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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 1d

If privatisation of public utilities is a scam, in healthcare it is a dangerous scam since evidence shows privatisation has worse outcomes for patients (and is more expensive for taxpayers).

So why is Labour increasing privatisation of our NHS?

It has never obtained the permission of voters.

Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 1d

Privatisation is a scam.

It has never been about providing a cheaper, better service.

It has always been about the rich stealing the assets we own and selling inferior services back to us at exorbitant prices

Regulators never regulate

They are always in the pocket of the industries they regulate

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

PR Hype.

Water firms in England could face harsher sewage fines.

Firms still pay dividends, mega exec pay

Fines have been virtually abolished. Amounts handed back to firms for environmental improvements. They displace investment, improve balance sheet.

Must remove the profit motive. Nationalise.

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▼ ALT-31 @alt31.bsky.social · 4d

⭕ #Israël vient déjà de recommencer le blocus de tout aide humanitaire à #Gaza

Le cessez-le-feu et la libération des otages étaient des leurres, l'objectif #d'Israël n'est que destruction et génocide.

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 9d

The Government has tabled 67 last-minute amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill.‼️

Rushed through with little scrutiny, it’s a shambolic way to reform the planning system.

It creates confusion, sidelines science and leaves nature dangerously exposed.

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A Wren stands upright on a mossy branch, beak open in full song, small but defiant. Against a soft golden blur, it seems to speak out for nature itself: a clear voice cutting through the noise, refusing to be ignored.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 6d

"Privatisation is a failed experiment which takes all our money and pays it out to shareholders."

Time to renationalise the lot, we can pay them, if we there is 'any money'.

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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 11d

Experts warn of food shortages and civil unrest. Yet nearly half of Brits think climate change won’t affect them.

This gulf in perception is why we’re staging the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate & #nature crisis.

Has your MP confirmed they’ll be there? 👇
www.nebriefing.org

National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature

An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...

www.nebriefing.org

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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · Sep 14

“I urge all policymakers to attend.” Prof Michael Mann👇

Please enter your postcode here www.nebriefing.org to check if your MP has confirmed for the National Emergency Briefing on 27 Nov, and email them if not.

Understanding the threats & solutions is the first step to protecting the public.

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · Sep 12

I urge all policymakers to attend this vital briefing on the climate & nature crisis, which brings the latest science from leading experts straight to the people in power. I’d like to see one in every country, & the organizers are open to sharing the model. More info: www.nebriefing.org

National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature

An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats arising from the climate & nature crisis to an invite-only audience. Westminster Central Hall, 27 November. Has your MP confirmed yet?

www.nebriefing.org

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zero @egrettt.bsky.social · 14d

youtu.be/diHEKzUnEV0?...

Gaza ceasefire deal - what’s in the agreement between Israel and Hamas?

YouTube video by Channel 4 News

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 18d

🚨Update: Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, says the IPS will deport another 170 Global Sumud Flotilla participants tomorrow, after already expelling about 170 to Turkey, Italy, and Spain. Out of the 462 people originally detained—including Drop Site journalist Alex...

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 17d

Global Sumud Flotilla says dozens of activists detained by Israel on hunger strike - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/global-sumud-flotilla-says-dozens-activists-detained-israel-hunger

Global Sumud Flotilla says dozens of activists detained by Israel on hunger strike

<article data-history-node-id="429704" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/global-sumud-flotilla-says-dozens-activists-detained-israel-hunger" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/global-sumud-flotilla-says-dozens-activists-detained-israel-hunger" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Global Sumud Flotilla says dozens of activists detained by Israel on hunger strike</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Global Sumud Flotilla says 42 of the activists detained by Israel during the interception of its vessels are on hunger strike in solidarity with the Palestinian people.</p> <p>“In Gaza, starvation is not a tragedy – it’s a policy. Since October 2023, Israel has pursued a campaign of total starvation: cutting off food, water, electricity and fuel, while targeting the fields, farmers and aid convoys that keep people alive,” the group said in a statement.</p> <p>“As famine spreads and 95 per cent of farmland lies destroyed, dozens of Global Sumud Flotilla volunteers remain imprisoned - refusing to be fed by the same regime enforcing starvation on Palestinians.”</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 21d

🇺🇸🇵🇸 #BREAKING | Hundreds of rabbis and Jewish community members gather in Brooklyn for a mass public memorial service on Yom Kippur, demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and for the U.S. to stop arming Israel.

Rabbis and the Jewish community stand in a line

Rabbis and the Jewish community seen standing in lines

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 21d

From our Managing Director, Ben Dickenson

Newcastle says no – a city united in kindness and against fascism

Thousands came together to show the City’s true character: united, diverse, welcoming of refugees, rejecting hate
@benjitoon.bsky.social @northeastbylines.co.uk

Newcastle says no – a city united in kindness and against fascism

Thousands came together to show the City’s true character: united, diverse, welcoming of refugees, rejecting hate

northeastbylines.co.uk

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 21d

🇬🇧🇵🇸 In Brighton, protesters block the city's main thoroughfare in support of the Global Summit Flotilla

(Credit: BrightonPSC)

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 23d

THREAD 🧵

#OnThisDay 25 years ago, Israeli forces shot and killed 12-year-old Palestinian boy Muhammad al-Durrah in Gaza as his father tried to shield him from bullets.

The moment shook the world and turned al-Durrah into a symbol of the second Palestinian Intifada ⤵️

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Bluesky mods aid genocide by banning Palestinians @pastures.myatproto.social · 22d

Official confirmation from Sumud

HIGH ALERT
OUR VESSELS ARE BEING ILLEGALLY INTERCEPTED
Cameras are offline and vessels have been boarded by military personnel.
We are actively working to confirm the safety and status of all participants on board.
OCTOBER 1ST - 21:34 GMT+3

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Bluesky mods aid genocide by banning Palestinians @pastures.myatproto.social · 22d

A call to action from David Adler, a volunteer aboard the flotilla

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Native Stories @nativestories.bsky.social · Sep 22

If you support native follow us

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Andia @afarro9.bsky.social · 24d

Tomorrow at the #LabourPartyConference, 70 children from 7 primary schools will be handing in the #FreeSchoolMealsForAll petition with @nochildbehinduk.bsky.social Free school meals for all primary school children would ensure children's health and prodictive education, allowing for equality.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 28d

Labour’s plan for compulsory digital ID risks creating a more authoritarian state.

Under constant surveillance, we would have to pass through digital checkpoints just to live our daily lives — with even more barriers for minorities, migrants and the digitally excluded.

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Solidarity RPM @solidarityrpm.bsky.social · 29d

Your Party has been registered as a political party today.

Founders: Jeremy Corbyn, Zarah Sultana
Founded: 24 July 2025

Your Party has been registered as a political party today.
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Your Party
On 24 July 2025, former Labour Party and now independent MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana announced that they were forming a new left-wing political party in the United Kingdom, known by the interim name of Your Party. A permanent name for the party is yet to be decided. Wikipedia

Founders: Jeremy Corbyn, Zarah Sultana
Founded: 24 July 2025

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Mahmoud Jehad @drzoolsurgeon.bsky.social · Sep 23

Today, we purchased a large field tent to accommodate the increasing number of displaced patients.

Our need for support remains urgent. We were only able to provide a small quantity of medicine, which may only be enough for a few days.

#Gaza
Please, share and support us 🙏🏼❤️‍🩹🇵🇸
gofund.me/6bfa282b

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Andia @afarro9.bsky.social · Sep 23

Without practical measures, sanctions and arms embargo, UK recognition of Palestinian statehood is cruel and empty gesture www.instagram.com/reel/DO8zN5i... see @globaljusticenow.bsky.social #Gaza #Palestine #StopArmingIsrael #genocide

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · Sep 21

The recognition of Palestinian statehood is long overdue, but without meaningful action to hold Israel to account, the UK’s actions are insufficient.

The UK has leverage: it must impose comprehensive, Russia-style economic sanctions and ban arms sales.

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

UK recognises Palestine as an independent state

Deeply symbolic move comes seven decades after end of UK mandate in Palestine and formation of state of Israel

www.theguardian.com

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · Sep 23

"The states who have been reluctant must follow Spain in taking a clear position by instigating an arms embargo. The cover and partnership offered by the UK and US to Israel for its genocide must stop." 👏🏾

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The consensus is clear: it’s genocide. Now will international law die in Gaza too? | Raji Sourani

The clue is in the name: the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide. When will we act?, asks Raji Sourani, the coordinator of the Palestinian legal team at the internatio...

www.theguardian.com

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Andia @afarro9.bsky.social · Sep 23

The government’s new Planning and Infrastructure Bill could give businesses the green light to trash habitats and threaten wildlife. Say no to attacks on nature!

If you agree – join me and add your name with @friends-earth.bsky.social👇
foe.uk/tffac #PlanningBill

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