Barty Batt @bartybatt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Buckingham Palace says it will not fund Andrew’s legal action against police. So 🤔…who will? Fergie maybe? 😉 110
Barty Batt @bartybatt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Oil and gas companies who make BILLIONS are trying to get out of paying tax while we all freeze this winter. Might as well tell Burnham to tax the oil and gas companies and they can pay for the mess. 010
Barty Batt @bartybatt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Another royal set for move back to UK. Ferguson returns…a nation rejoices…not 001
Barty Batt @bartybatt.bsky.social · 18/08/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Starmer did do something. He gave this chap half a million pounds of tax payers’ money…then put him in the Lords.theguardian.comCivil service chief got record £500,000 payout after Starmer dismissalChris Wormald received unprecedented payment after serving as cabinet secretary for just 14 months 011
Barty Batt @bartybatt.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Thames Water faces anger over ‘indefensible’ £1m payout to finance chief The grift that keeps giving - to itself. 000
Barty Batt @bartybatt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... Should put the cat among the billionaires.bbc.co.ukFifa World Cup: Uefa to boycott tournament if Gianni Infantino's investment plans go throughUefa's 55 member associations vote to boycott the World Cup if Fifa proceeds with its plan to sell stakes in its competitions. 020
Barty Batt @bartybatt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I wonder if anyone else on the planet noticed that Belgium beat USA 4-1 at World Cup soccerball. Today I shall be mainly eating chocolate and drinking Trappist and Lambic beer. Cheers 🍻 010
Barty Batt @bartybatt.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Starmer seems very interested in telling Joe Public all the things he’s achieved. The list is beginning-less. 021
Barty Batt @bartybatt.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I've signed the petition calling on Andy Burnham to bring Thames Water into public ownership. Will you sign and share? @weownit.org.uk weownit.org.uk/act-now/andy...weownit.org.ukAndy Burnham must take back Thames Water 031
Barty Batt @bartybatt.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...you.38degrees.org.ukStop Palantir taking over our public services!Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. 051
Reposted by Barty BattDavid Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 09/04/202682% of the public want water utilities under social ownership and Thames Water will be available cheaply if the government simply lets it go bust. What - other than an ideological commitment to privatisation - is stopping this happening? 613052
Reposted by Barty BattOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 23/03/2026"Back when the science community used to deny climate change... Human caused climate change was looked skeptically for decades.... then the fact driven data forced all honest science literate skeptics to concede ..." www.facebook.com/groups/96164... via The Climate Realism Community 2276492681
Reposted by Barty BattSian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 18/02/2026I have tabled a motion in parliament, calling on Buckingham Palace to publish all communication which references the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Statements of support for victims of Epstein’s abuse are insufficient if crucial information is still covered up. 826590
Barty Batt @bartybatt.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Farage insults female reporter as Braverman says Reform UK wants to scrap Equality Act – UK politics live Mr Silly and his daft cabinet send stupid messages from Nonsenseland. Should do it. 140
Reposted by Barty BattK M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 06/02/2026A reminder of when Labour was Mandelson free kmflett.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/a...kmflett.wordpress.comA World We Have Lost. Jeremy Corbyn on why Mandelson had ‘no part to play’ when he led Labour (Commons 4th Feb ’26)Jeremy Corbyn (Independent, Islington North). Hansard 4th February 2026 This debate is crucial and seminal, but first and foremost it must be about the victims of the horrible web that Epstein crea… 2165
Barty Batt @bartybatt.bsky.social · 12/11/2025He can concentrate on his concrete growing sideline. One down. Won’t be sadly missed.theguardian.comMike Graham sacked from TalkTV after ‘failure’ to assist inquiry into racist postBroadcaster suspended presenter last month over Facebook post he said happened after account was hacked 171
Barty Batt @bartybatt.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Good article by David Conn. The stench from the PPE VIP lane is so strong it has affected all involved in memory loss 🤐theguardian.comRevealed: the billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on siteSpecial report: Uniserve was paid £1.4bn for Covid contracts that included supply of £178.5m in never-used equipment 071
Barty Batt @bartybatt.bsky.social · 01/11/2025The title may have gone but the entitlement remains.theguardian.comAndrew in line for six-figure payout and annual stipend from king, sources sayThe former prince remains under scrutiny as Buckingham Palace finalises plans for his future as a commoner 152
Reposted by Barty BattPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/10/2025Greater Anglia rail passenger operator nationalised. Govt will rent carriages. Lucrative freight and rolling stock companies remain privatised. 3 Luxembourg-based companies control 87% of rolling stock, paid £1.3bn dividend in last 3 years which bears no UK tax. Gravy train rolls on.bbc.co.ukRail operator Greater Anglia transfers to public ownershipGreater Anglia describes renationalisation as a step towards a 12368169
Barty Batt @bartybatt.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Apparently Environment secretary Steve Reed is ‘furious’ about England and Wales water bills. When he’s calmed down he could renationalise water instead of reinventing the useless ofwat. 051
Barty Batt @bartybatt.bsky.social · 20/07/2025‘Outwitted’ seems a stretch. How about shit business as usual?theguardian.com‘Outwitted’: have water companies managed to sidestep Labour’s bonus ban?Concerns loophole in 2025 act allows payouts at firms that repeatedly pollute England’s waterways with sewage 285
Reposted by Barty BattThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 12/07/2025Remember, the best way to save water during a drought is to... T̶u̶r̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶a̶p̶ ̶o̶f̶f̶ ̶w̶h̶i̶l̶e̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶'̶r̶e̶ ̶b̶r̶u̶s̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶t̶e̶e̶t̶h̶ BRING WATER COMPANIES BACK INTO PUBLIC OWNERSHIP 8797308
Reposted by Barty BattCat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Thames Water's greedy creditors have *no leverage* Investors have written down their stakes to ZERO The company's debt can be WIPED OUT using existing legislation The creditors can't offer a better deal than permanent public ownership What is the government waiting for? 618357
Reposted by Barty BattMarwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Repost if you think the government should #renationalise water now 15843
Barty Batt @bartybatt.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Bidders demand Thames Water granted immunity over environmental crimes Over to you Steve Reed. Just remember you won’t be forgiven should you do the indecent thing. 010
Barty Batt @bartybatt.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza paramedics Everybody adopt least-surprised facial expression. 020
Barty Batt @bartybatt.bsky.social · 27/03/2025There’s a Water Bill debate in Parliament tomorrow. This Starmer government has been useless so far in bringing our water back into public hands. Private profit has turned our rivers and coast into a shit show. Time for sense to prevail so let Thames Water kick the bucket for a start. 050
Barty Batt @bartybatt.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Hope this doesn’t go the way of all media (social and otherwise) but there are great people out there not necessarily blowing their own orange trumpets. 010
