Andrew Kelman
@andrewkelman.bsky.social
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BREAKING 🚨: COP30 is flooded with 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists.
One in every 25 people inside the climate talks is working for the industry that caused this crisis.
They outnumber almost every country, including those losing lives to storms, drought and heat.
One in every 25 people inside the climate talks is working for the industry that caused this crisis.
They outnumber almost every country, including those losing lives to storms, drought and heat.
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
BREAKING 🚨: COP30 is flooded with 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists.
One in every 25 people inside the climate talks is working for the industry that caused this crisis.
They outnumber almost every country, including those losing lives to storms, drought and heat.
One in every 25 people inside the climate talks is working for the industry that caused this crisis.
They outnumber almost every country, including those losing lives to storms, drought and heat.
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🥳 Good news!! (As long as you are a banker)
“Better-than-expected results from big banks”
Barclays today announced income of £7.2bn - up 9% year-on-year; pre-tax profits of £2.1bn for 3 months to the end of Sep; and a £500mn share buyback!
🕙 Time to tax excessive wealth and profits
“Better-than-expected results from big banks”
Barclays today announced income of £7.2bn - up 9% year-on-year; pre-tax profits of £2.1bn for 3 months to the end of Sep; and a £500mn share buyback!
🕙 Time to tax excessive wealth and profits
October 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
🥳 Good news!! (As long as you are a banker)
“Better-than-expected results from big banks”
Barclays today announced income of £7.2bn - up 9% year-on-year; pre-tax profits of £2.1bn for 3 months to the end of Sep; and a £500mn share buyback!
🕙 Time to tax excessive wealth and profits
“Better-than-expected results from big banks”
Barclays today announced income of £7.2bn - up 9% year-on-year; pre-tax profits of £2.1bn for 3 months to the end of Sep; and a £500mn share buyback!
🕙 Time to tax excessive wealth and profits
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Our research found millions of renters are missing out on hundreds of £s a year due to the out of date deposit system.
In @thetimes.com our @danwilsoncraw.bsky.social sets out some simple solutions to make the system fairer and put more money in renters' pockets. ⬇️
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
In @thetimes.com our @danwilsoncraw.bsky.social sets out some simple solutions to make the system fairer and put more money in renters' pockets. ⬇️
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
Renters lose money — and landlords pocket the interest
Unreasonable deductions and a broken deposit system mean renters are denied hundreds of pounds every year
www.thetimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Our research found millions of renters are missing out on hundreds of £s a year due to the out of date deposit system.
In @thetimes.com our @danwilsoncraw.bsky.social sets out some simple solutions to make the system fairer and put more money in renters' pockets. ⬇️
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
In @thetimes.com our @danwilsoncraw.bsky.social sets out some simple solutions to make the system fairer and put more money in renters' pockets. ⬇️
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
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1.2 million extra pensioners will be privately renting by the 2040s and it is set to cost the Treasury an extra £2bn in housing benefit.
Sky-high cost of rent means ageing tenants 'won't be able to retire'
www.bigissue.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
1.2 million extra pensioners will be privately renting by the 2040s and it is set to cost the Treasury an extra £2bn in housing benefit.
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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made 6,666 times more than the typical Starbucks worker.
All while baristas are not able to pay their rent and bills, or get the hours they need to qualify for healthcare.
This company can afford fair union contracts. No more excuses, Brian!
All while baristas are not able to pay their rent and bills, or get the hours they need to qualify for healthcare.
This company can afford fair union contracts. No more excuses, Brian!
July 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made 6,666 times more than the typical Starbucks worker.
All while baristas are not able to pay their rent and bills, or get the hours they need to qualify for healthcare.
This company can afford fair union contracts. No more excuses, Brian!
All while baristas are not able to pay their rent and bills, or get the hours they need to qualify for healthcare.
This company can afford fair union contracts. No more excuses, Brian!
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If the price of everyday items had grown as fast as rents since 1988, a supermarket chicken would now set you back £53.76.
The bill won't address this affordability crisis - we need further action.
RRC campaigner @rosiedutch.bsky.social explained on LBC News earlier this week.
The bill won't address this affordability crisis - we need further action.
RRC campaigner @rosiedutch.bsky.social explained on LBC News earlier this week.
July 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
If the price of everyday items had grown as fast as rents since 1988, a supermarket chicken would now set you back £53.76.
The bill won't address this affordability crisis - we need further action.
RRC campaigner @rosiedutch.bsky.social explained on LBC News earlier this week.
The bill won't address this affordability crisis - we need further action.
RRC campaigner @rosiedutch.bsky.social explained on LBC News earlier this week.
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In the face of record rents in the UK, will renters face more surges as the cost of living crisis continues to hit households?
Why are rents so high and will they keep going up?
www.bigissue.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In the face of record rents in the UK, will renters face more surges as the cost of living crisis continues to hit households?
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I spoke to the CEO of a company that has a nearly $12 million contract to provide barriers to "Alligator Alcatraz."
He told me that he didn't know his products were going to the facility.
I offered to show him the contract. He declined to look at it. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/contrac...
He told me that he didn't know his products were going to the facility.
I offered to show him the contract. He declined to look at it. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/contrac...
July 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I spoke to the CEO of a company that has a nearly $12 million contract to provide barriers to "Alligator Alcatraz."
He told me that he didn't know his products were going to the facility.
I offered to show him the contract. He declined to look at it. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/contrac...
He told me that he didn't know his products were going to the facility.
I offered to show him the contract. He declined to look at it. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/contrac...
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"Economy of Genocide": U.S. Sanctions U.N. Expert Who Reports on Corporate Profits from Israel's Gaza War
“Economy of Genocide”: U.S. Sanctions U.N. Expert Who Reports on Corporate Profits from Israel’s Gaza War
We speak with United Nations expert Francesca Albanese, one day after the Trump administration announced it is imposing sanctions on her over her advocacy for Palestinian rights. Albanese has served as...
www.democracynow.org
July 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"Economy of Genocide": U.S. Sanctions U.N. Expert Who Reports on Corporate Profits from Israel's Gaza War
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1.2 million extra pensioners will be privately renting by the 2040s and it is set to cost the Treasury an extra £2bn in housing benefit.
Sky-high cost of rent means ageing tenants 'won't be able to retire'
www.bigissue.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
1.2 million extra pensioners will be privately renting by the 2040s and it is set to cost the Treasury an extra £2bn in housing benefit.
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Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
June 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
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England is not a modern country. The graphic below by
@guyshrubsole.bsky.social in today's Observer underlines this fact.
@guyshrubsole.bsky.social in today's Observer underlines this fact.
June 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
England is not a modern country. The graphic below by
@guyshrubsole.bsky.social in today's Observer underlines this fact.
@guyshrubsole.bsky.social in today's Observer underlines this fact.
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WATCH: Los Angeles police officer in riot gear shoots Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi with a rubber bullet for no apparent reason.
June 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
WATCH: Los Angeles police officer in riot gear shoots Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi with a rubber bullet for no apparent reason.
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26% of Londoners are living in poverty. That's around 2.3 million people - including 700,000 children.
And this means that London once again has the highest poverty rate in England.
The latest data & which groups are most affected...
And this means that London once again has the highest poverty rate in England.
The latest data & which groups are most affected...
June 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
26% of Londoners are living in poverty. That's around 2.3 million people - including 700,000 children.
And this means that London once again has the highest poverty rate in England.
The latest data & which groups are most affected...
And this means that London once again has the highest poverty rate in England.
The latest data & which groups are most affected...
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🚨Breaking 🚨
Government's water report, released today, has a gaping hole in it!
No mention of public ownership as a solution. There's a reason 90% of the world runs water in public hands - it works. ✅
PS think BBC has confused @hugofearnley with @HugoSAS 😂
#waterreport
Government's water report, released today, has a gaping hole in it!
No mention of public ownership as a solution. There's a reason 90% of the world runs water in public hands - it works. ✅
PS think BBC has confused @hugofearnley with @HugoSAS 😂
#waterreport
June 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
🚨Breaking 🚨
Government's water report, released today, has a gaping hole in it!
No mention of public ownership as a solution. There's a reason 90% of the world runs water in public hands - it works. ✅
PS think BBC has confused @hugofearnley with @HugoSAS 😂
#waterreport
Government's water report, released today, has a gaping hole in it!
No mention of public ownership as a solution. There's a reason 90% of the world runs water in public hands - it works. ✅
PS think BBC has confused @hugofearnley with @HugoSAS 😂
#waterreport
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'When nearly half of people are so financially fragile that they are living in fear of a £100 bill, something has gone very wrong'
Nearly half of Brits only £100 away from being overdue on their rent or mortgage: 'On a knife edge'
www.bigissue.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
'When nearly half of people are so financially fragile that they are living in fear of a £100 bill, something has gone very wrong'
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Under-investment in social housing has meant that many low-income households instead live in the private rental sector.
More than a third of housing support is now paid to private landlords.
Read more➡️ buff.ly/iPgoNzv
More than a third of housing support is now paid to private landlords.
Read more➡️ buff.ly/iPgoNzv
June 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Under-investment in social housing has meant that many low-income households instead live in the private rental sector.
More than a third of housing support is now paid to private landlords.
Read more➡️ buff.ly/iPgoNzv
More than a third of housing support is now paid to private landlords.
Read more➡️ buff.ly/iPgoNzv
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"Shameful"
The Inquiry hears from expert virologist Prof. Deenan Pillay that the Government chose to spend billions on private consultants from Deloitte instead of listening to experts.
The labs they set up have since been dismantled.
'We've been left with nothing'.
The Inquiry hears from expert virologist Prof. Deenan Pillay that the Government chose to spend billions on private consultants from Deloitte instead of listening to experts.
The labs they set up have since been dismantled.
'We've been left with nothing'.
May 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"Shameful"
The Inquiry hears from expert virologist Prof. Deenan Pillay that the Government chose to spend billions on private consultants from Deloitte instead of listening to experts.
The labs they set up have since been dismantled.
'We've been left with nothing'.
The Inquiry hears from expert virologist Prof. Deenan Pillay that the Government chose to spend billions on private consultants from Deloitte instead of listening to experts.
The labs they set up have since been dismantled.
'We've been left with nothing'.
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The Tax Justice Network lists three former British colonies, now overseas dependencies, as the most complicit jurisdictions in global tax abuse. They help deprive governments of $87bn per year, over 5 times the UK’s aid programme:
www.declassifieduk.org/the-empire-n...
www.declassifieduk.org/the-empire-n...
The Empire never died
The British Empire is still with us, in the UK’s island outposts and military bases, in the plunder of other countries’ resources, and in UK officials’ imperial mindset.
www.declassifieduk.org
May 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Tax Justice Network lists three former British colonies, now overseas dependencies, as the most complicit jurisdictions in global tax abuse. They help deprive governments of $87bn per year, over 5 times the UK’s aid programme:
www.declassifieduk.org/the-empire-n...
www.declassifieduk.org/the-empire-n...
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This is about the human cost of plastic.
They work in the shadows of toxic dumpsites, sorting through the world’s waste - but no one sees them.
@greenpeaceafrica.org’s new documentary gives waste pickers the spotlight they’ve always deserved.
Watch it on bit.ly/44TrRKs
#GlobalPlasticTreaty
They work in the shadows of toxic dumpsites, sorting through the world’s waste - but no one sees them.
@greenpeaceafrica.org’s new documentary gives waste pickers the spotlight they’ve always deserved.
Watch it on bit.ly/44TrRKs
#GlobalPlasticTreaty
May 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This is about the human cost of plastic.
They work in the shadows of toxic dumpsites, sorting through the world’s waste - but no one sees them.
@greenpeaceafrica.org’s new documentary gives waste pickers the spotlight they’ve always deserved.
Watch it on bit.ly/44TrRKs
#GlobalPlasticTreaty
They work in the shadows of toxic dumpsites, sorting through the world’s waste - but no one sees them.
@greenpeaceafrica.org’s new documentary gives waste pickers the spotlight they’ve always deserved.
Watch it on bit.ly/44TrRKs
#GlobalPlasticTreaty
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Financial crime in the UK.
$2trn to $5.5trn dirty money laundered globally.
40% through the UK, its Crown Dependencies, Overseas Territories.
Govt can take out Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) to chase crooks.
2017-2025: 7 UWOs, none since 2019, no prosecutions.
Laws not enforced on the City.
$2trn to $5.5trn dirty money laundered globally.
40% through the UK, its Crown Dependencies, Overseas Territories.
Govt can take out Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) to chase crooks.
2017-2025: 7 UWOs, none since 2019, no prosecutions.
Laws not enforced on the City.
Why the UK is a two-tier society where money wields power
Laws and policies are crafted to give the appearance of sternness and fairness, but are rarely fully enforced on corporations and the rich.
leftfootforward.org
May 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Financial crime in the UK.
$2trn to $5.5trn dirty money laundered globally.
40% through the UK, its Crown Dependencies, Overseas Territories.
Govt can take out Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) to chase crooks.
2017-2025: 7 UWOs, none since 2019, no prosecutions.
Laws not enforced on the City.
$2trn to $5.5trn dirty money laundered globally.
40% through the UK, its Crown Dependencies, Overseas Territories.
Govt can take out Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) to chase crooks.
2017-2025: 7 UWOs, none since 2019, no prosecutions.
Laws not enforced on the City.
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37% of the people (2.7m) on Universal Credit are in employment. Work does not pay enough.
Public purse is boosting corporate profits, dividends, exec pay.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined and oppose redistribution.
What do they gain from consigning millions to misery?
Public purse is boosting corporate profits, dividends, exec pay.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined and oppose redistribution.
What do they gain from consigning millions to misery?
Universal Credit statistics, 29 April 2013 to 9 January 2025
www.gov.uk
May 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
37% of the people (2.7m) on Universal Credit are in employment. Work does not pay enough.
Public purse is boosting corporate profits, dividends, exec pay.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined and oppose redistribution.
What do they gain from consigning millions to misery?
Public purse is boosting corporate profits, dividends, exec pay.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined and oppose redistribution.
What do they gain from consigning millions to misery?
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UnitedHealth secretly pressured nurses to change patients' records to include DNRs (Do Not Resuscitate) without their consent, so those patients would die instead of being saved with medical interventions that could cost UnitedHealth money.
This is murder.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is murder.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
May 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
UnitedHealth secretly pressured nurses to change patients' records to include DNRs (Do Not Resuscitate) without their consent, so those patients would die instead of being saved with medical interventions that could cost UnitedHealth money.
This is murder.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is murder.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Astonishing evidence at the Covid Inquiry.
The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
1/2
The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
1/2
May 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Astonishing evidence at the Covid Inquiry.
The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
1/2
The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
1/2
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War on the poor.
If the DWP makes error and overpays certain benefits, the Bill allows Ministers to recover money from the claimant’s bank account. No court order is needed.
What if benefit claimants can't afford to repay, or face hardship?
No equivalent law for fraudsters and scammers.
If the DWP makes error and overpays certain benefits, the Bill allows Ministers to recover money from the claimant’s bank account. No court order is needed.
What if benefit claimants can't afford to repay, or face hardship?
No equivalent law for fraudsters and scammers.
A new bill will lead to mass state surveillance for the most vulnerable. We must act.
This bill grants the government powers of surveillance on the bank accounts of the poor, old, sick and disabled people receiving specified benefits
leftfootforward.org
May 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
War on the poor.
If the DWP makes error and overpays certain benefits, the Bill allows Ministers to recover money from the claimant’s bank account. No court order is needed.
What if benefit claimants can't afford to repay, or face hardship?
No equivalent law for fraudsters and scammers.
If the DWP makes error and overpays certain benefits, the Bill allows Ministers to recover money from the claimant’s bank account. No court order is needed.
What if benefit claimants can't afford to repay, or face hardship?
No equivalent law for fraudsters and scammers.