@annie64.bsky.social
Family (and dog) adoring, fully woke-ist wife, mother and Gaga here. I like really 'comfy clothes and murder shows'. And books. Love books.
Politically, firmly to the left - I loathe injustice, corruption and what's happening in, and to, the world.
Politically, firmly to the left - I loathe injustice, corruption and what's happening in, and to, the world.
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A company linked to Baroness Michelle Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman owes £39m in tax on top of the £148m it was ordered to pay the government for breaching a contract to supply PPE.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mone-linked firm PPE Medpro owes £39m in tax
Administrator's report shows firm owes £39m to HMRC on top of £148m owed to Department of Health
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
A company linked to Baroness Michelle Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman owes £39m in tax on top of the £148m it was ordered to pay the government for breaching a contract to supply PPE.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Who said “Reform Councillors are all as dodgy AF”❗️
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to turf old ppl out closing 5 council-run care homes & 5 day centres to sell off the land for £4 million
And get this - a cabinet member owns a private care company with his wife so could make £’s from it
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Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to turf old ppl out closing 5 council-run care homes & 5 day centres to sell off the land for £4 million
And get this - a cabinet member owns a private care company with his wife so could make £’s from it
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Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres to sell off land
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s Reform cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Who said “Reform Councillors are all as dodgy AF”❗️
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to turf old ppl out closing 5 council-run care homes & 5 day centres to sell off the land for £4 million
And get this - a cabinet member owns a private care company with his wife so could make £’s from it
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Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to turf old ppl out closing 5 council-run care homes & 5 day centres to sell off the land for £4 million
And get this - a cabinet member owns a private care company with his wife so could make £’s from it
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People complaining about Socialism always use Capitalism as the example.
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
People complaining about Socialism always use Capitalism as the example.
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OK, not a surprise of course, but a nice trickle of chilli sauce to go with today's US roasting of la Farage.
Plenty of our American cousins see him for what he is. They are specialists in this sort of political cancer but the UK really, REALLY, needs to up its game
Plenty of our American cousins see him for what he is. They are specialists in this sort of political cancer but the UK really, REALLY, needs to up its game
September 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
OK, not a surprise of course, but a nice trickle of chilli sauce to go with today's US roasting of la Farage.
Plenty of our American cousins see him for what he is. They are specialists in this sort of political cancer but the UK really, REALLY, needs to up its game
Plenty of our American cousins see him for what he is. They are specialists in this sort of political cancer but the UK really, REALLY, needs to up its game
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March 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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"Poverty in Britain exists not because we don't have enough money to satisfy the needs of the poor, but because we don't have enough money to satisfy the greed of the rich."
My bit for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on wealth tax and the new austerity.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...
My bit for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on wealth tax and the new austerity.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...
Russell Jones's Week Moment: Billionaires, Miscarriages of Capitalism, and Bin Collections
In the week the Government cut £5 billion in benefit payments, Russell Jones takes the UK's tax-dodging billionaires to task and urges Labour to get on with imposing a wealth tax
www.bylinesupplement.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"Poverty in Britain exists not because we don't have enough money to satisfy the needs of the poor, but because we don't have enough money to satisfy the greed of the rich."
My bit for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on wealth tax and the new austerity.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...
My bit for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on wealth tax and the new austerity.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...
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I wonder if we could hit 500 reposts of this post 👇. This is important 🚨
THIS IS SHOCKING - the financial links between MPs and the private healthcare sector. We have just completed research showing that...
MPs received more than £2.7m in donations from individuals and companies directly or indirectly connected to the private healthcare sector between 2023 and 2025 🚨
MPs received more than £2.7m in donations from individuals and companies directly or indirectly connected to the private healthcare sector between 2023 and 2025 🚨
March 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I wonder if we could hit 500 reposts of this post 👇. This is important 🚨
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The shortest honeymoon in history.
February 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The shortest honeymoon in history.
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Baroness Hazarika, "Donald Trump's party, particularly Elon Musk, having such close relations with the AfD, amplifying their message"
"What America is trying to do right now, they want this big ideological war in Europe between progressive western values and these MAGA values they want to promote"
"What America is trying to do right now, they want this big ideological war in Europe between progressive western values and these MAGA values they want to promote"
February 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Baroness Hazarika, "Donald Trump's party, particularly Elon Musk, having such close relations with the AfD, amplifying their message"
"What America is trying to do right now, they want this big ideological war in Europe between progressive western values and these MAGA values they want to promote"
"What America is trying to do right now, they want this big ideological war in Europe between progressive western values and these MAGA values they want to promote"
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February 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools
clarksvillenow.com/local/books-...
clarksvillenow.com/local/books-...
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools
clarksvillenow.com/local/books-...
clarksvillenow.com/local/books-...
It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world. Oh - and getting g more dangerous by the day.
Trying not to feel defeated by it all. Mostly succeeding. So far.
Trying not to feel defeated by it all. Mostly succeeding. So far.
January 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world. Oh - and getting g more dangerous by the day.
Trying not to feel defeated by it all. Mostly succeeding. So far.
Trying not to feel defeated by it all. Mostly succeeding. So far.
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Warning get travel insurance ASAB plus annual policy overlaps, pre-existing conditions | Are cats legally different to dogs | Do energy bills always rise, no fault car insurance & more. All in m'new pod
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January 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Warning get travel insurance ASAB plus annual policy overlaps, pre-existing conditions | Are cats legally different to dogs | Do energy bills always rise, no fault car insurance & more. All in m'new pod
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Private equity reduces patient healthcare, enriches investors, US Senate report finds.
Cuts staffing/wages, profiteers, neglects investment, harms patients.
Yet UK handed, social care, GP surgeries, NHS to PE.
30%-40% of money vanishes in profits.
End the scam.
www.nbcnews.com/news/investi...
Cuts staffing/wages, profiteers, neglects investment, harms patients.
Yet UK handed, social care, GP surgeries, NHS to PE.
30%-40% of money vanishes in profits.
End the scam.
www.nbcnews.com/news/investi...
Private equity reduces patient care while enriching investors, Senate report finds
The bipartisan investigation of hospital systems purchased by Apollo Global Management and Leonard Green & Partners reinforced the findings of past academic research.
www.nbcnews.com
January 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Private equity reduces patient healthcare, enriches investors, US Senate report finds.
Cuts staffing/wages, profiteers, neglects investment, harms patients.
Yet UK handed, social care, GP surgeries, NHS to PE.
30%-40% of money vanishes in profits.
End the scam.
www.nbcnews.com/news/investi...
Cuts staffing/wages, profiteers, neglects investment, harms patients.
Yet UK handed, social care, GP surgeries, NHS to PE.
30%-40% of money vanishes in profits.
End the scam.
www.nbcnews.com/news/investi...
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Today's PMQs was slightly curious in that to anyone watching the entire thing, it would seem a clear Starmer win. Badenoch's concession she had never previously mentioned grooming gangs in the Commons was almost excruciating. And yet the Tories will get the 'they blocked an inquiry' clips they want.
January 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Today's PMQs was slightly curious in that to anyone watching the entire thing, it would seem a clear Starmer win. Badenoch's concession she had never previously mentioned grooming gangs in the Commons was almost excruciating. And yet the Tories will get the 'they blocked an inquiry' clips they want.
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Trump is the new Hitler.
Seeks territorial expansion,
Bullies less powerful nations,
Wants to deport millions,
Deny citizenship to local born,
Silence critical voices,
Supported by the rich.
Has admirers in the UK.
Massive failure of western education/politics.
Save the future. Oppose fascism.
Seeks territorial expansion,
Bullies less powerful nations,
Wants to deport millions,
Deny citizenship to local born,
Silence critical voices,
Supported by the rich.
Has admirers in the UK.
Massive failure of western education/politics.
Save the future. Oppose fascism.
January 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Trump is the new Hitler.
Seeks territorial expansion,
Bullies less powerful nations,
Wants to deport millions,
Deny citizenship to local born,
Silence critical voices,
Supported by the rich.
Has admirers in the UK.
Massive failure of western education/politics.
Save the future. Oppose fascism.
Seeks territorial expansion,
Bullies less powerful nations,
Wants to deport millions,
Deny citizenship to local born,
Silence critical voices,
Supported by the rich.
Has admirers in the UK.
Massive failure of western education/politics.
Save the future. Oppose fascism.
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For those unaware…
January 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
For those unaware…
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It's corruption dressed up as donations and the reason why the rich keep accumulating more wealth while the majority get poorer.
“The only effective measure is to ban all political donations, and the giving and receiving of such donations a criminal offence. Such a ban would force political parties to compete and develop publicly acceptable policies”
@premnsikka.bsky.social
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/how-...
@premnsikka.bsky.social
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/how-...
How our democracy has been hijacked by corporations and wealthy elites
The only effective remedy is to ban all private donations, or bribes, to political parties.
leftfootforward.org
January 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It's corruption dressed up as donations and the reason why the rich keep accumulating more wealth while the majority get poorer.
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“the latest Government data shows Britain has a £36.7 billion food trade gap.”
How secure is Britain’s food supply?
Our food system is vulnerable and it's time to make some radical changes
sussexbylines.co.uk
January 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
“the latest Government data shows Britain has a £36.7 billion food trade gap.”
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Big Pharma ripoff isn't just in the USA, it is very real in the UK too.
2010-2024 Inflation was 75%
2010 28 tablets of 5mg Dextroamphetamine £3.00
2024 28 tablets of 5mg Dextroamphetamine £24.85
728% inflation, and voila the NHS has no money.
2010-2024 Inflation was 75%
2010 28 tablets of 5mg Dextroamphetamine £3.00
2024 28 tablets of 5mg Dextroamphetamine £24.85
728% inflation, and voila the NHS has no money.
December 29, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Big Pharma ripoff isn't just in the USA, it is very real in the UK too.
2010-2024 Inflation was 75%
2010 28 tablets of 5mg Dextroamphetamine £3.00
2024 28 tablets of 5mg Dextroamphetamine £24.85
728% inflation, and voila the NHS has no money.
2010-2024 Inflation was 75%
2010 28 tablets of 5mg Dextroamphetamine £3.00
2024 28 tablets of 5mg Dextroamphetamine £24.85
728% inflation, and voila the NHS has no money.
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So the world’s richest man, who grew up under apartheid in South Africa and now pulls the mentally deteriorating incoming U.S. president’s strings, has written an op-ed urging Germans to elect a neo-Nazi government. Got that?
Musk Doubles Down on Support for German Far-Right Party
The world’s richest man, a key adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, ridicules critics over his backing of the German extremist party AfD, as Germany prepares for elections.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2024 at 7:27 AM
So the world’s richest man, who grew up under apartheid in South Africa and now pulls the mentally deteriorating incoming U.S. president’s strings, has written an op-ed urging Germans to elect a neo-Nazi government. Got that?
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“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs, whatever.”
Fight back against fascism: how big money is threatening democracy
Fascism thrives when democracy falters. From funding Reform to vigilance, here’s how we protect our future
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 19, 2024 at 4:52 PM
“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs, whatever.”
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