MargR
@margroe.bsky.social
Born in Liverpool, lived in Hackney since 1979 (getting on a bit). Quaker. Left wing, left Labour Party.
Actually I think the reference to Caligula was even better.
What it looks like in the transcript versus what I actually said.
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Actually I think the reference to Caligula was even better.
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#BBC cowering to Trump again.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#BBC cowering to Trump again.
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More damage post Brexshit thanks to Farage , Labour and the Conservatives and their lobbyists. 👇
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
More damage post Brexshit thanks to Farage , Labour and the Conservatives and their lobbyists. 👇
He told lies about the state of London after being hosted at great expense, when the only purpose of the visit was a tick on his bucket list
Billboard?
SHOULD THE BBC COUNTERSUE TRUMP FOR BEING A C*NT?
SHOULD THE BBC COUNTERSUE TRUMP FOR BEING A C*NT?
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
He told lies about the state of London after being hosted at great expense, when the only purpose of the visit was a tick on his bucket list
Did they ever pay NI contributions? Not much pension there.
Entitled is 100% accurate.
Poor Andrew genuinely believes his title should get him what he wants.
As for Fergie...
Both of them should live of their pension and universal credit.
Or maybe their daughters generosity. Nothing else.
Poor Andrew genuinely believes his title should get him what he wants.
As for Fergie...
Both of them should live of their pension and universal credit.
Or maybe their daughters generosity. Nothing else.
October 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Did they ever pay NI contributions? Not much pension there.
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Private equity decimated US hospitals, says Senate report; now targeting the NHS.
PE practice, Cut staff/wages, high debt/price, asset-stripping tax abuse, poor service.
PE makes millions in the UK from hip/knee/cataract surgery, GP surgeries, care homes, will run new NHS neighbourhood hubs.
PE practice, Cut staff/wages, high debt/price, asset-stripping tax abuse, poor service.
PE makes millions in the UK from hip/knee/cataract surgery, GP surgeries, care homes, will run new NHS neighbourhood hubs.
Private equity - "decimated" US hospitals according to report - now targeting the NHS - The Lowdown
In late August the release of a report by US senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) on the destruction of hospitals in his home state of Connecticut, and across the US by private equity companies highlights on...
lowdownnhs.info
October 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Private equity decimated US hospitals, says Senate report; now targeting the NHS.
PE practice, Cut staff/wages, high debt/price, asset-stripping tax abuse, poor service.
PE makes millions in the UK from hip/knee/cataract surgery, GP surgeries, care homes, will run new NHS neighbourhood hubs.
PE practice, Cut staff/wages, high debt/price, asset-stripping tax abuse, poor service.
PE makes millions in the UK from hip/knee/cataract surgery, GP surgeries, care homes, will run new NHS neighbourhood hubs.
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As a Canadian, it makes my blood boil that Banting's gift to the world was commodified and exploited like this. It's absolutely disgusting to see those prices. Banting would be rolling in his grave.
“Insulin belongs to the world, and not to me.”
- Sir Frederick Banting
“Insulin belongs to the world, and not to me.”
- Sir Frederick Banting
October 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
As a Canadian, it makes my blood boil that Banting's gift to the world was commodified and exploited like this. It's absolutely disgusting to see those prices. Banting would be rolling in his grave.
“Insulin belongs to the world, and not to me.”
- Sir Frederick Banting
“Insulin belongs to the world, and not to me.”
- Sir Frederick Banting
The Reform panelist will be in constant communication with Forage on WhatsApp
About bloody time. I notice no Farage for a change. Shame because Zack would show him how to behave as a politician who cares about the British people and the planet at the same time. Go @zackpolanski.bsky.social 🙏💚
October 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The Reform panelist will be in constant communication with Forage on WhatsApp
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The Zack effect is working very well then… he is obviously doing something very subversive and scary for the establishment 😂😂😂 calling for equality!!
youtu.be/b2rA0kA8LjU?...
youtu.be/b2rA0kA8LjU?...
Zack Polanski Terrifies the Establishment — And They’re Panicking
YouTube video by KernowDamo
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The Zack effect is working very well then… he is obviously doing something very subversive and scary for the establishment 😂😂😂 calling for equality!!
youtu.be/b2rA0kA8LjU?...
youtu.be/b2rA0kA8LjU?...
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Why is NHS funding going to private pockets?
October 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Why is NHS funding going to private pockets?
Man on BBC Politics London making the same point. Maybe on the same WhatsApp group.
Tracy-Ann Oberman is, and has always been, a lying, racist dickhead.
The IDF is a brutal occupying army currently committing genocide. Chanting death to the IDF isn't antisemitic.
October 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Man on BBC Politics London making the same point. Maybe on the same WhatsApp group.
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Given the hundreds of millions of pounds given to private companies for the care of children every year, you’d expect children’s homes to be well maintained.
Think again. 🧵
Think again. 🧵
October 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Given the hundreds of millions of pounds given to private companies for the care of children every year, you’d expect children’s homes to be well maintained.
Think again. 🧵
Think again. 🧵
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My dearest wife,
It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee in their camps, where loud ukulele songs of resistance even now drift in on the breeze.
It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee in their camps, where loud ukulele songs of resistance even now drift in on the breeze.
Letter from the Portland War Front (humor about something deadly serious)
My dearest wife,
It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:06 AM
My dearest wife,
It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee in their camps, where loud ukulele songs of resistance even now drift in on the breeze.
It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee in their camps, where loud ukulele songs of resistance even now drift in on the breeze.
However I prefer your allotment to a building site
Public Service Announcement for anyone with an allotment or vegetable patch.
Thanks, but none of us want a marrow.
Thanks, but none of us want a marrow.
September 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
However I prefer your allotment to a building site
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Morgan McSweeney & Labour Together funding not disclosed to the Electoral Commission. The plot to oust Jeremy Corbyn & install Keir Starmer as Leader of the Labour Party & then PM. This is going to destroy Starmer & hopefully the deviant Labour Party he presides over. 'The Fraud' by Paul Holden.
Could this scandal bring down Keir Starmer?
Our real prime minister is Morgan McSweeney.
And the questions he has to answer are absolutely damning 👇
www.doubledown.news/watch/2025/s...
Our real prime minister is Morgan McSweeney.
And the questions he has to answer are absolutely damning 👇
www.doubledown.news/watch/2025/s...
EXPOSED: The Scandal That Could Bring Down Keir Starmer's Government
This is BIG
www.doubledown.news
September 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Morgan McSweeney & Labour Together funding not disclosed to the Electoral Commission. The plot to oust Jeremy Corbyn & install Keir Starmer as Leader of the Labour Party & then PM. This is going to destroy Starmer & hopefully the deviant Labour Party he presides over. 'The Fraud' by Paul Holden.
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GPs want patients to be able to see GPs
Yet @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social is not listening to their concerns
There are unemployed GPs & practices with too little funding to employ them
Online access 8am-6.30pm without the support will be a disaster for patients & will reduce actual appts
Yet @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social is not listening to their concerns
There are unemployed GPs & practices with too little funding to employ them
Online access 8am-6.30pm without the support will be a disaster for patients & will reduce actual appts
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
GPs want patients to be able to see GPs
Yet @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social is not listening to their concerns
There are unemployed GPs & practices with too little funding to employ them
Online access 8am-6.30pm without the support will be a disaster for patients & will reduce actual appts
Yet @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social is not listening to their concerns
There are unemployed GPs & practices with too little funding to employ them
Online access 8am-6.30pm without the support will be a disaster for patients & will reduce actual appts
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I wish people would just stop and ask themselves what exactly Farage is going to do for them apart from stop the “fo-ren-ers”!!
youtu.be/PKZU8cVaXkE?...
youtu.be/PKZU8cVaXkE?...
Why vote Reform when it means paying for healthcare?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
September 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I wish people would just stop and ask themselves what exactly Farage is going to do for them apart from stop the “fo-ren-ers”!!
youtu.be/PKZU8cVaXkE?...
youtu.be/PKZU8cVaXkE?...
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Landlords don't provide housing.
Builders provide housing, what Landlords do is take housing and keep it so people can't buy it while constantly hiking their rents so people will never be able to buy it.
Builders provide housing, what Landlords do is take housing and keep it so people can't buy it while constantly hiking their rents so people will never be able to buy it.
September 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Landlords don't provide housing.
Builders provide housing, what Landlords do is take housing and keep it so people can't buy it while constantly hiking their rents so people will never be able to buy it.
Builders provide housing, what Landlords do is take housing and keep it so people can't buy it while constantly hiking their rents so people will never be able to buy it.
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Labour - get rid of Starmer !
Beyond belief. Downing Street pandering to Trump by literally shutting down UK free speech. Shame on the government for its spinelessness.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...
ABC barred from Trump’s UK press conference after his clash with Australian journalist John Lyons
Exclusive: London bureau of Australia’s national broadcaster informed accreditation removed for ‘logistical reasons’
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Labour - get rid of Starmer !
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To even allow the appearance of this — Starmer’s No 10 adopting Trumpian media management policies — seems extraordinary to me. Very depressing.
September 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
To even allow the appearance of this — Starmer’s No 10 adopting Trumpian media management policies — seems extraordinary to me. Very depressing.
She said on BBC Today when asked about Andy Burnham that two strong women were contesting and questions were about a man challenging a man and she didn’t like it.
Good for you Lucy.
Good for you Lucy.
Lucy Powell hits out at ‘sexist’ talk that she is Labour proxy for Andy Burnham
Lucy Powell hits out at ‘sexist’ talk that she is Labour proxy for Andy Burnham
Deputy leadership hopeful rubbishes claim she and Bridget Phillipson are stand-ins for prime ministerial battle
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UK politics live – latest updates
Lucy Powell has hit out at the “sexist” framing of her deputy Labour leadership campaign, with people claiming she and her rival, Bridget Phillipson, are standing as “proxies” for two men.
With the contest to replace Angela Rayner under way this week, the pair have been forced to contend with political rumours that they are stalking horses for a future leadership battle. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
She said on BBC Today when asked about Andy Burnham that two strong women were contesting and questions were about a man challenging a man and she didn’t like it.
Good for you Lucy.
Good for you Lucy.
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Doctors are patients too!
#NHS is for all of us, although if you’re healthy & wealthy you may not need it
As a society having access to care, free at the point of need, is worth fighting for
Why?
Because you never know when YOU might be in need!
That’s a functioning society
#NHS is for all of us, although if you’re healthy & wealthy you may not need it
As a society having access to care, free at the point of need, is worth fighting for
Why?
Because you never know when YOU might be in need!
That’s a functioning society
September 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Doctors are patients too!
#NHS is for all of us, although if you’re healthy & wealthy you may not need it
As a society having access to care, free at the point of need, is worth fighting for
Why?
Because you never know when YOU might be in need!
That’s a functioning society
#NHS is for all of us, although if you’re healthy & wealthy you may not need it
As a society having access to care, free at the point of need, is worth fighting for
Why?
Because you never know when YOU might be in need!
That’s a functioning society
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Leading lord makes open threat to government in last ditch attempt to save hereditary peers www.electoral-reform.org.uk/leading-lord...
September 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Leading lord makes open threat to government in last ditch attempt to save hereditary peers www.electoral-reform.org.uk/leading-lord...
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Revolving doors.
Thames Water paid £1m+ to corporate lobbyists part-owned by Starmer adviser.
The aim is to reach policymakers, keep TW private.
TW pays £200m a year to various advisers, cost borne by customers.
Public ownership would end this chicanery. No need to pay dividends, lobbyists.
Thames Water paid £1m+ to corporate lobbyists part-owned by Starmer adviser.
The aim is to reach policymakers, keep TW private.
TW pays £200m a year to various advisers, cost borne by customers.
Public ownership would end this chicanery. No need to pay dividends, lobbyists.
Thames Water paid £1m-plus to corporate spooks firm part-owned by Starmer adviser
Exclusive: Hakluyt – formerly run by Varun Chandra – has been advising utilities company as it tries to avoid renationalisation
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Revolving doors.
Thames Water paid £1m+ to corporate lobbyists part-owned by Starmer adviser.
The aim is to reach policymakers, keep TW private.
TW pays £200m a year to various advisers, cost borne by customers.
Public ownership would end this chicanery. No need to pay dividends, lobbyists.
Thames Water paid £1m+ to corporate lobbyists part-owned by Starmer adviser.
The aim is to reach policymakers, keep TW private.
TW pays £200m a year to various advisers, cost borne by customers.
Public ownership would end this chicanery. No need to pay dividends, lobbyists.