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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 4h

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Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 10h

Sigh. Competence ratings tend to move together across issues - this is simply a function of Labour faring poorly across the board, it's not specific to handling of the NHS.

PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 10h

Public trust in Labour as being the strongest party on the NHS is waning, with Reform only three percentage points behind, according to research shared with PolHome

It shows that the NHS is "wide open" as an issue, the Health Foundation think tank told @zoecrowther.bsky.social

The NHS Is Now 'Wide Open' As An Issue As Narrows Labour's Lead

Public trust in Labour as being the strongest party on the NHS is waning, with Reform UK only three percentage points behind, according to research...

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 7h

You are being forced to pay a privatisation premium.

Public ownership would enable us to reinvest the huge profits of energy companies into cutting our bills.

Great piece by @mathewlawrence.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Soaring bills are the gift that keeps on giving for Reform. Shame Labour doesn’t have the guts to do anything about them | Mathew Lawrence

A cost of living crisis is not inevitable if there is the will to stop companies extracting profits from Britain’s essential services, says Mathew Lawrence of the Common Wealth thinktank

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Amyn Merchant @amynmerchant.bsky.social · 12h

“In what universe is the world’s richest Fascist funding the UK’s most prominent Fascist not a massive fucking story???!”

Well said, @sturdyalex.bsky.social

The lack of proper media coverage of Musk’s interference in British politics is a huge collective dereliction of journalistic duty.

Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 14h

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🧀 Caerphilly By-Election
🕵🏽 Chinese Spy Trial
💶 Nathan Gill bribes
✖️ Yaxley-Lennon's sugardaddy
🗳️ Senedd elections
With @sturdyalex.bsky.social, @pimlicat.bsky.social & special guest @lsrplaid.bsky.social.

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Caerphilly Does It: Welsh Politics, Russian Bribes, & Chinese Spies

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 1d

The proper remedy to our budget deficit is not triming spending, it’s to increase revenue. 1) Have multinationals pay their fair share of tax. 2) Collect proper royalties for our (finite) resources. 3) Stop just exporting our rocks - value add here. 4) Stop Defence waste. #auspol

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13h

Please read my column today in conjunction with Aditya's. The government pretends to be delivering housing to those who need it, but is in fact just appeasing the big corporations. Then it blames nature protections, and rips those down at their behest as well.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A leaked memo, a Maga-style hat and a trail of broken pledges – it’s Labour’s great housing betrayal | Aditya Chakrabortty

Ignore the bombast: Steve ‘build, baby, build’ Reed’s boast looks likely to end in targets more pathetic than they are now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 13h

Excuse me but, what the f*** is the point of targets to build homes that only the wealthy can afford? How does it help anyone who is not a property developer? And why does Labour care more about property developers than families? liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/398...

Leaked memo reveals Labour plan to slash affordable homes target

A requirement for developers to build affordable housing in London is set to be cut from 35% of new homes to 20%, in a move councils fear will spread across Britain

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 23h

Caroline Lucas is wondering why Michelle Mone is still a member of the House of Lords

And most of us are wondering the same as well!

But if Mone is going to be removed from the Lords, there are others too who fail to meet the standard and should be removed as well

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Joe B @joe4uk.bsky.social · 1d

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Grandjongleur @grandjongleur.bsky.social · 1d

It’s not just her though is it?

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Grandjongleur @grandjongleur.bsky.social · 1d

I could be wrong but I think Hancock awarded a contract to a company of which he was a shareholder and involved his sister. Fairly easy to prosecute I would think. Together with the famous pub landlord.

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 1d

"private equity acquisition of health facilities leads to worsening patient outcomes, including death."

And now Trump is well on his way to making it worse.

--> This is what Reform LTD want for the UK. <--

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

Private equity takeover of US hospitals led to rise in patient deaths.

Cuts to staffing/investment; high debt, profiteering; worse patient outcomes.

More deaths in nursing homes, increased post-operative complications

Why is UK Govt handing the NHS to PE? Why no investigation of the impact of PE?

Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study

Study found seven more deaths per 10,000 patients in private equity hospitals’ versus non-private equity hospitals

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 2d

Pretending to the world that you are the president of peace while waging war at home is diabolical.

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Grandjongleur @grandjongleur.bsky.social · 1d

What about Gove, Johnson, Bethel and the rest?

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

UK banks oppose tax rise.

Falsely claim to be paying 46.4% tax rate.

The PwC generated number includes PAYE, employee national insurance which is paid by workers. VAT which is borne by customers.

it is extrapolated from a sample, can't be verified

Why do media reports not expose this sham claim?

Banks step up lobbying over threat of Reeves tax hikes

The gap between the tax burden on British banks and their international rivals is widening, even before the imposition of any further levies in next month's budget, according to a report seen by Sky N...

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Dan Osborn @osbornforne.bsky.social · 2d

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Bernard @adrianbernard.bsky.social · 2d

Al Jazeera, France 24 and DW have been showing these pictures for months.
Why has the BBC just discovered it ?

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Bill Leibenguth @bill-leibenguth.bsky.social · 2d

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 3d

Absolutely NO LIES TOLD.....Ridiculous!!!!

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Big Ernie McCracken @bigerniemccracken.bsky.social · 2d

Those Epstein files must be a whopper. Shutting down the whole government and sending R Congressmen home for 4 weeks so far(paid, of course) just to avoid swearing in a new Congressmen.....

Release the Trumpstein files.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 3d

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d

Holding govts to ransom.

Goldman Sachs warns Rachel Reeves against tax rises on banks.

Banks happy to be bailed out, take QE, mis-sell products, not to be prosecuted for frauds, hike charges, pay lousy rates on savings.

Need windfall taxes. Raise top rate of income tax.

Goldman chief delivers warning to Reeves over bank tax hikes

David Solomon urged the chancellor during a private meeting last week not to hit the industry with savage tax rises in her crucial budget statement next month, Sky News learns.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

Nigel Farage never did answer why he met the Russian Ambassador.

All he did was call the interviewer a nutcase.

This interview is a real insight in to how little Nigel Farage likes being asked about his ties to Russia.

archive.ph/rTLvd

#ReformRussianBribes

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 2d

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