Andy Knowles
@cubitses.bsky.social
Another disappointed former Labour member turned Green.
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Let's get this to 2k before the end of the weekend 😍🇪🇺
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Petition: Commit to a referendum in May 2028 asking the next government to rejoin the EU
Polls show that many people of the UK believe leaving the EU was a mistake. It is time politicians stopped ignoring the views of the people. The government needs to consult the people about what to do...
petition.parliament.uk
December 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Let's get this to 2k before the end of the weekend 😍🇪🇺
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UK energy bill payers to hand £2bn a year in subsidies to EDF, owned by the French govt, for building two nuclear power stations.
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
UK energy bill payers will hand £2bn a year to EDF for new power stations
French government-owned company to receive funding for Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
UK energy bill payers to hand £2bn a year in subsidies to EDF, owned by the French govt, for building two nuclear power stations.
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
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This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget.
Billions available without increasing the rate of income tax, National Insurance or corporation tax.
Just end some of the perks for a select few, anomalies and abuses. Redistribute to alleviate poverty, better infrastructure.
Billions available without increasing the rate of income tax, National Insurance or corporation tax.
Just end some of the perks for a select few, anomalies and abuses. Redistribute to alleviate poverty, better infrastructure.
This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget
The chancellor has an opportunity to boost the public purpose and deliver redistribution
leftfootforward.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget.
Billions available without increasing the rate of income tax, National Insurance or corporation tax.
Just end some of the perks for a select few, anomalies and abuses. Redistribute to alleviate poverty, better infrastructure.
Billions available without increasing the rate of income tax, National Insurance or corporation tax.
Just end some of the perks for a select few, anomalies and abuses. Redistribute to alleviate poverty, better infrastructure.
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Disgusting when Chief executive Louise Beardmore is paid £840,000 every year! United Utilities has reported a 131% increase in profit for the 6 months ending on 30/9. That follows ‘regulator’ Ofwat approving a five year plan to raise people’s bills in the North West by 32%, starting April 2025.
United Utilities just hiked your bills—and saw a 131% profit surge
United Utilities is paying more than half the profit to shareholders, exposing its ‘infrastructure investment’ claims as a PR smokescreen
www.thecanary.co
November 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Disgusting when Chief executive Louise Beardmore is paid £840,000 every year! United Utilities has reported a 131% increase in profit for the 6 months ending on 30/9. That follows ‘regulator’ Ofwat approving a five year plan to raise people’s bills in the North West by 32%, starting April 2025.
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UK electricity bills up 163% since 2008. Wages haven't.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
Electricity bills increased 163 per cent since 2008 as energy price cap rises - research - Insider Media
New analysis of UK energy costs showed that the average annual household electricity bill increased by 163 per cent between 2008 and 2024, reflecting a steep rise in household energy costs…
www.insidermedia.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
UK electricity bills up 163% since 2008. Wages haven't.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
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URGENT: 6 WEEKS LEFT - We're 743 signatures away from forcing a Government response
The UK Government is rolling out freeports and free zones nationwide with billions in taxpayer money, yet operates with an alarming lack of transparency. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
The UK Government is rolling out freeports and free zones nationwide with billions in taxpayer money, yet operates with an alarming lack of transparency. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts
To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money
petition.parliament.uk
November 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
URGENT: 6 WEEKS LEFT - We're 743 signatures away from forcing a Government response
The UK Government is rolling out freeports and free zones nationwide with billions in taxpayer money, yet operates with an alarming lack of transparency. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
The UK Government is rolling out freeports and free zones nationwide with billions in taxpayer money, yet operates with an alarming lack of transparency. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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The PFI disaster
Wes Streeting readies more of the NHS for privatisation. Hands £6m to advisers.
NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to private equity and corporations. Profits guaranteed.
Money will buy less. Higher taxes, lower value.
Say NO to privatisation of the NHS.
Wes Streeting readies more of the NHS for privatisation. Hands £6m to advisers.
NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to private equity and corporations. Profits guaranteed.
Money will buy less. Higher taxes, lower value.
Say NO to privatisation of the NHS.
Fears of new PFI-style ‘disaster’ as firms handed £6m to advise on using private funds for NHS clinics
Exclusive: Consultants and lawyers hired to advise on using public-private partnerships to build ‘neighbourhood health centres’ in England
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The PFI disaster
Wes Streeting readies more of the NHS for privatisation. Hands £6m to advisers.
NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to private equity and corporations. Profits guaranteed.
Money will buy less. Higher taxes, lower value.
Say NO to privatisation of the NHS.
Wes Streeting readies more of the NHS for privatisation. Hands £6m to advisers.
NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to private equity and corporations. Profits guaranteed.
Money will buy less. Higher taxes, lower value.
Say NO to privatisation of the NHS.
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From taxing private jets to closing offshore loopholes, and more.
Here's how we could make our economy fairer and raise £60 billion to revitalise key services to deliver first class healthcare, education and more.
taxjustice.uk/blog/how-to-...
Here's how we could make our economy fairer and raise £60 billion to revitalise key services to deliver first class healthcare, education and more.
taxjustice.uk/blog/how-to-...
How to raise £60 billion for public services: our ten tax reforms
The UK’s super-rich have accumulated record levels of wealth in recent years, while our public services have been decimated and inequality has soared.
taxjustice.uk
September 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
From taxing private jets to closing offshore loopholes, and more.
Here's how we could make our economy fairer and raise £60 billion to revitalise key services to deliver first class healthcare, education and more.
taxjustice.uk/blog/how-to-...
Here's how we could make our economy fairer and raise £60 billion to revitalise key services to deliver first class healthcare, education and more.
taxjustice.uk/blog/how-to-...
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Since privatisation in the 1980s, we the public have paid *almost £200bn* to shareholders
Your household has paid £250 extra a year since 2010 for this ideology
Excellent new study from @cmmonwealth.bsky.social 👇
Time to take back OUR public assets 💧💡🚌🚄📮
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Your household has paid £250 extra a year since 2010 for this ideology
Excellent new study from @cmmonwealth.bsky.social 👇
Time to take back OUR public assets 💧💡🚌🚄📮
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation
Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Since privatisation in the 1980s, we the public have paid *almost £200bn* to shareholders
Your household has paid £250 extra a year since 2010 for this ideology
Excellent new study from @cmmonwealth.bsky.social 👇
Time to take back OUR public assets 💧💡🚌🚄📮
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Your household has paid £250 extra a year since 2010 for this ideology
Excellent new study from @cmmonwealth.bsky.social 👇
Time to take back OUR public assets 💧💡🚌🚄📮
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Ofwat/Govt promised this to England's water company investors.
“right to collect” revenues from customers, “opportunities for upside”, “capped liabilities” and “investment positive” ... “no exposure to competitive or market stranding risks”
This is a licence to fleece people.
archive.ph/brCru
“right to collect” revenues from customers, “opportunities for upside”, “capped liabilities” and “investment positive” ... “no exposure to competitive or market stranding risks”
This is a licence to fleece people.
archive.ph/brCru
UK water watchdog woos investors with ‘guaranteed revenues’ as it seeks £50bn
Funds are needed to back projects to improve Britain’s crumbling water infrastructure
www.ft.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Ofwat/Govt promised this to England's water company investors.
“right to collect” revenues from customers, “opportunities for upside”, “capped liabilities” and “investment positive” ... “no exposure to competitive or market stranding risks”
This is a licence to fleece people.
archive.ph/brCru
“right to collect” revenues from customers, “opportunities for upside”, “capped liabilities” and “investment positive” ... “no exposure to competitive or market stranding risks”
This is a licence to fleece people.
archive.ph/brCru
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“New wealth of top 1% surges by over $52.4 trillion since 2015 – enough to end poverty 22 times over.”
Just once would do… if they bothered.
theaimn.net/new-wealth-o...
Just once would do… if they bothered.
theaimn.net/new-wealth-o...
New wealth of top 1% surges by over $52.4 trillion since 2015
Oxfam Media Release New wealth of top 1% surges by over $52.4 trillion since 2015 – enough to end poverty 22 times over, as Oxfam warns global development “abysmally off track” ahead of crunch talks. ...
theaimn.net
June 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
“New wealth of top 1% surges by over $52.4 trillion since 2015 – enough to end poverty 22 times over.”
Just once would do… if they bothered.
theaimn.net/new-wealth-o...
Just once would do… if they bothered.
theaimn.net/new-wealth-o...
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Thames Water's greedy creditors have *no leverage*
Investors have written down their stakes to ZERO
The company's debt can be WIPED OUT using existing legislation
The creditors can't offer a better deal than permanent public ownership
What is the government waiting for?
Investors have written down their stakes to ZERO
The company's debt can be WIPED OUT using existing legislation
The creditors can't offer a better deal than permanent public ownership
What is the government waiting for?
June 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thames Water's greedy creditors have *no leverage*
Investors have written down their stakes to ZERO
The company's debt can be WIPED OUT using existing legislation
The creditors can't offer a better deal than permanent public ownership
What is the government waiting for?
Investors have written down their stakes to ZERO
The company's debt can be WIPED OUT using existing legislation
The creditors can't offer a better deal than permanent public ownership
What is the government waiting for?
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Bold leadership isn't just my leadership.
It's the thousands of you that I've been campaigning with on countless action days.
It's the leadership in your communities for people who don't yet even know the Green Party will give them the real representation they urgently need.
It's the thousands of you that I've been campaigning with on countless action days.
It's the leadership in your communities for people who don't yet even know the Green Party will give them the real representation they urgently need.
May 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Bold leadership isn't just my leadership.
It's the thousands of you that I've been campaigning with on countless action days.
It's the leadership in your communities for people who don't yet even know the Green Party will give them the real representation they urgently need.
It's the thousands of you that I've been campaigning with on countless action days.
It's the leadership in your communities for people who don't yet even know the Green Party will give them the real representation they urgently need.
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Day 9 of Lois asking Steve Reed to join her at the football. ⚽
Something stinks about Thames Water's sewage plant upgrade costs. How can it be 15x more expensive than building a new one in other countries?
Perhaps Environment Secretary Steve Reed can tell her?
#LoisvSteve
Something stinks about Thames Water's sewage plant upgrade costs. How can it be 15x more expensive than building a new one in other countries?
Perhaps Environment Secretary Steve Reed can tell her?
#LoisvSteve
May 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Day 9 of Lois asking Steve Reed to join her at the football. ⚽
Something stinks about Thames Water's sewage plant upgrade costs. How can it be 15x more expensive than building a new one in other countries?
Perhaps Environment Secretary Steve Reed can tell her?
#LoisvSteve
Something stinks about Thames Water's sewage plant upgrade costs. How can it be 15x more expensive than building a new one in other countries?
Perhaps Environment Secretary Steve Reed can tell her?
#LoisvSteve
Private shareholders made dividends of £3.6 billion from owning our trains in the last decade. Yet the government is leaving our trains fully privately owned. Sign We Own It's petition to demand they take our trains into public ownership:
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
Petition: Take our trains into public ownership | We Own It
The government is taking railway operators into public ownership, but the trains themselves will remain in private hands. The government must take our trains into public ownership.
weownit.org.uk
April 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Private shareholders made dividends of £3.6 billion from owning our trains in the last decade. Yet the government is leaving our trains fully privately owned. Sign We Own It's petition to demand they take our trains into public ownership:
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
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Neoliberalism has failed, but the Labour government is wedded to it. No wonder they’re so frightened. They realise that we might rumble that they, too, are a bunch of failures.
youtu.be/rdm0ntUEwdc?...
youtu.be/rdm0ntUEwdc?...
Our politicians seem to be terrified of us. Why is that?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
April 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Neoliberalism has failed, but the Labour government is wedded to it. No wonder they’re so frightened. They realise that we might rumble that they, too, are a bunch of failures.
youtu.be/rdm0ntUEwdc?...
youtu.be/rdm0ntUEwdc?...
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Brexit hurt our economy more than COVID and PUTIN combined
#RejoinEU is the biggest boost poss to our economy.
In the face of cuts, when there's clear alternatives is unforgivable, and will further push people to Reform.
We can't afford Brexit.
Pls sign
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
#RejoinEU is the biggest boost poss to our economy.
In the face of cuts, when there's clear alternatives is unforgivable, and will further push people to Reform.
We can't afford Brexit.
Pls sign
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Hold a referendum on re-joining the European Union
I want the government to hold a referendum on whether the UK should Rejoin the European Union.
petition.parliament.uk
March 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Brexit hurt our economy more than COVID and PUTIN combined
#RejoinEU is the biggest boost poss to our economy.
In the face of cuts, when there's clear alternatives is unforgivable, and will further push people to Reform.
We can't afford Brexit.
Pls sign
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
#RejoinEU is the biggest boost poss to our economy.
In the face of cuts, when there's clear alternatives is unforgivable, and will further push people to Reform.
We can't afford Brexit.
Pls sign
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...