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Jackie Nicholson

@jax1712.bsky.social
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Real Science & finance/economics, Environment, PHYSICAL & MENTAL health. 💙NHSSOS. Rejoin the EU🇪🇺 Zero tolerance to bigotry RW racism, Support 🇵🇸 #Stopreform

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 4h
Just a Friendly Reminder…..
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 8h
🚨BREAKING Green Party calls for Thames Water and South East Water to be taken into public ownership WITHOUT COMPENSATION by Christmas Thames Water is insolvent, and South East Water has repeatedly failed to supply water to thousands of homes This is wonderful from the Greens
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 14h
Graham gets it #wealthtax #fairtaxation
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 11h
The UK doesn't need to downgrade the triple lock, or cut benefits like PIP for disabled people because a #WealthTaxNow HMRC funded to catch all millionaire tax evaders and 1950s style progressive #TaxTheRich could end all poverty, homelessness, NHS underfunding ... meme via Left Wing UK II
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15h
Burnham to pass law scrapping pension triple lock before next election. Risks handing advantage to opposition parties who will argue the opposite. Will alienate some senior voters. Risks Labour backbench rebellion, repeat of the Winter Fuel Payment episode. Numerous ways of funding triple lock.
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Burnham to pass law scrapping pension triple lock before next election
Guarantee will remain until 2030 but MPs will vote on changes during this parliament, government says
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 12h
"Earlier this summer mosquitoes capable of transmitting Zika virus and dengue were found breeding in homes in east London" Oh joy! Another perk of global heating www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Worst ever outbreak of bluetongue hits British farms
Climate crisis blamed as virus that originated in Africa spreads to livestock as far north as Aberdeenshire
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 11h
#FOTW Daily Post 3 74% of Brits say climate change is important. 62% want the UK among the world's most ambitious. We're not a fringe. We're the majority — we just don't feel like the powerful collective we are. Time to feel it. Please share + tag 2. #TogetherUnstoppable #FateOfTheWorld
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11h
Flying is officially on course to account for *almost all* the UK's carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Heathrow expansion alone would cause more carbon emissions by 2054 than *any other sector of the economy*. So why is it being contemplated? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot
A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 02/10/2026
Birmingham Safer Futures launches to help domestic abuse victims New specialist domestic abuse service to support families across Birmingham
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Birmingham Safer Futures launches to help domestic abuse victims
New specialist domestic abuse service to support families across Birmingham
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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"This is the opposite of how science ought to work." George Monbiot on those pushing "false and dangerous" cures for #MECFS, "entrenched" in their beliefs and doubling down rather than admit the "great harm" to the lives of thousands of people.
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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🙏 "Think tankers like me were disappointed by the standard of debate last time round. Now, in the Burnham spirit, I am daring to hope." ✍️ @anandmenon.bsky.social reflects on the prospects of a second EU referendum and the risks of another low-quality public debate. ukandeu.ac.uk/here-we-go-a...
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Here we go again - UK in a changing Europe
Anand Menon reflects on the prospects of another EU referendum and the risks of repeating the low quality of public debate seen...
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Timo van Esch @fibonaccieu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Keep in mind: Ukraine is still being invaded Palestinians are still genocided Iran is still being bombed Cubans are still being starved The USA is CLEARLY the villain in ALL of these stories.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@davetuller1.bsky.social, a great champion of patients, interviewed me about the massive, ongoing scandal of the neglect, abuse and mistreatment of people with ME/CFS www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maae...
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Interview with George Monbiot about Guardian column on ME/CFS
YouTube video by David M Tuller
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 02/10/2026
It's clear what the people want. Palantir OUT of our NHS 🔥 We have less than 2 months to kick them out👇 goodlaw.social/668d1d
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 02/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The NHS is trying to silence us for criticising Palantir, but we’re not bowing down to the pressure goodlawproject.org/is-this-the-firs…
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Is this the first ever SLAPP by our own Government? | Good Law Project
The Department for Health and Social Care has written to us demanding we take down our video criticising Palantir’s NHS contract – we won’t
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Braverman blathering on about who can be English, Farage starting his me-me-me tour of the country telling audiences he’ll fix the country in 100 days or they’ll all sack themselves… apart from him… and Yusuf fanboying that racist thug who got refused bail… A moron festival. Come on, UK. Enough now.
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Jackie Nicholson @jax1712.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This ... what brexit was all about. #Offshorefunds and #taxavoidance ⬇️
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 02/10/2026
“It’s increasingly clear the British state is in the early stages of addiction to Palantir and all it represents. We now have a chance to chart a new and better course away from Palantir. We should take it quickly, with both hands.” #NoToPalantir www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-1...
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Revealed: Britain's contracts with Palantir hit £1bn
Newly surfaced disclosures reveal the government has done deals to spend £992m with Peter Thiel’s controversial AI company – as pressure mounts on Andy Burnham to block them. Max Colbert reports
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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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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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 02/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: HOPE not hate has uncovered plans by neo-Nazis to disrupt an anti-racist demo in Birmingham this Sunday. On the 90th anniversary of Cable Street, they claim they will mobilise dozens of masked neo-Nazis. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/10/02/n...
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National Socialist Collective exposed: Nazi militants set to target anti-racists on Cable Street anniversary – HOPE not hate
HOPE not hate blows the lid on a new outfit uniting some of the most active and extreme neo-Nazis in the country. The National Socialist...
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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare. Eco-Socialist. Pro-🇵🇸 @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Camden Council’s investments in Palantir, the controversial AI company with ties to the Israeli military, have increased by over 1,200% since October 2023 www.declassifieduk.org/labour-counc...
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Labour council’s Palantir shares soar as by-election looms
Exclusive: Disclosure comes as Labour’s candidate in Camden faces off with Greens
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I strongly believe schools should bring children together rather than try to impose one religious identity on them. If you agree - please add your name and call on the Education Secretary to introduce inclusive assemblies for all, and to keep dangerous Christian Nationalism OUT of our schools.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 02/10/2026
Hey, Suella, leave them kids alone. A school's job is educate children, not force them into religious worship. Keep Christian Nationalism OUT of assemblies, classrooms, and the curriculum. Agree? Sign our petition today 👇 humanists.uk/action/keep-...
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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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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
US private equity owner of Boots to sell it to a Canadian private equity firm for $9bn (£7bn). NHS prescriptions are a major money makers. Otherwise its prices are high. No UK tax levied on dividends paid by Boots to its foreign owners.
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Boots owner ‘closing in on sale to Canada’s Weston family for $9bn’
Deal would mark return of Canadian family to UK after it sold Selfridges department store for £4bn in 2022
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Europe’s record summer of May heatwaves, ruined harvests, and extreme heat stress affecting over half the continent is a stark wake-up call. Ignoring the accelerating climate crisis while crop yields collapse is sheer madness. Why delay bold climate action any longer? (1/2) 🤔 #FBPE
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May heatwaves, deaths, ruined harvests: study of Europe’s summer paints grim picture for the future
EU Copernicus report shows surface air temperatures from June to August were 2.5C above decadal average
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Dividends paid to UK citizens taxed at rates of 8.75% to 39.35%, lower rate than wages. Dividends mostly go to the top 1%. £6bn a year raised if dividends taxed at the same rate as wages. More if NIC levied. Unlike the US, France, Germany, no UK tax levied on dividends paid to foreign investors.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 02/10/2026
Five years of brutal oppression in Saudi Arabia A look at the human rights violations committed by Saudi in the time after the Newcastle United takeover northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/reme...
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Five years of brutal oppression in Saudi Arabia
A look at the human rights violations committed by Saudi in the time after the Newcastle United takeover
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#FOTW Daily Post 2 Fossil fuels are just old sunlight - stored solar energy from deep time that we're now burning all at once. The sun already sends us 10,000x the energy we need. We're digging up the past instead of making the most of the gift above #FateOfTheWorld — please reshare + tag 2
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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This too. Vaccines are so amazing and we are in a golden age of vaccine science
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No evidence RSV is mutating in response to infant immunizations, study finds
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 30/09/2026
“That, to me, was an implicit threat. It feels very Palantir. Very Big Brother”: MP @labourlewis.bsky.social reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
‘We’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir. (l-r): Clive Lewis, Tom Watson and the Palantir logo, against a pink background
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 01/10/2026
It’s been a while since I had a proper Brexit rant. Then GB News’s US Political Editor declared Britain “is not a European country”, completely rewriting reality, and my restraint promptly left the fucking building. How many excuses do Brexit’s champions get before they answer for the mess?
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The Brexit Multiverse of Madness
What happens when reality refuses to cooperate? Simple - you just rewrite it wholesale.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is what genocide looks like in the early decades of the 21st century www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza
Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🔴 Protests against Palantir across England today. In July, we published this deep dive into Palantir, its lobbying in Britain and the myriad problems NHS staff have had with its software. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/its-just-a...
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"It's just a waste of time": inside Palantir's £330m NHS failure
Our new investigation reveals the problems with Palantir’s NHS tech - and the unrivalled political access that fuelled the firm’s march into the British state
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Jackie Nicholson @jax1712.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Do love a Bear rant, eloquent rants too 😅 If you havent yet, def worth a follow. Keep up the rants Bear 💪
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Avg GDP growth 1945-79: 2.8% Since then: 1.6% And this apparently "broken, economically stagnant" basket case kept its AAA status right through the Winter of Discontent We lost it under Cameron, and it fell again under May, then Johnson, and then Truss: i.e. the whole time Clarke was in govt
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justiceseer.bsky.social @justiceseer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Another fab #KyleKulinski, exposure of the deranged, #FarRight,Billionaire"Antichrist"-PeterThiel-who claims that "evil is being competent, and therefore evil is good!"😱 #Thiel, is the #CEO of #genocidal, #US-SpyTechVultures-Palantir-which is STEALING #OUR-NHS-Data! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCFX...
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Billionaire Pervert Accidentally Tells The Truth | The Kyle Kulinski Show
YouTube video by Secular Talk
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Whist the Government are consulting on the options for our future with the #EuropeanUnion, we need to continue to pile on the pressure and show our support for #FullMembership. One of the things you can do to help is to ensure you have signed the #RejoinRegister here: www.rejoinregister.org
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A new Wildlife Trusts report exposes the devastating impact of unchecked mega-dairies on UK wildlife. There are more than 40 mega-dairies in the UK, but lack of government oversight leaves their growth and pollution unmonitored. “Zero-grazing" mega-dairies keep cows inside all year round.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Brexit was a huge loss both for the British people and for the European project as a whole. If the United Kingdom were to make such a decision, Spain would welcome it with open arms and once again embrace our friends in Britain.” - President Sánchez
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Capital gains taxed at lower rates than wages. 2024-25: 584000 people paid £24.2bn capital gains tax (CGT) on £127.3bn gains. 45% of CGT paid by those with gains of £5m+, less than 1% of CGT payers. Align CGT rates with tax rates on wages, generate £12bn-£14bn. More if NIC charged.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"...It just fills me with love, with joy, pure happiness. No-one has noticed the rain or the howling wind. Everyone is smiling, everyone is enjoying the waves, everyone is cheering each other on" The Mirror's beautiful new film on child refugees learning to surf 🔽 www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Squeals of joy across the beach – as child refugees learn to surf in Devon
The Mirror's new 'Island of Strangers' film tells the story of a group of girls who have all fled war and terror in Iran, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan learning to surf – as a way to overcome trauma
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread:
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
UK law firm partners collect record pay, up to £2.5m per equity partner. Partners treated as self-employed. Firms don't pay employer national insurance (ENI) on profit taken by partners. £150k ENI dodged for every £1m profit shared. Public purse deprived. Must end this tax perk. archive.ph/vJCIj
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Top UK law firm partners take home record pay
Spate of listings in Hong Kong boosted IPO work and related transactions
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Climate campaigners staged a protest outside The Sanctuary, London base of crypto-billionaire Reform UK donor Ben Delo, this morning. Some protesters wore Nigel Farage and Ben Delo masks and passed around bags of money
Protesters near Westminster Abbey holding a "£36m in donations to Reform...tax breaks for Ben Delo" banner
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“What we are seeing now is a complete explosion of these melt rates, leading to the disintegration of glaciers. They’re really just falling apart" Europe's glaciers are accelerating even faster on the road to oblivion www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution
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Jackie Nicholson @jax1712.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wonder where our public money goes ...? Private equity profiteering and the outsourcing outcome... less service more costs ⬇️ Disgusting sham and must be stopped
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