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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 7h

Trump’s obeisance to Putin has been established beyond even the vaguest scintilla of doubt; the possibility of another January 6-style assault on US democracy after/during the mid-terms is clearly acute and ‘we’ are still wary of calling fascism fascism. These are the moments…

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 9h

The Times from ten years ago this week. They were wrong. In fact Brexit is costing the UK economy roughly £100 billion a year. #ProjectFear

Hard Brexit
could cost
£66bn a year

Leaked Treasury papers reveal lost revenue

Sam Coates Deputy Political Editor
Ollver Wright Policy Editor

Cabinet ministers are being warned
that the Treasury could lose up_to
£66 billion a year in tax revenues under
"hard Brexit", according to leaked
government papers.

GDP.could fall by as much as 9.5 per
cent if Britain leaves the single market
and hastorely on WorldTrade Organi-
sation rules for trading with the conti-
nent, compared with ifit stayed within
the EU,theforecasts show.Such a steep
drop in revenue would force ministers
to slash public spending or raise taxes.
The £66 billion drop, contained in a
draft cabinet committee paper seen by
The Times, is nearly a tenth of the
£716 billion that the government is pro-
jected to collect in taxes this year,and is
equivalent to 65 per cent of the annual
budget of NHS England.

Business leaders are_increasingly
worried that the UK could fail to nego-
tiate a deal with the 27 remaining EU
members by the time it leaves the
union, and will face a "cliff edge" of
trade tariffs and barriers,

Several cabinet ministers who sup-
ported Remain are stepping up efforts
to prioritise business concerns and the
economy in Brexit discussions, fearing
that Leave supporters fail to realise the
scale of potential damage, It comes as:;
○ Theresa May faces a potential legal
challenge by a group of Conservative
MPs over the decision to begin Brexit
negotiations without parliament's
approval. The prime minister's spokes-
man ruledoutgiving MPs a voteyester-
day,saying thatitwould"second guess'
the will of the British people.
○ Dominic Grieve, the former attor-
ney-general, said that unless the gov,
ernment could agree,a deal supported
by parliament it would not survive.
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A Tory backbencher suggested that
British companies should hire disabled

Tuesday October 11 2016 | thetimes.co.uk | No 72038

people to do the work of EU migrants
after Brexit.

Mrs May visited Denmark and the
Nethe…

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 11h

Andy Burnham confirms what previous PM's - May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak and Starmer - failed to, that Russia interfered in the Brexit referendum.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 14h

🔎 From the archive: Putin’s Plot Against ‘Great’ Britain – And How He Got Away With It Now Andy Burnham has revealed there was key evidence Russia interfered in the Brexit Referendum

bylinetimes.com

Putin’s Plot Against ‘Great’ Britain – And How He Got Away With It

Peter Jukes tracks Vladimir Putin’s long war against the West and the allies he has found in the pro-Brexit establishment in the plot to derail Britain

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17h

Bank of England governor tells the UK chancellor to agree a budget that reassures financial markets. Govt told to serve markets, speculators, corporations. Healthcare, education, social justice, housing is secondary in neoliberalism. Wither democracy.

theguardian.com

Bank governor urges John Healey to use budget to allay market fears amid bond turmoil

Andrew Bailey tells chancellor ‘whatever the stance of fiscal policy, it must be credible and be seen as such by financial markets’

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I try to avoid this language, but what a fucking piece of 💩

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

NHS England waiting list hits 7.33m appointments for 6.21m individuals, rises for the third time in 4 months. Privatisation by stealth. NHS capacity neglected. Thousands suffer. Private sector profiteers. www.oecd.org/en/publicati... Hospital beds per 1,000 population, Comparison 2013 and 2023.

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Sandy Thomas 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐕🌱🌏🐝🇪🇺 @sandythomas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

'Affordability'(which he's too stupid to know was always a word) is being negatively affected across the globe - including here in the UK - because of this evil monster and his senseless 'war' with Iran.

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Sandy Thomas 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐕🌱🌏🐝🇪🇺 @sandythomas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If God really exists, they must really hate the world and everyone/ everything on it to inflict Trump on it.

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Sunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Interest on Reserves: The £100bn UK Bank Subsidy You Fund. Banks making £50bn profits a year receive subsidies, long ended by the EU. UK Treasury will payout over £150bn over a five-year period from 2023 to 2028. No justification for handling billions to banks. End bank subsidies, help people.

babelfish.news

Interest on Reserves: The £100bn UK Bank Subsidy You Fund

The Bank of England has paid commercial banks £100bn in interest on reserves in three years. The EU stopped doing it in 2023 – Dale Vince says Britain must too.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This chart published by the Economics Laboratory, shows that the UK social spending is 23% of GDP, covers NHS, social security and support services. It is a useful rebutal to neoliberals calling for cuts to the NHS, state pension and other benefits. www.linkedin.com/posts/charto...

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Sandy Thomas 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐕🌱🌏🐝🇪🇺 @sandythomas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Not sure which countries' delegates stayed put, but shame on them.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Pay rent, eat or keep warm? Growing numbers face hard choices as housing benefit gap grows. No curbs on rents. Shortage of social housing. 2.8m council homes sold since the 1980s, not replaced. Low wages, 37.8% of Universal Credit claimants are in work. Poverty is a political choice.

theguardian.com

Pay rent, eat or keep warm? Growing numbers face hard choices as housing benefit gap grows

Wirral mother among renters turning to food banks as gap between a two-bed and housing benefit hits £158 a month – rising to as much as £324 in London

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension. Means-testing even though people have paid for it. Proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains tax; cut corporation tax. Enrich the wealthiest. No means-testing. Chaos and cruelty inevitable.

theguardian.com

Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension

‘Radical’ report likely to influence party’s platform also proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains taxes

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

lrb.co.uk

Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS

A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...

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Sandy Thomas 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐕🌱🌏🐝🇪🇺 @sandythomas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Unintentional self-inflicted silencing of the ultimate narcissistic with an insatiable need to be heard constantly to feed his fragile ego. Loving it.

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💜Ⓐster💚 @a573r.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Curious about going vegan? This will help. This is the film that opened my eyes and made me a better person 6 years ago. I cried multiple times watching it, but it completely changed how I see the world. youtu.be/LQRAfJyEsko?... #Vegan #PlantBased #Diet #Climate #Documentary #Sustainability

youtu.be

Dominion (2018) - full documentary [Official]

YouTube video by Farm Transparency Project

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Swathes of UK economy are owned by foreign investors. No tax is deducted from billions paid to them in dividends. USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden have a dividend withholding tax for foreign investors. UK could do the same, generate billions. Why are super-rich privileged?

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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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Germany is preparing hospitals for a possible Russian escalation with NATO, Bloomberg reports. Berlin estimates up to 1,000 casualties a day could require medical care.

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Sandy Thomas 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐕🌱🌏🐝🇪🇺 @sandythomas.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

...very soon (like now) and take Trump and Netanyahu along with him.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This should be the moment people finally realise that Farage has turned them into fascists. If you’re choosing this dangerous inhumanity over the rescue work of the RNLI, you’ve lost your minds to racism and hatred.

Reform UK
Follow
@reformparty_uk
Charities' actions in aiding and abetting the invasion of our country will be illegal under
Reform UK.

Photo of Farage on Gb news

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Reform-linked thinktank ‘to call for big tax cuts for the rich’; accompanied by deregulation of the City, weaken the authority of the courts. That would be the return on donations by the super-rich. Cost borne by the old, sick, disabled, unfortunate; cuts to public services.

theguardian.com

Reform-linked thinktank ‘to call for big tax cuts for the rich’

Centre for a Better Britain will urge abolishing inheritance tax and phasing out capital gains tax, report says

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

🚨 NEW: Support for REJOINING the European Union has reached its highest sustained level since the 2016 referendum, according to Sir John Curtice. The polling expert says an average of 61% would now vote to rejoin the EU, compared with 39% who would stay out.

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"In case you're not careful the scary left-wing radicals are coming to ensure working people earn a decent wage; our infrastructure is taken back from the greedy privatisation profiteers; vulnerable people are treated with dignity; and things like hospitals I..." via @anotherangryvoice.bsky.social

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Here's a French video (with English subtitles) about what would happen if the far-right racists got their way and all foreigners and people of colour were forced to leave.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

BBC News, "Reform UK has received two record donations, both of £36 million" "Given by two different crypto currency billionaires" "Last year, if you add up all of the cash donations given to all of the political parties, it comes to about £69m" "These two donations alone come to £72m"

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

What neoliberalism did to the UK. 25.3m people, including 14.9m working adults and 7.7m children, live below minimum income standard. Richest 1% has more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 families hold more wealth than 34m people. Can't grow economy on mass poverty.

leftfootforward.org

Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Harborne has given Reform £36 million to match Delo's £36 million. The Telegraph describes it as a "show of force" from Reform's donors. The two men's £72 million is greater than all of the spending by all political parties on the 2024 GE www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

telegraph.co.uk

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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

theguardian.com

‘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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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It’s not too late to stop this madness - the government has said the uk mega donors are a problem. The lords can bring in a cap on UK donors to stop any attempt to buy the next election. Share this and ask your MP to join us protecting British democracy.

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Sandy Thomas 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐕🌱🌏🐝🇪🇺 @sandythomas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

When people are being paid to vote a certain way, democracy is well and truly dead.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

UK datacentres likely to directly employ 10,400 workers, compared with the 40,000 cited. 8.6 jobs per megawatt of power, compared to 400 in a car plant, 3,600 in a hospital or health facility. Huge consumption of electricity/water, emission of pollution. Need moratorium on expansion.

theguardian.com

UK datacentres will create just 25% of jobs predicted by tech sector, analysis finds

Facilities likely to employ 10,400 workers, compared with 40,000 in industry estimates, thinktank says

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Ilikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Disgraceful that the RNLI have to say this today, but here we are 😞. If you would like to donate👇🏻. rnli.org/support-us/g... #RNLI #RNLISavesLives

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

UK’s biggest private hospital firm Spire in £1.03bn takeover by hedge fund Toscafund known as “the Rottweiler” Value driven by NHS contracts. Spire has 45% gross profit margin New owner will be aggressive. Privatisation bleeds the NHS, money buys less. Must increase NHS capacity.

theguardian.com

UK’s biggest private hospital firm Spire agrees £1bn takeover by hedge fund

Toscafund, founded by City figure known as ‘the Rottweiler’, signs deal amid fears over creeping privatisation of NHS

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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Perfect description of what's going on.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.

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Darth Empath @jhatman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A human can only survive 2-7 days without clean water, whereas we can survive in perpetuity without datacenters. Choose wisely.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Any politician calling to leave the ECHR is lying about what that will achieve. It won’t solve any problem or improve our lives It will make us worse off and remove our rights. Just like Brexit. The ECHR belongs to us all. It’s not theirs to take. Please sign www.europeanmovement.co.uk/echr-petition

europeanmovement.co.uk

Act now to protect the UK's place in the ECHR

Sign the European Movement UK's petition now if you agree: Britain must remain in the ECHR

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Former Tory chancellor Kwarteng wants people to pay for private insurance to access NHS services. A plan to deny healthcare to millions. People already pay taxes, NIC. NHS drained by privatisation. Needs investment. Privatisation hikes cost - water, energy, social care.

thecanary.co

Kwarteng says people will need to pay private insurance to access future NHS services

Tory Kwarteng told GMB that private health insurance must "play a part" in the NHS's future, signalling a move away from a free public service

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

As a very basic thing, we as citizens should not accept the presence of a private army of masked racist thugs on the streets of our towns... intimidating others and threatening to overthrow the state... There are some fairly obvious precedents for this stuff.

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