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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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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
NEW: Arrest for peacefully protesting against the massacring of children forces child psychotherapist to close private practice. She had been arrested for holding a paper sign at a vigil. Amnesty International UK has slammed Payne’s case as “chilling”. novaramedia.com/2026/10/15/c...
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Child Psychotherapist Forced to Close Practice After Holding Sign at Peaceful Protest
Exclusive: A child psychotherapist has had to prematurely end her 16-year career because she was arrested for holding a sign at a Palestine Action demo. And she’s not the only protester to suffer prof...
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 15/10/2026
Privatisation is killing our Royal Mail When staff quit, it creates huge pressure on those who stay, which leads more of them to quit... Let's bring Royal Mail into public ownership, reinvest profits from parcels into hiring staff to make sure we deliver doctors' letters and birthday cards
Screenshot of BBC headline that says "Hundreds of Royal Mail staff quitting each week under new efficiency plans"
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Reform UK councillors and candidates filmed making graphic threats of extreme violence, expressing racist and misogynistic views. Bromley councillor calling for King Charles to be killed. That's the kind of people Reform attracts. It has normalized hatred. What would a Reform govt unleash?
theguardian.com
Reform UK councillors and candidates filmed making racist and misogynist comments
Party faces fresh crisis as three councillors quit after ITV undercover filming exposed violence, misogyny and racist views
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/10/2026
If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Ukraine's drones made inoperable by restrictions on the speed permitted by SpaceX's Starlink network. Musk blames Trump. Any country relying the US or foreign tech companies will be held to ransom, can't defend itself. Need own satellites and systems to fight new imperialism.
bbc.co.uk
Starlink: Musk says US government may be behind slowdown of Ukraine drone speeds
Ukraine says Starlink access has improved but it is still facing speed limits which are disrupting its battlefield "missions".
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Once again… This is not a vetting problem. This is a Reform problem. This is a Farage problem. Only grim losers like this are going to sign up to a racist, misogynistic, extremist, mass-deportations and tell-the-Royal-Marines-to-murder-people-at-sea kind of party. www.itv.com/news/2026-10...
Inside Reform: Councillors and candidates' extreme and racist views on camera
POLITICS REFORM UK
• Wednesday 14 October 2026 at 7:32pm
Daniel Hewitt
Investigations Editor
Warning: This report contains racist and offensive language.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Trump’s a Russian asset, Farage’s party is a racist enterprise, Putin wanted Brexit & if you tried to make a list of all the UK politicians & pundits who’ve backed all three, you’d be here for hours.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
English football's finances are dangerously exposed, majority of clubs living on the edge of financial disaster. 94% of clubs are loss-making, 60%+ of EFL and National League clubs are technically insolvent. Clubs are playthings of owners, corporations. Day of reckoning approaching.
bbc.co.uk
Independent regulator report says English football finances are 'dangerously exposed'
English football's finances are "dangerously exposed, with the majority of clubs living on the edge of financial disaster", a new report says.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
It's legitimate for the EU, the UK, Canada and others to support their Ukrainian ally. If Musk is going to (in effect) assist Putin's invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine's allies should sanction Starlink, X and Tesla. At the very least, governments (and people) should stop using his fucking site already.
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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
No wonder we’re building so many data centres. Tech giants just can't stop hiring politicians, and it's killing our democracy.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov confirms Elon Musk's Space X crippled Ukrainian capabilities last night. In other words, the US deliberately sabotaged European defence operations mid-mission. Every country in the world should move away from buying American hardware ASAP.
"I can confirm that tonight SpaceX has implemented a speed limit on Starlink terminals while in motion.

The limit currently applies to the StarShield “military package” and is set at 100 mph.

Our defense forces were not given notice of this limit, and this has resulted in the disruption of a number of missions.

It is clear that this action cannot be a coincidence and is related to the current political situation."
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 13/10/2026
For the first time, the British government has acknowledged that Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum. So who did BBC Newsnight invite on to discuss what happened? Sergei Markov, Putin’s former spokesman. Par for the course, says Nerve co-founder @carolecadwalla.bsky.social 1/
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Royal Mail losing 400 postal workers a week, says union. Fewer workers lead to more pressure on those remaining. Low morale. Parcels prioritised over letter delivery. Letter delivery targets not met even when lowered, prices hiked. Can RM survive?
bbc.co.uk
Royal Mail losing 400 postal workers a week, says union
The CWU says more posties are leaving since a new delivery system was brought in, that it claims is not working in hundreds of offices.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
UK Chancellor rejects calls to equalise capital gains and income tax rates. Could have generated £14bn a year. This perk benefits less than 1% of the people, mostly in London and South East England. Workers taxed at higher rates than the wealthy. archive.ph/cGk2B
ft.com
Healey rejects calls to equalise capital gains and income tax rates
UK proposal had been backed by senior Labour figures, triggering nervousness among entrepreneurs and investors
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 13/10/2026
Today UNISON members showed up in Westminster from across the country With a clear message for MPs… Sign the petition: 🔗 buff.ly/H7geNga #WeShowUp
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 14/10/2026
I lost my career after refusing to keep quiet about the risks that Palantir poses to our NHS goodlawproject.org/forced-out-of-a-…
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Forced out of a job in the NHS for speaking out on Palantir | Good Law Project
I lost my career after refusing to keep quiet about the risks that a US spy-tech company poses to our NHS
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Palantir didn't have to evade the UK's controls on lobbyists to get astonishing, unminuted access to government ministers and officials, or even to hire them to lobby their colleagues. Why not? Because there aren't any. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Palantir is worming its way into the British state – it’s time to curb this controversial US company’s influence | George Monbiot
Tom Watson has said ‘mob rule’ must not decide public contracts. Perhaps he should take a look at his new employer, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
63% of voters back wealth tax for mega-rich. Wealth tax can be: Tax on accumulated wealth Higher rates on dividends & capital gains Mansion tax Investment income surcharge Cap tax relief on pension contributions by the mega rich What will Chancellor get-off his bended-knees?
mirror.co.uk
More than 60% of voters back wealth tax for mega-rich, Healey told before Budget
Polling released ahead of Chancellor John Healey's first Budget found that 63% of voters want increased taxes on people with over £10million in assets - a move campaigners believe would pay ...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Towns in England at risk of running out of water until 2027. Over one trillion litres of water a year lost to leaks. No new reservoirs since privatisation. Record customer bills. Polluted rivers. No national planning. No national grid. Crisis deepened by privatisation. archive.ph/0XI5H
inews.co.uk
The UK towns at risk of running out of water until 2027
Extreme dry conditions are set to stay through the winter, experts warn
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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 13/10/2026
Stop private equity from profiting off our NHS! 🚨 Millions meant for patients and hospital staff are siphoned to private investors. Take 60 seconds to send our letter to your MP: everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/stop-private...
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 12/10/2026
“Tom Watson has taken a job lobbying for Palantir. Revolving doors. They really are a problem in British politics.” Natalie Bennett criticises the links between politicians and powerful corporations, and Watson’s comments about “mob rule" deciding government contracts.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelensky: "When our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations... It’s pretty clear where those bots were coming from."
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
More information on the Bureau of Investigative Journalism website. Abramovich’s inner circle presented high court with sham documents and misleading testimony Documents faked by Deloitte staff were used to help fend off a lawsuit. 👇👇👇👇
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Abramovich’s team presented sham documents to London high court
Documents faked by Deloitte staff were used to help fend off a lawsuit from rival oligarch
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Ukraine has hit a huge Russian data centre linked to bot farms. In unrelated news, does anyone know why every Reform account on Twitter is getting hardly any likes and shares?
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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 12/10/2026
Over 50,000 patients waited more than 12 hours in A&E last month alone. Winter hasn’t even hit yet, and NHS waiting lists have climbed to 7.37 million. Health leaders are warning that pressures are already at critical levels. Read the full breakdown here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
UK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing Institute. UK infrastructure is owned by foreign investors/states - ports, airports, water, energy, microchips, auto, steel, computers, phones. Can't reduce UK vulnerability without abandoning neoliberalism.
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UK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing Institute
George Williamson says ‘national resilience’ is key focus of ATI amid US and China’s runaway leadership in field
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
WITHOUT a Wealth Tax someone with £11M could buy a decent family hatchback... But they probably already have a Ferrari (or 2). WITH a Wealth Tax, we could have free childcare for all AND build 90K new social homes. Oh, & someone with £10,980,000 could STILL buy a new hatchback.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Eight years ago
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 12/10/2026
Why should we compensate failing companies when they don't deliver the services we all rely on? They took the risk - they should pay the price.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Deloitte in Cyprus helped in falsifying documents to hide Roman Abramovich's wealth and evade tax, Leaked documents show transactions backdated and tailored. Assets spirited away to BVI. Big four accounting firms advise UK govts, get public contracts, routinely implicated in scandals.
bbc.co.uk
Deloitte helped in falsifying documents to evade tax on Abramovich’s wealth
Backdated paperwork also made the Russian oligarch’s yachts and mansions disappear from accounts, BBC finds.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
UK drivers forced to use parking apps can pay up to 40% more. Hidden charges, full price not shown until the payment page. Neoliberals complain about regulation but silent on daily fleecing of people by predatory capitalism. All done to boost profits, exec pay.
theguardian.com
Drivers forced to use parking apps can pay up to 40% more
Council car parks have switched away from ticket machines to cut costs, leading to extra fees for users
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Sokol @sokol-h.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Noni is better than you redstory.substack.com/p/beautiful-...
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Noni is better than you
Stop yapping on the internet. I’ll show you some end product
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 10/10/2026
Andy Burnham must properly fund our NHS and end NHS privatisation We spend £40 billion LESS on health per capita than comparable European countries like France and Germany After years of underfunding and privatisation, our NHS is on its knees. It's time to get serious about reinstating our NHS
Screenshot of a Times article that says "PM and his chancellor reject NHS cash appeal"
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Amen.
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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 10/10/2026
Skip Netflix tonight, watch something that matters. 🎬 Two essential documentaries on Britain's healthcare: The Great NHS Heist: youtu.be/Www0cHLQulw?... The Dirty War on Britain’s NHS: youtu.be/BByqoBS7MEc?... Old, but 100% relevant today. Watch and tell us your thoughts! 💬
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Leonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In other words, a 10 percent contraction in one of Britain’s most successful exports. If it were steel or fish or other infinitely less profitable sectors, people would be having a meltdown.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Beyond awkward. Look how the Labour candidate in Holborn and St. Pancras responded when Palestine was mentioned. 😱😱😱😱
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Mark Zuckerberg is trying to fix the Brazilian election. By hiding Lula's account and posts from him and all his supporters on all his platforms while boosting Bolsonaro. These criminals need to be in jail.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This looks like a crucial investigation to me, building on an essential body of work by @bylinetimes.bsky.social Please help to support it. subscribe.bylinetimes.com/lightuptheda...
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#LightUpTheDark – Byline Times
Dark Enlightenment: The US Far-Right War on British Institutions Help Byline Times Fund aN URGENT New INVESTIGATIVE SERIES #LightUpTheDark What is the Dark Enlightenment? The extraordinary anti-DEI me...
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 08/10/2026
👉REVEALED -- The BP-linked oil spill leaving Angolans sick and hungry by Stéffie Banatvala & Giorgio Michalopoulos Satellite imagery shows how oil has been leaking off Angola’s coast for 13 years, sickening locals and polluting their environment www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-the...
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Revealed: The BP-linked oil spill leaving Angolans sick and hungry
Satellite imagery uncovered by Declassified shows how oil has been leaking off Angola’s coast for 13 years, sickening locals and polluting their environment
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 08/10/2026
“If the police do indeed give certain protests sympathetic treatment, then it’s the political right, not the left, who benefit from those double standards.” DK Renton on Patriot Platform: goodlaw.social/7cal
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DK Renton: Patriot Platform can't spread fear and call it protest
If you want the right to speak up, you can't try to shut other voices down, says DK Renton
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 08/10/2026
Here’s a new idea - people get stripped of honours for doing dishonourable things - let’s add tax dodging to the list. buff.ly/6zFAOmn
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No doubt all the people who printed, posted or broadcast this now disproved story respect their readers/viewers/listeners/followers enough to correct the record asap… www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...
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‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Private equity owners of Boots sell it to another PE group from Canada for £6.74bn. Debt-laden PE has no long-term interest. Everything is a commodity. No UK tax levied on dividends paid to foreign owners, which sweetens cash extraction. PE dominates town centres, when it crashes ...
theguardian.com
Canada’s Weston family buys Boots for $8.9bn
Former Selfridges owners buy UK high street institution from long-term backer Stefano Pessina
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 08/10/2026
TAKE BACK OUR ROYAL MAIL Andy Burnham make it 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫, let it go bust if it can't, then take over. OR just buy it back at a discount as a vital 500 year old asset. vist.ly/5mhfz
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Ministers urged to ‘save’ Royal Mail as up to 2,500 jobs set to go
UNIONS called on ministers to save the Royal Mail today after it announced plans to cut up to 2,500 jobs by the end of 2027.Communication Workers Union deputy general secretary Martin Walsh said that the proposals will affect some 200 CWU-represented jobs in administration and revenue protection.“We urge the government to confront the reality of a collapsing Royal Mail and intervene to save this national institution,” he said.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The threats to our resilience are the same as the threats to our democracy: corporate lobbyists shaping policy, with dire consequences for our ability to withstand crises. Burnham seems to want to change this. But is he aware of scale of the task? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot
The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Deloitte fined £6.05m for dud audits at Go-Ahead Group. Fines passed to clients in higher charges. Big firms routinely deliver dud audits. None shut down. Regulator so impressed, set to reduce audit quality inspections, will rely on self-reporting by firms.
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Sanctions against Deloitte LLP
Executive Counsel of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has issued a Final Settlement Decision Notice under the Audit Enforcement Procedure and imposed sanctions against Deloitte LLP (Deloitte) in ...
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