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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
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The Guardian view on EV charging: China took the right lessons from Britain’s past | Editorial
Editorial: Megawatt fast EV charging reflects a coordinated grid strategy the UK once used. Privatisation and fragmentation now make that infrastructure far harder to build
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Should we bulldoze the Houses of Parliament? 🏛️ A new report says fixing the crumbling building could cost an eye-watering £40bn and take 61 years. It’s sparked a hot debate. Have your say in this 1-minute snap poll from 38 Degrees:
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds. action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3342/pe...
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It’s outrageous that the majority of our lawmakers are unelected. Sign now to demand power be placed rightfully in the hands of the people
It takes 30 seconds
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
He would be one of the first to be picked up!
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
The same people who supported Thatcher & privatisation which is responsible for the high prices.
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
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High energy prices threaten UK’s status as manufacturing power, business groups say
CBI and Energy UK report finds 40% of firms have cut investment as electricity costs remain far above pre-Ukraine levels
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...
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First Past the Post means millions of our votes make no difference to parliament. Add your name now to demand a fairer voting system
It only takes 30 seconds
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Left: Former Conservative Home Secretary now Reform UK supporter Suella Braverman says we need to leave the ECHR because the ECHR stopped the Rwanda plan Right: BBC News, "The Conservative's Rwanda plan announced 18 months ago has been ruled unlawful by 5 Justices here at the UK's Supreme Court"
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
71% of Manchester United football club players are migrants. Ratcliffe is an immigrant in Monaco.
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
How many migrants play for Manchester united?
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Brexit has had ‘severe and long lasting’ impact on economy, says Reeves, as she confirms budget tax rises – UK politics live
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Is it time to add VAT to Buy to Let mortgage repayments? This, plus a reintroduction of the 1977 rents act - which would result in fair rents (based on average income in the area, rather than the “market”). This would provide more income for the government and massively reduce Housing benefit bill.
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
fb.watch/Bv0kl0YXbX/?...
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
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Public ownership of England’s water companies could cost close to zero, says thinktank
Exclusive: Common Wealth report argues debt, pollution and underinvestment justify process known as special administration
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services
Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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The UK - like most 'developed' countries - has a very low birthrate. Why is that?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
NDAs can silence victims of abuse & harassment. Let's change this! Sign the petition to ensure the Employment Rights Bill bans NDAs in cases of misconduct. #StopAbusiveNDAs #EmploymentRightsBill you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop employers covering up abuse
Hey! Do you remember the Harvey Weinstein case? Non Disclosure Agreements silenced victims of abuse - and it's not just happening in Hollywood. They're used in the UK to cover up all kinds of miscondu...
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I can’t think of any products made in the USA that I have purchased in the last 10 years.
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Private companies are polluting our rivers, hiking up bills, and failing to deliver. 82% of us want public ownership – let’s make it happen! Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...
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Put Public Ownership of Water Back on the Table
Privatisation of water isn’t failing - it is the failure. The Government is mid-way through a major review of the water sector. But so far, it has refused to consider a potential solution that’s backe...
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
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Brexit Even Failed On US Trade Sanctions
YouTube video by A Different Bias
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
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Why Labour is crushing your living standards
YouTube video by Garys Economics
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Managed to observe lent and Ramadan to this year and abstain from alcohol, chocolate, meat, fish etc… Being peg fed helped of course.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Steve Witkoff told Tucker Carlson that four Ukrainian regions (which Russia partially or fully controls at the moment) should become Russian because there were "referendums" where "overwhelming majority of the people" voted to be under the Russian rule. This is not true.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Left: Nigel Farage says medicine shortages after Brexit is, "Utter tosh.. It's complete and utter rubbish.. Project fear.. It should be utterly completely totally disregarded" Right: "Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years"
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services
Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Pure Nimbyism.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
This sounds like a plan for us from Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada
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Katy Killen @mazemwold.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Tax wealth, not wages.
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Don’t cut welfare, writes Patience Wheatcroft. Raise taxes on the richest
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Don’t cut welfare. Raise taxes on the richest
If ever there was an opportunity – and a need – for a government to say that it needed to raise more cash from taxpayers, this is it
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🚨🚨 Given horrible state of things in the world, it is easy to simply forget about the absolute shitshow of #brexit but new report by Food and Drink Federation is a stark reminder of those devasting implications. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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UK food and drink exports to the EU down 34% since Brexit
Food and Drink Federation say businesses are struggling to deal with added ‘complexity and bureaucracy’
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Oh. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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UK food and drink exports to the EU down 34% since Brexit
Food and Drink Federation say businesses are struggling to deal with added ‘complexity and bureaucracy’
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🔴Prisons Overcrowding Crisis to Force Keir Starmer to Release Thousands More Prisoners Early The crisis followed the last Conservative Government’s failure to fulfil its promise to build up to 20,000 more prisons places before leaving office bylinetimes.com/2025/03/14/p...
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Prisons Overcrowding Crisis to Force Keir Starmer to Release Thousands More Prisoners Early
The crisis followed the last Conservative Government's failure to fulfil its promise to build up to 20,000 more prisons places before leaving office
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Will Panama blow up the locks on their canal, rather than letting them fall into Trumpian hands? Lots of jobs for Magellan Straits pilots.
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The global battle against the climate crisis needs China. I am going to Beijing, and that’s what I’ll tell them Maybe you should stand in shock and awe at the huge world breaking advances have made in renewables and EVS, to name but a few
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Naturally…
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Dramatic fall in London’s levels of deadly pollutants after Ulez expansion
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Does he have a clue? Trump exempts many Canadian goods from tariffs after giving same delay to Mexico – US politics live
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
2 day change -1,400 (always a tweet)
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Exactly
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
"The myth that there was a promise by Western leaders not to allow new members to join has been circulating for many years, and is actively used in disinformation campaigns by the Kremlin since the start of the Russian war against Ukraine." www.nato.int/cps/ra/natoh...
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De-bunking Russian disinformation on NATO
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Don’t use any of those
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Richard Murphy has done a good you tube on this.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
This really is ageing like vinegar
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tonypowell.bsky.social @tonypowell.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Given that the CIA have 70+ years of overthrowing governments, WTF are they waiting for?
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