CherylAF
@anxiousnana.bsky.social
Ret.teacher. W. Lancs. Busy nana. Devoted to amazing multiracial, multilingual family, 🐈⬛& loopy, elderly 🐓. Good cook. Woke & proud. Still grieving Brexit. V worried about the world but ultimately optimistic that good people will prevail.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Water companies say they're putting billions in"
Feargal Sharkey, "They took £84 billion in dividends and created £74 billion of debt.. We've been cheated"
"There is no pollution control in this country anyone, the companies are out of control"
Feargal Sharkey, "They took £84 billion in dividends and created £74 billion of debt.. We've been cheated"
"There is no pollution control in this country anyone, the companies are out of control"
July 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Water companies say they're putting billions in"
Feargal Sharkey, "They took £84 billion in dividends and created £74 billion of debt.. We've been cheated"
"There is no pollution control in this country anyone, the companies are out of control"
Feargal Sharkey, "They took £84 billion in dividends and created £74 billion of debt.. We've been cheated"
"There is no pollution control in this country anyone, the companies are out of control"
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July 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
The New Colossus- Emma Lazarus
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
The New Colossus- Emma Lazarus
June 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
The New Colossus- Emma Lazarus
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
The New Colossus- Emma Lazarus
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Holding people to ransom.
Thames Water bidders demand immunity over environmental crimes.
TW has over 187 criminal convictions; allowed to negotiate fines, dump sewage in rivers, hike bills, underinvest.
Immunities for TW will be demanded by others.
End the circus. Let TW crash. Nationalise.
Thames Water bidders demand immunity over environmental crimes.
TW has over 187 criminal convictions; allowed to negotiate fines, dump sewage in rivers, hike bills, underinvest.
Immunities for TW will be demanded by others.
End the circus. Let TW crash. Nationalise.
Bidders demand Thames Water granted immunity over environmental crimes
Exclusive: ‘Ransom note’ requests would leave Environment Agency unable to prosecute company or management
www.theguardian.com
June 8, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Holding people to ransom.
Thames Water bidders demand immunity over environmental crimes.
TW has over 187 criminal convictions; allowed to negotiate fines, dump sewage in rivers, hike bills, underinvest.
Immunities for TW will be demanded by others.
End the circus. Let TW crash. Nationalise.
Thames Water bidders demand immunity over environmental crimes.
TW has over 187 criminal convictions; allowed to negotiate fines, dump sewage in rivers, hike bills, underinvest.
Immunities for TW will be demanded by others.
End the circus. Let TW crash. Nationalise.
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V good letter in The Guardian on Labour’s flailing hopelessness in the face of Reform.
Come on, Labour. The country is crying out for better. We’re sick of this ugly rightwing agenda. It brings nothing but failure.
It’s disloyal to your voters and to the country. You’ve got power and time. Use them.
Come on, Labour. The country is crying out for better. We’re sick of this ugly rightwing agenda. It brings nothing but failure.
It’s disloyal to your voters and to the country. You’ve got power and time. Use them.
May 6, 2025 at 6:32 AM
V good letter in The Guardian on Labour’s flailing hopelessness in the face of Reform.
Come on, Labour. The country is crying out for better. We’re sick of this ugly rightwing agenda. It brings nothing but failure.
It’s disloyal to your voters and to the country. You’ve got power and time. Use them.
Come on, Labour. The country is crying out for better. We’re sick of this ugly rightwing agenda. It brings nothing but failure.
It’s disloyal to your voters and to the country. You’ve got power and time. Use them.
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England faces drought as reservoir water levels dwindle. Rationing beckons.
Population increased but no new reservoirs for 35 yrs; no desalination plants.
Companies fleeced customers, borrowed to pay high dividends, low investment.
People pay for privatisation follies. End the scam. Nationalise.
Population increased but no new reservoirs for 35 yrs; no desalination plants.
Companies fleeced customers, borrowed to pay high dividends, low investment.
People pay for privatisation follies. End the scam. Nationalise.
England faces drought this summer as reservoir water levels dwindle
Exclusive: Government and water firms preparing for possible shortages as dry weather is expected to continue
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 6:05 AM
England faces drought as reservoir water levels dwindle. Rationing beckons.
Population increased but no new reservoirs for 35 yrs; no desalination plants.
Companies fleeced customers, borrowed to pay high dividends, low investment.
People pay for privatisation follies. End the scam. Nationalise.
Population increased but no new reservoirs for 35 yrs; no desalination plants.
Companies fleeced customers, borrowed to pay high dividends, low investment.
People pay for privatisation follies. End the scam. Nationalise.
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Immigration is not the problem it’s now widely believed to be.
Brexit is much more of a problem than it’s reported to be.
So how can govt achieve growth, fix public svcs and deal with the cost of living if fear of Reform means it won’t be honest with us about these 2 elephants in the room?
It can’t.
Brexit is much more of a problem than it’s reported to be.
So how can govt achieve growth, fix public svcs and deal with the cost of living if fear of Reform means it won’t be honest with us about these 2 elephants in the room?
It can’t.
May 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Immigration is not the problem it’s now widely believed to be.
Brexit is much more of a problem than it’s reported to be.
So how can govt achieve growth, fix public svcs and deal with the cost of living if fear of Reform means it won’t be honest with us about these 2 elephants in the room?
It can’t.
Brexit is much more of a problem than it’s reported to be.
So how can govt achieve growth, fix public svcs and deal with the cost of living if fear of Reform means it won’t be honest with us about these 2 elephants in the room?
It can’t.
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This is what a rigged economy looks like:
In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker.
In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker.
This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker.
That has got to change.
In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker.
In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker.
This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker.
That has got to change.
April 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is what a rigged economy looks like:
In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker.
In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker.
This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker.
That has got to change.
In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker.
In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker.
This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker.
That has got to change.
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The phrase you're looking for @mrjamesob.bsky.social is 'terms of surrender'
And the sad part? Starmer and Reeves desperate for a Brexit US-UK trade deal are selling our integrity and self respect, in effect endorsing Trump's fascist assault on Ukraine through that deal
And the sad part? Starmer and Reeves desperate for a Brexit US-UK trade deal are selling our integrity and self respect, in effect endorsing Trump's fascist assault on Ukraine through that deal
April 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The phrase you're looking for @mrjamesob.bsky.social is 'terms of surrender'
And the sad part? Starmer and Reeves desperate for a Brexit US-UK trade deal are selling our integrity and self respect, in effect endorsing Trump's fascist assault on Ukraine through that deal
And the sad part? Starmer and Reeves desperate for a Brexit US-UK trade deal are selling our integrity and self respect, in effect endorsing Trump's fascist assault on Ukraine through that deal
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Public services belong in public hands.
Repost if you agree.
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April 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Public services belong in public hands.
Repost if you agree.
Repost if you agree.
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I want children to be fed at school.
I want pensioners to get a decent pension at a reasonable age.
I want a Universal Healthcare system that is free and excellent, like it was 15 years ago.
I don't want billionaires making outrageous profits they don't pay any tax on.
I want pensioners to get a decent pension at a reasonable age.
I want a Universal Healthcare system that is free and excellent, like it was 15 years ago.
I don't want billionaires making outrageous profits they don't pay any tax on.
April 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I want children to be fed at school.
I want pensioners to get a decent pension at a reasonable age.
I want a Universal Healthcare system that is free and excellent, like it was 15 years ago.
I don't want billionaires making outrageous profits they don't pay any tax on.
I want pensioners to get a decent pension at a reasonable age.
I want a Universal Healthcare system that is free and excellent, like it was 15 years ago.
I don't want billionaires making outrageous profits they don't pay any tax on.
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The thing about Brexit is: it isn’t done and never will be. Brexit is wrecking ball — it’s wrecking lives from cancer care to farming and food. Every year we tolerate it, the damage grows.
We need to debrexit Britain — with urgency.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
We need to debrexit Britain — with urgency.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costs denying NHS cancer patients life-saving drugs, report warns
The damning report comes as Sir Keir Starmer pursues a reset of relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
April 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The thing about Brexit is: it isn’t done and never will be. Brexit is wrecking ball — it’s wrecking lives from cancer care to farming and food. Every year we tolerate it, the damage grows.
We need to debrexit Britain — with urgency.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
We need to debrexit Britain — with urgency.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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‘The whole policy is wrong’: rebellion among Labour MPs grows over £5bn benefits cut to people with disabilities.
The policy is cruel. Tax the rich.
Fuel the rebellion. Insist on seeing your MP face to face. Tell him/her to vote against the bill.
The policy is cruel. Tax the rich.
Fuel the rebellion. Insist on seeing your MP face to face. Tell him/her to vote against the bill.
‘The whole policy is wrong’: rebellion among Labour MPs grows over £5bn benefits cut
Dozens of MPs are angry at their party, despite frantic efforts by whips and government ministers to assuage them
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 7:23 AM
‘The whole policy is wrong’: rebellion among Labour MPs grows over £5bn benefits cut to people with disabilities.
The policy is cruel. Tax the rich.
Fuel the rebellion. Insist on seeing your MP face to face. Tell him/her to vote against the bill.
The policy is cruel. Tax the rich.
Fuel the rebellion. Insist on seeing your MP face to face. Tell him/her to vote against the bill.
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It's worse than just a corrupted referendum. It was interfered with by Russia, which carried out much of the social media disinformation campaign and channeled illegal funds to the Leave campaigns. Russia's interference was hostile: it had much to gain from harming the UK by causing it to leave EU.
Also - because it was a CORRUPTED referendum!! Why does that count for NOTHING? This was known by MI5/6 soon after the 6/2016 - and duly reported - so WHY have the Tories + Labour gone along with it?
In other countries the result would’ve been scrapped and the vote rerun.
Not here!! 🤬
Democracy? 😂
In other countries the result would’ve been scrapped and the vote rerun.
Not here!! 🤬
Democracy? 😂
April 19, 2025 at 3:12 AM
It's worse than just a corrupted referendum. It was interfered with by Russia, which carried out much of the social media disinformation campaign and channeled illegal funds to the Leave campaigns. Russia's interference was hostile: it had much to gain from harming the UK by causing it to leave EU.
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We’ve had enough of the Brexit failure, we really don’t trust Trump’s America and we want a better, more prosperous relationship with our European neighbours…
“Will of the people” got us into this Brexit mess, why shouldn’t it get us out of it too?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“Will of the people” got us into this Brexit mess, why shouldn’t it get us out of it too?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Voters want Keir Starmer to focus on rebuilding trade ties with EU, poll reveals
Open trade with Europe is more important to the UK than a deal with Donald Trump, most Britons believe
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
We’ve had enough of the Brexit failure, we really don’t trust Trump’s America and we want a better, more prosperous relationship with our European neighbours…
“Will of the people” got us into this Brexit mess, why shouldn’t it get us out of it too?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“Will of the people” got us into this Brexit mess, why shouldn’t it get us out of it too?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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“Going backwards on Brexit” means what exactly?
Nearly 10yrs on from an absurdly simplistic referendum, lumbered with a Brexit shitshow and Trump creating merry hell, we must improve our relationship(and trade)with the EU. Urgently.
Not being honest about that is the most backward thing imaginable.
Nearly 10yrs on from an absurdly simplistic referendum, lumbered with a Brexit shitshow and Trump creating merry hell, we must improve our relationship(and trade)with the EU. Urgently.
Not being honest about that is the most backward thing imaginable.
Asked whether Trump's trade war means the UK will now consider re-entering a customs union with the EU, Keir Starmer's spokesman replies that "we're not going backwards when it comes to Brexit"
April 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“Going backwards on Brexit” means what exactly?
Nearly 10yrs on from an absurdly simplistic referendum, lumbered with a Brexit shitshow and Trump creating merry hell, we must improve our relationship(and trade)with the EU. Urgently.
Not being honest about that is the most backward thing imaginable.
Nearly 10yrs on from an absurdly simplistic referendum, lumbered with a Brexit shitshow and Trump creating merry hell, we must improve our relationship(and trade)with the EU. Urgently.
Not being honest about that is the most backward thing imaginable.
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Boris Johnson has used his Daily Mail platform to slag off “Adolescence” and compare Starmer to Pol Pot.
This is a politician, a paper and a headline that sum up the debasement of our politics and the toxic level of ‘debate’ it encourages. Grotesque that he gets airtime to insult us all like this.
This is a politician, a paper and a headline that sum up the debasement of our politics and the toxic level of ‘debate’ it encourages. Grotesque that he gets airtime to insult us all like this.
April 6, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Boris Johnson has used his Daily Mail platform to slag off “Adolescence” and compare Starmer to Pol Pot.
This is a politician, a paper and a headline that sum up the debasement of our politics and the toxic level of ‘debate’ it encourages. Grotesque that he gets airtime to insult us all like this.
This is a politician, a paper and a headline that sum up the debasement of our politics and the toxic level of ‘debate’ it encourages. Grotesque that he gets airtime to insult us all like this.
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A call to Labour to Rejoin the EU.
"It’s nine years since the UK voted to quit the European Union. It has proven to be a disaster, and a disaster made greater by the election of Donald Trump.
The world is at a pivotal moment. Stark political reality faces us."
"It’s nine years since the UK voted to quit the European Union. It has proven to be a disaster, and a disaster made greater by the election of Donald Trump.
The world is at a pivotal moment. Stark political reality faces us."
Labour needs to stop being so afraid about rejoining the EU
Rejoining would revive our economy and boost our security
bylines.scot
April 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A call to Labour to Rejoin the EU.
"It’s nine years since the UK voted to quit the European Union. It has proven to be a disaster, and a disaster made greater by the election of Donald Trump.
The world is at a pivotal moment. Stark political reality faces us."
"It’s nine years since the UK voted to quit the European Union. It has proven to be a disaster, and a disaster made greater by the election of Donald Trump.
The world is at a pivotal moment. Stark political reality faces us."
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Our economy is on life support, America increases tariffs, the world is more unsafe and unstable than I recall it ever being since the cold war and yet Labour continue to with their ridiculous and dangerous ‘Make Brexit Work’.
You can’t, it wont.
#RejoinEU now,
You can’t, it wont.
#RejoinEU now,
a blue flag with yellow stars in a circle
Alt: a blue flag with yellow stars in a circle
media.tenor.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Our economy is on life support, America increases tariffs, the world is more unsafe and unstable than I recall it ever being since the cold war and yet Labour continue to with their ridiculous and dangerous ‘Make Brexit Work’.
You can’t, it wont.
#RejoinEU now,
You can’t, it wont.
#RejoinEU now,
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Brexit.
Trump.
Truss.
Boris Johnson.
Netanyahu…
It never ceases to amaze me just how much of our media & politicians waltz away unscathed after being so catastrophically & hideously wrong about all the major moments of our time.
Trump.
Truss.
Boris Johnson.
Netanyahu…
It never ceases to amaze me just how much of our media & politicians waltz away unscathed after being so catastrophically & hideously wrong about all the major moments of our time.
March 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Brexit.
Trump.
Truss.
Boris Johnson.
Netanyahu…
It never ceases to amaze me just how much of our media & politicians waltz away unscathed after being so catastrophically & hideously wrong about all the major moments of our time.
Trump.
Truss.
Boris Johnson.
Netanyahu…
It never ceases to amaze me just how much of our media & politicians waltz away unscathed after being so catastrophically & hideously wrong about all the major moments of our time.
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What a greedy, grifting, traitorous little turd.
And clearly a totally useless MP. Clacton voters should never have given the nasty, racist spiv the opportunity to take the piss out of them.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
And clearly a totally useless MP. Clacton voters should never have given the nasty, racist spiv the opportunity to take the piss out of them.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Nigel Farage skips PMQs and local election prep to fundraise for Donald Trump
And he told party members this week he'd be away from London "canvassing, campaigning and doing our best" until the local elections in May - instead he's flown to the US again to speak at a MAGA fundr...
www.mirror.co.uk
March 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
What a greedy, grifting, traitorous little turd.
And clearly a totally useless MP. Clacton voters should never have given the nasty, racist spiv the opportunity to take the piss out of them.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
And clearly a totally useless MP. Clacton voters should never have given the nasty, racist spiv the opportunity to take the piss out of them.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Thames Water wants to be spared billions of pounds of costs and fines over the next 5 years.
TW ripped off customers, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, borrowed money to pay dividends.
Laws must apply. No public bailout.
Let it go bankrupt. Nationalise for nominal sum.
TW ripped off customers, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, borrowed money to pay dividends.
Laws must apply. No public bailout.
Let it go bankrupt. Nationalise for nominal sum.
Thames Water begs to be spared fines and costs, warning bidders will walk away
Exclusive: Managers and lenders racing to find a buyer want regulator to agree to leniency amounting to billions of pounds
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Thames Water wants to be spared billions of pounds of costs and fines over the next 5 years.
TW ripped off customers, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, borrowed money to pay dividends.
Laws must apply. No public bailout.
Let it go bankrupt. Nationalise for nominal sum.
TW ripped off customers, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, borrowed money to pay dividends.
Laws must apply. No public bailout.
Let it go bankrupt. Nationalise for nominal sum.