@babsh.bsky.social
Retired secondary school HLTA.
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Like politics, gardening and chatting. 🌱
European
Like politics, gardening and chatting. 🌱
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How dare journalists decide who is going to serve in govt? It's obvious that having removed Louise Haigh and Angela Raynor, they have their sights on Reeves. Where were they for Johnson et al?
MPs govern. Journalists report.
MPs govern. Journalists report.
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BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff.
Changes to employee benefits would cut take-home pay by at least 6.25%.
Would exec pay and dividends be cut? No chance.
Hard-won rights eroded as corporations rule without ever being elected.
Back to Victorian times.
Changes to employee benefits would cut take-home pay by at least 6.25%.
Would exec pay and dividends be cut? No chance.
Hard-won rights eroded as corporations rule without ever being elected.
Back to Victorian times.
BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff
Exclusive: Plans to offset increase in minimum ‘fair pay’ set by Living Wage Foundation will affect 5,400 employees
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff.
Changes to employee benefits would cut take-home pay by at least 6.25%.
Would exec pay and dividends be cut? No chance.
Hard-won rights eroded as corporations rule without ever being elected.
Back to Victorian times.
Changes to employee benefits would cut take-home pay by at least 6.25%.
Would exec pay and dividends be cut? No chance.
Hard-won rights eroded as corporations rule without ever being elected.
Back to Victorian times.
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An armed group backed by the United Arab Emirates has pushed into Yemen's oil-rich province of Hadramout. The military offensive was a significant escalation of its push to create an independent country and could reignite a civil war that has settled into a stalemate. Here's what to know.
Yemen’s Civil War Could Escalate Again. Here’s What to Know.
An armed group backed by the United Arab Emirates has pushed into the oil-rich province of Hadramout, a move that could reignite conflict in Yemen after years of a stalemate.
nyti.ms
December 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
An armed group backed by the United Arab Emirates has pushed into Yemen's oil-rich province of Hadramout. The military offensive was a significant escalation of its push to create an independent country and could reignite a civil war that has settled into a stalemate. Here's what to know.
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🚨BREAKING: #NHS patients are outside Wes Streeting's office after waiting 392 days for a meeting.
Meanwhile, Wes has found time to accept £220k+ from private healthcare linked donors.
So today they came to his office and only then did he FINALLY agree to meet with them.
Meanwhile, Wes has found time to accept £220k+ from private healthcare linked donors.
So today they came to his office and only then did he FINALLY agree to meet with them.
December 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🚨BREAKING: #NHS patients are outside Wes Streeting's office after waiting 392 days for a meeting.
Meanwhile, Wes has found time to accept £220k+ from private healthcare linked donors.
So today they came to his office and only then did he FINALLY agree to meet with them.
Meanwhile, Wes has found time to accept £220k+ from private healthcare linked donors.
So today they came to his office and only then did he FINALLY agree to meet with them.
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I only recently listened to this extraordinary 10 part podcast - Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring by @peterjukes.bsky.social and @carolecadwalla.bsky.social . It’s gripping, chilling, and deeply disturbing. The facts of Russian intrusion into UK politics laid bare, in horrifying fashion.
Rory Stewart and Alistair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social spell out what needs to happen - the same demand we’ve made for years.
We need a real, independent inquiry 🧵
🎧 Hear the full story: the-citizens.com/2025/02/serg...
We need a real, independent inquiry 🧵
🎧 Hear the full story: the-citizens.com/2025/02/serg...
December 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I only recently listened to this extraordinary 10 part podcast - Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring by @peterjukes.bsky.social and @carolecadwalla.bsky.social . It’s gripping, chilling, and deeply disturbing. The facts of Russian intrusion into UK politics laid bare, in horrifying fashion.
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BREAKING: We just confronted Health Secretary Wes Streeting outside his constituency Office, asking who is pulling his strings?
He finally committed to meeting us, after 392 days of ignoring our requests to do so!
He finally committed to meeting us, after 392 days of ignoring our requests to do so!
🚨BREAKING: #NHS patients are outside Wes Streeting's office after waiting 392 days for a meeting.
Meanwhile, Wes has found time to accept £220k+ from private healthcare linked donors.
So today they came to his office and only then did he FINALLY agree to meet with them.
Meanwhile, Wes has found time to accept £220k+ from private healthcare linked donors.
So today they came to his office and only then did he FINALLY agree to meet with them.
December 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
BREAKING: We just confronted Health Secretary Wes Streeting outside his constituency Office, asking who is pulling his strings?
He finally committed to meeting us, after 392 days of ignoring our requests to do so!
He finally committed to meeting us, after 392 days of ignoring our requests to do so!
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Zia Yusuf insults this man by saying he is not listening, and gets booed massively.
Then Yusuf describes exactly the situation the man suggests, where as soon as you retire you are deported.
#bbcqt
Then Yusuf describes exactly the situation the man suggests, where as soon as you retire you are deported.
#bbcqt
December 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Zia Yusuf insults this man by saying he is not listening, and gets booed massively.
Then Yusuf describes exactly the situation the man suggests, where as soon as you retire you are deported.
#bbcqt
Then Yusuf describes exactly the situation the man suggests, where as soon as you retire you are deported.
#bbcqt
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US military resumes strikes on narcoboats, killing four in latest operation
US resumes strikes on narcoboats, killing four in latest operation
US Southern Command resumed lethal strikes on alleged narcoboats, killing four amid bipartisan scrutiny of the Pentagon's anti-drug campaign.
www.euronews.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
US military resumes strikes on narcoboats, killing four in latest operation
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Nooooo! Don't scrap the Finch ruling!
Keir Starmer may see them as part of “unnecessary red-tape, well-intentioned, but fundamentally misguided, environmental regulations” but the Finch ruling, Habitats Regulations, biodiversity net gain, etc, are vital protections for our planet and for nature.
Keir Starmer may see them as part of “unnecessary red-tape, well-intentioned, but fundamentally misguided, environmental regulations” but the Finch ruling, Habitats Regulations, biodiversity net gain, etc, are vital protections for our planet and for nature.
2/2 🧵 However, the recommendations include a proposal to scrap the landmark Finch climate ruling and make changes to key green regulations.
What you need to know ⬇️
What you need to know ⬇️
Starmer moots support for ‘radical reforms’ to ditch ‘misguided environmental regulations’
<b>Updated:</b> Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said he accepts a series of “red tape” cutting measures for the nuclear industry and wants these “lessons” rolled out across the government’s entire...
www.endsreport.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Nooooo! Don't scrap the Finch ruling!
Keir Starmer may see them as part of “unnecessary red-tape, well-intentioned, but fundamentally misguided, environmental regulations” but the Finch ruling, Habitats Regulations, biodiversity net gain, etc, are vital protections for our planet and for nature.
Keir Starmer may see them as part of “unnecessary red-tape, well-intentioned, but fundamentally misguided, environmental regulations” but the Finch ruling, Habitats Regulations, biodiversity net gain, etc, are vital protections for our planet and for nature.
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Want to join us in with the UK's leading campaign to reverse the damage of Brexit? Sign up as a member here:
Join the European Movement in 2025
Become a member this year and help return our country to its rightful place at the heart of Europe.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Want to join us in with the UK's leading campaign to reverse the damage of Brexit? Sign up as a member here:
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“To recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.”
- Oscar Wilde
- Oscar Wilde
December 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
“To recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.”
- Oscar Wilde
- Oscar Wilde
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At this point, it should be obvious that the US administration has no intention of stopping russia. Just think about it: Trump sent a real estate developer and his son-in-law to negotiate with Putin.
At this point, it’s not diplomacy. It’s a business meeting about the sale of Ukrainian land.
At this point, it’s not diplomacy. It’s a business meeting about the sale of Ukrainian land.
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
At this point, it should be obvious that the US administration has no intention of stopping russia. Just think about it: Trump sent a real estate developer and his son-in-law to negotiate with Putin.
At this point, it’s not diplomacy. It’s a business meeting about the sale of Ukrainian land.
At this point, it’s not diplomacy. It’s a business meeting about the sale of Ukrainian land.
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The rigging of elections by ElonMusk must stop!!!
THE MATH NOT MATHING IN TENNESSEE SPECIAL ELECTION! Election advocates are demanding a hand recount, as 31,000 mysteriously appeared after 99.4% of the votes were counted. The outstanding votes should have been 1000. Who cooked the books in Tennessee?
www.narativ.org/p/breaking-e...
www.narativ.org/p/breaking-e...
BREAKING: Election Advocates Demand Recount in Tennessee
They’re questioning how 31,000 additional votes appeared with 99.4% votes counted - and that's not all.
www.narativ.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The rigging of elections by ElonMusk must stop!!!
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Great to attend the annual Blackett Lecture and awards ceremony for the UK Operational Research Society this week!
Also pleased to announce that I will be President-Elect of the OR Society from January 2026 :-)
Also pleased to announce that I will be President-Elect of the OR Society from January 2026 :-)
December 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Great to attend the annual Blackett Lecture and awards ceremony for the UK Operational Research Society this week!
Also pleased to announce that I will be President-Elect of the OR Society from January 2026 :-)
Also pleased to announce that I will be President-Elect of the OR Society from January 2026 :-)
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Come on MSM, don't let this go, hound him as he reportedly hounded those of a different background at school
People need to understand this leopard has not changed his spots he's just more clever at hiding it
People need to understand this leopard has not changed his spots he's just more clever at hiding it
The hounds are yapping at Farage’s heels. Interesting to see how he wriggles out of this one.
Holocaust survivors call on Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged antisemitic comments
Exclusive: Group’s open letter says Reform UK leader must take responsibility for behaviour as a schoolboy
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Come on MSM, don't let this go, hound him as he reportedly hounded those of a different background at school
People need to understand this leopard has not changed his spots he's just more clever at hiding it
People need to understand this leopard has not changed his spots he's just more clever at hiding it
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When are we going to have a special on:
• The rise of the far-right
• The state of the NHS
• The severe lack of trans+ healthcare
• The constantly hiking rent
• The 1% who own half this country's wealth
• Stagnant wages for the working class
• The state of council homes
• The housing crisis
...
• The rise of the far-right
• The state of the NHS
• The severe lack of trans+ healthcare
• The constantly hiking rent
• The 1% who own half this country's wealth
• Stagnant wages for the working class
• The state of council homes
• The housing crisis
...
December 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
When are we going to have a special on:
• The rise of the far-right
• The state of the NHS
• The severe lack of trans+ healthcare
• The constantly hiking rent
• The 1% who own half this country's wealth
• Stagnant wages for the working class
• The state of council homes
• The housing crisis
...
• The rise of the far-right
• The state of the NHS
• The severe lack of trans+ healthcare
• The constantly hiking rent
• The 1% who own half this country's wealth
• Stagnant wages for the working class
• The state of council homes
• The housing crisis
...
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All the others were useless and in some cases just racist. And Zack was the only one who had anything sensible to say. The fact that he was able to cut through with an audience chosen on immigration in Dover is pretty damn impressive!
December 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
All the others were useless and in some cases just racist. And Zack was the only one who had anything sensible to say. The fact that he was able to cut through with an audience chosen on immigration in Dover is pretty damn impressive!
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Human cost of the Post Office scandal.
Sub-postmaster passed away from a heart attack at the age of 58 without receiving full compensation.
A "constant cycle of stress" created by false prosecutions of many. Lives destroyed.
No one charged.
Sub-postmaster passed away from a heart attack at the age of 58 without receiving full compensation.
A "constant cycle of stress" created by false prosecutions of many. Lives destroyed.
No one charged.
My husband would still be alive if he'd received Post Office compensation
The widow and daughter of Jonathan Armstrong tell the BBC about the toll the Horizon scandal took on his health.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Human cost of the Post Office scandal.
Sub-postmaster passed away from a heart attack at the age of 58 without receiving full compensation.
A "constant cycle of stress" created by false prosecutions of many. Lives destroyed.
No one charged.
Sub-postmaster passed away from a heart attack at the age of 58 without receiving full compensation.
A "constant cycle of stress" created by false prosecutions of many. Lives destroyed.
No one charged.
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“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising”
Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising”
Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper
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Farage is making me think. I mean, can we be absolutely sure Hitler meant it in a hurtful way? Maybe he was just misunderstood and his lackeys took it too far, assuming he was a racist, antisemitic arsehole but actually it was all just for bants because of a comic he read as a boy.
December 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Farage is making me think. I mean, can we be absolutely sure Hitler meant it in a hurtful way? Maybe he was just misunderstood and his lackeys took it too far, assuming he was a racist, antisemitic arsehole but actually it was all just for bants because of a comic he read as a boy.
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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VIDEO OF LABOUR'S BROKEN PROMISES TO NUCLEAR VETERANS HITS 10M VIEWS
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/12/05/v...
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/12/05/v...
VIDEO OF LABOUR’S BROKEN PROMISES TO NUCLEAR VETERANS HITS 10M VIEWS
Peter Stefanovic, lawyer and CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, has produced a shocking video, supporting the nuclear test veterans’ campaign, LABRATS (Legacy of the Atomic Bomb Recognition for At…
thecriminaljusticeblog.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
VIDEO OF LABOUR'S BROKEN PROMISES TO NUCLEAR VETERANS HITS 10M VIEWS
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/12/05/v...
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/12/05/v...
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🚨"They want to take away your healthcare and sell it back to you"
American doctor in the NHS raises alarm about underfunding and privatisation of the NHS.
Share if you support our NHS. vist.ly/4h6vb
American doctor in the NHS raises alarm about underfunding and privatisation of the NHS.
Share if you support our NHS. vist.ly/4h6vb
December 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🚨"They want to take away your healthcare and sell it back to you"
American doctor in the NHS raises alarm about underfunding and privatisation of the NHS.
Share if you support our NHS. vist.ly/4h6vb
American doctor in the NHS raises alarm about underfunding and privatisation of the NHS.
Share if you support our NHS. vist.ly/4h6vb
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High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe
High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study
Pesticide Action Network Europe study finds average concentrations 100 times higher than in tap water
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe
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Israel allowed to take part in Eurovision 2026 - as at least two countries withdraw
Israel allowed to take part in Eurovision 2026 - as at least two countries withdraw
Israel will be allowed to compete in next year's Eurovision Song Contest - with two broadcasters saying they will now boycott the event.
news.sky.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Israel allowed to take part in Eurovision 2026 - as at least two countries withdraw
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Thames Water risks being forced into special administration.
40% price hike. Doubling of operating profit, sewage in rivers.
Era of water poverty - 8.5% of the TW customers are on bills subsidised by those who are paying their charges, 4% not paying bills at all.
It's a scam.
archive.ph/k6QX0
40% price hike. Doubling of operating profit, sewage in rivers.
Era of water poverty - 8.5% of the TW customers are on bills subsidised by those who are paying their charges, 4% not paying bills at all.
It's a scam.
archive.ph/k6QX0
Thames Water risks being forced into special administration
Creditors are proposing to inject cash and write off some of the troubled water company’s record debt as its customers struggle to afford rising bills
www.thetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Thames Water risks being forced into special administration.
40% price hike. Doubling of operating profit, sewage in rivers.
Era of water poverty - 8.5% of the TW customers are on bills subsidised by those who are paying their charges, 4% not paying bills at all.
It's a scam.
archive.ph/k6QX0
40% price hike. Doubling of operating profit, sewage in rivers.
Era of water poverty - 8.5% of the TW customers are on bills subsidised by those who are paying their charges, 4% not paying bills at all.
It's a scam.
archive.ph/k6QX0