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oztones.bsky.social
Agèd leftie reformed idealist battling despair & despondency along with the other trials of aging. But hey, I'm owned by an Airedale & still alive so some things are going my way!
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Why is anyone still listening to Tony Blair?

AL Jazeera English (X/ @AJEnglish) Israeli strikes leave northern Gaza's last functioning hospital completely out of service video ~2:09min www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBBo...

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NDAs can silence victims of abuse & harassment. Let's change this! Sign the petition to ensure the Employment Rights Bill bans NDAs in cases of misconduct. #StopAbusiveNDAs #EmploymentRightsBill you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

The government claims there is no money to lift people out of poverty, yet it finds billions for war and weapons. We believe there is an alternative. ✍️Add your name to the #DignityDeclaration: thedignitydeclaration.co.uk

Labour could tax the super-rich to end poverty, build social housing and fix our NHS. They are choosing to go after the worst-off instead. For a while, many people didn’t know what this government stood for. They do now: tough choices for the poor, endless money for war.

Why is it that "tough choices" are always about harming the poor and disabled, and never about making the very wealthiest pay their fair share? metro.co.uk/2025/03/05/j...

We just want to say an enormous thank you to our incredible supporters. We have just completed our research into the financial links between all MPs and the private health sector, and will be publishing examples very soon (and the entire report as soon as we can). Let's hold politicians to account 👍

THIS IS SHOCKING - the financial links between MPs and the private healthcare sector. We have just completed research showing that... MPs received more than £2.7m in donations from individuals and companies directly or indirectly connected to the private healthcare sector between 2023 and 2025 🚨

I just told Speaker Hoyle to keep Trump out of Parliament - will you do the same? actionstorm.org/petitions/du... #DumpTrump

When Rishi Sunak made the Vaccine deal with Moderna as Chancellor, he had up to £530m invested in Moderna. Now Michelle Mone is desperately bringing it up. Like if you want Mone on trial. RT if you want them both facing the music.

“new data has shown that there were a record 518,000 waits of 12 hours or longer in A&E last year.” Absolutely terrible. Research shows that for every 72 patients waiting 8-12 hours before admission, there will be one additional death 🚨🚨🚨 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

This is an emergency🚨- we cannot tolerate the normalisation of NHS ‘corridor care’. open.substack.com/pub/jujuliag...

I’m so fed up of politicians denying the NHS the resources it needs to save lives, deflecting blame elsewhere, and then funnelling more and more money into private company hands. It’s grotesque. Patients are dying.

Keir Starmer’s plans for more private healthcare in the #NHS aren’t going down well. 🏥 Only our NHS trains Drs and Nurses 🏥 Only our NHS treats complex cases 🏥 Only our NHS provides A&E ❌ More private provision diverts money AWAY from our NHS www.thenational.scot/news/2484114...

“If it was a failure of imagination, of recognition and of justice that put Delap in prison, it’s a failure of systems and bureaucracy that have kept her there.” Read @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social’s great piece on Gaie Delap: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When I think of the *vast* resources the last Government devoted to policing climate protests - with this as part of its horrific cost - I could weep. Or rage.

Politicians did this. Billionaires did this. Fossil fuel executives did this. While students, grandmothers and doctors are imprisoned in the UK for trying to prevent it.

“It really is a slap in the face for the victims of the Post Office scandal that Fujitsu rakes in new multimillion-pound government contracts whilst they continue to wait for proper compensation” @jolyonmaugham.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/5669...

Zionists disrupt London's March for Global Climate Justice amid large turnout for Gaza Thousands took to the streets of London, joining a major alliance for the #MarchForGlobalClimateJustice - incl @juststopoil.bsky.social @xrebellionuk.bsky.social and more www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2024...

Liz Kendall, has refused to rule out replacing PIP payments with vouchers They are revelling in making Disabled people live in absolute terror aren’t they by their stalling & deliberate evasion of answering questions Disabled people are treated with disdain by every single government

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Government debt is a tool, not a burden. If you absolutely need the money to invest in fundamentals of daily functioning, productivity and confidence… create that money, invest it, and it will be repaid. Austerity 2.0 will do nothing for productivity.

If you've not seen the #LabourFiles I suggest you watch and pay attention. @Keir_Starmer 's @UKLabour party are a cess pit of racism From the top of the party down. #SteerClearOfKeir #StarmerLies youtu.be/elp18OvnNV0 youtu.be/5DTMF0MSXng youtu.be/P-cHBQf5z_M

Last October, the Prime Minister told LBC that "Israel does have that right [to cut food, water & power from Gaza]." Today, in the Chamber, he claimed he’s "well aware of the definition of genocide" & that's why he’s "never referred to [Gaza] as a genocide." We won’t forget.