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Peter Beal @peterpaddler.bsky.social · 19h

Sorry did I miss something. What’s he said that makes you say that?

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Peter Beal @peterpaddler.bsky.social · 19h

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'Several factors contributed to the leap in CO2, including another year of unrelenting fossil fuel burning despite a pledge by the world’s countries in 2023 to “transition away” from coal, oil and gas...

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Peter Beal @peterpaddler.bsky.social · 20h

Are the BoE incompetent or is all this deliberate

Peter Beal @peterpaddler.bsky.social · 20h

Oh yes I very much agree with Prem here.
Our economy is being eaten by the plutocrats. They swallowed the quantitive easing of the 2010 crisis and Covid now using it to buy everything

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

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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Peter Beal @peterpaddler.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to the Plutonomy.
There are now more PE companies in the US than branches of Mc Donalds.

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

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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Peter Beal @peterpaddler.bsky.social · 1d

The lack of uk state ambition is ruining the country

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d

New industrial robots added in China last yr, 295,000; UK 2,500.

China has 567 robots per 10,000 manufacturing workers; UK 104 .

China investing 40.4% of GDP in productive assets; UK 18.2%.

UK won't win the economic race with neoliberalism or without state intervention.
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Peter Beal @peterpaddler.bsky.social · 2d

Farage with wife of Russian that bribed other ukip/reform member

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d

Temu’s EU operations doubled pre-tax profits to $120m (£90m), employed just 8 people, $18m corporation tax,

It is smoke and mirrors of profit shifting, offshore tax havens.

UK High street can't compete.

Govt must review customs duty exemptions, require multinationals to show where they pay taxes.

China’s Temu more than doubles EU profits to nearly $120m despite having only eight staff

Online marketplace paid just $18m in corporation tax, leading campaigners to call for government action

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Beal @peterpaddler.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting that The Wizard of Oz was banned. I did hear that his family said that the book had no deeper political meaning.

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d

Censorship, silencing and exile is never far away in so-called free world.

Books that they banned or tried to ban

Leaves of Grass
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Other Stories
The Wizard of Oz
The Great Gatsby
The Sun also Rises

Have we advanced?

5 Historically Banned Classics and Why - Canterbury Classics

It's National Banned Books Week! To commemorate the event, we've compiled a list of popular classics that have been historically banned—and the reasons why.

www.canterburyclassicsbooks.com

Peter Beal @peterpaddler.bsky.social · 2d

I absolutely agree but so many powerful ppl are want him.
I was reading about a parking scheme local to me and the local councillor had to get agreement from a Lord whose castle must be over 100 miles from here. His net worth about £125 million. Holds Reform parties in his castle.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3d

Nigel Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'.

Brexit is the biggest self-harm. UK economy hasn't recovered.

Farage, the part-time MP, collects millions from 2nd/3rd jobs, full time MP pay+exps; often missing from the Commons.

Pushes hatred to grab power.

'Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'

No Brexit champion, particularly Nigel Farage, is worthy of high office after proving so conclusively wrong on such a seismic issue, says Mirror Associate Editor Kevin Maguire

www.mirror.co.uk

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3d

Former Tory Minister Michael Gove says the post-Brexit Tory trade deals with Australia and New Zealand were bad for UK farmers.

Why did he/Tories Tories sign them?

Brexit hasn't yielded any economic benefits. UK gave up the best trade deals and now scavenges for whatever it can get.

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 3d

Left: Bridget Phillipson, "In many cases Jewish young people feel that they need to conceal their identity"

Right: Under watermelon themed kippah's on anti Israeli genocide in Gaza marches in London?

Shame on Labour for pushing the anti Israeli genocide in Gaza with being anti Jewish

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trickyg.bsky.social @trickyg.bsky.social · 3d

Farage will love this.

David Thompson @djt1million.bsky.social · 4d

The importing of Evangelical Christo-Fascism is having an impact already, I've just been reading about literal blackshirts marching through the heart of Soho for example. It's grim & must be resisted at all cost: www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/10/k...

Evangelical 'King's Army' group disrupts traffic in historic LGBTQ+ London district

A right-wing, evangelical group calling itself the King's Army blocked traffic on Old Compton Street in Soho while chanting anti-LGBTQ+ slogans.

www.thepinknews.com

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Peter Beal @peterpaddler.bsky.social · 3d

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Nigel Farage’s NEW Reform liquid supplement…

YouTube video by Spitting Image

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Peter Beal @peterpaddler.bsky.social · 3d

Burnham seems to be a bit of an unknown quantity. Has he changed as some say, I don’t know. Even if he has there’s no obvious path for him.
New Statesman were suggesting Mamood.

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Peter Beal @peterpaddler.bsky.social · 3d

Yes plus gbnews and bbc

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 4d

Private equity wrecked UK high street, says Iceland Foods boss

PE model - low wages, cut staff/investment, high debt, profiteering, tax abuse.

PE devoured Debenhams, Maplin, Byron Burger, Cath Kidson, Comet, Flybe, Poundworld, Toys R Us.

Controls care homes, vets, supermarkets.
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Private equity has wrecked the high street, says Iceland boss

Richard Walker says private buyers take out costs and fail to invest then sell to the highest bidder in a cycle that makes retailers steadily worse

www.thetimes.com

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Peter Beal @peterpaddler.bsky.social · 4d

Yes thats why every minute that labour don't kick them out make it so much harder

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Peter Beal @peterpaddler.bsky.social · 4d

Yes and understand that the level of the polycrisis we’re in requires big bold action by the state. Which requires a recognition of the power of the state. We need to react to the economic, environmental and developmental challenges now. The political challenges should follow

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks

Govts of Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman, China, France, Germany Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, UAE, US would like to thank UK for letting their entities own UK infrastructure.

Vast profits exported, Britons stare at sewage in rivers.

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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Peter Beal @peterpaddler.bsky.social · 4d

It’s going to an even bigger job taking it all back. However failure is not an option.

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Peter Beal @peterpaddler.bsky.social · 4d

Yes but then it’s not a party but a personality cult

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 4d

Farage/Reform and the Trump playbook.

Mass sackings of unsympathetic civil servants
Promise to reduce workers's rights
Inflict spending cuts - hit the poor, old, sick, disabled

Now claims teachers are “poisoning our kids” - just as Nazis did to control education.

Power grab by dividing society.

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Beal @peterpaddler.bsky.social · 5d

Yep that’s tories for you

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 5d

Former PM Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office.

Secretly lobbied the UAE for a billion-dollar private venture,
Used senior contacts in the Saudi govt to pitch for a consultancy firm.

Lust for private wealth is the main cause of UK decline.

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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