Nelly Probin
@lillmagill.bsky.social
Democratic socialist, ex Labour activist now Your Party
NHS campaigner
Unite Community member
Owned by two rescue cats
Member of the awkward squad.
NHS campaigner
Unite Community member
Owned by two rescue cats
Member of the awkward squad.
Absolutely obscene that a complaint about poor treatment can get vulnerable people evicted from care homes.
Where's the humanity gone?
Where's the humanity gone?
7,261 elderly/vulnerable people in care homes given ‘notice to quit’.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Revealed: Thousands of elderly people evicted from care homes every year
Thousands of elderly and vulnerable people have received eviction notices from their care homes in the last year, the Big Issue has found.
www.bigissue.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Absolutely obscene that a complaint about poor treatment can get vulnerable people evicted from care homes.
Where's the humanity gone?
Where's the humanity gone?
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Starmer's Labour wasn't prepared for government. Too busy rooting out the left amongst its ranks. Reeves did what she was told by the markets. Zero principles applied to policy. Now having to backtrack.
Rachel Reeves signals plan to remove two-child benefit cap in budget.
Welcome. Would lift 350,000 children out of poverty.
Why did Starmer/Reeves follow the Tory policy? Why did 7 MPs have their whip withdrawn for voting against the policy?
What was the point of making children suffer?
Welcome. Would lift 350,000 children out of poverty.
Why did Starmer/Reeves follow the Tory policy? Why did 7 MPs have their whip withdrawn for voting against the policy?
What was the point of making children suffer?
Rachel Reeves signals plan to remove two-child benefit cap in budget
Chancellor understood to be preparing to fully reverse measure, which would cost over £3bn but could lift 350,000 children out of poverty
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Starmer's Labour wasn't prepared for government. Too busy rooting out the left amongst its ranks. Reeves did what she was told by the markets. Zero principles applied to policy. Now having to backtrack.
Where there's a will there's a way around the rules.
Stop the rip off, public ownership ASAP.
Stop the rip off, public ownership ASAP.
Yorkshire Water flouted director pay rules, secretly handed £660k bonus through offshore parent company.
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
Ofwat says off-shore payments to Yorkshire Water boss do not flout bonus ban
Campaigners have slammed Ofwat after the water regulator found that the undisclosed off-shore payment of £660,000 to Yorkshire Water boss Nicola Shaw did not flout the Government’s bonus ban rule.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Where there's a will there's a way around the rules.
Stop the rip off, public ownership ASAP.
Stop the rip off, public ownership ASAP.
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British media are very quiet on this?
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Verdict ends decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top Brexit campaigner
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November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
British media are very quiet on this?
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
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So suddenly Rachel Reeves has this deep-seated belief?
Where was this moral conscience 15 months ago? Did it fall down the back of the sofa or something?
Where was this moral conscience 15 months ago? Did it fall down the back of the sofa or something?
NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
So suddenly Rachel Reeves has this deep-seated belief?
Where was this moral conscience 15 months ago? Did it fall down the back of the sofa or something?
Where was this moral conscience 15 months ago? Did it fall down the back of the sofa or something?
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That Starmer hasn't already done this without prompting is one of several reasons why I think he should get gone
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The BBC belongs to all of us, and it is under attack as never before. The government must defend it from its enemies, within and without, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
That Starmer hasn't already done this without prompting is one of several reasons why I think he should get gone
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'Just a bit of fun...'
Nobody resigned over this...
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
'Just a bit of fun...'
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The BBC has long pursued a strategy of appeasing its enemies and alienating its friends.
The result is an endless series of capitulations to those political forces most determined to destroy it
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-bbc-su...
The result is an endless series of capitulations to those political forces most determined to destroy it
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-bbc-su...
The BBC Surrenders to Trump
The capitulation of our national broadcaster to the political forces most determined to destroy it is a worrying sign of things to come
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The BBC has long pursued a strategy of appeasing its enemies and alienating its friends.
The result is an endless series of capitulations to those political forces most determined to destroy it
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-bbc-su...
The result is an endless series of capitulations to those political forces most determined to destroy it
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-bbc-su...
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Precisely this 👇
Rachel Reeves signals plan to remove two-child benefit cap in budget.
Welcome. Would lift 350,000 children out of poverty.
Why did Starmer/Reeves follow the Tory policy? Why did 7 MPs have their whip withdrawn for voting against the policy?
What was the point of making children suffer?
Welcome. Would lift 350,000 children out of poverty.
Why did Starmer/Reeves follow the Tory policy? Why did 7 MPs have their whip withdrawn for voting against the policy?
What was the point of making children suffer?
Rachel Reeves signals plan to remove two-child benefit cap in budget
Chancellor understood to be preparing to fully reverse measure, which would cost over £3bn but could lift 350,000 children out of poverty
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Precisely this 👇
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Legal experts, former government ministers and an ex-MI6 director criticise the process used to ban Palestine Action.
An independent commission said the definition of terrorism was too broad and parliamentary oversight and judicial scrutiny was needed.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
An independent commission said the definition of terrorism was too broad and parliamentary oversight and judicial scrutiny was needed.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Legal experts and politicians criticise process used to ban Palestine Action
Independent commission says definition of terrorism relied on by ministers is too broad and more parliamentary oversight is needed
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Legal experts, former government ministers and an ex-MI6 director criticise the process used to ban Palestine Action.
An independent commission said the definition of terrorism was too broad and parliamentary oversight and judicial scrutiny was needed.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
An independent commission said the definition of terrorism was too broad and parliamentary oversight and judicial scrutiny was needed.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Mind you, Richard Tice would have lost when he threatened to sue the BBC for calling Reform Far Right. But still the BBC caved: it's strong with the weak and weak with the strong.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Mind you, Richard Tice would have lost when he threatened to sue the BBC for calling Reform Far Right. But still the BBC caved: it's strong with the weak and weak with the strong.
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Perfect set up job from the Fascistgraph. It's almost as if The panorama debacle was done on purpose it was so crass.
It would be funny, if it wasn't tragic, reading this from four years ago about the 'independent' expert who wrote the report into purported leftwing bias at the BBC. It's just embarrassingly amateur - but it works because the Government is awol. www.theguardian.com/media/2021/n...
Lobbyist at firm with close ties to Tories will help select Ofcom chair
Appointment of Michael Prescott as interviewer follows move to give Paul Dacre chance to reapply
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Perfect set up job from the Fascistgraph. It's almost as if The panorama debacle was done on purpose it was so crass.
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Eviscerating, and rightly, this from @janemartinson.bsky.social, about the inept attack that brought down the BBC's inept leadership. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson
The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Eviscerating, and rightly, this from @janemartinson.bsky.social, about the inept attack that brought down the BBC's inept leadership. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Maybe they have all missed BBCQT, Politics Live, Daily Politics, and This Week for the last two decades, for which Farage has his own dressing room.
Farage accuses the BBC of bias on Europe, immigration, the environment, Gaza, and Trump - to a hall of toadies roaring their approval.
And in the blink of an eye, turns to his actual employer "a much perkier GB News," then remembers "although I have to declare an interest." ~AA
And in the blink of an eye, turns to his actual employer "a much perkier GB News," then remembers "although I have to declare an interest." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Maybe they have all missed BBCQT, Politics Live, Daily Politics, and This Week for the last two decades, for which Farage has his own dressing room.
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Michael Prescott's report makes vital points about the importance of being accurate, and also how difficult that is. For instance, he describes himself as having been Political Editor of the Sunday Times for 10 years, which is not what the Guardian reported when he left the job.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Michael Prescott's report makes vital points about the importance of being accurate, and also how difficult that is. For instance, he describes himself as having been Political Editor of the Sunday Times for 10 years, which is not what the Guardian reported when he left the job.
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Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year.
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year
It is paying £41m to the Japanese-owned company Fujitsu to use the Horizon system until March 2027.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Post Office Horizon IT contract extended for another year.
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
PO to pay £41m to Fujitsu.
Fujitsu was instrumental in persecution of innocent postmasters. £1.2bn compensation paid from public purse. More to follow. Fujitsu haven't paid a penny, no one has been charged.
Why is Fujitsu being rewarded?
This seems to be blatant interfering in Britain's politics by Trump. As PM it's Starmers's responsibility to protect the realm and the citizens.
He's missing in action.
He's missing in action.
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This seems to be blatant interfering in Britain's politics by Trump. As PM it's Starmers's responsibility to protect the realm and the citizens.
He's missing in action.
He's missing in action.
It's the same the whole world over,
It's the poor what gets the blame,
It's the rich what gets the pleasure,
Isn't it a blooming shame?
Nothing much really changes.
It's the poor what gets the blame,
It's the rich what gets the pleasure,
Isn't it a blooming shame?
Nothing much really changes.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
It's the same the whole world over,
It's the poor what gets the blame,
It's the rich what gets the pleasure,
Isn't it a blooming shame?
Nothing much really changes.
It's the poor what gets the blame,
It's the rich what gets the pleasure,
Isn't it a blooming shame?
Nothing much really changes.
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How by attempting to appease the forces on the right seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
How by attempting to appease the forces on the right seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
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IDF commanders confessing that they deliberately killed Palestinian civilians in Gaza (which is a war crime) should result in ICC arrest warrants being issued for each and every one of them.
Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers.
“If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” one commander says.
It’s a genocide.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
“If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” one commander says.
It’s a genocide.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
IDF commanders confessing that they deliberately killed Palestinian civilians in Gaza (which is a war crime) should result in ICC arrest warrants being issued for each and every one of them.
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The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve | Zack Polanski
“The more I see them panic about the replacement of the politics of hate with a politics of hope, the more we know our movement is on the right track”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“The more I see them panic about the replacement of the politics of hate with a politics of hope, the more we know our movement is on the right track”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve | Zack Polanski
As a politician, I expect opposition and debate. But when it centres on personal insults, not policies, something else is going on, says the leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve | Zack Polanski
“The more I see them panic about the replacement of the politics of hate with a politics of hope, the more we know our movement is on the right track”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“The more I see them panic about the replacement of the politics of hate with a politics of hope, the more we know our movement is on the right track”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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#Starmer
#Reeves
Yet another pledge broken:
'WWF: "Failing to invest falls short of #Starmers 'commitment' for the UK to be “all in” on climate action"
Greenpeace: "PM should put his money where his mouth is”
ActionAid: "Labour needs to ramp up their ambition” on the green transition"...
#Reeves
Yet another pledge broken:
'WWF: "Failing to invest falls short of #Starmers 'commitment' for the UK to be “all in” on climate action"
Greenpeace: "PM should put his money where his mouth is”
ActionAid: "Labour needs to ramp up their ambition” on the green transition"...
#Reeves
#Starmer
Beggars belief how truly useless these two are:
Govt decides not to commit money to the Tropical Forest Forever Fund, a fund the UK played a key role in establishing and would offer financial backing to countries to preserve tropical biomes...
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
#Starmer
Beggars belief how truly useless these two are:
Govt decides not to commit money to the Tropical Forest Forever Fund, a fund the UK played a key role in establishing and would offer financial backing to countries to preserve tropical biomes...
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
PM vows to ‘double down’ on net zero after admitting ‘consensus is gone’
The Prime Minister was speaking at the Cop30 summit in Belem, Brazil.
www.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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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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Let's stop subsidising destruction.
This Govenrment need to stop standing on the side of polluters and instead tackle the cost of living crisis.
Some of my thoughts on COP 30 👇🏼
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...
This Govenrment need to stop standing on the side of polluters and instead tackle the cost of living crisis.
Some of my thoughts on COP 30 👇🏼
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...
COP30 must confront the climate and cost of living crises together
By Zack Polanski
bestforbritain.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Let's stop subsidising destruction.
This Govenrment need to stop standing on the side of polluters and instead tackle the cost of living crisis.
Some of my thoughts on COP 30 👇🏼
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...
This Govenrment need to stop standing on the side of polluters and instead tackle the cost of living crisis.
Some of my thoughts on COP 30 👇🏼
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...