James Upton
@jimup60.bsky.social
An angry Green Lefty , with probably too much time on my hands. 🤔
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P&O Ferries boss who illegally sacked 800 staff quits.
He told a parliament Committee that the company knowingly broke the law, faced no action from Tory govt.
Workers replaced with £4.87 an hour agency staff.
Now he probably walks away with golden goodbye and pension pot.
He told a parliament Committee that the company knowingly broke the law, faced no action from Tory govt.
Workers replaced with £4.87 an hour agency staff.
Now he probably walks away with golden goodbye and pension pot.
P&O Ferries boss who sparked outage after mass sacking quits
Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite led the company when it sacked hundreds of staff in March 2022.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
P&O Ferries boss who illegally sacked 800 staff quits.
He told a parliament Committee that the company knowingly broke the law, faced no action from Tory govt.
Workers replaced with £4.87 an hour agency staff.
Now he probably walks away with golden goodbye and pension pot.
He told a parliament Committee that the company knowingly broke the law, faced no action from Tory govt.
Workers replaced with £4.87 an hour agency staff.
Now he probably walks away with golden goodbye and pension pot.
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Why on earth do the Tories want to keep people locked into high energy bills? And, come to that, why is the BBC citing Reform but saying nothing about climate science or renewable alternatives?
Complete madness - except for the fossil fuel industry of course
Complete madness - except for the fossil fuel industry of course
Tories pledge to get 'all our oil and gas out of the North Sea'
The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would "only accelerate the worsening climate crisis".
www.bbc.com
August 31, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Why on earth do the Tories want to keep people locked into high energy bills? And, come to that, why is the BBC citing Reform but saying nothing about climate science or renewable alternatives?
Complete madness - except for the fossil fuel industry of course
Complete madness - except for the fossil fuel industry of course
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More than 50 ships are heading to Gaza to challenge Israel’s illegal blockade and deliver urgent humanitarian aid.
The Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza: Everything you need to know
More than 50 ships are heading to Gaza to challenge Israel’s illegal blockade and deliver urgent humanitarian aid.
bit.ly
August 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
More than 50 ships are heading to Gaza to challenge Israel’s illegal blockade and deliver urgent humanitarian aid.
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At least a quarter of children are in poverty in two-thirds of areas across the UK.
Yet govts still obsessed with austerity, real wage/benefit cuts.
Will children recover from physical/mental harms inflicted by political choices?
Redistribute. Save the future.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Yet govts still obsessed with austerity, real wage/benefit cuts.
Will children recover from physical/mental harms inflicted by political choices?
Redistribute. Save the future.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
At least one in four children in poverty in two-thirds of UK areas - see list
Overall, 42% of constituencies in the UK have a child poverty rate higher than the national average of 31%, according to new analysis by Loughborough University
www.mirror.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 6:37 AM
At least a quarter of children are in poverty in two-thirds of areas across the UK.
Yet govts still obsessed with austerity, real wage/benefit cuts.
Will children recover from physical/mental harms inflicted by political choices?
Redistribute. Save the future.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Yet govts still obsessed with austerity, real wage/benefit cuts.
Will children recover from physical/mental harms inflicted by political choices?
Redistribute. Save the future.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Israel warns Palestinians against travel on roads to Gaza aid hubs, labelling them ‘combat zones’
Israel warns Palestinians against travel on roads to Gaza aid hubs, labelling them ‘combat zones’
An IDF spokesperson said roads to the distribution centres set up by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation were ‘prohibited’ for Palestinians
Israel’s military has warned residents of Gaza against travel in areas leading to aid distribution centres, after at least 27 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire as they waited for food at the points set up by the US-backed foundation.
An Israeli military spokesperson on Tuesday said roads leading to the distribution centres set up by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) were considered “combat zones”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Israel warns Palestinians against travel on roads to Gaza aid hubs, labelling them ‘combat zones’
Isn't this a sick headline in a rich, developed nation. Taxing the wealthy is the only solution
April 17, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Isn't this a sick headline in a rich, developed nation. Taxing the wealthy is the only solution
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BOOM!💥 The number of @bsky.app users just hit 35 MILLION!!! 👏
LETS KEEP GOING, LETS MAKE BLUESKY THE BIGGEST SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM ON THE PLANET AND SEND MUSK, ZUCK & TRUMP PACKING!
LETS DO THIS!
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LETS DO THIS!
April 17, 2025 at 6:03 AM
BOOM!💥 The number of @bsky.app users just hit 35 MILLION!!! 👏
LETS KEEP GOING, LETS MAKE BLUESKY THE BIGGEST SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM ON THE PLANET AND SEND MUSK, ZUCK & TRUMP PACKING!
LETS DO THIS!
LETS KEEP GOING, LETS MAKE BLUESKY THE BIGGEST SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM ON THE PLANET AND SEND MUSK, ZUCK & TRUMP PACKING!
LETS DO THIS!
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Telling poor people to be more entrepreneurial is sick
April 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Telling poor people to be more entrepreneurial is sick
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You probably won't get rich – but you don't need to.
April 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
You probably won't get rich – but you don't need to.
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UK median wage, £29,628. Net pay, £24,852; barely enough to survive.
Top 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Bottom 50% less than 5%.
Can't revive economy without boosting purchasing power of the bottom 50%.
Workers need higher share of GDP. Progressive taxation.
Top 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Bottom 50% less than 5%.
Can't revive economy without boosting purchasing power of the bottom 50%.
Workers need higher share of GDP. Progressive taxation.
Earnings and employment from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information, UK - Office for National Statistics
Monthly estimates of payrolled employees and their pay from HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Real Time Information (RTI) data.
www.ons.gov.uk
April 17, 2025 at 5:51 AM
UK median wage, £29,628. Net pay, £24,852; barely enough to survive.
Top 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Bottom 50% less than 5%.
Can't revive economy without boosting purchasing power of the bottom 50%.
Workers need higher share of GDP. Progressive taxation.
Top 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Bottom 50% less than 5%.
Can't revive economy without boosting purchasing power of the bottom 50%.
Workers need higher share of GDP. Progressive taxation.
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Almost unbelievably, the Labour government is now piling on more anti-protest laws. Its justification is to protect religious worshippers from "intimidation", but the way the proposed new measures are framed would allow the police to shut down protests almost anywhere.
April 3, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Almost unbelievably, the Labour government is now piling on more anti-protest laws. Its justification is to protect religious worshippers from "intimidation", but the way the proposed new measures are framed would allow the police to shut down protests almost anywhere.
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So Trump's belligerence and betrayal (of Ukraine most obviously) will wean Europe off its military over-dependence on the USA, but nobody in th Trumpverse has thought that the same approach to economies could yield the same result?
April 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
So Trump's belligerence and betrayal (of Ukraine most obviously) will wean Europe off its military over-dependence on the USA, but nobody in th Trumpverse has thought that the same approach to economies could yield the same result?
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March 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Worth avoiding these companies funding the fascist propaganda channel
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Said this a year ago. It still applies . www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/cele...
Armando Iannucci says Government policies ‘are putting more people into poverty’
The Thick Of It creator was speaking on the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme.
www.standard.co.uk
March 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Said this a year ago. It still applies . www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/cele...
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Tim Walz called Trump ‘the worst possible business executive.’ It's hard to argue with the track record of Trump Airlines, Trump Casino, Trump University, and Trump Steaks.
March 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Tim Walz called Trump ‘the worst possible business executive.’ It's hard to argue with the track record of Trump Airlines, Trump Casino, Trump University, and Trump Steaks.
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The devastating California wildfires underscore the huge role Big Oil plays in climate-related disasters. But the good news is you can go to the link in our bio and sign a petition to (literally) make them pay. #MPPPartner
March 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The devastating California wildfires underscore the huge role Big Oil plays in climate-related disasters. But the good news is you can go to the link in our bio and sign a petition to (literally) make them pay. #MPPPartner
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The GOP claims to hate identity politics, but they're actually obsessed with it—especially when it comes to disparaging their colleagues
March 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The GOP claims to hate identity politics, but they're actually obsessed with it—especially when it comes to disparaging their colleagues
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A veteran was escorted out of Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards' chaotic town hall after calling him out for not caring about constituents
March 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A veteran was escorted out of Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards' chaotic town hall after calling him out for not caring about constituents
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Wonder what Trump would have thought of the Boston Tea Party if all protest is ‘domestic terrorism?’ Wannabe kings don’t like it when people unite
March 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Wonder what Trump would have thought of the Boston Tea Party if all protest is ‘domestic terrorism?’ Wannabe kings don’t like it when people unite
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Here's a major source of microplastics in soils.
Other sources, astonishingly, include the *deliberate application* of microplastics, to make soils more friable, and the plastic pellets in which many fertilisers are encased.
It is simply crazy and must stop now.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Other sources, astonishingly, include the *deliberate application* of microplastics, to make soils more friable, and the plastic pellets in which many fertilisers are encased.
It is simply crazy and must stop now.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
March 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Here's a major source of microplastics in soils.
Other sources, astonishingly, include the *deliberate application* of microplastics, to make soils more friable, and the plastic pellets in which many fertilisers are encased.
It is simply crazy and must stop now.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Other sources, astonishingly, include the *deliberate application* of microplastics, to make soils more friable, and the plastic pellets in which many fertilisers are encased.
It is simply crazy and must stop now.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A billionaire tech entrepreneur who used his wealth and influence in Silicon Valley to help Donald Trump win the presidency has deep connections to the new administration’s efforts to remake the government.
His name? Peter Thiel.
His name? Peter Thiel.
Peter Thiel’s Network Is Quietly Shaping Trump’s Government
The tech magnate has many links to the new Trump administration and the cost-slashing effort led by Elon Musk.
www.bloomberg.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A billionaire tech entrepreneur who used his wealth and influence in Silicon Valley to help Donald Trump win the presidency has deep connections to the new administration’s efforts to remake the government.
His name? Peter Thiel.
His name? Peter Thiel.
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Trump plans to kill more Ukrainians by sending them to his concentration camps or returning them to an active war zone. #3E #StandWithUkraine
March 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Trump plans to kill more Ukrainians by sending them to his concentration camps or returning them to an active war zone. #3E #StandWithUkraine
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"If you do, you are DEAD!"
Trump is now openly making death threats against civilians in Gaza. This is not just reckless—it is yet another example of genocidal rhetoric from the US President. World leaders should be pushing for peace, not cheering on slaughter.
Trump is now openly making death threats against civilians in Gaza. This is not just reckless—it is yet another example of genocidal rhetoric from the US President. World leaders should be pushing for peace, not cheering on slaughter.
March 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"If you do, you are DEAD!"
Trump is now openly making death threats against civilians in Gaza. This is not just reckless—it is yet another example of genocidal rhetoric from the US President. World leaders should be pushing for peace, not cheering on slaughter.
Trump is now openly making death threats against civilians in Gaza. This is not just reckless—it is yet another example of genocidal rhetoric from the US President. World leaders should be pushing for peace, not cheering on slaughter.
Good idea or simply do what Patrioticmillionaires.org say and introduce a wealth tax
March 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Good idea or simply do what Patrioticmillionaires.org say and introduce a wealth tax