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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 2d

BYLINES NETWORK SPECIAL
For 30 years, survivors of abuse by Mohamed Al Fayed have been silenced, threatened and blocked from justice. Their voices must be heard.

Isabella reveals the barriers they face and the vital changes that need to happen.

Read it at sussexbylines.co.uk & bit.ly/LegalAbyss

Image of Lady Justice outside the Old Bailey, with dark clouds behind the statue. Covered with the headline of a Bylines Newtwork exclusive article: When Power Is Untouchable

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MacTales @mactales.bsky.social · 1d

It is exactly what I woud expect from this "Labour" government.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24d

🚨This is not what I expect from a Labour government

THESE SHOCKING cuts are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child - the Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Fund is a lifeline for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England

youtu.be/7roDSM-GPBY?...

Devastating cuts for some of most vulnerable children in England is not what I expect from Labour

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

Yorkshire Water flouted director pay rules, secretly handed £660k bonus through offshore parent company.

Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.

Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.

Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp

Ofwat says off-shore payments to Yorkshire Water boss do not flout bonus ban

Campaigners have slammed Ofwat after the water regulator found that the undisclosed off-shore payment of £660,000 to Yorkshire Water boss Nicola Shaw did not flout the Government’s bonus ban rule.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 1d

The fire service does not have council members listed as chair or vice chair.

'the public "has a right to expect that its emergency services are accountable to them and their elected representatives.

"At the moment, the structures for that have broken down in Kent."'

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Kent fire authority 'in disarray' amid Reform UK video leak row

A firefighters union claims Reform UK suspending councillors is impacting the local fire authority.

www.bbc.co.uk

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MacTales @mactales.bsky.social · 1d

Of course – so why were they so stupid as to do it? It takes 10 seconds to find genuine footage to prove Trump is corrupt and criminal.
Now the ant-BBC & anti-licence fee mob will have a field day.
Wel done the BBC!

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship

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BrexitPirates @brexitpirates.bsky.social · 2d

Lovely.
Now let's hear about the situations of the children she trafficked and abused.

Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 3d

The article here:

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Ghislaine Maxwell's prison emails show she is 'happier' at minimum-security Texas facility

Maxwell, a convicted sex offender connected to Jeffrey Epstein, was moved to a less restrictive federal prison this summer. Congress is investigating allegations of special treatment.

www.nbcnews.com

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Harmonica 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @harmonica2.bsky.social · 4d

This will be the Robbie Gibb of the BBC, 'responsible for upholding the independence of the BBC'. Yeah, right.

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 4d

From the archives 🔎

GB News ‘Founder’ in Business with Two Top Priti Patel Appointees

Sir Robbie Gibb, who helped found the new ‘anti-woke’ media channel, is tied to the Government’s bid to attack Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion

bylinetimes.com/2021/02/10/g...

GB News ‘Founder’ in Business with Two Top Priti Patel Appointees

Nafeez Ahmed reveals how Sir Robbie Gibb, who helped found the new ‘anti-woke’ media channel, is tied to the Government’s bid to attack Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion

bylinetimes.com

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MacTales @mactales.bsky.social · 1d

I appreciate it must be extremely difficult to find recordings of Trump to prove how stupid, corrupt and criminal he is – so it is understandable that in frustration the BBC cobbled something together to demonstrate this.
How incredibly stupid. And now the anti-BBC mob have even more ammo.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …

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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 4d

If NHS trusts hadn’t had to pay more than £1.8 billion in *interest charges* to private companies, that money could have paid for the starting salaries of over 50,000 NHS doctors 😮🚨

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MacTales @mactales.bsky.social · 3d

I honestly believe Karp is a sociopath and Thiel is dernanged (or brain damaged – have you seen him interviewed?).

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 4d

Alex Karp and Peter Thiel are two of the worst people on this planet running one of the most evil companies to ever exist—we should do whatever we can to make Palantir go bankrupt.

Palantir CEO Karp twice slams short sellers as stock suffers worst week since April

Palantir CEO Alex Karp twice confronted short sellers this week as the company's shares suffered a double-digit drop.

www.cnbc.com

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 4d

Alex Karp and Peter Thiel are two of the worst people on this planet running one of the most evil companies to ever exist—we should do whatever we can to make Palantir go bankrupt.

Palantir CEO Karp twice slams short sellers as stock suffers worst week since April

Palantir CEO Alex Karp twice confronted short sellers this week as the company's shares suffered a double-digit drop.

www.cnbc.com

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Kuntie Plopkins @kuntieplopkins.bsky.social · 5d

Tory policy: Let's spend 14 years asset stripping the country for our own ends & when we're finally voted out & things begin crumbling around us, we can blame the current government.
Slow hand clap Chris Philp, you hypocritical prick.

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 4d

The UK is set to buy a fleet of US fighter jets that can drop nuclear bombs. It will cost about £1 billion.

The purchase is purely political, say Nuclear Information Service and Nukewatch UK.

www.declassifieduk.org/the-uks-1-bi...

The UK’s £1 billion Thank You to Uncle Sam

The UK is set to buy a fleet of US fighter jets that can drop nuclear bombs. The purchase is purely political, say watchdogs

www.declassifieduk.org

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 5d

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T-Rexit @t-rexit.bsky.social · 5d

Chortle 🤭

Reform UK suspends another Kent councillor after video leak

Isabella Kemp is the latest Kent member to be suspended after the leak of a heated virtual meeting.

www.bbc.com

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BrexitPirates @brexitpirates.bsky.social · 5d

It's only ever about skin colour for the far right...

Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 5d

Which one is more English?

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 8d

UK energy companies made £30bn profit.
Gas extractors £10.8bn
Electricity generators £9.7bn
Transmission/Distribution £6.8 bn
Retail suppliers £2.8 bn

£500 a yr profit from average household
Bills up 42% since 2021.

Direct cause of inflation and poverty.

128,000 people a year die in fuel poverty.

www.unitetheunion.org

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 9d

The UAE where hugging in public can get you arrested, where human rights barely exist, where foreign workers are routinely abused, where critics of the regime routinely disappear, where an Indian nanny was shot by firing squad in March & where marital rape is not a criminal offence but being gay is.

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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 10d

💷 In just 5 years, NHS trusts spent £3 billion paying off private finance deals.

60% of that — £1.8 billion — went on interest alone. That’s not investment. It’s extraction.

Our NHS deserves better....

Read full report: everydoctor.org.uk/nhs-trusts-t...

A graphic by EveryDoctor titled “The Price of Privatisation” shows NHS trust spending over the last five years. A pie chart illustrates £3 billion total spending, with £1.8 billion (60%) on interest and £1.2 billion (40%) on debt. Text below reads, “That’s not investment — it’s extraction.”

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BrexitPirates @brexitpirates.bsky.social · 10d

With incompetence like this, I don't think we need to worry about Reform lasting long enough to be a threat at the next election...

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 10d

Reform UK Councillor Ian Duxbury has questioned why Maya Ellis MP is getting involved with an issue on his patch.

Awkwardly, he’s doesn't seem to know the electoral boundaries changed last year. It’s her patch. So much for knowing your area.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 10d

The rightwing think-tank Policy Exchange is breaching charity law.

Instead, of remaining balanced and unpolitical, it has become a vehicle to advance a one-sided and wildly inaccurate trans-hate agenda ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/xixz

Policy Exchange’s transphobic campaigning breaches charity law | Good Law Project

Policy Exchange, a rightwing think-tank set up for the “non-partisan advancement of education of the public” has been flagrantly breaching its objects and charity law. We’ve made a formal complaint to...

goodlaw.social

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MacTales @mactales.bsky.social · 11d

From my book of Updated Nersery Rhymes:
"Oh, the grand old Mister Andrew Mountbatten Windsor…"
(I haven't quite finished this one yet.)

Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 11d

Success 💥

Andrew has been stripped of his titles – no one should be able to hold to titles they don’t deserve.

Screenshot of Andrew’s Wikipedia page, with no royal or aristocratic title

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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 11d

🚨 The Autumn Budget could quietly open the door to more privatisation of our NHS.

Our CEO, Dr Julia Patterson, explains why we must act — before it’s too late.

🎥Watch, share, and join the fight to protect the NHS: bit.ly/NHSandBudget

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · Jul 3

Did you spot it?

This government wants to use a PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP for Neighbourhood Health Centres in its 10 year NHS plan

*Even though Private Finance Initiatives mean the NHS paying up to 27 x over for hospitals*

Take 1 minute to say no weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...

No new PFI in Neighbourhood Health Services | We Own It

Wes Streeting: do not use a “Public Private Partnership” to finance Neighbourhood Health Centres

weownit.org.uk

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 12d

Reform UK’s Lee Anderson wants to bring back the ‘invalid carriage’.

The Invacar was banned from English roads in 2003 over safety fears after some overturned and others caught fire.

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