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Cash-grabs. Debt. Infrastructure neglect. Exorbitant bills. Record pollution. This is the devastation that privatised water has left in its wake. 82% of us support public ownership of water. Yet, Steve Reed, in his plan for reform, has already ruled it out. The government must listen to the public.🧵

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Thames Water got their £3bn bailout approved at the High Court, but where was the Environment Secretary? 🤔 The judge slammed Steve Reed for not attending. 😡 Governments should govern. Sleepy Steve needs to wake up, sort this mess and take back Thames! tinyurl.com/yxht3p94

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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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It’s a coup. It’s a strategic alliance with Putin. It’s the end of the post-war international order. It’s the triumph of lies over truth and in Putin’s case, evil over good. We are through the looking glass & we all now have to decide who we are & what we stand for

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Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

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Thames Water just got court approval to pile on more debt—on top of the billions it already owes. Meanwhile, leaks run rampant, bills keep rising, and execs cash in. Privatisation isn’t failing—it is the failure. Time to take our water back: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

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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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Scotland customers pay on average £113 less for water than England. Public Ownership of water is normal in 90% of the world. 82% of us want to see water nationalised (YouGov July 24). Thames Water, a zombie company, just took on £3bn extra debt. So yes we DO want water nationalised as a whole!

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"Reform MP installed solar to cut bills but party calls renewables ‘massive con’" Reform UK are a bunch of con men... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Most of UK’s big build-to-rent developers owned by foreign private equity firms. They don't build for families or the poor. Profiteering, debt, tax dodges are the game. They expect govt contracts and land to boost business. Councils can build cheaper, eliminate profiteering.

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🚨Breaking🚨 ⚖️The High Court has approved #Thames Water’s £3bn bailout loan. This is just a stay of execution. Thames will limp on for a few months like a profit-thirsty zombie. The privatised business model is rotten and must be condemned. Public ownership NOW!

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The facts: almost £1 billion of bill payers' money spent just so that Thames Water can carry on ripping off its customers and polluting our rivers and streams. Water needs to be taken into public ownership. Ash Williams of @windrushwasp.bsky.social outside the High Court this morning.

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🚨Thames Water gets to add £3bn to its debt mountain. 🚨 @NwogboJohnbosco reacts to the High Court verdict on Sky News this morning. No other country in the world runs its water like this. Public Ownership NOW! weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...

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Ed Miliband, the secretary of state, has written a strongly worded letter to the regulator asking them for help. You are the secretary of state. You are the government. Why not just nationalise the greedy parasites? www.theguardian.com/money/2025/f...

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"We have to join together as one, and stop this from going any further." Laura Reineke of @henleymermaids.bsky.social reacts to today's £3 billion bailout. Thames Water limps on, leaking cash, and failing its 16 million customers. It's privatisation, and it's rotten to the core.

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Finland gave every homeless person a house and within 6 months 85% had a job and were financially independent. Less crime, less hospital visits, less suffering and even including the cost of the house, LESS COST than the UK/USA method of abandoning them on the streets.

submitted 7 days ago • 72 comments

There's a sense from the big Guardian piece on Reform that the party is staffed by the kind of young, rich males who had to make a series of mysterious, unexpected moves from a succession of minor public schools.

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trump has plenty of course words about a Catholic Bishop who asks him nicely to "have mercy," but Putin hits a Chernobyl nuclear power plant with a drone, and he says checks notes NOT A FUCKING THING. What a weak, punk ass bitch.

submitted 8 days ago • 573 comments

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

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Happy Restaurant Rip-Off Day!

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The strangest White House in history.

submitted 9 days ago • 301 comments

Yes think about how judges are supposed to decide if things the president does are constitutional, and why the richest man in the world who just bought the election might not be into that.

submitted 9 days ago • 856 comments

Our latest Double Down News video, explaining just how billionaire power now operates and what it's doing to us. And why we need to create billionaire-free societies.

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Barclays CEO pay up from £4.3m to £10.5m. Real average pay of UK workers unchanged since 2008. Govts tell workers pay rises are inflationary, but that doesn't apply to exec pay, dividends, exec pay, share buybacks. Their profiteering is our inflation and poverty. It is class war.

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“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.” Albert Camus

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We only know this man is in Gitmo because Noem tweeted a propaganda photo that included him and his sister saw it. He has no criminal record. He entered the US in January and immediately made an appointment with CBP to claim asylum. They sent him to a concentration camp bc of his basketball tattoo.

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Kendrick Lamar performing ‘Not Like Us’ during the #SuperBowl

submitted 13 days ago • 104 comments

Another reason to ❤️ Costco. While Target and others cancel diversity to appease Trump, Costco’s investing in the community—building apartments above its stores, starting in LA. This $425M project includes 184 low-income units, with key services, plus a rooftop pool and fitness center.

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As being “free to make our own trade deals” has delivered the square root of jack shit and, as Brexiters still can’t tell us what EU regulations they want to scrap, closer alignment with the EU should be a no-brainer. Great work @bestforbritain.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

submitted 13 days ago • 75 comments

If you want to win an election against far right opposition you need to bring together two groups. The activated liberals outraged by the other side and the more moderate groups who want govt to make their lives less difficult. Not by trying to win the enthusiastic supporters of the other side.

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Exposed: Professor David Hall outlines the failed water privatisation project #water #publicownership #thameswater youtu.be/ykwvoV-DRL4?si…

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There is an obvious plan to beat reform, but Labour have been paid not to do it. 👉 Tax the wealthy 👉 Invest in public infrastructure 👉 Stop demonising migrants 👉 Renationalise utilities, travel and health 👉 Media reform 👉 Lobbying reform 👉 Voting system reform www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Tesla declared profit since 2018: $6,700,000,000 Tesla federal income tax paid since 2018: $0

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Closer economic ties with the European Union will boost UK growth by up to 2.2%. Brexit has inflicted huge harm. Must rejoin EU. Better to build closer ties with the EU than bowing to the unhinged man in the White House. archive.ph/1lyUW

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And that…is why VAR is generally a good thing. The use of VAR is not perfect, but that’s appalling and lazy officiating. That’s exactly the reason VAR was brought in. To stop that unjust shite. #MUNLEI

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Well of course it was the last minute at OT and no VAR so naturally it was given FFS. #MUNLEI

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Fkn offside!! Robbing bastards! #MunLei

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Fucksake #MunLei

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Odd subs? #LCFC #MunLei

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El Khannouss! 🤩 #LCFC #MunLei

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