Abi B
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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.
Slow hand clap Chris Philp, you hypocritical prick.
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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.
Slow hand clap Chris Philp, you hypocritical prick.
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Posting again just to underline the fact that the X algorithm is VERY CLEARLY DESIGNED to feed far right material to new users…
It is straight up a propaganda tool and decent people need to LEAVE it.
It is straight up a propaganda tool and decent people need to LEAVE it.
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Posting again just to underline the fact that the X algorithm is VERY CLEARLY DESIGNED to feed far right material to new users…
It is straight up a propaganda tool and decent people need to LEAVE it.
It is straight up a propaganda tool and decent people need to LEAVE it.
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Mamdani, Greens and others shouldn't really be seen as radical. Rather, they should be seen as a return to the tradition of Roosevelt and Attlee. A return to the common sense social policies that were sidelined by 40 years of a trickle-down experiment that led nowhere.
#NewDealers
#NewDealers
Two ideas defined the 1930s. Fascism on the right and Roosevelt's New Deal on the left. The only one to survive was Roosevelt's – until "trickle-downers" started dismantling it in the 1980s. Roosevelt's New Deal is worth cheching out, as it seems to be what folk are looking for again.
#NeoRoosevelts
#NeoRoosevelts
New Deal Programs
The New Deal was an amalgam of dozens of programs and agencies createdby the Roosevelt Administration and the Congress. Some came into beingby law, some by executive order; some arewell known, some ar...
livingnewdeal.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Mamdani, Greens and others shouldn't really be seen as radical. Rather, they should be seen as a return to the tradition of Roosevelt and Attlee. A return to the common sense social policies that were sidelined by 40 years of a trickle-down experiment that led nowhere.
#NewDealers
#NewDealers
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Some 100 private jets will fly to Venice for Jeff Bezos' wedding, and I recycle yoghurt cup lids.
June 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Some 100 private jets will fly to Venice for Jeff Bezos' wedding, and I recycle yoghurt cup lids.
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
April 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
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Squeeze of low/middle income families is part of a deeper malaise.
Political system is captured by big business and the rich. They fund political parties; control media & industry.
Govts reluctant to cut corporate welfare, tax the rich.
Power of corporations/rich is cause of austerity/poverty.
Political system is captured by big business and the rich. They fund political parties; control media & industry.
Govts reluctant to cut corporate welfare, tax the rich.
Power of corporations/rich is cause of austerity/poverty.
Why austerity is a political choice not an economic necessity
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Ch...
leftfootforward.org
April 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Squeeze of low/middle income families is part of a deeper malaise.
Political system is captured by big business and the rich. They fund political parties; control media & industry.
Govts reluctant to cut corporate welfare, tax the rich.
Power of corporations/rich is cause of austerity/poverty.
Political system is captured by big business and the rich. They fund political parties; control media & industry.
Govts reluctant to cut corporate welfare, tax the rich.
Power of corporations/rich is cause of austerity/poverty.
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We regret the unjustified US 25% tariff on steel and aluminium imports.
The EU will protect its consumers and businesses.
We are launching swift, proportionate countermeasures worth up to €26 billion, matching the economic impact of the US tariffs.
More about our response ↓
europa.eu/!rcMqWy
The EU will protect its consumers and businesses.
We are launching swift, proportionate countermeasures worth up to €26 billion, matching the economic impact of the US tariffs.
More about our response ↓
europa.eu/!rcMqWy
March 12, 2025 at 6:51 AM
We regret the unjustified US 25% tariff on steel and aluminium imports.
The EU will protect its consumers and businesses.
We are launching swift, proportionate countermeasures worth up to €26 billion, matching the economic impact of the US tariffs.
More about our response ↓
europa.eu/!rcMqWy
The EU will protect its consumers and businesses.
We are launching swift, proportionate countermeasures worth up to €26 billion, matching the economic impact of the US tariffs.
More about our response ↓
europa.eu/!rcMqWy
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Ugh. Farage on #r4today to comment on Starmer attending the EU summit. An explosion of prejudiced bilge. The usual crap about needing a “proper” Brexit and a US trade deal. He talks of “submission” and “humiliation” but would be very happy to sell us out to Trump.
The man is such a fucking bore.
The man is such a fucking bore.
February 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Ugh. Farage on #r4today to comment on Starmer attending the EU summit. An explosion of prejudiced bilge. The usual crap about needing a “proper” Brexit and a US trade deal. He talks of “submission” and “humiliation” but would be very happy to sell us out to Trump.
The man is such a fucking bore.
The man is such a fucking bore.
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Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏
January 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏
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Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?
January 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?
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Fascism and Oligarchy have joined forces. Their aim is to destroy our democracies so they can rule like feudal lords. Only a strong EU can counter that. The best way to make the EU and Britain stronger is to reverse Brexit – so that we can all stand united again on the barricade against tyranny.
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Here's the Chancellor candidate of the German Greens, Robert Habeck, stating what everyone needs to know. Namely that a strong EU is the best counterweight to authoritarians like Musk and Trump. Which is why they support those parties that want to weaken the EU.
[with English subtitles]
[with English subtitles]
January 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Fascism and Oligarchy have joined forces. Their aim is to destroy our democracies so they can rule like feudal lords. Only a strong EU can counter that. The best way to make the EU and Britain stronger is to reverse Brexit – so that we can all stand united again on the barricade against tyranny.
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Private equity is a horror story for the NHS – one fifth of budget goes to it.
Privatised services treat 10% of patients, 3% in 2011.
59,000 private contracts in the NHS.
30%-40% of money vanishes in profits, longer queues persist.
End privatisation.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Privatised services treat 10% of patients, 3% in 2011.
59,000 private contracts in the NHS.
30%-40% of money vanishes in profits, longer queues persist.
End privatisation.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Private equity is a horror story for the NHS - yet one fifth of the health service budget goes to it
Numerous studies have found private equity is associated with worse patient outcomes due to NHS privatisation - and 'preventable deaths'
www.thecanary.co
November 27, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Private equity is a horror story for the NHS – one fifth of budget goes to it.
Privatised services treat 10% of patients, 3% in 2011.
59,000 private contracts in the NHS.
30%-40% of money vanishes in profits, longer queues persist.
End privatisation.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Privatised services treat 10% of patients, 3% in 2011.
59,000 private contracts in the NHS.
30%-40% of money vanishes in profits, longer queues persist.
End privatisation.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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Did you know that by substituting your morning coffee with green tea, you can eliminate up to 93% of what little joy you have left?
November 21, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Did you know that by substituting your morning coffee with green tea, you can eliminate up to 93% of what little joy you have left?
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This is great news. Let’s do the water industry next
November 20, 2024 at 7:42 PM
This is great news. Let’s do the water industry next
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Actual good news.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
November 19, 2024 at 8:29 AM
Actual good news.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Morning. Gloomy outside, here’s a picture I took earlier this year 🌤️
November 18, 2024 at 7:56 AM
Morning. Gloomy outside, here’s a picture I took earlier this year 🌤️