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Fiona
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Environmentalist, socialist, vegan
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This is what happens when the oily little welt you put in charge of the #NHX starts firing toxic little turdlets at doctors he accused of being a cartel...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Doctors to stage five-day strike before Christmas
Walkout in England begins on 17 December and will be 14th strike in pay dispute.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Left: Rachel Reeves, "I don't like that sort of stuff, I don't do it. I try and concentrate on policies rather than personalities"

Right: Rachel Reeves mocks Zack Polanski
November 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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'£150 off energy bills next year?'

Labour said last year it would be £300 off, and instead they've increased by £180.

So even if they do reduce them by £150 next year (and that's a big 'if'), they'll still be £330 higher than Labour promised.

Liars. That's who you are.
The OBR downgraded productivity by £16billion. It's not, 'made up' Zack. Have another read.

New taxes on remote gambling, dividends, a mansion tax on homes worth more than £2million.

450,000 children lifted out of poverty. £150 off energy bills next year.

Progressive choices. That's who we are.
Rachel Reeves says on Laura Kuenssberg that she's asking working people to pay a little bit more.

This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.

This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
November 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Do Labour MPs think they're gonna get away with doubling down?

Everyone is struggling. Meanwhile the super rich get richer.

No wonder they're spiralling. The alternative is here.

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The OBR downgraded productivity by £16billion. It's not, 'made up' Zack. Have another read.

New taxes on remote gambling, dividends, a mansion tax on homes worth more than £2million.

450,000 children lifted out of poverty. £150 off energy bills next year.

Progressive choices. That's who we are.
Rachel Reeves says on Laura Kuenssberg that she's asking working people to pay a little bit more.

This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.

This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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If you can imagine a scenario where having an accessible toilet key would get you out of trouble and keep you safe, or enable you to do something you'd otherwise avoid: get a key. They are free if you need them to be.
November 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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If YourParty doesn’t even allow a member of a marginalized minority to name the discrimination they are subject to, that is not socialism.

Socialism means supporting the most disadvantaged and the poorest, not taking sides with bigots.

That is fascism.
The delegate at the YourParty Conference who was censured by the chair for using the word “transphobia” is trans.

This is EVEN worse than Labour, a trans person can’t even call out transphobia! Ridic.

I expect every news platform, plus every “free speech” campaigner to be up in arms about this…
a woman wearing a white hat is sitting at a table with her hands folded
Alt: a woman wearing a white hat is drumming her fingers on a table.
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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The Labour Government refused a 1% asset tax on the super rich, yet raised taxes on people already struggling.

All whilst their "black hole" turned out to be utter nonsense.

Active choices to refuse to fund our communities which they desperately need.

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November 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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And yet Unite are still handing them money and doing nothing about it. Hypocrisy or self-interest? You decide
"We've got some of the worst employment rights in Europe.. the fact that in this country you can fire & rehire workers.. is an abhorrence.. workers do not feel [Labour] is on their side"

@unitesharon.bsky.social from @unitetheunion.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Cold blooded murder.
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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You could substitute so many Labour initiatives for "Motability cuts" and this headline would still make sense. What a tragedy this Government is.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Change “Harvard man” to “inner city minority” and this story goes from the business section to the police blotter. America is a deeply divided class based society, so when rich people have an idea they’re entrepreneurs, but when poor people have an idea they’ve incarcerated.
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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UK budget freeze on income tax thresholds

Over the next 5 yrs, 780,000 more people, the poorest, will pay income tax for the first time.

Someone earning £50,000 will pay £9,512 in tax, an increase of £1,247 because thresholds are frozen.

Can't grow economy by hitting low/middle income earners.
The government’s budget is simply managing decline
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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I fully appreciate this is quite an open ended question, but what the actual f**k is wrong with the Home Office? How devoid of the most basic humanity do you have to be to do this?

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa
Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruined
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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So how exactly are they meant to get to them? Many are placed in areas without accessible transport links. They can't afford to pay for journeys themselves because of how little support they get.
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Dr Assal Rad—

"Today, the world’s leading human rights org said the genocide is not over.

"Naturally, Western media has completely ignored it, because why would this be newsworthy?"
November 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Not to put too fine a point on it, but I absolutely despise Starmer and the whole government for how far to the right they have gone on attacking vulnerable people. UK pushing for this shows a complete disregard for the lives of people crossing the channel.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
France to approve new plans to halt small boats crossing the Channel
Keir Starmer has urged the French government to intervene before asylum seekers board vessels heading for the UK
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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A top UN counter-terrorism expert has compared Labour's UK to Putin's Russia over the 'abuse of law' banning Palestine Action ⬇️
UN expert likens Labour's 'abuse of law' in Palestine Action terror ban to Russia
www.thenational.scot
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Maybe they should consider changing the name of the party..

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Labour ditches day-one protection from unfair dismissal in U-turn
The right will now be introduced after six months, in a breach of Labour's election manifesto.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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A man of principles?
Just heard Starmer talk about how he finds child poverty abhorrent. Shame he didn’t say much about it last year…
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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What.A.Surprise.
November 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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The very first thing the Prime Minister does is use the household budget metaphor.

A metaphor - this report into BBC coverage - said could be "easily misleading."

Why is the government trying to mislead the country?
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.

Elite capitulation continues.

Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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“Isn’t it significant that Rachel Reeves used her big TV moment to attack the Greens? She knows huge numbers of people really find what we are offering attractive.”

Ellie Chowns on Labour’s lack of courage in the Budget and growing support for a fairer, greener alternative.
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Labour killing the planet xx
The Chancellor just froze tax on fossil fuels, and raised it on electric-powered vehicles...
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM