@bonnieofclyde.bsky.social
Vegan for the animals, Socialist for the people.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Can you cover Covid jabs & restrictions.I’m 65 with mild COPD & Husband has lung cancer.I get flu/pneumonia jab free but had to pay £90 for Covid. Covid would worsen my COPD & if I’m ill hubby needs hospital care. Both would cost NHS more than £28. So why no free jab for me?
October 15, 2025 at 7:02 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Can you cover Covid jabs & restrictions.I’m 65 with mild COPD & Husband has lung cancer.I get flu/pneumonia jab free but had to pay £90 for Covid. Covid would worsen my COPD & if I’m ill hubby needs hospital care. Both would cost NHS more than £28. So why no free jab for me?
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What's happening with UK Labour absolutely sickens me. Cowardly Keir Starmer has sold out every principle the party was built on and turned on the very people the party was founded to stand up for.
Starmer, Reeves, Streeting, Kendall, Akehurst. They need to go.
Starmer, Reeves, Streeting, Kendall, Akehurst. They need to go.
March 20, 2025 at 5:02 AM
What's happening with UK Labour absolutely sickens me. Cowardly Keir Starmer has sold out every principle the party was built on and turned on the very people the party was founded to stand up for.
Starmer, Reeves, Streeting, Kendall, Akehurst. They need to go.
Starmer, Reeves, Streeting, Kendall, Akehurst. They need to go.
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Grinning as she sends 1 million people to their graves. What a wonderful example of degenerate Humanity. #ukpolitics #benefitcuts #LizKendall #worsethantheTories
March 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Grinning as she sends 1 million people to their graves. What a wonderful example of degenerate Humanity. #ukpolitics #benefitcuts #LizKendall #worsethantheTories
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The fact that Reeves and Starmer are picking on the vulnerable whilst giving uber wealthy a free pass & Streeting thinks this is OK tells you all you need to know about UK Labour. They act like Tory Wannabes. It's beyond awful. relax fiscal rules, tax wealth, remove asinine Brexit red lines = growth
March 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The fact that Reeves and Starmer are picking on the vulnerable whilst giving uber wealthy a free pass & Streeting thinks this is OK tells you all you need to know about UK Labour. They act like Tory Wannabes. It's beyond awful. relax fiscal rules, tax wealth, remove asinine Brexit red lines = growth
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social said they would protect most vulnerable pensioners when cutting WFA - they didn’t. Now they reckon they will protect most vulnerable when cutting disability benefits - spoiler alert - they won’t. They are not a Labour Party, they are Tories. Disgraceful & evil.
March 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social said they would protect most vulnerable pensioners when cutting WFA - they didn’t. Now they reckon they will protect most vulnerable when cutting disability benefits - spoiler alert - they won’t. They are not a Labour Party, they are Tories. Disgraceful & evil.
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Austerity is a political choice.
UK govt gave £70.6bn tax relief on pension contributions.
63% went to 6m 40%/45% tax rate payers.
37% to 28.1m basic rate taxpayers.
By fixing the relief at 20% for all Govt can reduce inequalities and have £14.5bn spare.
End tax perks of the rich.
UK govt gave £70.6bn tax relief on pension contributions.
63% went to 6m 40%/45% tax rate payers.
37% to 28.1m basic rate taxpayers.
By fixing the relief at 20% for all Govt can reduce inequalities and have £14.5bn spare.
End tax perks of the rich.
Here’s how Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement must offer hope
'The government needs to recalibrate policies'
leftfootforward.org
March 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Austerity is a political choice.
UK govt gave £70.6bn tax relief on pension contributions.
63% went to 6m 40%/45% tax rate payers.
37% to 28.1m basic rate taxpayers.
By fixing the relief at 20% for all Govt can reduce inequalities and have £14.5bn spare.
End tax perks of the rich.
UK govt gave £70.6bn tax relief on pension contributions.
63% went to 6m 40%/45% tax rate payers.
37% to 28.1m basic rate taxpayers.
By fixing the relief at 20% for all Govt can reduce inequalities and have £14.5bn spare.
End tax perks of the rich.
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Disabled people are not a burden. They are our neighbours and friends — and they deserve to live fulfilling lives just like anyone else.
A statement from the Independent Alliance on cuts to welfare.
A statement from the Independent Alliance on cuts to welfare.
March 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Disabled people are not a burden. They are our neighbours and friends — and they deserve to live fulfilling lives just like anyone else.
A statement from the Independent Alliance on cuts to welfare.
A statement from the Independent Alliance on cuts to welfare.
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Liz Kendall says getting people into work is best way to cut benefits bill.
Must attend to real reasons
Low wages: 40% of Universal Credit claimants are in work.
Lack of healthcare disabling people.
Higher retirement age denies pension to people unable to work, forced to claim benefits.
Must attend to real reasons
Low wages: 40% of Universal Credit claimants are in work.
Lack of healthcare disabling people.
Higher retirement age denies pension to people unable to work, forced to claim benefits.
Liz Kendall says getting people into work is best way to cut benefits bill
Chancellor is eyeing welfare system for potential cuts but pensions secretary says more support for jobseekers is key
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Liz Kendall says getting people into work is best way to cut benefits bill.
Must attend to real reasons
Low wages: 40% of Universal Credit claimants are in work.
Lack of healthcare disabling people.
Higher retirement age denies pension to people unable to work, forced to claim benefits.
Must attend to real reasons
Low wages: 40% of Universal Credit claimants are in work.
Lack of healthcare disabling people.
Higher retirement age denies pension to people unable to work, forced to claim benefits.
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Reeves plans billions in benefits and spending cuts
Wrong policy. Can't get growth by inflicting austerity, real income cuts, cutting public investment.
Must redistribute, end profiteering, end tax perks of the rich; need wealth tax, Tobin tax, tax capital gains & dividends at same rate as wages.
Wrong policy. Can't get growth by inflicting austerity, real income cuts, cutting public investment.
Must redistribute, end profiteering, end tax perks of the rich; need wealth tax, Tobin tax, tax capital gains & dividends at same rate as wages.
Reeves plans billions in benefits and other spending cuts
Treasury sources warn ‘world has changed’ since chancellor’s Budget as more cuts loom
www.independent.co.uk
March 6, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Reeves plans billions in benefits and spending cuts
Wrong policy. Can't get growth by inflicting austerity, real income cuts, cutting public investment.
Must redistribute, end profiteering, end tax perks of the rich; need wealth tax, Tobin tax, tax capital gains & dividends at same rate as wages.
Wrong policy. Can't get growth by inflicting austerity, real income cuts, cutting public investment.
Must redistribute, end profiteering, end tax perks of the rich; need wealth tax, Tobin tax, tax capital gains & dividends at same rate as wages.
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UK Treasury earmarks billions in spending cuts.
It is austerity, cutting real wages, dept spending and benefits, hitting low/middle income families
No plan for redistribution of income/wealth or curbing profiteering.
People need to put pressure on their MPs.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is austerity, cutting real wages, dept spending and benefits, hitting low/middle income families
No plan for redistribution of income/wealth or curbing profiteering.
People need to put pressure on their MPs.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Treasury earmarks billions in spending cuts ahead of Spring Statement
Cuts to areas including welfare will be put to the official forecaster ahead of the Spring Statement.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
UK Treasury earmarks billions in spending cuts.
It is austerity, cutting real wages, dept spending and benefits, hitting low/middle income families
No plan for redistribution of income/wealth or curbing profiteering.
People need to put pressure on their MPs.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is austerity, cutting real wages, dept spending and benefits, hitting low/middle income families
No plan for redistribution of income/wealth or curbing profiteering.
People need to put pressure on their MPs.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I know I have a price-drop to thank for this, but it's given me a happy moment this evening. My genuine gratitude to all who have helped to put my books in this position today. 🥰
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March 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I know I have a price-drop to thank for this, but it's given me a happy moment this evening. My genuine gratitude to all who have helped to put my books in this position today. 🥰
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@skynewsrss.bsky.social Have we seriously got to go through the next 4 years watching every single Trump speech & his daily news briefing? Report the important & relevant bits, but for goodness sake get that clown off our screens.
February 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
@skynewsrss.bsky.social Have we seriously got to go through the next 4 years watching every single Trump speech & his daily news briefing? Report the important & relevant bits, but for goodness sake get that clown off our screens.
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@lewisgoodall.com if you get to interview Badenoch about immigration, ask how she’d handle theoretical cases where people come from overseas to give birth just so their child gets a passport & then goes home - only for that child to return to get free education for which no taxes have been paid.
February 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
@lewisgoodall.com if you get to interview Badenoch about immigration, ask how she’d handle theoretical cases where people come from overseas to give birth just so their child gets a passport & then goes home - only for that child to return to get free education for which no taxes have been paid.
If Gov forced energy co to reduce prices in line with rest of world & scrap standing charge-people & companies would have more money to spend/invest, promoting growth. So many can’t afford cost of living in UK anymore, they have reached their limit. It’s survival only which is no way to live.
February 4, 2025 at 7:49 AM
If Gov forced energy co to reduce prices in line with rest of world & scrap standing charge-people & companies would have more money to spend/invest, promoting growth. So many can’t afford cost of living in UK anymore, they have reached their limit. It’s survival only which is no way to live.
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Free on #KindleUnlimited
azonlinks.com/B0DPJDHXS7 #welovememoirs #booksworthreading
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Dolcie-Mae from #Newport has been diagnosed with HLH - a life-threatening blood disorder. A stem cell transplant is her only hope for survival but she currently has no matching donor. 💔
🔄 SHARE and register as a stem cell donor at dkms.org.uk/dolciemae_tw to help find her hero🙏
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January 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Dolcie-Mae from #Newport has been diagnosed with HLH - a life-threatening blood disorder. A stem cell transplant is her only hope for survival but she currently has no matching donor. 💔
🔄 SHARE and register as a stem cell donor at dkms.org.uk/dolciemae_tw to help find her hero🙏
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January 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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I’m so darn chuffed with this review from the wonderful @leonardtillerman.bsky.social.
January 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I’m so darn chuffed with this review from the wonderful @leonardtillerman.bsky.social.
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