Annie
@annejellyfish1.bsky.social
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Poorest fifth in England pay 4.8% of income in council tax; richest fifth 1.5%.
27% real term cut in council funding since 2010, govt hand tax cuts to corporations/rich.
Poor hit with regressive taxes
VAT
Fuel duty
Wages taxed at higher rates than dividends, capital gains.
Need tax justice.
27% real term cut in council funding since 2010, govt hand tax cuts to corporations/rich.
Poor hit with regressive taxes
VAT
Fuel duty
Wages taxed at higher rates than dividends, capital gains.
Need tax justice.
Poorest UK households pay rising share of income on council tax, study finds
Resolution Foundation report says failure to reform has ‘slowly recreated the issues that undid the poll tax’
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Poorest fifth in England pay 4.8% of income in council tax; richest fifth 1.5%.
27% real term cut in council funding since 2010, govt hand tax cuts to corporations/rich.
Poor hit with regressive taxes
VAT
Fuel duty
Wages taxed at higher rates than dividends, capital gains.
Need tax justice.
27% real term cut in council funding since 2010, govt hand tax cuts to corporations/rich.
Poor hit with regressive taxes
VAT
Fuel duty
Wages taxed at higher rates than dividends, capital gains.
Need tax justice.
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February 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Anyone with "Proud Brexiteer" in their bio.
You're proud that you backed something that made people poorer during a cost of living crisis and damaged the NHS during a pandemic?
Just say you're a prick. 🤷🏿♂️
You're proud that you backed something that made people poorer during a cost of living crisis and damaged the NHS during a pandemic?
Just say you're a prick. 🤷🏿♂️
February 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Anyone with "Proud Brexiteer" in their bio.
You're proud that you backed something that made people poorer during a cost of living crisis and damaged the NHS during a pandemic?
Just say you're a prick. 🤷🏿♂️
You're proud that you backed something that made people poorer during a cost of living crisis and damaged the NHS during a pandemic?
Just say you're a prick. 🤷🏿♂️
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Why is no one talking about the fact that NHS adult hospital bed occupancy in England is sitting at the unsafe level of 96%?🚨
+that ~14087 beds last week were occupied by someone ready to go home, but who can’t because of the social care crisis? The situation is the worst it’s been all winter🚨
+that ~14087 beds last week were occupied by someone ready to go home, but who can’t because of the social care crisis? The situation is the worst it’s been all winter🚨
February 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Why is no one talking about the fact that NHS adult hospital bed occupancy in England is sitting at the unsafe level of 96%?🚨
+that ~14087 beds last week were occupied by someone ready to go home, but who can’t because of the social care crisis? The situation is the worst it’s been all winter🚨
+that ~14087 beds last week were occupied by someone ready to go home, but who can’t because of the social care crisis? The situation is the worst it’s been all winter🚨
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The Baltic states are that one corner of Europe doomed to scream “we fuckin warned you” for eternity
Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė: “Putin won’t change. We have 3–4 years to fully prepare for a major war in Europe.”
February 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Baltic states are that one corner of Europe doomed to scream “we fuckin warned you” for eternity
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An important point to keep in mind.
February 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
An important point to keep in mind.
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England's top judge condemns Starmer and Badenoch comments on
Gaza family coming to UK on Ukraine scheme
news.sky.com/story/englan...
Gaza family coming to UK on Ukraine scheme
news.sky.com/story/englan...
England's top judge condemns Starmer and Badenoch comments on Gaza family coming to UK on Ukraine scheme
The Labour and Conservative leaders spoke out in PMQs against an immigration tribunal allowing a Gazan family to come to the UK under the Ukraine scheme.
news.sky.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
England's top judge condemns Starmer and Badenoch comments on
Gaza family coming to UK on Ukraine scheme
news.sky.com/story/englan...
Gaza family coming to UK on Ukraine scheme
news.sky.com/story/englan...
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Fearghal Skarkey on the Thames Water scandal:
“A historical and continuing failure of political oversight, incompetent regulation and corporate greed has provided devastating for bill payers and the environment.”
“A historical and continuing failure of political oversight, incompetent regulation and corporate greed has provided devastating for bill payers and the environment.”
February 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Fearghal Skarkey on the Thames Water scandal:
“A historical and continuing failure of political oversight, incompetent regulation and corporate greed has provided devastating for bill payers and the environment.”
“A historical and continuing failure of political oversight, incompetent regulation and corporate greed has provided devastating for bill payers and the environment.”
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Two superpowers opening discussions on the future of a country which one of them is still invading, without that country
February 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Two superpowers opening discussions on the future of a country which one of them is still invading, without that country
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Israel weapons factory shut for EIGHT HOURS thanks to Palestine Action
Palestine Action shut the Rafael-owned factory for hours - literally stopping guns that Israel uses to kill Palestinians being made
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
Palestine Action shut the Rafael-owned factory for hours - literally stopping guns that Israel uses to kill Palestinians being made
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
Israel weapons factory shut for EIGHT HOURS thanks to Palestine Action
Palestine Action shut the Rafael-owned factory for hours - literally stopping guns that Israel uses to kill Palestinians being made
www.thecanary.co
February 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Israel weapons factory shut for EIGHT HOURS thanks to Palestine Action
Palestine Action shut the Rafael-owned factory for hours - literally stopping guns that Israel uses to kill Palestinians being made
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
Palestine Action shut the Rafael-owned factory for hours - literally stopping guns that Israel uses to kill Palestinians being made
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
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Thames Water SHUT the ONLY bottled water station - after it left 10,000 people without water
Just as celebrities including Stephen Fry call for Thames Water to be nationalised, South London is hit by more of the rogue company's chaos
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Just as celebrities including Stephen Fry call for Thames Water to be nationalised, South London is hit by more of the rogue company's chaos
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Thames Water SHUT the ONLY bottled water station - after it left 10,000 people without water
Just as celebrities including Stephen Fry call for Thames Water to be nationalised, South London is hit by more of the rogue company's chaos
www.thecanary.co
February 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Thames Water SHUT the ONLY bottled water station - after it left 10,000 people without water
Just as celebrities including Stephen Fry call for Thames Water to be nationalised, South London is hit by more of the rogue company's chaos
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Just as celebrities including Stephen Fry call for Thames Water to be nationalised, South London is hit by more of the rogue company's chaos
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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A petition in Denmark has already garnered over 200,000 signatures seeking the "Denmarkification" of California by purchasing it from the United States in response to President Trump's push to buy Greenland.
February 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A petition in Denmark has already garnered over 200,000 signatures seeking the "Denmarkification" of California by purchasing it from the United States in response to President Trump's push to buy Greenland.
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Foreign Office whistleblower's testimony shows UK government is rotten to the core
Mark Smith's testimony revealed successive governments have manipulated evidence to knowingly and willingly facilitate war crimes, says CAAT
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Mark Smith's testimony revealed successive governments have manipulated evidence to knowingly and willingly facilitate war crimes, says CAAT
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Foreign Office whistleblower's testimony shows UK government is rotten to the core
Mark Smith testimony revealed successive governments have manipulated evidence to knowingly and willingly facilitate war crimes
www.thecanary.co
February 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Foreign Office whistleblower's testimony shows UK government is rotten to the core
Mark Smith's testimony revealed successive governments have manipulated evidence to knowingly and willingly facilitate war crimes, says CAAT
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Mark Smith's testimony revealed successive governments have manipulated evidence to knowingly and willingly facilitate war crimes, says CAAT
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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Donald Trump sees his trade war as a show of strength. In fact, it’s the opposite
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Donald Trump sees his trade war as a show of strength. In fact, it’s the opposite | Larry Elliott
The president’s protectionist policies, ripe with potential global repercussions, show how exposed Washington feels to China’s growing power, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Donald Trump sees his trade war as a show of strength. In fact, it’s the opposite
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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New data shows UK could be £26bn better off with ‘closer EU alignment’
If the governments mission is “growth, growth, growth” what are we waiting for?
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/cos...
If the governments mission is “growth, growth, growth” what are we waiting for?
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/cos...
New data shows UK could be £26bn better off with 'closer EU alignment'
Is the Brexit fantasy falling apart after less than a decade? Dissent is growing rapidly - and closer EU alignment has its financial benefits.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
New data shows UK could be £26bn better off with ‘closer EU alignment’
If the governments mission is “growth, growth, growth” what are we waiting for?
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/cos...
If the governments mission is “growth, growth, growth” what are we waiting for?
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/cos...
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Germans know fascist wannabes when they see them.
January 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Germans know fascist wannabes when they see them.
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Five years on, the calamity of Brexit leaves us isolated
The glorious vision Brexiteers sold of Britannia in 2016 has failed to materialise
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/five-years-o...
The glorious vision Brexiteers sold of Britannia in 2016 has failed to materialise
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/five-years-o...
Five years on, the calamity of Brexit leaves us isolated
The glorious vision Brexiteers sold of Britannia in 2016 has failed to materialise
www.theneweuropean.co.uk
January 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Five years on, the calamity of Brexit leaves us isolated
The glorious vision Brexiteers sold of Britannia in 2016 has failed to materialise
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/five-years-o...
The glorious vision Brexiteers sold of Britannia in 2016 has failed to materialise
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/five-years-o...
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January 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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The world’s richest man is promoting the far right in Europe. Don’t buy a Tesla
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Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWl...
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Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWl...
Heil Tesla
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The world’s richest man is promoting the far right in Europe. Don’t buy a Tesla
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Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWl...
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Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWl...