Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 24/08/2026Says Richard Tice, a divorced man in a relationship with Isabel Oakeshott, also a divorcee, speaking for a party led by a twice-divorced man, as he tells us unmarried people should be deprioritised for social housing. One rule for me. Another for thee. 1171896712
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/08/2026In July 2026, median pay of a UK employee was £31,704, take home £26,346. Single person needs to earn £30,500 a year to reach a minimum standard of living. A couple with 2 children needs £74,000. 25.3m Britons live below minimum standard. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.ons.gov.ukEarnings and employment from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information, UK - Office for National StatisticsMonthly estimates of payrolled employees and their pay from HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Real Time Information (RTI) data. 15322184
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Windfall tax on colossal bank profits could raise £19bn in 2026. Result of profiteering and govt policies. Sufficient to increase frozen personal income tax allowance by nearly £2,000. Banks paid out £25bn in bonuses in the year to March, can easily pay more tax.positivemoney.orgWindfall tax on colossal bank profits could raise £19bn in 2026Burnham urged to resist lobbyists and tax banks to pay for his cost of living measures 11284144
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Republicans designed it this way on purpose. 1. Pass the Big Beautiful Bill. 2. Lock in the Medicare cuts. 3. Delay the full premium and drug-cost pain until after the Nov midterms (to get your vote and stay in power). 5156113
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Trump promised he wouldn’t touch Medicare. Then he signed his Big Beautiful Bill that triggered billions in healthcare cuts, massively gutting Medicare. It was never beautiful. And now it's a Big Deadly Bill for anyone on Medicare. This November remember #RepublicanMedicareCuts 12296169
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Approval of east London datacentre labelled ‘slap in the face’ for local democracy. Datacentre prioritised over building affordable homes. Little attention to environmental issues. Govt overturning local council refusal is not devolution or democracy. Big business always wins.theguardian.comApproval of east London datacentre labelled ‘slap in the face’ for local democracyCampaigners decry Angela Rayner’s backing for Brick Lane project that has only 11 affordable homes 36401204
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Investors in UK companies reap record dividends. Dividends to UK shareholders taxed at lower rates than wages. No national insurance paid. Unlike the USA, UK doesn't have withholding tax on dividends to foreign investors. Those holed-up in offshore tax havens escape tax altogether.thisismoney.co.ukRecord dividend payouts as banking and mining flourishTotal payouts, which include special dividends, climbed 2.5 per cent in the year to the three months analysed, but regular dividends soared 7.4 per cent. 7187112
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Any Burnham says he will stick to "the existing fiscal rules". Rules which neutered the state & delivered Potholed roads PFI infrastructure Huge NHS queues Privatisations Poverty Deindustrialisation Lower healthy life expectancy Low investment in productive assets and low productivity Must change.leftfootforward.orgAndy Burnham can’t transform the country while sticking to the current fiscal rulesSticking to the 2024 election manifesto and fiscal rules will make it harder for him to deliver the headline promises and the change that he has paraded. 30233115
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Most 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.bbc.co.ukMost sewage spills in England may be illegal, new research suggestsThe new analysis from a prominent water campaigner emerged after secret court documents were leaked. 18436196
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialAnother Angry Voice @anotherangryvoice.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Are these pervs and weirdos really the best Farage can come up with? 32911
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Five toys on sale in UK found to contain asbestos, banned in other countries. Manufacturers must know asbestos is deadly but use it. Deregulation obsession - UK relies on exporters, importers & retailers to test goods and inform regulators if asbestos is found. Profits come before People.theguardian.comFive toys on sale in Britain found to contain asbestos in tests for GuardianDiscovery adds to fears about UK safety regime and exposes regulatory gaps as similar items were banned in Netherlands 10210132
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Who better to criticise someone for being selfish than the man who took a £12,000 donation in exchange for helping a billionaire pornographer save £45m, then defected to Reform just to advance his career. 24544149
matandelttho.bsky.social @matandelttho.bsky.social · 19/05/2026WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!! #COYG 000
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialJeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 14/05/2026As Health Secretary, Wes Streeting deepened the privatisation of our NHS and handed over our data to Palantir, a company involved in genocide. I am sure his friend Peter Mandelson is very proud. Time to reinstate our NHS as a fully public service — and kick Palantir out! 521702541
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialAnother Angry Voice @anotherangryvoice.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Look, let's be fair here. Let he who has not received an unlawfully undeclared £5,000,000 gift from a shady Thailand-based crypto billionaire for "security" then immediately gone on a multi-million pound property buying spree, cast the first stone. 02811
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.social🇺🇸 ☮️ 🌊🌴 JohnnyBlue 🌴🌊🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @johnny-blue01.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Somebody hire this woman... please... 49964901569
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/04/2026UK should rejoin EU, says man who led UK govt Brexit Dept in 2017-2019. “Heady promises” of the Leave campaigns had not materialised. UK taken a "significant hit to GDP as a result of leaving the single market”. Global changes require new reflections. archive.ph/Y6oyFthetimes.comBritain should rejoin EU, says man who led Brexit departmentPhilip Rycroft, who oversaw the Department for Exiting the European Union from 2017 to 2019, said none of Leave’s ‘heady promises’ had materialised 17362126
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Even investors call for Thames Water to be nationalised. Vultures devouring it - high interest, fees One-third of customer bills cover interest, dividends payments l. Govt must enforce the law, not waive/defer fines, make TW bankrupt, buy it cheaply. Privatisation has failed. archive.ph/6kuRqarchive.ph 12292123
matandelttho.bsky.social @matandelttho.bsky.social · 25/04/2026#PRAVDA/BBCNews ONCE AGAIN excuses the behaviours that contributed to us getting into this mess 000
matandelttho.bsky.social @matandelttho.bsky.social · 14/02/2026All that money and thick.... #JimRatcliffe 000
matandelttho.bsky.social @matandelttho.bsky.social · 21/12/2025#Panopticism We have been here before...maybe history goes in cycles rather than linearly....are we getting better, as evolution would have us believe? 010
matandelttho.bsky.social @matandelttho.bsky.social · 21/12/2025The #Grauniad/Observer shows why it is stuck in the past and why Streeting is a tory. #BlueLabour #GTtO 000
matandelttho.bsky.social @matandelttho.bsky.social · 30/11/2025How many of those involved think of themselves as 'far left'? #Overtonwindow 000
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/11/2025About 1m Ford diesel cars sold in UK with defective emissions controls. Company knew. Many were never formally recalled or fixed. Companies chase profits by lying, cheating. Yet neoliberals push for deregulation, less consumer rights. Hold execs personally liable.theguardian.comAbout 1m Ford diesel cars sold in UK with defective emissions controls, court toldFord denies having created ‘defeat devices’ in legal action on behalf of 1.6 million owners against five carmakers 523571
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialThe Rare Breeding Birds Panel @ukrbbp.bsky.social · 14/11/2025We are saddened to hear of the death of Patrick Stirling-Aird, who for many decades was a leading light in the monitoring and conservation of raptors. It was a honour to work with Patrick on the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme; we will miss him immensely. raptormonitoring.org/about-the-sr... 1405
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/11/2025The rule of law for whom? Private equity managers taxed at lower rates. NHS drugs prices be hiked by 25% to appease companies. Bankers' bonus cap abolished. Chancellor ready to override Supreme Court judgment, cut compensation to victims of car loan scandals. Bank frauds not investigated.leftfootforward.orgNothing will change until the political system is freed from the clutches of corporations and the super-richThe law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few 7321151
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialTactical Neural Insekt @spiralrings.blue · 15/11/2025Opening a competing island where I sex traffick rich old men 9588
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 15/11/2025🔥🔥🔥 DO NOT BE DISTRACTED & STAY LOUD!! 🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!! TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 291032407
matandelttho.bsky.social @matandelttho.bsky.social · 11/10/2025#BlueLabour washes their hands off it? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comRevealed: Labour-run council using legal loophole to serve families with no-fault evictionsExclusive: London council created an arm’s-length body to manage some of its housing stock 000
matandelttho.bsky.social @matandelttho.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Appears we are only allowed to complain about certain things... #whowontheColdWar #BlueLabour www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comPolice to get broader powers to crack down on repeated protestsOfficers will be able to tell organisers to move demonstrations if protests have caused "repeated disorder". 000
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2025One-third of UK children grow up in poverty, higher risk of dying young. In some areas 62% of children live in poverty. Children’s education, health, future employment prospects destroyed. Caused by govts - austerity, low wages, spending cuts, fiscal rules. Poverty is a political choice.nursinginpractice.comOne-third of UK children grow up in poverty with higher risk of dying youngChildren in the most deprived areas of the UK face higher death rates as childhood poverty continues to rise, according to research. 12325174
matandelttho.bsky.social @matandelttho.bsky.social · 07/09/2025#BlueLabour is blue to the core now. Nothing stands in their way to complete irrelevance. 000
matandelttho.bsky.social @matandelttho.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Obviously for the Labour Party, some women are more equal than others.... #BlueLabour 000
matandelttho.bsky.social @matandelttho.bsky.social · 09/08/2025www.theguardian.com/environment/... Between this and the protests in central London, 'the establishment' is making it up as they go along....whatever suits them is fine.... #establishmenttheguardian.comRadioactive water from UK nuclear bomb base leaked into sea, files showExclusive: Polluted water was released into loch near Glasgow because Royal Navy failed to maintain 1,500 water pipes, says watchdog 010
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 01/08/2025I thought he said he was bringing down prices on Day One. 22141031190
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 02/08/2025It’s fucked up that everyone on the right accused everyone on the left of being pedophiles for over a decade — only to end up defending their cult leader when he transferred the world’s most notorious convicted pedophile into a luxury prison. 18150041252
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/08/2025The state we are in. 24m Britons, 36% of the population, live below minimum socially acceptable living standard. Wealth systematically transferred to the rich - 1% have more than 70% of the population combined. Can't rebuild without improving spending power of the bottom 50% of population.lboro.ac.ukNew report shows 24 million people in the UK are below minimum socially acceptable living standardsNew research reveals a sharp rise in the number of individuals in the UK living in households with incomes below the Minimum Income Standard (MIS). 14327187
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/08/2025University tuition fees in England and Wales rise to £9,535. Student debt £267bn. Most European nations don't charge uni tuition fees, England does. People penalised for education, upskilling; can't start family, business; buy home. Must abolish uni fees.bbc.co.ukTuition fees in England and Wales rise to £9,535Maintenance loans have also gone up, meaning students can borrow more to help with living costs. 35486164
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Barclays follows HSBC in exit from banking industry’s net zero alliance. They all support Trumpism and chase profits whilst humanity and planet earth face crisis. Can't expect banks to voluntarily accept social responsibility, it must be imposed by law.theguardian.comBarclays follows HSBC in exit from banking industry’s net zero allianceUS banks have already pulled out of NZBA, the UN environment programme’s finance initiative 23497245
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Are you ready to pay £1,000bn+ by 2050 to keep England's water in private hands? With inflation, it will be even higher. Shareholders will be richer. People won't own anything. Why do Ministers never talk about the cost of privatisation? Soon water will cost as much as energy. Must end the scam.leftfootforward.orgPublic ownership is the only way to save the water industryPublic ownership is the only viable alternative but is opposed by the government 18281129
Reposted by @matandelttho.bsky.socialSimon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 02/08/2025@georgemonbiot.bsky.social’s warning about maize, also used for biogas. We seriously didn’t encounter a single insect in 170km of cycling through rural Brittany, heavily focused on maize. Deeply worrying. Only on day 3 as we rode on disused railways, spared from Roundup™️, did we spot a few.theguardian.comHow a false solution to climate change is damaging the natural world | George MonbiotGeorge Monbiot: In growing maize for biogas, the crop that does most damage to the soil is being specifically exempted from the rules 10245101