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Retired Dr; Socialist; fair taxes (of the wealthy); against increased inequality. #StarmerOut #CorruptToriesOut #ApartheidIsrael #FreePalestine

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This summer: Thousands of deaths from extreme weather. This weekend in the media: What's the point of the Green Party? This morning from the Labour party 👇
Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
UK drivers forced to use parking apps can pay up to 40% more. Hidden charges, full price not shown until the payment page. Neoliberals complain about regulation but silent on daily fleecing of people by predatory capitalism. All done to boost profits, exec pay.
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Drivers forced to use parking apps can pay up to 40% more
Council car parks have switched away from ticket machines to cut costs, leading to extra fees for users
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
UK Future Is GREEN 💚💚
Holborn & St Pancras
+22.4% increase in votes for Green Party
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham announces end of triple-lock on the state pension from 2030. It will be replaced by double-lock, slower growth in state pension. Full state pension is already less than 50%of the minimum wage. Poverty awaits future retirees. £500bn of taxes not collected by HMRC since 2010.
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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Amen
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Dig of the Stump @goodthingbetter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The UK needs to tax wealth in order to reduce inequality. Richard Burgon MP will be asking for a tax on Bank Super-Profits in the upcoming Budget. For those in the UK, if you agree, please consider supporting & signing this petition. c.org/gF2ggWXLsm
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Sign the Petition
TAX BANK SUPER-PROFITS AT THE BUDGET
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Trump Watch 👀 @trumpwatch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Why the fuck do republicans not see this?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NHS backlog fuelled a private equity gold rush in UK healthcare. All part of Tory plan to hike waiting list, under investment and privatisation of healthcare. Profiteering means less available for frontline services. Higher taxes for lower public value. Ban private equity from all public services
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How the NHS backlog fuelled a private equity gold rush in UK health market
The latest Spire Healthcare deal showed that private equity interest in the private healthcare market has continued.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
United Utilities fined £964,225, pleads guilty to dumping raw sewage in seas. Crimes date back to 2023. Fined at least 223 times since 2010, paid £8m. Still committing crimes, bosses rewarded but none prosecuted, shareholders enriched. Revoke its licence. Nationalise water.
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United Utilities fined £900k over Fleetwood sewage discharges
A pipe collapse at Fleetwood Wastewater Treatment Works led to the sewage spillage.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
UK datacentres likely to directly employ 10,400 workers, compared with the 40,000 cited. 8.6 jobs per megawatt of power, compared to 400 in a car plant, 3,600 in a hospital or health facility. Huge consumption of electricity/water, emission of pollution. Need moratorium on expansion.
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UK datacentres will create just 25% of jobs predicted by tech sector, analysis finds
Facilities likely to employ 10,400 workers, compared with 40,000 in industry estimates, thinktank says
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Yes, it does sound familiar.
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Dig of the Stump @goodthingbetter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
🚨 Nature loss isn't just an environmental crisis: it's a national security issue. On 3 Sept, MPs will debate UK intelligence experts' warning on the threat of ecosystem collapse. Write to your MP and urge them to speak at the debate. @zero-hour.bsky.social www.zerohour.uk/nsa-debate
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Write to your MP about the National Security Assessment
The Gov's latest national security assessment makes one thing clear: nature is not separate from national security, it underpins it. Act now.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Reform’s economic adviser called for end of pensioners’ triple lock. Highest state pension is less than 50% of minimum wage. He wants to privatise the NHS, sees migration as a poverty alleviation tool. Reform wants to repeal equality and human rights laws, remove workers' rights.
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Reform’s new economic adviser has called for end of pensioners’ triple lock
Exclusive: Mitchell Palmer has also argued for privatising the NHS and immigration as way of cutting poverty
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Bankers' trade association, backed by UK's biggest banks, warns govt against higher tax on the industry. Shows how banks cooperate to advance common interests Silence on profiteering, branch closures, not investigating frauds, bailouts, subsidies, mega bonuses, dividends. Must tax obscene profits
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British banking giants deliver tax rise warning to new chancellor
The influential trade association UK Finance has told John Healey that industry tax rises in his autumn Budget would risk damaging Britain's international competitiveness in a letter obtained by Sky N...
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Joy Christy @breezerr24.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Capitulating to the felon UK ‘open to discussing’ digital services tax (DST) with Trump govt. Trump threatened 100% tariffs on countries taxing US corporations. Govt collects £1bn DST on profits made in the UK, enough to provide free school meals for all primary pupils. Taking back control?
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UK ‘open to discussing’ digital services tax with Trump administration
Jamieson Greer said Donald Trump’s threat to slap 100% tariffs on European countries with digital services taxes is “not a bluff.”
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Dig of the Stump @goodthingbetter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I just signed a petition to stop the rollout of facial recognition surveillance in the UK. The Government and shops are scanning us without clear laws in place, using our faces like barcodes. It feels really invasive. Can you take 30 seconds to sign it too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop scanning us all with facial recognition!
I just signed a petition to stop the massive rollout of facial recognition surveillance in the UK. The government and shops are starting to scan us without clear laws in place, effectively turning our...
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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 19/08/2026
New zine: pulling together quotes and recommended readings on the importance of thinking critically about AI, especially for people newer to this conversation. This link shares all the quotes/sources, plus a downloadable PDF for anyone who wants to print/share their own copies: guante.info/aizine
A photo of the cover of a zine: "Less A, More I: A zine on the importance of thinking critically about AI" available at guante.info/aizine
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Reuters @reuters.com · 20/08/2026
Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan, from property tycoon to life in jail reut.rs/4wAA0gM
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Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan, from property tycoon to life in jail
Mingling with power brokers at the Chinese Communist Party's centenary celebrations in 2021, ​a beaming Hui Ka Yan betrayed no sign of the pressure mounting on his property company, China Evergrande Group, the world's most-indebted developer.
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 20/08/2026
UK minister Stephen Doughty is still just "calling on" Israel to uphold even the most basic commitment to human rights after nearly 3 years of genocide. www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Minister renews calls for Israel to allow more aid into Gaza on first visit to the region
Minister for the Middle East, Stephen Doughty MP, has concluded a two-day visit to Egypt marking his first official visit to the region.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Trump "You can just grab women by the pussy." Deposition in rape trial, E. Jean Carroll, 10/19/22. Found guilty www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 06/08/2026
Losing access to our drinking water is a huge risk. Over half of the country is in drought, yet we're losing 3bn litres of water daily through leaky pipes - which water companies won't fix because it's not profitable. Public ownership NOW to protect the public vist.ly/5duz4
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Zack Polanski ‘absolutely right’ about privatisation threatening water security, water campaigner says
'Leaky pipes and a lack of reservoirs are inevitable outcomes of privatisation.'
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Dig of the Stump @goodthingbetter.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Tell Congress: Drop the Witch Hunt Against BreakThrough News!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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Tell Congress: Drop the Witch Hunt Against BreakThrough News!
BreakThrough News is under attack. For years, Republican lawmakers have painted a target on our backs, falsely claiming that our political views and reporting are part of some foreign plot. Now, the...
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Dig of the Stump @goodthingbetter.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Support free independent journalism, worldwide. Check out BreakThroughNews & support them if you are able. Thank you. actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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Tell Congress: Drop the Witch Hunt Against BreakThrough News!
BreakThrough News is under attack. For years, Republican lawmakers have painted a target on our backs, falsely claiming that our political views and reporting are part of some foreign plot. Now, the...
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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
“We millionaires are here to be taxed more and we urge our new PM to grab this opportunity with both hands and tax our wealth.”
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Lindsey Graham on Gaza, "Just flatten it, like we flattened Tokyo and Berlin." "Let Israel do whatever the hell they have to do." On the Iran War "We are going to make tonnes of money." A deplorable man who celebrated and encouraged War Crimes while revelling in corruption.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
If we want to clean up Trump’s mess and prevent future Trumps from taking power, we must make major changes to our broken political system. Here are the 10 reforms necessary to get anything done.
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Dig of the Stump @goodthingbetter.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Corporate Facism is active in the UK. "Lloyds — one of the UK’s largest banks, generously bailed out by the public in 2008 and still deeply intertwined with state power — has chosen to sever the Independent News Agency's (The Canary) financial lifeline" www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...
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Opinion Archives
Our writers' opinions, uncaged, where they're free to say what they want, about whatever they like, and whether the Canary agrees with them or not
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The Private Finance Initiative was supposed to be buried. Instead, it’s being exhumed, and this time it will be applied not to individual hospitals or schools, but to entire cities. open.substack.com/pub/european...
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Buy Now, Pay Forever: How Starmer and Reeves Are Reviving Labour’s Most Disastrous Financial Experiment
The Private Finance Initiative was supposed to be buried.
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Royal College of Emergency Medicine @rcem.ac.uk · 08/06/2026
The estimated number of deaths linked to long waits in English Emergency Departments has surged almost tenfold over the last 10 years. This shocking statistic is from our State of Emergency Medicine in England report, which has been published today.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Murray: “Is it true that people making under $184,000 pay a 12.4% Social Security tax rate?” Dahl: Yes Murray: “And the rate for someone making $1,000,000? “ Dahl: 2.2% Murray: “So, a 12.4% tax for people making less than $184,000, but 2.2% for a millionaire or .0002% for billionaires.”
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
On Anarchism.
"When you see homelessness in a world of empty 
houses, hunger in a world of wasted food, or people 
working three jobs while Billionaires contemplate 
buying a 3rd yacht, something inside you recoils.
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You are not reacting to a technical problem of policy 
failure; you are reacting to a moral obscenity. Your 
body knows what the media refuse to say: nobody 
has the right to create scarcity in a world of abundance. 
The hoarding of resources by a tiny few is not natural, 
inevitable, or efficient; it is enforced with violence, 
deception, and political manipulation. Anarchism is 
simply the refusal to accept that arrangement."
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  - David Graeber
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Zionists described a London tube ad depicting Israel's inhumanity as untruthful, but where's the lie, please? By @willem-moore.bsky.social
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Zionists complain about an accurate London tube ad
Zionists described a London tube ad depicting Israel's inhumanity as untruthful, but where's the lie, please?
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
It's time to take the fight to Palantir. youtube.com/shorts/IPF5b...
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It's time to take the fight to Palantir.
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
@zarahsultana.bsky.social : "Whoever replaces [Starmer].. they have also defended this govts record, they have also voted through those cuts, they've voted through those proscriptions, they have defended selling arms to an apartheid genocidal state, so what's actually going to change?" 🎯
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
GPs have won a major protection for patients in their negotiations with NHSE & Govt Guarantee of referral, no target for rejections, clear documentation of Advice and Guidance with Consultant name & GMC number Patient safety is always the priority Govt needs to listen to GPs
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Margaret Hodge, who was given a peerage by Keir Starmer, says there's nothing wrong with cronyism. Hodge is currently the governments official anti corruption champion.
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patinate.bsky.social @patinate.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Israel-Lebanon ceasefire violated 220 times in less than three days www.thecanary.co/global/2026/... Why is Israel allowed to violate international law with impunity every single day, and why are the main stream media and leaders of so called democracies not outraged by Israel's atrocities?
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Israel-Lebanon ceasefire violated 220 times in less than three days
Where is the Western outrage for the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire being disregarded and innocent people still being murdered?
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Caroline Lucas of the Green Party reckons that Water needs to be Renationalised. RT if you know it has to be.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 22/04/2026
💩 'Thames Water sorry after poo leaked into Oxfordshire home' 💩 Poo is leaking into people's homes, and Ofwat are seriously considering giving Thames Water a holiday from the rules. You couldn't make this up. Email Ofwat now 👇
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Thames Water apologises after poo leaked from manhole into home
The largest water company in the UK, Thames Water, has apologised for the incident in the Oxfordshire home and said it is working on a long-term fix.
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
By responding normally, Zack Polanski has done something Labour politicians can only dream of — be a normal human being
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Zack Polanski responds to home secretary's taser threat
By responding normally, Zack Polanski has done something Labour politicians can only dream of — be a normal human being
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 22/04/2026
👉 NEW -- UK politicians call for sanctions on Israeli charity by Martin Williams Demands follow Declassified investigation, which revealed how Shivat Zion touted ‘awesome’ illegal settlements www.declassifieduk.org/uk-politicia...
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UK politicians call for sanctions on Israeli charity
Demands follow Declassified investigation, which revealed how Shivat Zion touted ‘awesome’ illegal settlements
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 22/04/2026
👉 NEW VIDEO -- "Straight up murder": Former Marine Commando EXPOSES Israeli war crimes in Gaza WATCH HERE 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=80Qr...
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The REAL Squid Game: Whistleblower exposes Israeli war crimes in Gaza
YouTube video by Declassified UK
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Palantir in the NHS is linked to Mandelson Mandelson is linked to Wes Streeting Wes Streeting is defending Palantir’s involvement in the #NHS Nothing to see or everything to see Palantir must be removed from the NHS
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 20/04/2026
Never forget that, while the arrival of fascism is always blamed on 'the people', it is clear that it is those who had most power to stop it who refused to act decisively The enabling of fascism takes many shapes and forms but it is predominantly and unsurprisingly a top down process
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White Cougar @ali-with.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The US, Germany and Italy PAY FOR THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN. A couple of days ago Italy voted to stop paying. #WeCanToo OUR elderly, OUR children OUR homeless - OUR PEOPLE need OUR money.
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