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@mk66kettle.bsky.social
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Retired PR & Communications specialist. Criminal justice, probation service & local government background. Lover of badminton, rock music and real ale!

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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If Sadiq Khan is a trans ally, why is he allowing JK Rowling’s Harry Potter to take over the Christmas lights in Oxford Circus? Email him now and ask him to pull the plug on transphobia. goodlaw.social/e1ae3f
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Sadiq Khan: Pull the plug on transphobia
Tell the mayor of London to switch off JK Rowling’s Christmas lights
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
From hedgehogs and bats to butterflies and newts, the UK’s wildlife is disappearing fast – and our government is letting it happen. I’ve just signed @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition calling for urgent action. Add your name: action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tel...
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Tell the government: act for nature before it’s too late
Add my name Did you know the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world? There’s less wildlife today than in living memory − and it’s still disappearing before our eyes. From hedgeho...
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Privatisation of our water has been a disaster. If you agree - Clive Lewis MP is asking us to back his People’s Plan for Water: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
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Water Belongs to All of Us - Back the People's Plan for Water!
Privatisation has broken our water system. Evidence shows public ownership can bring fairer, cleaner and cheaper water. That’s why I'm backing the People’s Plan for Water. Join me:
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/09/2026
A new mega poll by YouGov reveals that an overwhelming majority of constituencies want to rejoin the EU. Only 4 constituencies were not sure. It’s time to put EU membership on the table. bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-mo…
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe - ask your MP to be at the debate, and push to rejoin the EU www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
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Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
💥 On Oct 12th, Parliament will debate the UK JOINING THE EU! Use this page below to send an email to your MP. In the context of Canada-EU, 61% of the UK public for joining, and devolved leaders saying the future is the EU... ...Westminster needs to catch up. Sign and share everywhere please. 👇
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Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🔴 Something Tom Watson won't tell you: Five police forces in the East Midlands working with Palantir on a controversial surveillance programme are ending their involvement Exclusive by Democracy for Sale and Liberty Investigates. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-f...
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Revealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance tool
Exclusive: Palantir's UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot.
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Britain's future relationship with Europe is being debated in Parliament on 12th October. I've just asked my MP to attend. Will you ask yours? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
europeanmovement.co.uk
Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What I love about Western democracy is you can bung a political party £ 36 million earned from criminal activity & most media will continue to point at asylum seekers & migrant care workers with families as the barbarians at the gate we need to defend ourselves from 🙄.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
And if you think this is wrong and needs to be addressed they call you a communist
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 07/09/2026
This is @mrjamesob.bsky.social's London.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Policeman dances at the Notting Hill Carnival, demonstrating the best of community policing
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New immigration stats show that the numbers of asylum seekers in hotels is down to 16k - falling 50% in a year. Small boat crossings down 23% in the year to June. Numbers waiting for initial decision down from almost 180k to 40k.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Oops. 🥴 www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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My generation had no voice on Brexit – but Burnham gives the young fresh hope on Europe | Ceira Sergeant
Brexit didn’t create all the problems young people now face, but renewing close ties with Europe will give us so many opportunities, says student and activist Ceira Sergeant
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Your handy reminder of how the Tories, led by Thatcher, rinsed a country...
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Hi there folks👋 This is a new song by my band Mindweaver- please have a listen and pass it on if you can. Hope you like it emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Real People
Real People is the first single from the Mindweaver album: Snake Oil Mindweaver are a trio from Manchester UK
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 22/07/2026
🚨 BREAKING We've filed a complaint to the Charity Commission about Sex Matters, detailing 46 incidents which we think, together, amount to misconduct and mismanagement. But we also need wider action against charities spreading hate - help us tell the government & Commission they must step up 👇
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Sex Matters are breaking charity law with transphobic hate – we’re taking action | Good Law Project
We’ve made a formal complaint to the Charity Commission and the government, citing 46 examples of offensive transphobia
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
If water were publicly owned, there would be nowhere for any water bosses to hide or manipulate water quality tests. This problem literally only exists under privatisation.
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Stop Sex Matters spreading transphobic hate goodlaw.social/8968d9
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Stop Sex Matters spreading transphobic hate
The anti-trans pressure group Sex Matters are running a campaign of hate, spewing abuse online and in the media – and putting trans people in danger. Sex Matters say they work to “protect everybody’s ...
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 22/07/2026
Sex Matters is a charity that loves to hate trans people. And your tax money is paying for it. The stuff they spin isn’t just false, it’s dangerous. So we reported them to the Charity Commission with a dossier of evidence on their staff & trustees. ✊Help us fight back: goodlaw.social/anrx
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God @thegodshow.com · 19/07/2026
Zohran Mamdani will arrest war criminal Netanyahu if he ever comes to NYC. This is what real leadership looks like.
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Something calming and tranquil in this crazy world- a busy bumblebee enjoying an hibiscus flower
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I just listened to The Shadow Contract, a podcast by the Good Law project. It’s about how Palantir have access to your NHS data. Listen here goodlaw.social/3806bd
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The Shadow Contract podcast | Good Law Project
The Shadow Contract - a podcast investigation from Good Law Project.
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Terrified bulls are chased into the sea by violent mobs in Dénia, Spain. Please sign PETA’s petition urging officials to cancel Bous a la Mar #bousalamarcruelty www.petauk.org/4ha
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Act Now to Stop Bulls Being Tormented and Chased into the Sea
Did you know that bulls are tormented and chased into the sea at festivals in Valencia? Tell the Dénia mayor to stop this!
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Amazon made £55 MILLION in profit in the UK last year, but only paid a fraction of what they should in tax. Jeff Bezos is rubbing his hands together, avoiding tax, while we pay our dues. Don't think that's right? Sign the petition now. 38d.gs/mexd
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We pay our dues. They should too.
Amazon made £55 MILLION in profit in the UK last year, but only paid a fraction of what they should in tax. Jeff Bezos is rubbing his hands together, avoiding tax, while we pay our dues. Don't think t...
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Darkening Skies @disturbedsleep.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
While Reform-chasing Badenoch revels in her "head girl at a 6th form debate" image, this is what a proper progressive government has been quietly up to. Please read as there is an impressive list of projects underway. www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Government has secured £100 billion of clean energy investment
Energy Secretary announces that government has secured £100 billion of private clean energy investment.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
How the jobs figures pan out. Net zero: massive new employment. Return to fossil fuels: mass unemployment. Don't ever let these grifters persuade you they have your interests at heart. They dance to the tune of their funders. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A question for Nigel Farage – why is your nationalist party so obsessed with destroying British jobs? | George Monbiot
Claims that our prosperity depends on oil and gas are bunkum – unless you’re a Reform backer with fossil fuel interests, of course, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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SMR 🎧 Rejoin Radio @smrrejoinradio.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
It's all hands on deck, guys! Can you volunteer to marshal at the march on Sat 20th June? Please register here: marchforrejoin.co.uk/volunteer-nr... Thank You! #RejoinEU
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Volunteer at Events | National Rejoin March
Without Volunteers, National Rejoin March simply would not exist! So whether you want to marshall at events, distribute flyers, give First Ain at events and more, please Volunteer if you can!
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
No new oil and gas in our seas. Offshore drilling causes hundreds of toxic spills, deafens whales, and won't even lower our energy bills. It's time to stop letting Big Oil profit at the expense of our ocean. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Big Oil billionaires polluting our seas for profit
The Government must keep its promise to ban new offshore oil and gas. Drilling harms marine wildlife, causes toxic spills, and won't lower our bills. Add your name to protect our ocean!
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
None of these tax dodging, foreign-based crypto billionaires and moneymen give a single shit about our country or democracy. They’re buying Farage power so he’ll remove our rights and protections to maximise their profits. It really is that simple and that corrupt. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Reform UK handed another £3million from crypto billionaire as donations soar
Figures from the Electoral Commission show Nigel Farage's party is raising millions more than their political rivals through private donations, including £3million from Christopher Harborne
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
"Free-range" labels changed how we buy eggs. Now we need the same honesty for dairy. Don't let US-style mega-dairies hide on our supermarket shelves. Sign the petition to demand mandatory dairy welfare labels from the Environment Secretary 👇 act.38degrees.org.uk/act/battery-...
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The Great British dairy scandal: Crack down on “battery” dairy farms
"Free-range" labels changed how we buy eggs. Now we need the same honesty for dairy. Don't let US-style mega-dairies hide on our supermarket shelves. Sign the petition to demand mandatory dairy welfar...
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
GB News is trying to gut the BBC. Their radical plan would force popular shows and informative programmes to be axed or hidden behind a Netflix-style paywall. Sign the petition to say NO to a BBC subscription model: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/no-subsc...
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No subscription model for the BBC
GB News is trying to gut the BBC. Their radical plan would force shows like Strictly and The Traitors to be axed or hidden behind a Netflix-style paywall. Sign the petition to say NO to a BBC subscrip...
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Let's hold the Government to its promise! No new oil and gas in our seas. Offshore drilling causes hundreds of toxic spills, deafens whales, & won't even lower our energy bills. It's time to stop letting Big Oil profit at the expense of our ocean. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Big Oil billionaires polluting our seas for profit
The Government must keep its promise to ban new offshore oil and gas. Drilling harms marine wildlife, causes toxic spills, and won't lower our bills. Add your name to protect our ocean!
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I'm German. I grew up without children's rhymes, folk songs, traditions, because they were hijacked by fascists. They took my country's culture & used it to rally people behind them, redefined flags & symbols of home to serve their cult. Nationalists stole my heritage. Don't let them steal yours.
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Two million airline seats cancelled due to fuel shortages, while private jets keep flying. It’s outrageous. Sign @_wearepossible’s petition to ban private jets, save fuel & protect summer holidays for families✈️🏖️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
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Ban private jets to save our holidays!
Two million airline seats cancelled due to fuel shortages, while private jets keep flying. It’s outrageous. Sign @_wearepossible’s petition to ban private jets, save fuel & protect summer holidays...
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Kort Duce @kortduce.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
A great blue heron fishes at dusk at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #WadersOuttaWater #Blue #ECK #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons #birdphotography
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A great blue heron fishes at dusk at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado. In this horizontal color photograph, a weathered log stretches across the pond from right to left. At its far end, a heron bends forward, intent on the water below as it hunts. The scene is almost perfectly mirrored on the pond’s surface, reflecting both the bird and the angled branch. Soft, cotton-candy clouds and the deepening blue of the twilight sky ripple gently in the water. Near the midpoint of the branch, a strand of fishing line or netting is caught, trailing beneath the surface. It’s a striking, contemplative scene—capturing both the quiet beauty of nature and the subtle traces of a more chaotic world.
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. We can't let them. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division. goodlawproject.org/s/4ca10b
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Misan Harriman Handraiser | Good Law Project
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I know there’s a lot going on with the Labour Party, but it is all in the bounds of democratic politics. This however, paid collusion between the leaders of two political parties in the run up to election, if true, is a scandal of staggering propositions
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ma...
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Make Pet Care Affordable: Weeks left to act
Corporate vets are trying to derail new plans for affordable pet care. Sign the petition to cap fees and save our pets!
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I just emailed my MP to tell them to hold the government together and not give in to Reform. It takes two minutes — you should too: holdtheline.org.uk
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Hold the Line - Tell Your MP to Stand Firm
Reform is the most dangerous threat to Britain in a generation. Tell your Labour MP to hold the line, and refuse to give Farage what he wants.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Happy 100th Birthday to Sir David Attenborough Thank you for being a friend to all animals and for helping the world to cherish us x
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
If you truly care about those less fortunate than yourself, if you’re inclined to help people rather than hate on them, if you can see beyond what’s in it for you and contemplate what might alleviate the suffering of others, then think really hard about how you vote tomorrow. 🟢
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Did you watch Dirty Business? They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
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End the sewage pollution scandal
We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Farage thugs manhandle man with pacemaker after he objects to the Reform leader's chauffeur parking in disabled bay that he needs to use. Lovely People. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Moment Nigel Farage henchmen manhandle disabled OAP in parking row
Henchmen working for the divisive Reform leader were seen on camera manhandling a retired engineer who was trying to park in a disabled spot to drop off his wife in Shetland
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 06/04/2026
Over 63,000 have emailed the NHS to say no to Palantir. And Palantir's getting scared. So now's the time to act👇 notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/ema…
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Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The UK government has agreed a deal with Donald Trump to hike NHS drugs prices. The government is refusing to say how much this will cost or how it will be paid for. Tell Wes Streeting to come clean: act.globaljustice.org.uk/tell-wes-str...
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Tell Wes Streeting: come clean on cost of Trump’s NHS deal
The UK government has agreed a deal with Donald Trump that will see the NHS pay pharma companies much higher drugs prices. But they won’t come clean on how much this agreement will cost the NHS. Estim...
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Small boat Channel crossings in March down by more than 50% on year before I’m sure all the country’s media will be reporting this.
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
🚨 An undercover sting just exposed alarming loopholes in Westminster’s weak lobbying system: a fake Chinese company bought meetings with ministers and MPs, and it may not have even broken any rules! ✍️ Sign & share: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop foreign interference in British politics
British politics has a foreign interference problem. An undercover investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys has revealed how shockingly easy it is for secretive Chinese interests to pene...
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@MelanieK @mk66kettle.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
A crypto investor just donated £9 million to the Reform Party. Right now, billionaires can pour unlimited money into our elections, effectively buying our democracy. Think that's wrong? Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
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