Profile avatar
templar1356.bsky.social
Retired Marine Engineer, socialist political activist, active Christian
62 posts 24 followers 12 following
Prolific Poster

Nigel Farage branded a "con artist" after Reform donor revelations resurface There are many reasons to question Reform - one of them being the idea they are an anti-establishment party, because that claim is laughable. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

This report confirms what we already know. Shareholders have treated our water sector like a cash cow, squeezing the assets whilst vandalising our rivers and lakes. Govt regulation has failed. Time to kick out the profiteers and take back OUR water!

People are always telling us there's no problems with US meat, Americans don't get sick, etc... There will now be no limit on salmonella in US chicken. 125,000 Americans per year get salmonella from eating chicken. apnews.com/article/poul...

Donald Trump could be given the honour of addressing the UK parliament. We can't let him spout his idiocy and hate in the heart of our democracy. MPs are pushing back - now it’s our turn. Sign the petition to stop this national embarrassment: 38d.gs/yfl7

Private shareholders made dividends of £3.6 billion from owning our trains in the last decade. Yet the government is leaving our trains fully privately owned. Sign We Own It's petition to demand they take our trains into public ownership: weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...

Ballots have launched for Scottish NHS workers on the recent pay offer Please check with your union and use your vote

Private water companies are effectively marking their own homework. 🤔 Southern Water was fined £213m for lying about sewage data. 🤯 We need public ownership NOW. 💧

GPs do mot diagnose adhd or autism. This is total disinformation and the reason Farage is saying this is because Streeting, Starmer et al were saying almost identical shit about two weeks ago

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...

It's really striking how both the EU and China negotiate with the US from a position of strength, while the UK negotiates from a position of "please sir, don't hurt us sir, please we are only small, please may we lick your boots"

Time for Starmer to pick a side. Chose wisely, don’t kiss the narcissistic bully’s ass apple.news/Ai0FoK1yBSvu...

Totally agree and in Scotland prescriptions are free!

We need to change our tactics if we want to fight for the NHS effectively… 👉https://open.substack.com/pub/jujuliagrace/p/when-they-go-low-we-get-louder?r=2654ap&utm_medium=ios

I can't understand what Starmer is playing at. The majority want closer Europe ties, the economy NEEDS closer ties, the US is no friend of ours given the blatant self interest displayed recently. Win-win, especially if linked to freedom of movement.

After 18 months of endless carnage, it should be clear to everyone that this is not a war; this is not self-defence. What is happening in Gaza is, quite simply, annihilation 😭

"When there is foreign involvement in critical infrastructure we need to have a high level of scrutiny" James Murray #r4today #BritishSteel So why do we have water owned by Malaysian billionaire? Royal Mail owned by Czech billionaire? Healthcare by US? Energy by France? 💧📮🏥💡

Only the perpetrators of Brexiters found £££££success. Now in the House of Lords, on TV, writing in the right wing media, sitting in Tufton St, the Kremlin, raking it in, causing race riots, laughing at us.

Why do peaceful climate protesters get jailed whilst some absolute garbage & fraudsters are rewarded & honoured despite their scummy behaviour? It’s all so very corrupt, justice doesn’t exist anymore, Lady Michelle Mone & others prove that! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Great to see a strategically important industry saved by this government. Now do all of rail, mail, water and energy! “Our nationalisation phobia has handed state assets over to foreign governments to make handsome profits that should have been ours.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Victory for Steve Bray! Anti-Brexit music is not a crime. "An activist known as Stop Brexit Man has been cleared of flouting a police ban after playing anti-Conservative and anti-Brexit edits of The Muppet Show and Darth Vader’s theme outside parliament."

DWP PIP cuts under fire as Labour MP goes rogue and launches huge petition Richard Burgon has launched a petition that's already hit over 40,000 signatures, opposing DWP PIP and Universal Credit cuts - and calling for a wealth tax www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

More public violence, more state repression, but Youth Demand refuse to back down Youth Demand activists have disrupted the capital once more, as public violence and state repressions continues. www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

Just got some medication from pharmacy £9.90. Checked for same medication online. £24.95+postage. The NHS has lots of faults but we will be a much poorer place without it. #socialistsunday #NHS

Labour's hostile environment policies are destroying asylum seekers' mental health Given the appalling state of asylum seekers' mental health, a new report highlights Labour's approach as an unconscionable situation to maintain www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

“If taking back control of steel can get MPs into work on a Saturday, why not mail, rail, energy and water? Government has proven it can act decisively if it needs to. It's time to put these industries in service of the British public.” @cathobbs.bsky.social 🔥 www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

If the Tories had clung on to power, Rwanda would have been Britain's El Salvador.

Over 80 Labour MPs face losing their seats over DWP cuts The number of disabled people facing cuts to their crucial support could have dire electoral consequences for Labour in seats across the country. Good riddance. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Over ten months since he left office, Rishi Sunak is still shaping our democracy www.electoral-reform.org.uk/rishi-sunaks...

We are literally sick of this crap! 1,853 reporting sickness from pollution 🤢 4 million hours of sewage discharged 💩 Average water bills rising by £123 💸 If you’re sick of this too, tell the government to bring water into public ownership NOW. 👇🏼 tinyurl.com/2h9bk4e4

"What happened in Scunthorpe is not an outlier in the failed experiment of privatisation, and the government’s emergency takeover tells us that public ownership is a realistic solution if there is a political will." 💯@owenjones.bsky.social

UK universities have invested half a BILLION pounds in Israel's genocide New research from PSC has revealed the shocking extent to which UK universities investment programmes fund Israel www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

The WASPI women have smashed their crowdfunder to take the DWP to court The WASPI campaign has got the DWP further in its sights, thanks to the generosity of the public. We're here for this. www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

👏 @hackneyabbott.bsky.social If steel can be brought into public hands for being essential and under threat, so should water. 70% of our water industry is owned by foreign firms. We could face shortages by 2034. We shouldn’t wait for crisis. Bring water back into public hands now.

The 'SOAS 2' are another example of the state criminalising pro-Palestinian free speech The Canary spoke to Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! about the state's repression of the so-called SOAS 2 - criminalised for speaking out www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

"We deserve as a country to profit from our national assets, as other countries do, instead of just picking up the pieces when privatisation goes wrong." @cathobbs makes the case for public ownership in @labourlist #britishsteel #publicownership

The pro-privatisation healthcare lobby claim “the NHS hasn’t been privatised” by pointing out that it still exists. What a load of nonsense - the NHS logo was carefully and cleverly branded in the 1990s and is now added to letterheads and buildings of privatised services. …

Selling our assets to debt-laden foreign interests won't end well. 🤔 "The £3.6billion deal for Royal Mail is being financed by £3billion of high-cost debt. How long before Kretinsky comes cap in hand to the Starmer government asking for a bail-out?"

We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to protect the climate, by putting an end to new oil and gas projects. Will you join me in signing the petition? www.stopcambo.org.uk/p/no-new-oil...

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...

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...

Almost everyone agrees water privatisation has failed But the government tells us they can't afford nationalisation UNTRUE *Even if you compensate shareholders at full market value* new research from Greenwich university shows public ownership saves money 👇 👇👇 weownit.org.uk/news/governm...

EXPOSED: Fake water nationalisation tag would still save £3 billion a year. University of Greenwich research shows how taking back control of our water delivers a better deal for the public. Sign our petition to bring water into public ownership: weownit.org.uk/act-now/lets...

School children road block outside BP - demanding it stops playing games with their futures BP is cutting more than £4bn off low-carbon investment and increasing fossil fuels by £7.9bn. So, Extinction Rebellion sent it a message. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

The UK tax gap is now £40bn - as corporations fail to pay more than ever before The tax gap is giving the rich time to pay - which in turn is resulting in benefit cuts for the poor. Well done, Labour. Well done. www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

MAP SHOWING THE DONATIONS MPs ARE TAKING FROM PEOPLE+COMPANIES LINKED TO PRIVATE HEALTHCARE! EveryDoctor is about to launch this important map! Give us a follow and share this please, so we can share this information with as many people as possible. We're counting on you! Thanks in advance!💙