Caroline
@caclarke.bsky.social
Academic wokery. Dog lover. Discerning chocoholic. Insomniac. Pickleball aspirer
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500 employers fined £10m for failing to pay the national minimum wage.
42,000 workers repaid more than £6m.
Roll of exploitation includes Holland & Barrett, Centrica, Adecco, Avis, Euro Garages, Genting Casinos, Go Outdoors, Mitchells & Butlers. Some have a history.
None forgot to pay execs.
42,000 workers repaid more than £6m.
Roll of exploitation includes Holland & Barrett, Centrica, Adecco, Avis, Euro Garages, Genting Casinos, Go Outdoors, Mitchells & Butlers. Some have a history.
None forgot to pay execs.
£6 million repaid to workers as Government cracks down on employers underpaying their staff
Nearly 500 employers fined over £10 million for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage
www.gov.uk
October 17, 2025 at 6:12 AM
500 employers fined £10m for failing to pay the national minimum wage.
42,000 workers repaid more than £6m.
Roll of exploitation includes Holland & Barrett, Centrica, Adecco, Avis, Euro Garages, Genting Casinos, Go Outdoors, Mitchells & Butlers. Some have a history.
None forgot to pay execs.
42,000 workers repaid more than £6m.
Roll of exploitation includes Holland & Barrett, Centrica, Adecco, Avis, Euro Garages, Genting Casinos, Go Outdoors, Mitchells & Butlers. Some have a history.
None forgot to pay execs.
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CEO-to-worker pay gap surges to 632 to 1 at US’s lowest-paying large firms.
Starbucks CEO collected $95.8m, 6,666 times as much as the company’s $14,674 median pay.
Workers rely on food banks and charity for survival whilst company engaged in union busting.
Starbucks CEO collected $95.8m, 6,666 times as much as the company’s $14,674 median pay.
Workers rely on food banks and charity for survival whilst company engaged in union busting.
CEO-to-worker pay gap surges to 632 to 1 at US’s lowest-paying large firms, study shows
At 100 firms in S&P 500 with lowest median pay, executives’ comp increased by average of nearly 35% over five years
www.theguardian.com
August 22, 2025 at 6:52 AM
CEO-to-worker pay gap surges to 632 to 1 at US’s lowest-paying large firms.
Starbucks CEO collected $95.8m, 6,666 times as much as the company’s $14,674 median pay.
Workers rely on food banks and charity for survival whilst company engaged in union busting.
Starbucks CEO collected $95.8m, 6,666 times as much as the company’s $14,674 median pay.
Workers rely on food banks and charity for survival whilst company engaged in union busting.
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We will never descend into the gutter of blaming minorities for the problems in our society.
It is the unity of all communities that can take on the rich and powerful — and win.
My piece for @islingtontrib.bsky.social.
www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/corb...
It is the unity of all communities that can take on the rich and powerful — and win.
My piece for @islingtontrib.bsky.social.
www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/corb...
Corbyn: Something is stirring all over the UK
You can sign up to build a real alternative to poverty, inequality and war, says Jeremy Corbyn
www.islingtontribune.co.uk
August 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We will never descend into the gutter of blaming minorities for the problems in our society.
It is the unity of all communities that can take on the rich and powerful — and win.
My piece for @islingtontrib.bsky.social.
www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/corb...
It is the unity of all communities that can take on the rich and powerful — and win.
My piece for @islingtontrib.bsky.social.
www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/corb...
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Human cost of right-wing UK coup.
300,000 a year die in England awaiting hospital appointment.
48,000 excess deaths a year in England & Scotland due to austerity.
128,000, including 110,000 pensioners, a year die in fuel poverty.
16m, including 5.2m children, live in poverty.
Coup still ongoing
300,000 a year die in England awaiting hospital appointment.
48,000 excess deaths a year in England & Scotland due to austerity.
128,000, including 110,000 pensioners, a year die in fuel poverty.
16m, including 5.2m children, live in poverty.
Coup still ongoing
How we can fight back against the right-wing coup
For a better future the power of corporations and wealthy elites must be curbed and reversed
leftfootforward.org
August 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Human cost of right-wing UK coup.
300,000 a year die in England awaiting hospital appointment.
48,000 excess deaths a year in England & Scotland due to austerity.
128,000, including 110,000 pensioners, a year die in fuel poverty.
16m, including 5.2m children, live in poverty.
Coup still ongoing
300,000 a year die in England awaiting hospital appointment.
48,000 excess deaths a year in England & Scotland due to austerity.
128,000, including 110,000 pensioners, a year die in fuel poverty.
16m, including 5.2m children, live in poverty.
Coup still ongoing
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Fantasy world of Farage adviser:
UK should not have fought Nazi Germany.
Could “regain” former colonies.
Should copy mass incarcerations as in El Salvador.
Should not support Ukraine.
Elsewhere Reform opposes worker rights, wants US style healthcare, return to gold standard for currency.
UK should not have fought Nazi Germany.
Could “regain” former colonies.
Should copy mass incarcerations as in El Salvador.
Should not support Ukraine.
Elsewhere Reform opposes worker rights, wants US style healthcare, return to gold standard for currency.
Farage adviser said UK would be better off if it had not fought in WW2
Exclusive: Jack Anderton says UK may ‘regain’ former colonies in future and suggests end to support for Ukraine
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Fantasy world of Farage adviser:
UK should not have fought Nazi Germany.
Could “regain” former colonies.
Should copy mass incarcerations as in El Salvador.
Should not support Ukraine.
Elsewhere Reform opposes worker rights, wants US style healthcare, return to gold standard for currency.
UK should not have fought Nazi Germany.
Could “regain” former colonies.
Should copy mass incarcerations as in El Salvador.
Should not support Ukraine.
Elsewhere Reform opposes worker rights, wants US style healthcare, return to gold standard for currency.
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NEW: Wearing masks, no ID, unmarked & blacked out cars, refusing to say what agency they’re from and using profanity with any press & public nearby.
This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday).
What the hell is happening to the US?
(🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday).
What the hell is happening to the US?
(🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
August 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
NEW: Wearing masks, no ID, unmarked & blacked out cars, refusing to say what agency they’re from and using profanity with any press & public nearby.
This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday).
What the hell is happening to the US?
(🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday).
What the hell is happening to the US?
(🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
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Our latest Byline Book reveals how wealthy owners are doing their best to ruin the beautiful game.
Grab a first edition of @GoldbergRadio ‘s brilliant new book.
Order yours now!
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Grab a first edition of @GoldbergRadio ‘s brilliant new book.
Order yours now!
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August 16, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Our latest Byline Book reveals how wealthy owners are doing their best to ruin the beautiful game.
Grab a first edition of @GoldbergRadio ‘s brilliant new book.
Order yours now!
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Grab a first edition of @GoldbergRadio ‘s brilliant new book.
Order yours now!
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Hmmm, wonder why.
Wildfires fanned by heatwave rage across Europe, burning houses and factories reut.rs/3HkUJSv
Wildfires fanned by heatwave rage across Europe, burning houses and factories
Wildfires fanned by a heatwave and strong winds continued to rage across southern Europe, burning houses, farms and factories and forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents and tourists.
reut.rs
August 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Hmmm, wonder why.
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Outrageous. Britain is being sued in a corporate court, for stopping the Cumbria coal mine.
We’ve been saying for years that this system of corporate courts (ISDS) is an obstacle to climate action and democratic politics. Now it couldn’t be clearer
We’ve been saying for years that this system of corporate courts (ISDS) is an obstacle to climate action and democratic politics. Now it couldn’t be clearer
UK taxpayers on hook as failed Cumbria coalmine investors sue government
Singapore firm using secretive international legal system to seek compensation for climate concerns blocking plans
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Outrageous. Britain is being sued in a corporate court, for stopping the Cumbria coal mine.
We’ve been saying for years that this system of corporate courts (ISDS) is an obstacle to climate action and democratic politics. Now it couldn’t be clearer
We’ve been saying for years that this system of corporate courts (ISDS) is an obstacle to climate action and democratic politics. Now it couldn’t be clearer
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Temperature records broken as extreme heat grips parts of Europe
Temperature records broken as extreme heat grips parts of Europe
Unprecedented temperatures causing difficulties in south-west France, Croatia, Italy and Spain with wildfire destruction across Europe up 87%
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How dangerous are wildfires and how can we stop them from getting worse?
Extreme heat is breaking temperature records across Europe, early measurements suggest, and driving bigger and stronger wildfires.
In south-west France, records were broken on Monday in Angoulême, Bergerac, Bordeaux, Saint-Émilion and Saint-Girons. Météo France said the “often remarkable, even unprecedented, maximum temperatures” in the region were 12C above the norm for the last few decades. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Temperature records broken as extreme heat grips parts of Europe
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The Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2025 is a chance to build an autonomous EU. hashtag#EU2025DK
Now is the moment to turn shared challenges into collective ambition.
📄 Our recommendations show how Denmark can help drive this shift:
lnkd.in/e3ahCSYu
Now is the moment to turn shared challenges into collective ambition.
📄 Our recommendations show how Denmark can help drive this shift:
lnkd.in/e3ahCSYu
July 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2025 is a chance to build an autonomous EU. hashtag#EU2025DK
Now is the moment to turn shared challenges into collective ambition.
📄 Our recommendations show how Denmark can help drive this shift:
lnkd.in/e3ahCSYu
Now is the moment to turn shared challenges into collective ambition.
📄 Our recommendations show how Denmark can help drive this shift:
lnkd.in/e3ahCSYu
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Any journalist still silent on the genocide in Gaza because they care more about their Zone 2 dinner parties is a disgrace, and should be ashamed of themselves.
August 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Any journalist still silent on the genocide in Gaza because they care more about their Zone 2 dinner parties is a disgrace, and should be ashamed of themselves.
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“That attack took out Al Jazeera’s entire Gaza City news crew. … It was a direct hit on a journalist tent. Journalists are civilians, and to kill them in war is a war crime,” CPJ’s CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social told @skynewsrss.bsky.social.
Watch here⤵️
news.sky.com/video/commit...
#NotATarget
Watch here⤵️
news.sky.com/video/commit...
#NotATarget
Committee to Protect Journalists reacts to killings of Al Jazeera employees
Five Al Jazeera employees have been killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza - including a journalist who said he feared he would be assassinated.
news.sky.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“That attack took out Al Jazeera’s entire Gaza City news crew. … It was a direct hit on a journalist tent. Journalists are civilians, and to kill them in war is a war crime,” CPJ’s CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social told @skynewsrss.bsky.social.
Watch here⤵️
news.sky.com/video/commit...
#NotATarget
Watch here⤵️
news.sky.com/video/commit...
#NotATarget
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The deliberate and relentless killing of Palestinian journalists is sickening beyond words — and is a desperate attempt to silence the truth about Israel’s ongoing crimes against humanity.
Shame on all those who empowered Israel to murder with impunity.
Shame on all those who empowered Israel to murder with impunity.
August 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The deliberate and relentless killing of Palestinian journalists is sickening beyond words — and is a desperate attempt to silence the truth about Israel’s ongoing crimes against humanity.
Shame on all those who empowered Israel to murder with impunity.
Shame on all those who empowered Israel to murder with impunity.
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
In other news, Kier Starmer arrests 466 people in London for peacefully supporting Palestine.
Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19
Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza
Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.
aje.io
August 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
In other news, Kier Starmer arrests 466 people in London for peacefully supporting Palestine.
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Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu’s new Gaza plan, demand release of hostages reut.rs/4mxwPBZ
Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu’s new Gaza plan, demand release of hostages
Public opinion polls show an overwhelming majority of Israelis favour an immediate end to the war.
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August 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu’s new Gaza plan, demand release of hostages reut.rs/4mxwPBZ
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What an utter absurdity our Home Secretary has created -
Destroying British free speech, right to protest and with it undermining democracy.
It is not for the government to terrorise the public for political opinions they don’t want to hear.
Destroying British free speech, right to protest and with it undermining democracy.
It is not for the government to terrorise the public for political opinions they don’t want to hear.
August 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
What an utter absurdity our Home Secretary has created -
Destroying British free speech, right to protest and with it undermining democracy.
It is not for the government to terrorise the public for political opinions they don’t want to hear.
Destroying British free speech, right to protest and with it undermining democracy.
It is not for the government to terrorise the public for political opinions they don’t want to hear.
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For over 45 years, neoliberal and neoclassical economics have dominated UK policy — and failed us. In a new series, I explain why they fail, and show how you can argue back with reason and evidence. Economics should serve people, not markets. Let’s take it back.
youtu.be/uvLZCnhJFaY?...
youtu.be/uvLZCnhJFaY?...
Neoliberal economics is a con and total rubbish – so we're going to tear it apart
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
August 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
For over 45 years, neoliberal and neoclassical economics have dominated UK policy — and failed us. In a new series, I explain why they fail, and show how you can argue back with reason and evidence. Economics should serve people, not markets. Let’s take it back.
youtu.be/uvLZCnhJFaY?...
youtu.be/uvLZCnhJFaY?...
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For those who are in any doubt over my position: I’m not interested in bombs. I’m interested in peace.
My piece for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social, 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
www.tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/jeremy-corbyn-remembering-hiroshima
My piece for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social, 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
www.tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/jeremy-corbyn-remembering-hiroshima
Jeremy Corbyn: Nuclear Disarmament Now
On the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima Day, Jeremy Corbyn continues the call for nuclear disarmament and world peace in a speech at the World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs. We publish his...
www.tribunemag.co.uk
August 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
For those who are in any doubt over my position: I’m not interested in bombs. I’m interested in peace.
My piece for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social, 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
www.tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/jeremy-corbyn-remembering-hiroshima
My piece for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social, 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
www.tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/jeremy-corbyn-remembering-hiroshima
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For too long, people have been denied a real political choice.
Not anymore.
My piece for the Guardian on the extraordinary response to www.yourparty.uk
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Not anymore.
My piece for the Guardian on the extraordinary response to www.yourparty.uk
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This Labour government has failed. People want real transformative politics – we will give it to them | Jeremy Corbyn
More than 500,000 people have signed up to our new party to help build a genuine alternative to poverty, inequality and war, says former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
www.theguardian.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
For too long, people have been denied a real political choice.
Not anymore.
My piece for the Guardian on the extraordinary response to www.yourparty.uk
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Not anymore.
My piece for the Guardian on the extraordinary response to www.yourparty.uk
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Damn I love Scotland
XOXOXOXOXOXO
XOXOXOXOXOXO
July 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Damn I love Scotland
XOXOXOXOXOXO
XOXOXOXOXOXO
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Reminder - it is not the new left party that is driving people to vote Reform, it's Starmer's Lobbyist Labour
The new left party will win the votes of decent people by offering decent and sincere policies. No more tactical voting or triangulation.
troovus.wordpress.com/2025/07/06/h...
The new left party will win the votes of decent people by offering decent and sincere policies. No more tactical voting or triangulation.
troovus.wordpress.com/2025/07/06/h...
How Keir Starmer’s right-wing, authoritarian, corporate-friendly Labour Party alienates decent people and boosts the far right
Neil Kinnock says the new party of the left should be called the “Farage Enabling Party”. Here are some of the ways that Kinnock’s lot have enabled Farage. Moving the political ground into Reform’s…
troovus.wordpress.com
July 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Reminder - it is not the new left party that is driving people to vote Reform, it's Starmer's Lobbyist Labour
The new left party will win the votes of decent people by offering decent and sincere policies. No more tactical voting or triangulation.
troovus.wordpress.com/2025/07/06/h...
The new left party will win the votes of decent people by offering decent and sincere policies. No more tactical voting or triangulation.
troovus.wordpress.com/2025/07/06/h...