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Sherlock31

@ronjh.bsky.social
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In favour of a habitable climate, clean air, clean water, real food, good housing and healthcare Not in favour of corruption, oligarchs, monopolies, racists, or privatisation

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
UK households paid extra £13961 on bills since 2021 amid soaring inflation Has your net income risen by the same? Income tax personal allowance frozen since 2021. Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in direct/indirect taxes than the richest 20%. Hitting the less well-off is normalized.
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UK households have paid extra £13,961 on bills since 2021 amid soaring inflation, TUC says
Trades Union Congress urges chancellor to tackle rising additional living costs in this month’s budget
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The world the tech bros are building. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do. www.gadgetreview.com/virginia-dat...
gadgetreview.com
Virginia Data Center Ran Diesel Generators for 24 Hours. Residents Fled Their Homes
Virginia data center diesel generators ran nearly 24 hours during a Code Red alert, leaving neighbors with no regulatory recourse under current state permits.
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Sue @suezw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Best line, imo: "Donald Trump has been serially disloyal and unfaithful to every person in his life, except for Vladimir Putin."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
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"Seamus O'Reilly" 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇮🇪🇦🇺🇬🇱 @jimbobuk.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In the observer; Andy Burnham has said "UK authorities are “clear” that there was Russian interference in the Brexit vote: this is the first time a prime minister has confirmed Kremlin involvement in the 2016 referendum." Finally.... What we all knew...
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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Europeans integrating with anything owned by Musk, including allowing X and Starlink, must understand that he is on Russia's side. Not only now ripping apart the electoral system across Europe, working to install pro-russian governments, but when Russia..
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Sherlock31 @ronjh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
👀 "the Trump administration has not invited monitors from the OSCE from observing the U.S. midterm elections" "Until now the only two countries of the fifty-seven in the organization that refused such observation were Russia and Belarus. Now the U.S. joins them."
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Sherlock31 @ronjh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#BigTech's data centres use as much power as millions of homes and guzzle our water We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Zero water waste 🗣️ Local community consent Sign Foxglove's petition to stop data centres harming our communities and environment now. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
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Ban data centres that harm our communities and climate
Big Tech’s giant data centres swallow as much power as millions of homes, guzzle our water, and risk driving up our energy bills - all with zero limits. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Ze...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
To those who somehow don't seem to understand: Which part of authorising weapons sales to a state committing genocide, banning the protest movement trying to stop these sales, using the RAF to provide surveillance flights for Israel and providing major diplomatic and media support is NOT complicity?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Keir Starmer wanted to be remembered as Prime Minister for building homes. Instead he will be remembered for his complicity in destroying them. #GazaGenocide
Rafah, in Gaza, on Google Earth, in 2022, left, and in 2026, right. (from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/google-earth-gaza-images-update-b3057562.html)
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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Government is attempting to weaken end-to-end encryption, which would make everyone's messages, photos, financial details and personal info less secure We’re fighting back Support our work to defend our privacy rights www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/protect-ou...
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Protect Our Personal Data
Our right to privacy is under threat. Help Liberty defend personal data security, expose hidden misuse and fight for stronger safeguards.
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Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I realise you guys all lapped it up, and it was good to see a statesperson show true emotional engagement, but, honestly, ”My dad, who lived in Liverpool, was a good man who believed in opportunity for all and voted Labour so England has to own Scotland” is a fucking dreadful argument.
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The SNP @snp.org · 01/10/2026
Andy Burnham's "National Care Service" turns out to be Free Personal Care in England. Inspired by a policy already delivered in Scotland by the SNP.
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Westminster simply can’t be trusted to deliver for Scotland. Scotland needs independence.
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Tony Carroll @papa67tony.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Someone has to go through the pain of ripping the plaster off" So The Labour PM chose pensioners instead of millionaires #shameonhim
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mcmh44.bsky.social @mcmh44.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"All pensions should be linked to MP's salary increases."
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🔴 We asked Tony Blair's think tank about charging businesses £500k for political access at party conferences and why one of its sponsor's logos disappeared after our reporting last week on TBI's alleged cash for access scheme This is what they said
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith made it crystal clear that his investigation was sound and lawful, that the president had committed crimes and that the GOP attacks on him were the actual weaponization of our justice system. He showed courage and moral clarity and continues to be one of the heroes of this moment.
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Following the news that Manchester City FC has been found guilty of 114 breaches of the PL's rules and regulations, @josimarfootball.bsky.social has lifted the paywall on articles of ours focusing on MCFC and its commercial partners since 2018. Links follow in this thread.
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The Men Behind Manchester City: The Dark Side | Josimar
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In 2021, income tax personal allowance was frozen at £12,570. If aligned with inflation, it would now be £16,070. A minimum wage earner in England will pay extra £980 in income tax & NIC in 2026-27. Govt can easily increase personal allowance by £3,000, worth £600 to basic rate taxpayer.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here is the trailer for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ launch on 9October that has been banned by YouTube, TikTok and Meta, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFTf...
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MUSK | Official Trailer HD
YouTube video by Elevation Pictures
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 25/09/2026
Andy Burnham is right: in the 1980s Britain took a "wrong turn" by privatising life's essentials Our bills have gone up along with shareholder dividends, while the quality of the service has fallen Our NEW REPORT explains how Andy Burnham can deliver public ownership: vist.ly/5jtkd
Screenshot of a Utility Week headline that says "Campaign tells government to ‘squeeze’ utilities and enforce public ownership: Campaign group We Own It is pressing the Prime Minister to consider taking water companies and electricity networks into public ownership, proposing a strategy of "squeezing" them until they become unprofitable. The report suggests a model where 100% of profits are reinvested in services, with governance structures including representation from households and environmental organisations."
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Happy Kicked In The Head By A Horse Day, to all who celebrate. It's the 7th anniversary of this absolute banger.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Made the sports section, lads.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hmmm…deporting brown and black people to Africa and importing white people from Africa. Wonder what could possibly be going on here…
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
Crush the arts (Kennedy Center), destroy the civil service (DOGE), control elections (gestures broadly), dismantle the press (gestures more broadly), decimate science (NIH), and demolish education (DeptEd). The authoritarian playbook.
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WillieMillersMoustache @williemillersm1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
He's talking about the BBC right?
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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Great to hear the PM say “We are going to be much prouder in standing up for our values and the rule of law” re foreign information warfare. I wonder if he or the Home Secretary might consider doing the same when it comes to masked vigilantes shutting down infrastructure and harassing the RNLI
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump doesn’t care a bit about Ukrainian civilians as he starves Ukraine of air defense. But he is terrified about the damage to Putin’s oil industry. Why is that?
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Sherlock31 @ronjh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
MUMSC highlighted that United's "players, staff, stewards, security teams and supporters come from different countries, cultures, ethnicities, religions and backgrounds". That diversity isn't a weakness of Manchester United. It is part of Manchester United." www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
bbc.co.uk
Sir Jim Ratcliffe: Man Utd co-owner 'must go' says Muslim fan group
The Manchester United Muslim Supporters Club says United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe "must go" after he spoke out against immigration and said the country was "on the slide".
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ok but you moved abroad for tax purposes six years ago so why are we listening to you again? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Sherlock31 @ronjh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I've just signed "Prime Minister, What’s Your Plan for Fair Votes?" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/pr... @OpenBritainHQ
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 19/09/2026
This is absolutely horrific. Privatisation turns our healthcare into a for-profit assembly line that doesn't treat us as humans @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social, please, for the sake of our collective health, end this madness Invest and rebuild our NHS and end NHS privatisation
Graphic of a quote from the Daily Mirror: "Women had their breasts unnecessarily removed at an NHS trust which outsourced cancer surgery under a “pay per patient” deal."
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Funny how nobody ever talks about the “legitimate concerns” people have about the extreme concentration of wealth among a small number of billionaires.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Rich assholes like this grind my teeth. Earned his billions off the petrochemical industry Backed Brexit squeezing the UK into a poorer less powerful corner Doesn’t admit that HE is one of the reasons we are in the state we are in Not worth the steam off my coffee www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The only thing we learn from this is that Adam Smith anticipated the BBC: the "disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful...is...the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...
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Martin Bell @martinbell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Billboard outside Old Trafford: "immigrants have done more for this city than billionaire tax dodgers ever will"
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Sherlock31 @ronjh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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This Is Why INEOS Are FAILING At Manchester United! | Nathan Salt Exclusive
YouTube video by Stretford Paddock
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Sherlock31 @ronjh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"AI could do catastrophic damage if entrusted with things like nuclear arsenals or bioweapon design. But that doesn’t require superintelligence, just human stupidity."
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For me, it comes down to this: when compounding crises threaten our water supply, do we want corporations and billionaires in control of it?
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Do what we want or we’ll kill your arts center. Mafia government.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🔴Could what’s happened in US – the corruption, the abuse of power – happen here, I asked Patrick Radden Keefe? He didn’t hesitate. “I don’t think Britain is far behind, honestly.” Read/watch full interview w/London Failing author on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/power-corr...
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Power, corruption & lies with Patrick Radden Keefe
As crypto billionaire Ben Delo gives £36m to Reform, the acclaimed London Falling author tells us why he thinks Britain may not be far behind Trump’s America.
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Sherlock31 @ronjh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film
Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW Why holding a placard is a terrorist act, while causing disruption in a balaclava is not The mess caused by ministers and the police not taking terrorism law seriously By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Recent events in England now reveal the practical difference between terrorists and protesters. It would seem that terrorists peacefully hold placards and get immediately arrested, while protesters wear black uniforms and balaclavas and disrupt infrastructure and do not get arrested.

How did we get into this mess? How have we placed ourselves in the position where terrorism legislation is used to detain and prosecute peaceful protesters, while those adopting the terror tactics of private armies seem to be free to do as they wish?

The reason is that for some time British politicians have not taken terrorism legislation seriously, and that ministers have got into the habit of misusing terror laws for easy targets.
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The "stop the boats" movement is being driven by the type of English suburban racist who thinks that one black family living in their street is one too many. Yes, it really is as simple as that, and it has been for decades. There is no intellectual depth to this stuff. It is pure, distilled hate.
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dransct.bsky.social @dransct.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"AI wins not when it becomes more human, but when humans become more like AI: disengaged and devoid of original thought." . "I am AI disobedient, and I will stay that way." -Sarah Kendzior
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 09/09/2026
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