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Marwood
@andmarwood.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Dear all, the #SocialistCircle feed is up & running!
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So Wes Streeting allies want him to become Prime Minister - for the Labour Government to tank even faster.
We don't have time to play these silly games - people are suffering now.
Keep growing the alternative - they need replacing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
We don't have time to play these silly games - people are suffering now.
Keep growing the alternative - they need replacing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
So Wes Streeting allies want him to become Prime Minister - for the Labour Government to tank even faster.
We don't have time to play these silly games - people are suffering now.
Keep growing the alternative - they need replacing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
We don't have time to play these silly games - people are suffering now.
Keep growing the alternative - they need replacing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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There's lots you can and should criticise the BBC for.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
Zack Polanski on President Trump, "It's difficult to call him anything other than a fool"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
November 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
There's lots you can and should criticise the BBC for.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
Rachel Reeves needs to save money - how about
💰renegotiating wasteful old PFI contracts
💰NOT introducing new ones
Right now
🏥Hospitals are paid for up to 27x over
🏥NHS trusts spend more on PFI debt than on medicines
Sign now, deadline Tuesday 👇👇👇
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
💰renegotiating wasteful old PFI contracts
💰NOT introducing new ones
Right now
🏥Hospitals are paid for up to 27x over
🏥NHS trusts spend more on PFI debt than on medicines
Sign now, deadline Tuesday 👇👇👇
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
Petition: No new PFI in Neighbourhood Health Services
Wes Streeting: do not use a “Public Private Partnership” to finance Neighbourhood Health Centres
weownit.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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I've asked the UK government what it plans to do to tackle this
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
November 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I've asked the UK government what it plans to do to tackle this
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
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Quite depressing, this. Super high earners already pay higher rates on ~ all of their income. Freezing or cutting thresholds, Labour's alternative, is all but irrelevant to them but will disproportionately whack the take home pay of the squeezed middle. on.ft.com/4o1gfLf
Starmer and Reeves ditch plan to increase income tax rates in the Budget
Chancellor explores alternative ways to raise revenue to fill fiscal hole estimated at up to £30bn
on.ft.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Quite depressing, this. Super high earners already pay higher rates on ~ all of their income. Freezing or cutting thresholds, Labour's alternative, is all but irrelevant to them but will disproportionately whack the take home pay of the squeezed middle. on.ft.com/4o1gfLf
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The fact that this person remains Health Secretary is objectively one of the most significant British political scandals of the post-Covid era. But because he's doing something the media barons like, everyone has decided it's fine.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting says that the British Medical Association, which represents Britain's doctors, is a threat to the NHS. Streeting took a record £225k from private healthcare-related donors in just two years.
British Medical Association ‘threat to future of NHS’, says Streeting ahead of doctors’ strike
Health secretary accuses doctors’ union of ‘cartel-like behaviour’ and tells it to ‘get real’ over pay demands
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The fact that this person remains Health Secretary is objectively one of the most significant British political scandals of the post-Covid era. But because he's doing something the media barons like, everyone has decided it's fine.
Well now, how about that?
#WealthTax
#WealthTax
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Well now, how about that?
#WealthTax
#WealthTax
30 of the UK’s most active lobbying houses and their links to the Labour party 👇
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/03/16/l...
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/03/16/l...
Lobbyists: The firms that pressure politicians on behalf of the world’s most unethical organisations
30 of the UK’s most active lobbying houses and their links to the Labour party
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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I've signed this cross party letter with many other politicians and leaders across civil society.
The Labour Government is making a disastrous mistake with nuclear weapons expansion - this will not make us any safer.
The opposite is true - more info below 👇🏼
@cnduk.bsky.social
The Labour Government is making a disastrous mistake with nuclear weapons expansion - this will not make us any safer.
The opposite is true - more info below 👇🏼
@cnduk.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I've signed this cross party letter with many other politicians and leaders across civil society.
The Labour Government is making a disastrous mistake with nuclear weapons expansion - this will not make us any safer.
The opposite is true - more info below 👇🏼
@cnduk.bsky.social
The Labour Government is making a disastrous mistake with nuclear weapons expansion - this will not make us any safer.
The opposite is true - more info below 👇🏼
@cnduk.bsky.social
Private finance means that you - as a taxpayer - pay many times over for the same thing.
Say no to new NHS private finance. Make sure your name is on the petition 👇
vist.ly/4eai4
Say no to new NHS private finance. Make sure your name is on the petition 👇
vist.ly/4eai4
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Any self-respecting individual/organisation should stop using Xitter immediately.
#eXodus
#eXodus
X is a radicalisation machine that pushes people into angry extremism, peddles disinformation and conspiracy theories and is run by an egomaniacal lunatic who threatens civil war on our streets and wants to trash our democracy.
It does nothing but harm.
So, yes. Government should stop using it.
It does nothing but harm.
So, yes. Government should stop using it.
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Any self-respecting individual/organisation should stop using Xitter immediately.
#eXodus
#eXodus
I agree 💯 with this statement.
But without checking, guess who...
But without checking, guess who...
Of all the cunts, that cunt is one of the absolute cuntiest.
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I agree 💯 with this statement.
But without checking, guess who...
But without checking, guess who...
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Starbucks baristas didn’t want to go on strike. But after four years of waiting for a contract at any of their hundreds of unionized stores, 12,000 workers at one of the world’s biggest fast-food companies are demonstrating their resolve
by @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social
prospect.org/2025/11/13/s...
by @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social
prospect.org/2025/11/13/s...
Starbucks Workers Tell Bosses: No Contract, No Coffee - The American Prospect
Starbucks baristas didn’t want to go on strike. But after four years of waiting for a contract at any of their hundreds of unionized stores, 12,000 workers at one of the world’s biggest fast-food comp...
prospect.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Starbucks baristas didn’t want to go on strike. But after four years of waiting for a contract at any of their hundreds of unionized stores, 12,000 workers at one of the world’s biggest fast-food companies are demonstrating their resolve
by @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social
prospect.org/2025/11/13/s...
by @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social
prospect.org/2025/11/13/s...
Rachel Reeves' budget is bound to be a failure.
At every juncture so far, Labour have refused to properly address:
- supermarket & energy company price gouging & profiteering
- parasitic privatisation of public services (e.g. Thames Water)
So how can it be anything other than a disaster?
At every juncture so far, Labour have refused to properly address:
- supermarket & energy company price gouging & profiteering
- parasitic privatisation of public services (e.g. Thames Water)
So how can it be anything other than a disaster?
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Rachel Reeves' budget is bound to be a failure.
At every juncture so far, Labour have refused to properly address:
- supermarket & energy company price gouging & profiteering
- parasitic privatisation of public services (e.g. Thames Water)
So how can it be anything other than a disaster?
At every juncture so far, Labour have refused to properly address:
- supermarket & energy company price gouging & profiteering
- parasitic privatisation of public services (e.g. Thames Water)
So how can it be anything other than a disaster?
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Epstein: "Yes she (Virginia) was on my plane, and yes she had her picture taken with Andrew, as many of my employees have."
This is in an email which also shows Donald Trump "spent hours" at Epstein's house with one of the disgraced financier's alleged victims.
#InvestigateAndrew
#EpsteinFiles
This is in an email which also shows Donald Trump "spent hours" at Epstein's house with one of the disgraced financier's alleged victims.
#InvestigateAndrew
#EpsteinFiles
Jeffrey Epstein made a honest admission to a journalist about the infamous photograph of the then Duke of York and then teenage Virginia Giuffre, it has emerged.
Epstein's telling confession to journalist sheds light on that Andrew photo
www.mirror.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Epstein: "Yes she (Virginia) was on my plane, and yes she had her picture taken with Andrew, as many of my employees have."
This is in an email which also shows Donald Trump "spent hours" at Epstein's house with one of the disgraced financier's alleged victims.
#InvestigateAndrew
#EpsteinFiles
This is in an email which also shows Donald Trump "spent hours" at Epstein's house with one of the disgraced financier's alleged victims.
#InvestigateAndrew
#EpsteinFiles
Epstein: "Yes she (Virginia) was on my plane, and yes she had her picture taken with Andrew, as many of my employees have."
This is in an email which also shows Donald Trump "spent hours" at Epstein's house with one of the disgraced financier's alleged victims.
#InvestigateAndrew
#EpsteinFiles
This is in an email which also shows Donald Trump "spent hours" at Epstein's house with one of the disgraced financier's alleged victims.
#InvestigateAndrew
#EpsteinFiles
Jeffrey Epstein made a honest admission to a journalist about the infamous photograph of the then Duke of York and then teenage Virginia Giuffre, it has emerged.
Epstein's telling confession to journalist sheds light on that Andrew photo
www.mirror.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Epstein: "Yes she (Virginia) was on my plane, and yes she had her picture taken with Andrew, as many of my employees have."
This is in an email which also shows Donald Trump "spent hours" at Epstein's house with one of the disgraced financier's alleged victims.
#InvestigateAndrew
#EpsteinFiles
This is in an email which also shows Donald Trump "spent hours" at Epstein's house with one of the disgraced financier's alleged victims.
#InvestigateAndrew
#EpsteinFiles
Post-Brexit UK now used as a cautionary tale against rank stupidity.
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Post-Brexit UK now used as a cautionary tale against rank stupidity.
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We're worried the door to NHS privatisation is opening wider through new PFI‑style deals.
This isn’t “support”, it’s a risk to the very fabric of the NHS.
Help us stop this before the autumn budget sets the path.
👉 Donate + share: bit.ly/NHSandBudget
This isn’t “support”, it’s a risk to the very fabric of the NHS.
Help us stop this before the autumn budget sets the path.
👉 Donate + share: bit.ly/NHSandBudget
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
We're worried the door to NHS privatisation is opening wider through new PFI‑style deals.
This isn’t “support”, it’s a risk to the very fabric of the NHS.
Help us stop this before the autumn budget sets the path.
👉 Donate + share: bit.ly/NHSandBudget
This isn’t “support”, it’s a risk to the very fabric of the NHS.
Help us stop this before the autumn budget sets the path.
👉 Donate + share: bit.ly/NHSandBudget
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Today I stood with peace activists outside Westminster Magistrates Court, in solidarity with those who have been arrested for protesting against genocide.
The proscription of Palestine Action is truly shameful. We must defend the right to demonstrate!
The proscription of Palestine Action is truly shameful. We must defend the right to demonstrate!
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Today I stood with peace activists outside Westminster Magistrates Court, in solidarity with those who have been arrested for protesting against genocide.
The proscription of Palestine Action is truly shameful. We must defend the right to demonstrate!
The proscription of Palestine Action is truly shameful. We must defend the right to demonstrate!
'Working'
🔴 Working members of Royal family out en masse to commemorate war dead
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'Working'
Note how some are being distanced from the disgraced Peter Mandelson.
But this is not enough.
This is not justice for the victims of Epstein.
All associates of Epstein need properly investigating, including both Mandelson and Prince Andrew.
#InvestigateMandelson
#InvestigateAndrew
#EpsteinFiles
But this is not enough.
This is not justice for the victims of Epstein.
All associates of Epstein need properly investigating, including both Mandelson and Prince Andrew.
#InvestigateMandelson
#InvestigateAndrew
#EpsteinFiles
Oxford University cuts ties with Peter Mandelson over Epstein links - Yahoo News UK
Peter Mandelson has cut ties with an Oxford University college over his links with Jeffrey Epstein.
uk.news.yahoo.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Note how some are being distanced from the disgraced Peter Mandelson.
But this is not enough.
This is not justice for the victims of Epstein.
All associates of Epstein need properly investigating, including both Mandelson and Prince Andrew.
#InvestigateMandelson
#InvestigateAndrew
#EpsteinFiles
But this is not enough.
This is not justice for the victims of Epstein.
All associates of Epstein need properly investigating, including both Mandelson and Prince Andrew.
#InvestigateMandelson
#InvestigateAndrew
#EpsteinFiles
I wonder if there's currently a bunch of people in China saying, "But there's no point in us reducing our CO2 emissions because of America and the West..."
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NEW – Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/ONGzk3a
Read here: buff.ly/ONGzk3a
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I wonder if there's currently a bunch of people in China saying, "But there's no point in us reducing our CO2 emissions because of America and the West..."
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