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Crime is an interesting concept, because if you steal some food or break into an empty home to use it for accomodation you go to jail. But if you steal billions and force millions of hungry people onto the streets, absolutely nothing happens.

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Keir Starmer is on course to facilitate the far-right winning not only the next election but he is actively executing far-right policies from the neoliberal playbook. Thread www.theguardian.com/global/comme...

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Companies behind Great Britain’s gas pipes and power lines pocketed £3.9bn "excess profits” over the past four years after Ofgem misjudged their costs. Will we get a refund - no chance. Ofgem doesn't protect people. Need customer elected directors on the boards of all utilities.

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There is no such thing as 'Private Finance' the billpayers or the taxpayers pay for everything. But you end up owning nothing.

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Stop these flights and stop arming Israel.

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Labour has repeatedly stumbled in its first 6 months—from backtracking on winter fuel support to refusing to scrap the two-child benefit cap. We’ve seen a mess of policies with no real action where it’s needed. We sat down with the Mirror to discuss it all. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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Peter Thiel represents a significant far-right neoliberal threat to US/UK relations, the future of the NHS, the future of the UK's public sector, and the future of Western democracy. Palantir was awarded a £75mn contract with the Ministry of Defence in December 2022 Thread www.ft.com/content/b7ed...

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Wales Is Leading the Way on Ending Lying in Politics The Welsh Government looks set to impose bold new restrictions on lying in politics. It’s time for Westminster to follow suit bylinetimes.com/2025/02/19/w...

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Magic Money Tree. UK govt to hand £130bn to Bank of England to pay stealth subsidy to banks. Govts gave £895bn QE to speculators, banks profited. Govt reversing QE, selling bonds at loss, covering BoE losses from rising interest rates and the unwinding of QE, banks make billions.

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Media team @libdems.org.uk - take the rest of the day off

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Repost if you agree we should nationalise water 🔄 💦 💚

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Mark Carney: Canadians deserve a government that works for you

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Remember when Boris Johnson decided to evacuate zoo animals from Afghanistan rather than brave Afghans who fought alongside our soldiers? The whistleblower who leaked this has been vindicated 👇 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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How can Thames Water be £19bn in debt? Well it's simple, they are rewarded for being in debt. Paying out dividends is taxed, debts arent. So if you pay out all the money in debts to yourself, no tax. Plus you can keep begging to increase your bills. It's a massive con.

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Rachel Reeves is an intermediary for the corporate coup. Starmer has announced to 700 lobbyists that they can now enjoy corporate governance powers while the Labour Party takes a secondary position.

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Scrap austerity – tax the super-rich instead Britain can’t rebuild with more cuts – a wealth tax on the richest is the fair alternative to funding public services and growth yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/eco...

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Ever heard of #genomics? It’s the study of all our DNA. By understanding the story of genomics we can unlock a world of possibilities for global health care.

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UK inflation rate as measured by CPI rose to 3%. RPI hits 3.6%. Price of food, energy, water, rents, internet, phones rising at higher rate, hitting the less well-off the hardest. Govts can control inflation - end corporate profiteering, but they hit people. Need people-centred policies.

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Five more water companies in England appeal against Ofwat’s curb on bill rises. OFWAT permitted average price rise of 36%. They want more People can't appeal, have to pay up, put up with sewage in rivers, exploitation. Corporations rule and no one is protecting people.

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The Chancellor’s misguided policies have put the economy at risk of a new era of stagflation. The Government's jobs tax and refusal to drop their red lines on a UK-EU Customs Union have snuffed out growth, and now people are being hit in the pocket.

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The state needs defence from neoliberals as well as fascists www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... If the state is to be defended from the attacks it now faces, we have to understand why it is failing, and that is by neoliberal choice. This one is wonkish, I admit, but should be worth your effort.

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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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Buckingham Palace worth £2,000,000,000 Pays only £1,824 Council Tax. I bet you pay more than that, and it shows you how Council Tax is rigged so the richest actually pay less than everyone else.

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Council Tax has become a starkly regressive tax. The poorest fifth of households now spend more than three times as much of their income on Council Tax as the richest. Here's what you need to know 👇

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US Trump administration has pressured Romania to remove travel restrictions on Andrew Tate and his brother. They are accused of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. Will Romania capitulate? Anyone doubting how low Trump will sink?

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Although our motivation for doing cases about sexual misconduct isn't political - our first case was about the Observer - I am very proud that @goodlawproject.bsky.social is now in scraps with both GB News and the Daily Mail. They feel like powerful and malign targets for us to focus on.

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Yet more evidence that water companies should be back in public hands. What an indictment of failed regulation & oversight and the triumph of corporate greed 👇

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CALL TO ACTION: Germany is going full authoritarian against DiEM25's event on Palestine with @FranceskAlbs, Amnesty International and other humanitarian organisations. The police is likely to violently disband the event. ALL EYES ON THE LIVESTREAM TODAY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Oxi...

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