Dave Toller
@mpadave.bsky.social
Free Palestine 🇵🇸. Reinstate our NHS 💙. Socialism or barbarism.
No DMs please.
No DMs please.
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Keep out: what flags mean to community NHS workers
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social
Keep out: what flags mean to community NHS workers
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes
centralbylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Keep out: what flags mean to community NHS workers
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
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Norfolk villagers to lose their homes under mass CPO order.
South Norfolk, along with other parts of Norfolk and Suffolk, is part of a designated and deregulated investment zone, a type of SEZ under the UK government’s flagship program.
Thread
www.itv.com/news/anglia/...
South Norfolk, along with other parts of Norfolk and Suffolk, is part of a designated and deregulated investment zone, a type of SEZ under the UK government’s flagship program.
Thread
www.itv.com/news/anglia/...
www.itv.com
June 5, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Norfolk villagers to lose their homes under mass CPO order.
South Norfolk, along with other parts of Norfolk and Suffolk, is part of a designated and deregulated investment zone, a type of SEZ under the UK government’s flagship program.
Thread
www.itv.com/news/anglia/...
South Norfolk, along with other parts of Norfolk and Suffolk, is part of a designated and deregulated investment zone, a type of SEZ under the UK government’s flagship program.
Thread
www.itv.com/news/anglia/...
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One of the cleanest counties in the country is to receive more pollution than Birmingham thanks to Blackstone corporate intentions and AI!!
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Tech blitz threatens Labour’s net zero hopes
Plans for a raft of high-emissions data centres leave Keir Starmer facing a tricky trade-off
www.telegraph.co.uk
May 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
One of the cleanest counties in the country is to receive more pollution than Birmingham thanks to Blackstone corporate intentions and AI!!
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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I remember when Labour's purpose was
"to provide for all those who are weaker and hungrier ..."
not make them even weaker and more hungry!
"to provide for all those who are weaker and hungrier ..."
not make them even weaker and more hungry!
May 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I remember when Labour's purpose was
"to provide for all those who are weaker and hungrier ..."
not make them even weaker and more hungry!
"to provide for all those who are weaker and hungrier ..."
not make them even weaker and more hungry!
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Wes Streeting Country (Ilford) just had an election:
• Independent Left 43% [+43%]
• Labour 26% [-45%]
Independent gain from Labour.
• Independent Left 43% [+43%]
• Labour 26% [-45%]
Independent gain from Labour.
March 28, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Wes Streeting Country (Ilford) just had an election:
• Independent Left 43% [+43%]
• Labour 26% [-45%]
Independent gain from Labour.
• Independent Left 43% [+43%]
• Labour 26% [-45%]
Independent gain from Labour.
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#OtD 27 Mar 1942 France's Vichy govt issued a decree demanding barbers to collect cut hair and donate it to the war effort. The Zazous (rebellious anti-fascist youths) refused and grew their hair long. More info in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/72-edelwe...
March 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#OtD 27 Mar 1942 France's Vichy govt issued a decree demanding barbers to collect cut hair and donate it to the war effort. The Zazous (rebellious anti-fascist youths) refused and grew their hair long. More info in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/72-edelwe...
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My prediction is that whatever Rachel Reeves does today, it will be bad news for her, and her days as Chancellor are numbered.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
What will Rachel Reeves do today?
What will Rachel Reeves do today?
I have been reading about, listening to, and then watching budgets since the 1970s, and for all practical purposes, today is yet another in the long history of fisca...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
March 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
My prediction is that whatever Rachel Reeves does today, it will be bad news for her, and her days as Chancellor are numbered.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
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It’s time that the left’s nitpickers got real www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... Arguing over the intellectual purity of arguments is something the left can no longer afford. It’s time nitpickers noticed there is a coup going on, and that should be our concern.
It’s time that the left’s nitpickers got real
I think it’s time to admit to something. I am finding quite a lot of things about blogging and posting videos quite hard at present.
It so happens that both of my approaches to social media are attr...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
February 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
It’s time that the left’s nitpickers got real www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... Arguing over the intellectual purity of arguments is something the left can no longer afford. It’s time nitpickers noticed there is a coup going on, and that should be our concern.
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UK energy is massively over-priced to guarantee that energy companies make profits and households remain impoverished. It's time the government changed the rules that are so heavily rigged against the interests of people in the UK. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...
It’s time to change UK energy pricing
I originally wrote this post as a Twitter thread in 2022. It was then posted on this blog and was checked by energy expert Mike Parr, who is a regular commentator on this blog.
A few price details m...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
February 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
UK energy is massively over-priced to guarantee that energy companies make profits and households remain impoverished. It's time the government changed the rules that are so heavily rigged against the interests of people in the UK. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...
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Where is Foreign Secretary David Lammy's condemnation of Trump's ethnic cleansing proposal?
The silence is deafening.
The silence is deafening.
a blurred image of a desert landscape with trees and bushes
ALT: a blurred image of a desert landscape with trees and bushes
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Where is Foreign Secretary David Lammy's condemnation of Trump's ethnic cleansing proposal?
The silence is deafening.
The silence is deafening.
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#Starmer
OK, we have reached the realms of farce.
The world has gone to shit. Don't bother paying your taxes, the rich don't...
OK, we have reached the realms of farce.
The world has gone to shit. Don't bother paying your taxes, the rich don't...
What fresh shit is this?
Keir Starmer's Government Votes to Block UN Plan to Tackle Global Tax Avoidance – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/02/04/k...
Keir Starmer's Government Votes to Block UN Plan to Tackle Global Tax Avoidance – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/02/04/k...
Keir Starmer's Government Votes to Block UN Plan to Tackle Global Tax Avoidance
The UK has joined with the United States and a handful of other rich nations in rejecting the UN push
bylinetimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
#Starmer
OK, we have reached the realms of farce.
The world has gone to shit. Don't bother paying your taxes, the rich don't...
OK, we have reached the realms of farce.
The world has gone to shit. Don't bother paying your taxes, the rich don't...
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Most food banks now asking for food that doesn't need to be heated, as so many of their users don't have money for gas or electric
And the michelin ⭐ restaurants around the country are still full every night
It's grotesque inequality normalised by the right wing press
And the michelin ⭐ restaurants around the country are still full every night
It's grotesque inequality normalised by the right wing press
February 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Most food banks now asking for food that doesn't need to be heated, as so many of their users don't have money for gas or electric
And the michelin ⭐ restaurants around the country are still full every night
It's grotesque inequality normalised by the right wing press
And the michelin ⭐ restaurants around the country are still full every night
It's grotesque inequality normalised by the right wing press
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Kay Burley has just quit Sky News, she goes to GB News where losers go to be ignored.
Until they are inevitably fired from there as well, like the Nazi Priest and Almost Batman.
Until they are inevitably fired from there as well, like the Nazi Priest and Almost Batman.
February 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Kay Burley has just quit Sky News, she goes to GB News where losers go to be ignored.
Until they are inevitably fired from there as well, like the Nazi Priest and Almost Batman.
Until they are inevitably fired from there as well, like the Nazi Priest and Almost Batman.
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Don't Mention the Children, written and read by Michael Rosen.
January 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Don't Mention the Children, written and read by Michael Rosen.
Every week for the past 4 years we've been demonstrating against Council cuts to vital public services. Join us at 12 on Friday 7th February outside the former One Stop Shop on Picton Road, Liverpool to celebrate our 4th anniversary!
February 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Every week for the past 4 years we've been demonstrating against Council cuts to vital public services. Join us at 12 on Friday 7th February outside the former One Stop Shop on Picton Road, Liverpool to celebrate our 4th anniversary!
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Great to have John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social
join our protest outside High Court today against Thames Water.
❌No bailout!
✅Special Administration!
✅Public Ownership!
join our protest outside High Court today against Thames Water.
❌No bailout!
✅Special Administration!
✅Public Ownership!
February 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Great to have John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social
join our protest outside High Court today against Thames Water.
❌No bailout!
✅Special Administration!
✅Public Ownership!
join our protest outside High Court today against Thames Water.
❌No bailout!
✅Special Administration!
✅Public Ownership!
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Did you know?
the Good Law Project have revealed that Starmer's Labour are giving Privatised Thames Water £3 BILLION to bail them out!!!
the Good Law Project have revealed that Starmer's Labour are giving Privatised Thames Water £3 BILLION to bail them out!!!
February 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Did you know?
the Good Law Project have revealed that Starmer's Labour are giving Privatised Thames Water £3 BILLION to bail them out!!!
the Good Law Project have revealed that Starmer's Labour are giving Privatised Thames Water £3 BILLION to bail them out!!!
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High Court hearing today on Thames Water plan to borrow another £3bn.
Already has £17bn debt, mostly to fund dividends, wants 53% price hike.
Nearly a third of customer bill covers interest payments. More debt= higher bills.
Let it go bankrupt. Nationalise at nominal price.
Already has £17bn debt, mostly to fund dividends, wants 53% price hike.
Nearly a third of customer bill covers interest payments. More debt= higher bills.
Let it go bankrupt. Nationalise at nominal price.
Thames Water seeks court approval for emergency cash
Thames Water is hoping to secure an emergency cash injection or face runing out of money in weeks.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
High Court hearing today on Thames Water plan to borrow another £3bn.
Already has £17bn debt, mostly to fund dividends, wants 53% price hike.
Nearly a third of customer bill covers interest payments. More debt= higher bills.
Let it go bankrupt. Nationalise at nominal price.
Already has £17bn debt, mostly to fund dividends, wants 53% price hike.
Nearly a third of customer bill covers interest payments. More debt= higher bills.
Let it go bankrupt. Nationalise at nominal price.
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Zack Polanski, "Austerity was always the problem, not the European Union"
"If we want to solve the problems in this country right now we need to tackle inequality"
Kay Burley, "How?"
Zack Polanski, "Wealth tax.. Inequality in the country.. People are unhappy and our services are broken"
"If we want to solve the problems in this country right now we need to tackle inequality"
Kay Burley, "How?"
Zack Polanski, "Wealth tax.. Inequality in the country.. People are unhappy and our services are broken"
February 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Zack Polanski, "Austerity was always the problem, not the European Union"
"If we want to solve the problems in this country right now we need to tackle inequality"
Kay Burley, "How?"
Zack Polanski, "Wealth tax.. Inequality in the country.. People are unhappy and our services are broken"
"If we want to solve the problems in this country right now we need to tackle inequality"
Kay Burley, "How?"
Zack Polanski, "Wealth tax.. Inequality in the country.. People are unhappy and our services are broken"
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#Starmer
Remember in the Other Place when those of us who saw Starmer for what he was very early on, were told he:
"Has some Super Secret Socialist plan up his sleeve that he would unleash upon the nation post a General Election victory"?
How we laughed....
Remember in the Other Place when those of us who saw Starmer for what he was very early on, were told he:
"Has some Super Secret Socialist plan up his sleeve that he would unleash upon the nation post a General Election victory"?
How we laughed....
February 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
#Starmer
Remember in the Other Place when those of us who saw Starmer for what he was very early on, were told he:
"Has some Super Secret Socialist plan up his sleeve that he would unleash upon the nation post a General Election victory"?
How we laughed....
Remember in the Other Place when those of us who saw Starmer for what he was very early on, were told he:
"Has some Super Secret Socialist plan up his sleeve that he would unleash upon the nation post a General Election victory"?
How we laughed....
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Rachael Cummings from Save The Children on the trauma hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza will experience for years to come.
But this has been a war on Hamas, right?
But this has been a war on Hamas, right?
February 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Rachael Cummings from Save The Children on the trauma hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza will experience for years to come.
But this has been a war on Hamas, right?
But this has been a war on Hamas, right?
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British bosses are supposedly telling the Telegraph that they want to end protection for minority groups in the workplace. It hasn't taken them long to go full on Trump so that they can enrich themselves at cost to those who need protection and support.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...
The bastards are out to exploit again
The bastards bosses who run the UK's businesses have not been slow to notice what Trump is all about. Nor have their friends in the press been either. As the Telegraph notes this morning:
Financial ch...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
February 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
British bosses are supposedly telling the Telegraph that they want to end protection for minority groups in the workplace. It hasn't taken them long to go full on Trump so that they can enrich themselves at cost to those who need protection and support.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...
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Hedge funds bet billions on market crash in Trump’s America.
Manufactured by trade/military wars, shrinking purchasing power of low/middle income families.
Will be the biggest crash ever as private equity has its claws everywhere.
Ultra-rich will get a public bailout.
archive.ph/F7ftX
Manufactured by trade/military wars, shrinking purchasing power of low/middle income families.
Will be the biggest crash ever as private equity has its claws everywhere.
Ultra-rich will get a public bailout.
archive.ph/F7ftX
Hedge funds bet billions on market crash in Trump’s America
Goldman Sachs reports a surge in short bets against US stocks
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Hedge funds bet billions on market crash in Trump’s America.
Manufactured by trade/military wars, shrinking purchasing power of low/middle income families.
Will be the biggest crash ever as private equity has its claws everywhere.
Ultra-rich will get a public bailout.
archive.ph/F7ftX
Manufactured by trade/military wars, shrinking purchasing power of low/middle income families.
Will be the biggest crash ever as private equity has its claws everywhere.
Ultra-rich will get a public bailout.
archive.ph/F7ftX