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Paul Farmer 〓〓

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Socialist, like guitars and rowing (to rhyme with sitars and sewing). Author 'After the Miners' Strike', Open Book Publishers 2023, currently working on Volume 2. No DMs please unless I know you.

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I think most people living in the UK would be astonished to know that this country is now more wealthy than Germany, and ranked 4th in the world The millions struggling to eat and heat will be rightly wondering, where the f*ck it is? www.forbes.com/sites/lewisn...
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The World’s 50 Richest Countries 2025
From glittering alpine lakes to the neon-lit skylines of East Asia, here are the world’s richest countries, according to UBS.
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Paul Farmer 〓〓 @paul-farmer.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
A new mass-membership party of the left is being born in the UK. Keir Starmer, his acolytes and those for whom he is himself an acolyte, have designed their own downfall. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/huge...
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Huge enthusiasm for a new socialist party shows the left never went away | Morning Star
FOUR hundred thousand and counting. Sign-ups to be part of founding the new party initiated by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana already surpass the membership of any existing political party in Britain...
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Brazenly expressing pride at committing war crimes ...
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
#TaxTheRich #AbolishBillionaires
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
If your politician can support Israel they can support anything.
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Paul Farmer 〓〓 @paul-farmer.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
This demonstrates the Starmer government's complicity in appalling war crimes. If there is any justice in this world, they will be made to answer for this act of vicarious inhumanity.
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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
To try and make this clear as possible. There is a finite amount of drs, nurses and AHPs in the UK. For every hour they work in the private sector, they will not be working in the NHS. If we increase hours in the private sector as per Labour Policy, we will loose NHS capacity
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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Questions for Starmer: 1) where do you think staff in the private sector come from? (Spoiler, it's from the NHS) 2) why would we invest in the private sector as a preference to investing directly in the NHS? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Government unveils plan to reduce NHS waiting list backlog
The government pledged to cut the list of patients waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment in England by nearly half a million over the next year.
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2Tone4Real @2tone4real.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Inequality...the root of all evil? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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FTSE 100 bosses make more money in 2025 by noon today than average worker in a year
Bosses to hit milestone on third working day of 2025 with median hourly pay of £1,298, says High Pay Centre
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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Days after Israel confirms it is arbitrarily detaining Palestinian hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safiya at a notorious prison camp, the UK government remains silent. This is an unforgivable failure of obligations to human rights and international law.
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Israel confirms it is holding Gaza hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safiya
Dr Hussam Abu Safiya is being held on suspicion of "involvement in terrorist activities", Israel has said, and accused him of "holding a rank" in Hamas. They have not disclosed his whereabouts and hum...
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Paul Farmer 〓〓 @paul-farmer.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Starmer rejects his entire campaign strategy for election to the leadership of the Labour Party. But only when used by other people.
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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 05/01/2025
The astonishing cognitive dissonance of a health secretary who insists he'll save the NHS - yet kicks the social care crisis into touch until 2028. 1 in 8 medically fit NHS patients cannot leave hospital for lack of social care. Of course A&E is overwhelmed 🤷‍♀️ www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Ambulance handover delays in England may harm 1,000 patients a day
Exclusive: 414,137 people believed to have experienced some level of harm in last year, Guardian analysis finds
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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Instead of using the last days of his presidency to call for peace, Joe Biden has poured more money into arming Israel’s destruction of Gaza. A shameful indictment of his administration and its complicity in genocide.
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Biden plans $8bn arms sale to Israel
Last-minute show of support for US president’s close ally as he nears his final days in office
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
5.2m children, 36% of UK children, live in poverty. Ending the two-child benefit cap would lift 500,000 out of poverty, cost £2.5bn. Taxing capital gains at the same rate as wages raises £14bn. Govts that gave £895bn QE to speculators, can also end poverty. leftfootforward.org/2024/12/labo...
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Labour’s drift to the right could risk Keir Starmer being a one-term prime minister
The government's honeymoon has been short lived.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Reeves says UK economic turnaround will take time. Can't revive economy without improving people's purchasing power. 16m people live in poverty. Profiteering is rife. 1% has more wealth than 70% of population combined. Needs action now. Tax the rich. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reeves says economic turnaround will take time and Farage ‘hasn’t got a clue’
Chancellor pledges renewed focus on growth after Bank of England warning that Britain is on brink of stagnation
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
We are mugged. More than a third of water bills service debt & dividends; leaks not plugged, sewage dumped. 50% at Wessex Water. Water companies paid £85bn dividends, borrowed £60bn. OFWAT approved huge hike in bills. Govt won't end the privatisation scam. www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/market...
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A THIRD of water bills up the spout! Huge spend on debt and dividends
An average of 35p in every pound paid by customers for their water goes on interest payments and shareholder payouts
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
How come Labour can find money when it wants to? youtu.be/vdnMDz3wuqs?... Labour found £6 billion in the last week to buy 166,000 houses for the Ministry of Defence. The spending wasn’t budgeted, so how did it fund the money all of a sudden?
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How come Labour can find money when it wants to?
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Les Blair @lesblair53.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
@lisanandymp.bsky.social is a Cabinet Minister in the Westminster Government , she voted against resolving the abysmal treatment of the Waspi women . The Labour Party simply cannot be trusted #WaspiCampaign
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Royal Mail? Really? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/12... Is profit all that really matters now? What about service? What about community? What about national control of essential infrastructure? And what is Labour thinking? So many questions, and no answers.
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Royal Mail? Really?
The Royal Mail is not royal, if ever it was. It has not been an essential state-supplied service for some time, although I doubt we can survive without it as a universal service. And now it is going...
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
The government could have finally brought Royal Mail into public ownership. It sold it to a Czech billionaire instead. We are being ripped off. It’s time to put Royal Mail back where it belongs: in public hands. bbc.in/49BZTmP
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Royal Mail takeover by Czech billionaire approved
The £3.6bn deal by Daniel Kretinsky is given the go-ahead after agreeing
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Ireland has evicted the Israeli ambassador. If that is great, Like. If we need to evict ours and stop arming Israel, RT.
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Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
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Media groups condemn Israel over Gaza journalist ‘massacre’
Two separate reports by media freedom organisations found Israel killed an unprecedented number of journalists.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
UK’s economy shrinks 0.1% in October. Result of Labour following Tory policies, eroding people's purchasing power. Real wage cuts Benefit cuts No curbs on profiteering Graduate debts Poor taxed more than the rich Lack of skilled jobs Govt must change policies www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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UK’s economy shrinks unexpectedly by 0.1% in October
GDP figures underline scale of challenge for Labour to get the economy growing
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the New Communicipalist @communicipalist.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
What are we to make of a government that one week passes an assisted dying bill & a couple of weeks later financially impoverishes carers whilst taking guidance on 'savings' from dodgy bankers-corporarate CEOs & assorted comfy class Spivs? Carers made slaves by DWP. uk.yahoo.com/news/dwps-19...
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DWP's new £196 rule as it takes back £250million from 136,730 people
The Government has ordered a review as thousands of people will be made to pay back the money
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Paul Farmer 〓〓 @paul-farmer.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The Toynbee involvement is probably counter productive. New Labour out of SDP extant.
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Paul Farmer 〓〓 @paul-farmer.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Jeremy Corbyn, who answers questions, when asked what would be his first action in entering 10 Downing Street, said "End homelessness." I wonder where that comes on Keir Starmer's list of priorities, or if it's even on there at all. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Shelter condemns ‘shocking’ 14% rise in homelessness across England
Charity says soaring private rents, rising evictions and lack of affordable social housing are to blame
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Troovus @troovus.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
How many warnings has Israel been given and faced no consequences when they ignore them?
Guardian headline screenshot: ISRAEL warned over Syria airstrikes as it denies its tanks are near Damascus
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Severn Trent Water used accounting tricks to boost investment by £1.68bn. OFWAT uses investment to decide customer charges. Such tricks enabled company to pay higher dividends. Financial engineering rife at all water companies. OFWAT does nothing to curb it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Major water company uses accounting trick to inflate balance sheet by £1.68bn
A substantial Severn Trent Water investment is based on IOU notes - BBC Panorama finds.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
This country needs to pull its finger out on many fronts.
Number Crunching (from Private Eye)

5 years to rebuild Notre Dame

7.5 years since Grenfell and 85% of remediation work still not done.
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Paul Farmer 〓〓 @paul-farmer.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
We all knew Woodcock would.
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Paul Farmer 〓〓 @paul-farmer.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
"What did you do in the war Lee?" "I fought in a battle that happened more than half a century before I was born, that's what." Reform Party credibility.
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Paul Farmer 〓〓 @paul-farmer.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Meanwhile, daily atrocities by the state of Israel continue. They make Assad look like a humanitarian, but they're western allies, so.... www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12...
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Israeli strikes on Gaza flour distribution line, residential area kill 22
Palestinians searching for food amid massive shortage and hunger ‘targeted’ in Jabalia refugee camp and Rafah.
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Paul Farmer 〓〓 @paul-farmer.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
It does sort of beg the question, doesn't it.
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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Israel has committed — and is continuing to commit — genocide in Gaza.
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Amnesty International: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
Project for Peace and Justice, founded by Jeremy Corbyn. A hub for discussion and action, building solidarity and hope for a more decent world.
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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
The US and UK governments continue to supply arms to Israel despite its genocidal campaign in Gaza, where civilians are being systematically starved and ethnically cleansed from their homes. They must suspend all arms sales to Israel.
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UNRWA pauses aid through key Gaza crossing as hunger stalks Palestinians
Suspension of humanitarian aid into Gaza comes as Israeli attacks kill almost 100 Palestinians in the last 24 hours.
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Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Mahmoud Almadhoun, the beloved chef behind ‘Gaza Soup Kitchen’ who fed the hungry across northern Gaza, was deliberately killed in an Israeli drone attack on Saturday
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Humans of Gaza: Mahmoud Almadhoun, the chef behind ‘Gaza Soup Kitchen’, killed
Mahmoud Almadhoun, the beloved chef behind ‘Gaza Soup Kitchen’ who fed the hungry across northern Gaza, was deliberately killed in an Israeli drone attack on Saturday.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
This woman knows what she's talking about, get her elected.
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Jules or Τζουλς 🕊️🍉 @katsikajules.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
At least 23 people have been killed by the Israeli military across the Gaza Strip since dawn, including three World Central Kitchen aid workers, in Khan Younis, according to our team on the ground. Israels barbarity knows no bounds. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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Aid workers among 23 killed in Gaza since dawn as hunger grips enclave
An Israeli drone attack on a car in Gaza’s Khan Younis kills five people, including three World Central Kitchen workers.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Royal Mail Only 76% of 1st-class mail delivered in time, down from 79%. 93% of 2nd-class post on time, down from 94%. 1st class stamp £1.65; 2nd class 85p When privatised in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p Privatisation = Higher price, worse service. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Royal Mail fails to deliver about a quarter of first-class post on time
Deterioration in delivery times adds further pressure on bosses just as takeover deal nears completion
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Czech Billionaire Daniel Křetínský is taking over Royal Mail for £3.5bn. His first step is to halve mail deliveries which will save £300m by getting rid of staff. Prices will go up, employee's down, services down. And every penny in profit goes to his tax haven accounts.
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Paul Farmer 〓〓 @paul-farmer.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Audio version of my book 'After the Miners' Strike'. Free! Fill your boots, suits and flutes play.google.com/store/audiob...
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After the Miners’ Strike: A39 and Cornish Political Theatre versus Thatcher’s Britain: Volume 1 by Paul Farmer, Mark Kilburn - Audiobooks on Google Play
After the Miners’ Strike: A39 and Cornish Political Theatre versus Thatcher’s Britain: Volume 1 audiobook written by Paul Farmer, Mark Kilburn. AI-narrated by Alistair (from Google). Get instant acces...
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Council Estate Media @councilestatemedia.uk · 21/11/2024
If Jeremy Corbyn was prime minister, he would not have told Zelensky to walk away from peace talks in 2022. He would not have armed Israel. Just think how many more people would still be alive and how much safer we would all be. www.antiimperialist.news/p/jeremy-cor...
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Jeremy Corbyn calls out Starmer for taking us to brink of World War III
British missiles are apparently being fired into Russian territory
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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
🚨 BREAKING: The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant for crimes against humanity in Gaza. The US and UK governments must immediately suspend all arms sales to Israel.
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