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Nothing angers me more than the phrase “cost of living.” Capitalism has robbed us of our humanity.

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Morning comrades

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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... OMG 😭 Calling all dog lovers …. Pls sign and share

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Just had to post this again. Made me giggle

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A rise in immigration has benefited the economy in Spain. Right wing politics is about 'the economy' - it's simply racist. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Israeli police forced a Palestinian mother and her 4 children from their home before its demolition in Jerusalem. At least 4 Palestinian homes were razed in Jabal Al-Mukaber, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, claiming they were unlicensed. www.threads.net/@middleeastm...

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Blimey - the most aggressively right wing and hateful network in the UK being funded by Marks and Spencer!

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They should be ran out of every country they set their bloodsoaked feet in. . qudsnen.co/two-israeli-...

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via Sally Gwynne

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Very sorry to hear that Young Struggle comrades in Paris have been attacked by fascists. A brilliant revolutionary youth organisation inspired by Marx and the Rojava Revolution! They demand our unstinting solidarity.

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I’ll never forgive Greta for dismantling USAID and defunding Medicaid

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Life expectancy falls sharply in the UK. Why? Austerity. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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I am part of the 25%. The lifestyle change is worth it. This is the way…

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they aren't even trying to pretend like these aren't concentration camps

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1. You don't pay inheritance tax you're dead, the people who inherit it do. 2. Never going to inherit £1m+ from anybody? Then like 96% of people you won't pay any inheritance tax. 3. If you get rid of inheritance tax for millionaires and billionaires, your taxes will go up.

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✍️"How did it come to this: that the water of our rivers became first undrinkable, then unswimmable, then untouchable?" 💥NEW piece from award-winning nature writer, @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social calling on the government to get serious on water pollution⬇️ goodlawproject.org/update/rober...

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🚨 NEW 🚨 A young man was sexually assaulted by a star journalist at the Daily Mail. We’re working to get him the justice he’s been denied, and hold the Mail – and the predator – to account. But we need your help: goodlaw.social/24jb

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🚨Sky is funding hate on GB News🚨 Sky is a major advertiser on GB News. This is the same company that proudly declares themselves an ally of the LGBTQ+ community. Tell Sky's CEO: stop funding GB News' hate speech NOW 👇 action.goodlawproject.org/sky-stop-fun...

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Your enemy is not immigrants. Your enemy is not refugees. It isn’t people living on welfare. Your enemies are the oligarchs; whose wage theft and greed has made this world the mess it is. Until the Billionaires have been defeated. None of us are safe.

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🔥Good Morning All Ye #ToryHating #BrexitBashing #FascismSmashing Wokerati🔥 19/2 day 229 of Lab Govt Plse can someone tell why Mr Starmer is at loggerheads with all the NATO countries when so far no other state is offering troops for Ukraine duty for fighting. #ToriesGone229 #StopArmingIsraelNOW

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Good Morning Everyone 🙏✊There is no end to misery for the long suffering poor as the huge council tax rises will doubly hit hard poor and vulnerable ppl almost doubling their council rates. #CostLivingCrisis #ToriesGone229 #StopArmingIsrael #RefugeesWelcome

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🇺🇸 #HandsOffPalestine 🇵🇸 #GazaGenocide 🇵🇸 #OccupiedWestBank 🇵🇸 #ImpeachTrump #DefeatFascism 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 #NetanyahuWarCriminal #StopArmingIsrael #ArrestNetanyahu #SaveTheChildren🕊🕊 #FreePalestine 🇵🇸 🍉 #ToriesGone229 Egypt developing Gaza Reconstruction Plan to counter Trump’s ‘Take Over’ aje.io/om3nt5

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Good Morning Midnighters, #ToriesGone229 #PRForFairElections #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #StopArmingIsrael #ArrestNetanyahu #StopEthnicCleansing #TwoStateSolution #StopGazaGenocide 🇵🇸 #StandByUkraine 🇪🇺

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Pleased to sign this letter. Sorry that I had to

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#PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution Plastic reality - "a ticking planetary timebomb in which objects that are used for seconds require nearly geological timescales to break down" www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...

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In rip-off Britain, last thing we need is LESS regulation of #FinancialSector. "Consumer advocates “massively outgunned” when trying to make their case to Treasury ministers & officials that protections should be preserved." www.ft.com/content/57c1...

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Exactly. Loudly please Starmer for those of us at the back..

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

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#StopIsraelWarCrimes #IsraelisATerorristOrganisation #StopGenocide #BoycottIsrael

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Just #EndMonarchy now. What are they good for? 🧐

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Inflation still rising Wages still stagnating Why? Because our political leaders serve neoliberal capital and big business, not the people. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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#ChildPovertyIsCriminal #CorporateGreed #InWorkPoverty #ScrapTheCap #WinterFuelAllowance #PensionerPoverty #DisabilityRights #WinterKills

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There are 2,500 British kids studying for medical and dentistry degrees in Bulgaria! I went to meet some of them, in Plovdiv, last week for this piece in @financialtimes.com. They were amazing. on.ft.com/41lGt33 UK medical students flock to Bulgaria amid scarcity of college places back home

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#SOSNHS 💙 #SOSNHS 💙 #SaveNHSDentists 💙

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#ChildPovertyIsAPoliticalChoice #TaxTheRich #AusterityKills #FeedKidsNotMPs #HouseTheHomeless #DisabiltyRights #SOSNHS 💙 #SOSNHS #SaveNHSDentists

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Starmer and Israel fan tweets ‘pager to Zarah’ Sultana in apparent reference to Israel’s Lebanon terror attack skwawkbox.org/2025/02/18/s...

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BREAKING: UK inflation rate rises to 3% in January

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UK energy bills forecast to rise 5% from April. Add to this inflation-busting rises in water, phone, internet and more., people feel helpless. Can't grow economy with depleted household incomes. Must curb profiteering, impose windfall taxes. Ofgem protects companies, not people.

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Kemi Badenoch says ‘western civilisation will be lost’ if Tory party fails. No introspection from a party that destroyed the UK economy, healthcare, public services, household income, illegally prorogued parliament, promoted social divisions, handed contracts to cronies Tories won't be missed.

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Scientists have spoken out after Reform UK's deputy leader dismissed scientific consensus on man-made climate as "garbage". news.sky.com/story/reform...

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Oh, look what normal countries do when a former president leads a far right coup attempt.

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HMRC ditches crackdown on private equity tax. Who will bear the cost of appeasing private equity? Govts listen to donors, finance industry, developers and the rich. The rest get two child benefit cap, winter fuel payment, frozen personal allowance, cuts in public services. archive.ph/BjU9b

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(article and link to study here: news.mongabay.com/podcast/many...)

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