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I woke one morning with what I thought was a blocked ear. It felt similar to when you get water in your ear- sounds were muffled.
I woke one morning with what I thought was a blocked ear. It felt similar to when you get water in your ear- sounds were muffled.
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Nigel Farage used to believe in reforming the voting system, now he's rowed back because it no longer benefits him.
We will keep fighting for a fair votes, not because it benefits us but because it's right for the country.
We will keep fighting for a fair votes, not because it benefits us but because it's right for the country.
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Nigel Farage used to believe in reforming the voting system, now he's rowed back because it no longer benefits him.
We will keep fighting for a fair votes, not because it benefits us but because it's right for the country.
We will keep fighting for a fair votes, not because it benefits us but because it's right for the country.
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Death of Criticality: Using ignorance as a tool of control
Critical thinking is thrown out the window, replaced by blind acceptance
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Critical thinking is thrown out the window, replaced by blind acceptance
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Death of Criticality: Using ignorance as a tool of control
Critical thinking is thrown out the window, replaced by blind acceptance
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Death of Criticality: Using ignorance as a tool of control
Critical thinking is thrown out the window, replaced by blind acceptance
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Critical thinking is thrown out the window, replaced by blind acceptance
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
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Calling Reform racist isn’t slander.
It’s maths.
20 incidents. 18 months. 1 Farage in a permanent huff.
It’s maths.
20 incidents. 18 months. 1 Farage in a permanent huff.
DEEP DIVE: How Does Reform Show Its Racism? Let Me Count the Ways
From “target practice” on refugees to burqa bans in Parliament, the tally tells the story better than Farage ever could.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Calling Reform racist isn’t slander.
It’s maths.
20 incidents. 18 months. 1 Farage in a permanent huff.
It’s maths.
20 incidents. 18 months. 1 Farage in a permanent huff.
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“The ECHR isn’t Brussels meddling. It’s the foundation that protects you from your own government.” 👏👏👏
Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
“The ECHR isn’t Brussels meddling. It’s the foundation that protects you from your own government.” 👏👏👏
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Water company United Utilities promised to spend £129m to connect private septic tanks to the mains network and reduce sewage pollution.
Spent £76.7m over the last 25 years.
UU paid nearly £13bn in dividends since privatisation
Can't trust water companies
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Spent £76.7m over the last 25 years.
UU paid nearly £13bn in dividends since privatisation
Can't trust water companies
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
United Utilities underspent £52m on vital work to reduce sewage pollution, FoI reveals
Privatised water company criticised over efforts to connect private septic tanks to mains and cut pollution
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Water company United Utilities promised to spend £129m to connect private septic tanks to the mains network and reduce sewage pollution.
Spent £76.7m over the last 25 years.
UU paid nearly £13bn in dividends since privatisation
Can't trust water companies
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Spent £76.7m over the last 25 years.
UU paid nearly £13bn in dividends since privatisation
Can't trust water companies
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Curse of private equity.
After US hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency depts rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals.
PE cut staffing, wages, investment; hiked profits.
People killed for profit.
Yet UK handing healthcare to PE.
After US hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency depts rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals.
PE cut staffing, wages, investment; hiked profits.
People killed for profit.
Yet UK handing healthcare to PE.
Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over, study finds
The increased deaths in emergency departments at private equity-owned hospitals are most likely the result of reduced staffing levels, researchers say.
www.nbcnews.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Curse of private equity.
After US hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency depts rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals.
PE cut staffing, wages, investment; hiked profits.
People killed for profit.
Yet UK handing healthcare to PE.
After US hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency depts rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals.
PE cut staffing, wages, investment; hiked profits.
People killed for profit.
Yet UK handing healthcare to PE.
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The PFI disaster
Wes Streeting readies more of the NHS for privatisation. Hands £6m to advisers.
NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to private equity and corporations. Profits guaranteed.
Money will buy less. Higher taxes, lower value.
Say NO to privatisation of the NHS.
Wes Streeting readies more of the NHS for privatisation. Hands £6m to advisers.
NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to private equity and corporations. Profits guaranteed.
Money will buy less. Higher taxes, lower value.
Say NO to privatisation of the NHS.
Fears of new PFI-style ‘disaster’ as firms handed £6m to advise on using private funds for NHS clinics
Exclusive: Consultants and lawyers hired to advise on using public-private partnerships to build ‘neighbourhood health centres’ in England
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The PFI disaster
Wes Streeting readies more of the NHS for privatisation. Hands £6m to advisers.
NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to private equity and corporations. Profits guaranteed.
Money will buy less. Higher taxes, lower value.
Say NO to privatisation of the NHS.
Wes Streeting readies more of the NHS for privatisation. Hands £6m to advisers.
NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to private equity and corporations. Profits guaranteed.
Money will buy less. Higher taxes, lower value.
Say NO to privatisation of the NHS.
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Emergency alert: Trump, Farage and the authoritarian web
It would be a mistake to assume democracy is our default state, or to underestimate the gladiatorial power of its modern enemies
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/eme...
It would be a mistake to assume democracy is our default state, or to underestimate the gladiatorial power of its modern enemies
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/eme...
Emergency alert: Trump, Farage and the authoritarian web
It would be a mistake to assume democracy is our default state, or to underestimate the gladiatorial power of its modern enemies Project 2025 is aligned with global authoritarianism and won’t stand or...
westenglandbylines.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Emergency alert: Trump, Farage and the authoritarian web
It would be a mistake to assume democracy is our default state, or to underestimate the gladiatorial power of its modern enemies
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/eme...
It would be a mistake to assume democracy is our default state, or to underestimate the gladiatorial power of its modern enemies
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/eme...
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Watching @raskin.house.gov eviscerate Nigel Farage in Congress was a rare joy.
Finally someone called out the charlatanry:
Free speech for me, not for thee - while wearing a GB News pin in Washington.
Finally someone called out the charlatanry:
Free speech for me, not for thee - while wearing a GB News pin in Washington.
“Putin-Loving Imposter”: Raskin Finally Calls Farage What He Is
What Was Meant to be Another Farage Victory Lap Turned Into a Demolition of His Record, His Hypocrisy, and His Loyalties.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Watching @raskin.house.gov eviscerate Nigel Farage in Congress was a rare joy.
Finally someone called out the charlatanry:
Free speech for me, not for thee - while wearing a GB News pin in Washington.
Finally someone called out the charlatanry:
Free speech for me, not for thee - while wearing a GB News pin in Washington.
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England remains invisible in the UK’s devolved constitutional set-up. Could this be the real root of English grievance that Farage so successfully taps into – not Brussels, not migrants, but Westminster itself?
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Nigel Farage and the political power of English grievance
The Conservatives and Labour have allowed resentment to fester in the biggest part of the UK – and the only region not to have its own parliament
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
England remains invisible in the UK’s devolved constitutional set-up. Could this be the real root of English grievance that Farage so successfully taps into – not Brussels, not migrants, but Westminster itself?
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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There is "a fundamental problem at the heart of our welfare state; namely the apparent assumption that poor people are not creative and have no potential for anything other than unskilled labour, because creative ability is supposedly reserved for those who enjoy wealth and privilege"
Well said!
Well said!
The welfare state and the entrapment of low-income creatives
Welfare bias traps poor and disabled creatives, wasting talent and silencing voices that could enrich our culture and economy
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
August 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
There is "a fundamental problem at the heart of our welfare state; namely the apparent assumption that poor people are not creative and have no potential for anything other than unskilled labour, because creative ability is supposedly reserved for those who enjoy wealth and privilege"
Well said!
Well said!
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The Government is guilty of shocking weakness when it comes to China.
First British Steel, then the super embassy, and now the sale of a big chunk of our critical water infrastructure.
It’s time they took our critical national infrastructure more seriously.
First British Steel, then the super embassy, and now the sale of a big chunk of our critical water infrastructure.
It’s time they took our critical national infrastructure more seriously.
August 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The Government is guilty of shocking weakness when it comes to China.
First British Steel, then the super embassy, and now the sale of a big chunk of our critical water infrastructure.
It’s time they took our critical national infrastructure more seriously.
First British Steel, then the super embassy, and now the sale of a big chunk of our critical water infrastructure.
It’s time they took our critical national infrastructure more seriously.
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IMPORTANT!!
IMPORTANT!!
⚡️Do NOT let Musk get his hands on British utilities. He’s applied for a license to supply energy here.
✍️ Tell Ofgem what you think about that:
www.bestforbritain.org/petition-elo...
✍️ Tell Ofgem what you think about that:
www.bestforbritain.org/petition-elo...
Take Action: Stop Elon Musk's Energy Power Grab
Change Minds → Change Politics
www.bestforbritain.org
August 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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IMPORTANT!!
IMPORTANT!!
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Crime is roughly half what it was in the 90s. Britain is still one of the safest countries in the developed world.
So why does Reform want you to think London’s a hellscape? The Bear provides the answer ⤵️
So why does Reform want you to think London’s a hellscape? The Bear provides the answer ⤵️
The Great British fear factory: manufacturing a lawless London
Reform UK’s “Britain is Lawless” campaign isn’t about making us safer – it’s about manufacturing fear for political gain
eastangliabylines.co.uk
August 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Crime is roughly half what it was in the 90s. Britain is still one of the safest countries in the developed world.
So why does Reform want you to think London’s a hellscape? The Bear provides the answer ⤵️
So why does Reform want you to think London’s a hellscape? The Bear provides the answer ⤵️
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Why our idea of ‘capital’ is all wrong youtu.be/Rf30E9qkIvI?... We talk about capital as if it’s only money or machines, but that’s a dangerously narrow view. In this video, I unpack the six forms of capital we should value: productive, financial, human, natural, environmental, and societal.
Why our idea of ‘capital’ is all wrong
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
August 12, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Why our idea of ‘capital’ is all wrong youtu.be/Rf30E9qkIvI?... We talk about capital as if it’s only money or machines, but that’s a dangerously narrow view. In this video, I unpack the six forms of capital we should value: productive, financial, human, natural, environmental, and societal.
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Foreign billionaires circumvent laws and pump millions into British politics.
Unincorporated associations, shell companies, companies controlled from abroad used.
The aim: produce govts subservient to corporations and the rich.
End corruption. Give democracy a chance. Ban all political donations.
Unincorporated associations, shell companies, companies controlled from abroad used.
The aim: produce govts subservient to corporations and the rich.
End corruption. Give democracy a chance. Ban all political donations.
Revealed: How foreign billionaires pump millions into British politics
The Elon Musk-shaped hole in Starmer’s Election Bill
democracyforsale.substack.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Foreign billionaires circumvent laws and pump millions into British politics.
Unincorporated associations, shell companies, companies controlled from abroad used.
The aim: produce govts subservient to corporations and the rich.
End corruption. Give democracy a chance. Ban all political donations.
Unincorporated associations, shell companies, companies controlled from abroad used.
The aim: produce govts subservient to corporations and the rich.
End corruption. Give democracy a chance. Ban all political donations.
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Nothing good has come of privatising the Uk’s Critical National Infrastructure, so there is now a strong case for renationalising.
Why renationalising the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure is vital
Nothing good has come of privatising the Uk’s Critical National Infrastructure, so there is now a strong case for renationalising
northwestbylines.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Nothing good has come of privatising the Uk’s Critical National Infrastructure, so there is now a strong case for renationalising.
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Just think about this.
World GDP is around $105trn.
Bets or derivatives on that $667trn, produce nothing, adds no value. It is one financial gambler against another. For every winner there is equivalent loser.
UK govt deregulating finance, wants to grow it, thinks this will rejuvenate economy.
World GDP is around $105trn.
Bets or derivatives on that $667trn, produce nothing, adds no value. It is one financial gambler against another. For every winner there is equivalent loser.
UK govt deregulating finance, wants to grow it, thinks this will rejuvenate economy.
Rachel Reeves’ Mansion House speech offered nothing for most people
'The state needs to be hands-on, and not leave it all to the pirates of City of London'
leftfootforward.org
July 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Just think about this.
World GDP is around $105trn.
Bets or derivatives on that $667trn, produce nothing, adds no value. It is one financial gambler against another. For every winner there is equivalent loser.
UK govt deregulating finance, wants to grow it, thinks this will rejuvenate economy.
World GDP is around $105trn.
Bets or derivatives on that $667trn, produce nothing, adds no value. It is one financial gambler against another. For every winner there is equivalent loser.
UK govt deregulating finance, wants to grow it, thinks this will rejuvenate economy.
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Why the UK won’t face hyperinflation – even with government money creation youtu.be/Jkx2YzakYNg?... Hyperinflation is the scare story threatened by those who want to stop government spending. But it’s just that: a scare story.
Why the UK won’t face hyperinflation – even with government money creation
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
July 20, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Why the UK won’t face hyperinflation – even with government money creation youtu.be/Jkx2YzakYNg?... Hyperinflation is the scare story threatened by those who want to stop government spending. But it’s just that: a scare story.
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UK users - If you do nothing else this morning please sign + share
July 20, 2025 at 6:38 AM
UK users - If you do nothing else this morning please sign + share
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Shadow banking is bigger than retail banking. It isn't regulated.
Post 2007-08 crash reforms reversed.
Private equity devouring NHS, care homes, vets, high street.
Govt deregulating finance industry, speculation mania will enrich few impoverish many.
Bubble will burst. What next? Be afraid.
Post 2007-08 crash reforms reversed.
Private equity devouring NHS, care homes, vets, high street.
Govt deregulating finance industry, speculation mania will enrich few impoverish many.
Bubble will burst. What next? Be afraid.
Rachel Reeves’ Mansion House speech offered nothing for most people
'The state needs to be hands-on, and not leave it all to the pirates of City of London'
leftfootforward.org
July 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Shadow banking is bigger than retail banking. It isn't regulated.
Post 2007-08 crash reforms reversed.
Private equity devouring NHS, care homes, vets, high street.
Govt deregulating finance industry, speculation mania will enrich few impoverish many.
Bubble will burst. What next? Be afraid.
Post 2007-08 crash reforms reversed.
Private equity devouring NHS, care homes, vets, high street.
Govt deregulating finance industry, speculation mania will enrich few impoverish many.
Bubble will burst. What next? Be afraid.
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Patients should pay £20 for a GP appointment as part of an insurance-based NHS, says former Tory Minister Sajid Javid.
It is a plan for mass democide of low/middle income families, sick, old and disabled to enable corporations/rich to profiteer.
Defend your rights or lose them.
archive.ph/lJHUh
It is a plan for mass democide of low/middle income families, sick, old and disabled to enable corporations/rich to profiteer.
Defend your rights or lose them.
archive.ph/lJHUh
Charge £20 for GP appointments, says think tank
Sajid Javid, who backs report by Policy Exchange, says Britain is ‘long overdue’ a ‘serious conversation’ about how the NHS is funded
www.telegraph.co.uk
July 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Patients should pay £20 for a GP appointment as part of an insurance-based NHS, says former Tory Minister Sajid Javid.
It is a plan for mass democide of low/middle income families, sick, old and disabled to enable corporations/rich to profiteer.
Defend your rights or lose them.
archive.ph/lJHUh
It is a plan for mass democide of low/middle income families, sick, old and disabled to enable corporations/rich to profiteer.
Defend your rights or lose them.
archive.ph/lJHUh
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Here’s how the Right is softening you up to sell off the NHS
They can’t scrap the NHS while you still care. So they start by saying it “wasn’t really built.” That’s not analysis. It’s strategy. Watch how they soften you up to let it go | The Bear
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
They can’t scrap the NHS while you still care. So they start by saying it “wasn’t really built.” That’s not analysis. It’s strategy. Watch how they soften you up to let it go | The Bear
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
Here’s how the Right is softening you up to sell off the NHS
First they rewrite the past. Then they sell off the future. The NHS is next
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Here’s how the Right is softening you up to sell off the NHS
They can’t scrap the NHS while you still care. So they start by saying it “wasn’t really built.” That’s not analysis. It’s strategy. Watch how they soften you up to let it go | The Bear
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
They can’t scrap the NHS while you still care. So they start by saying it “wasn’t really built.” That’s not analysis. It’s strategy. Watch how they soften you up to let it go | The Bear
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk