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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 01/10/2026
A new study reveals that A&E overcrowding and corridor care are linked to hundreds of avoidable deaths every week in the UK. Finding that every 10% increase in emergency room occupancy raises a patient’s 28-day mortality risk by 1%. Read here: news.sky.com/story/overcr...
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Peter Thiel is a cancer on the world. Our govts are buying into his far-right ideological bullshit, and the software his company Palantir makes to commit genocide, destroy critical infrastructure, and spy on every aspect of our lives We are truly in the upside down m.youtube.com/watch?v=BCFX...
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Billionaire Pervert Accidentally Tells The Truth | The Kyle Kulinski Show
YouTube video by Secular Talk
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Sixes All The Way @sixesalltheway.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
According to Age UK, 1.7m pensioners live in poverty with almost double that struggling to manage financially. Also, since 2010 the est. of uncollected tax is around £500bn & the option of progressive taxes would also help redress wealth inequality. State pensions:
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Was always going to get a bit tasty up against Jeremy Hunt… Excuse my error of saying millions and not BILLIONS But my point stands… Tory critics on the sidelines want us to forget the wrecking ball they took to this country We won’t.
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Beth Stratford @bethstratford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well, I for one am an economist who supports rent controls! Here’s why 🧵: Markets only work well if: -buyers & sellers have roughly equal power -producers respond to price signals & expand supply in response to scarcity -buyers can walk away if prices get too high
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham announces end of triple-lock on the state pension from 2030. It will be replaced by double-lock, slower growth in state pension. Full state pension is already less than 50%of the minimum wage. Poverty awaits future retirees. £500bn of taxes not collected by HMRC since 2010.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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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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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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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
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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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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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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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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Should be reposted every month....
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just Fancy That! Earl Spencer and the Daily Mail. From the new Private Eye, out now.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The OAP triple lock isn’t a problem. The cost of pension tax relief is. youtu.be/BfcjgWXk36c?... Commentators are saying we cannot afford pensions for the most vulnerable. But none of them is questioning the £83 billion a year spent subsidising the pensions of the wealthiest. Why is that?
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The OAP triple lock isn’t a problem. The cost of pension tax relief is.
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A minor detail is missing from the headline.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wages taxed at rates of 20%-45%. Earners also pay national insurance. Capital gains taxed at rates of 18% to 24%. By taxing capital gains at the same rates as wages £12bn to £14bn could be raised. More, if NI charged. Why are workers taxed at higher rates than return on wealth Will the govt act?
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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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
For years I've been told that aviation emissions are negligible, so don't worry your little head about them. But I've kept pointing out that there are - and will be - no good technical solutions, and they'll keep growing. Now we know just how big the problem is. www.carbonbrief.org/ccc-heathrow...
carbonbrief.org
CCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’ - Carbon Brief
Aviation is on track to be responsible for 80% of the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC).
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Horrific.......
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne has now matched Ben Delo's record-breaking £36m donation to Reform, months after Nigel Farage's party promised to slash crypto sales taxes in half Reform UK is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the crypto industry www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-uk-...
adambienkov.co.uk
Reform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto Industry
As criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform UK given £36m donation by a crypto billionaire convicted in the US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls, pardoned by Donald Trump. Is it legal? Dwarfs £15m from a Thailand based crypto billionaire What have they been promised? Hate politics funded by the rich.
theguardian.com
Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Neoliberals demanding tax cuts for the super rich want to abolish the state pension triple-lock. Full state pension is less than 50% of the minimum wage. 2m pensioners live in poverty. 110,000 a year die in fuel poverty. Due to low incomes future retirees will be more reliant on the state pension
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‘Costing billions’: is the pensions triple lock a lifeline or simply unaffordable?
With the budget looming, arguments rage over whether ministers should scrap a pledge popular with millions
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
WELL DONE EVERYONE. I know several people have responded to SM messages reminding that donation is the loudest voice. VOTE WITH YOUR WALLET BECAUSE THOSE RNLI VOLUNTEERS CAN COUNT IT and COUNT ON it. And money grabbing Tommy Ten Names & side-kick Danny Dumbo will see it. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
JP Morgan billionaire CEO with $43m pay meets Burnham and Healey to oppose UK bank tax rise. Banks making record profits from high charges, measly payment to savers, speculation, wars. What chance of the poor meeting PM/Chancellor to make their case?
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JP Morgan boss meets Burnham and Healey to warn against bank tax rise
Jamie Dimon tells UK politicians before October budget that investment could be at risk, it is understood
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
An entire politics and worldview animated by a lively terror that somewhere, somebody might be eating a free cheese sandwich
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Accept they're not free really are they? The cost the tax payer, when giving children a breakfast can be achieved for 50p at home. The cost to the tax payer is far far higher per breakfast than
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Neoliberalism has ravaged the UK Workers’ share of gross value added down from 71.9% in 1975, to 59.7%. 1.23m workers are on zero-hour contracts. 4.4m jobs pay less than the real living wage. Poorest 20% pay a higher proportion of income in direct/indirect taxes than the richest 20%.
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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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What Are Free Zones—And Why Hasn’t Anyone Told You About Them? Ask your family and friends if they’ve heard of Freeports, Special Economic Zones, or AI Growth Zones. Most will look at you like you have two heads. That should worry you. 🧵
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Listened to a BBC programme on charter cities, Honduras to Sierra Leone to Dubai to outer space. But not one guest mentioned the mechanism doing the same job in the UK: 90+ free zones since Brexit, created by secondary legislation, no vote required. europeanpowell.substack.com/p/the-consen...
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The Consent Gap: What the BBC Left Out of Its Own Charter Cities Episode
A BBC programme on Paul Romer’s charter city idea spent close to an hour moving from Honduras to Sierra Leone to Dubai to outer space, with four guests, Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, Tom W.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
RNLI staff have faced "unacceptable" online & physical abuse since anti-migrant protests. "Deliberate misinformation and a misunderstanding" by thugs hiding behind "balaclava or a keyboard". Solidarity with RNLI volunteers. They do a great job in saving lives, must be respected.
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Abuse of RNLI volunteers 'wholly unacceptable', chief says
Peter Sparkes says there has been "deliberate misinformation" spread about the charity.
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Can Kwasi Kwarteng please tell us how many billions are already paid to private companies who have gained a foothold delivering NHS patient services because of political decisions?🚨 And can he please tell us how much profit those companies make?🚨 www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
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firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Hear, hear. It's the predictable effect of the Tories stuffing the BBC's senior ranks with placemen. Root them out and put in some properly independent journalists and things might change.
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Everyone deserves better than this 💙
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Private equity owns 11 of England’s 20 biggest children’s care providers. Companies loaded with debt. Profiteering, high prices, profit shifting, tax abuse is rife. Paid £205m to shareholders/investors, leaving less for front line services. Public purse robbed. Must end privatisation
theguardian.com
Private equity owns 11 of England’s 20 biggest children’s care providers, research finds
Investigation comes amid growing calls for an end to ‘obscene’ profit-making in care sector
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SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
FUN FACT If we switched to all renewable energy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall almost in half, slashing global CO2 emissions. Because those ships are JUST carrying coal, oil and gas. ~ Bill McKibben SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES!
Fun Fact: If we switched to all renewable energy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall almost in half, slashing global CO2 emissions. Because those ships are just carrying coal, oil and gas.
- Bill McKibben, Climate Activist
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Cat 🐈 @mrsbadcrumble1975.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This post is ten years old and still accurate. #climatechange
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is appalling 🚨🚨🚨 Let’s be absolutely clear -politicians for many years have failed to train enough highly skilled healthcare professionals for the NHS, and then have treated doctors, nurses+others extremely badly, so many leave the service too… (Article link in thread)
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patkinson2.bsky.social @patkinson2.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
But who will replace him?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Thames Water should go into administration, says Tory MP. Even the Tories can see the inevitable. Nearly 30% of TW revenue services debt. Speculators buying into TW in the hope of steep compensation. Proper steps: enforce all laws, bankrupt TW, nationalise at knockdown price. archive.ph/JwWSb
ft.com
Thames Water should go into administration, says senior Tory MP
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown wants government to protect customers from ‘predatory’ hedge funds seeking control over UK’s largest water utility
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Rishi Sunak announced Teesworks as his flagship Brexit freeport as Chancellor in 2021. Over £600m in public money followed. The freeport is now effectively closed. The site is being repurposed as an AI Growth Zone. The named partner: Anthropic. europeanpowell.substack.com/p/sunak-buil...
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Sunak Built Teesside Freeport. Now He Advises Anthropic, The Company Positioned To Take the Profit.
In 2021, Rishi Sunak stood at Teesworks and announced his flagship Brexit freeport.
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is horrifying! 🚨 “AI technology that listens to and transcribes patients’ consultations with doctors can put them at risk by getting the names of drugs and illnesses wrong, an NHS watchdog has warned.” Full Guardian article here: www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/08/2026
Nazi Germany also pillaged the natural resources of countries it conquered
BREAKING NEWS: The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement with the Country of Venezuela on, THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY! At my direction, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, working closely with Highly Respected Interim President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, and, through a partnership with private business, have secured majority U.S. control of more than 65 BILLION BARRELS of proven Oil Reserves in Venezuela, at no cost to the American Taxpayer. This Historic Transaction MORE THAN DOUBLES American Oil Reserves, greatly increases our Oil Supply, and will substantially lower Gas Prices for all Americans, long into the future, while helping to continue to set Venezuela on a course toward Tremendous Success and Great Prosperity. This Transaction will greatly strengthen the already growing relationship between Venezuela and the United States! Thank you for your attention to this groundbreaking matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 28/08/2026
Some of London’s detractors are determined to paint a picture of a city becoming less safe. The facts tell a different story. These crimes are down ⬇️
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
👇 vote.org
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
TIM CURRY 1946 - 2026 Rest in peace and power, sweet transvestite from transsexual Transylvania.
Image of Tim Curry in glorious drag from The Rocky Horror Show.
The banner behind him says Transylvania
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Seven of Nine Fan 🌍🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🖖🏼 @sevenofnine3au01.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is unconscionable Dropping support for restoring democracy Failing to act on climate crisis Dropping renationalisation of failing privatised vital infrastructure What is going on? The first duty of government is to protect its people, not profiteering billionaires. Labour do your duty
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