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Sue Lees

@2sand3s.bsky.social
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Lancashire woman now livin' ovver t'tops in Yorkshire. Woker than woke.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The US Senate has just blocked Donald Trump from taking any more military action in Venezuela. Victory for Venezuela against fascism.
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Sue Lees @2sand3s.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
It's so damned simple
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Sue Lees @2sand3s.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to ‪@electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
Sign now to demand an end to big money in politics
It takes 30 seconds
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Any attempt by the government to undermine this fundamental freedom - a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism - must be opposed
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War on Want @waronwant.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Israel and Hamas have agreed a ceasefire – but Israel’s war crimes continue, and there is no justice yet for Palestinians. Our full statement ⬇️
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 22/09/2025
Our Public Ownership Party Scorecard is live! 📣 Find out where the parties stand - it might surprise you. 😮 Follow link in comments below. 👇 @morningstaronline
Greens outshine rivals on public ownership, analysis finds M Zack Polanski after being announced as the new leader of the Green Party at Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre, London, September 2, 2025
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Sue Lees @2sand3s.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Everything in their tiny minds boils down to immigration. They just can't see they've fallen for the establishment's usual divide & conquer routine & are literally supporting the same rhetoric
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Pesticides harm people, pets, bats and other wildlife. 🦇🐝🦔🐞🪰👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 The largest ever UK-wide survey on pesticide use by local authorities has revealed that 45% of UK councils are taking action to end or reduce their pesticide use.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Think of all those pro-Israel pundits you saw on your television screens this past year trying to sociopathically justify the mass starvation of Gaza by robotically claiming Hamas steals the aid. They were all lying. Shamelessly. Even the Israeli military confirms it now.
nytimes.com
No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
“If you’re doing something right then taking your fucking mask off then”
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Sue Lees @2sand3s.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Shocking but certainly not surprising
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Yesterday, the government removed vital support from disabled people. Today, the government will criminalise protestors who want to stop genocide. I opposed the government's attack on the disabled - and I will oppose the draconian proscription of Palestine Action.
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California National Party (CNP) @votecnp.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
The men who sold the world. #ClimateCrisis
theguardian.com
World’s largest banks pledged $869bn to fossil fuel firms in 2024, new report finds
Two-thirds of the biggest 65 banks increased financing by $162bn from 2023 to 2024, walking back climate promises
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
This proposal by the BBC is explicitly anti-democratic. As @natashadevon.bsky.social and others have pointed out, more women are moving to the Green party than are men going to Reform - yet the national broadcaster is falling over itself to pander to the extreme right. Why?
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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
In a hearing on Friday 6 June, the High Court did not grant permission for the case to proceed. We are now appealing against this decision and are asking that the Court of Appeal look at the case urgently this week.
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
35 years of privatisation. 35 years of excessive profits. 35 years of rising bills. There is no market solution. Take water into public ownership now!
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Sue Lees @2sand3s.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Councils have always had control of immigration, er, haven't they 🤔
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Sue Lees @2sand3s.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Every single penny paid to these private heath companies results in less spent on every single NHS patient. It's what Streeting promised
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Sue Lees @2sand3s.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
"In 2019, the Labour Party, then led by Jeremy Corbyn, pledged £50,000 for each surviving British nuclear test veteran. Sir Keir Starmer met veterans in 2021, before becoming Prime Minister, but made no promises - and the 2019 offer was not in the 2024 manifesto" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
'I was exposed to evil in British nuclear tests', veteran says
Veterans who were exposed to radiation in atomic tests in the 1950s renew calls for compensation.
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Sue Lees @2sand3s.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Just one week to go until the 'Conference of Resistance in Huddersfield We are fighting for a better future which rejects the stale status quo of the establishment parties and one which wants to mobilise people power. Tickets at bit.ly/ConferenceOfResistance
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Sue Lees @2sand3s.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Looks like the far right who aren't uber rich have got themselves into debt to support one who is #Teslatwats
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John Lipponen 🇫🇮 🇦🇹 @lippoenen.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Far be it from me to suggest that Allison Pearson’s characteristic journalistic rigour has misfired, but in her haste to portray Lucy Connolly as a non-racist victim of injustice - punished for a single, fleeting misguided tweet - Ms Pearson does not appear to have researched her subject’s views.
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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 07/04/2025
Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting This practice is devastating to the wildlife. It's archaic, cruel and elitist. Let's consign it to history where it belongs. @mrhenrymorris.bsky.social petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting
Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...
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Sue Lees @2sand3s.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Whatever your politics, you really can't say fairer than this 👇
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Private equity wants UK govt to water down tax changes. Govt already climbed down. They want more. Private equity manager income is taxed as a capital gain, lower tax rate than applied to wages. It is always, give us what we want or else. Meanwhile, the poor face benefit cuts. archive.ph/hn6Io
ft.com
Private equity firms urge UK to rethink carried interest tax change
Blackstone, KKR and EQT among buyout groups raising concerns over government reforms
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Victorian diseases erysipelas and scabies return to the UK. Poverty, malnutrition, poor housing are the main causes. Govt response - benefit cuts for poor/disabled, two-child benefit cap, winter fuel payment cut, freeze tax thresholds. NHS queues, can't see GPs. Must redistribute.
theguardian.com
Doctors urge government to fight poverty after rise in patients with Victorian diseases
Survey finds vast majority of doctors are concerned at impact of health inequalities on their patients
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Sue Lees @2sand3s.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
☀️ but brrr
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British Nature Guide @britishnatureguide.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
The Comma butterfly. Now you see me, now you don't. At Holkham in Norfolk today.
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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Left(ists), 'centrists', progressives... whatever faux-left liberals want to call themselves still haven't got it. Starmer's rise, Corbyn's demise, was a coup, classic entryism designed to destroy Labour. The Tory party isn't dead, it just has a new name. www.dumptheguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Many said the Starmer era would be just Tory-lite – now it’s worse than that. Time to stop the pretence
He’ll be radical, the PM’s allies vlaimed told us. Well, look now, as the poor are targeted and ministers boast of wearing Tory clothes better than the Tories, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Sue Lees @2sand3s.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🚨THIS WEEKEND please join me & @thebhf.bsky.social in inspiring the nation to learn LIFE SAVING CPR❤️🙏 450,000 people have now engaged with the FREE online training course to learn CPR in JUST 15 MINUTES! Let’s all be ready to save a life 👇 www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-...
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 13/03/2025
Lawyers welcome removal of judges from assisted dying role www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/lawyers...
lawgazette.co.uk
Lawyers welcome removal of judges from assisted dying role
Judge-appointed panel of three people would approve end-of-life requests.
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Sue Lees @2sand3s.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
The M62 opened in stages between 1971 & 1976, starting at Pole Moor near Huddersfield. Today, the estimated daily traffic flow is over 140,000 vehicles 🚗 credit: West Yorks police
4 horse riders straddling 3 lanes M62
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Netpol @netpol.org · 27/02/2025
🦺Train to be a Legal Observer, and support protest! Bristol folks will be running an in-person training in April! To join the training, you need to have first completed a GBC Know Your Rights training to get up to speed. Get details and sign up here: actionnetwork.org/events/legal...
actionnetwork.org
Legal Observer Training in Bristol
Join us for a two day, in person Legal Observer training. Legal Observers are an essential part of support at protests. Whether they’re handing out key advice on bust cards, or finding witnesses f...
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
This is evil. Pure evil.
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Sue Lees @2sand3s.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Love it
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Gwen Veltema Klemm she/her 🐸✌️❤️🤍💙 @veltklemmema.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Flood Google with this: 1. Google Gulf of Mexico. 2. it says Gulf of America 3. Click three little dots to the right of it 4. hit "Send Feedback" 5. hit "Gulf Of America" 6. hit "Inaccurate content". 7. hit "Incorrect", then tell them its name: ‘This body of water is the Gulf of Mexico’ 8. Repeat:)
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@Superleggera - who's awesome? That would be me 😊 @superleggera.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Profits have "slumped" to £2.3b. Excuse me if I don't shed a tear. Now, where's that pitchfork... 😡
theguardian.com
British Gas owner reports slump in annual profits to £2.3bn
Centrica’s adjusted earnings down by a third from 2023 when profits hit £3.5bn after £500m Ofgem windfall
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Sue Lees @2sand3s.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
www.theguardian.com/film/article...
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Solidarity with the Bille and Ogale communities, who today bring their fight for justice against Shell to the High Court. Shell's oil pollution has made the Niger Delta one of the most polluted places on Earth, destroying lives and livelihoods. We demand justice! ✊🏽 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Nigeria oil: Shell ignored warnings of spill clean-up 'scam', whistleblower tells BBC
The oil giant faces allegations it ignored warnings that a clean-up scheme was beset by corruption.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Unpaid carer wins overpayment penalty case against DWP - overturned the demand for £4,600 in carer’s allowance overpayments. Three cheers for fighting back. Danger ahead. Govt taking powers to 24/7 snoop on bank accounts of benefit recipients, remove money without court order.
theguardian.com
Unpaid carer wins overpayment penalty case against DWP
Andrea Tucker has overturned the demand for £4,600 in carer’s allowance overpayments for alleged breaches in benefit rules
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Sue Lees @2sand3s.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
This is what happens when the private sector is invited & encouraged by our politicians to rob our public services blind. Rather than learn from past mistakes, Starmer has already confirmed his party would go further than Blair, so we get PFI on steroids
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
If you fight on the far right’s terrain, you will lose. Parroting their anti-immigration rhetoric only legitimises them, & people will always choose the original over the copy. Defend human rights, stand by our principles & fight for a socialist vision — that’s how we will win!
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Leicester Worker @leicesterworker.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
'Keir Starmer’s Reform-Lite Strategy Is Opening the Borders to the Far-Right' – Byline Times
bylinetimes.com
'Keir Starmer’s Reform-Lite Strategy Is Opening the Borders to the Far-Right'
The Government's attempts to mimic the anti-migration politics of Reform are a recipe for moral degradation and defeat, argues Jennifer Nadel
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👑 Nullen, Biscuit Overlord. @nullen80.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Racist goes off on a UK train, talks about "sovereigncy" then finishes with a DV "joke" I hope his life is destroyed after this.
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Sue Lees @2sand3s.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Such class
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Na'amod @naamoduk.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Donald Trump's proposal for the future of Gaza isn't just morally reprehensible, it's a crime against humanity. Jews in the UK: join us by calling on your MP topublicly condemn ethnic cleansing. Scan the QR code or head to this link to write to your MP actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
TellvYour MP: Publicly Condemn Ethnic Cleansing
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Rip-off Gap between what banks charge borrowers and pay savers has increased. Banks make £30bn extra profit. Another £40bn profit a year - Govt pays interest on central bank reserves created through QE to facilitate bank transactions. Shouldn't pay any. Who protects people, public purse?
thisismoney.co.uk
Banks raking in £30bn from interest rate ruse
Lloyds, NatWest and Barclays made £30 billion between them last year by exploiting the gap between the rates for savers and borrowers, City experts say.
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Sue Lees @2sand3s.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
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