BethU
@beth-u.bsky.social
UK. Socialist. Called lots of other things but sticks and stones.
Humanitarian. All life matters.
Quite opinionated but enjoy respectful debate. UK
Humanitarian. All life matters.
Quite opinionated but enjoy respectful debate. UK
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Q. Who is Polanski a danger to?
It's probably not you. Unless you are one of the 1%.
It's probably not you. Unless you are one of the 1%.
Striking in this debate hosted by @krishgm.bsky.social how many people in the comments are saying that a wealth tax at this point is so obvious.
Is it any surprise that the Labour Governments response is to continually try and take swipes at the Green Party?
youtu.be/1onr7pAEFRE?...
Is it any surprise that the Labour Governments response is to continually try and take swipes at the Green Party?
youtu.be/1onr7pAEFRE?...
Will Polanski's wealth tax tank the economy? Reeves budget debate
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Q. Who is Polanski a danger to?
It's probably not you. Unless you are one of the 1%.
It's probably not you. Unless you are one of the 1%.
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Some quick pointers for the government
🚨Asylum seekers are not, by any measure, "illegal migrants"
🚨The latest immigration stats have pretty much nothing to do with this government
🚨It's a genuinely weird flex to boast about making the country you govern less attractive
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🚨Asylum seekers are not, by any measure, "illegal migrants"
🚨The latest immigration stats have pretty much nothing to do with this government
🚨It's a genuinely weird flex to boast about making the country you govern less attractive
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Some quick pointers for the government
🚨Asylum seekers are not, by any measure, "illegal migrants"
🚨The latest immigration stats have pretty much nothing to do with this government
🚨It's a genuinely weird flex to boast about making the country you govern less attractive
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🚨Asylum seekers are not, by any measure, "illegal migrants"
🚨The latest immigration stats have pretty much nothing to do with this government
🚨It's a genuinely weird flex to boast about making the country you govern less attractive
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Footage shows 2 Palestinians lifting their clothes to show they aren't armed, putting their hands in the air & kneeling on the floor
@kamalimelbourne.bsky.social : "Footage shows Israeli forces killing two Palestinian men after those two men had appeared to be surrendering"
"Appeared to be"
@kamalimelbourne.bsky.social : "Footage shows Israeli forces killing two Palestinian men after those two men had appeared to be surrendering"
"Appeared to be"
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Footage shows 2 Palestinians lifting their clothes to show they aren't armed, putting their hands in the air & kneeling on the floor
@kamalimelbourne.bsky.social : "Footage shows Israeli forces killing two Palestinian men after those two men had appeared to be surrendering"
"Appeared to be"
@kamalimelbourne.bsky.social : "Footage shows Israeli forces killing two Palestinian men after those two men had appeared to be surrendering"
"Appeared to be"
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Politician who fanned anti-LGBT sentiment stunned to find rising levels of anti-LGBT sentiment
"[...] the Labour leader said the homophobic attack left him worried for the future of the UK"
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Keir Starmer's fury after neice and wife 'beaten by blokes for holding hands'
'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'
metro.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Politician who fanned anti-LGBT sentiment stunned to find rising levels of anti-LGBT sentiment
Where are the unions?
UK govt ditches flagship policy from the workers’ rights bill.
Removes the right to protection from unfair dismissal from the first day of employment, introduces a six-month threshold.
Victory for bosses, Tories and LibDems.
Insecurity for workers.
Removes the right to protection from unfair dismissal from the first day of employment, introduces a six-month threshold.
Victory for bosses, Tories and LibDems.
Insecurity for workers.
Government to ditch day-one unfair dismissal policy from workers’ rights bill
Flagship Labour plan to be replaced with six-month threshold after Peter Kyle vows to not let businesses ‘lose’ under new law
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Where are the unions?
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The country wants a wealth tax on assets.
They're panicking because "won't the rich just leave" has been utterly debunked.
They've got no actual argument.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
They're panicking because "won't the rich just leave" has been utterly debunked.
They've got no actual argument.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The country wants a wealth tax on assets.
They're panicking because "won't the rich just leave" has been utterly debunked.
They've got no actual argument.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
They're panicking because "won't the rich just leave" has been utterly debunked.
They've got no actual argument.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Striking in this debate hosted by @krishgm.bsky.social how many people in the comments are saying that a wealth tax at this point is so obvious.
Is it any surprise that the Labour Governments response is to continually try and take swipes at the Green Party?
youtu.be/1onr7pAEFRE?...
Is it any surprise that the Labour Governments response is to continually try and take swipes at the Green Party?
youtu.be/1onr7pAEFRE?...
Will Polanski's wealth tax tank the economy? Reeves budget debate
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Striking in this debate hosted by @krishgm.bsky.social how many people in the comments are saying that a wealth tax at this point is so obvious.
Is it any surprise that the Labour Governments response is to continually try and take swipes at the Green Party?
youtu.be/1onr7pAEFRE?...
Is it any surprise that the Labour Governments response is to continually try and take swipes at the Green Party?
youtu.be/1onr7pAEFRE?...
What they say, what they do.
U-turn and retreat.
Which of workers' rights will be next?
U-turn and retreat.
Which of workers' rights will be next?
Worth noting that the same day these negotiations to ditch day one rights to claim unfair dismissal were going on (Monday), No 10 told us they would "overturn all attempts to scupper these plans, including watering down day one protection from unfair dismissal".
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
What they say, what they do.
U-turn and retreat.
Which of workers' rights will be next?
U-turn and retreat.
Which of workers' rights will be next?
@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social warned you.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is warning you.
Medical professionals (Consultants, Doctors, Nurses) have been warning you.
So please do not turn around within the next 5 years and say 'why did no one warn us'.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is warning you.
Medical professionals (Consultants, Doctors, Nurses) have been warning you.
So please do not turn around within the next 5 years and say 'why did no one warn us'.
Zack Polanski says Labour is quietly preparing the ground for NHS privatisation - and at The Northern Rose, upcoming articles from medical professionals suggest there may be evidence to back up those concerns.
#NHS #greenparty #ukpolitics #healthcare #labour
#NHS #greenparty #ukpolitics #healthcare #labour
November 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social warned you.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is warning you.
Medical professionals (Consultants, Doctors, Nurses) have been warning you.
So please do not turn around within the next 5 years and say 'why did no one warn us'.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is warning you.
Medical professionals (Consultants, Doctors, Nurses) have been warning you.
So please do not turn around within the next 5 years and say 'why did no one warn us'.
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"We can judge Farage not just by the words he, allegedly, shouted as a child, but by the words and actions he has chosen as an adult."
Zack Polanski on why Farage should be judged on his record as a politician which has seen him echo conspiracy and language of the far right.
Zack Polanski on why Farage should be judged on his record as a politician which has seen him echo conspiracy and language of the far right.
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"We can judge Farage not just by the words he, allegedly, shouted as a child, but by the words and actions he has chosen as an adult."
Zack Polanski on why Farage should be judged on his record as a politician which has seen him echo conspiracy and language of the far right.
Zack Polanski on why Farage should be judged on his record as a politician which has seen him echo conspiracy and language of the far right.
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Don't miss it 7:30pm ITV a special episode of my show with the practicals everyone needs to know about the budget. And I'm putting your questions to the Chancellor focusing on tax, savings, pensions, EVs, Student finance and far more.
(you'll be able to watch it back after on itvx too)
(you'll be able to watch it back after on itvx too)
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Don't miss it 7:30pm ITV a special episode of my show with the practicals everyone needs to know about the budget. And I'm putting your questions to the Chancellor focusing on tax, savings, pensions, EVs, Student finance and far more.
(you'll be able to watch it back after on itvx too)
(you'll be able to watch it back after on itvx too)
Reading the whole thread makes it make sense.
One of the issues with immigration statistics, and don't get me wrong they have their uses, is that they lack context, and does the reporting around them. You can't just look at a particular increase or decrease, you need to look at why it has happened and potential impacts for it to make sense 1/
November 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Reading the whole thread makes it make sense.
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“A North London man’s ceiling collapsed after the local authority took too long to fix a leak coming from his upstairs neighbour's flat, a watchdog report has found.”
www.mylondon.news/news/north-l...
www.mylondon.news/news/north-l...
Watchdog slams Camden Council after leak causes man's ceiling to fall in
The Housing Ombudsman found fault with several local authorities and landlords over their failures to fix ‘serious’ leaks which had caused electricity outages and saw some families displaced from thei...
www.mylondon.news
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“A North London man’s ceiling collapsed after the local authority took too long to fix a leak coming from his upstairs neighbour's flat, a watchdog report has found.”
www.mylondon.news/news/north-l...
www.mylondon.news/news/north-l...
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Billionaires live in a different time zone. join.greenparty.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Billionaires live in a different time zone. join.greenparty.org.uk
The party for workers my left bum cheek.
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The party for workers my left bum cheek.
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Obviously this piece is lacking in quite a lot of information, however, statistically if people are being stuck in lorries to leave the UK they aren't being "smuggled" they are being trafficked, a whole other thing. That seems like a pretty crucial thing to clarify.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Two Romanian men jailed for trying to smuggle migrants out of UK
Marius Bajenaru, 44, and Sorin-Costinel Ivan, 46, tried to smuggle migrants in the back of lorries.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Obviously this piece is lacking in quite a lot of information, however, statistically if people are being stuck in lorries to leave the UK they aren't being "smuggled" they are being trafficked, a whole other thing. That seems like a pretty crucial thing to clarify.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Why Reeves budget is a failure. The tax raised won't help living standards or stop the decline in services. It will pay off the Bank of England debts, and protect her arbitrary and restrictive fiscal rules.
The autumn budget: now the dust has settled, what's the verdict? NEF's chief economist sets the record straight.
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Why Reeves budget is a failure. The tax raised won't help living standards or stop the decline in services. It will pay off the Bank of England debts, and protect her arbitrary and restrictive fiscal rules.
Who will they blame when they can no longer blame the migrants.
- children
- pensioners
- disabled
Yet the government make all the political decisions.
We, the voters (and even the non voters), can change that. No tactical voting, no voting for the lesser evil.
- children
- pensioners
- disabled
Yet the government make all the political decisions.
We, the voters (and even the non voters), can change that. No tactical voting, no voting for the lesser evil.
One big risk to the OBR forecasts has already materialised -migration is falling more quickly than their projections and that will hit growth and tax revenue.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
UK net migration drops sharply to 204,000 in year to June - live updates
Net migration fell by around two-thirds - from 649,000 in the year to June 2024 to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Who will they blame when they can no longer blame the migrants.
- children
- pensioners
- disabled
Yet the government make all the political decisions.
We, the voters (and even the non voters), can change that. No tactical voting, no voting for the lesser evil.
- children
- pensioners
- disabled
Yet the government make all the political decisions.
We, the voters (and even the non voters), can change that. No tactical voting, no voting for the lesser evil.
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All Labour, Green and independent councillors at Oxford City Council have just called for public ownership of Thames Water
This government can't stop the rising tide of public opinion, even from their own councillors.
📣 Public ownership of Thames Water NOW.
This government can't stop the rising tide of public opinion, even from their own councillors.
📣 Public ownership of Thames Water NOW.
Council calls to nationalise Thames Water amid 'disgusting' sewage spills
Oxford City Council has called for Thames Water to be brought back into public ownership, amid complaints about "disgusting" sewage spills.
www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
All Labour, Green and independent councillors at Oxford City Council have just called for public ownership of Thames Water
This government can't stop the rising tide of public opinion, even from their own councillors.
📣 Public ownership of Thames Water NOW.
This government can't stop the rising tide of public opinion, even from their own councillors.
📣 Public ownership of Thames Water NOW.
What you see is not what you will get. Free Zones - free from regulation, free tax exemptions.
The cost will be borne by the environment, the workers and those who live in these areas.
The cost will be borne by the environment, the workers and those who live in these areas.
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 3:49 PM
What you see is not what you will get. Free Zones - free from regulation, free tax exemptions.
The cost will be borne by the environment, the workers and those who live in these areas.
The cost will be borne by the environment, the workers and those who live in these areas.
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This is the perfect time to check if you’re owed £100s energy credit back. Watch the video for how much is too much.
Just a snippet of the Martin Lewis Money Energy Show, watch it in full on ITVX
Just a snippet of the Martin Lewis Money Energy Show, watch it in full on ITVX
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
This is the perfect time to check if you’re owed £100s energy credit back. Watch the video for how much is too much.
Just a snippet of the Martin Lewis Money Energy Show, watch it in full on ITVX
Just a snippet of the Martin Lewis Money Energy Show, watch it in full on ITVX
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Rachel Reeves says this Labour Governments decisions are "necessary."
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Rachel Reeves says this Labour Governments decisions are "necessary."
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
Same old playbook. Same old and very tired politics. Same old failed systems.
Voters get the opportunity to change all that. It's up to us, next May and the next GE.
Voters get the opportunity to change all that. It's up to us, next May and the next GE.
The can has been well and truly kicked down the road. @greenparty.org.uk and @zackpolanski.bsky.social in power would tax wealth and and at least attempt to fix it. Reform in power would give more tax cuts to their rich cronies, and make it much much worse. #VoteGreen
The tax rises in this Budget’s are backloaded.
They're largely kick in in what is likely to be a pre-election year, somewhat implausibly.
They're largely kick in in what is likely to be a pre-election year, somewhat implausibly.
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Same old playbook. Same old and very tired politics. Same old failed systems.
Voters get the opportunity to change all that. It's up to us, next May and the next GE.
Voters get the opportunity to change all that. It's up to us, next May and the next GE.
The answer is YES.
Zack Polanski says Labour is quietly preparing the ground for NHS privatisation - and at The Northern Rose, upcoming articles from medical professionals suggest there may be evidence to back up those concerns.
#NHS #greenparty #ukpolitics #healthcare #labour
#NHS #greenparty #ukpolitics #healthcare #labour
November 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The answer is YES.