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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
A serial fraudster has registered dozens of fake “banks” at Companies House - with names like “UBS Group AG Ltd.” Every time he’s busted, he just does it again. Zero checks. Zero consequences. And a legit incorporation agent has enabled the fraud. Thread:
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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 03/06/2025
A basic income pilot in Wales focused on care leavers and gave them the support to begin their adult lives that many take for granted.
bigissue.com
Care leavers were given free money, no strings attached. Here's what happened
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
1. This is Piles Copse, the largest remaining fragment of high-ground temperate rainforest on Dartmoor. It’s a tiny speck of green in a dismal, human-made desert. Prepare yourselves for a story of breathtaking perversity, told in this thread. (There’s a one-page version at the bottom). 🧵
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment. My column today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
The BBC is utterly beholden to the right. Why else would it fear a podcast about heat pumps? | George Monbiot
The broadcaster behaves like Starmer’s government: suppress the left, cave to your critics, and undermine your own survival, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Centre for Mental Health @centreformh.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
⚠️ Mental ill health costs £300bn a year in England. That's double the NHS's entire budget. The costs of under-investing are high - and they mostly fall on people struggling and their families. We're urging the Government to invest in mental health ahead of the #SpendingReview: tinyurl.com/ywteyz9v
Text: Mental ill health costs England £300 billion a year. The majority of these costs fall on people with mental health difficulties. For example, through the costs of informal care, lost earning and reduced quality of life.Text: Mental ill health costs England £300 billion a year. That's double the NHS budget. In 2022 the NHS budget was £153 billion (NHS England, 2022). Alongside cartoon graphics of an ambulance and a doctor
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Oh. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Brexit led to 1,500 deaths a year as EU nurses left UK, study finds
Quality of care dropped as staff were replaced with less experienced nurses, researchers at the University of Surrey say
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Matt Hancock intervened personally to help a pizza firm, owned by a Conservative donor, win a lucrative Covid PPE contract. Two days before winning the deal, the company, which had no previous experience of supplying medical equipment, removed ‘pizza’ from its name bylinetimes.com/2025/04/11/m...
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Matt Hancock Intervened to Help Conservative Donor's Pizza Firm Land Lucrative Covid PPE Contract
Two days before winning the contract, the company, which had no previous experience of supplying medical equipment, removed 'pizza' from its name
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
1. Yesterday I wrote a thread about the dire warnings from food professionals on the state of supply chains. Comfortable folk might find it impossible to imagine an end to the current abundance. But we'd better start imagining it fast. THIS thread is about solutions - false ones and sound ones.
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Emma Kennedy @emmakennedy.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Let’s be clear. He sold $2.4 billion of his stock the day before he announced tariffs. He’s now crashing the stock market deliberately. He will then buy stock when it’s fallen through the floor. All this is is him stiffing everyone to get richer. That’s it.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Heaven help us
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Today, UK minimum wage has increased. Worker over the age of 21 working a 35-hour week will earn £22,222 a year, £19,519 after tax & NIC. For minimum living standard, a single person needs to earn £28,000; couple with 2 children need £69,400. Millions will struggle with poverty rely on charity.
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Prem Sikka: A boost in the minimum wage is welcome, but more must be done to improve people’s material conditions
'Despite the increase, the minimum wage will still be comparatively low, and millions will live below the minimum acceptable standard of living.'
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Marine Le Pen is a criminal who stole millions in taxpayers money to facilitate the dismantling of the EU, she literally bit the hand that fed her to accelerate the rise of the far-right Thread
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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Being self-employed is hard graft at the best of times, and @gailmyerscough.bsky.social is (like many of us) feeling the pinch at the minute. If you like her amazingly brilliant designs please spread the word on here with a RePost, thank you xx 👍👍
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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 27/03/2025
“We live in the sixth-richest country in the world where billionaires alone saw their wealth soar by £11bn last year. It is morally repugnant that children, disabled people and carers are the ones who are taking the hit.”
theguardian.com
Record 4.5m children in poverty in UK as cuts condemned as ‘morally repugnant’
Data published on day after Labour announces cuts that analysts say will hit children and disabled people hardest
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Every actor, director, and member of the Academy be like
Cuphead flower meme

angry: Will smith slapping chris rock
tee hee: Hamdan Ballal being imprisoned and beaten by the IDF
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Jeez. The Government’s own impact assessment on welfare cuts finds they would drive 250,000 more people, including 50,000 children, into poverty
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Bizarre. Even in meetings at Westminster today Ministers were unwilling to admit that benefit cuts will increase poverty DWP doc, published by govt, page 4: "there will be an additional 250,000 people (including 50,000 children) in relative poverty" assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67e3fa...
independent.co.uk
Reeves rejects own government’s findings of cuts pushing 250,000 into poverty
An impact assessment, published today by the Department of Work and Pensions, said 3.2 million families will lose an average of £1,720 a year as a result of the changes
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Did you come into politics to make poor people poorer?" James Murray, "To put more money into people's pockets" KGM, "250k people in poverty?" JM, "Tackling child poverty is a priority for the Prime Minister, the Chancellor, for all of us" KGM, "Not a very high priority"
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 24/03/2025
An open letter to Bridget Phillipson on Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) | Michelle Cook @westenglandbylines.co.uk @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
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An open letter to Bridget Phillipson on Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
A parent’s response to Phillipson’s position on SEND funding
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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
It’s medieval.
metro.co.uk
HR said I was only allowed to have 3 seizures a month
Epilepsy can cost you your job, relationships, and even your life - and it affects over 600,000 people in the UK.
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
EveryDoctor is going to post the 5 MPs who have received the highest amount of donations from people + companies associated with the private health sector … follow @everydoctor.org.uk to find out 🚨💙
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge sprayed on to farmland? The answer won’t make you happy | George Monbiot
Thanks to breathtaking negligence, the liquid fertiliser used to help grow our food bubbles with a lethal cocktail of toxins, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Massive cuts: who's affected, how much they might lose. Good moves on employment support but other changes could increase fear & sanctions. Thanks to @theifs.bsky.social @resfoundation.bsky.social @jrf-uk.bsky.social @carers-uk.bsky.social for speedy analysis! www.linkedin.com/pulse/so-wha...
linkedin.com
So what do the welfare cuts mean for hunger & hardship?
Now we’ve had the Secretary of State’s speech and seen the Green Paper (but not the impact assessment – that comes next week), here’s what we currently estimate the main changes to amount to: First, m...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
As mass murder and genocide escalate in #Gaza, the UK government should denounce them, cut off all support to Netanyahu's government and assist in its prosecution. Instead, Starmer silences his ministers. In doing so, he facilitates the crimes.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 19/03/2025
Another deeply troubling attack on LGBT rights in Hungary, masquerading as the protection of so-called traditional values. The right to peaceful assembly is a cornerstone of any free society, and its suppression is an attack on fundamental human rights. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
independent.co.uk
Hungary bans Pride parade in crackdown on LGBTQ+ community
Lawmakers claim the annual march could harm children
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Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
“There is this terrible misconception that disabled people just take, but actually by taking from us, you prevent us from being able to give – we want to be able to participate in life equally the same as anyone else, and that includes going to work.” Disability campaigner Tanni Gray-Thompson
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
'It will be a substantial number - as it needs to be' The Governments Disability Minister Stephen Timms admits a 'substantial' amount of disabled people will be affected by cuts to PIP
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
This country is awash with money. The very rich are rich beyond imagination. So when Starmer wants to stay within his arbitrary fiscal rules, who does he decide to take money from? The very rich? No, from people with disabilities who depend on benefits for the bare minimum of a decent life.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 18/03/2025
1910: It was the dawn of a new century, and as Britain strode confidently into the modern age, a chilling murder would cast a long shadow over a quiet corner of Newcastle upon Tyne…
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The wages of death: Newcastle’s infamous railway crime
This week marks the anniversary of an Edwardian railway journey that began at Newcastle Central Central Station and ended on the scaffold
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Why is the Get Britain Working Group of MPs funded by McSweeney's Labour Together think tank? Why is McSweeney's policy unit calling ALL Labour MPs into its office to 'have a chat' about welfare 'reform'? The same reason McSweeney orchestrated Corbyn's downfall. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
thecanary.co
Guess who's behind the DWP cuts? Yes, it's Morgan McSweeney and Labour Together.
Why is the Get Britain Working Group of MPs, so vocally backing DWP cuts, funded by McSweeney's Labour Together think tank?
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
This is quite a fun thing if you like this sort of thing. named.publicprofiler.org
named.publicprofiler.org
named - Map your surname across the UK
named - Map your surname across the UK. Find out where your surname is unusually popular, or where we think you might have met your partner.
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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Hi - any of you writing, Journo pals out there know of someone in the press who’d be interested in me writing a piece about my PIP nightmares? I will supply some gags as well. Can people please repost this please.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Choosing to take money from disabled benefit claimants rather than levy a wealth tax is simply immoral 👇
theguardian.com
Labour mollifies the rich, targets disabled people and claims moral justification. There isn’t any | Frances Ryan
Ministers run away from a wealth tax and then concoct a punitive benefits system. They have made that choice and it’s immoral, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
So there are now equal numbers of Reform and @greenparty.org.uk MPs. Will we now get equal media time? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform MP Rupert Lowe hits back at party leadership after losing whip
MP accused of threatening party chair says dealing with leadership is like smashing his head against a brick wall
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
OK so now that Reform UK are down to the same amount of MPs as the Green Party there really is no excuse for not giving them the same amount of screen time on current affairs shows.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
If you’re drawn to a politician because they promise to be cruel to Muslims or Jews or immigrants or gays or transgender people etc, the least you should do - the absolute, bare bones, still morally vacuous least - is ask yourself whether they’re likely to stop at the group you want to see targeted.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Awful behaviour by Thailand. China said returnees "would be given “employment support and vocational training”.... associated with the Chinese authorities’ detention camps and forced labour transfer programmes." #StandWithUyghurs #HumanRights www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Thailand condemned for ‘shameful’ mass deportation of Uyghur refugees to China
Amid claims that deportees may face torture, family of one man say he was forcibly repatriated and will never see his children again
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Horrendous: What some schools are doing to young people. "He was refused permission to go to the toilet during a lesson. “He wet himself in front of the class. They left him for the rest of the day in wet clothes. He was traumatised” www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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‘Pupils are in fear every day’: parents raise concerns about new schools run by top UK academy
Emergency meeting called over strictness of discipline at Essex schools run by Mossbourne Federation
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.” There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 27/02/2025
#DRCongo: Hundreds of thousands of people have left the displacement camps around #Goma following fighting and evacuation orders from the M23/AFC. Doctors Without Borders has deployed mobile teams to support people who are, once again, on the move.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Something that I think should appear high up in any article on energy bill increases is the profits of the energy companies and the dividends being paid out - 50% higher than pre COVID ! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Energy price cap: Bills to rise by more than expected in April
Regulator Ofgem says a household using a typical amount of energy will see its annual bill rise by £111.
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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
#BBC’s diplomatic corr James Landale: “If you want a measure of the scale of the transatlantic rift, consider this: I am told yesterday was the 1st time since 1945 the #US voted with #Russia & against #Europe at the #UN on an issue of #European #security. Just let that sink in.” 1/4
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
England-Afghanistan cricket match to go ahead despite calls for boycott www.channel4.com/news/england...
channel4.com
England-Afghanistan cricket match to go ahead despite calls for boycott
England's next game in the tournament is against Afghanistan on Wednesday in Lahore. Some MPs and human rights groups say the team should boycott the match because of the Taliban's clampdown on women'...
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
📢 Out today, my article in @bylines.cymru arguing that The future of an independent Cymru is the best option to achieve real social security. Welcome to The Welsh Universal Basic Income. @plaidcymru.bsky.social @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social @salforduni.bsky.social
bylines.cymru
The future of an independent Cymru and potential of a Universal Basic Income
Some say Cymru can’t afford independence nor afford to adopt a Universal Basic Income. But neither is a unicorn dream and together they could end poverty
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
This isn't a surprising but it is devastating. The great betrayal of Ukraine begins. We, in Europe, are in a place of danger. We all owe Ukraine & its people a debt of gratitude for its extraordinary courage. 😢
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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
This just got added to Netflix and I promise you it is unspeakably lovely. But also extremely funny and not twee
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Mónica C. Camacho @mc2x.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake web.archive.org/web/20231206...
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NASA Intern Found Hope in the Moon - NASA
Lee esta historia en español aquí
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
#FactoryFarming - terrible for human health, for animal and environmental health on this #PollutedPlanet www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
East Anglian farms breach environment regulations 700 times in seven years
Freedom of information data reveals violations on intensive poultry and pig farms
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Dr Samantha Burgess, from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, talks to Alex Thomson about the hottest January on record and says there is "absolutely no question" this was caused by fossil fuels. Read and watch: www.channel4.com/news/hottest...
channel4.com
Hottest January on record puzzles scientist
We spoke to Dr Samantha Burgess, who's in charge of strategy at the Copernicus Climate Change Service.
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 07/02/2025
Stop it. Enough. The tests for deservedness are wasteful and stigma-creating. No one cares what wealthy people do with all their passive income. Just provide universal basic income as a universal floor. Treat the poor and middle class like the rich. Let jobs increase total income. End welfare traps.
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