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Private equity bids £1.5bn to buy Spire, which runs nearly 40 of the UK's biggest private hospitals.
Attraction - Govt handing more of the NHS to private sector, higher prices, higher profits. PE builds monopolistic control.
Public money will buy less.
Attraction - Govt handing more of the NHS to private sector, higher prices, higher profits. PE builds monopolistic control.
Public money will buy less.
Buyout firms plot £1.5bn takeover of private hospitals giant Spire
Bridgepoint and Triton Partners are among the private equity groups interested in a take-private deal for Britain's biggest private hospitals operator, Sky News learns.
news.sky.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Private equity bids £1.5bn to buy Spire, which runs nearly 40 of the UK's biggest private hospitals.
Attraction - Govt handing more of the NHS to private sector, higher prices, higher profits. PE builds monopolistic control.
Public money will buy less.
Attraction - Govt handing more of the NHS to private sector, higher prices, higher profits. PE builds monopolistic control.
Public money will buy less.
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“Bloody cyclists not using cycle lanes”
January 23, 2026 at 8:38 PM
“Bloody cyclists not using cycle lanes”
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London Muslim’s mayoral candidate for Reform UK, Cunningham, declares an all-out war on crime - but not white-collar crime. Three of her firms were forcibly struck off for missing paperwork. Yet Farage calls her a ‘successful entrepreneur.’” #ukpolitics
January 22, 2026 at 4:14 PM
London Muslim’s mayoral candidate for Reform UK, Cunningham, declares an all-out war on crime - but not white-collar crime. Three of her firms were forcibly struck off for missing paperwork. Yet Farage calls her a ‘successful entrepreneur.’” #ukpolitics
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People with power in the city I live decided that this is an acceptable place for other people's children to cross the road.
Infrastructure is an announcement of official values.
Infrastructure is an announcement of official values.
January 22, 2026 at 1:04 PM
People with power in the city I live decided that this is an acceptable place for other people's children to cross the road.
Infrastructure is an announcement of official values.
Infrastructure is an announcement of official values.
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The school run is the #1 source of school carbon emissions, outweighing heating and electricity, according to a new report from Eco Schools and @keepbritaintidy.bsky.social 💨🌿
Walking and wheeling to school reduces pollution and cuts down on chaos at the school gates - it's a win-win!
Walking and wheeling to school reduces pollution and cuts down on chaos at the school gates - it's a win-win!
January 22, 2026 at 11:36 AM
The school run is the #1 source of school carbon emissions, outweighing heating and electricity, according to a new report from Eco Schools and @keepbritaintidy.bsky.social 💨🌿
Walking and wheeling to school reduces pollution and cuts down on chaos at the school gates - it's a win-win!
Walking and wheeling to school reduces pollution and cuts down on chaos at the school gates - it's a win-win!
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This disputes estimated cost of £33.4 million is still likely to be an underestimation.
While council officials have been repeatedly refusing to engage in negotiations with @unitetheunion.bsky.social, the council has squandered millions of council taxpayers’ cash. Costs are mounting every day.
While council officials have been repeatedly refusing to engage in negotiations with @unitetheunion.bsky.social, the council has squandered millions of council taxpayers’ cash. Costs are mounting every day.
January 22, 2026 at 9:50 AM
This disputes estimated cost of £33.4 million is still likely to be an underestimation.
While council officials have been repeatedly refusing to engage in negotiations with @unitetheunion.bsky.social, the council has squandered millions of council taxpayers’ cash. Costs are mounting every day.
While council officials have been repeatedly refusing to engage in negotiations with @unitetheunion.bsky.social, the council has squandered millions of council taxpayers’ cash. Costs are mounting every day.
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Some special skills on display. Northwich. Via FB.
January 22, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Some special skills on display. Northwich. Via FB.
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🚨 ⚠️ BREAKING: New data finds the Israelis have KILLED ☠️:
- over 680,000 Palestinians in Gaza:
- 479,000 children
- 380,000 under 5
Leaving behind:
- 39,000+ ORPHANS
- 19,000+ with one killed
- 20,000+ severely injured
children
via @MusafirNafar
- over 680,000 Palestinians in Gaza:
- 479,000 children
- 380,000 under 5
Leaving behind:
- 39,000+ ORPHANS
- 19,000+ with one killed
- 20,000+ severely injured
children
via @MusafirNafar
January 20, 2026 at 10:58 PM
🚨 ⚠️ BREAKING: New data finds the Israelis have KILLED ☠️:
- over 680,000 Palestinians in Gaza:
- 479,000 children
- 380,000 under 5
Leaving behind:
- 39,000+ ORPHANS
- 19,000+ with one killed
- 20,000+ severely injured
children
via @MusafirNafar
- over 680,000 Palestinians in Gaza:
- 479,000 children
- 380,000 under 5
Leaving behind:
- 39,000+ ORPHANS
- 19,000+ with one killed
- 20,000+ severely injured
children
via @MusafirNafar
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Police appealing for witnesses. Boy on bike badly injured.
Appeal after boy, 16, injured in hit and run accident near Middlewich | Local News | News | Sandbach Nub News | by Deborah Bowyer share.google/YoNdsmbfTBd9...
Appeal after boy, 16, injured in hit and run accident near Middlewich | Local News | News | Sandbach Nub News | by Deborah Bowyer share.google/YoNdsmbfTBd9...
Appeal after boy, 16, injured in hit and run accident near Middlewich
A pedal cyclist was hit by a car, believed to be a black Mercedes or a black BMW, which failed to stop at the scene.
share.google
January 20, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Police appealing for witnesses. Boy on bike badly injured.
Appeal after boy, 16, injured in hit and run accident near Middlewich | Local News | News | Sandbach Nub News | by Deborah Bowyer share.google/YoNdsmbfTBd9...
Appeal after boy, 16, injured in hit and run accident near Middlewich | Local News | News | Sandbach Nub News | by Deborah Bowyer share.google/YoNdsmbfTBd9...
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Kick out US military from UK.
Shut down the bases.
Send their nukes back and don’t put a stamp on the package so they have to pay the surcharge.
Shut down the bases.
Send their nukes back and don’t put a stamp on the package so they have to pay the surcharge.
January 20, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Kick out US military from UK.
Shut down the bases.
Send their nukes back and don’t put a stamp on the package so they have to pay the surcharge.
Shut down the bases.
Send their nukes back and don’t put a stamp on the package so they have to pay the surcharge.
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Share this absolute BANGER from @bicycledutch.bsky.social far and wide 🚶♂️👨🦽🚲 🚌
Rethinking the Role of the Car – Time to Let Go
YouTube video by BicycleDutch
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Share this absolute BANGER from @bicycledutch.bsky.social far and wide 🚶♂️👨🦽🚲 🚌
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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
January 21, 2026 at 9:07 AM
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
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You know the whole ‘gas as a transition fuel.’ Lots of it used to come from little Putin and his bent mates who hadn’t fallen out of a window.
Now lots of it come from bulky skid mark trumpy pants.
Might be a good move not to need to import effing gas at all. Just a thought.
Now lots of it come from bulky skid mark trumpy pants.
Might be a good move not to need to import effing gas at all. Just a thought.
January 21, 2026 at 1:04 PM
You know the whole ‘gas as a transition fuel.’ Lots of it used to come from little Putin and his bent mates who hadn’t fallen out of a window.
Now lots of it come from bulky skid mark trumpy pants.
Might be a good move not to need to import effing gas at all. Just a thought.
Now lots of it come from bulky skid mark trumpy pants.
Might be a good move not to need to import effing gas at all. Just a thought.
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Kids walking to school via the road today @badlyparkedox.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Kids walking to school via the road today @badlyparkedox.bsky.social
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Good morning, to almost everyone
January 20, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Good morning, to almost everyone
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Winter in a place where you are irrelevant if you’re not in a car
January 19, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Winter in a place where you are irrelevant if you’re not in a car
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No progress with Avanti over Macc station downgrade. Before: space for 48 bikes all under cover. After: space for 26 bikes, 16 under cover. Used to always be space. Now it's mostly full. Fobbed off by Avanti despite two detailed emails. Poor.
January 19, 2026 at 2:53 PM
No progress with Avanti over Macc station downgrade. Before: space for 48 bikes all under cover. After: space for 26 bikes, 16 under cover. Used to always be space. Now it's mostly full. Fobbed off by Avanti despite two detailed emails. Poor.
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Me: "My apartment is too small for my grand piano. I'm going to store it on the sidewalk."
City: "Citation issued for illegal dumping"
Me: "My garage is too small for my SUV. I'm going to store it in the street."
City: "Sounds great, no worries, just move it once a month, ok?"
City: "Citation issued for illegal dumping"
Me: "My garage is too small for my SUV. I'm going to store it in the street."
City: "Sounds great, no worries, just move it once a month, ok?"
January 16, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Me: "My apartment is too small for my grand piano. I'm going to store it on the sidewalk."
City: "Citation issued for illegal dumping"
Me: "My garage is too small for my SUV. I'm going to store it in the street."
City: "Sounds great, no worries, just move it once a month, ok?"
City: "Citation issued for illegal dumping"
Me: "My garage is too small for my SUV. I'm going to store it in the street."
City: "Sounds great, no worries, just move it once a month, ok?"
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It is the source of so many of our evils: the astonishing concentration of wealth in the hands of a very few, and the immense political power that gives them. We cannot solve our problems until we tackle it.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:18 PM
It is the source of so many of our evils: the astonishing concentration of wealth in the hands of a very few, and the immense political power that gives them. We cannot solve our problems until we tackle it.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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More of London's roads will have safer speed limits because there's irrefutable evidence it save lives:
📉 25% fewer main road collisions
📉 34% fewer people killed or serious injured on local roads
📉75% fall in children killed on local roads
@itvnews.bsky.social
itv.com/news/london/...
📉 25% fewer main road collisions
📉 34% fewer people killed or serious injured on local roads
📉75% fall in children killed on local roads
@itvnews.bsky.social
itv.com/news/london/...
January 16, 2026 at 5:29 PM
More of London's roads will have safer speed limits because there's irrefutable evidence it save lives:
📉 25% fewer main road collisions
📉 34% fewer people killed or serious injured on local roads
📉75% fall in children killed on local roads
@itvnews.bsky.social
itv.com/news/london/...
📉 25% fewer main road collisions
📉 34% fewer people killed or serious injured on local roads
📉75% fall in children killed on local roads
@itvnews.bsky.social
itv.com/news/london/...
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Green MPs support the Hillsborough Law being enacted in full — including Ian Byrne’s amendments to make all public officials, including intelligence officers, truly accountable.
Justice delayed, is justice denied.
#JusticeFor97 #HillsboroughLaw
Justice delayed, is justice denied.
#JusticeFor97 #HillsboroughLaw
January 16, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Green MPs support the Hillsborough Law being enacted in full — including Ian Byrne’s amendments to make all public officials, including intelligence officers, truly accountable.
Justice delayed, is justice denied.
#JusticeFor97 #HillsboroughLaw
Justice delayed, is justice denied.
#JusticeFor97 #HillsboroughLaw
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100% agree with our Green Party candidate for Carfax & Jericho on Pavement Parking. It is a key thing we need to address. Government should have come with an outright ban, but as it didn't, we need to work on possible options.
January 16, 2026 at 10:21 AM
100% agree with our Green Party candidate for Carfax & Jericho on Pavement Parking. It is a key thing we need to address. Government should have come with an outright ban, but as it didn't, we need to work on possible options.
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📣 Parents. If cars make your walk or cycle to school feel unsafe, that's not okay.
We need your photos of the school run! The more people can see how awful it is out there - and how unsafe it is for our children - the more power we have. DM pix or tag us in a post.
#streetsforkids #schoolrun
We need your photos of the school run! The more people can see how awful it is out there - and how unsafe it is for our children - the more power we have. DM pix or tag us in a post.
#streetsforkids #schoolrun
January 15, 2026 at 6:21 AM
📣 Parents. If cars make your walk or cycle to school feel unsafe, that's not okay.
We need your photos of the school run! The more people can see how awful it is out there - and how unsafe it is for our children - the more power we have. DM pix or tag us in a post.
#streetsforkids #schoolrun
We need your photos of the school run! The more people can see how awful it is out there - and how unsafe it is for our children - the more power we have. DM pix or tag us in a post.
#streetsforkids #schoolrun
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Trump should've added: 'Meanwhile, to all AMERICAN protestors, you must obey my ICE militia thugs and not say mean things to them or we'll shoot you in the face'
January 13, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Trump should've added: 'Meanwhile, to all AMERICAN protestors, you must obey my ICE militia thugs and not say mean things to them or we'll shoot you in the face'