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Jim McGuckin @jimnm.bsky.social · 9h

Looks like there’s no limit he will go to, to get funds to obtain power.

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How Malta's Assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia Connects to an Organisation Close to Nigel Farage

Turlough Conway reports on two men associated with the murder of Malta's most famous journalist, who were key donors to Nigel Farage’s pan-European political project.

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Jim McGuckin @jimnm.bsky.social · 1d

Hello everyone out there…
Farage’s plan to scrap indefinite leave could collapse the NHS…
Which would be incredibly good news for someone wanting us to move to an ‘insurance based system’
FYI the average American pays £480 per month for private healthcare
Wake up to this folks!

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d

Greater Anglia rail passenger operator nationalised.

Govt will rent carriages.

Lucrative freight and rolling stock companies remain privatised.

3 Luxembourg-based companies control 87% of rolling stock, paid £1.3bn dividend in last 3 years which bears no UK tax.

Gravy train rolls on.

Rail operator Greater Anglia transfers to public ownership

Greater Anglia describes renationalisation as a step towards a

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Jim McGuckin @jimnm.bsky.social · 3d

Trump couldn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize this year as he was 13 months too late to have his nomination presented. It’s good Job that Maria Corina Machado received it this year on Donald Trump’s behalf! #He Said#. He’s such a liar!

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Trump says Venezuela's Machado tells him he 'deserved' Nobel Peace Prize

YouTube video by The Manila Times

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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 9d

The Green Party has called for the IDF to be proscribed as a terrorist organisation

Green Party conference calls for the Israeli Defence Forces to be proscribed as a terrorist organisation

Members overwhelmingly voted for the motion

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Jim McGuckin @jimnm.bsky.social · 11d

Murder is murder and should be condemned regardless.
Swift justice in Manchester but not at all in Gaza.
Genocide is happening now!
Protesting against murder and demanding the perpetrators are brought to justice is a very noble thing to do.

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Jim McGuckin @jimnm.bsky.social · 12d

We can’t rejoin the EU due to deals done by Gove and Hunt.
Freeport’s and SEZs have been signed up for BkackRock and Blackstone to operate within the ZonesTax Free for 10 years and also are free from litigation for 25 years! If the govt attempted to rejoin the EU they would be sued for billions.

Jim McGuckin @jimnm.bsky.social · 13d

Vote for fascism this is what you’ll get!

Jim McGuckin @jimnm.bsky.social · 13d

Starmer fixing the cost of living crisis would make fascist Farage and his crew irrelevant.
They need to crack on either it!

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 14d

Reform’s Russia connections are a danger to our national security.

It’s time for a public inquiry. 🔥

Nathan Gill’s treachery puts him in same league as the “Cambridge Five”

Reform’s Russia connections may endanger our security – time for a public inquiry

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Jim McGuckin @jimnm.bsky.social · 13d

Farage wasn’t slow at attending AFD rallies. He’s nothing but a jumped up fascist with the gift of the gab. He’ll be staging something like Trump did to gain popularity and sympathy in the near future, as he apes Trump. Watch his ears!

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13d

Britons ripped off by the energy industry. No govt curbs profiteering.

Nationalise energy, reduce inflation, poverty, business costs, rebuild economy.

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Jim McGuckin @jimnm.bsky.social · 13d

A message to the Labour Party.
If you fix the UKs cost of living crisis, Farage and his fascists will become totally irrelevant.
Get to it now!

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 13d

🔴Calls for New Inquiry Into Russian Interference After Reform’s Former Welsh Leader Pleads Guilty to Bribery

As the Kremlin steps up its political interference efforts in the West, is it time for a new Russia Report?

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Calls for New Inquiry Into Russian Interference After Reform’s Former Welsh Leader Pleads Guilty to Bribery

As the Kremlin steps up its political interference efforts in the West, is it time for a new Russia Report?

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13d

UK subsidises energy prices in other countries.

Investors, state entities from Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Israel, Italy, Korea, Norway, UAE & the US own most of UK energy sector.

£514bn operating profit since 2020.

Profits/Dividends go abroad.

Britons pay the price of privatisation dogma.

If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership

Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.

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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 14d

Trump copycat who incited riots, who has made a fortune from spreading fear and dividing communities is annoyed when the truth is told about him

#FaragerRiots

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Jim McGuckin @jimnm.bsky.social · 13d

He’ll be having a stunt set up like Trump did to reinforce his victim hood. We await his staged event! 😊

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13d

Average annual household energy bill hits £1,755.

£4.43bn energy debt, people can't afford it.

Since 2020 big energy companies made £514bn operating profit.

128000 a year die in fuel poverty

Profiteering fuels inflation, poverty.

Can't rebuild economy without ending profiteering.

Energy price cap warning as latest rise takes effect

The energy price cap remains vulnerable to gas price shocks and rising costs including green energy investment but households are being told they can still shield themselves from fluctuations ahead.

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Jim McGuckin @jimnm.bsky.social · 13d

£ shop Trump Farage will be playing the victim here as the truth hurts him. Farage has always been a stranger to the truth.
National Front, BNP, Brexit Party and now reform are all founded on division and racism. IMO Farage is a loose canon in politics and would cause even more damage to the UK.

Jim McGuckin @jimnm.bsky.social · 13d

Top drawer album along with this one and many others… like Harvest moon… etc

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Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young - Déjà Vu (Full Album) [Official Video]

YouTube video by RHINO

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13d

The answer to all your questions is.

"The world is being run by the worst possible people to make themselves as rich as possible with money they will never spend."

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Jim McGuckin @jimnm.bsky.social · 14d

He’s a lovely chap isn’t he.
Patriotic NOT!
Mercenary I’d say!

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14d

EU industry fears ever-expanding list of ‘derivative’ goods subject to US steel tariffs.

Trump governed by whims, not policies.

China stood up to him & he backed-off. EU/UK need to do the same.

The emerging multipolar world must be based on respect and dignity, not bullying and new imperialism

EU industry fears ever-expanding list of ‘derivative’ goods subject to steel tariffs

Europe braces for further damage if products containing metal, such as windows and doors, are added to rolling list

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14d

Since privatisation England's water companies paid £88.4bn in dividends.

90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.

90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.

Public ownership would make a difference.

If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership

Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.

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