@wishing4better.bsky.social
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Corporate Democrats and Fascist Republicans are on the same team
NEW: The “centrist” Abundance think tank pushing Democrats toward deregulation is run by a registered corporate lobbyist for OpenAI, Larry Ellison’s Oracle, and a crypto think tank.
February 9, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Corporate Democrats and Fascist Republicans are on the same team
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NEW: The “centrist” Abundance think tank pushing Democrats toward deregulation is run by a registered corporate lobbyist for OpenAI, Larry Ellison’s Oracle, and a crypto think tank.
February 9, 2026 at 6:18 PM
NEW: The “centrist” Abundance think tank pushing Democrats toward deregulation is run by a registered corporate lobbyist for OpenAI, Larry Ellison’s Oracle, and a crypto think tank.
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Palantir CEO laughs about profiting from killing Palestinians using AI.
He calls them 'Hamas' 'useful idiots' and 'mostly terrorists'.
But there is only one terrorist here, and Palantir are war criminals.
He calls them 'Hamas' 'useful idiots' and 'mostly terrorists'.
But there is only one terrorist here, and Palantir are war criminals.
February 7, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Palantir CEO laughs about profiting from killing Palestinians using AI.
He calls them 'Hamas' 'useful idiots' and 'mostly terrorists'.
But there is only one terrorist here, and Palantir are war criminals.
He calls them 'Hamas' 'useful idiots' and 'mostly terrorists'.
But there is only one terrorist here, and Palantir are war criminals.
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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says London Centric's investigation shows the need for greater regulation of the algorithms on sites such as TikTok to stop "bad faith actors spreading hate for clicks".
"Accounts are talking London down because the algorithms reward them for doing so," he says.
"Accounts are talking London down because the algorithms reward them for doing so," he says.
February 8, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says London Centric's investigation shows the need for greater regulation of the algorithms on sites such as TikTok to stop "bad faith actors spreading hate for clicks".
"Accounts are talking London down because the algorithms reward them for doing so," he says.
"Accounts are talking London down because the algorithms reward them for doing so," he says.
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The Daily Telegraph currently owned by a private equity vehicle RedBird IMI - based in the UAE and led by Italian American Gerry Cardinale and Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Patriotic news. For patriotic people. Who don't want to pay taxes.
Patriotic news. For patriotic people. Who don't want to pay taxes.
February 8, 2026 at 9:34 AM
The Daily Telegraph currently owned by a private equity vehicle RedBird IMI - based in the UAE and led by Italian American Gerry Cardinale and Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Patriotic news. For patriotic people. Who don't want to pay taxes.
Patriotic news. For patriotic people. Who don't want to pay taxes.
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"You lost the election, that doesn't give you the right to shred the Constitution & monetize the presidency & murder people in international waters & threaten to invade our NATO allies & allow private criminals to dismantle the federal government etc. etc."
What are we doing here?
What are we doing here?
February 6, 2026 at 8:03 PM
"You lost the election, that doesn't give you the right to shred the Constitution & monetize the presidency & murder people in international waters & threaten to invade our NATO allies & allow private criminals to dismantle the federal government etc. etc."
What are we doing here?
What are we doing here?
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England's water companies have paid £85bn in dividends.
Borrowed £82.7bn. 35% of customer covers interest payments and shareholder payouts.
Sewage in rivers, insecure water supplies. Customer complaints up 50% last year. No exec prosecuted
Govt response - abolished fines on water companies.
Borrowed £82.7bn. 35% of customer covers interest payments and shareholder payouts.
Sewage in rivers, insecure water supplies. Customer complaints up 50% last year. No exec prosecuted
Govt response - abolished fines on water companies.
Public ownership of water is the only way to deliver security, efficiency, investment and value for money
37 years of privatisation has been a disaster
leftfootforward.org
February 4, 2026 at 9:20 AM
England's water companies have paid £85bn in dividends.
Borrowed £82.7bn. 35% of customer covers interest payments and shareholder payouts.
Sewage in rivers, insecure water supplies. Customer complaints up 50% last year. No exec prosecuted
Govt response - abolished fines on water companies.
Borrowed £82.7bn. 35% of customer covers interest payments and shareholder payouts.
Sewage in rivers, insecure water supplies. Customer complaints up 50% last year. No exec prosecuted
Govt response - abolished fines on water companies.
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Glad to see Brighton & Hove council recognising the need to reduce #AirPollution from #WoodBurning. Yet the Smoke Control Area enforcement system doesn't sufficiently protect those exposed to their neighbours' burning. We need stronger action from the Government - unnecessary burning needs to go.
Council launches consultation on plans to tackle air pollution
Brighton and Hove City Council is launching a public consultation on proposals to introduce a single Smoke Control Area (SCA) covering the entire city.
uk.news.yahoo.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Glad to see Brighton & Hove council recognising the need to reduce #AirPollution from #WoodBurning. Yet the Smoke Control Area enforcement system doesn't sufficiently protect those exposed to their neighbours' burning. We need stronger action from the Government - unnecessary burning needs to go.
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crucial to remember here that Mandelson - who is shown trying to undermine the bank bonus tax in 2009 - went on to work for JP Morgan as a client of his Global Counsel advisory firm
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
Mandelson told Epstein JPMorgan should ‘threaten’ UK government over banker tax
Then business secretary advised sex offender on how Jamie Dimon should lobby chancellor in 2009
www.ft.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:28 PM
crucial to remember here that Mandelson - who is shown trying to undermine the bank bonus tax in 2009 - went on to work for JP Morgan as a client of his Global Counsel advisory firm
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
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‘Absurd’: decent homes standard for England’s private renters will not be enforced until 2035
Campaigners say government is letting landlords ‘drag their feet’ and ‘denying renters the most basic standards’
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...
Campaigners say government is letting landlords ‘drag their feet’ and ‘denying renters the most basic standards’
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...
‘Absurd’: decent homes standard for England’s private renters will not be enforced until 2035
Campaigners say government is letting landlords ‘drag their feet’ and ‘denying renters the most basic standards’
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:15 PM
‘Absurd’: decent homes standard for England’s private renters will not be enforced until 2035
Campaigners say government is letting landlords ‘drag their feet’ and ‘denying renters the most basic standards’
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...
Campaigners say government is letting landlords ‘drag their feet’ and ‘denying renters the most basic standards’
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...
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I think both things are terrible to be honest. But yes at the very least you'd hope for equal prominence.
BBC radio thinks a photo of Prince Andrew with an unknown woman is more newsworthy than revelations of tens of thousands of pounds from Epstein to the then deputy prime minister’s partner, seriously?
January 31, 2026 at 1:39 PM
I think both things are terrible to be honest. But yes at the very least you'd hope for equal prominence.
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Water bills to rise again in England, well above the rate of inflation.
90% of water industry is foreign owned. Shareholders count the returns, have no contact with leaks, water shortages or sewage dumping.
Customers fleeced. Privatisation is a scam.
90% of water industry is foreign owned. Shareholders count the returns, have no contact with leaks, water shortages or sewage dumping.
Customers fleeced. Privatisation is a scam.
Water bills to rise again: Use our tool to find out by how much
The average annual household bill in England and Wales will increase by £33 from April.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Water bills to rise again in England, well above the rate of inflation.
90% of water industry is foreign owned. Shareholders count the returns, have no contact with leaks, water shortages or sewage dumping.
Customers fleeced. Privatisation is a scam.
90% of water industry is foreign owned. Shareholders count the returns, have no contact with leaks, water shortages or sewage dumping.
Customers fleeced. Privatisation is a scam.
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The NRA is bankrolled by Putin. The proverbial gun has been taken from Charlton Heston’s cold dead fingers.
January 27, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The NRA is bankrolled by Putin. The proverbial gun has been taken from Charlton Heston’s cold dead fingers.
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On housing, Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are to the right of US president Donald Trump
Wall Street landlords have met a surprising opponent in Trump. So why is Starmer courting them? | Adam Almeida
To win votes, Trump can afford to face up to corporate power – to deliver his promised 1.5m homes, Starmer can’t, says writer and researcher Adam Almeida
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:21 PM
On housing, Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are to the right of US president Donald Trump
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“Donald Trump probably won’t leave in 2028.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social discusses how the UK can’t afford to be complacent given its historical tendency to follow trends in American politics, where democracy is currently under threat.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social discusses how the UK can’t afford to be complacent given its historical tendency to follow trends in American politics, where democracy is currently under threat.
January 26, 2026 at 6:20 PM
“Donald Trump probably won’t leave in 2028.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social discusses how the UK can’t afford to be complacent given its historical tendency to follow trends in American politics, where democracy is currently under threat.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social discusses how the UK can’t afford to be complacent given its historical tendency to follow trends in American politics, where democracy is currently under threat.
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Did he say Brexit would solve all these issues?
Nigel Farage, "If we don't remove ourselves from the ECHR"
"When it comes to criminality"
"When it comes to deportations"
"When it comes to all these issues"
"We will fail, unless we leave the ECHR"
"When it comes to criminality"
"When it comes to deportations"
"When it comes to all these issues"
"We will fail, unless we leave the ECHR"
January 26, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Did he say Brexit would solve all these issues?
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Nigel Farage’s trip to Davos hosted and paid for by $10bn family trust of an Iranian-born billionaire.
Listed on the programme as member of parliament and a representative of HP Trust “family office of Sasan Ghandehari”.
What do sponsors get in return?
Listed on the programme as member of parliament and a representative of HP Trust “family office of Sasan Ghandehari”.
What do sponsors get in return?
Nigel Farage’s trip to Davos hosted and paid for by family trust of billionaire
Trust says Reform UK leader was invited to WEF event by London-based venture capitalist as an honorary adviser
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Nigel Farage’s trip to Davos hosted and paid for by $10bn family trust of an Iranian-born billionaire.
Listed on the programme as member of parliament and a representative of HP Trust “family office of Sasan Ghandehari”.
What do sponsors get in return?
Listed on the programme as member of parliament and a representative of HP Trust “family office of Sasan Ghandehari”.
What do sponsors get in return?
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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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Where are the poppy patriots? Why are they completely silent on this grotesque insult to our armed forces and specifically the 2,000 UK service and civilian personnel who were injured and the 457 who died in Afghanistan?
imagine being the father or mother or son or daughter or sibling of one of those brave British troops who died in Afghanistan, and having to listen to this crass ignorance
January 23, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Where are the poppy patriots? Why are they completely silent on this grotesque insult to our armed forces and specifically the 2,000 UK service and civilian personnel who were injured and the 457 who died in Afghanistan?
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Farage failed to declare over £380,000 in outside earnings on top of his MP's salary.
He's lining his pockets when he should be standing up for Britain.
www.parliament.uk/globalassets...
He's lining his pockets when he should be standing up for Britain.
www.parliament.uk/globalassets...
January 21, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Farage failed to declare over £380,000 in outside earnings on top of his MP's salary.
He's lining his pockets when he should be standing up for Britain.
www.parliament.uk/globalassets...
He's lining his pockets when he should be standing up for Britain.
www.parliament.uk/globalassets...
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For well over a decade, Nigel Farage criticised Davos and just two years ago criticised Starmer for going and calling him a
"full-on globalist, hanging out with his mates at the World Economic Forum."
So, question. Where do you think Nigel Farage is going today?
"full-on globalist, hanging out with his mates at the World Economic Forum."
So, question. Where do you think Nigel Farage is going today?
January 19, 2026 at 7:55 AM
For well over a decade, Nigel Farage criticised Davos and just two years ago criticised Starmer for going and calling him a
"full-on globalist, hanging out with his mates at the World Economic Forum."
So, question. Where do you think Nigel Farage is going today?
"full-on globalist, hanging out with his mates at the World Economic Forum."
So, question. Where do you think Nigel Farage is going today?
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Trump threatens 25% tariff on European allies until Denmark sells Greenland to US.
No previous US President has threatened to annexe Greenland or any other territory in Europe; or
threatened to sanction European allies.
Europe must not capitulate. Unite and respond.
No previous US President has threatened to annexe Greenland or any other territory in Europe; or
threatened to sanction European allies.
Europe must not capitulate. Unite and respond.
Trump threatens 25% tariff on European allies until Denmark sells Greenland to US
Heads of state across Europe respond in solidarity with Denmark and Greenland, and boycott of World Cup suggested
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Trump threatens 25% tariff on European allies until Denmark sells Greenland to US.
No previous US President has threatened to annexe Greenland or any other territory in Europe; or
threatened to sanction European allies.
Europe must not capitulate. Unite and respond.
No previous US President has threatened to annexe Greenland or any other territory in Europe; or
threatened to sanction European allies.
Europe must not capitulate. Unite and respond.
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When people on the right point out that Hungary is great because doesn't take immigrants...it might be with noting that the country has one of the worst economies in Europe and a steadily declining population. Which is an absolutely fantastic combination if you like watching train wrecks.
January 16, 2026 at 2:47 PM
When people on the right point out that Hungary is great because doesn't take immigrants...it might be with noting that the country has one of the worst economies in Europe and a steadily declining population. Which is an absolutely fantastic combination if you like watching train wrecks.
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US aggression, UK support: The ‘special relationship’
From Iran to Libya, from Panama to Venezuela, there is a history of the UK supporting illegal US military interventions
www.declassifieduk.org/us-aggressio...
From Iran to Libya, from Panama to Venezuela, there is a history of the UK supporting illegal US military interventions
www.declassifieduk.org/us-aggressio...
US aggression, UK support: The ‘special relationship’
From Iran to Libya, from Panama to Venezuela, there is a history of the UK supporting illegal US military interventions
www.declassifieduk.org
January 13, 2026 at 8:34 AM
US aggression, UK support: The ‘special relationship’
From Iran to Libya, from Panama to Venezuela, there is a history of the UK supporting illegal US military interventions
www.declassifieduk.org/us-aggressio...
From Iran to Libya, from Panama to Venezuela, there is a history of the UK supporting illegal US military interventions
www.declassifieduk.org/us-aggressio...