Brian
@brianhen.bsky.social
Too old to feel so young
SAFC Follower & anything that's rock and roll 's fine.
SAFC Follower & anything that's rock and roll 's fine.
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Up to 7m extra working-age people could be denied minimum standard of living in retirement if UK state pension triple lock is ditched.
Neoliberals squeeze wages and call for real cuts to pension.
Thousands will die prematurely.
State pension must not be less than the minimum wage
archive.ph/UaHIw
Neoliberals squeeze wages and call for real cuts to pension.
Thousands will die prematurely.
State pension must not be less than the minimum wage
archive.ph/UaHIw
The total number of retirees facing poverty if state pension triple lock is cut
Figures have been released days before the Budget, in which Reeves may target tax perks given to pension savers
inews.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Up to 7m extra working-age people could be denied minimum standard of living in retirement if UK state pension triple lock is ditched.
Neoliberals squeeze wages and call for real cuts to pension.
Thousands will die prematurely.
State pension must not be less than the minimum wage
archive.ph/UaHIw
Neoliberals squeeze wages and call for real cuts to pension.
Thousands will die prematurely.
State pension must not be less than the minimum wage
archive.ph/UaHIw
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With only a few days before the budget, we need to spread our message far and wide.
Forward and share to send a message to the Chancellor loud and clear.
Forward and share to send a message to the Chancellor loud and clear.
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
With only a few days before the budget, we need to spread our message far and wide.
Forward and share to send a message to the Chancellor loud and clear.
Forward and share to send a message to the Chancellor loud and clear.
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💰 NEW 💰
PPE Medpro must repay £122m for supplying defective PPE
But it doesn’t stop with Baroness Mone. When will the ministers who referred their cronies onto the VIP Lane face consequences?
PPE Medpro must repay £122m for supplying defective PPE
But it doesn’t stop with Baroness Mone. When will the ministers who referred their cronies onto the VIP Lane face consequences?
October 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
💰 NEW 💰
PPE Medpro must repay £122m for supplying defective PPE
But it doesn’t stop with Baroness Mone. When will the ministers who referred their cronies onto the VIP Lane face consequences?
PPE Medpro must repay £122m for supplying defective PPE
But it doesn’t stop with Baroness Mone. When will the ministers who referred their cronies onto the VIP Lane face consequences?
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And yet Michelle Mone still hasn’t been expelled from the House of Lords?! 🤯
Enough is enough. Let’s send a clear message to the House of Lords Conduct Committee: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/expel-Mo...
Enough is enough. Let’s send a clear message to the House of Lords Conduct Committee: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/expel-Mo...
Sign the petition: Michelle Mone should be removed from the House of Lords
18 months ago, Michelle Mone admitted she lied to the media about her links to a PPE firm that profited during the pandemic. Enough is enough. Sign the petition to demand she’s expelled from the…
act.38degrees.org.uk
October 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
And yet Michelle Mone still hasn’t been expelled from the House of Lords?! 🤯
Enough is enough. Let’s send a clear message to the House of Lords Conduct Committee: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/expel-Mo...
Enough is enough. Let’s send a clear message to the House of Lords Conduct Committee: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/expel-Mo...
Nearly a year after Keir Starmer promised it, the Hillsborough Law is yet to be introduced. Families deserve honesty and accountability. Can you join me today and sign the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
Keir Starmer: Don't Break Your Promise, Introduce the Hillsborough Law NOW!
The new Hillsborough Law is aimed at improving transparency and accountability of public bodies in the aftermath of major disasters. Keir Starmer promised last year, the new law would be introduced be...
you.38degrees.org.uk
August 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Nearly a year after Keir Starmer promised it, the Hillsborough Law is yet to be introduced. Families deserve honesty and accountability. Can you join me today and sign the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
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Water companies enforcing hosepipe bans leak over one billion litres of water a day.
That’s enough to fill 400 Olympic swimming pools. You can’t make this stuff up…
That’s enough to fill 400 Olympic swimming pools. You can’t make this stuff up…
August 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Water companies enforcing hosepipe bans leak over one billion litres of water a day.
That’s enough to fill 400 Olympic swimming pools. You can’t make this stuff up…
That’s enough to fill 400 Olympic swimming pools. You can’t make this stuff up…
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🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
How Britain privatised itself into failure
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
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Private equity and the crushing cost of UK vets’ bills.
60% of local vets taken over by corporates.
Usual story -price hikes, debt, profiteering.
Drugs prices up to eight times the online prices. Profit margins of up to 43%.
How many pets will suffer?
archive.ph/ikhpP
60% of local vets taken over by corporates.
Usual story -price hikes, debt, profiteering.
Drugs prices up to eight times the online prices. Profit margins of up to 43%.
How many pets will suffer?
archive.ph/ikhpP
Private equity and the crushing cost of UK vets’ bills
Charges have risen sharply since 2016 as more practices have been swallowed up by buyout groups
www.ft.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Private equity and the crushing cost of UK vets’ bills.
60% of local vets taken over by corporates.
Usual story -price hikes, debt, profiteering.
Drugs prices up to eight times the online prices. Profit margins of up to 43%.
How many pets will suffer?
archive.ph/ikhpP
60% of local vets taken over by corporates.
Usual story -price hikes, debt, profiteering.
Drugs prices up to eight times the online prices. Profit margins of up to 43%.
How many pets will suffer?
archive.ph/ikhpP
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Rachel Reeves considers overruling supreme court in £44bn car finance scandal.
Ultimate Deregulation: Law may be bent to prevent compensation to millions, protect banks from their follies. A licence to misbehave.
Any chance of laws to cap bankers' bonuses, higher taxes?
NO. It is one-way traffic
Ultimate Deregulation: Law may be bent to prevent compensation to millions, protect banks from their follies. A licence to misbehave.
Any chance of laws to cap bankers' bonuses, higher taxes?
NO. It is one-way traffic
Rachel Reeves considers overruling supreme court in £44bn car finance scandal
Exclusive: Chancellor could step in if justices uphold entirety of ruling over commission paid to brokers
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Rachel Reeves considers overruling supreme court in £44bn car finance scandal.
Ultimate Deregulation: Law may be bent to prevent compensation to millions, protect banks from their follies. A licence to misbehave.
Any chance of laws to cap bankers' bonuses, higher taxes?
NO. It is one-way traffic
Ultimate Deregulation: Law may be bent to prevent compensation to millions, protect banks from their follies. A licence to misbehave.
Any chance of laws to cap bankers' bonuses, higher taxes?
NO. It is one-way traffic
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NOW 368 DAYS since our nuclear test veterans - national heroes in their eighties - requested a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss how he will honour the commitment Labour made to their campaign for justice & compensation in opposition
youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...
youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...
Video emerges of Deputy PM,Defence Secretary & other Ministers BACKING compensation for Nuclear Vets
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
July 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
NOW 368 DAYS since our nuclear test veterans - national heroes in their eighties - requested a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss how he will honour the commitment Labour made to their campaign for justice & compensation in opposition
youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...
youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...
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England's water companies lose 1 trillion litres of water a year to leaks.
Dump sewage in rivers, have 1,135 criminal convictions
Built no new reservoirs since 1989. Paid £85bn in dividends, have debt of £70bn
One- third of the customer bills cover debt servicing.
Govt is OK with privatisation.
Dump sewage in rivers, have 1,135 criminal convictions
Built no new reservoirs since 1989. Paid £85bn in dividends, have debt of £70bn
One- third of the customer bills cover debt servicing.
Govt is OK with privatisation.
Public ownership is the only way to save the water industry
Public ownership is the only viable alternative but is opposed by the government
leftfootforward.org
July 26, 2025 at 6:53 AM
England's water companies lose 1 trillion litres of water a year to leaks.
Dump sewage in rivers, have 1,135 criminal convictions
Built no new reservoirs since 1989. Paid £85bn in dividends, have debt of £70bn
One- third of the customer bills cover debt servicing.
Govt is OK with privatisation.
Dump sewage in rivers, have 1,135 criminal convictions
Built no new reservoirs since 1989. Paid £85bn in dividends, have debt of £70bn
One- third of the customer bills cover debt servicing.
Govt is OK with privatisation.
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Steve Reed told Parliament his dep't provided the figure of £100bn to buy back water.
The DEFRA Under-Secretary and civil servants are on record saying the figure came from a report funded by water companies.
So...who's telling the truth? Time to #ComeCleanSteve
Sign our petition! vist.ly/3yyng
The DEFRA Under-Secretary and civil servants are on record saying the figure came from a report funded by water companies.
So...who's telling the truth? Time to #ComeCleanSteve
Sign our petition! vist.ly/3yyng
July 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Steve Reed told Parliament his dep't provided the figure of £100bn to buy back water.
The DEFRA Under-Secretary and civil servants are on record saying the figure came from a report funded by water companies.
So...who's telling the truth? Time to #ComeCleanSteve
Sign our petition! vist.ly/3yyng
The DEFRA Under-Secretary and civil servants are on record saying the figure came from a report funded by water companies.
So...who's telling the truth? Time to #ComeCleanSteve
Sign our petition! vist.ly/3yyng
Trump’s heading to Scotland this weekend and wants the next Open at his Turnberry course. I just told The R&A: DO NOT give it to him :x: Will you join me too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
Don't allow Trump's Turnberry golf course to host The Open Championship
The Open Championship must not give in to the UK government's lobbying and allow Donald Trump to host one of the world's biggest, oldest and respected golf tournaments at any of the golf courses he ow...
you.38degrees.org.uk
July 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Trump’s heading to Scotland this weekend and wants the next Open at his Turnberry course. I just told The R&A: DO NOT give it to him :x: Will you join me too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
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England water regulator OFWAT to be abolished.
Rearranging the deckchairs alone won't do.
Must bring water into public ownership.
Need employee & customer elected directors on company boards; workers/customers must have right to vote on exec pay.
Must hold failed Ministers to account.
Rearranging the deckchairs alone won't do.
Must bring water into public ownership.
Need employee & customer elected directors on company boards; workers/customers must have right to vote on exec pay.
Must hold failed Ministers to account.
Ofwat to be abolished as ministers look to create new water regulator
Move follows intense criticism of utilities over sewage spills, shareholder payouts and ballooning debts
www.theguardian.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
England water regulator OFWAT to be abolished.
Rearranging the deckchairs alone won't do.
Must bring water into public ownership.
Need employee & customer elected directors on company boards; workers/customers must have right to vote on exec pay.
Must hold failed Ministers to account.
Rearranging the deckchairs alone won't do.
Must bring water into public ownership.
Need employee & customer elected directors on company boards; workers/customers must have right to vote on exec pay.
Must hold failed Ministers to account.
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How England's water went to shit.
Ideology of privatisation.
Monopolies privatized.
Political system bought by corporations.
Profiteering by corporations.
Ineffective regulation.
No one listens to the people.
Don't believe private is the best.
Govt still resisting public ownership.
Ideology of privatisation.
Monopolies privatized.
Political system bought by corporations.
Profiteering by corporations.
Ineffective regulation.
No one listens to the people.
Don't believe private is the best.
Govt still resisting public ownership.
How our water went to shit
Privatisation was meant to revitalise a public good. Instead, it left us with leaky pipes, sewage spills and rivers not fit to swim in
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
July 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM
How England's water went to shit.
Ideology of privatisation.
Monopolies privatized.
Political system bought by corporations.
Profiteering by corporations.
Ineffective regulation.
No one listens to the people.
Don't believe private is the best.
Govt still resisting public ownership.
Ideology of privatisation.
Monopolies privatized.
Political system bought by corporations.
Profiteering by corporations.
Ineffective regulation.
No one listens to the people.
Don't believe private is the best.
Govt still resisting public ownership.
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'I feel very disappointed'
Hillsborough campaigner Margaret Aspinall told #BBCBreakfast Keir Starmer should 'bring forward the real Hillsborough Law" before the Prime Minister returns to Liverpool for the Labour Party Conference in September
Hillsborough campaigner Margaret Aspinall told #BBCBreakfast Keir Starmer should 'bring forward the real Hillsborough Law" before the Prime Minister returns to Liverpool for the Labour Party Conference in September
July 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
'I feel very disappointed'
Hillsborough campaigner Margaret Aspinall told #BBCBreakfast Keir Starmer should 'bring forward the real Hillsborough Law" before the Prime Minister returns to Liverpool for the Labour Party Conference in September
Hillsborough campaigner Margaret Aspinall told #BBCBreakfast Keir Starmer should 'bring forward the real Hillsborough Law" before the Prime Minister returns to Liverpool for the Labour Party Conference in September
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Here is Financial Times campaigning against wealth taxes.
Silence on
The poorest 20% paying higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Spend on corporate welfare.
Wealth taxed at lower rates than wages.
NAO said that wealthy abuse the tax system
It is class war
archive.ph/Kg3vC
Silence on
The poorest 20% paying higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Spend on corporate welfare.
Wealth taxed at lower rates than wages.
NAO said that wealthy abuse the tax system
It is class war
archive.ph/Kg3vC
Britain’s damaging flirtation with a wealth tax
Labour’s higher levies on entrepreneurs are already harming UK attractiveness
www.ft.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Here is Financial Times campaigning against wealth taxes.
Silence on
The poorest 20% paying higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Spend on corporate welfare.
Wealth taxed at lower rates than wages.
NAO said that wealthy abuse the tax system
It is class war
archive.ph/Kg3vC
Silence on
The poorest 20% paying higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Spend on corporate welfare.
Wealth taxed at lower rates than wages.
NAO said that wealthy abuse the tax system
It is class war
archive.ph/Kg3vC
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Trumpism
HSBC becomes first UK bank to quit industry’s net zero alliance.
Banks take bailouts, subsidies, sell dodgy financial products, launder money and abuse taxes, but never accept social responsibility.
Voluntarism is a fig leaf. Change law. Impose public duties.
HSBC becomes first UK bank to quit industry’s net zero alliance.
Banks take bailouts, subsidies, sell dodgy financial products, launder money and abuse taxes, but never accept social responsibility.
Voluntarism is a fig leaf. Change law. Impose public duties.
HSBC becomes first UK bank to quit industry’s net zero alliance
Campaigners condemn ‘troubling’ move that follows departure of six of largest US banks after Trump’s election
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Trumpism
HSBC becomes first UK bank to quit industry’s net zero alliance.
Banks take bailouts, subsidies, sell dodgy financial products, launder money and abuse taxes, but never accept social responsibility.
Voluntarism is a fig leaf. Change law. Impose public duties.
HSBC becomes first UK bank to quit industry’s net zero alliance.
Banks take bailouts, subsidies, sell dodgy financial products, launder money and abuse taxes, but never accept social responsibility.
Voluntarism is a fig leaf. Change law. Impose public duties.
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When we say good vs evil, this is what we mean.
July 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
When we say good vs evil, this is what we mean.
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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.
Our privatised water system is broken - and water lobbyists have worked hard to shut down alternatives.In July the People’s Commission is launching a people-first vision for our water in Parliament.Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Ask your MP to show their support for a people-first future for our water!
We can make our water work for people - not shareholders - but water lobbyists are working hard to shut this solution down. Will you make sure your MP hears about it?
actionnetwork.org
July 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Our privatised water system is broken - and water lobbyists have worked hard to shut down alternatives.In July the People’s Commission is launching a people-first vision for our water in Parliament.Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
I've just signed the @weownit.org.uk petition to say NO to private finance deals for Neighbourhood Health Centres. Will you join me?
Tell Wes Streeting - put patients first, don't put our NHS at the mercy of new PFI deals
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
Tell Wes Streeting - put patients first, don't put our NHS at the mercy of new PFI deals
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
No new PFI in Neighbourhood Health Services | We Own It
Wes Streeting: do not use a “Public Private Partnership” to finance Neighbourhood Health Centres
weownit.org.uk
July 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I've just signed the @weownit.org.uk petition to say NO to private finance deals for Neighbourhood Health Centres. Will you join me?
Tell Wes Streeting - put patients first, don't put our NHS at the mercy of new PFI deals
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
Tell Wes Streeting - put patients first, don't put our NHS at the mercy of new PFI deals
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
I've just signed the @weownit.org.uk petition to say NO to private finance deals for Neighbourhood Health Centres. Will you join me?
Tell Wes Streeting - put patients first, don't put our NHS at the mercy of new PFI deals
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
Tell Wes Streeting - put patients first, don't put our NHS at the mercy of new PFI deals
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
No new PFI in Neighbourhood Health Services | We Own It
Wes Streeting: do not use a “Public Private Partnership” to finance Neighbourhood Health Centres
weownit.org.uk
July 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I've just signed the @weownit.org.uk petition to say NO to private finance deals for Neighbourhood Health Centres. Will you join me?
Tell Wes Streeting - put patients first, don't put our NHS at the mercy of new PFI deals
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
Tell Wes Streeting - put patients first, don't put our NHS at the mercy of new PFI deals
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
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Corporate Welfare
2012-2027: £11bn subsidy for Drax, produces electricity by burning trees at double the price from gas.
2024 operating profit £1.06bn £869m subsidy.
£97m dividend paid; £300m share buyback.
Will get free money until 2031. No means testing.
Contrast with welfare of people.
2012-2027: £11bn subsidy for Drax, produces electricity by burning trees at double the price from gas.
2024 operating profit £1.06bn £869m subsidy.
£97m dividend paid; £300m share buyback.
Will get free money until 2031. No means testing.
Contrast with welfare of people.
Corporate vs human welfare: The story of Drax
There is no means-testing for corporate welfare payments.
leftfootforward.org
June 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Corporate Welfare
2012-2027: £11bn subsidy for Drax, produces electricity by burning trees at double the price from gas.
2024 operating profit £1.06bn £869m subsidy.
£97m dividend paid; £300m share buyback.
Will get free money until 2031. No means testing.
Contrast with welfare of people.
2012-2027: £11bn subsidy for Drax, produces electricity by burning trees at double the price from gas.
2024 operating profit £1.06bn £869m subsidy.
£97m dividend paid; £300m share buyback.
Will get free money until 2031. No means testing.
Contrast with welfare of people.
🚨 Sports Direct is using fake discounts to trick shoppers, says Which?. This could be breaking the law — but only public pressure will make them stop. #SportsDirect #StopTheScam
✍️ Sign the petition now to call them out: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sp...
✍️ Sign the petition now to call them out: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sp...
Sports Direct caught out over fake discounts, watchdog says
🚨 Sports Direct is using fake discounts to trick shoppers, says @WhichUK. This could be breaking the law — but only public pressure will make them stop. #SportsDirect #ConsumerRights #StopTheScam
✍️ ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
June 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
🚨 Sports Direct is using fake discounts to trick shoppers, says Which?. This could be breaking the law — but only public pressure will make them stop. #SportsDirect #StopTheScam
✍️ Sign the petition now to call them out: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sp...
✍️ Sign the petition now to call them out: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sp...