Jake Atkinson
@jakeatkinson.bsky.social
I campaign against inequality, mainly in health & wealth. Love human rights, access to medicines, & fair tax. Hate billionaires.
Campaigns Manager @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social
Fmr Senior Adviser @STOPAIDS, @youth4tpnw SC. Views own. Shares ≠ I agree.
Campaigns Manager @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social
Fmr Senior Adviser @STOPAIDS, @youth4tpnw SC. Views own. Shares ≠ I agree.
250,000 lives at risk. More transmissions of HIV, TB & malaria.
Once the world came together to end these three preventable killer diseases, in the knowledge that eradicating them would create a safer & more prosperous world for all. Now, they turn away.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Once the world came together to end these three preventable killer diseases, in the knowledge that eradicating them would create a safer & more prosperous world for all. Now, they turn away.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
UK risks many children’s lives with £150m cut to fund fighting deadly diseases
The cut from £1bn to £850m pledged to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria – risking 250,000 lives – was revealed by The Independent last week
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
250,000 lives at risk. More transmissions of HIV, TB & malaria.
Once the world came together to end these three preventable killer diseases, in the knowledge that eradicating them would create a safer & more prosperous world for all. Now, they turn away.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Once the world came together to end these three preventable killer diseases, in the knowledge that eradicating them would create a safer & more prosperous world for all. Now, they turn away.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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What do we mean when we say "tax the super rich"? Well, we’re not talking about the guy down the road that does his weekly shop in Waitrose.
Unless, he also have over £10 million in assets. But he probably doesn't because that’s just 0.04% of the UK population.
Unless, he also have over £10 million in assets. But he probably doesn't because that’s just 0.04% of the UK population.
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
What do we mean when we say "tax the super rich"? Well, we’re not talking about the guy down the road that does his weekly shop in Waitrose.
Unless, he also have over £10 million in assets. But he probably doesn't because that’s just 0.04% of the UK population.
Unless, he also have over £10 million in assets. But he probably doesn't because that’s just 0.04% of the UK population.
Corrupt sex pest Cuomo ran his campaign with lies and Islamophobia. Good riddance.
We must not forget how the super rich will throw tens of millions against any socialist candidates to deny ordinary people a fairer world & a better life.
Their greed & extreme wealth is incompatible with democracy.
We must not forget how the super rich will throw tens of millions against any socialist candidates to deny ordinary people a fairer world & a better life.
Their greed & extreme wealth is incompatible with democracy.
Cuomo: Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani
Crowd: Boooooo
Cuomo: No, no… That is not right and that is not us. Tonight was their night.
Crowd: Boooooo
Cuomo: No, no… That is not right and that is not us. Tonight was their night.
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Corrupt sex pest Cuomo ran his campaign with lies and Islamophobia. Good riddance.
We must not forget how the super rich will throw tens of millions against any socialist candidates to deny ordinary people a fairer world & a better life.
Their greed & extreme wealth is incompatible with democracy.
We must not forget how the super rich will throw tens of millions against any socialist candidates to deny ordinary people a fairer world & a better life.
Their greed & extreme wealth is incompatible with democracy.
I am crying happy tears!!
Zohran Mamdani will be an incredible mayor.
Elections, and indeed our world, are not for sale. For the billionaire class: we’re coming for you.
Zohran Mamdani will be an incredible mayor.
Elections, and indeed our world, are not for sale. For the billionaire class: we’re coming for you.
November 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I am crying happy tears!!
Zohran Mamdani will be an incredible mayor.
Elections, and indeed our world, are not for sale. For the billionaire class: we’re coming for you.
Zohran Mamdani will be an incredible mayor.
Elections, and indeed our world, are not for sale. For the billionaire class: we’re coming for you.
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As rumours swirl that Reeves is considering raising income tax, our very own @jakeatkinson.bsky.social was on LBC News today, with an important reminder:
The chancellor can keep her pledges, and protect public services, if she chooses to tax wealth.
The chancellor can keep her pledges, and protect public services, if she chooses to tax wealth.
November 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
As rumours swirl that Reeves is considering raising income tax, our very own @jakeatkinson.bsky.social was on LBC News today, with an important reminder:
The chancellor can keep her pledges, and protect public services, if she chooses to tax wealth.
The chancellor can keep her pledges, and protect public services, if she chooses to tax wealth.
Looking forward to joining health workers & campaigners for a panel discussion tomorrow following a brilliant lecture from @carlosu02.bsky.social.
Please do come along tomorrow if you can make it!
www.medact.org/event/nuclea...
Please do come along tomorrow if you can make it!
www.medact.org/event/nuclea...
Building a Nuclear Weapons Free World - Medact Calendar
We welcome Medact members, health workers and young campaigners as we reflect on the campaigning for a nuclear weapons free world.
www.medact.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Looking forward to joining health workers & campaigners for a panel discussion tomorrow following a brilliant lecture from @carlosu02.bsky.social.
Please do come along tomorrow if you can make it!
www.medact.org/event/nuclea...
Please do come along tomorrow if you can make it!
www.medact.org/event/nuclea...
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Deeply distressed by these reports of patients & their companions killed at Saudi Hospital.
We call for the URGENT protection of all civilians. We're working in Tawila, caring for people who've fled El Fasher. We stand in solidarity w/ Sudanese health workers. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
We call for the URGENT protection of all civilians. We're working in Tawila, caring for people who've fled El Fasher. We stand in solidarity w/ Sudanese health workers. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Sudan's paramilitary forces killed hundreds at a hospital in Darfur, residents and aid workers say
Sudan’s paramilitary forces have reportedly killed hundreds at a hospital, including patients, after seizing the provincial capital of North Darfur
www.washingtonpost.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Deeply distressed by these reports of patients & their companions killed at Saudi Hospital.
We call for the URGENT protection of all civilians. We're working in Tawila, caring for people who've fled El Fasher. We stand in solidarity w/ Sudanese health workers. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
We call for the URGENT protection of all civilians. We're working in Tawila, caring for people who've fled El Fasher. We stand in solidarity w/ Sudanese health workers. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Private rent in UK now swallows 44% of the average wage.
Monthly cost jumps to record £1,385 outside London, £2,736 in the capital.
Lack of social and affordable housing, no rent controls, as govts appease corporations and the rich.
Profiteering creating poverty/despair, stifling economic growth.
Monthly cost jumps to record £1,385 outside London, £2,736 in the capital.
Lack of social and affordable housing, no rent controls, as govts appease corporations and the rich.
Profiteering creating poverty/despair, stifling economic growth.
Private rent in Britain now swallows 44% of the average wage
Monthly cost jumps to record £1,385 outside London, and £2,736 in the capital, with hotspots showing hefty rises
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Private rent in UK now swallows 44% of the average wage.
Monthly cost jumps to record £1,385 outside London, £2,736 in the capital.
Lack of social and affordable housing, no rent controls, as govts appease corporations and the rich.
Profiteering creating poverty/despair, stifling economic growth.
Monthly cost jumps to record £1,385 outside London, £2,736 in the capital.
Lack of social and affordable housing, no rent controls, as govts appease corporations and the rich.
Profiteering creating poverty/despair, stifling economic growth.
The UK is a rich country, so why are our schools falling apart, our hospitals understaffed and millions struggling to get by?
The 0.1% and corporations are robbing us blind. Let’s demand better:
taxjustice.eaction.org.uk/budgetforthe...
The 0.1% and corporations are robbing us blind. Let’s demand better:
taxjustice.eaction.org.uk/budgetforthe...
Demand a budget for the 99.9%
taxjustice.eaction.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The UK is a rich country, so why are our schools falling apart, our hospitals understaffed and millions struggling to get by?
The 0.1% and corporations are robbing us blind. Let’s demand better:
taxjustice.eaction.org.uk/budgetforthe...
The 0.1% and corporations are robbing us blind. Let’s demand better:
taxjustice.eaction.org.uk/budgetforthe...
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At the #NoKings / #NoKings demonstration in London.
Trump and the far-right are destroying democracy, and both in the US and UK we must organise locally in our communities to provide mutual aid and stop deportations and racist violence.
@indivisiblelondon.bsky.social @indivisible.org
Trump and the far-right are destroying democracy, and both in the US and UK we must organise locally in our communities to provide mutual aid and stop deportations and racist violence.
@indivisiblelondon.bsky.social @indivisible.org
October 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
At the #NoKings / #NoKings demonstration in London.
Trump and the far-right are destroying democracy, and both in the US and UK we must organise locally in our communities to provide mutual aid and stop deportations and racist violence.
@indivisiblelondon.bsky.social @indivisible.org
Trump and the far-right are destroying democracy, and both in the US and UK we must organise locally in our communities to provide mutual aid and stop deportations and racist violence.
@indivisiblelondon.bsky.social @indivisible.org
More from us on the latest report of tax cuts for Big Pharma whilst they overcharge the NHS for medicines.
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🚨BREAKING🚨
💊 GSK lobbied for a juicy tax break, pocketed £3.4bn, then ghosted on UK investments.
It's time to end the "Patent Box" tax break scheme, gifting billions to Big Pharma.
Full report from @taxwatch.bsky.social: www.taxwatchuk.org/taxwatch-inv...
💊 GSK lobbied for a juicy tax break, pocketed £3.4bn, then ghosted on UK investments.
It's time to end the "Patent Box" tax break scheme, gifting billions to Big Pharma.
Full report from @taxwatch.bsky.social: www.taxwatchuk.org/taxwatch-inv...
October 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
More from us on the latest report of tax cuts for Big Pharma whilst they overcharge the NHS for medicines.
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Big Pharma take UK tax breaks whilst not allowing drugs on the NHS.
In this year's Budget, we're told every penny counts. Yet we've found the UK has given one pharma company a £3.4 billion tax cut on profits of patented drugs, including some too expensive for the NHS, while it still cut UK jobs. How did this happen, and why did no-one notice?🧵
October 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Big Pharma take UK tax breaks whilst not allowing drugs on the NHS.
The majority of the UK’s richest are happy to live here & pay their taxes.
But what about the greedy few that use the UK to get rich, then bail when it's time to pay their dues?
The UK needs a settling up tax, just like 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 🇳🇴 🇯🇵.
taxjustice.uk/blog/settlin...
But what about the greedy few that use the UK to get rich, then bail when it's time to pay their dues?
The UK needs a settling up tax, just like 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 🇳🇴 🇯🇵.
taxjustice.uk/blog/settlin...
Settling up taxes. Or how to stop billionaires dining and dashing. - Tax Justice UK
The UK should join countries like the US, France, Germany and Japan and introduce a settling up tax— sometimes known as an exit tax.
taxjustice.uk
October 16, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The majority of the UK’s richest are happy to live here & pay their taxes.
But what about the greedy few that use the UK to get rich, then bail when it's time to pay their dues?
The UK needs a settling up tax, just like 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 🇳🇴 🇯🇵.
taxjustice.uk/blog/settlin...
But what about the greedy few that use the UK to get rich, then bail when it's time to pay their dues?
The UK needs a settling up tax, just like 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 🇳🇴 🇯🇵.
taxjustice.uk/blog/settlin...
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“Plans to build 10 large data centres in the UK could effectively wipe out the carbon emissions saved by switching to electric cars in 2025.”
A tiny number of new jobs too. But at least US corporations will make a fortune 🤦♂️
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
A tiny number of new jobs too. But at least US corporations will make a fortune 🤦♂️
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
Ten UK data centres could cancel EV emissions gain
Research has underlined the lack of transparent and reliable figures for expected emissions driven by data centre growth
observer.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“Plans to build 10 large data centres in the UK could effectively wipe out the carbon emissions saved by switching to electric cars in 2025.”
A tiny number of new jobs too. But at least US corporations will make a fortune 🤦♂️
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
A tiny number of new jobs too. But at least US corporations will make a fortune 🤦♂️
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
We must stand against all forms of hate. Abhorrent and disgusting Islamophobia in East Sussex as Peacehaven Mosque fire is being treated as arson.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'
Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We must stand against all forms of hate. Abhorrent and disgusting Islamophobia in East Sussex as Peacehaven Mosque fire is being treated as arson.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"Big pharma is already one of the most profitable industries in the world. Diverting more of the NHS’s stretched budgets to please these fantastically wealthy global corporations won't help patients."
Our director @nickdearden.bsky.social for @theguardian.com ✍️🏽
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our director @nickdearden.bsky.social for @theguardian.com ✍️🏽
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Big pharma is at war with the UK, and the government can’t back down now | Nick Dearden
The industry has always wanted the NHS to pay more for its drugs; now it is pulling research and investment out of Britain, says director of Global Justice Now Nick Dearden
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"Big pharma is already one of the most profitable industries in the world. Diverting more of the NHS’s stretched budgets to please these fantastically wealthy global corporations won't help patients."
Our director @nickdearden.bsky.social for @theguardian.com ✍️🏽
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our director @nickdearden.bsky.social for @theguardian.com ✍️🏽
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starmer - and the UK - bitten by Trump.
“Shut up, silly woman,” said the reptile with a grin
“You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in.”
Excellent piece by Aditya Chakrabortty.
@ukstoptrump.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“Shut up, silly woman,” said the reptile with a grin
“You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in.”
Excellent piece by Aditya Chakrabortty.
@ukstoptrump.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Special relationship? There can be no such thing with a snake like Trump | Aditya Chakrabortty
Keir Starmer has spent the best part of a year cosying up to the US president. It will be no surprise when he gets bitten, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Starmer - and the UK - bitten by Trump.
“Shut up, silly woman,” said the reptile with a grin
“You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in.”
Excellent piece by Aditya Chakrabortty.
@ukstoptrump.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“Shut up, silly woman,” said the reptile with a grin
“You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in.”
Excellent piece by Aditya Chakrabortty.
@ukstoptrump.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The patents protecting Keytruda’s key ingredients were filed in 2008 and expire in 2028. Now Merck is changing the way Keytruda is delivered (from an IV to an injection) to effectively restart its monopoly just as it's about to end.
Big news for a blockbuster drug -- Merck won approval for an easier-to-use Keytruda. Damian Garde has the details >
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Merck Wins US Approval of Easier-to-Use Version of Cancer Drug Keytruda
Merck & Co. won US approval for a novel version of its widely used cancer drug Keytruda that’s faster to give, a key component of the marketing strategy for one of the world’s best-selling medicin...
www.bloomberg.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The patents protecting Keytruda’s key ingredients were filed in 2008 and expire in 2028. Now Merck is changing the way Keytruda is delivered (from an IV to an injection) to effectively restart its monopoly just as it's about to end.
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“Merck is just the latest in a long line of drug companies that have introduced new versions of their medicines that allow them to keep charging high prices [to patients] even as their original patents expire.”
www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
A new shot for cancer is convenient, but poised to keep prices high
To keep Keytruda revenue flowing, Merck developed a new version of the cancer treatment drug, given as a shot under the skin, which the FDA approved Friday.
www.seattletimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
“Merck is just the latest in a long line of drug companies that have introduced new versions of their medicines that allow them to keep charging high prices [to patients] even as their original patents expire.”
www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
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🔴 NEW: Larry Ellison’s £257m bet on Tony Blair
Our investigation with @lighthousereports.com reveals how the Tony Blair Institute has been accused of pushing the interests of tech tycoon Ellison — Trump’s “CEO of everything” — and his company Oracle
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...
Our investigation with @lighthousereports.com reveals how the Tony Blair Institute has been accused of pushing the interests of tech tycoon Ellison — Trump’s “CEO of everything” — and his company Oracle
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...
Inside the Tony Blair Institute
A former PM, Trump's 'CEO of everything' and NHS data - what could go wrong?
democracyforsale.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🔴 NEW: Larry Ellison’s £257m bet on Tony Blair
Our investigation with @lighthousereports.com reveals how the Tony Blair Institute has been accused of pushing the interests of tech tycoon Ellison — Trump’s “CEO of everything” — and his company Oracle
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...
Our investigation with @lighthousereports.com reveals how the Tony Blair Institute has been accused of pushing the interests of tech tycoon Ellison — Trump’s “CEO of everything” — and his company Oracle
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...
Can we finally agree that PFI should just stand for 'Pretty F*cking Idiotic'?
The only people who benefitted from PFI were the private companies that made billions in profit from public money, while the public sector faced extraordinary bills, hospitals in special measures and mothballed schools. 1/2
Fears of new PFI-style ‘disaster’ as firms handed £6m to advise on using private funds for NHS clinics
September 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Can we finally agree that PFI should just stand for 'Pretty F*cking Idiotic'?
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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In his #UNGA80 speech, President Trump denied the climate crisis, bragged about ending wars & economic woes that his policies exacerbate & undermined the UN. Meanwhile, conflicts escalate & climate and inequality impacts grow. Shameful.
Oxfam's statement: www.oxfamamerica.org/press/oxfam-...
Oxfam's statement: www.oxfamamerica.org/press/oxfam-...
Oxfam calls on President Trump to end his attacks on global cooperation at the United Nations General Assembly
Tomorrow, September 23, President Donald Trump will address the UN General Assembly. Ahead of his speech, Oxfam Amer
www.oxfamamerica.org
September 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
In his #UNGA80 speech, President Trump denied the climate crisis, bragged about ending wars & economic woes that his policies exacerbate & undermined the UN. Meanwhile, conflicts escalate & climate and inequality impacts grow. Shameful.
Oxfam's statement: www.oxfamamerica.org/press/oxfam-...
Oxfam's statement: www.oxfamamerica.org/press/oxfam-...