BethU
@beth-u.bsky.social
UK. Socialist. Called lots of other things but sticks and stones.
Humanitarian. All life matters.
Quite opinionated but enjoy respectful debate. UK
Humanitarian. All life matters.
Quite opinionated but enjoy respectful debate. UK
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Critical Update! The Guardian’s Failure: Questions Not Asked
Just days before my Canary investigation is published, The Guardian ran a feature (Helena Horton, Sun 23rd Nov 2025) on Forest City that asked none of the questions that matter.
Please read
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just days before my Canary investigation is published, The Guardian ran a feature (Helena Horton, Sun 23rd Nov 2025) on Forest City that asked none of the questions that matter.
Please read
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Critical Update! The Guardian’s Failure: Questions Not Asked
Just days before my Canary investigation is published, The Guardian ran a feature (Helena Horton, Sun 23rd Nov 2025) on Forest City that asked none of the questions that matter.
Please read
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just days before my Canary investigation is published, The Guardian ran a feature (Helena Horton, Sun 23rd Nov 2025) on Forest City that asked none of the questions that matter.
Please read
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"there are no safe and legal routes for most asylum seekers" - Suella Braverman" (Home Affairs Committee, November 2022).
If there were then people would not have need of traffickers or small boats. Successive governments tell you it's the fault of migrants but it's govt responsible.
If there were then people would not have need of traffickers or small boats. Successive governments tell you it's the fault of migrants but it's govt responsible.
Of all the rampantly hostile anti-asylum policies Labour announced last week, their pretence at "safe routes" was among the most disingenuous. Having already closed core ones, they have spun out the existing community support scheme to be more limited, along with visas which are inaccessible.
In France, people still remain destitute, are still beaten, tear gassed & robbed by the French police, still have no hope but the idea that by risking their lives one more time, the UK will provide them the chance of a future.
And we still imagine we can make them disappear.
And we still imagine we can make them disappear.
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
"there are no safe and legal routes for most asylum seekers" - Suella Braverman" (Home Affairs Committee, November 2022).
If there were then people would not have need of traffickers or small boats. Successive governments tell you it's the fault of migrants but it's govt responsible.
If there were then people would not have need of traffickers or small boats. Successive governments tell you it's the fault of migrants but it's govt responsible.
Socialism for the rich is fine.
It's just socialism for the poor and vulnerable they have a problem with.
It's just socialism for the poor and vulnerable they have a problem with.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves hints at welfare cuts.
Why do govts not cut corporate welfare?
Subsidies for auto, steel, oil, gas, biomass, internet, shipbuilding and others, without any equity stake.
Profiteering by energy, water, phone, house builders, care home, dental care companies.
Why do govts not cut corporate welfare?
Subsidies for auto, steel, oil, gas, biomass, internet, shipbuilding and others, without any equity stake.
Profiteering by energy, water, phone, house builders, care home, dental care companies.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves hints at more welfare cuts after previous rebellion - but authority on shaky ground
The government's earlier efforts to reform welfare and save £5bn ended in an inglorious failure.
news.sky.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Socialism for the rich is fine.
It's just socialism for the poor and vulnerable they have a problem with.
It's just socialism for the poor and vulnerable they have a problem with.
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How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care
Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central government
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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This👇🏻
This is the reality of Labour’s hateful immigration proposals. People who have already fled fear and persecution, now living in constant fear of persecution
This is the reality of Labour’s hateful immigration proposals. People who have already fled fear and persecution, now living in constant fear of persecution
As many of you know, I do a lot of volunteer work with asylum seekers and refugees. One thing that’s going on is that Labour’s hostility towards migrants and the counterbattery from Tories and Reform is causing horrific fear and anxiety among vulnerable people who deserve our protection.
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 AM
This👇🏻
This is the reality of Labour’s hateful immigration proposals. People who have already fled fear and persecution, now living in constant fear of persecution
This is the reality of Labour’s hateful immigration proposals. People who have already fled fear and persecution, now living in constant fear of persecution
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Ultra-processed foods now make up at least half of all food sold in UK supermarkets. The Lancet has described them as a “corporate-engineered public health crisis.”
We can change this — but only if we confront corporate power.
youtu.be/BJ8nEeiFmH4?...
We can change this — but only if we confront corporate power.
youtu.be/BJ8nEeiFmH4?...
How ultra-processed food became a corporate-engineered health crisis
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Ultra-processed foods now make up at least half of all food sold in UK supermarkets. The Lancet has described them as a “corporate-engineered public health crisis.”
We can change this — but only if we confront corporate power.
youtu.be/BJ8nEeiFmH4?...
We can change this — but only if we confront corporate power.
youtu.be/BJ8nEeiFmH4?...
THIS 👇👇👇👇
In case you missed it ...
Workers with a migration backgound recorded this powerful poem during the pandemic. They feared the UK and its politicians would soon forget how they helped the country survive. And they were right. Fickle politicians who clapped for them then now call them "strangers".
Workers with a migration backgound recorded this powerful poem during the pandemic. They feared the UK and its politicians would soon forget how they helped the country survive. And they were right. Fickle politicians who clapped for them then now call them "strangers".
November 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"children who live in this service are not safe".
What a damning statement.
files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/5029...
What a damning statement.
files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/5029...
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"children who live in this service are not safe".
What a damning statement.
files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/5029...
What a damning statement.
files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/5029...
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Workers pay National Insurance on their wages, which reduces their take-home pay. But people who live off investment income, from stocks, property, or other assets, pay no equivalent tax.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Workers pay National Insurance on their wages, which reduces their take-home pay. But people who live off investment income, from stocks, property, or other assets, pay no equivalent tax.
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Child poverty is a political choice. At the next general election we will all have a choice to make. #VoteGreen 💚
November 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Child poverty is a political choice. At the next general election we will all have a choice to make. #VoteGreen 💚
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Vote Green if you want to stop these criminals ruining our country. #VoteGreen 💚
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Vote Green if you want to stop these criminals ruining our country. #VoteGreen 💚
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Just saw the list of gritter names for this year and they have outdone themselves
These always make me smile
These always make me smile
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Just saw the list of gritter names for this year and they have outdone themselves
These always make me smile
These always make me smile
Stand up.
Budget?
Simple. Tax the rich!
They play their tax-dodging games by exploiting the rest of society's hard-working people
#socialistsunday #UKPolitics #bbclaurak #skynews #budget
Simple. Tax the rich!
They play their tax-dodging games by exploiting the rest of society's hard-working people
#socialistsunday #UKPolitics #bbclaurak #skynews #budget
November 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Stand up.
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Nigel Farage says….” has been the headline of the decade.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
September 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Nigel Farage says….” has been the headline of the decade.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Now you know the reason why you aren't able to get an NHS dentist.
Still paying the same level of N.I, getting less for your money and then having to pay a private dentist.
Paying twice for the same thing, just like with water companies.
Still paying the same level of N.I, getting less for your money and then having to pay a private dentist.
Paying twice for the same thing, just like with water companies.
Curse of Private Equity.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.
Regulator bares teeth as dentists earn £1.2bn
The gross profit figures for private equity-owned My Dentist, PortmanDentex and Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services rose by 20 per cent year-on-year between 2023 and 2024.
www.thisismoney.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Now you know the reason why you aren't able to get an NHS dentist.
Still paying the same level of N.I, getting less for your money and then having to pay a private dentist.
Paying twice for the same thing, just like with water companies.
Still paying the same level of N.I, getting less for your money and then having to pay a private dentist.
Paying twice for the same thing, just like with water companies.
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Very proud of former Reform MP, James McMurdock. Who better to stand up for women and girls than a man sent to prison for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend?
November 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Very proud of former Reform MP, James McMurdock. Who better to stand up for women and girls than a man sent to prison for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend?
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This is well worth listening to and OMD how amazing and hopeful that a political leader admits to thinking about everything covered here! Thank you @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Just another reason to join.greenparty.org.uk 💚
Just another reason to join.greenparty.org.uk 💚
I really loved this conversation with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social - I've thought about it lots ever since.
Hope you enjoy it too!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
Hope you enjoy it too!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
How To Platform Socialist Ideas Through Billionaire Owned Channels | George Monbiot | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This is well worth listening to and OMD how amazing and hopeful that a political leader admits to thinking about everything covered here! Thank you @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Just another reason to join.greenparty.org.uk 💚
Just another reason to join.greenparty.org.uk 💚
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I haven't watched this one yet.
Just watched an excellent Zack Polanski interview ( leader of the UK Green Party) by Owen Jones. Highly recommended. Polanski gives me hope that we can turn this country around and have a better future than what we're facing right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_qa...
“We Will REPLACE LABOUR”: Zack Polanski Says Labour’s Time Over
YouTube video by Owen Jones
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I haven't watched this one yet.
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But, it’s the small boats! This is appalling in one of the major economies in the world!
Child Poverty %
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
But, it’s the small boats! This is appalling in one of the major economies in the world!
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🎬 Here's why 100,000 people have recently joined the Green Party ⤵️
✅️ Be the next: Join.greenparty.org.uk
✅️ Be the next: Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🎬 Here's why 100,000 people have recently joined the Green Party ⤵️
✅️ Be the next: Join.greenparty.org.uk
✅️ Be the next: Join.greenparty.org.uk
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You stupid boy, Starmer
Asking Farage to investigate links to Russia within his own party. Is like asking the Kray twins to investigate links to criminal behaviour within their own firm.
If only there was an independent organisation with experience of investigating criminals that Starmer could task to look into it. 🙄
If only there was an independent organisation with experience of investigating criminals that Starmer could task to look into it. 🙄
November 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
You stupid boy, Starmer
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What a great article and Zack comes across so well.
"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
What a great article and Zack comes across so well.
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Migrants didn't cut council funding.
Migrants didn't raise energy bills.
Migrants didn't close community centres.
Know what would help solve Scotland’s problems? Taxing the super-rich and building an affordable country for all.
Migrants didn't raise energy bills.
Migrants didn't close community centres.
Know what would help solve Scotland’s problems? Taxing the super-rich and building an affordable country for all.
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Migrants didn't cut council funding.
Migrants didn't raise energy bills.
Migrants didn't close community centres.
Know what would help solve Scotland’s problems? Taxing the super-rich and building an affordable country for all.
Migrants didn't raise energy bills.
Migrants didn't close community centres.
Know what would help solve Scotland’s problems? Taxing the super-rich and building an affordable country for all.