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@brucethepensioner.bsky.social
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Husband, father, grandfather, socialist, humanist, republican ( not the American sort), still making memories. Welshman doing missionary work in Bolton 😂.💚 🩵

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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our energy bills are out of control. Meanwhile, the banks are making huge windfall profits and paying bumper bonuses. Can you join me and sign this petition calling on the chancellor to introduce a windfall tax on bank profits to cut energy bills? www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ta...
megaphone.org.uk
Tax the banks — cut our bills!
Our energy bills are out of control. Meanwhile, the banks are making huge windfall profits and paying bumper bonuses. Sign this petition calling on the chancellor to introduce a windfall tax on bank ...
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Britain's future relationship with Europe is being debated in Parliament on 12th October. I've just asked my MP to attend. Will you ask yours? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
europeanmovement.co.uk
Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Can you take 2 mins to respond to Ofwat's consultation to demand they BLOCK the water bill hike. If water companies can't survive without hiking our bills, let them go bust and bring them into public ownership. Deadline: midnight Thurs 24th Sept weownit.org.uk/NoBillHike
weownit.org.uk
Ofwat: No to water bills hike, let them go bust - Respond by midnight on Thursday 24th September
Demand that Ofwat says no to bill hikes. Let water companies go bust and bring them into public ownership for nothing.
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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 23/09/2026
NHS trusts spent nearly £1bn on private insourcing in 3 years and private equity is reaping the rewards. We need direct investment in healthcare workers and facilities, not corporate profit margins. Demand your MP steps in to protect public healthcare: everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/stop-private...
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Sign the Petition
Make hospice funding a national priority
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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humanists.uk
Keep Christian Nationalism out of our schools
Reform UK wants to force every school to sing Christian hymns – and says there will be ‘consequences’ for schools that refuse. Add your name and help us defend inclusive education. Reform UK has unvei...
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Today MPs debated the Representation of the People Bill. Together with friends at @compassoffice.bsky.social and @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social, we brought 34 alarm clocks to Westminster to send them a loud message: it's time to wake up! ⏰ Our democracy is in crisis. We need fair votes now.
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
On Monday 14th September, MPs are debating whether there should be a referendum on who owns England's water. I've just asked my MP to attend and support giving us a say. Take 2mins to email your MP: weownit.org.uk/act-now/deba... @weownit.org.uk
weownit.org.uk
Give the public a say on who owns our water - email your MP
Public ownership of water is popular. MPs must give us a say on who owns our water.
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
13 MILLION adults in England are locked out of an NHS dentist, and preventable tooth decay is the #1 reason kids end up in hospital. No more dental deserts. No more DIY dentistry. Sign the petition now to tell our new PM to fix NHS dentistry for good: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fi...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Fix and fund NHS Dentistry NOW!
Thirteen MILLION of us are still locked out of dental care. After two years of ministers promising to finally fix NHS dentistry, shocking new data just revealed that almost nothing has changed. That ...
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Spot on, the bible is hundreds of pages of bullshit, lies, murder, slavery and misogyny.
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Jeff Bezos has just been crowned the world's third richest person...while Amazon dodges billions in tax. Right now, governments are negotiating new global tax rules. Tell the UK Government: don't cave to the super-rich. 38d.gs/n9zw
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Stand up to Trump and Bezos: stronger tax rules NOW
Jeff Bezos has just been crowned the world's third richest person...while Amazon dodges billions in tax. Right now, governments are negotiating new global tax rules. Tell the UK Government: don't cave...
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The Iran war is making everything more expensive for us, but some companies are cashing in. Don't think that's right? Sign the petition now demanding they are taxed more on their record profits to help us all with the cost of living. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ra...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Sign the Urgent Petition - End this rip-off
People in the UK are struggling to get by while some corporations are set to announce record high profits on the back of the Iran war. Join the campaign to demand these war profiteers are taxed so we ...
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Thames Water CEO went unchallenged on the BBC on the claim that public ownership means water investment competes with health and defence. This is a myth! Every penny of investment comes from BILLS. Take 2 mins to complain to Ofcom and the BBC vist.ly/5d5xb
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Ofcom and BBC, correct the record: Thames Water CEO misled the public about public ownership
Thames Water CEO lied about public ownership on the BBC. It is time Ofcom and the BBC corrected the record
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I've signed this petition calling for all workers to be protected from insecure contracts like zero-hours. Ministers are running a consultation on this right now. Can you add your name before the deadline? www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
megaphone.org.uk
Stamp out zero-hours contracts: protect all workers from exploitation
The government has launched a consultation on guaranteed hours. Sign this petition asking them to stand firm on their pledge to tackle insecure work and ban exploitative zero-hours contracts.
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
We're asking the new Democracy Minister to make the Representation of the People Bill truly transformative for our democracy. Please sign our letter! secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/196341/...
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk
The New Democracy Minister
We're asking the new Democracy Minister to make the Representation of the People Bill truly transformative for our democracy. Please sign our letter!
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend this crucial debate on water ownership? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
actionnetwork.org
Ask your MP to attend the water debate
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend th...
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 24/07/2026
Andy Burnham seems to have lost his voice on Gaza. Time to speak up. End arms sales to Israel.
A close up of Andy Burnham, with a zip over his mouth. 

Below are two quotes from his Cabinet Ministers. One from Wes Streeting says: I had seen serious and substantial allegations of war crimes being committed and I felt that this country had a moral and legal responsibility to respond." 

Louise Haigh says: It is impossible to conclude that this is anything less than a genocide.
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first item on the new PM’s list. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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Dear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-rich
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first it...
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Robin Layfield (he/they) 💚 🌈 ✊🏽 @robinlayfield.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The UK electoral system is not fit for purpose. Andy Burnham knows this and for a long time he has put his backing behind Electoral Reform. ER is the gift of true democracy that can cement Labour's place in history in a positive way. Sign the petition now! actionstorm.org/petitions/na...
A photo montage of PM Andy Burnham set against the houses of Parliament and a map of the uk. The headline reads: "Tell Andy Burnham to launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform"

To the side is a statistic: 11,027 people have signed this petition so far. The petition has been created by Open Britain
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I’ve signed a letter calling for Angela Eagle and Ofwat to reject the last-ditch deal from Thames Water's creditors. Can you sign and share it as well? weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...
weownit.org.uk
Sign our open letter to Angela Eagle
I’ve signed a letter calling for Angela Eagle and Ofwat to reject the last-ditch deal from Thames Water's creditors. Can you sign and share it as well?
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I've just signed "Tell Andy Burnham to launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/na... @OpenBritainHQ
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Gerri McGerriface @messmonstergigi.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I've just signed a card calling on the new Prime Minister to put children's wellbeing at the top of his agenda. Will you add your name too? act.childrenssociety.org.uk/page/195261/...
act.childrenssociety.org.uk
Agree that children's wellbeing should be at the top of the new Prime Minister's agenda? Sign our card to Andy Burnham today!
I've just signed a card calling on the new Prime Minister to put children's wellbeing at the top of his agenda. Will you add your name too?
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A new government sets its direction early. I've just signed European Movement UK's petition asking Andy Burnham to drop the red lines on Europe and set out a real plan for the UK's European future. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/5_asks_for_a...
europeanmovement.co.uk
Our 5 Asks for Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham must seize the moment to build a bold, forward-looking agenda for his administration to lead the UK towards a new European future.
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I've just signed a petition calling on the Government to step up and provide vital support to children and teens who need it most during the school holidays. Will you add your name too? act.childrenssociety.org.uk/page/193372/...
act.childrenssociety.org.uk
Agree that school holidays matter? Sign the petition.
The Children's Society are calling for vital support to children and teens who need it most during the school holidays. Will you add your name?
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our democracy. Sign the open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...
actionnetwork.org
Dear Andy Burnham: it's time for a fair voting system
Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our demo...
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Privatised water has failed us. I’m backing @labourlewis.bsky.social’s call to ensure Andy Burnham meets water campaigners who’ve fought for years to clean up our water -not just the water bosses who’ve profited from the system. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...
actionnetwork.org
Dear Andy Burnham, meet with water campaigners to discuss bringing water back into public ownership
Privatised water is a complete failure. I’m backing Clive Lewis' call to ensure that Andy Burnham meets frontline water campaigners who’ve fought for years to clean up our water -not just the water ...
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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 15/07/2026
🚨 The government agreed an NHS drug price hike with Trump's administration, and neither the public nor MPs have had a say in it. It could cost the #NHS billions and push services to breaking point. We will not sit back while the government puts lives at risk to please Trump...
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I've just signed "Tell Andy Burnham to launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/na...
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Lemme gon’ head and rewatch The Newsroom. This is one of, if not thee first scene of this whole series. 😎
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
A great present for Nigel Farage, Jenrick, Braverman, Zahawi etc etc and every other politician who wants to cut welfare rather than #TaxTheRich “Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us: The Urgent Case for a Wealth Tax” by Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks. www.facebook.com/CanadiansOrg...
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Privatised water has failed us. I’m backing @labourlewis.bsky.social’s call to ensure Andy Burnham meets water campaigners who’ve fought for years to clean up our water -not just the water bosses who’ve profited from the system. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...
actionnetwork.org
Dear Andy Burnham, meet with water campaigners to discuss bringing water back into public ownership
Privatised water is a complete failure. I’m backing Clive Lewis' call to ensure that Andy Burnham meets frontline water campaigners who’ve fought for years to clean up our water -not just the water ...
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
One from the archives: "A video of Nigel Farage shows him saying that as an MEP he could earn as much as a Goldman Sachs banker through claiming expenses and employing his wife" (which he did) When Farage talks about how much he's supposedly sacrificed financially by going into politics...
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Nigel Farage claims in video MEPs can earn like a Goldman Sachs banker
In footage from 1999 or 2000, the Ukip leader is heard criticising the MEP expense system as 'wrong' and 'monstrous'
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 08/07/2026
🚨The UK-US pharma deal with Trump will cost 229,000 lives in England. The deal is so bad that the editor of the British Medical Journal says it suggests "We’ll kill our poor people to make your rich companies richer”. Dear Andy Burnham, tear up this deal as Prime Minister. Thank you.
A graphic with pictures of Trump and Burnham, a Guardian headline screenshot that says "US-UK drug deal would result in 229,000 excess deaths in England, analysis suggests", and a demand that Andy Burnham "show Trump the red card and tear up the pharma deal"
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Nigel Farage vs "the establishment" He went to private school, worked as a stockbroker, has been a professional politician for 31 years, has his own TV show, is a brand ambassador for gold, is mates with POTUS, accepted a secret £5m gift, and owns five houses bought outright with cash What a rebel
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Two billionaires who live abroad are planning to sidestep the Government's £100,000 cap on overseas donations. It's clear we need to kick big money out of our politics entirely with a donations cap. Please sign the petition. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/194728/...
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It’s happening again…
Two billionaires who live abroad are planning to sidestep the Government's £100,000 cap on overseas donations. It's clear we need to kick big money out of our politics entirely with a donations cap.
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
In December the UK government signed a deal with Trump to hike NHS drug prices - putting thousands of patients' lives at risk in order to inflate pharma profits. Every MP needs to know about the dangers of this deal. Invite yours to an urgent briefing: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...
actionnetwork.org
Urgent briefing on US-UK drug pricing deal: invite your MP!
Public and political pressure is growing against the dangerous Trump-led US-UK drug pricing deal, which will see NHS medicine prices hiked in order to boost big pharma profits. Since we and Global Ju...
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Palm Oil Detectives | #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
How do you boycott the endless #greed of large food companies causing massive #extinction 🦏🐅🐒 and human #health damage? Go #palmoilfree and boycott Colgate, #Unilever, #Pepsi, Ferrero and others. #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🔥⛔ @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-EV
How do you boycott the endless #greed of large food companies causing massive #extinction 🦏🐅🐒 and human #health damage? Go #palmoilfree and boycott Colgate, #Unilever, #Pepsi, Ferrero and others. #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🔥⛔ @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://wp.me/pcFhgU-EV?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Our voting system is broken. I'm backing the call for a National Commission on Electoral Reform. 140+ MPs already have, more than any other amendment this Parliament. Write to your MP: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-... @fwddem.com
actionnetwork.org
Ask your MP to fix our broken voting system
Britain’s voting system is broken. Over and over again, it delivers results that don’t represent how people voted, poisons our political culture, and leads to instability and chaos. After last month’...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Not sure if this meme was real ... if not, it should have been! via Alison Royles
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
What Trump's administration is doing to dismantle US democracy could happen here. We must future-proof our constitution to prevent that. I've just asked my MP to attend a parliamentary briefing on what we can do now to defend our democracy. Do the same: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
actionnetwork.org
Ask your MP to future-proof our democracy
What Trump's administration is doing to dismantle US democracy could happen here. We must future-proof our constitution to prevent that. I've just asked my MP to attend a parliamentary briefing on wh...
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Who better to speak out on matters of national security than someone whose close colleague is currently in prison for taking bribes from Russia?
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
#PoliticsNotForSale I've told my MP to support caps on political donations & campaign spend. Tell yours too. Politics should work for everyone, not just those who can afford it. Send a postcard today at politicsnotforsale.mp.unlockdemocracy.justpost.cards
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#PoliticsNotForSale – Make sure your MP knows that too!
Tell your MP to support caps on political donations and campaign spending.
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Check out this from We Own It. weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-p...
weownit.org.uk
End profit in children’s social care
£1 out of every £5 paid to private providers of children’s social care is taken out in profit.
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The next 48 hours are crucial. The government has just launched a consultation on guaranteed hours. Sign this petition asking them to stand firm on their pledge to tackle insecure work and ban exploitative zero-hours contracts. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
megaphone.org.uk
Stamp out zero-hours contracts: protect all workers from exploitation
The next 48 hours are crucial. The government has just launched a consultation on guaranteed hours. Sign this petition asking them to stand firm on their pledge to tackle insecure work and ban exploi...
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Wulfhelm @wulfhelm.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Cunts come from all religions, creeds, races. None of the above makes them cunts. They're cunts because they're cunts. That is all.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
It has now been 10 weeks and three days since Nigel Farage last turned up to vote in the House of Commons
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brucethepensioner.bsky.social @brucethepensioner.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The government's committed to cutting emissions by nearly 90% by 2040 -- but MPs still have to vote on it, and fossil fuel-backed politicians are ready to speak up for the wrong side. Can you take 2 mins to email your MP and tell them to back it? act.greenpeace.org/page/192571/...
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Cleaner air, lower bills and a better future for all… or bigger profits for Shell?
Finally some good news!Finally some good news! The government's committed to cutting emissions by nearly 90% by 2040 -- but MPs still have to vote on it, and fossil fuel-backed politicians are ready t...
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John Wilks @johngwilks.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Outrageous! They should have their licence revoked! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘They’re a private company, run for profit!’: fury in Kent at South East Water’s outages
Water company blames increased demand in extreme heat, but customers want answers about lack of storage reservoirs
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