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stevea53.bsky.social
Retired Engineer, living in the sticks, playing with my toys, just riding two wheels on into my 70s. People who mention god generally blocked.
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A private equity firm just bought £1.6 BILLION worth of the NHS. It will make bigger profits by hiking rents for hospitals and NHS facilities. Previous govts privatized the estate. That means less money for frontline healthcare. NHS already drained by PFI and private contractors.

submitted 1 day ago • 33 comments

Let's hope when Vance asks "can we sell you hormone grown beef, chlorine washed chicken... And can we buy the NHS" Starmer says No. One can dream JD Vance says Trump ‘working very hard’ with UK on negotiating trade deal www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...

submitted 4 hours ago • 3 comments

Last year our vet (a large chain) repeatedly wanted to put our dog down. We were also forced to pay outrageous amounts for drugs, sold at 1000% markup, which were impossible to avoid as its prescription charge made internet purchase even more costly. It’s a racket. www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 4 hours ago • 9 comments

'Trump's tariffs and resetting the reset': my latest piece for @europeanmovement.co.uk www.europeanmovement.co.uk/from_trump_t...

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

“The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to [his] building. One said, ‘No, he's not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, ‘Take him anyway.’” So they did.

submitted 10 hours ago • 10 comments

“The UK is prepared to retain some regulatory alignment with the European Union and accept supervision of the bloc's court over a deal to cut checks on imports of foods and agricultural products” Good. Our future is with Europe 👏 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 5 hours ago • 47 comments

It's ludicrous to think you can do a defence deal with the EU one day and a trade deal with the US the next....get real Starmer!

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

Each day I look at all the news from home and around the world and each day I get angrier at Labour’s refusal to discuss the SM and CU with the EU. May 1st elections for many of us. 🤨 @stellacreasy.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social @sarahhall-labour.bsky.social @labour4europe.bsky.social

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This is terrifying in America. ICE agents are showing up masked—these abductions must stop. If you’re going to detain someone, show your face, present a warrant, and proper ID. Disappearing people from their families without evidence or accountability isn’t law enforcement—it’s state-sponsored fear.

submitted 21 hours ago • 1294 comments

Rejoining the EU would enhance Britain’s sovereignty. We’d get our seat back at the table where key decisions are taken & have a say on the single market rules that so many UK companies have to follow anyway (as it’s the world’s largest market, where we sell most of our exports).

submitted 5 hours ago • 58 comments

The crisis for UK steel is exposing another – perhaps even bigger – crisis for the UK Our news media seems incapable of even the most basic factchecking YES energy for UK steelmakers is costly NO it's not due to net-zero YES it is due to GAS Here's what UK media isn't telling you🧵

submitted 20 hours ago • 16 comments

"Yesterday, we received notice from the federal government that our grant had been terminated and part of the reasoning was that we no longer align with the White House policies.” African-American history museum in Boston worried about future as its federal grant is cut

submitted 14 hours ago • 15 comments

This is going to keep happening. US is not on a steady course.

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

Our state faced the biggest storm in 19 years with November's bomb cyclone, with hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians losing electricity and two people losing their lives. Yet, the President refuses to help cover the $34 million in damage.

submitted 14 hours ago • 4 comments