IzzyKaren
@izzykaren.bsky.social
Green Socialist, formerly Labour - never again. Northern English. Sourdough, Crochet, knitting, Gardening, Golden Age detective fiction enthusiast.
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Virgin Media fined £23.8m for leaving vulnerable customers 'at risk of harm'.
Disconnected telecare customers during migration to digital landlines.
Directors must have known but put profits before people.
Execs not fined. Fines will be passed to customers. Where is the deterrent?
Disconnected telecare customers during migration to digital landlines.
Directors must have known but put profits before people.
Execs not fined. Fines will be passed to customers. Where is the deterrent?
Virgin Media fined £24m for leaving vulnerable customers 'at risk of harm'
Ofcom has fined Virgin Media after an investigation found it had left thousands of vulnerable telecare customers at risk.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Virgin Media fined £23.8m for leaving vulnerable customers 'at risk of harm'.
Disconnected telecare customers during migration to digital landlines.
Directors must have known but put profits before people.
Execs not fined. Fines will be passed to customers. Where is the deterrent?
Disconnected telecare customers during migration to digital landlines.
Directors must have known but put profits before people.
Execs not fined. Fines will be passed to customers. Where is the deterrent?
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BBC describing Zarah Sultana as "Far-Left."
But the BBC do not use the term "Far-Right" for Nigel Farage.
Subtle and clever form of manipulation.
But the BBC do not use the term "Far-Right" for Nigel Farage.
Subtle and clever form of manipulation.
November 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
BBC describing Zarah Sultana as "Far-Left."
But the BBC do not use the term "Far-Right" for Nigel Farage.
Subtle and clever form of manipulation.
But the BBC do not use the term "Far-Right" for Nigel Farage.
Subtle and clever form of manipulation.
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They're all kicking off.
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
They're all kicking off.
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Budget hits the young in England
From 2027, repayment threshold for student loans frozen at salary of £29,385. Due to fiscal drag repayments will be sooner.
Graduates face 37% marginal tax rate
By 2030 minimum wage likely to be £29k. Graduates on min wage will be forced to repay loans. Why?
From 2027, repayment threshold for student loans frozen at salary of £29,385. Due to fiscal drag repayments will be sooner.
Graduates face 37% marginal tax rate
By 2030 minimum wage likely to be £29k. Graduates on min wage will be forced to repay loans. Why?
The government’s budget is simply managing decline
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
November 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Budget hits the young in England
From 2027, repayment threshold for student loans frozen at salary of £29,385. Due to fiscal drag repayments will be sooner.
Graduates face 37% marginal tax rate
By 2030 minimum wage likely to be £29k. Graduates on min wage will be forced to repay loans. Why?
From 2027, repayment threshold for student loans frozen at salary of £29,385. Due to fiscal drag repayments will be sooner.
Graduates face 37% marginal tax rate
By 2030 minimum wage likely to be £29k. Graduates on min wage will be forced to repay loans. Why?
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Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
November 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
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UK energy bill payers to hand £2bn a year in subsidies to EDF, owned by the French govt, for building two nuclear power stations.
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
UK energy bill payers will hand £2bn a year to EDF for new power stations
French government-owned company to receive funding for Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
UK energy bill payers to hand £2bn a year in subsidies to EDF, owned by the French govt, for building two nuclear power stations.
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
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Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
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Child benefit for the average person:
First child: £1354 per year
Each additional £ 897
What MPs can claim:
£5,500 per child per year max £16,500 per year
First child: £1354 per year
Each additional £ 897
What MPs can claim:
£5,500 per child per year max £16,500 per year
November 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Child benefit for the average person:
First child: £1354 per year
Each additional £ 897
What MPs can claim:
£5,500 per child per year max £16,500 per year
First child: £1354 per year
Each additional £ 897
What MPs can claim:
£5,500 per child per year max £16,500 per year
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Earlier this year, the UK is believed to have allowed the US to secretly move nuclear bombs to 'RAF' Lakenheath in Suffolk.
The government now says that two US air force squadrons have reached full operating capacity there.
#DCUKparliament
The government now says that two US air force squadrons have reached full operating capacity there.
#DCUKparliament
November 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Earlier this year, the UK is believed to have allowed the US to secretly move nuclear bombs to 'RAF' Lakenheath in Suffolk.
The government now says that two US air force squadrons have reached full operating capacity there.
#DCUKparliament
The government now says that two US air force squadrons have reached full operating capacity there.
#DCUKparliament
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Lots of people currently lose their jobs after 23 1/2 months as employers prevent them from qualifying for employment protection.
Stand by for lots of people to lose their jobs after 5 1/2 months instead, enabled by this cowardly “Labour” government.
Stand by for lots of people to lose their jobs after 5 1/2 months instead, enabled by this cowardly “Labour” government.
Starmer faces backlash over U-turn on Rayner’s workers’ rights reforms - live updates
Labour U-turn on key manifesto promise to protect workers from unfair dismissals from day one
www.independent.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Lots of people currently lose their jobs after 23 1/2 months as employers prevent them from qualifying for employment protection.
Stand by for lots of people to lose their jobs after 5 1/2 months instead, enabled by this cowardly “Labour” government.
Stand by for lots of people to lose their jobs after 5 1/2 months instead, enabled by this cowardly “Labour” government.
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Thank GOD for Andrew Fisher!! FINALLY we get to hear about Spain on #r4today
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Thank GOD for Andrew Fisher!! FINALLY we get to hear about Spain on #r4today
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
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Oh well done. People have finally worked out what fiscal drag is, but let’s applaud lifting the 2-child cap and ignore every thing else that is making people poorer.
Income tax threshold freeze will hit poorer households harder, experts say
Income tax threshold freeze will hit poorer households harder, experts say
Move will have greater impact on living standards of taxpayers in bottom half of income scale, thinktanks say
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Oh well done. People have finally worked out what fiscal drag is, but let’s applaud lifting the 2-child cap and ignore every thing else that is making people poorer.
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THE BRITISH PUBLIC IS NOT BEING TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEIR LAND
Across the UK, vast swathes of countryside, farmland, national parks, green spaces, digital infrastructure, and even local democratic powers are being reorganised into free zones.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Across the UK, vast swathes of countryside, farmland, national parks, green spaces, digital infrastructure, and even local democratic powers are being reorganised into free zones.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Forest City: The Ideological Coalition That Should Never Exist
Behind the glossy green washing brochures of 'Forest Cities' lies a libertarian charter cities pattern the MSM is blindly embracing and refusing to investigate.
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
THE BRITISH PUBLIC IS NOT BEING TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEIR LAND
Across the UK, vast swathes of countryside, farmland, national parks, green spaces, digital infrastructure, and even local democratic powers are being reorganised into free zones.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Across the UK, vast swathes of countryside, farmland, national parks, green spaces, digital infrastructure, and even local democratic powers are being reorganised into free zones.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
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"a household earning just £13,000 would pay £261 more in tax each year thanks to the freeze; and the OBR says it will push 780,000 of the poorest people in the country into paying income tax."
"Tweaks to taxation and spending aren’t going to un-break Britain.
A tax on multi-million-pound properties, while welcome, is not going to erode the extraordinary wealth of those at the top of our society – nor their grip over our democracy."
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A tax on multi-million-pound properties, while welcome, is not going to erode the extraordinary wealth of those at the top of our society – nor their grip over our democracy."
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
Rachel Reeves is living on another planet
A country in crisis and a government in denial.
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 AM
"a household earning just £13,000 would pay £261 more in tax each year thanks to the freeze; and the OBR says it will push 780,000 of the poorest people in the country into paying income tax."
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It seems increasingly clear that the plan is to shut down as many hospital departments as possible, send patients home and roll out new privately run hubs with less NHS oversight than ever. While oceans of public money goes to private banks and private healthcare.
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
It seems increasingly clear that the plan is to shut down as many hospital departments as possible, send patients home and roll out new privately run hubs with less NHS oversight than ever. While oceans of public money goes to private banks and private healthcare.
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At the Budget, the Chancellor just announced 250 new Neighbourhood Health Centres...
... but didn't mention their decision to use private finance to fund them 🧐
Why? Are they ashamed of their plan to resurrect the corpse of PFI in our NHS? They should be. #AutumnBudget
... but didn't mention their decision to use private finance to fund them 🧐
Why? Are they ashamed of their plan to resurrect the corpse of PFI in our NHS? They should be. #AutumnBudget
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
At the Budget, the Chancellor just announced 250 new Neighbourhood Health Centres...
... but didn't mention their decision to use private finance to fund them 🧐
Why? Are they ashamed of their plan to resurrect the corpse of PFI in our NHS? They should be. #AutumnBudget
... but didn't mention their decision to use private finance to fund them 🧐
Why? Are they ashamed of their plan to resurrect the corpse of PFI in our NHS? They should be. #AutumnBudget
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🚨BREAKING -- A new UN report has found Israel's annihilation of Gaza has erased 69 years of human development, marking the worst economic collapse ever recorded.
All with the UK government's support👇
unctad.org/publication/...
All with the UK government's support👇
unctad.org/publication/...
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🚨BREAKING -- A new UN report has found Israel's annihilation of Gaza has erased 69 years of human development, marking the worst economic collapse ever recorded.
All with the UK government's support👇
unctad.org/publication/...
All with the UK government's support👇
unctad.org/publication/...
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BREAKING UPDATE:
Today, alongside @amnestyuk.bsky.social, we’re intervening in the Palestine Action hearing.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
Today, alongside @amnestyuk.bsky.social, we’re intervening in the Palestine Action hearing.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
Liberty tells court Palestine Action Proscription was disproportionate - Liberty
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
BREAKING UPDATE:
Today, alongside @amnestyuk.bsky.social, we’re intervening in the Palestine Action hearing.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
Today, alongside @amnestyuk.bsky.social, we’re intervening in the Palestine Action hearing.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
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A record of meetings held in 2020 seen by Declassified suggests that Britain’s attempt to remove Venezuela’s government has been guided by an interest in the country’s vast oil resources.
www.declassifieduk.org/secretive-uk...
www.declassifieduk.org/secretive-uk...
Secretive UK team met in Venezuela to promote British energy interests
A record of meetings seen by Declassified provides further evidence that Britain’s attempt to remove Venezuela’s government is guided by an interest in the country’s vast oil resources.
www.declassifieduk.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
A record of meetings held in 2020 seen by Declassified suggests that Britain’s attempt to remove Venezuela’s government has been guided by an interest in the country’s vast oil resources.
www.declassifieduk.org/secretive-uk...
www.declassifieduk.org/secretive-uk...
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China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice.
The UK is following the US model. Wealth concentrated in fewer hands. 24m can't attain minimum standard of living, real average wage unchanged since 2008, public services eroded, profiteering is rife.
The UK is following the US model. Wealth concentrated in fewer hands. 24m can't attain minimum standard of living, real average wage unchanged since 2008, public services eroded, profiteering is rife.
China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice
Despite the US’s economic success, income inequality remains breathtaking. But this is no glitch – it’s the system
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice.
The UK is following the US model. Wealth concentrated in fewer hands. 24m can't attain minimum standard of living, real average wage unchanged since 2008, public services eroded, profiteering is rife.
The UK is following the US model. Wealth concentrated in fewer hands. 24m can't attain minimum standard of living, real average wage unchanged since 2008, public services eroded, profiteering is rife.
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'A new set of forest towns will be built in the area between Oxford and Cambridge, nestled in the middle of a new national forest'.
These are charter cities and are being set up in deregulated SEZs.
Yet again, The Guardian omits to investigate the truth.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
These are charter cities and are being set up in deregulated SEZs.
Yet again, The Guardian omits to investigate the truth.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
New set of forest towns to be built between Oxford and Cambridge
Communities in the middle of new national forest to show how housebuilding can be delivered alongside nature
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
'A new set of forest towns will be built in the area between Oxford and Cambridge, nestled in the middle of a new national forest'.
These are charter cities and are being set up in deregulated SEZs.
Yet again, The Guardian omits to investigate the truth.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
These are charter cities and are being set up in deregulated SEZs.
Yet again, The Guardian omits to investigate the truth.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social Please read the above thread/article, according to Shiv Malik, 'green party campaigners' are supporting a charter city project in Suffolk, they probably don't know the whole story about Forest City, but
I do after interviewing Shiv Malik. Get in touch.
I do after interviewing Shiv Malik. Get in touch.
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social Please read the above thread/article, according to Shiv Malik, 'green party campaigners' are supporting a charter city project in Suffolk, they probably don't know the whole story about Forest City, but
I do after interviewing Shiv Malik. Get in touch.
I do after interviewing Shiv Malik. Get in touch.
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Curse of Private Equity.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.
Regulator bares teeth as dentists earn £1.2bn
The gross profit figures for private equity-owned My Dentist, PortmanDentex and Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services rose by 20 per cent year-on-year between 2023 and 2024.
www.thisismoney.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Curse of Private Equity.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.