Reposted by SokolCold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 4hCable Street 1936-2026: Not Then Not Now roughtradebooks.com/products/cab... 22653210
Reposted by SokolZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10hLabour just don't get it. They don't get how scared people are with extreme weather becoming our new normal. We need voices in parliament that will force them to take wildfires seriously, not quietly shirk responsibility. 321147366
Reposted by SokolPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10hUK chancellor to meet bank bosses for a pre-budget summit to discuss possible tax raid. Banks profiteering but resent windfall tax. Any chance of ending bank subsidies? Any chance of meeting pensioners, disabled, sick, poor to hear their concerns?news.sky.comHealey summons UK bank chiefs to pre-budget summit next weekThe chancellor, John Healey, has called in the CEOs of lenders including Barclays, Lloyds and NatWest for talks ahead of his crucial budget statement. 25323130
Reposted by SokolEveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 3hOver the last 3 years, NHS trusts paid nearly £1bn to insourcing firms, 17 of the top 50 owned by private equity. Money for frontline care and staff is lining shareholder pockets off the back of growing waiting lists. Tell your MP to end PE in our NHS: everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/stop-private... 02521
Reposted by SokolBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We are just Germany in the 1930s instead of blaming Jews we are blaming migrants. But they aren't responsible for Austerity, Brexit or the profiteering crisis. #bbcqt 737296
Reposted by SokolFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Zack Polanski, "We are the party that wants to tax the every richest, bring our public services back into public hands, and end rip-off Britain" "We are sure about who we stand up for" "And who we are standing up against" 318864
Reposted by SokolWill Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026EXCLUSIVE Reform MP Sarah Pochin asked a question about the impact second homes have on rural areas, just 48 hours before buying a £800k second home in Wales… willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/reform-mp-...willhaywardwales.substack.comReform UK MP buys £800k Welsh second home just days after questioning their impactIs this a case of politicians saying ‘do as I say, not as I do’? 19222141
Reposted by SokolFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Zack Polanski slams Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper's attack on non violent protest, and Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband's indifference to it. "We the Greens say, drop the charges, end the genocide, de proscribe Palestine Action" 414349
Reposted by SokolM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Naomi Klein Is Spot On....... 15786943374
Reposted by SokolThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 02/10/2026“We are calling on this government to put in place a three-year emergency brake on private rents, let wages begin to catch up with the rents that have outstripped them for far too long.” Zack Polanski on the fight for fairer, more affordable rents. 319161
Reposted by SokolFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Zack Polanski, "Over the next year, more than 1/3 of the money that the DWP spend on housing benefits, go straight into the pockets of private landlords, subsidising their extortionate rents" "That's £13.4 billion" "That could be spent building new council homes" 17483171
Reposted by SokolOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 02/10/2026 'In the letter, Watson detailed Lewis’s interventions on Palantir, writing: “By my count, you’ve spoken about Palantir almost 130 times since 2020; around 50 in the past year alone.” Clive Lewis MP told The Nerve: “ ... That, to me, was an implicit threat"' www.facebook.com/bheardmedia/... 27382216
Reposted by SokolFemi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Only white people can be English - Suella Braverman Every single black and brown person in the UK will be in danger if Reform UK ever wins an election.youtube.comSuella Braverman accidentally exposes Reform UK racism - BBC Question TimeYouTube video by Femi - F Politics! 2219961
Reposted by SokolGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 02/10/2026It's clear what the people want. Palantir OUT of our NHS 🔥 We have less than 2 months to kick them out👇 goodlaw.social/668d1d 9277115
Reposted by SokolGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 02/10/2026🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The NHS is trying to silence us for criticising Palantir, but we’re not bowing down to the pressure goodlawproject.org/is-this-the-firs…goodlawproject.orgIs this the first ever SLAPP by our own Government? | Good Law ProjectThe Department for Health and Social Care has written to us demanding we take down our video criticising Palantir’s NHS contract – we won’t 6240126
Reposted by SokolPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Millions of UK workers withdrawing from pension schemes to make ends meet Consequence of low wages and high cost of living forcing people into hardship choices - living now v income in retirement. They will have lower private pension in later life and state pension isn't enough even now.bbc.co.ukWhy Gen Z are opting out of workplace pensionsA growing number of people are opting out of these schemes due to cost-of-living pressures. 31315160
Reposted by SokolByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In addition to being the UK's most Kremlin-sanctioned newspaper, Byline Times has now been banned two years running from both Conservative and Reform UK party conferences. Judge us by our critics, and subscribe to support our work: subscribe.bylinetimes.com @peterjukes.bsky.social 19532173
Reposted by SokolPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Dividends paid to UK citizens taxed at rates of 8.75% to 39.35%, lower rate than wages. Dividends mostly go to the top 1%. £6bn a year raised if dividends taxed at the same rate as wages. More if NIC levied. Unlike the US, France, Germany, no UK tax levied on dividends paid to foreign investors.leftfootforward.orgThis is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardshipSustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population 12255126
Reposted by SokolJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Omg Kate Garraway gagged her with that question 1262143406
Reposted by SokolPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026US private equity owner of Boots to sell it to a Canadian private equity firm for $9bn (£7bn). NHS prescriptions are a major money makers. Otherwise its prices are high. No UK tax levied on dividends paid by Boots to its foreign owners.theguardian.comBoots owner ‘closing in on sale to Canada’s Weston family for $9bn’Deal would mark return of Canadian family to UK after it sold Selfridges department store for £4bn in 2022 18272168
Reposted by SokolPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Your weekend reminder that Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes no fault evictions He is not on your side youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...youtu.beIf UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting himYouTube video by Peter Stefanovic 591028504
Reposted by SokolPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026UK airlines to be banned from charging parents to sit with children. Some people charged up to £104 extra. Neoliberals routinely moan about regulation but are silent on customer rip-off schemes. If businesses were ethical we wouldn't need regulation.theguardian.comUK airlines to be banned from charging parents to sit with childrenPlanned rule change forms part of Burnham’s bid to crack down on the ‘little charges that add up’ 23493156
Reposted by SokolRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding. 531856754
Reposted by SokolMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026UAE officials have warned the UK that a severe punishment for Man City could hurt future Emirati investment in Britain, Bloomberg reports. This is the perfect argument for keeping foreign money out of football. 2684084928
Reposted by SokolCold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 02/10/2026According to Suella Braverman not one of these ENGLAND players are English. FUCK HER 🖕🖕🏾🖕🏿🖕🏽🖕🏼 841905530
Reposted by SokolDale Vince @dalevince.com · 01/10/2026It’s one of several hidden drivers of energy bills - making them higher than we need. buff.ly/1ZZlymW 24912
Reposted by SokolDale Vince @dalevince.com · 01/10/2026Was just explaining this to someone at Labour’s conference - Crown Estate owns the coast and seabed and charges for the use of it for green energy projects - pushing up energy bills. 710348
Reposted by SokolMiguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This entire City story - and especially the last stories of Etihad, Burnham and Khaldoon’s diplomatic immunity - crystallises why states and state actors should not be allowed own clubs The longer it goes, the more chaotic it gets www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...independent.co.ukWhy Andy Burnham has got it wrong on Man City’s Abu Dhabi ownersAndy Burnham confessed he would be ‘really concerned’ if Man City’s Abu Dhabi owners sold but, as Miguel Delaney writes, the prime minister’s view clashes with those inside football and a pressing nee... 915037
Reposted by SokolBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Here's the short answer. Social Care would be affordable if it was Nationalised. So would Energy. And Water. And Housing. And so on. The problem, no profit for billionaires. But that would be THEIR problem. 616262
Reposted by SokolThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 01/10/2026A £276 increase in bills in January would be the final straw for millions across the country. The Prime Minister must turn words into actions and stop bills going up on his watch. 919384
Reposted by SokolWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 01/10/2026Palantir's founder hates the NHS, so why is he handling our NHS patient data? Private companies should be nowhere near our NHS and our patient data It is time for them to go. Their contract ends in February 2026. You can help make sure it is not renewed Add your name: vist.ly/5kkstvist.lyTell the Health Secretary, Yvette Cooper: No Palantir in our NHSPalantir’s contract with NHS England is up for renewal in February 2027, with discussions expected to begin this year. This is a critical moment for us to tell the new Health Secretary: No Palantir in... 514279
Reposted by SokolPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🔴 Protests against Palantir across England today. In July, we published this deep dive into Palantir, its lobbying in Britain and the myriad problems NHS staff have had with its software. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/its-just-a...democracyforsale.substack.com"It's just a waste of time": inside Palantir's £330m NHS failureOur new investigation reveals the problems with Palantir’s NHS tech - and the unrivalled political access that fuelled the firm’s march into the British state 6239116
Reposted by SokolBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Michael Caine "I voted for Brexit... I'd rather be a poor master than a rich servant... You get lost, and then you find your way, and it will be alright." This Brexiteer lives in LA, has never been a poor anything, and there are zero consequences for his actions on him. 70648154
Reposted by SokolPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Capital gains taxed at lower rates than wages. 2024-25: 584000 people paid £24.2bn capital gains tax (CGT) on £127.3bn gains. 45% of CGT paid by those with gains of £5m+, less than 1% of CGT payers. Align CGT rates with tax rates on wages, generate £12bn-£14bn. More if NIC charged.leftfootforward.orgThis is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardshipSustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population 7201101
Reposted by SokolPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026UK law firm partners collect record pay, up to £2.5m per equity partner. Partners treated as self-employed. Firms don't pay employer national insurance (ENI) on profit taken by partners. £150k ENI dodged for every £1m profit shared. Public purse deprived. Must end this tax perk. archive.ph/vJCIjft.comTop UK law firm partners take home record paySpate of listings in Hong Kong boosted IPO work and related transactions 7209116
Reposted by SokolGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied. 361368614
Reposted by SokolDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread: 611039441
Reposted by SokolPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/20269 years after Grenfell fire killed 72 people, Police pass files to the Crown Prosecution Service for possible charges against 54 individuals and 20 companies. How many will be prosecuted? Years of litigation will follow. Justice delayed is justice denied.bbc.co.ukMet Police submits Grenfell Tower fire investigation files to CPSThe force is seeking charges against 54 individuals and 20 companies over the 2017 tower block fire. 26485202
Reposted by SokolDaily Cannon @dailycannon.com · 30/09/2026I just keep coming back to this. This was six months ago. 1024925
Reposted by SokolPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026South West Water pleaded guilty to sewage dumping, fined £8m, a decade after the events. Yet govt introduced more deregulation. England's water industry controlled by organisations with criminal convictions. None has licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Customers fleeced.bbc.co.ukSouth West Water fined almost £8m for sewage spillsSouth West Water previously entered guilty pleas to pollution offences spanning six years. 22392202
Reposted by SokolReform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Reform UK’s Welsh leader works for firm that helps foreign workers migrate to the UK nation.cymru/news/reform-...nation.cymruReform UK's Welsh leader works for firm that helps foreign workers migrate to the UKMartin Shipton Reform UK’s leader in Wales works part time for an organisation that helps foreign migrants obtain visas to work in the UK, we can reveal. Helen Jenner recently took over from Dan… 12178104
Reposted by SokolPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026UK public sector bodies spent £17bn with offshore-owned private equity firms last year. The same vultures received £31bn public sector contracts. Profiteering, low wages, tax dodging, asset-stripping is their business model. Enriched by public money. How many have politicians on payroll?gmb.org.uk£17 billion taxpayer cash went to offshore private equity last yearWe need to buy British, GMB tells Labour conference 27581329
Reposted by SokolPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026New Mystic Meg prediction by Daniel Hannan who famously predicted the ‘blue eyed Sheikhs’ of Iceland Banking would would save us in 2004, Brexit Britain would be booming in 2026, and that Covid wouldn’t kill anyone in 2020 In other words, we will be rejoining the EU 50617107
Reposted by SokolYankeeGunner @arsenalvisionpodcast.com · 30/09/2026This is the literal reason why sportswashing works. This is exactly the aim. 1323731
Reposted by SokolUNISON @unison.org.uk · 30/09/2026🚨 Councils across England, Cymru and Scotland are facing a funding crisis. Sustainable funding is needed to recover and thrive. 📣 Email your elected representative today and demand the investment our councils need to rebuild and strengthen our communities 👉️ buff.ly/m3ghTo1 042
Reposted by SokolPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Richest 1% of Britons owns more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 richest families hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population combined. The concentration of wealth in fewer hands has not provided the necessary economic stimulus. Need redistribution.leftfootforward.orgThis is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardshipSustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population 981890708
Reposted by SokolAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conferencebylinetimes.comKemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist BanThe ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press 661084545
Reposted by SokolUNISON @unison.org.uk · 30/09/2026🏥💷 NHS workers are still waiting on a promise made two years ago to fix problems with their pay structure. UNISON says the health secretary must finish the job, secure the investment needed and urgently restart pay talks with unions. Read more ⬇️ buff.ly/MoMOivi 083
Reposted by SokolLewis @lgambrose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"It raises the real question about the credibility of the FFP. That is what this is all about. They give us the message that they can get around it by doing what they want. It means financial fair play will not come in. It is as simple as that."theguardian.comArsène Wenger accuses Manchester City of bending Uefa fair-play rulesArsène Wenger has called on Uefa to investigate Manchester City's sponsorship deal with Etihad Airways 311724
