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Mark @markportis.bsky.social · 1h

Don't know Prem, you've got me stumped on why they would be handing the NHS over to PE, that's a real puzzle 🤔

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1h

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

www.theguardian.com

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Mark @markportis.bsky.social · 1h

Is there anyone, other than politicians surprised about this
Israel lies and lies and lies and lies 🤦‍♂️
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-trumpa...

The Trumpanyahu Administration Is Already Sabotaging The Ceasefire

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):

www.caitlinjohnst.one

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 1h

Reeves really is doing her best to fail www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

Reeves really is doing her best to fail

As Sky News has reported: Rachel Reeves has told Sky News she is looking at both tax rises and spending cuts in the budget, in her first interview since being briefed on the scale of the fiscal black ...

www.taxresearch.org.uk

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Crazy that we hear about Train Drivers who get £60,000 a year for driving a train.

But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK.

Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax.

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TAFF 💕🐷🐄🐑🐥🪿🙏Annibyniaeth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @vegan-4-indy.bsky.social · 21h

👇THIS.

It is completely NORMAL for a country to take care of itself.

Wanting another country to manage (and exploit you) is total INSANITY

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 1d

As people gather to march in Rhyl on 18 October, we will not just remember our history. We will make a statement: Wales will lead, not follow. Wales will decide, not wait. The nation our people deserve is within our grasp ✍️Councillor Bleddyn Williams

From Rhuddlan to Rhyl: Why independence is 740 years overdue

Cllr Bleddyn Williams, Plaid Cymru, Rhuddlan Town Council On 18 October 2025, Rhyl will host the next March for Independence. People from across Wales will come together to show support for a nation t...

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 23h

Mary Lawlor, UN special rapporteur for human rights defenders, accuses US, UK and other governments of paying lip service to climate goals while criminalizing activists.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It’s a road to destruction’: climate defenders facing surge in reprisals, says UN expert

Mary Lawlor, UN special rapporteur for human rights defenders, accuses US, UK and other governments of paying lip service to climate goals while criminalizing activists

www.theguardian.com

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IndyCelt @indycelt.bsky.social · 12h

Post by New Wales on FB:

George Cottrell, fraud/money laundering. Jailed.

James McMurdock. Violent assault against gf. Jailed.

Lucy Connolly. Inciting racial hatred. Jailed.

Nathan Gill. Treason (Russia). Sentence next month.

Friends & allies,by choice of Nigel Farage.

#ReformUK CRIMINALS

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 14h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Mark @markportis.bsky.social · 14h

so breaking the agreement already along with still killing people, when will the international community step and take over, Israel cannot be trusted to comply with the simplest human rights.

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Mark @markportis.bsky.social · 14h

why not use the oldest language in the British Isles instead of all these newcomers?

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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 19h

Reform’s former Welsh leader, Nathan Gill, has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from Russia.

The people of Wales deserve full transparency about foreign interference in politics.

Those interviewed by counter-terrorism police in connection with the case should be publicly named.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 15h

The message is simple:
❌ No more PFIs.
❌ No new PPPs.

With the Autumn Budget coming up, we need to show politicians the public won’t accept more privatisation.

✍️ Sign the EveryDoctor Charter today: bit.ly/SignEDNHSCha...

Image of Rachel Reeves in front of a blurred background of British banknotes. Text on the image reads, “With Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget coming up... We’re delivering a message to leaders. Sign your name.” The design uses red and white accents to emphasise the campaign’s call to action.

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Mark @markportis.bsky.social · 14h

It's quite amazing what the British Armed services can lose when it benefits them, anything from paperwork to serving personnel can disappear so effectively that even the police can't find them,

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 17h

👉NEW -- Military ‘lost or destroyed’ whistleblower files

by Richard @NortonTaylor

Exclusive: Army records about soldier Colin Wallace, who exposed abuses in Northern Ireland, have gone missing.
www.declassifieduk.org/military-los...

Military ‘lost or destroyed’ whistleblower files

Exclusive: Army records about soldier Colin Wallace, who exposed abuses in Northern Ireland, have gone missing.

www.declassifieduk.org

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Wullie @wullieforindy.bsky.social · 1d

Morning all 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Sharon Graham @unitesharon.bsky.social · 21h

Wow, this is absolutely reprehensible!

Blacklisting workers for union activities is despicable and those who do it are breaking the law and must be held to account.

Birmingham’s bin workers are well aware that there is something rotten at the top of the council. 1/2

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Mark @markportis.bsky.social · 15h

usually a white tip indicates a HEIAP round, or in layman's terms High-Explosive Incendiary/Armor-Piercing, why it's being used against civilians is beyond me.

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 15h

Why a US citizen is being held hostage by Israel 🤔

American family pleads for the release of US 15-year-old Mohammed Ibrahim after he was abducted by the IOF in February

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Mark @markportis.bsky.social · 1d

Well said Seema, these people need the truth rammed down their throats until they choke on it.

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Seema Syeda @seemasyeda.bsky.social · 1d

Watch all the way to the end.

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Mark @markportis.bsky.social · 1d

don't forget starlink, elons broadband

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 1d

This is why everybody needs to #BoycottTesla, join the #eXodus from X, and campaign to keep private money out of politics.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

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

Robinson allegedly failed to comply with officers who ‘became concerned’ by his behaviour at Channel Tunnel Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counter terrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. The far-right activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley Lennon, refused to give police the pin for his phone because it had “journalistic material on it” after they stopped him at the Channel Tunnel on 28 July 2024, a court heard. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 1d

As people gather to march in Rhyl on 18 October, we will not just remember our history. We will make a statement: Wales will lead, not follow. Wales will decide, not wait. The nation our people deserve is within our grasp ✍️Councillor Bleddyn Williams

From Rhuddlan to Rhyl: Why independence is 740 years overdue

Cllr Bleddyn Williams, Plaid Cymru, Rhuddlan Town Council On 18 October 2025, Rhyl will host the next March for Independence. People from across Wales will come together to show support for a nation t...

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