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Leeds voter. When Labour wins, we should all win. Climate First. Born at 310.9 ppm #EnoughIsEnough 14 Years! Result: Tory Broken Britain #SlavaUkraïni 🌻

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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 19h
#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/ environment now. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
you.38degrees.org.uk
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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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Again so true.....
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So sad.......
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 30/09/2026
#Brexit - President Macron is spot on - Brexit has been an utter disaster for the UK.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: ‘It’s an implicit threat’. Lord Tom Watson of Palantir writes to one of its biggest critics -Labour MP @labourlewis.bsky.social - to tell him the surveillance firm is watching him. www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
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They’re saying: we’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla...
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hope you're reading this @andyburnham.bsky.social
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good - tactical voting if necessary.
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I've stopped following you. Starmer was no hero especially to the left.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 18/09/2026
This takes just one minute, you must have a UK postcode Send this letter to your MP, to ask them to attend the parliamentary debate on 12th Oct which will look at the UK's future relationship with the EU. The more people we get to write, and MPs attend, the more they will take the issue seriously
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Why do billionaires resent people getting decent NHS, Social Care and Public Services? They really are the #FilthyRich
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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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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Don't forget George Osborne rushed through earlier postponement of State Pension age for women. Most not being informed, creating hardship for many and disgraceful destituion for some Waspi women.
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Chthönic Smïth @chthonicsmith.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And we constantly here the same trope, "Legitimate concerns", yeah, well what about our legitimate concerns about gangs of balaclava wearing 'militia' harrassing local areas and emergency workers with impunity?
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Sam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s actually incredible to me: some of the most remarkable people in the country - simultaneously among the most brave, the most skilled, and the most kind - being violently targeted by losers who’ve had their brains melted. And nobody who’s in a position to do so is standing up for them.
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
RNLI all volunteers risking their lives to save others. This is appalling.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In 2024-25 HMRC failed to collect £59.2bn of tax; £500bn since 2010. £12.8bn lost through profit shifting by multinational corporations. Promoters of a business rates avoidance scheme boasted that they have deprived local councils of £500m. Billions can be raised by ending abuses.
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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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is so scary!
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
38d.gs/5roa
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Put an AI Rights Bill in place NOW, before it’s too late
Another day, another headline about AI gone rogue. It's why I've signed a new petition calling for the UK Gov to introduce an AI Rights Bill - with REAL rules, regulations and guardrails to protect us...
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Having first tried being a ‘one nation’ Cameron-Tory, then a remainer, then a rabid brexiter, Jenrick has now decided that his route to power lies in being a nasty little far-right shit. A total loser scrabbling around for ‘likes’ in the cesspit of Reform. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/robert...
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Robert Jenrick Says Reform Supporter Who Attacked Woman At Party Conference 'Should Get A Medal'
He previously said the heckler should “get a life”.
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/Kick-Out...
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Andy Burnham: Kick Palantir out of our NHS!
I just signed the campaign calling on the Prime Minister to kick Palantir out of our NHS and police, can you ad your name now?
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"We had the deployed military style Black and Tan and Oswald Mosley yobs marching at Dover, while at the Reform conference we had full on violent hysteria towards a female protester calling out Nigel Farage’s far right illegal donations" via Robert Bryson
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Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Photo of the decade: AfD leader Alice Weidel
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Surely this is illegal? And who would trust him to pay up?
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
38d.gs/jpcf
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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
TBF Healey has been MP of the same constituency since 1997 - suggests he's doing something right.
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
No. Keir became Leader of the Labour Party under clear pledges for government and broke them all. Deeply disappointing for those who pounded the streets to get a Labour Government into power after 14 disastrous years.
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mc2 @mc2photogal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"There is no Lake America. Hope you can swim!" #LakeOntario #LakeAmerica
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
That is an incidence rate of… 0.00547% The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Good morning from Lake Ontario. ☀️
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/Kick-Out...
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Andy Burnham: Kick Palantir out of our NHS!
I just signed the campaign calling on the Prime Minister to kick Palantir out of our NHS and police, can you ad your name now?
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. I've signed the petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Big Chicken Choking our Rivers
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big ...
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
There are dysfunctional public bodies and then there’s Lord (Ben) Houchen’s Tees Valley Authority and its wholly owned South Tees Development Corporation. 🧵1/3
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Bishop Steiner @bishopsteiner.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
still one of the greatest conversations ever put on TV.
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/Save-Fre...
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Save Our Freeview TV
I just signed the campaign calling on the Government to save Freeview TV from being scrapped - will you join me?
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Enough is enough. Devastating wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back our amazing fire fighters and invest in a real national wildfire prevention plan. Join me and sign the petition here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Protect nature for the future: make wildfire prevention a national priority
Enough is enough. Devastating wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back our amazing fire fighters and invest in a real national wildfire ...
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“Icarus, come back! You’ve forgotten your SPF 50!” From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
38d.gs/vqro
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Thames Water: Put customers before bosses
£1 MILLION. That’s what Thames Water has handed its new finance chief while customers face rising bills, the company drowns in debt and they dump sewage into our waterways 😡 Sign the petition demandin...
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
11 days ago Jason Arday resigned, saying he was at his limits. The press wrote 188 more articles. 9 days later Jason Arday was found dead. Enough is enough: Demand an urgent inquiry into the role the media had on his death: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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Sign the petition: demand an inquiry into the culture of the press after Jason Arday's death!
Tragically, Professor Jason Arday has died after a vicious and deeply personal campaign of press attacks over the last few weeks. The Government must urgently launch an inquiry into the culture and b...
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Stupid or what?
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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This is exactly the issue with the wealthy, the corporations they run, and oligarchs in general, they just lie and take no accountability, their capacity to accumulate wealth is never enough, and their bought & paid for leadership ensures they don’t pay any where near their fair share of taxes…🗳️💙
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Nearly a fifth of UK pensioners live in poverty. Two-thirds of single pensioners in poverty are female. Low wages prevent private pensions DB pension schemes gone Gender pay/pension gap Full state pension is less than 50% of minimum wage Yet neoliberals push lower state pension. archive.ph/W6cH3
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Nearly a fifth of pensioners now in poverty - how experts say it should be fixed
The fastest increase has been among those who have never married, followed by divorced pensioners, research has revealed
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Billionaire Google Co-Founder Pumps $102m To Oppose California Wealth Tax, 5% On Assets Above $1bn. Imagine if they did the same to fight poverty. All over the world, Super-rich buy politicians, collect subsidies, lax laws, dodge taxes, cause most pollution. It is People v the Super-Rich.
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Billionaire Google Co-Founder Pumps $102 Million Into Fighting California Wealth Tax | Common Dreams
"Sergey Brin would rather spend $100 million to fund a shady opposition campaign than simply pay his fair share in taxes so millions of Californians don’t lose their healthcare."
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Many women work more than one job to survive and feed their families. But no one job is paid enough to qualify the start of a private pension. The auto-enrolment trigger: £10,000 a year (the point at which an employer must automatically enroll you) Hence Female Pensioner Poverty.
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Did you know a barrister is facing jail just for reminding a jury they have the right to vote with their conscience? This historic right has kept trials fair since 1670. We can't let it be silenced now. Add your name to defend fair trials👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Sign to protect the right to a fair trial
Imagine being called for jury duty, but advised against using your own common sense. ❗A top barrister is now facing contempt of court proceedings, simply for reminding a jury of their rights. If judg...
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Deb retired teacher @value-added24.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Our new PM @andyburnham.bsky.social should look at the Robin Hood Tax otherwise known as Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) 0.05% Other European countries are doing it successfully. Rumour had it in 2016 that's why Brexit was backed by "Big Money".
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 09/08/2026
The biggest wrong turn Britain took in the 1980s was selling off our water companies 8 in 10 of us now believe that decision was one of the worst decisions Britain ever made Andy Burnham, you promised to bring forward big changes. Start with Thames Water: vist.ly/5e4uj
“In the 1980s, Britain took some wrong turns. Political power was centralised, economic power privatised... We will make this moment a circuit breaker for Britain, bringing forward the biggest changes in the last 40 years.” - Andy Burnham, 20th July 2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Major oil firms make $93bn profits in just 3 months amid war and climate crisis. They shift profits, dodge taxes, fuel poverty and inflation. They don't bear the social cost of their business. Forever holding people/govts to ransom. Polluters must pay. Need windfall tax now.
theguardian.com
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Private equity firms made up 50% of the largest US corporate bankruptcies with $1bn+ in liabilities Jobs, communities destroyed for short term profit PE has devoured UK high street; controls vets, supermarkets, care homes, pubs, housing, restaurants. Shadow banking wreaks havoc, govts do nothing.
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Private equity continues disproportionate role in 2026 bankruptcies
Since 2024, PESP has tracked and analyzed corporate bankruptcies, identifying the disproportionate role that private equity-owned firms have played in bankruptcy filings. This trend continued in the…
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