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Barbs

@bobobski.bsky.social
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Environmentalist, Socialist, WOKE and proud, retired NHS worker and keen gardener.. Green voter and believer in a better world for all

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 6h
Shell’s refineries expected to make record profits. Profit margins of $42 a barrel, up from $24 a barrel. Cashing in on global conflicts. Bumper payouts for execs and shareholders. Misery for households and businesses. Millions plunged into poverty. Must levy 100% windfall tax.
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Shell expects refineries to almost double the profit from every barrel of fuel made
Record prices caused by global shortages amid shutdown of war-damaged refineries in Middle East and Russia
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 10h
The great challenge this country will face soon is deciding who runs it and for whom. Is it run by central banks for financial markets, or by elected governments for people? That is the question. Resolving it may be ugly, but it will have to happen. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/10...
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Andrew Bailey thinks financial markets rule. They don’t, but he did define the conflict to come.
Andrew Bailey, the Governor of the Bank of England, gave a speech yesterday about the state of the world’s financial markets and the threats that they now face. Much of what he said was entirely ortho...
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Francesca Bonanno @runningwiththedogs.bsky.social · 22h
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23h
Could Asda or Morrisons vanish within a decade? It will be a blow to many. Both owned by private equity, loaded with debt, cut staffing/wages, low investment, strangled by asset-stripping, struggling to compete, losing market share. What future for others being devoured by private equity?
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Supermarket shake-up: why Asda or Morrisons could vanish within a decade
Talks between Sainsbury’s and Morrisons have set industry tongues wagging, with analysts saying the market is ripe for change
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baychessie.bsky.social @baychessie.bsky.social · 20h
Oh I'm sure these sailors can't wait for this ignorance weak-minded asshole to get off their ship 👎 Soon to be impeached 💥💥 @deptofwar.bsky.social @militarytimes.bsky.social @navalnews.com @politico.com @nytimes.com @captmarkkelly.bsky.social @adamkinzinger.substack.com @votevets.org
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20h
In Spain they are still protesting for affordable housing. Notice the lack of thug police inciting violence, and therefore the complete lack of violence. In sharp contrast with Macron's Police Thug State.
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"To Auschwitz And Not The Army!" - Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Against The IDF, Blockading Two Cities A vehicle drove over a protester. Police used batons and stun grenades, and clashes occured More on my Substack article, Footage on thread 👇🧵
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Against The IDF, Blockading Two Cities
A vehicle drove over a protester. Police used batons and stun grenades, injuring a protester. Additional clashes broke out in Bnei Brak, where demonstrators chanted "To Auschwitz and not the army."
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Is France signalling the end of neoliberalism? As a matter of fact, people will only stand for abuse from a financial system designed to oppress them for so long. France and maybe Spain seem to be indicating they've had enough. youtu.be/CpRl1ajsj-k?...
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Is France signalling the end of neoliberalism?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Al Toth @atoth99.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Common sense isn't it
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In 2015 David Cameron privatised the National Fostering Agency, it's now being paid £160m a year straight to a New Jersey tax haven to manage the fostering of just 2,616 children A tax free profit of £61,000 per child, and they don't even provide any care, that's the fosters job
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Barbs @bobobski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We need more men calling out misogyny, willing to stand with women, and take action. goodlawproject.org/s/748822
goodlawproject.org
It’s time for men to speak up - and act | Good Law Project
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
mondoweiss.net/2026/10/the-...
mondoweiss.net
The children in Gaza who have no memory of the world before the genocide
In Gaza, an entire generation of children born into the genocide has no memory of how life was like before, and doesn’t know about the world outside Gaza’s walls.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
mondoweiss.net/2026/10/geno...
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Genocide and the slow erosion of the family in Gaza
In scattered tents across Gaza, families once bound by shared meals and evenings by the sea now focus solely on survival. The rituals that once bonded fathers to their children, or women to their neig...
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In scattered tents across Gaza, families once bound by shared meals and evenings by the sea now focus solely on survival. The rituals that once bonded fathers to their children, or women to their neighbors, have been shattered by Israel's genocide.
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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 06/10/2026
Ireland's intact, natural forest is incredibly small Much of what gets counted as "forest" is in fact monoculture plantations of sitka spruce – ecological wastelands Protecting and expanding Ireland's wild nature is essential
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sarah Pochin raised "concerns" in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities. Two days later she purchased an £800,000 second home on Anglesey. Remarkable stuff. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 06/10/2026
With respect to the Times’ claim that ‘£100,000 is not the lavish payday it used to be’: yes it fucking is. The fact that these knobs can write that shows just how lazy & out of touch Times journalists are. Just how difficult is it to visit the ONS website & check? Too hard for the chump below.
The Times.
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BEN WILKINSON 
It's about time high earners had a tax
break A salary of £100,000 is not the lavish payday it used to be — politicians need to
stop penalising the aspirational
Ben Wilkinson, Head of Money
Monday October 05 2026, 6.25pm, The Sunday Times
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
37,000 people arrive on small boats. 4,000,000 kids are in poverty. 4,500,000 can't get a dentists. But they will blame these vast problems on a tiny one. They think you are too stupid to know the problem, is them, the greedy billionaires.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 04/10/2026
There is a rot in our public services That rot is called privatisation It is time to end it and run our public services for us, not private shareholders Andy Burnham must deliver on the transformative change he is promising
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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In Manta, Ecuador, a Community Is Devastated by U.S. Boat Strikes
As Ecuador and the U.S. continue their aggressive campaign in the Pacific, victims' families are trying to hold them accountable.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My speech from the conference debate on 'Zionism is Racism’ motion
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Arrogance is believing we can endlessly take without giving back. Arrogance is thinking technological cleverness will always save us from ecological collapse. Arrogance is assuming nature is a foe to be battled,rather than the very system that gives us life.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Burnham scraps Starmer-era plans to curb jury trials. A victory for common sense. The Bill would have been defeated in the Lords. Due to Tory cuts, there is a backlog of over 81,000 Crown Court cases in England & Wales. Govt must invest in public services.
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Burnham scraps controversial plans to curb jury trials
The key policy idea announced by David Lammy when he was justice secretary will no longer go ahead.
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Barbs @bobobski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Palantir’s contract with NHS England is up for renewal in February 2027, with discussions expected to begin this year. This is a critical moment for us to tell the new Health Secr... www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved...
amnesty.org.uk
Tell the Health Secretary, Yvette Cooper: No Palantir in our NHS
Palantir’s contract with NHS England is up for renewal in February 2027, with discussions expected to begin this year. This is a critical moment for us to tell the new Health Secretary: No Palantir in...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
UK chancellor to meet bank bosses for a pre-budget summit to discuss possible tax raid. Banks profiteering but resent windfall tax. Any chance of ending bank subsidies? Any chance of meeting pensioners, disabled, sick, poor to hear their concerns?
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Healey summons UK bank chiefs to pre-budget summit next week
The chancellor, John Healey, has called in the CEOs of lenders including Barclays, Lloyds and NatWest for talks ahead of his crucial budget statement.
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Monty 🇨🇦 @onlymonty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Expose them all…
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
UAE may halt UK investments after Manchester City guilty verdict. The 'rule of law', not blackmail must prevail. Over 100 individual breaches of the Premier League Rules. It filed misleading accounts at Companies House. There are questions about whether Manchester City circumvented UK taxes.
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UAE may halt UK investments after Manchester City guilty verdict
Premier League’s actions would ‘have an influence on the bilateral state relationship’, Emirati officials said
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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Why is Nigel Farage back on air? Ofcom bans politicians from presenting news programmes, but GB News claims Farage's show is just 'current affairs' despite him using it to defend Reform's £72m in donations. Close the loophole now.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Free social care is coming… but only if you’re over 65, says UK govt. Govts awaits the Casey Review for further decisions. 12% of children, 24% of working-age adults, 45% of adults over State Pension age have a disability Low incomes; poor food, housing, healthcare; NHS queues adds to problems
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Free social care is coming… but only if you’re over 65, government confirms after Burnham speech
Andy Burnham’s announcement of free personal care as part of a new National Care Service will only apply to those over 65, and not to working-age disabled people, No 10 has confirmed, sparking shoc…
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Suella Braverman’s parents emigrated (they were horrible economic migrants not from a war zone she hates). She went to Cambridge for free and didn’t collect £27k debt like everyone else. Scrounger. She used the Erasmus scheme to study in France. Which she has blocked. Horrible
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Amazon isn't just "the lungs of the earth." It’s a complex, living system that regulates our rainfall, houses 10% of known species, and is home to millions of people. When we burn it, we aren't just losing trees. We are dismantling the life support system of the planet. Protect biodiversity.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 03/10/2026
Farage is a sitting MP and yet he is allowed to have his own show on GB News. More than 8,000 people have signed the petition to demand that Ofcom take immediate action. Help us reach 10,000 signatures. 📊
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Greenpeace UK has threatened The Crown Estate with legal action over what it describes as its “extortionate” lease fees for offshore wind farms www.rechargenews.com/legal/greenp....
rechargenews.com
Greenpeace threatens Crown Estate with lawsuit over 'extortionate' offshore wind lease fees
The Crown Estate argues its approach has helped build the UK’s world-leading offshore wind sector and that lease fees were determined by an auction process
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs"
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Those who start wars to make money while polluting the planet are the WORST of humanity. Despicable. They don’t just spill blood,they spill poison into the very Earth that feeds us all. Humans are the ONLY animals on Earth that will shit on its own dinner.
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm with Carl Sagan on this:
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/10/2026
Oli Dugmore brilliantly outlines the struggles young people face today. Brexit robbed them of countless opportunities. Restoring our EU membership is the easiest way to help our young people.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/10/2026
👀 "Nearly 10 years ago, Nigel Farage told LBC he would leave the country if Brexit were not a stunning success. For reasons that no one can quite fathom, he is still here."
theguardian.com
Welcome to the new Reform roadshow. Same as the last but more desperate | John Crace
Nige is not rattled that the UK likes its new PM. Or that Reform is second in the polls. Oh no. Because Nige believes in
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Al Toth @atoth99.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Shallow State: "Anyone who reads Time's recent interview with Trump would clearly conclude that the biggest story on Earth, this day and every day, is that the President of the United States is seriously unwell and allowed to continue in office - unfit, untethered, and unchecked. Unbelievable."
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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
OPINION TODAY featured podcast: @aiannucci.bsky.social & @pierrenovellie.bsky.social ask whether the politics of ‘saying’ now trumps the politics of ‘doing’, examine Peter Thiel’s defense of evil and find the most unfortunately named politician in the world. opiniontoday.substack.com/i/218315766/...
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Richard Burgon MP @richardburgon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My solidarity with everyone joining the protests this week to kick Palantir out of our NHS. As I said in Parliament recently: from serious concerns over its handling of patient data to its human rights record, this US tech giant should have no role in our NHS.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
UK public sector bodies spent £17bn with offshore-owned private equity firms last year. The same vultures received £31bn public sector contracts. Profiteering, low wages, tax dodging, asset-stripping is their business model. Enriched by public money. How many have politicians on payroll?
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£17 billion taxpayer cash went to offshore private equity last year
We need to buy British, GMB tells Labour conference
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Mynameis...Miro @zg4ever.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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