ancientlezzer
@ancientlezzer.bsky.social
Londoner, Lezzer, Crip with two sticks and an excellent set of wheels
Proud trade unionist
Never forgot where I came from and how far I've come
Proud trade unionist
Never forgot where I came from and how far I've come
Used by so many local and not so local kids and adults.
Now so many memories and new opportunities about to be trashed.
One of the richest countries in the world.
And the council is flogging it off.
Ruddy heartbreaking.
chng.it/bJ9VjSSnvx
Now so many memories and new opportunities about to be trashed.
One of the richest countries in the world.
And the council is flogging it off.
Ruddy heartbreaking.
chng.it/bJ9VjSSnvx
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Save Debden Campsite
chng.it
July 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Used by so many local and not so local kids and adults.
Now so many memories and new opportunities about to be trashed.
One of the richest countries in the world.
And the council is flogging it off.
Ruddy heartbreaking.
chng.it/bJ9VjSSnvx
Now so many memories and new opportunities about to be trashed.
One of the richest countries in the world.
And the council is flogging it off.
Ruddy heartbreaking.
chng.it/bJ9VjSSnvx
Help fund free legal representation for Windrush
compensation claims.
So many are still suffering and no end in sight.
#Windrush
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compensation claims.
So many are still suffering and no end in sight.
#Windrush
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We Can Make an Impact.
Fund Free Legal Representation for Windrush Compensation Claims
chng.it
July 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Help fund free legal representation for Windrush
compensation claims.
So many are still suffering and no end in sight.
#Windrush
chng.it/p9wfpgKpFK
compensation claims.
So many are still suffering and no end in sight.
#Windrush
chng.it/p9wfpgKpFK
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Covid infection levels in England have reduced to nearly the lowest level seen this year. Around 1 in every 306 people in England were infected in the week to 6 July, and the overall Covid risk remains Moderately High.
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 6 July 2025
The BuDS Covid-19 Risk Assessment for the week ending 6 July 2025
buds.org.uk
July 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Covid infection levels in England have reduced to nearly the lowest level seen this year. Around 1 in every 306 people in England were infected in the week to 6 July, and the overall Covid risk remains Moderately High.
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
🚨 Pressure is building on Keir Starmer to tax extreme wealth. Even Labour heavyweight, Lord Kinnock and unions are calling for a bold wealth tax to fund our public services. If you agree, add your name now. 38d.gs/sdyc
TAX EXTREME WEALTH - DON’T PUNISH THOSE WHO NEED SUPPORT
BREAKING: Starmer’s backed down on cutting disability benefits. Pressure is working. Now let’s make it clear - tax the ultra rich, not the sick and disabled. Sign now while the government is watching!
38d.gs
July 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🚨 Pressure is building on Keir Starmer to tax extreme wealth. Even Labour heavyweight, Lord Kinnock and unions are calling for a bold wealth tax to fund our public services. If you agree, add your name now. 38d.gs/sdyc
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Rachel Reeves hints at tax rises in autumn.
The bottom 20% pay a higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%. This must change.
Tax capital gains and dividends at same rate as wages, charge them NIC too.
Levy wealth tax, financial transactions tax, windfall tax on profiteers.
The bottom 20% pay a higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%. This must change.
Tax capital gains and dividends at same rate as wages, charge them NIC too.
Levy wealth tax, financial transactions tax, windfall tax on profiteers.
Rachel Reeves hints at tax rises in autumn budget after welfare bill U-turn
Initially aimed at saving £5.5bn, the watered-down welfare bill now leaves the government with an estimated £5.5bn black hole - close to breaching the chancellor's fiscal rules set out last year.
news.sky.com
July 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Rachel Reeves hints at tax rises in autumn.
The bottom 20% pay a higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%. This must change.
Tax capital gains and dividends at same rate as wages, charge them NIC too.
Levy wealth tax, financial transactions tax, windfall tax on profiteers.
The bottom 20% pay a higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%. This must change.
Tax capital gains and dividends at same rate as wages, charge them NIC too.
Levy wealth tax, financial transactions tax, windfall tax on profiteers.
Let baby milk into Gaza.
Sign and join the international campaign.
#Gaza
#Babies
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Sign and join the international campaign.
#Gaza
#Babies
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Let baby milk into Gaza!
Hi, this is Dr. Thaer with an emergency call: Two newborns just starved to death in Gaza - but we can still save hundreds of babies from the same fate. Here’s how…
secure.avaaz.org
July 1, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Let baby milk into Gaza.
Sign and join the international campaign.
#Gaza
#Babies
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Sign and join the international campaign.
#Gaza
#Babies
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
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If govts want to cut welfare spending they need to tackle
Poverty
Low wages
Inequitable distribution of income/wealth
Poor healthcare
Corporate profiteering
High rents and cost of living
Regressive taxation
They rarely do.
Instead they scapegoat and punish the poor, old, sick, disabled,
Poverty
Low wages
Inequitable distribution of income/wealth
Poor healthcare
Corporate profiteering
High rents and cost of living
Regressive taxation
They rarely do.
Instead they scapegoat and punish the poor, old, sick, disabled,
Corporate vs human welfare: The story of Drax
There is no means-testing for corporate welfare payments.
leftfootforward.org
June 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
If govts want to cut welfare spending they need to tackle
Poverty
Low wages
Inequitable distribution of income/wealth
Poor healthcare
Corporate profiteering
High rents and cost of living
Regressive taxation
They rarely do.
Instead they scapegoat and punish the poor, old, sick, disabled,
Poverty
Low wages
Inequitable distribution of income/wealth
Poor healthcare
Corporate profiteering
High rents and cost of living
Regressive taxation
They rarely do.
Instead they scapegoat and punish the poor, old, sick, disabled,
Bailouts won't fix the sewage scandal and won't reduce bills. Join me and @GoodLawProject to call on Steve Reed to stop water company greed
goodlaw.social/uk6y
goodlaw.social/uk6y
Ask Steve Reed to stop bills rising, not reward water company greed
Thames Water’s profit-hungry owners have let the water network rot while they’ve racked up alarming debts. And who do they want to pick up the tab? Customers – through ever-rising water bills. The com...
goodlaw.social
June 28, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Bailouts won't fix the sewage scandal and won't reduce bills. Join me and @GoodLawProject to call on Steve Reed to stop water company greed
goodlaw.social/uk6y
goodlaw.social/uk6y
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Disabled people rely on disability benefits to meet essential costs like food, bills and housing.
⏰There's less than two weeks to ask your MP to vote against cuts which will see over one million disabled people denied vital support.
z2k.eaction.org.uk/cuts-legisla...
⏰There's less than two weeks to ask your MP to vote against cuts which will see over one million disabled people denied vital support.
z2k.eaction.org.uk/cuts-legisla...
June 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Disabled people rely on disability benefits to meet essential costs like food, bills and housing.
⏰There's less than two weeks to ask your MP to vote against cuts which will see over one million disabled people denied vital support.
z2k.eaction.org.uk/cuts-legisla...
⏰There's less than two weeks to ask your MP to vote against cuts which will see over one million disabled people denied vital support.
z2k.eaction.org.uk/cuts-legisla...
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Palestinians are being killed near aid-distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which is staffed by private security contractors and backed by the United States and Israel. @mosababutoha.bsky.social writes about the worsening crisis.
What Gaza Needs Now
My family is starving. My neighbors are dying. I’m compelled to share these injustices because they need to stop.
www.newyorker.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Palestinians are being killed near aid-distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which is staffed by private security contractors and backed by the United States and Israel. @mosababutoha.bsky.social writes about the worsening crisis.
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Last Thursday, a second motion was passed at City Hall calling for a Disability Equality Champion for London. A dedicated role to represent Disabled people, shape policy, and hold decision-makers accountable.
This is urgent. 🧵(1/6)
This is urgent. 🧵(1/6)
June 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Last Thursday, a second motion was passed at City Hall calling for a Disability Equality Champion for London. A dedicated role to represent Disabled people, shape policy, and hold decision-makers accountable.
This is urgent. 🧵(1/6)
This is urgent. 🧵(1/6)
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Rough sleeping to be decriminalised in England and Wales. 1824 law to be repealed.
About time.
Must attend to causes of homelessness - poverty, power of landlords, low benefits.
Must provide public shelters for those on hard times, reintegrate people on hard times.
About time.
Must attend to causes of homelessness - poverty, power of landlords, low benefits.
Must provide public shelters for those on hard times, reintegrate people on hard times.
Rough sleeping to be decriminalised in England and Wales
The government plans to scrap the Vagrancy Act and bring in laws to focus on crimes like organised begging by gangs.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Rough sleeping to be decriminalised in England and Wales. 1824 law to be repealed.
About time.
Must attend to causes of homelessness - poverty, power of landlords, low benefits.
Must provide public shelters for those on hard times, reintegrate people on hard times.
About time.
Must attend to causes of homelessness - poverty, power of landlords, low benefits.
Must provide public shelters for those on hard times, reintegrate people on hard times.
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
TAX WEALTH – DON'T CUT DISABILITY SUPPORT
chng.it
June 11, 2025 at 6:21 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop 24-hour slots venues killing our high streets
My mum, Wendy, was preyed on by a 24-hour slots venue in the town where I live, Stockport, when she was undergoing cancer treatment. Wendy spent hours each day gambling on the machines, losing many th...
you.38degrees.org.uk
June 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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The Govt wants to cut PIP to "help" disabled people work but Access to Work is in crisis:
• 6+ month delays
• 20,000 people on wait list (Mar 2025 - up from 5,000 in 2024)
• Missed jobs, lost businesses
• Rising hardship
Cutting PIP won't help. Fixing the system will.
#TakingThePIP
• 6+ month delays
• 20,000 people on wait list (Mar 2025 - up from 5,000 in 2024)
• Missed jobs, lost businesses
• Rising hardship
Cutting PIP won't help. Fixing the system will.
#TakingThePIP
June 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The Govt wants to cut PIP to "help" disabled people work but Access to Work is in crisis:
• 6+ month delays
• 20,000 people on wait list (Mar 2025 - up from 5,000 in 2024)
• Missed jobs, lost businesses
• Rising hardship
Cutting PIP won't help. Fixing the system will.
#TakingThePIP
• 6+ month delays
• 20,000 people on wait list (Mar 2025 - up from 5,000 in 2024)
• Missed jobs, lost businesses
• Rising hardship
Cutting PIP won't help. Fixing the system will.
#TakingThePIP
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Will these new homes Labour keep crowing about building be fully accessible?
Just 1% of new homes are planned to be wheelchair accessible, despite approx 1.2 million wheelchair users living in the UK.
Source: www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/building-control-news/accessible-housing-lockdown/84458
Just 1% of new homes are planned to be wheelchair accessible, despite approx 1.2 million wheelchair users living in the UK.
Source: www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/building-control-news/accessible-housing-lockdown/84458
The reality of accessible housing during lockdown
Nicholas Bungay of Habinteg discusses research into the challenges many disabled people have faced during lockdown because of a lack of accessible features
www.pbctoday.co.uk
May 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Will these new homes Labour keep crowing about building be fully accessible?
Just 1% of new homes are planned to be wheelchair accessible, despite approx 1.2 million wheelchair users living in the UK.
Source: www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/building-control-news/accessible-housing-lockdown/84458
Just 1% of new homes are planned to be wheelchair accessible, despite approx 1.2 million wheelchair users living in the UK.
Source: www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/building-control-news/accessible-housing-lockdown/84458
I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services
Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...
you.38degrees.org.uk
May 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
14,000 babies could starve to death.
Join the global outcry.
Sign this urgent appeal.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Join the global outcry.
Sign this urgent appeal.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
14,000 babies in Gaza could starve
Sign this urgent global appeal to world leaders
secure.avaaz.org
May 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
14,000 babies could starve to death.
Join the global outcry.
Sign this urgent appeal.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Join the global outcry.
Sign this urgent appeal.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
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Over 100 hundred Labour MPs have expressed opposition to the welfare cuts (we’ll see how that turns out at the vote), particularly the halving of UC incapacity benefits for new claimants. -The Times
Join the rebellion against the cuts!
#DisabilityRebellion #WelfareNotWarfare
Join the rebellion against the cuts!
#DisabilityRebellion #WelfareNotWarfare
May 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Over 100 hundred Labour MPs have expressed opposition to the welfare cuts (we’ll see how that turns out at the vote), particularly the halving of UC incapacity benefits for new claimants. -The Times
Join the rebellion against the cuts!
#DisabilityRebellion #WelfareNotWarfare
Join the rebellion against the cuts!
#DisabilityRebellion #WelfareNotWarfare
I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services
Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...
you.38degrees.org.uk
May 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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This is why disabled people are worried.
Our member, a care home manager, was asked today to estimate how many disabled residents might be eligible for medically-assisted suicide under the Leadbeater bill and how many places might be freed-up if the option was 'assertively marketed'. Is this the future you want in England?
May 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This is why disabled people are worried.
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#NotDeadYet
DDPOs Launch UN Complaint Against Assisted Dying
Link to Press Conference here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZe_...
DDPOs Launch UN Complaint Against Assisted Dying
Link to Press Conference here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZe_...
DDPOs Plan UN Complaint Against Assisted Dying Bill - Press Conference
YouTube video by DisabilityRightsUK1
www.youtube.com
May 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
#NotDeadYet
DDPOs Launch UN Complaint Against Assisted Dying
Link to Press Conference here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZe_...
DDPOs Launch UN Complaint Against Assisted Dying
Link to Press Conference here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZe_...
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#NotDeadYet
📢Emergency Call Out
📢Vigil Against Assisted Dying
📢Today, 16.05.25
📢9am to 12 noon
📢Old Palace Yard, near George V Statue Westminster London SW1P 3JY
Vigil supported by Not Dead Yet UK
Eventbrite link here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stand-agai...
📢Emergency Call Out
📢Vigil Against Assisted Dying
📢Today, 16.05.25
📢9am to 12 noon
📢Old Palace Yard, near George V Statue Westminster London SW1P 3JY
Vigil supported by Not Dead Yet UK
Eventbrite link here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stand-agai...
Stand against assisted suicide
The third reading of the assisted suicide bill will decide whether it will become legal. Stand with us outside Parliament to say no.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
#NotDeadYet
📢Emergency Call Out
📢Vigil Against Assisted Dying
📢Today, 16.05.25
📢9am to 12 noon
📢Old Palace Yard, near George V Statue Westminster London SW1P 3JY
Vigil supported by Not Dead Yet UK
Eventbrite link here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stand-agai...
📢Emergency Call Out
📢Vigil Against Assisted Dying
📢Today, 16.05.25
📢9am to 12 noon
📢Old Palace Yard, near George V Statue Westminster London SW1P 3JY
Vigil supported by Not Dead Yet UK
Eventbrite link here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stand-agai...