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Aneurin's Ghost

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Give what you can, take what you need. "Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell." -Edward Abbey, naturalist and author (29 Jan 1927-1989)

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
England's water infrastructure at breaking point. Large part of water network installed 130-150 years ago. Thames Water infrastructure has average age of 79 years; industry average 56 yrs. 40% of TW assets are 100+ yrs old. Must end privatisation, remove profit motive.
standard.co.uk
MP says London water network is 'at breaking point' with two incidents in a week
London MP Paul Kohler said the two incidents highlighted the poor state of the region's water infrastructure
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Overcrowding in UK A&E depts and treating patients in corridors linked to hundreds of deaths. Neoliberals urge cuts in public spending, silence on human consequences. Delayed care leads to premature deaths People sacrificed to gods of fiscal policies.
news.sky.com
Overcrowding in A&E linked to 'hundreds of deaths a week', study finds
A review of more than 19,000 adult patients found that for every 10% increase in emergency department occupancy, the chance of dying in the following 28 days increased by 1%.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Energy suppliers urge UK govt to help households struggling with energy bills. Silence on cutting profit margins, windfall taxes on excessive profits. Household energy debt heading to £7bn. 120,000 a year die in fuel poverty. We can't afford privatisation and resulting profiteering.
bbc.co.uk
Suppliers pile pressure on government over energy bills
Immediate action is needed to help households struggling with bills this winter, says trade body Energy UK.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NHS England waiting list hits 7.33m appointments for 6.21m individuals, rises for the third time in 4 months. Privatisation by stealth. NHS capacity neglected. Thousands suffer. Private sector profiteers. www.oecd.org/en/publicati... Hospital beds per 1,000 population, Comparison 2013 and 2023.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17h
Failures of privatisation. Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs Foreign-owned RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets even after regulator lowered them. Postage: 1st class, £1.80, 2nd class 91p. When privatized in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p. Poor service at triple price. Customers fleeced.
bbc.co.uk
Royal Mail plans to cut 2,500 head office jobs
The postal service firm wants to cut the head office and other jobs by the end of 2027.
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Aneurin's Ghost @keithem.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We could do all if we had Clement Attlee's Government rather than Andy Burnham's.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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.
theguardian.com
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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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It’s corruption on steroids in plain sight. He doesn’t even try to hide that he’s looting US and cashing in on insider trading. He’s the most corrupt president in American history.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today's jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy. What's required is investment in working people — and better wages. When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs. Remember this.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Richest 1% of Britons owns more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 richest families hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population combined. The concentration of wealth in fewer hands has not provided the necessary economic stimulus. Need redistribution.
leftfootforward.org
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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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Houses can be built on floodplains despite failing safety test, says UK high court. Profitable for developers, misery for buyers/residents. Problems with insurance, reselling, quality of life. Too many defective homes built. Get a private survey before buying a new home. Must change laws.
theguardian.com
Houses can be built on floodplains despite failing safety test, says high court
Decision to allow 190 controversial new homes in north Somerset sparks campaign for change in the law
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Aneurin's Ghost @keithem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Old Age Pension: £184.90 per week is far too much for people in their 70s. They only squander it on hearing aid batteries, thermal underwear and medicated toilet paper.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thames Water: Andy Burnham should nationalise this failed monopoly. The entire water industry has failed. Must be nationalised. It is similar story in the energy sector. Profiteering, low investment. Privatisation has deepened cost of living crisis.
theguardian.com
The Guardian view on Thames Water: Andy Burnham should nationalise this failed monopoly | Editorial
Editorial: Bill payers should not fund another rescue for financiers of the water industry. Public ownership can end the cycle of extraction and failure
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Swiss private equity firm and UK investor buy 1,570-bed student accommodation. Another sector taken over by PE, loaded with debt, high rents, profiteering. Rents outstrip govt maintenance loans. No UK tax charged on dividends paid to foreign investors.
living.insidehousing.co.uk
Swiss private equity firm and UK investor buy 1,570-bed student housing portfolio
A Swiss private equity firm and UK investor have bought a 1,570-bed student housing portfolio for £165m.
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Aneurin's Ghost @keithem.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Poor old Monty, does that mean he will have to do his own weeding?
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One from the archives In 1984 Dunnes shop worker Mary Manning refused to handle South African goods & was backed by her shop steward, Karen Gearon. Both were suspended. 9 colleagues came out in support. The strike lasted 3yrs & forced the Irish govt to ban the import of all SA goods. All heroes
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💢Marx Was Right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#settlercolonialism
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Israeli airstrikes continue to hit southern Lebanon despite framework deal www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260927-…
middleeastmonitor.com
Israeli airstrikes continue to hit southern Lebanon despite framework deal
The Israeli army launched airstrikes early Sunday on several areas in southern Lebanon amid Tel Aviv’s continued violations of a US-brokered framework agreement signed in June, Anadolu report…
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ralpholsson.bsky.social @ralpholsson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240606-uk-...
middleeastmonitor.com
UK: most young people think Israel should not exist, as support plummets
A majority of young people in the UK do not believe that Israel should exist, a poll conducted by UnHerd has revealed, providing further evidence that support for the apartheid state has reached a …
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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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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Bank of England (BOE) governor says soaring energy prices could trigger interest rate rise. BOE will deplete business/household incomes by hiking costs. Force people to hand wealth to banks, boost their profits How about curbing profiteering, supply-chain problems, taxing those with surplus cash?
lbc.co.uk
Bailey's warning: Bank of England governor says soaring energy prices could trigger interest rate rise | LBC
The Bank has predicted that inflation will increase to around 3.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of this year and 4.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2027.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Andy Burnham announces new homes scheme for first-time buyers. Any help welcome but what about renters? No curbs on rents. Previous schemes boosted house prices. Real problem is low wages, job insecurity, high interest rates, profiteering by developers.
theguardian.com
Andy Burnham announces new homes scheme for first-time buyers
Exclusive: Policy initiative for England will help more young people on to property ladder, prime minister tells Guardian
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Aneurin's Ghost @keithem.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The last thing youngsters lumbered with monster student loans need is further debt. Fund local councils to build properties to be let at affordable rents. Which, if there were sufficient numbers, would also serve as a control on private rents.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
London investment bankers, lawyers, accountants make £1.2bn from takeover frenzy. Everything for sale in slicing/dicing, asset stripping bazaars. Anyone focused on the long term? UK has been at/near the bottom of the OECD league for investment in productive assets for 30 yrs.
theguardian.com
London’s investment bankers and lawyers make more than £1bn in takeover frenzy
Bumper fees paid in the year’s mergers and acquisitions spark anger over high City pay during cost of living crisis
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Interest on Reserves: The £100bn UK Bank Subsidy You Fund. Banks making £50bn profits a year receive subsidies, long ended by the EU. UK Treasury will payout over £150bn over a five-year period from 2023 to 2028. No justification for handling billions to banks. End bank subsidies, help people.
babelfish.news
Interest on Reserves: The £100bn UK Bank Subsidy You Fund
The Bank of England has paid commercial banks £100bn in interest on reserves in three years. The EU stopped doing it in 2023 – Dale Vince says Britain must too.
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Aneurin's Ghost @keithem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think you mean, you do not get into unwinnable debates.
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Bunkunin @bunkunin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
New York Times Affirms Haaretz Report: Netanyahu Was Warned About Oct. 7 www.commondreams.org/news/benjami...
commondreams.org
New York Times Affirms Haaretz Report: Netanyahu Was Warned About Oct. 7 | Common Dreams
The New York Times affirmed Haaretz's reporting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was warned by another world leader about the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack.
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Aneurin's Ghost @keithem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That was common knowledge days after the Oct 7th attack Along with the reports of IDF helicopter gunships murdering fellow Jews and the Israeli perimeter guards being stood down that morning, . But all of that and more was somehow covered up and silenced. But Israeli's complicity is now re-emerging.
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Glenn Vowles @enviroman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'd be very happy because a Zack Polanski win would be such a strong signal to the super-rich, to powerful polluters, to media barons and tinkering politicians and complacent parties that they have been rejected and they will be challenged as never before. #VoteGreen
Politics UK Facebook post asking 'Would you be happy if Zack Polanski won Keir Starmer's old seat or would you prefer if Labour held it?'. Has a photo of Zack Polanski and a headline 'The Green Party could win Starmer's 'safe' seat'.
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justiceseer.bsky.social @justiceseer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yep! Do hope the #Greens win! @zackpolanski.bsky.social NEEDS to be in the #Commons - and needs to continue to continue to call out the #Genocide in #Gaza, despite the vicious, lying #Bullying of the #ZionistLobby! #Burnham might be on "their payroll" -but #Zack isn't- and he'd better NEVER be!😬💪
static.klipy.com
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump and his donors are making a fortune from the sky high oil prices every single extra cent spent in N.America is going to them. He is a corrupt dictator.
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Aneurin's Ghost @keithem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Think of the time that would have saved - must run into years.
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As an old-ish Yorkshire lad, I don't often wish I was in London! But today I'd love to be there, challenging complacency, and helping Zack to work towards a brighter future for our country and our communities, long after I'm gone. Good luck everyone! @greenparty.org.uk 👍
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Aneurin's Ghost @keithem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What, in your opinion, differentiates a terrorist from a freedom fighter, where both are the indigenous people living in an occupied land? And, is dropping fire bombs on tents in refugee camps, there by burning sleeping children to death not a cold bloodied terrorist attack?
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Aneurin's Ghost @keithem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Now post photographs of the, at least, 25,000 Palestinian children brutally murdered by Israel. They are easy to find Google is loaded with them. Here is one to start you off: -
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Aneurin's Ghost @keithem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Retaliation by the oppressed people of an occupied country does not make then the aggressors.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just want to point out Vladimir Putin can't go to the UN because he is a War Criminal. But Netanyahu can go to the UN even though he is a War Criminal. Because EVERYBODY is on Israel's payroll.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
'It's a mystery, isn't it' via Christopher Warner
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Only 10% of the richest 0.01% of the population paid close to the top 47% (45% income tax marginal rate + 2% NIC) rate on earnings. A quarter of that group paid an effective average tax rate of 20% or less. The tax system appears to be progressive for some but is frequently not so at the very top
bmmagazine.co.uk
Only one in ten top UK earners pay close to top tax rate, says CenTax
CenTax says equalising capital gains tax with income tax could raise £19.7bn by 2030, as HMRC data shows few top earners pay the 47 per cent top rate.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The hit the poor and cut corporation tax (CT) brigade are out in force. UK headline CT rate is 25%. Companies pay about 10% less as govts give them numerous reliefs which reduces taxable profits. Companies also dodge tax by shifting profits to tax havens. obr.uk/box/corporat...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We want an end to the violence in the Middle East. And it all comes from the White Supremacy Colony Israel.
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Aneurin's Ghost @keithem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Can one really call a country democratic, where only news outlets sympathetic to the Government’s cause are allowed to report.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Declassified journalists banned from Labour conference – again. A Trumpian policy started by Keir Starmer. Burnham can't make a fresh start without getting rid of the previous advisers. Democracy means accepting scrutiny, even when it is uncomfortable.
declassifieduk.org
Declassified journalists banned from Labour conference - again
Labour MPs have condemned the ‘Trump-like’ decision, saying party is ‘bang out of order’
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not. Photo: AP News
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics. Like Blair, Cameron, Clegg, Mandelson, hired to open govt networks to companies and corporate capture of the state. They sell political capital built with public money. What do we get in return?
theguardian.com
Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive Lewis
When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
UK food and drink trade deficit largest since 2000 at £21bn. Brexit, Trump tariffs/wars and deindustrialization add to woes. Exports to the EU fall, cheaper imports control inflation but reduce food security. Must support local production, rejoin EU.
theguardian.com
UK food and drink trade deficit largest since 2000 at £21bn
Industry leaders call on government to protect homegrown produce in the interest of national security
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
CAA, the Israel-funded group habitually treats opposition to Israel's genocide and apartheid as antisemitic Via @skwawkbox.org
thecanary.co
Israel lobby group CAA threatens Greens over 'Zionism is racism' motion
CAA, the Israel-funded group habitually treats opposition to Israel's genocide and apartheid as antisemitic
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Billionaire Brexiteeer and Man United owner says he has "lost confidence in the UK"... A man who is so 'patriotic' to our country that he doesn't even live here! He lives in Monaco to avoid UK taxes, owns several luxury properties." via Jay Church
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Iran doesn't have Nuclear Weapons. Israel has illegal Nuclear Weapons. Iran is the problem. Iran isn't mass murdering children and journalists. Israel is mass murdering children and journalists. Iran is the problem... No we are the problem, we are supporting the problem.
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