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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 17h

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

www.theguardian.com

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 16h

TAKE BACK OUR ROYAL MAIL

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

Wonders of privatisation.

Royal Mail fined £21m.

Hasn't t meet the 1st and 2nd class mail delivery targets to years.

No personal fines on execs. Corporate fines will no doubt be passed on to customers.

No incentive to deliver value for money. People fleeced.

Royal Mail fined £21m by Ofcom for missing delivery targets

It is the third-largest fine the communications watchdog has ever issued.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 1d

In 2010, an interviewer told Neil Kinnock that the Labour Party "never used to understand aspiration".

Kinnock gave an absolutely brilliant answer that should be learned by heart by every Labour MP. (0.42 to 1.22)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGhP...

Neil Kinnock goes berserk

YouTube video by Vadrigar

www.youtube.com

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 1d

Kinnock is one of the finest proponents of progressive thought in this country and the best prime minister we never had.

Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 1d

In 2010, an interviewer told Neil Kinnock that the Labour Party "never used to understand aspiration".

Kinnock gave an absolutely brilliant answer that should be learned by heart by every Labour MP. (0.42 to 1.22)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGhP...

Neil Kinnock goes berserk

YouTube video by Vadrigar

www.youtube.com

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 2d

#GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #WesternMediaComplicity

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MikeM3 @mikeg80.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Julie 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🎶🎾 @julieonlife.bsky.social · 2d

This is murder, pure and simple. Why haven't the perpetrators been arrested?

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

As if they keep writing all these headlines - and our membership numbers and polling just keeps shooting up. 🚀

Now at 110,000. Over 55% increase in just one month!

Lower bills. Fund NHS. Tax the super rich.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

Greens who want to save the world by destroying britain

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Julie 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🎶🎾 @julieonlife.bsky.social · 2d

Gosh the theme tune takes me back!

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 2d

"a quarter of the typical energy bill in 2024 was profit. That is equivalent to every household paying £416 a year so other people can grow rich."

Excellent piece by Mathew Lawrence of the @Cmmonwealth thinktank

How the government keeps you poorer

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

www.theguardian.com

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Julie 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🎶🎾 @julieonlife.bsky.social · 2d

Somebody should make an app showing the locations of all the painted roundabouts so we could go and paint them with something nicer.

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Julie 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🎶🎾 @julieonlife.bsky.social · 2d

I like to know it's there, but for some reason I find it incredibly irritating and always switch off when it comes on.

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Julie 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🎶🎾 @julieonlife.bsky.social · 2d

I don't like Meloni much, but the idea of actually touching the orange lump of excrement makes me feel physically sick. I wouldn't wish it on anybody.

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Julie 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🎶🎾 @julieonlife.bsky.social · 2d

Ouch

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❤️Kai in Kanada🇨🇦 @kleinekin.bsky.social · 2d

Well, he and his dear old daddy used to attend KKK "rituals" together, so yeah, def tracks.

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Julie 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🎶🎾 @julieonlife.bsky.social · 2d

I have a really nice top I've worn twice. It's polyester but I've forgiven myself as I bought it second hand.

It now has a red wine stain on it.

Short of chlorine bleach I've tried everything to shift it, but nothing works.

Any ideas? Any fool-proof family recipes for shifting stains?

Julie 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🎶🎾 @julieonlife.bsky.social · 3d

6 months for rape of a 12 year old? Wtf?

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Julie 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🎶🎾 @julieonlife.bsky.social · 3d

You could have stopped at "Kushner". It would still be a very valid question.

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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 3d

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He needs to be tried in court and imprisoned. But that only happens to us: the little people.

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

www.theguardian.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 3d

Carolin Lucas, "The level of disgust and distrust in the population is like nothing I've ever seen before"

"It's really dangerous and scary"

"It's so important there is a voice out there offering hope and solutions and isn't afraid to say what it thinks"

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Julie 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🎶🎾 @julieonlife.bsky.social · 3d

I can completely understand why. Patronising, inappropriate, thick twat.

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Julie 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🎶🎾 @julieonlife.bsky.social · 3d

Why was a donkey in the next enclosure to a tiger? I can't think that's anything other than stressful for both animals.

Julie 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🎶🎾 @julieonlife.bsky.social · 3d

@fleuranderson.bsky.social what do you have to say to this?

Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 3d

Buried inside the Big Beautiful Bill is a time bomb...one that detonates the balance of power. You weren’t supposed to read this clause. That’s why I did.

A single section hidden deep in the bill quietly neuters the courts. It’s that serious.🔥👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Julie 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🎶🎾 @julieonlife.bsky.social · 3d

That sounds great, but what if you're only missing one tooth? I'm sure they've considered that, but I'm curious. Must google sometime...

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