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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Eight years ago
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Here's something the media is hardly talking about. This Government is set to oversee the steepest fall in living standards in modern times - unless they change course fast. In less than two weeks Labour faces a stark choice - will they tax wealth and back the majority?
Under current projections this is set to be the worst parliament on record for living standards growth - and a bar chart demonstrating it
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 10/10/2026
Andy Burnham must properly fund our NHS and end NHS privatisation We spend £40 billion LESS on health per capita than comparable European countries like France and Germany After years of underfunding and privatisation, our NHS is on its knees. It's time to get serious about reinstating our NHS
Screenshot of a Times article that says "PM and his chancellor reject NHS cash appeal"
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Former Labour Deputy Leader Lord Thomas Watson, now Senior VP at Palantir UK, wrote to me defending their public contracts. Instead of trading letters, I’ve challenged him to an open, public debate. He can defend Palantir’s ethos; I’ll argue for public accountability. Will you accept, Tom?
Formal letter from Clive Lewis MP, Member of Parliament for Norwich South, to Lord Thomas Watson of Wyre Forest, Senior Vice President of Palantir Technologies UK Limited, dated 7 October 2026. In the letter, Lewis challenges Watson to a public debate regarding Palantir's role in government contracts and public institutions. Lewis rejects Watson's claim that criticisms malign software engineers, stressing that elected officials must scrutinize corporate power, democratic control, and public accountability. He proposes a debate with an impartial chair, equal time, and audience questions.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 07/10/2026
Privatisation has benefited overseas investors, who have plundered the assets we used to own. It's way past time to call an end to the failed ideology of the Thatcher era and beyond. Read our report on how and why it should be done vist.ly/5mce2
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The utter shamelessness of Kemi Badenoch boasting at Conservative party conference about 'defending press freedom' and berating Reform for banning critical journalists from their conference, just days after banning Byline Times journalists from her own
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
South West Water pleaded guilty to sewage dumping, fined £8m, a decade after the events. Yet govt introduced more deregulation. England's water industry controlled by organisations with criminal convictions. None has licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Customers fleeced.
bbc.co.uk
South West Water fined almost £8m for sewage spills
South West Water previously entered guilty pleas to pollution offences spanning six years.
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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.
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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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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Finally
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Palantir have just bought themselves a Labour Lord with close links to the Labour government. No other word to describe this other than corruption. How can Watson remain a member of the House of Lords and keep the Labour whip?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
UK chancellor urged to remove ‘hidden taxes’ from energy bills to lower bills, pay from general taxation. Money should not be handed out without the govt taking a stake. Must end profiteering. Public ownership of energy is common in the EU countries. Same needed in the UK.
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UK chancellor urged to remove ‘hidden taxes’ from energy bills
Businesses, charities and other groups sign letter calling for levies to be paid by the government
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The way British democracy is being bought by crypto billionaires is simply obscene - and a direct result of Labour’s unforgivable inaction
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Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A reminder that Delo previously pled guilty in the US to violating money laundering protections and agreed to pay a $10 million fine for "willfully” breaking the law with his BitMex platform, which was described as "in effect a money laundering platform.” This is who owns Farage now
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Neoliberals want to cut social security, silent on subsidies to banks. Since 2006, Bank of England has paid interest on central bank reserve deposits to commercial banks. The EU & the Swiss stopped similar practice in 2023. UK still paying, £100bn in last 3 yrs. There are better uses of £100bn.
leftfootforward.org
Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It's on. I'm running to be the next Green MP for Holborn & St Pancras. donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
So pleased to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social demanding the Government’s suppressed then redacted report on ecosystem collapse be published in full. People can’t prepare for what they don’t know - concealing this report is unforgivable #WildSummit
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Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full
Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
⏱️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Police launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donations
The investigation, which follows a broadcast by Channel 4 News, is being folded into the inquiry that has been underway into other donations.
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Support for bringing water back into public ownership is rising, and MPs are taking notice. If you want clean rivers and seas, ask your MP to join next week's debate. Help me get them there! It takes 2 minutes: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
French EDF Energy in talks to buy British So Energy as UK supply market consolidates. EDF is owned by the French govt. UK profits exported to reduce French household energy bills. Nationalisation of energy would give UK govt more economic options.
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French EDF Energy in talks to acquire smaller British rival So Energy
France's EDF Energy is reportedly in discussions to buy So Energy, the smaller British supplier whose Irish parent company has put it up for sale, in a deal that would add to a renewed wave of consoli...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Former Tory chancellor Kwarteng wants people to pay for private insurance to access NHS services. A plan to deny healthcare to millions. People already pay taxes, NIC. NHS drained by privatisation. Needs investment. Privatisation hikes cost - water, energy, social care.
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Kwarteng says people will need to pay private insurance to access future NHS services
Tory Kwarteng told GMB that private health insurance must "play a part" in the NHS's future, signalling a move away from a free public service
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Under Andy Burnham, Labour's vibes have shifted. Its substance has not: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Like a medieval king, Farage threatens judges, civil servants, parliament to obey him or else. Will declare a state of emergency, make MPs sit 24 hours a day for six days a week until he gets his way. Already committed to withdraw human rights, equality, employment rights laws, and more.
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Nigel Farage Threatens To Flood House Of Lords With Reform Peers To Deliver Policies
Nigel Farage has threatened to flood the House of Lords with “hundreds” of Reform UK peers and sack civil servants if necessary to deliver his part...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is deeply shocking.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
UK household energy bills to rise to average of £1,729 a year. Profiteering is rife. Rise will wipe out the promised £45 VAT cut. Will increase poverty. 120,000 people a year die in fuel poverty, sacrificed to appease corporations. Can't ease cost of living crisis without ending profiteering.
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British energy bills forecast to hit three-year high this winter
Expected quarterly price cap rise of 4% likely to wipe out benefits of Andy Burnham’s VAT cut on electricity bills
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Nigel Farage suggests the police advised him against attending the result of the Clacton by-election. Essex Police completely deny this, telling the BBC "we have a proportionate and robust policing operation to ensure the safety and security of all participants in the count"
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Wow. Just wow.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Your weekend reminder Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes “no fault evictions” youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...
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If UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting him
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Whilst Andy Burnham has found the time to opine on such vital issues as 'vertical drinking', and whether a bread roll should be called a ‘barm’, he has not found the time to comment on some of the worst racist violence on Britain's streets in the postwar period www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/illegitima...
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Illegitimate Concerns: Andy Burnham's Non-Response to the Thetford Pogrom Is His First Big Failure
Whilst happy to opine on 'vertical drinking' and whether bread rolls should be called 'barms', our new PM has had nothing to say about three days of horrific racist violence on our streets
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Geraldine Coggins @geraldinecoggins.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
This seat doesn't belong to Labour for us to "steal". It belongs to Greater Manchester. This Thursday we have a chance to run this wonderful city-region for people, not profit, by voting Green as your first preference vote. www.newstatesman.com/politics/gre...
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The Green plan to steal the Manchester mayoralty
The Prime Minister has left a vacancy that Zack Polanski's party would love to fill
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Most of the sewage spills into England's waterways in the last two years may have been illegal but gone unpunished. Tells a story about useless regulators, appeasement of capital creating health hazards, destroying marine life and biodiversity. People are treated as cash cows. Govts do nothing.
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Most sewage spills in England may be illegal, new research suggests
The new analysis from a prominent water campaigner emerged after secret court documents were leaked.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I strongly believe in giving the man a chance. But keeping Shabana Mahmood as Home Secretary suggests the vicious attacks on immigrants and refugees, and self-defeating attempts to outrun the far right, are likely to continue. Which is pretty damn depressing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George Monbiot
Shabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric, says George Monbiot
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
"Overall carbon emissions have increased" in the UK, because of Net Zero, Kemi Badenoch repeatedly tells the BBC, to no pushback. Just completely untrue
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Good. Now uphold the right to choose a jury trial, restore protest rights, and curb mass live facial recognition. The toolkit for tyrants Labour is building is a huge risk to democracy and must be reversed. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham to scrap Starmer’s digital ID scheme in ‘reset of priorities’
Incoming PM will reallocate unspecified resources from unpopular plan to helping with cost of living
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
If you're worried about our future - Andy Burnham is very clearly signalling nothing will change. But we can still turn this around with the Green Party getting even bigger. No new oil & gas so we can all have a liveable future. We need your help. Join.greenparty.org.uk
Burnham to announce plans for new north sea oil and gas drilling
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 03/07/2026
🚨 BREAKING: ‘Unbiased' GMB presenter Ed Balls set for Labour return under Andy Burnham.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Appeasing Trump. UK would need to divert £44.7bn from essential NHS services to pay for new medicines under the terms of the UK-US trade deal. US corporate profits boosted. Could result in more than 200,000 avoidable UK deaths. Self-sufficiency for essentials saves lives.
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US-UK drug deal could result in 229,000 excess deaths in England, analysis suggests
Analysis reveals extent of impact on NHS of placating Donald Trump over price of British medicine exports
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Adrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I visited Camp Beagle in Huntingdon, where beagles are bred and kept in tiny cages. They have no access to outdoor space and are subjected to cruel experiments. These outdated practices must end and be replaced by modern, reliable methods.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Top Andy Burnham pick advised Thames Water creditors. Advised the likes of Glencore, Google and Amazon. Big business will be pleased with political lobbyists parachuted as gatekeepers. Cognitive capture. Any chance of a trade union leader being parachuted into the inner spaces? archive.ph/b8F4J
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Top Andy Burnham pick advised Thames Water creditors
James Purnell’s previous role running consultancy Flint Global has raised concerns about conflicts of interest
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Absolutely stunning victory as Greens gain another seat in Brighton & Hove. 🎉 Look at that swing! 🙌🏽👀 Huge congratulations to Nadia and the entire team! 💚
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
BREAKING: Keir Starmer announces his resignation as Prime Minister
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Brexit cost 6% of UK economy, Bank of England company data suggests www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Brexit cost 6% of UK economy, Bank of England company data suggests
Analysis showed how much the UK could have grown if it had not exited the EU.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
It's a mystery how she only lasted six weeks
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Steve Reed, who helped co-found Labour Together, the organisation that ran a secret campaign to destroy the then Labour leadership & regain control of the party, allowing the Labour right to then purge its opponents, says a party that turs in on itself "doesn't go anywhere good"
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Congratulations to Andy Burnham. But this isn’t a team of advisers which looks like challenging wealth and power. The race for Greater Manchester mayor starts today and it’s Greens v Reform.
Burnham advised by ex BOE, Goldman economists ahead of UK pm bid.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Keir Starmer says scrapping the 2 child benefit cap is his proudest moment as PM Starmer could have scrapped the cap on day one of becoming PM. Instead he suspended 7 Labour MPs for voting to scrap it & the govt had to be dragged kicking & screaming to do it over 20 months later
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
If you say "I support Palestine Action", they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on the news.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
References to Palantir have been redacted from the Mandelson files on the grounds that they would be "prejudicial to UK national security or international relations"
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The headline talks about Antisemitism fears. Yet both people were criticising a genocidal Israeli Government. This constant conflation of criticism of Jewish people with criticism of Israel makes me as a Jewish person feel less safe. Such a dangerous decision by Labour.
Zack Polanski criticises ban on left wing broadcasters over Antisemitism fears
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 26/05/2026
Meet Sarah Wakefield. Manchester City councillor, mum of two, sustainable food campaigner - and your Green MP candidate for Makerfield.
Headshot of Green MP candidate for Makerfield. Green Party branding appears around the headshot, and the bottom third contains the text: 'SARAH WAKEFIELD' MAKERFIELD MP CANDIDATE #GetGreensElected . 
Green Party Logo and imprint appear at the bottom.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
First Brexit, then immigration and now this. What, if anything, does Andy Burnham actually disagree with Keir Starmer about?
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