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Denis Oliver

@denis462.bsky.social
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Retired Executive Headteacher of Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School and Sixth Form College Passionately anti Brexit and pro the EU. Labour Party supporter and campaigner for disability rights. Keen rugby fan, regular swimmer and fair-weather golfer.

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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Big UK banks pocketed £29.2bn in six months while our bills went up! A windfall tax on bank profits would raise £19bn for our schools & NHS. @TheGreenParty's already backing it - sign the petition and tell John Healey to #TaxtheBanks! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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#TaxTheBanks
Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing. The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...
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Mark Walker 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺 @markhwalker.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The brilliant @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social youtu.be/z5A0qpWUrfg?...
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"5 Million Quid" - Marsh Family parody of The Proclaimers "(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles" on Farage gift
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Here'a link to the full song ...
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"5 Million Quid" - Marsh Family parody of The Proclaimers "(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles" on Farage gift
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AJ 🦋 @andjamwar.uk · 08/10/2026
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 07/10/2026
BREAKING Reform UK's internal inquiry says the party did not break the law over the donations sting 🤔
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#BigTech's data centres use as much power as millions of homes and guzzle our water. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Zero water waste 🗣️ Local community consent Sign this petition to stop data centres harming our communities and environment now. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
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Ban data centres that harm our communities and climate
Big Tech’s giant data centres swallow as much power as millions of homes, guzzle our water, and risk driving up our energy bills - all with zero limits. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Ze...
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We need more men calling out misogyny, willing to stand with women, and take action. goodlawproject.org/s/748822
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It’s time for men to speak up - and act | Good Law Project
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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...
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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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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
For years, Stephen Lennon has asked supporters to trust him and fund him. A Channel 4 Dispatches investigation, made with HOPE not hate, has raised serious questions about his finances. I’ve added my name calling for a full investigation. Will you? secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/199860/...
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CALL FOR AN HMRC INVESTIGATION INTO STEPHEN LENNON
A year-long Channel 4 Dispatches investigation has raised serious questions about Stephen Lennon’s finances. Add your name and call on the Government to refer them to HMRC for investigation.
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 04/09/2026
With all respect to the BBC, the reason this story "matters" is not about whether it distracts from Reform's conference. It "matters" because it is important our leaders are not conspiring to break the law.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Nigel Farage & Reform UK want to import ICE-style unaccountable vigilante policing Rupert Lowe & Restore Britain want to import US style gun laws, and inevitably more Dunblanes Just like the Nazis, they want more street violence to usher them into power meme via Philomena Neate
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
We were promised that privatised water companies would increase investment in infrastructure fixing leaks & building reservoirs They lied Instead they paid £millions into shareholders tax-avoiding off-shore accounts Renatiolaise without compensation #SocialistSunday
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"The hardest working royals work less hard than the least hard-working taxpayer." (and have a host of servants to help them dress, clean and cook, drive or pilot to wherever, answer phones, count the cash, organise the diary, and bow, scrape, be generally subservient) via Abolish The Monarchy
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
England's water companies have nearly 1,200 criminal convictions. Fines announced, quietly deferred/waived. No exec prosecuted. Regulator can ban exec bonuses. Companies reclassify exec bonuses as “retention payments” and “signing-on fees”. No action taken No end to abuses. Nationalise water.
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The case for nationalisation of water companies
England’s privatised water companies are leaders of predatory practices. In 1989, the industry was privatised for £7.6bn and had no debts. It joined Chile and a few US states&...
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A small number of MPs taking lucrative second jobs is giving all MPs a bad name. We're calling on the Government to take action on MPs' second jobs. Please sign our letter. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/199569/...
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MPs' Second Jobs
A small number of MPs taking lucrative second jobs is giving all MPs a bad name. We're calling on the Government to take action on MPs' second jobs. Please sign our letter.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If 10yrs on, £Billions wasted and zero benefits later makes you angry enough about Brexit, then don’t be checking this out to see just how much we threw away, risked and lost, so we could crow about sovereignty and put flags on roundabouts instead. what-europe-does-for-me.europarl.europa.eu/en/focus
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What Europe does for me - #EUandME
How does Europe affect our everyday lives? How does it impact our jobs, our families, our health care, our hobbies, our journeys, our security, our consumer choices and our social rights? And how is E...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/08/2026
Bad news for Nige.
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If Burnham's team can review special administration to take back Thames Water 💧 They must also look at energy, Royal Mail, care, NHS - private equity in huge debt but "too big to fail" 💡📮👨‍⚕️ 🏥 Make sure they CAN fail and be taken back at minimum cost www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Burnham mulls insolvency law shake-up to help bring utilities under public control
Exclusive: Rules on special administration seen as potential ‘roadblock’ to reshaping how UK’s essential services are run
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
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End the sewage pollution scandal
Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action!
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. I've signed the petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Big Chicken Choking our Rivers
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big ...
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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.
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
£1 MILLION. That’s what Thames Water has handed its new finance chief while customers face rising bills, the company drowns in debt and they dump sewage into our waterways 😡 Sign the petition demanding he gives the money back:
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Meta’s creepy smart glasses can be used to film people without their consent. 😡 Wetherspoons has banned them, now we need every public venue to do the same. Sign the petition 👇
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Jean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
So he was not only wrong, he was actually a Home Office Minister during the period when they had the highest number of small boat arrivals during a PM's first 22 days. What an utter prat.
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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...
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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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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The BBC has got a new boss: a big moment for us to get our voices heard. With Trump’s lawsuit on the horizon and politicians like Farage wanting to see its downfall, we’ve got to speak up now to protect it. Sign
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The BBC has got a new boss: a big moment for us to get our voices heard. With Trump’s lawsuit on the horizon and politicians like Farage wanting to see its downfall, we’ve got to speak up now to protect it. Sign
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I just signed the petition backing the UK’s football associations’ decision to boycott the World Cup if FIFA’s plans to sell it off to private investors goes ahead. Add your name too and tell them to stand firm under pressure!
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I know it's not news Kemi Badenoch is not across the detail, but this is an absolute shocker. She says the UK's net zero plans are 'perversely increasing carbon emissions'. In 2019 when net zero targets were adopted emissions were 45% below 1990 levels. Last year they were 54% below 1990 levels.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/07/2026
Half of England is officially in drought. Wildfires are raging across Europe. And this is how the editor of the Sunday Telegraph chooses to respond.
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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...
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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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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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...
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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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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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...
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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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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I just signed the petition calling on Andy Burnham to kick the controversial US tech giant Palantir out of our NHS and police! 🚨 Their £330m contract is a total bust: the tech is rubbish, staff are boycotting it, yet they still have access to our private health data. Tell him to end the contracts
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
It feels like you can’t watch a game of football without wading through annoying gambling ads. 🙄 😡It’s dangerous for young fans, and it puts a stain on the beautiful game. ⚽Find out what you can do about it. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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Protect young fans: kick gambling ads out of football
Gambling ads are all over football, targeting young fans and risking dangerous addictions. All eyes are on the World Cup - so can you help me get them banned now? We don’t have long!
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
💧Water is a basic service, not a cash machine 🤑 While bills rise and sewage pours into our rivers and seas, water companies keep rewarding shareholders. Enough is enough. It's time to bring water back into public ownership. Add your name:
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Ofcom is investigating GB News for its outrageous Trump interview. Ofcom must enforce its own rules and hold them to account! Add your name to the open letter now.
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I've just signed this petition. Will you add your name and share too?
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Nigel Farage received gifts and benefits from a convicted fraudster. This can’t go on. Sign the petition to demand a FULL investigation into his undisclosed donations and gifts. We need answers:
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
💧Water is a basic service, not a cash machine 🤑 While bills rise and sewage pours into our rivers and seas, water companies keep rewarding shareholders. Enough is enough. It's time to bring water back into public ownership. Add your name:
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
With Keir Starmer resigning, a new PM is moving into No.10 soon. Let's make sure a message from us is waiting on their desk on day one! We need a wealth tax on the super-rich to fund housing, health, and our communities. Add your name so they can't ignore us you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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Dear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-rich
With Keir Starmer stepping down, a new PM will be taking over soon. Let's make sure they hear from us on day one. Sign the petition demanding a wealth tax on the ultra-rich to fund our communities, he...
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The Home Office wants to use faulty AI tech that assesses 14 year olds as adults in the asylum system. It’s super harmful, and could deny vulnerable kids their basic rights. Sign the petition to scrap it now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Don’t use dodgy AI on vulnerable kids!
The Home Office wants to use faulty AI tech that assesses 14 year olds as adults in the asylum system. It’s super harmful, and could deny vulnerable kids their basic rights. Sign the petition to scrap...
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
With Keir Starmer resigning, a new PM is moving into No.10 soon. Let's make sure a message from us is waiting on their desk on day one! We need a wealth tax on the super-rich to fund housing, health, and our communities. Add your name so they can't ignore us you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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Dear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-rich
With Keir Starmer stepping down, a new PM will be taking over soon. Let's make sure they hear from us on day one. Sign the petition demanding a wealth tax on the ultra-rich to fund our communities, he...
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Ofcom is investigating GB News for its outrageous Trump interview. Ofcom must enforce its own rules and hold them to account! Add your name to the open letter now.
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Amazon made £55 MILLION in profit in the UK last year, but only paid a fraction of what they should in tax. Jeff Bezos is rubbing his hands together, avoiding tax, while we pay our dues. Don't think that's right? Sign the petition now.
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Check out this from We Own It. weownit.org.uk/act-now/andy...
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Andy Burnham must take back Thames Water
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
As we learn that Andrew Windsor charged his own staff to live on the estate on which he paid a peppercorn rent... Here's me on why I want a Republic @republiccampaign.bsky.social
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Denis Oliver @denis462.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
🚨Energy bills will soar by another £221 a year from July, Ofgem just announced. We can still stop it! But only if enough of us sign the petition to stop the price hike today:
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