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John Wilks

@johngwilks.bsky.social
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Socialist, cyclist, writer, retired English teacher.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17h
UK govt plans £1bn energy bills help for poorer households. How about cutting energy profit margins, 100% windfall tax on excess profits before turning to the public purse. UK energy sector is mostly foreign-owned. Dividends paid without any UK tax deduction. End this perk, raise billions.
theguardian.com
Chancellor plans major intervention to help poorer UK households with rising energy bills
Exclusive: Officials working on further radical changes that would change how much energy companies could charge customers
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19h
From the new Private Eye
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h
Wall Street profits and bonuses are poised to hit a record high. CEO pay is up. Corporate profits are skyrocketing. U.S. billionaire wealth is up 30% in a year. Meanwhile, inflation eats up the paychecks of working people as the social safety net is cut out from underneath them. Trumponomics.
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Wall Street Eyes Record Bonuses as Profit Heads Past $90 Billion
A blockbuster year for New York’s trading and investment-banking firms is poised to deliver record earnings for the industry, with profit on pace to exceed $90 billion, and bonuses expected to reach a...
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 22h
I went to London yesterday and didn’t witness any Islamification.. no Taliban or Sharia Law either Just a rich blend of colours, cultures, religions etc all rubbbng along together, as happens elsewhere which is what makes Britain Great❗️ Like the rest of Reform Robert Jenrick talks the UK down 🤬
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Note that arrested far right rioters have been found to have a much greater than average number of convictions for violent offences, including domestic violence meme via We Demand UK
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 05/10/2026
Standing up to the balaclava nonces. Inspiring.
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💙🦋 @humanity101.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Farage is using people whipping up hate to protect himself and his Brexit ..... that's all it's about." via We Demand UK
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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John Wilks @johngwilks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don't expect this will get much publicity. Wonder why? greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/10/02/u...
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Sidcup ULEZ camera bomber jailed for 15 years at Old Bailey - The Greenwich Wire
A man who used a home-made bomb to blow up an ULEZ camera in Sidcup has been jailed for 15 years at the Old Bailey.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
UK PM Andy Burnham is now looking for a Brit company that can take over from Palantir.
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Andy Burnham searches for UK alternative to Palantir
Prime minister’s ‘buy British’ push triggers hunt to find replacement for controversial US tech group awarded health service and defence contracts
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today's GB News TV advertisers include *SimplicityCremations *ChrisWardLondon *AllClearTravel *WeFixLondon *Boxt *CandlelightUK *YourUnbelievaBowl *AcornStairlifts *NakedMarshmallow *TrailFinders *SolomonGlobal *MansfieldFireplaceAndStoveCentre *EveysPreloved *WhatStores *WinSmart
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just tax the compute. Datacentre? Cool. Fund your own power generation and water reservoirs, and then pay tax for every computational act your datacentre does. And we'll use the tax income to offset societal and job damage. Overnight, AI becomes something AI giants are desperate to restrict.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham made Farage seem “angry, thin-skinned… absurd. What we witnessed today was a masterclass in political communication which makes Farage look like an amateur” Finally. The confidence that comes with emotional intelligence. It could make all the difference. iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...
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Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment
It’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here.
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Schools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second. TW infrastructure has average age of 79 years. Industry average is 56 years. 40% of TW assets are over 100 years old. Profits siphoned-off, investment neglected, execs rewarded, customers fleeced
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Schools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second’
Leak causes outages and low pressure in parts of London and Surrey, affecting 6,000 properties and leaving some without water
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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s hard to believe it’s been six months. From firefighters and teachers to politicians, trade unionists, and families — chanting, dancing and filling the streets with hope. The biggest anti-racist march in UK history. We must keep marching on.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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LordSteveyPofStoke @lordsteveyp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

OSWALD MOSELY  NIGEL FARAGE
THE SAME STORY, SEPARATED BY 80 YEARS... WEALTHY FAMILY, PUBLIC SCHOOL
EX-TORY, PART OF THE ESTABLISHMENT
POPS UP DURING A RECESSION CAUSED BY BANKERS 
FORMS NATIONALIST AUTHORITARIAN POLITICAL PARTY 
CLAIMS TO SPEAK FOR THE MAN IN THE STREET
BLAMES MINORITIES AT THE BOTTOM FOR THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY PEOPLE AT THE TOP
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 27/09/2026
Let's face it, Keir Starmer's premiership failed because he didn't take on the private vested interests Andy Burnham can chart a new path for his government by delivering public ownership. Our NEW REPORT explains how Take 2 mins to send it to your MP now: vist.ly/5j2jn
Graphic with a picture of campaigners holding a banner calling for public ownership of water, with text that says "“A government that takes on this [public ownership] battle will inevitably be told by private lobbyists, established civil servants and compromised advisors that public ownership cannot be done. But the public will not be fooled and they will not forgive you for attempting to dodge the question of ownership.”"
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John Wilks @johngwilks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's not right for an investment fund to own someone's home. It's even more not right for them to be allowed to put up the rent by 230%. Thoughts with Maricarmen in Madrid. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Eviction of 87-year-old puts Spain’s deepening housing crisis in the spotlight
Images of Maricarmen Abascal being forcibly removed from her home sparked protests and a reckoning over the country’s soaring real estate market
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"The people who brought us Brexit, now bringing fascism with the effects of it." via The British Pro-European Political Blog ·
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/09/2026
Josh Babarinde MP: "Our volunteer lifeboat crews. These are people who put their lives on the line for us" 👏 "Anyone who should get in their way is pathetic, unpatriotic, and un-British. We're a country that prides ourselves in bringing people together."
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Between 2019 and 2025, export volumes slumped 31 per cent as Brexit added border checks and trade complexity, pushing up costs for businesses” … and threatening our food security. Why TF would *anyone* want this for our businesses and our country? giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Brexit and Donald Trump’s tariffs push UK’s food and drink trade deficit to £21bn
In the first half of 2026, the sector’s export volumes fell 11.7% to hit their third-lowest level on record
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LadyFluffyOrca 🫍📎 🇬🇧🇵🇸🇺🇦 @ladyfluffyorca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Guardian announces global release plans for documentary feature film NAZA, directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...
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Guardian announces global release plans for documentary feature film NAZA, directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor
The Guardian and mk2 Films today announce that NAZA, the new Guardian- produced documentary awarded the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month, will be released theatrically...
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Macron: "Just look at what’s happening in the West Bank. Day in, day out, we are seeing violations. And in the name of what?” Israel was angered with Macron for calling out Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, calling his remarks a “grotesque absurdity”.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills. Norway - 0 UK - 0 France - 0 Spain - 0 Portugal - 0 Denmark - 0 Australia - 0 Iceland - 0 Italy - 0 Finland - 0 Ireland - 0 Germany - 0 Netherlands - 0 Sweden - 0 Japan - 0 Canada - 0 United States - 643k
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When you’ve lost white people in Florida.
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 25/09/2026
The public wants public OWNERSHIP, not public CONTROL. We Own It's new report explains how Andy Burnham can deliver public ownership. I have just sent the report to my MP. Can you take 2 mins now to send it to your MP too? weownit.org.uk/act-now/burn... weownit.org.uk
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Andy Burnham can deliver public ownership: Share our NEW report with your MP
Your MP can be one of the MPs telling the Prime Minister that he has to deliver public ownership.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A fundamental tenet of MAGA and all the other "populist" parties (Reform UK, RN, AfD, etc) is that global warming is a hoax and we must not believe the climate scientists. But the evidence is unequivocal.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I doubt whether Nigel Farage's older supporters will be happy when they learn that Reform UK plan to abolish the state pension and our NHS ... meme via Drew Flanagan
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alfandalf @alfandalf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
💰🛩️💰 Majority of British voters back private jet tax to help fill Budget black hole. Exclusive: Polling by More in Common has revealed support for a new tax on billionaires as chancellor John Healey attempts to balance his books in next month’s Budget. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Majority of British voters back private jet tax to help fill Budget black hole
Exclusive: Polling by More in Common has revealed support for a new tax on billionaires as chancellor John Healey attempts to balance his books in next month’s Budget
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Liam Connolly @connolly-lg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I want my country back. By that, I mean a country where I would be confident that a thug who livestreamed himself stabbing an RNLI dingy on an active operation would a) Be universally condemned b) Be swiftly arrested, put on trial and if found guilty, face many years in jail. I miss that country.
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John Wilks @johngwilks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
No, Gaby. Britain has cash, lots of cash. It's just stashed away where ordinary people can't get to it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Britain needs cash and everyone knows we should break the pensions triple lock. Where is the courage? | Gaby Hinsliff
The issue cannot be avoided any longer. Andy Burnham and his chancellor must face the fear of a pensioner backlash, and find a fair solution, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just 4 months after the local elections, Reform UK (RefUK) have lost 158 of their local councillors: -55 resigned -42 went Independent -28 defected -24 were kicked out -5 lost their seats -2 disqualified -2 suspended. Appalling record - and a waste of taxpayers’ money!
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Some solidarity at last!
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Carol Hedges @riotgrandma.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 The Innernet never forgets
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ossoff: Did you see this business about Don Jr.‘s wedding in the Bahamas? Where he received, apparently, a cash gift from a Russian oligarch connected to the Kremlin? This man, Kremlev, was apparently in China with Putin two days before he flew to the Bahamas for Don Jr.’s wedding…
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Reform’s policy does indeed include cutting capital gains tax (CGT) on crypto assets from the current level of 24 per cent for higher-rate taxpayers and 18 per cent for basic-rate taxpayers, to a flat 10 per cent. Nothing to see here.." via Lancaster fro Europe
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"They don't want you to know refugee small boat crossings are down – they need them, it's all they have; it's what fuels their relentless anger and hate" via The UK Against Hate
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Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 19/09/2026
With courage, nothing is impossible: the RNLI Just a reminder...
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With courage, nothing is impossible: the RNLI
Sussex Bylines journalists visit the Newhaven Lifeboat on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the RNLI
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B heard media 💚🇵🇸 @bheardmedia.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
This week Spain announced it was banning Palantir from public & private state-controlled entities. It joins Other European countries including Holland, Germany & France, who have taken similar steps. Andy Burnham must do the right thing and immediately ban Palantir from the UK! #stoppalantir ⛔️🇬🇧👁
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Bravo 👏 👌🏽 Clarkson is typical ex public school boy, multi millionaire, who runs his big mouth off whilst plugging his TV Show A while ago, I he was on deaths door with a heart condition, which was easily rectified with a stent Then cancer which seemingly flew immediately into remission 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
That’s a hard agree from me. I am genuinely astonished at the number of otherwise sensible commentators who still discuss his latest wild actions as if they’re within the parameters of the normal policy making process.
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