AndreaDudding @andreadudding.bsky.social · 07/12/2025And we’ve allowed this company to have NHS data (& other government departments) contracts. 🤦♀️🤷♀️🥴 032
Reposted by AndreaDuddingSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 02/11/2025New post just out: "Who might replace Starmer?" With pressure growing on the PM, there are a lot of conversations going on in Westminster about who could take over. Who are the contenders? Who's best placed to win? Would it make any difference? (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...open.substack.comWho might replace Starmer?As predicted at the start of the summer, the idea that the Prime Minister might not make it through another year is gaining traction. 5310928
AndreaDudding @andreadudding.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Surprised that @vicderbyshire.bsky.social doesn’t understand the economic multiplier here. Every £1 of investment in public services & social security improves lives & better balances the economy Come on @zackpolanski.bsky.social you know that tax doesn’t pay for anything, government created £ do 010
Reposted by AndreaDuddingThe Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 12/10/2025We are in a recession, by the way. A bad one. Prices are way up. People can't find jobs. I am plugged into this in a very real way. The stock market is just not important unless you are in the top 10%/1%. I have not seen a labor market this bad since 2008. The 2nd Great Depression is coming. 42750172
Reposted by AndreaDuddingPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Probably the most important but neglected scandal about Mandelson. Epstein was close to Peter Thiel. Thiel had secret meetings with Cummings and Johnson before Palantir’s 100m contract Mandelson’s Global Counsel was pitching Thiel’s Palantir to Starmer. What a carousel of cronyism 12143341806
Reposted by AndreaDuddingGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Astonishingly, I've discovered, the Tufton Street junktanks that shaped Liz Truss's agenda are still operating at the heart of government. Remind me what we voted for again ... This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWarning! The rightwing junktanks behind the Tories’ worst disasters still have the keys to No 10 | George MonbiotWho is running the government’s ‘growth school’ for civil servants? The answer surpassed my worst fears, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 671190555
Reposted by AndreaDuddingBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Israel have just hit Greta Thunberg's flotilla with a drone attack in International Waters. This is who they are, War Criminals. 24402265
Reposted by AndreaDuddingThe Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Morgan McSweeney's wife has just got a job in the Labour government Democracy? Meritocracy? They're not even pretending to believe in these things anymore - as Morgan McSweeney and his wife show, writes @willem-moore.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...thecanary.coMorgan McSweeney's wife has just got a job in the Labour governmentDemocracy? Meritocracy? They're not even pretending to believe in these things anymore - as Morgan McSweeney and his wife show 810157
Reposted by AndreaDuddingFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Zack Polanski, "Let's subsidise good behaviour, rather than subsidising fossil fuel companies, oil and gas" "There's no coincidence that this Labour government took £4.1 million from a hedge fund that have assets in oil and gas, arms and gambling" 13750242
AndreaDudding @andreadudding.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Zack is an exceptional communicator - more of this please @teamlabouruk.bsky.social change your tune to this, it’s literally what you were founded to do 16114
Reposted by AndreaDuddingThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/09/2025Reshuffle it how you like, Starmer’s ‘grownup’ Labour has the Tory whiff of spiteful incompetence | Nesrine Maliktheguardian.comReshuffle it how you like, Starmer’s ‘grownup’ Labour has the Tory whiff of spiteful incompetence | Nesrine MalikHere we are again: constant rebooting, cruel rhetoric and crackdowns. And hurtling towards a Reform-shaped future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik 218320
Reposted by AndreaDuddingBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Should Nigel Farage's dodgy tax dealings be investigated for criminal behaviour? Please RP if you think so. 16436337
Reposted by AndreaDuddingPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/09/2025South West Water sued over a parasite infecting the water supply. People told not to drink tap water without boiling it. Company has more than 174 criminal convictions. Paid over £4.5bn in dividend since privatisation. Criminal organizations out profits before people, threaten health/life.theguardian.comSouth West Water taken to court over cryptosporidium outbreak in DevonInspectorate issues summons after water supply infected 140 people with diarrhoea-type disease in Brixham last year 13372201
AndreaDudding @andreadudding.bsky.social · 05/09/2025When will respected journalists understand that neither of these potential options is remotely necessary or desirable Thatcher really did us over when she made us think that taxpayers money is an actual thing; when the only money that is a thing is government money It’s always spend then tax 000
Reposted by AndreaDuddingYork City UNISON @yorkcityunison.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Join the National Demo to march against the rise of Fascism London Saturday 13 September standuptoracism.org.uk 022
Reposted by AndreaDuddingYork City UNISON @yorkcityunison.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Defend disabled workers - email your MP! Whilst the Government’s proposed welfare cuts have been ruled out for now, the fight is not over. Email your MP today and ask them to ensure disabled workers’ voices are heard. unsn.uk/4fw4vxG 001
Reposted by AndreaDuddingZoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 30/08/2025This whole summer only one story has dominated our entire politics & it comes down to literally 30,000 people in hotels. Ridiculous. The government needs to get a GRIP it’s pathetic. 731322411
Reposted by AndreaDuddingSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Spoke to CNN about our national flags & why ethnic minorities can certainly identify with them too edition.cnn.com/2025/08/29/u... 1330357
Reposted by AndreaDuddingThe Verge @theverge.com · 26/08/2025Tesla rejected $60 million settlement in Autopilot case that ultimately cost it 4 times that amounttheverge.comTesla rejected $60 million settlement in Autopilot case that ultimately cost it 4 times that amountThe company was ordered to pay $243 million in punitive and compensatory damages by a Miami jury. 42280261842
Reposted by AndreaDuddingEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 27/08/2025Trump’s Project 2025 is tearing at America’s democracy, writes Liz Crosbie. Could Britain be next in line? Reform’s ascendency isn’t a good omen. Find out more here ⤵️eastangliabylines.co.ukTrump and the lessons for the UK democracy movementThe UK has over 800 organisations focused on promoting democracy. What impact will the US’s rapid decline into authoritarian politics have on the sector? 23216
AndreaDudding @andreadudding.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Breathless platforming of fascists will end badly 000
AndreaDudding @andreadudding.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Completely unnecessary. Energy companies rubbing their hands at the extra profit 010
Reposted by AndreaDuddingFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage helped cause this problem in the first place" "Brexit has meant we're not able to force the French to take illegal immigrants coming over on small boats back" 34793282
Reposted by AndreaDuddingSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Guillain-Barre syndrome is spreading in the Gaza strip & without treatment it can lead to paralysis & death. But in Gaza they don't have the medication to treat it. Hani Mahmoud reports. 26747
Reposted by AndreaDuddingPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Right wing coup in the UK. The state became guarantor of corporate profits Publicly-owned industries privatised at low prices. Public services outsourced, exorbitant prices. Private finance initiative. Tiny investment, huge returns. Bailouts - banks can't go bust. Licence to misbehave.leftfootforward.orgHow we can fight back against the right-wing coupFor a better future the power of corporations and wealthy elites must be curbed and reversed 9397186
Reposted by AndreaDuddingPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Ministers line up administrators for Thames Water Since 1989 £10.4bn paid in dividends, £13.68bn in interest payments. No new reservoirs. Dumps sewage in rivers. Hardly any new shareholder money. Shares worthless, Lenders ready to take a haircut. Need permanent nationalisation, not temporary.news.sky.comThames Water crisis: Ministers line up administrator for utility giantSteve Reed, the environment secretary, has signed off the appointment of FTI Consulting to assist with contingency planning for putting Britain's biggest water supplier into a special administration r... 19367151
Reposted by AndreaDuddingBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 11/08/2025On Saturday, 86-year-old Jacob travelled from Norfolk to join hundreds in Parliament Square who opposed the government’s proscription of Palestine Action. They gathered calmly and peacefully to commit a criminal act. Read about this rare moment in British history ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.ukeastangliabylines.co.ukWhy I sat in Parliament Square and risked arrest for Palestine ActionOn Saturday, I joined hundreds provoked by government arrogance into peacefully defying the proscription of Palestine Action 8416141
Reposted by AndreaDuddingSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Good piece on the ongoing scandal of private equity run special schools... (and children's homes...) 310140
AndreaDudding @andreadudding.bsky.social · 12/08/2025The consequences of the far right whipping up negative emotions & the government repeating the crap 000
Reposted by AndreaDuddingThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/08/2025RFK Jr has slashed vaccine research. You need to know how perilous that is for the world | Devi Sridhartheguardian.comRFK Jr has slashed vaccine research. You need to know how perilous that is for the world | Devi SridharThe avian flu virus is now just one mutation away from easier transmission among humans. Trump’s health chief is a grave risk to world health, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh 29343155
Reposted by AndreaDuddingSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 11/08/2025"Anas al-Sharif.. he became the face of what was happening in the northern part of Gaza because he was one of very few journalists to stay [there] during the worst part of the bombardment there.. Al Jazeera has been heavily targeted throughout the war" Nicole Johnston reporting 14624
Reposted by AndreaDuddingSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/08/2025While Israel starves over 2 million people to death it continues bombing them too. At least 11 people murdered since midnight. 27463
Reposted by AndreaDuddingIndy lass @pixie11.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Now that's as big as the rat Starmer, few weeks ago standing with a sign saying Scotland's streets and water are filthy through miss management from SNP While down the road, folks have rats as big as cats running around in their council areas and houses. 😲🐀 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.com‘Cat-sized’ rat found in Teesside town puts focus on pest control cutsRodent said to be 22in (56cm) long from nose to tail found in Normanby, where rat problem is said to be worsening 12318
Reposted by AndreaDuddingRichard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 05/08/2025I’ve spent 50 years studying profit as an accountant, economist, and political economist. And here’s the truth: almost no one understands what profit really is, least of all mainstream economists. In this video, I explain why. youtu.be/cqfsHR6z3go?...youtu.beIs profit really the best measure of business success?YouTube video by Richard J Murphy 611850
Reposted by AndreaDuddingEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 05/08/2025The UK government gives the richest 20% around £67 billion a year in tax breaks. That’s more than double the entire Universal Credit budget. It’s not a bug – it’s the system working as designed.eastangliabylines.co.ukGuess who the tax system is really supportingIn this second article on wealth accumulation, we explain who our tax system really supports 27743
