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IT guy, engineer, husband, father, grandfather. I Support the NHS, science, evidence, equality, the rule of law, social services and care for those who need it.
🚨 An undercover sting just exposed the gaping loopholes in Westminster’s lobbying system: a fake Chinese company bought meetings with ministers and MPs, and it may not have even broken any rules! ✍️ Sign & share the petition to get this stopped: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop foreign interference in British politics
British politics has a foreign interference problem. An undercover investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys has revealed how shockingly easy it is for secretive Chinese interests to pene...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🚨 An undercover sting just exposed the gaping loopholes in Westminster’s lobbying system: a fake Chinese company bought meetings with ministers and MPs, and it may not have even broken any rules! ✍️ Sign & share the petition to get this stopped: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
The Post Office has agreed to pay Fujitsu £41 million to keep using the Horizon IT system. It's insane, and a slap in the face to all those wrongfully convicted Post Office staff. Fujitsu must be held to account, and that means NO MORE MONEY. Sign the petition- you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...
Hold Fujitsu to account for Post Office scandal
£41 million! That’s how much more the Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. And that's on top of another whopping £65m the Government paid the scandal ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The Post Office has agreed to pay Fujitsu £41 million to keep using the Horizon IT system. It's insane, and a slap in the face to all those wrongfully convicted Post Office staff. Fujitsu must be held to account, and that means NO MORE MONEY. Sign the petition- you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...
After last year's Southport attack, we demand stronger checks from Amazon on buying weapons. Billionaire CEOs aren't above the law. Agree? Sign the petition for change now: 38d.gs/WeaponsCheck...
Amazon: ensure stronger checks on weapons sales
After last year's Southport attack we demand stronger checks from Amazon on buying weapons. Billionaire CEOs aren't above the law. Agree? Sign the petition for change now:
38d.gs
October 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
After last year's Southport attack, we demand stronger checks from Amazon on buying weapons. Billionaire CEOs aren't above the law. Agree? Sign the petition for change now: 38d.gs/WeaponsCheck...
The petition calling for ministers to properly fund NHS dentistry has reached 92,597 signatures. Help it get to 100,000 to ramp up the pressure! Add your name now: 38d.gs/62ha
Save NHS dentistry now!
I just signed the 38 Degrees petition calling on the Government to properly fund NHS dentistry. Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable dental care, so now the Government needs to stu...
38d.gs
October 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The petition calling for ministers to properly fund NHS dentistry has reached 92,597 signatures. Help it get to 100,000 to ramp up the pressure! Add your name now: 38d.gs/62ha
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A new report finds corporations like Kroger and McDonald's are using digital loyalty programs to track your data and potentially charge you more.
It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GPRt5_WnLehnjgWR
It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GPRt5_WnLehnjgWR
The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
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October 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A new report finds corporations like Kroger and McDonald's are using digital loyalty programs to track your data and potentially charge you more.
It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GPRt5_WnLehnjgWR
It's a tactic known as surveillance pricing.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=GPRt5_WnLehnjgWR
Water privatisation in England is a disaster. Given that these companies have failed utterly and are burdened with £billions in debt, their market value is essentially zero. So why are the government spouting the water industry's own figures to say nationalisation would be too expensive?
Clean, affordable water belongs to all of us. But public ownership is being blocked by misleading figures.
Can you ask the Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people, not profiteers, first?
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Can you ask the Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people, not profiteers, first?
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
October 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Water privatisation in England is a disaster. Given that these companies have failed utterly and are burdened with £billions in debt, their market value is essentially zero. So why are the government spouting the water industry's own figures to say nationalisation would be too expensive?
The company owned by Michelle Mone and her husband is being forced to pay back £122m after supplying poor quality protective gear to our NHS during the pandemic. But she STILL hasn't been kicked out of the House of Lords. Mone has to go. Sign the petition today: 38d.gs/lrpq
Sign the petition: Michelle Mone should be removed from the House of Lords
This is big: Michelle Mone is being forced to pay back £122m after supplying poor quality protective gear to our NHS during the pandemic. But she STILL hasn't been kicked out of the House of Lords. Mo...
38d.gs
October 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The company owned by Michelle Mone and her husband is being forced to pay back £122m after supplying poor quality protective gear to our NHS during the pandemic. But she STILL hasn't been kicked out of the House of Lords. Mone has to go. Sign the petition today: 38d.gs/lrpq
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‘Fewer non-doms left than feared’ after Rachel Reeves’s budget
Forecasts suggested a quarter would abandon the UK after tax changes. Initial data suggests the exodus was softer than expected. Who would have guessed
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Forecasts suggested a quarter would abandon the UK after tax changes. Initial data suggests the exodus was softer than expected. Who would have guessed
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
‘Fewer non-doms left than feared’ after Rachel Reeves’s budget
According to forecasts, a quarter of non-doms would abandon the UK after tax changes. Initial data suggests the exodus was softer than expected
www.thetimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
‘Fewer non-doms left than feared’ after Rachel Reeves’s budget
Forecasts suggested a quarter would abandon the UK after tax changes. Initial data suggests the exodus was softer than expected. Who would have guessed
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Forecasts suggested a quarter would abandon the UK after tax changes. Initial data suggests the exodus was softer than expected. Who would have guessed
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Free breakfast clubs are boosting attendance and improving behavior in some schools according to head teachers. There is no doubting this policy has been a huge success for Labour in its first year in government
August 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Free breakfast clubs are boosting attendance and improving behavior in some schools according to head teachers. There is no doubting this policy has been a huge success for Labour in its first year in government
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We cannot heal the open wound of Brexit until we tackle the serious issues (rigged political system, corrupt media, foreign/corporate interference) that caused us to self harm in the first place. Other countries can see that, yet we can't?
Brexit referendum’s 10th anniversary: time to think again?
With 10 years of the Brexit referendum on the horizon, should a second referendum be in our sights?
@nick1webb.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
With 10 years of the Brexit referendum on the horizon, should a second referendum be in our sights?
@nick1webb.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Brexit referendum’s 10th anniversary: time to think again?
With 10 years of the Brexit referendum on the horizon, should a second referendum be in our sights?
centralbylines.co.uk
August 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
We cannot heal the open wound of Brexit until we tackle the serious issues (rigged political system, corrupt media, foreign/corporate interference) that caused us to self harm in the first place. Other countries can see that, yet we can't?
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Let's empty the jails so we can fill them with octogenarians who care about genocide.
Because that's the real threat to society.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Because that's the real threat to society.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Prison bosses make room for possible influx before planned protests across England
Exclusive: Possible arrests at protests against Palestine Action ban and asylum hotels likely to stretch prisons
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Let's empty the jails so we can fill them with octogenarians who care about genocide.
Because that's the real threat to society.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Because that's the real threat to society.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up. The nation (us) paid for their gambling debts in 2008, now they are making big profits it's time for them to pay us back. #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
#TaxTheBanks
Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing.
The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...
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August 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up. The nation (us) paid for their gambling debts in 2008, now they are making big profits it's time for them to pay us back. #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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NEW FOIA Files SCOOP: The FBI redacted Trump’s name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the Epstein files under two privacy exemptions before DOJ & FBI concluded “no further disclosure” of the files “would be appropriate or warranted.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The FBI Redacted Trump’s Name in the Epstein Files
The bureau’s FOIA team tasked with conducting a final review of the records blacked out the names before higher-ups said last month that releasing the documents ‘would not be appropriate or warranted....
www.bloomberg.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
NEW FOIA Files SCOOP: The FBI redacted Trump’s name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the Epstein files under two privacy exemptions before DOJ & FBI concluded “no further disclosure” of the files “would be appropriate or warranted.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Keir Starmer’s Government Still Hasn’t Reviewed Use of Musk’s X Despite Platform ‘Amplifying Hate Speech & Misinformation’
Downing Street continues to refuse to explore communicating through alternative platforms despite role of X in last summer’s violent disorder
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/31/k...
Downing Street continues to refuse to explore communicating through alternative platforms despite role of X in last summer’s violent disorder
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/31/k...
Keir Starmer's Government Still Hasn't Reviewed Use of Musk's X Despite Platform 'Amplifying Hate Speech and Misinformation'
Downing Street continues to refuse to explore communicating through alternative platforms, like Bluesky, despite the role of X in last summer's violent disorder
bylinetimes.com
July 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Keir Starmer’s Government Still Hasn’t Reviewed Use of Musk’s X Despite Platform ‘Amplifying Hate Speech & Misinformation’
Downing Street continues to refuse to explore communicating through alternative platforms despite role of X in last summer’s violent disorder
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/31/k...
Downing Street continues to refuse to explore communicating through alternative platforms despite role of X in last summer’s violent disorder
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/31/k...
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The loan charge scandal has driven people to the brink of bankruptcy, devastated families and has been linked to 10 suicides
news.sky.com/story/accoun...
news.sky.com/story/accoun...
Accountants were paid commission to place clients into tax avoidance schemes targeted by HMRC
The loan charge scandal has driven people to the brink of bankruptcy, devastated families and has been linked to 10 suicides.
news.sky.com
July 18, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The loan charge scandal has driven people to the brink of bankruptcy, devastated families and has been linked to 10 suicides
news.sky.com/story/accoun...
news.sky.com/story/accoun...
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This is chilling stuff. Protester told by the police that holding up a banner opposing genocide in Gaza and supporting Palestine creates a "suspicion" that they may support a proscribed group and so could be arrested for terrorism offences
Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.
July 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is chilling stuff. Protester told by the police that holding up a banner opposing genocide in Gaza and supporting Palestine creates a "suspicion" that they may support a proscribed group and so could be arrested for terrorism offences
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Here’s how the Right is softening you up to sell off the NHS
They can’t scrap the NHS while you still care. So they start by saying it “wasn’t really built.” That’s not analysis. It’s strategy. Watch how they soften you up to let it go | The Bear
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
They can’t scrap the NHS while you still care. So they start by saying it “wasn’t really built.” That’s not analysis. It’s strategy. Watch how they soften you up to let it go | The Bear
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
Here’s how the Right is softening you up to sell off the NHS
First they rewrite the past. Then they sell off the future. The NHS is next
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Here’s how the Right is softening you up to sell off the NHS
They can’t scrap the NHS while you still care. So they start by saying it “wasn’t really built.” That’s not analysis. It’s strategy. Watch how they soften you up to let it go | The Bear
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
They can’t scrap the NHS while you still care. So they start by saying it “wasn’t really built.” That’s not analysis. It’s strategy. Watch how they soften you up to let it go | The Bear
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
July 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
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Reform’s Darren Grimes Seeks Help From European Convention on Human Rights After Previously Calling It ‘Utterly Bent’
EXCLUSIVE: The former GB News host wants to rely on the same European laws he has campaigned against
EXCLUSIVE: The former GB News host wants to rely on the same European laws he has campaigned against
Reform’s Darren Grimes Seeks Help From European Convention on Human Rights After Previously Calling It ‘Utterly Bent’
EXCLUSIVE: The former GB News host wants to rely on the same European laws he has campaigned against
bylinetimes.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Reform’s Darren Grimes Seeks Help From European Convention on Human Rights After Previously Calling It ‘Utterly Bent’
EXCLUSIVE: The former GB News host wants to rely on the same European laws he has campaigned against
EXCLUSIVE: The former GB News host wants to rely on the same European laws he has campaigned against
The message from @garyseconomics.bsky.social if we want to avoid inequality driving a lurch towards the hard right-
"I think our best chance is to try to get @teamlabouruk.bsky.social to not be so aggressivley sh*t..."
Amen
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"I think our best chance is to try to get @teamlabouruk.bsky.social to not be so aggressivley sh*t..."
Amen
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The message from @garyseconomics.bsky.social if we want to avoid inequality driving a lurch towards the hard right-
"I think our best chance is to try to get @teamlabouruk.bsky.social to not be so aggressivley sh*t..."
Amen
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"I think our best chance is to try to get @teamlabouruk.bsky.social to not be so aggressivley sh*t..."
Amen
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#enshittification perfectly describes our water services where human faeces is dumped into our rivers, estuaries and coastlines in the name of profit. Support the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
July 10, 2025 at 9:52 AM
#enshittification perfectly describes our water services where human faeces is dumped into our rivers, estuaries and coastlines in the name of profit. Support the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
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According to a new report, defense contractors like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Raytheon have raked in over HALF of Pentagon spending since 2020.
Trump's new $1 trillion annual DoD budget will pad their pockets even further as he cuts the social safety net.
War is a racket.
Trump's new $1 trillion annual DoD budget will pad their pockets even further as he cuts the social safety net.
War is a racket.
July 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
According to a new report, defense contractors like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Raytheon have raked in over HALF of Pentagon spending since 2020.
Trump's new $1 trillion annual DoD budget will pad their pockets even further as he cuts the social safety net.
War is a racket.
Trump's new $1 trillion annual DoD budget will pad their pockets even further as he cuts the social safety net.
War is a racket.
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Communities hit by natural disasters, like the tragic Texas floods, don’t have the resources to rebuild on their own.
That’s where FEMA comes in – providing billions of dollars to help with search & rescue, survivors’ needs, and debris removal.
Trump wants the agency gone.
That’s where FEMA comes in – providing billions of dollars to help with search & rescue, survivors’ needs, and debris removal.
Trump wants the agency gone.
July 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Communities hit by natural disasters, like the tragic Texas floods, don’t have the resources to rebuild on their own.
That’s where FEMA comes in – providing billions of dollars to help with search & rescue, survivors’ needs, and debris removal.
Trump wants the agency gone.
That’s where FEMA comes in – providing billions of dollars to help with search & rescue, survivors’ needs, and debris removal.
Trump wants the agency gone.
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Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
July 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.