising poverty and disability for political theatre. #benefits #dwp #welfare

submitted 94 days ago • 19 comments

World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert

submitted 93 days ago • 24 comments

A list of bands in order of efficacy: 3. Placebo 2. The Cure 1. Prevention

submitted 95 days ago • 488 comments

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!

submitted 97 days ago • 43 comments

🔴COP29: The Gap Between Political Action and the Accelerating Pace of Catastrophic Climate Change Is Terrifying World leaders are failing to commit to the dramatic action required to prevent devastating climate change, reports @mdbuckley.bsky.social from COP29 bylinetimes.com/2024/11/20/c...

submitted 97 days ago • 7 comments

In other news millions of people in the UK are living in poverty, destitution & using food banks

submitted 97 days ago • 127 comments

How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example). 1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company. 2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly. 🧵

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