@dumphimlove.bsky.social
Retired counsellor. I love books, film & theatre. A lifelong socialist who is somewhat disillusioned. No DM’s please
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BREAKING: The House of Lords is also to be recalled over the future of British Steel
April 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
BREAKING: The House of Lords is also to be recalled over the future of British Steel
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Just six energy companies control over 90% of the UK household energy supply market, Octopus has 23.7% supplying 12.9m households
Competition is in name only and price differences are superficial.
Customers are always fleeced even though people change suppliers.
Competition is in name only and price differences are superficial.
Customers are always fleeced even though people change suppliers.
With bills having gone up, it’s time to take energy back into public ownership
The obscene profits of the energy industry show the sector is broken
leftfootforward.org
April 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Just six energy companies control over 90% of the UK household energy supply market, Octopus has 23.7% supplying 12.9m households
Competition is in name only and price differences are superficial.
Customers are always fleeced even though people change suppliers.
Competition is in name only and price differences are superficial.
Customers are always fleeced even though people change suppliers.
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The government has published no evidence to suggest that cutting disability benefits will get people back to work.
The evidence it has published found that these cuts would plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social in calling on the gov’t to rethink
The evidence it has published found that these cuts would plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social in calling on the gov’t to rethink
I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social in calling on the government to rethink its cruel, shameful & completely irresponsible plan to cut benefits which will plunge 250,000 people, including 50,000 children into poverty - on its own impact analysis
This is how you can help
youtu.be/XrX4dF3wqt0?...
This is how you can help
youtu.be/XrX4dF3wqt0?...
I’m joining Trussell in calling on the Gov’t to rethink its cruel & shameful plan to cut benefits
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
April 5, 2025 at 6:54 AM
The government has published no evidence to suggest that cutting disability benefits will get people back to work.
The evidence it has published found that these cuts would plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social in calling on the gov’t to rethink
The evidence it has published found that these cuts would plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social in calling on the gov’t to rethink
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The Telegraph has deleted an article which accused Stop Funding Hate of "amplifying" antisemitic content and agreed to pay the group's legal costs.
Telegraph deletes misleading article about Stop Funding Hate and agrees to pay legal costs
The Telegraph accused the campaign group of "amplifying" antisemitic content yet provided no evidence to back up the claim.
leftfootforward.org
April 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The Telegraph has deleted an article which accused Stop Funding Hate of "amplifying" antisemitic content and agreed to pay the group's legal costs.
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Jaguar Land Rover pauses shipments to US as Trump says impact of tariffs ‘won’t be easy’ – live www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Jaguar Land Rover pauses shipments to US as Trump says impact of tariffs ‘won’t be easy’ – as it happened
Trump’s baseline 10% tariff on all imports from many countries has begun, with higher levies on 57 trading partners to start next week
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Jaguar Land Rover pauses shipments to US as Trump says impact of tariffs ‘won’t be easy’ – live www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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MPs have united to call for “robust legislation” to tighten the rules on political donations after fears that Elon Musk could still donate £80 million to Reform UK
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/mps...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/mps...
MPs urge Keir Starmer to tighten rules on political donations amid Elon Musk fears
MPs have united to call for “robust legislation” to tighten the rules on political donations after fears Musk could donate £80m to Reform.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
MPs have united to call for “robust legislation” to tighten the rules on political donations after fears that Elon Musk could still donate £80 million to Reform UK
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/mps...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/mps...
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Third ex-police officer arrested in Rotherham child sexual exploitation inquiry
Third ex-police officer arrested in Rotherham child sexual exploitation inquiry
Former officer with South Yorkshire force arrested on suspicion of raping teenage girl in 2004
A third former South Yorkshire police officer has been arrested as part of an investigation into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham.
The ex-constable, aged in his 50s, was arrested on Monday on suspicion of raping a teenage girl in the town in 2004. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Third ex-police officer arrested in Rotherham child sexual exploitation inquiry
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At #PMQs Kemi Badenoch claims the tripe lock was a Conservative policy
It was actually a LibDem policy from their 2010 manifesto and it was a condition the LibDems had to form a coalition
And the Conservatives tried to ditch it in 2017, and did ditch it in 2021-2022 under Boris JOhnson
It was actually a LibDem policy from their 2010 manifesto and it was a condition the LibDems had to form a coalition
And the Conservatives tried to ditch it in 2017, and did ditch it in 2021-2022 under Boris JOhnson
April 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
At #PMQs Kemi Badenoch claims the tripe lock was a Conservative policy
It was actually a LibDem policy from their 2010 manifesto and it was a condition the LibDems had to form a coalition
And the Conservatives tried to ditch it in 2017, and did ditch it in 2021-2022 under Boris JOhnson
It was actually a LibDem policy from their 2010 manifesto and it was a condition the LibDems had to form a coalition
And the Conservatives tried to ditch it in 2017, and did ditch it in 2021-2022 under Boris JOhnson
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As Trump announces 25% tariffs on car imports to the US, @mrjamesob.bsky.social thinks 'you can be certain of two things.'
1. 'Trump will do terrible things.'
2. 'If they impact negatively on Britain, Rachel Reeves will get blamed by the media for it.'
1. 'Trump will do terrible things.'
2. 'If they impact negatively on Britain, Rachel Reeves will get blamed by the media for it.'
March 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
As Trump announces 25% tariffs on car imports to the US, @mrjamesob.bsky.social thinks 'you can be certain of two things.'
1. 'Trump will do terrible things.'
2. 'If they impact negatively on Britain, Rachel Reeves will get blamed by the media for it.'
1. 'Trump will do terrible things.'
2. 'If they impact negatively on Britain, Rachel Reeves will get blamed by the media for it.'
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#SheffEvents #Date020425 Moght have to write Date then. Boo.
March 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
#SheffEvents #Date020425 Moght have to write Date then. Boo.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: 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
March 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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People, please listen...Watch this it is so important.
As Trump addresses Congress, here's what @democrats.org should do:
- WALK OUT
- DECLARE TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY UNCONSTITUTIONAL (it is!)
- NORMALIZE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT REMOVAL FROM OFFICE
Listen to constitutional scholar Evan Bernick describe why 14.3 ISN'T DEAD: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcUz...
- WALK OUT
- DECLARE TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY UNCONSTITUTIONAL (it is!)
- NORMALIZE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT REMOVAL FROM OFFICE
Listen to constitutional scholar Evan Bernick describe why 14.3 ISN'T DEAD: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcUz...
State of Emergency: How Congress Can INVALIDATE Trump 2.0 Immediately │Lights On with Jessica Denson
YouTube video by Jessica Denson
www.youtube.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
People, please listen...Watch this it is so important.
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Minister says welfare budget ‘unsustainable’ amid reports Reeves has earmarked billions in cuts – UK politics live www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
PMQs live: Keir Starmer to face Kemi Badenoch in the Commons
Prime minister to take questions from leader of the opposition and other MPs
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Minister says welfare budget ‘unsustainable’ amid reports Reeves has earmarked billions in cuts – UK politics live www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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"We've had free speech for a very long time in the UK and it will last a long time, and we are very proud of that".
Keir Starmer praised for correcting JD Vance over his false ‘infringements on free speech in UK’ claim
"We've had free speech for a very long time in the UK and it will last a long time, and we are very proud of that".
leftfootforward.org
February 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"We've had free speech for a very long time in the UK and it will last a long time, and we are very proud of that".
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What an embarrassment America has become.
BREAKING: President Trump and VP Vance chastise Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, calling him "disrespectful" in Oval Office meeting.
"You're gambling with World War III," Trump says.
"You've got to be more thankful" because "you don't have the cards."
"You're gambling with World War III," Trump says.
"You've got to be more thankful" because "you don't have the cards."
February 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
What an embarrassment America has become.
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Israel is deploying tanks in the West Bank — and people ask us why we’re still marching?
February 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Israel is deploying tanks in the West Bank — and people ask us why we’re still marching?
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Always feel smarter after reading @monikab.bsky.social: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Eighty percent of Germans voted against the far right. Can that happen here?
A reminder that the small-d democratic tent is big.
www.motherjones.com
February 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Always feel smarter after reading @monikab.bsky.social: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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When America sneezes, the world catches a cold, the saying goes. 🤧
So how sick is Donald Trump going to make us? 🇺🇸🇬🇧
As Donald Trump is sworn in as US President, here’s everything you need to know about how his actions and decisions could impact the UK. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
So how sick is Donald Trump going to make us? 🇺🇸🇬🇧
As Donald Trump is sworn in as US President, here’s everything you need to know about how his actions and decisions could impact the UK. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
January 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
When America sneezes, the world catches a cold, the saying goes. 🤧
So how sick is Donald Trump going to make us? 🇺🇸🇬🇧
As Donald Trump is sworn in as US President, here’s everything you need to know about how his actions and decisions could impact the UK. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
So how sick is Donald Trump going to make us? 🇺🇸🇬🇧
As Donald Trump is sworn in as US President, here’s everything you need to know about how his actions and decisions could impact the UK. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
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One of France's most prominent newspapers, Le Monde, is abandoning Elon Musk's X
“The alliance between Donald Trump & social media platform bosses such as Elon Musk & Mark Zuckerberg represents a global threat to free access to reliable information”
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
“The alliance between Donald Trump & social media platform bosses such as Elon Musk & Mark Zuckerberg represents a global threat to free access to reliable information”
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
Fighting for facts in the era of Trump and Musk
EDITORIAL. The alliance between Donald Trump and social media platform bosses such as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg represents a global threat to free access to reliable information. Le Monde has ther...
www.lemonde.fr
January 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
One of France's most prominent newspapers, Le Monde, is abandoning Elon Musk's X
“The alliance between Donald Trump & social media platform bosses such as Elon Musk & Mark Zuckerberg represents a global threat to free access to reliable information”
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
“The alliance between Donald Trump & social media platform bosses such as Elon Musk & Mark Zuckerberg represents a global threat to free access to reliable information”
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
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I wonder whether the prominent people who turn up at ‘hotels’ housing asylum seekers with a camera crew & on a mission to enrage will reflect on their role in this hideous crime…
A Nazi-obsessed white supremacist who stabbed an asylum seeker in a terror attack has been jailed for attempted murder.
Callum Ulysses Parslow, 32, attacked the man in April last year at the Pear Tree Inn near Worcester in what he claimed was a “protest” against small boat crossings.
Callum Ulysses Parslow, 32, attacked the man in April last year at the Pear Tree Inn near Worcester in what he claimed was a “protest” against small boat crossings.
Neo-Nazi with Hitler tattoo tried to ‘exterminate’ asylum seeker in terror attack
White supremacist Callum Parslow said he wanted to hurt ‘one of the Channel migrants’
www.independent.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I wonder whether the prominent people who turn up at ‘hotels’ housing asylum seekers with a camera crew & on a mission to enrage will reflect on their role in this hideous crime…
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If you would like Labour to turn away from the failed “Make Brexit Work” approach and instead work to rebuild trade relations with the EU, then please sign and share this petition
www.libdems.org.uk/trade
www.libdems.org.uk/trade
Trump-proof Britain's Trade
Liberal Democrats want to turbocharge our economy by forming a Customs Union with the EU, tearing down the trade barriers and red tape holding us back.
www.libdems.org.uk
January 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
If you would like Labour to turn away from the failed “Make Brexit Work” approach and instead work to rebuild trade relations with the EU, then please sign and share this petition
www.libdems.org.uk/trade
www.libdems.org.uk/trade
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Big Issue vendor Darren Prentice’s death on 5 January shocked the community in Chelsea where he sold the magazine.
Now his customers are rallying together to organise a plaque to be placed on his pitch in his memory ❤️ 👇
https://bit.ly/3E0rl1T
Now his customers are rallying together to organise a plaque to be placed on his pitch in his memory ❤️ 👇
https://bit.ly/3E0rl1T
January 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Big Issue vendor Darren Prentice’s death on 5 January shocked the community in Chelsea where he sold the magazine.
Now his customers are rallying together to organise a plaque to be placed on his pitch in his memory ❤️ 👇
https://bit.ly/3E0rl1T
Now his customers are rallying together to organise a plaque to be placed on his pitch in his memory ❤️ 👇
https://bit.ly/3E0rl1T