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Daughter Mother Sister, praying to see an end to the genocide in palestine

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
So Trump not only disarmed Ukraine by removing the Starlink/Starshield capability with defensive drones (the system only operates in Ukraine), he blinded it too with withholding advanced warnings of Russian missile attacks. How evil, cowardly and craven. Is Kash Patel still in Moscow
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 14/10/2026
This whole "they’ll leave if we ask them to pay a fair share" narrative is boring - and immoral. Fair’s fair. And right now our tax system is not.
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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 17h
Newcastle human rights groups came together to remember the five year anniversary of the PIF takeover of Newcastle United  | Peter Sagar
northeastbylines.co.uk
Newcastle remembers the victims of the Saudi regime
Newcastle human rights groups came together to remember the five year anniversary of the PIF takeover of Newcastle United
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This ought to be a joke If @ofwat.bsky.social seriously wanted to stop poor performance it - would have said NO to 36% bill rise last year - would have said NO to £3.4 billion bill rise on top - would be taking private water companies into PUBLIC OWNERSHIP www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
independent.co.uk
Households to see water bills cut as regulator fines failing suppliers
Ofwat stressed that changes to bills are ‘affected by a range of factors and the effect will vary by company and customer type’
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 14/10/2026
Can someone help us get this message to Andy Burnham? Labour voters want public ownership, not public control - it is time to deliver it
Graphic that says "Andy Burnham, Labour voters want you to deliver public ownership" and shows that 77% to 91% support public ownership of different public services
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Captain Haddock @realcaptainhaddock.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A perceptive thread from Monbiot here
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Jewish MP Gerald Kaufmann in Parliament in 2009. "My Grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her town, a German soldier shot her dead." "My Grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israel to murder Palestinian Grandmothers in Gaza."
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17h
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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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17h
Extraordinary undercover reporting in Reform by ITV, uncovering what many of its councillors and activists are really like, when they think the cameras are off. A racist party which attracts racist people. www.itv.com/news/2026-10...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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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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. 👇👇👇👇
thebureauinvestigates.com
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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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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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.
theguardian.com
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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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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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Private equity puts PizzaExpress, Morrisons and Itsu up for sale. All devoured and declining brands, asset-stripped. PE has no long-term commitment to any product, people or place. Chances are another PE group will see opportunity for scavenging. archive.ph/DFYPq
ft.com
Private equity puts string of UK high street names up for sale
Owners of PizzaExpress, Morrisons and Itsu seeking exits as buyout groups cool on sector
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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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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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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Poundland could fall into administration ‘within days’, thousands of jobs at risk. It has been owned multiple times by private equity and never recovered, over £253m debt. Misleading name. Many items priced at more than a Pound. Shoppers didn't return.
independent.co.uk
Poundland could go into administration ‘within days’ risking thousands of jobs
Around 12,000 jobs at 600 stores are said to be at risk at the group that was bought for just £1 in summer of 2025
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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 · 18h
Drop-off charges at UK airports to be reviewed after sharp rise. Rip-off charges crafted in company boardrooms, exec pay linked to profits. Public transport to airports isn't always good Review is one thing, ending predatory practices is something else.
bbc.co.uk
Airport drop-off charges to be reviewed after sharp increase
Confirming the review, the government said it was "vital to ensure travel remains accessible and that passengers are treated fairly".
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18h
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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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Capitalism has now reached the stage at which companies openly admit that their products represent 'an existential risk to humanity'. And then invite investors to pump money into them anyway.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Lots of talk about 'the lanyard class'. Not enough discussion of the Rolex class.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Racists continually insist that black and brown people can never be English. Then they accuse them of 'refusing to integrate'. I mean, make your bloody mind up.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Beating up pensioners and vandalising curry houses in Gosport is not 'an expression of legitimate concern'
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If only the Tories had as much concern for families on the minimum wage cliffedge as they obviously do for those on the £100,000 cliffedge
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The irony is that I consider Suella Braverman - born in Harrow, raised in Surbiton, educated at Cambridge - as thoroughly English. Even if she wants to deny that obvious fact.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Nathan Gill - Reform's leader in Wales - is serving a ten-year prison sentence for accepting Russian bribes. And still Farage insists that that Russia doesn't attempt to influence British politics.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Margaret Thatcher called bin Laden a 'freedom fighter', Mandela a 'terrorist', Pinochet a 'good friend' and trade unions 'the enemy within'. And Jimmy Savile 'Sir'.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Margaret Thatcher called bin Laden a 'freedom fighter', Mandela a 'terrorist', Pinochet a 'good friend' and trade unions 'the enemy within'. And Jimmy Savile 'Sir'.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Some Reform supporters are arguing that Sagal Abdi-Wali shouldn't be an MP because she wasn't born in Britain. Does the same logic apply to Nadim Zahawi?
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I keep reading that 'nobody should be forced to pay for the BBC'. Meanwhile, I'm forced to pay for the royal family, nuclear weapons, religiously-affiliated schools and the House of Lords.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18h
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.
theguardian.com
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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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I only wish I could get cancelled the same way people who regularly write for Britain's biggest-circulation tabloid newspaper are 'cancelled'
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If I had a choice between making pensioners poorer and making billionaires poorer, I'd go for the latter option
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Economist speculates that the men arrested at RAF Fairford might be nothing more sinister than fuel thieves. If that's true, those who rushed to blame the IRGC, Russia, Islamists, pro-Palestine activists, asylum seekers or Mossad will have a lot of egg on their faces.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There wasn't a social care crisis when local authorities provided the service free of charge. Then Thatcher privatised it and private equity bosses started charging £8000 a month.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Avanti West Coast picked up tens of millions of pounds in subsidies every year while charging passengers the most expensive mile-per-mile fares in Europe. Public ownership is essential to end this egregious example of rip-off capitalism.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Deloitte paid its UK-based partners £1.125m. Firm has 784 equity partners. Due to self-employed status of partners, employer national insurance (ENI) is not paid on profits shared. 150,000 ENI avoided on every £1m of profits shared. Billions lost across the country. Must end this privilege.
cityam.com
Deloitte UK advisory arm rebounds to growth as new boss insists AI 'can’t replace lived experience'
Big Four giant Deloitte's new UK boss, Darren Graves, insisted AI “can’t replace lived experience” as the firm's advisory arms return to growth.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
UK household energy bills forecast to rise 16%, or £276, in January. Household energy debt expected to hit £7bn soon. Heating v Eating dilemma. 120,000 a year die in poverty. Companies profiteer, fuelling costs, inflation, poverty. Public ownership gives govt more policy options.
bbc.co.uk
Household energy bills forecast to see biggest rise in four years
A typical household faces an annual gas and electricity bill of £1,999 from January, based on a key forecast.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Burnham could change tax relief on pension contributions for his projects. Gross tax relief in 2024-2025 was £83.9bn. 71% went to 7.7m additional & higher rate taxpayers. 29% to 30.4m basic rate taxpayers. Giving relief to all at 20% leaves £14.5bn spare for social care. But equality/equity?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Richest 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.org
This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham announces end of triple-lock on the state pension from 2030. It will be replaced by double-lock, slower growth in state pension. Full state pension is already less than 50%of the minimum wage. Poverty awaits future retirees. £500bn of taxes not collected by HMRC since 2010.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 28/09/2026
#LabourConference MPs and delegates have sent Andy Burnham a clear message today. Get Thames Water sorted and put into public ownership - don't give it up to US Hedge Funds. #labour26
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 28/09/2026
Israeli national security minister declares 'we are the owners of the place in Al-Aqsa' amid heavily guarded incursion.
aljazeera.com
Ben-Gvir joins hundreds of Israelis to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound
Israeli national security minister declares 'we are the owners of the place in Al-Aqsa' amid heavily guarded incursion.
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John Lubbock @jwsal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've known Margaret for many years. Her advocacy for Kurdish rights is legendary, and she is a force of nature.
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 28/09/2026
I heard the whole thing.....
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It shouldn't be easier to get Oasis tickets than it is to get an NHS dentistry appointment
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Another massive Thames Water outage. Is there anything this company could actually do before a Labour government finally recognises there is no viable alternative to social ownership?
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