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✍️ The right’s financial mismanagement: a legacy of remarkable public failures
From water to housing, North Sea oil to Brexit, right-wing policies have sold off Britain’s future – leaving citizens to foot the bill
By Andy Brown
@andybrown1951.bsky.social
From water to housing, North Sea oil to Brexit, right-wing policies have sold off Britain’s future – leaving citizens to foot the bill
By Andy Brown
@andybrown1951.bsky.social
The right’s money mishaps: a legacy of remarkable public failures
From water to housing, North Sea oil to Brexit, right-wing policies have sold off Britain’s future – leaving citizens to foot the bill
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 24, 2024 at 7:33 AM
✍️ The right’s financial mismanagement: a legacy of remarkable public failures
From water to housing, North Sea oil to Brexit, right-wing policies have sold off Britain’s future – leaving citizens to foot the bill
By Andy Brown
@andybrown1951.bsky.social
From water to housing, North Sea oil to Brexit, right-wing policies have sold off Britain’s future – leaving citizens to foot the bill
By Andy Brown
@andybrown1951.bsky.social
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We are mugged.
More than a third of water bills service debt & dividends; leaks not plugged, sewage dumped.
50% at Wessex Water.
Water companies paid £85bn dividends, borrowed £60bn. OFWAT approved huge hike in bills.
Govt won't end the privatisation scam.
www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/market...
More than a third of water bills service debt & dividends; leaks not plugged, sewage dumped.
50% at Wessex Water.
Water companies paid £85bn dividends, borrowed £60bn. OFWAT approved huge hike in bills.
Govt won't end the privatisation scam.
www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/market...
A THIRD of water bills up the spout! Huge spend on debt and dividends
An average of 35p in every pound paid by customers for their water goes on interest payments and shareholder payouts
www.thisismoney.co.uk
December 22, 2024 at 12:00 PM
We are mugged.
More than a third of water bills service debt & dividends; leaks not plugged, sewage dumped.
50% at Wessex Water.
Water companies paid £85bn dividends, borrowed £60bn. OFWAT approved huge hike in bills.
Govt won't end the privatisation scam.
www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/market...
More than a third of water bills service debt & dividends; leaks not plugged, sewage dumped.
50% at Wessex Water.
Water companies paid £85bn dividends, borrowed £60bn. OFWAT approved huge hike in bills.
Govt won't end the privatisation scam.
www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/market...
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Should billionaires and corporations be banned from buying political parties in the UK?
Like if yes.
RP if it's HELL YES.
Like if yes.
RP if it's HELL YES.
December 22, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Should billionaires and corporations be banned from buying political parties in the UK?
Like if yes.
RP if it's HELL YES.
Like if yes.
RP if it's HELL YES.
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A heartwarming reply 👇 to our article about why the chirrups, calls & melodies of birds is so important....
If you have a friend or relative with #dementia, try sharing #birdsong. You may receive a similar joyous response.
Thx @pixelstoreys.bsky.social
If you have a friend or relative with #dementia, try sharing #birdsong. You may receive a similar joyous response.
Thx @pixelstoreys.bsky.social
December 15, 2024 at 10:31 AM
A heartwarming reply 👇 to our article about why the chirrups, calls & melodies of birds is so important....
If you have a friend or relative with #dementia, try sharing #birdsong. You may receive a similar joyous response.
Thx @pixelstoreys.bsky.social
If you have a friend or relative with #dementia, try sharing #birdsong. You may receive a similar joyous response.
Thx @pixelstoreys.bsky.social
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Fight back against fascism: how big money is threatening democracy
#Fascism thrives when #democracy falters. From funding #Reform to vigilance, here’s how we protect our future
Natacha Kennedy | @bylineseast.bsky.social @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4fix3cj
#Fascism thrives when #democracy falters. From funding #Reform to vigilance, here’s how we protect our future
Natacha Kennedy | @bylineseast.bsky.social @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4fix3cj
Fight back against fascism: how big money is threatening democracy
Fascism thrives when democracy falters. From funding Reform to vigilance, here’s how we protect our future
bit.ly
December 15, 2024 at 9:58 AM
Fight back against fascism: how big money is threatening democracy
#Fascism thrives when #democracy falters. From funding #Reform to vigilance, here’s how we protect our future
Natacha Kennedy | @bylineseast.bsky.social @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4fix3cj
#Fascism thrives when #democracy falters. From funding #Reform to vigilance, here’s how we protect our future
Natacha Kennedy | @bylineseast.bsky.social @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4fix3cj
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A Surrey company director who fraudulently moved £100,000 in Covid-19 loans through his family's bank accounts has avoided jail.
Covid: Director fraudulently claimed £100k in pandemic loans
A Surrey company director who fraudulently moved £100,000 in Covid-19 loans avoids jail.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 14, 2024 at 8:31 AM
A Surrey company director who fraudulently moved £100,000 in Covid-19 loans through his family's bank accounts has avoided jail.
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“wealthy billionaires and corporations… hoard land as an asset, Britain now having among the highest concentrations of land ownership in the world.
Half of England is owned by less than 1% of its population.”
Half of England is owned by less than 1% of its population.”
Land barons reap the rewards of new agrarian populism
Farmers' protests at the budget's IHT proposals raise many questions
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 14, 2024 at 8:09 AM
“wealthy billionaires and corporations… hoard land as an asset, Britain now having among the highest concentrations of land ownership in the world.
Half of England is owned by less than 1% of its population.”
Half of England is owned by less than 1% of its population.”
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Wood-burning stoves are currently very fashionable, but are environmentally very dubious | Dr Jill Belch
@jillbelch.bsky.social
#environment #health
@jillbelch.bsky.social
#environment #health
No fire without smoke: is it time to ditch burning wood in the home? - Bylines Scotland
Wood-burning stoves are currently very fashionable, but are environmentally very dubious
bylines.scot
December 13, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Wood-burning stoves are currently very fashionable, but are environmentally very dubious | Dr Jill Belch
@jillbelch.bsky.social
#environment #health
@jillbelch.bsky.social
#environment #health
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UK regulator says Tory/Labour deregulation of the finance industry will attract more criminals & scandals.
Regulators can't protect people & promote growth of the industry.
Next time there won't be enough money for bailouts, finance has hits claws everywhere.
Why play with fire?
archive.ph/yTnj5
Regulators can't protect people & promote growth of the industry.
Next time there won't be enough money for bailouts, finance has hits claws everywhere.
Why play with fire?
archive.ph/yTnj5
Reeves warned ‘things will go wrong’ as she plots Square Mile shake-up
City watchdog the FCA tells the Chancellor her push for growth risks more scandals
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 13, 2024 at 7:18 PM
UK regulator says Tory/Labour deregulation of the finance industry will attract more criminals & scandals.
Regulators can't protect people & promote growth of the industry.
Next time there won't be enough money for bailouts, finance has hits claws everywhere.
Why play with fire?
archive.ph/yTnj5
Regulators can't protect people & promote growth of the industry.
Next time there won't be enough money for bailouts, finance has hits claws everywhere.
Why play with fire?
archive.ph/yTnj5
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“Everyone in positions of influence should ask themselves the question: are you treating those fighting to save the planet more harshly than those fighting for inherited wealth? If so, why?”
@josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/t...
@josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/t...
Two-Tier Reporting: When Climate Protesters Slow Ambulances They’re Vilified, So Why Are Wealthy Farmers Given a Free Pass?
Media outlets rush to condemn climate change campaigners as "middle class" protesters causing "chaos" while ignoring greater disruption by millionaire landowners
bylinetimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:19 AM
“Everyone in positions of influence should ask themselves the question: are you treating those fighting to save the planet more harshly than those fighting for inherited wealth? If so, why?”
@josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/t...
@josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/t...
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“Why don’t you stick to acting?” It’s a taunt I often have hurled at me.
I am a gay man in America whose marriage is under threat.
The last time Trump was in office, hate crimes against AAPIs skyrocketed.
I care deeply about this country and the future of our democracy.
I’ll stick to activism.
I am a gay man in America whose marriage is under threat.
The last time Trump was in office, hate crimes against AAPIs skyrocketed.
I care deeply about this country and the future of our democracy.
I’ll stick to activism.
December 13, 2024 at 6:12 PM
“Why don’t you stick to acting?” It’s a taunt I often have hurled at me.
I am a gay man in America whose marriage is under threat.
The last time Trump was in office, hate crimes against AAPIs skyrocketed.
I care deeply about this country and the future of our democracy.
I’ll stick to activism.
I am a gay man in America whose marriage is under threat.
The last time Trump was in office, hate crimes against AAPIs skyrocketed.
I care deeply about this country and the future of our democracy.
I’ll stick to activism.
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Growth has disappeared – so what is Rachel Reeves going to do now ? youtu.be/cmgqyeR3OZs?... The latest figures for the UK’s GDP suggest that growth is flatlining, and the problem with that for Labour is that everything they said they’d do was based on growth happening. So, what now, Rachel Reeves?
Growth has disappeared – so what is Rachel Reeves going to do now ?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
December 14, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Growth has disappeared – so what is Rachel Reeves going to do now ? youtu.be/cmgqyeR3OZs?... The latest figures for the UK’s GDP suggest that growth is flatlining, and the problem with that for Labour is that everything they said they’d do was based on growth happening. So, what now, Rachel Reeves?
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It has been quite the year, so as a distraction from all that here are my WTF TV news moments from 2024 ✨
December 10, 2024 at 9:27 AM
It has been quite the year, so as a distraction from all that here are my WTF TV news moments from 2024 ✨
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Remember, Tulsi Gabbard claimed Assad didn’t use chemical weapons, it was “the rebels.”
Her confirmation hearing will be brutal, if she even makes it to there
Her confirmation hearing will be brutal, if she even makes it to there
December 8, 2024 at 2:19 AM
Remember, Tulsi Gabbard claimed Assad didn’t use chemical weapons, it was “the rebels.”
Her confirmation hearing will be brutal, if she even makes it to there
Her confirmation hearing will be brutal, if she even makes it to there
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Bluesky is proving well up to the task of providing helpful & informative Syria coverage. Some amazing footage around. Verification etc can only make things better moving forward.
December 8, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Bluesky is proving well up to the task of providing helpful & informative Syria coverage. Some amazing footage around. Verification etc can only make things better moving forward.
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Absolutely go f**k yourself. Autism is not a "get out of jail free card" for being an arsehole. Do you know how hard so many autistic individuals work to fit in, to be treated "normally"? This type of crap makes it harder for all of us. Being autistic doesn't give you a pass to be a predator.
December 8, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Absolutely go f**k yourself. Autism is not a "get out of jail free card" for being an arsehole. Do you know how hard so many autistic individuals work to fit in, to be treated "normally"? This type of crap makes it harder for all of us. Being autistic doesn't give you a pass to be a predator.
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When they talk about privatizing Veterans’ care and Medicare, they mean allowing companies to provide healthcare for a profit.
But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.
Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.
But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.
Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.
December 8, 2024 at 1:47 AM
When they talk about privatizing Veterans’ care and Medicare, they mean allowing companies to provide healthcare for a profit.
But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.
Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.
But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.
Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.
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The government’s losing nearly £60 billion a year to fraud youtu.be/ldwwOD5IY98?... The government’s own data on fraud suggests it loses £58.8 billion a year, but that’s bound to be understated as there are no systems to detect fraud in two thirds of government activity. What is going on?
The government’s losing nearly £60 billion a year to fraud
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
December 7, 2024 at 7:36 AM
The government’s losing nearly £60 billion a year to fraud youtu.be/ldwwOD5IY98?... The government’s own data on fraud suggests it loses £58.8 billion a year, but that’s bound to be understated as there are no systems to detect fraud in two thirds of government activity. What is going on?
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Democracy is dying, and our hopes with it. And yes, I am angry about that www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/12... Saturday morning thoughts.
Democracy is dying, and our hopes with it. And yes, I am angry about that
I noticed this in an FT email this morning:
There is, apparently, 'no money',
The French government fell this week because it could not find the money it needed.
Trump took the US election becaus...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
December 7, 2024 at 8:38 AM
Democracy is dying, and our hopes with it. And yes, I am angry about that www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/12... Saturday morning thoughts.
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“Taking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme”
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Bring back Erasmus+ and youth mobility in Europe
Taking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 7, 2024 at 9:34 AM
“Taking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme”
👏👏👏
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Either Boris was thick…
Or Boris didn’t want us looking at Russian Interference…
Or both
Or Boris didn’t want us looking at Russian Interference…
Or both
2024: Romania annuls an election because of Russian interference
2020: Boris Johnson says there was no Russian interference in the Brexit referendum
Stewart Hosie who was on the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament said the Conservative government did not look for it; Romanians did
2020: Boris Johnson says there was no Russian interference in the Brexit referendum
Stewart Hosie who was on the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament said the Conservative government did not look for it; Romanians did
December 7, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Either Boris was thick…
Or Boris didn’t want us looking at Russian Interference…
Or both
Or Boris didn’t want us looking at Russian Interference…
Or both