Elaine Dyson
@elainedyson1.bsky.social
Democratic socialist, care/support worker, save our NHS, #FreePalestine, animal rights, vegetarian, environmental issues, Ex-Labour, anti-monarchy, cats, wildlife, travel, woodlands & Tudor history. No DMs unless I know you. #CorbynIsRight #YourParty
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#SocalistSunday Let's come together to form a network of Democratic socialists, we cannot let Farage & his vile agenda gain more political ground. Please follow each other from the replies to this post & re-post to spread the word, thank you x #YourParty, #GreenParty #Palestine #NHS #NeverTrump
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BBC leaders resigned for misrepresenting Trump, but not for misrepresenting Corbyn
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BBC leaders resigned for misrepresenting Trump, but not for misrepresenting Corbyn
The head of the BBC, Tim Davie, and the head of BBC News, Deborah Turness, have been forced to resign after misrepresenting Donald Trump.
www.councilestatemedia.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
BBC leaders resigned for misrepresenting Trump, but not for misrepresenting Corbyn
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/bbc-leader...
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/bbc-leader...
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Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
BBC Gives Israeli Deaths 33 Times More Coverage, New Study Reveals | Novara Media
An analysis of over 35,000 broadcast segments and articles found that the BBC referenced the 7 October attacks in at least 40% of its coverage - but only 0.5% of articles referenced Israel’s decades o...
novaramedia.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
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England homelessness grown by a fifth since 2022, now 300,000.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Homelessness figures higher than data suggests, research shows
Official data for England underestimates the scale of the problem, according to research for charity Crisis says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
England homelessness grown by a fifth since 2022, now 300,000.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
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England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year.
Country surrounded by water has water shortages.
2024: 1trn litre of lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours.
No new reservoirs.
Investment neglected, £85bn paid in dividend.
Record high water bills.
People fleeced.
Country surrounded by water has water shortages.
2024: 1trn litre of lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours.
No new reservoirs.
Investment neglected, £85bn paid in dividend.
Record high water bills.
People fleeced.
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year.
Country surrounded by water has water shortages.
2024: 1trn litre of lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours.
No new reservoirs.
Investment neglected, £85bn paid in dividend.
Record high water bills.
People fleeced.
Country surrounded by water has water shortages.
2024: 1trn litre of lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours.
No new reservoirs.
Investment neglected, £85bn paid in dividend.
Record high water bills.
People fleeced.
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UK electricity bills up 163% since 2008. Wages haven't.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
Electricity bills increased 163 per cent since 2008 as energy price cap rises - research - Insider Media
New analysis of UK energy costs showed that the average annual household electricity bill increased by 163 per cent between 2008 and 2024, reflecting a steep rise in household energy costs…
www.insidermedia.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
UK electricity bills up 163% since 2008. Wages haven't.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
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#SocialistSunday
One worker said, “We believe it is important that our voices are heard and that the public is made aware of the pressures and treatment faced by drivers under what many feel is a form of corporate dictatorship.”
One worker said, “We believe it is important that our voices are heard and that the public is made aware of the pressures and treatment faced by drivers under what many feel is a form of corporate dictatorship.”
DPD uses mass sackings against UK delivery workers standing up against pay cuts
One worker said, “We believe it is important that our voices are heard and that the public is made aware of the pressures and treatment faced by drivers under what many feel is a form of corporate…
www.wsws.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
#SocialistSunday
One worker said, “We believe it is important that our voices are heard and that the public is made aware of the pressures and treatment faced by drivers under what many feel is a form of corporate dictatorship.”
One worker said, “We believe it is important that our voices are heard and that the public is made aware of the pressures and treatment faced by drivers under what many feel is a form of corporate dictatorship.”
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RMT transport workers at No 10 demand end to deportation threat morningstaronline.co.uk/article/rmt-... #morningstaronline
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
RMT transport workers at No 10 demand end to deportation threat morningstaronline.co.uk/article/rmt-... #morningstaronline
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November 9, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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@gemandmoll.bsky.social
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#SocalistSunday Let's come together to form a network of Democratic socialists, we cannot let Farage & his vile agenda gain more political ground. Please follow each other from the replies to this post & re-post to spread the word, thank you x #YourParty, #GreenParty #Palestine #NHS #NeverTrump
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 AM
#SocalistSunday Let's come together to form a network of Democratic socialists, we cannot let Farage & his vile agenda gain more political ground. Please follow each other from the replies to this post & re-post to spread the word, thank you x #YourParty, #GreenParty #Palestine #NHS #NeverTrump
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#SocialistSunday No1. @premnsikka.bsky.social @normalisland.co.uk @jujuliagrace.bsky.social @paulapeters19.bsky.social @elainedyson1.bsky.social @elemjay.bsky.social @vamroses.bsky.social
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Indigenous Peoples Month criticalmassmag.org/indigenous-p...
Indigenous Peoples Month - Critical Mass Magazine
Reading Time: 3 minutesNovember is Indigenous Peoples’ Month in the USA, also known as Native American Heritage or History month. The National Congress of American Indian writes: “The month is a time...
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November 9, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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NHS staff bearing brunt as ‘ugly’ racism of 70s and 80s returns, says Streeting
Racism promoted by too many UK political parties, social media platforms and right wing press to promote their own agenda
Minorities scapegoated for failed economic policies.
Racism promoted by too many UK political parties, social media platforms and right wing press to promote their own agenda
Minorities scapegoated for failed economic policies.
NHS staff bearing brunt as ‘ugly’ racism of 70s and 80s returns, says Streeting
Exclusive: Health secretary and NHS England chief warn of winter pressures and rising levels of abuse
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
NHS staff bearing brunt as ‘ugly’ racism of 70s and 80s returns, says Streeting
Racism promoted by too many UK political parties, social media platforms and right wing press to promote their own agenda
Minorities scapegoated for failed economic policies.
Racism promoted by too many UK political parties, social media platforms and right wing press to promote their own agenda
Minorities scapegoated for failed economic policies.
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As of November 1, Israel has allowed, on average, only 145 trucks a day to enter the Strip, or just 24% of the “full aid” under the ceasefire agreement.
November 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
As of November 1, Israel has allowed, on average, only 145 trucks a day to enter the Strip, or just 24% of the “full aid” under the ceasefire agreement.
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Alan Bates agrees multi-million-pound payout over Post Office scandal.
Great news. All victims deserve a just settlement.
No contribution to compensation made by the Post Office, its execs; Fujitsu, lawyers, accountants, advisers.
No one prosecuted for hounding innocent people. Will they ever be?
Great news. All victims deserve a just settlement.
No contribution to compensation made by the Post Office, its execs; Fujitsu, lawyers, accountants, advisers.
No one prosecuted for hounding innocent people. Will they ever be?
Sir Alan Bates agrees multimillion-pound settlement over Post Office scandal
Government settles claim from former post office operator more than 20 years after he began his campaign for justice
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Alan Bates agrees multi-million-pound payout over Post Office scandal.
Great news. All victims deserve a just settlement.
No contribution to compensation made by the Post Office, its execs; Fujitsu, lawyers, accountants, advisers.
No one prosecuted for hounding innocent people. Will they ever be?
Great news. All victims deserve a just settlement.
No contribution to compensation made by the Post Office, its execs; Fujitsu, lawyers, accountants, advisers.
No one prosecuted for hounding innocent people. Will they ever be?
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Ofwat letting England water firms charge twice to tackle sewage, court to hear
Companies billed people for sewage disposal, used cash to pay dividends and exec bonuses, dumped sewage in rivers.
Now charging again to fund promised investment, not raising capital from shareholders. Customers fleeced
Companies billed people for sewage disposal, used cash to pay dividends and exec bonuses, dumped sewage in rivers.
Now charging again to fund promised investment, not raising capital from shareholders. Customers fleeced
Ofwat letting water firms charge twice to tackle sewage, court to hear
River Action bringing legal action against water regulator over who should foot bill for firms’ past failures to invest
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Ofwat letting England water firms charge twice to tackle sewage, court to hear
Companies billed people for sewage disposal, used cash to pay dividends and exec bonuses, dumped sewage in rivers.
Now charging again to fund promised investment, not raising capital from shareholders. Customers fleeced
Companies billed people for sewage disposal, used cash to pay dividends and exec bonuses, dumped sewage in rivers.
Now charging again to fund promised investment, not raising capital from shareholders. Customers fleeced
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Starmer was briefed on Mandelson’s Epstein links before appointing him US ambassador.
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor stripped of privileges, but Mandelson's Labour whip not withdrawn.
Starmer withdrew whip from 7 MPs for opposing two-child benefit cap.
What is Mandelson's hold over Starmer?
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor stripped of privileges, but Mandelson's Labour whip not withdrawn.
Starmer withdrew whip from 7 MPs for opposing two-child benefit cap.
What is Mandelson's hold over Starmer?
Starmer was briefed on Mandelson’s Epstein links before appointing him, say civil servants
PM had been given ‘summary of reputational risks’ but did not know about contents of emails before PMQs, MPs told
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Starmer was briefed on Mandelson’s Epstein links before appointing him US ambassador.
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor stripped of privileges, but Mandelson's Labour whip not withdrawn.
Starmer withdrew whip from 7 MPs for opposing two-child benefit cap.
What is Mandelson's hold over Starmer?
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor stripped of privileges, but Mandelson's Labour whip not withdrawn.
Starmer withdrew whip from 7 MPs for opposing two-child benefit cap.
What is Mandelson's hold over Starmer?
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After 60 years, nearly there! Please support hunt saboteurs who risk their personal safety, even their lives to protect wildlife from persecution by thugs.
𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆
Today the Hunt Saboteurs Association releases its publication, ‘Witness The End Of Hunting’ which outlines what is needed to create a Hunting Act that actually works and to stop hunts from killing.
Download your copy here ⬇️
www.huntsabs.org.uk/witness-the-...
Today the Hunt Saboteurs Association releases its publication, ‘Witness The End Of Hunting’ which outlines what is needed to create a Hunting Act that actually works and to stop hunts from killing.
Download your copy here ⬇️
www.huntsabs.org.uk/witness-the-...
Witness The End Of Hunting - Hunt Saboteurs Association
The Hunt Saboteurs Association and its affiliated groups have been actively opposing all forms of hunting with hounds since 1963. This means we have over sixty years’ experience of studying hunting in...
www.huntsabs.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
After 60 years, nearly there! Please support hunt saboteurs who risk their personal safety, even their lives to protect wildlife from persecution by thugs.
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UK energy companies made £30bn profit.
Gas extractors £10.8bn
Electricity generators £9.7bn
Transmission/Distribution £6.8 bn
Retail suppliers £2.8 bn
£500 a yr profit from average household
Bills up 42% since 2021.
Direct cause of inflation and poverty.
128,000 people a year die in fuel poverty.
Gas extractors £10.8bn
Electricity generators £9.7bn
Transmission/Distribution £6.8 bn
Retail suppliers £2.8 bn
£500 a yr profit from average household
Bills up 42% since 2021.
Direct cause of inflation and poverty.
128,000 people a year die in fuel poverty.
www.unitetheunion.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
UK energy companies made £30bn profit.
Gas extractors £10.8bn
Electricity generators £9.7bn
Transmission/Distribution £6.8 bn
Retail suppliers £2.8 bn
£500 a yr profit from average household
Bills up 42% since 2021.
Direct cause of inflation and poverty.
128,000 people a year die in fuel poverty.
Gas extractors £10.8bn
Electricity generators £9.7bn
Transmission/Distribution £6.8 bn
Retail suppliers £2.8 bn
£500 a yr profit from average household
Bills up 42% since 2021.
Direct cause of inflation and poverty.
128,000 people a year die in fuel poverty.
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UK ‘to lose 600,000 workers to illness without better health support at work’.
Without good food, housing, healthcare people suffer. Need poverty reduction targets.
6.26m people in England awaiti 7.41m hospital appointments.
Privatisation of the NHS means money buys less, longer waits.
Without good food, housing, healthcare people suffer. Need poverty reduction targets.
6.26m people in England awaiti 7.41m hospital appointments.
Privatisation of the NHS means money buys less, longer waits.
UK ‘to lose 600,000 workers to illness without better health support at work’
Exclusive: Royal Society of Public Health says ‘fundamental shift’ needed in how firms help those with health conditions
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
UK ‘to lose 600,000 workers to illness without better health support at work’.
Without good food, housing, healthcare people suffer. Need poverty reduction targets.
6.26m people in England awaiti 7.41m hospital appointments.
Privatisation of the NHS means money buys less, longer waits.
Without good food, housing, healthcare people suffer. Need poverty reduction targets.
6.26m people in England awaiti 7.41m hospital appointments.
Privatisation of the NHS means money buys less, longer waits.
The removal of Andrew's titles/royal perks should just be the start. Phase 1 should not = case closed. Legal due process, to investigate the allegations surrounding his involvement in the Epstein saga, are essential. Placement on the Sandringham naughty step is not enough. Victims need justice.
November 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The removal of Andrew's titles/royal perks should just be the start. Phase 1 should not = case closed. Legal due process, to investigate the allegations surrounding his involvement in the Epstein saga, are essential. Placement on the Sandringham naughty step is not enough. Victims need justice.
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Funny* isn't that the Media complain about the 15% payrise for Train Drivers over 3 years, or the 22% payrise for Doctors over 3 years.
But they ignore the 76% payrise for CEO's over the last 5 years, or the 38% payrise for Bankers in 1 year.
*Disgusting
But they ignore the 76% payrise for CEO's over the last 5 years, or the 38% payrise for Bankers in 1 year.
*Disgusting
November 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Funny* isn't that the Media complain about the 15% payrise for Train Drivers over 3 years, or the 22% payrise for Doctors over 3 years.
But they ignore the 76% payrise for CEO's over the last 5 years, or the 38% payrise for Bankers in 1 year.
*Disgusting
But they ignore the 76% payrise for CEO's over the last 5 years, or the 38% payrise for Bankers in 1 year.
*Disgusting
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Monday morning, Windsor JobCentre, England...
#WorkingRoyalsHaha #Andrew #EpsteinFiles #NoSweat #UselessMonarchy #DWP #r4today #bbcbreakfast #GMB
#WorkingRoyalsHaha #Andrew #EpsteinFiles #NoSweat #UselessMonarchy #DWP #r4today #bbcbreakfast #GMB
November 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Monday morning, Windsor JobCentre, England...
#WorkingRoyalsHaha #Andrew #EpsteinFiles #NoSweat #UselessMonarchy #DWP #r4today #bbcbreakfast #GMB
#WorkingRoyalsHaha #Andrew #EpsteinFiles #NoSweat #UselessMonarchy #DWP #r4today #bbcbreakfast #GMB
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Sheffield Hallam University appeased China Govt to protect its income from Chinese student enrollment.
It shut down research into forced labour and human rights abuses, intimidated academics, suppressed academic papers.
Outrageous. Universities functioning as corporations. Must be investigated.
It shut down research into forced labour and human rights abuses, intimidated academics, suppressed academic papers.
Outrageous. Universities functioning as corporations. Must be investigated.
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Sheffield Hallam University appeased China Govt to protect its income from Chinese student enrollment.
It shut down research into forced labour and human rights abuses, intimidated academics, suppressed academic papers.
Outrageous. Universities functioning as corporations. Must be investigated.
It shut down research into forced labour and human rights abuses, intimidated academics, suppressed academic papers.
Outrageous. Universities functioning as corporations. Must be investigated.