Dan Freeman
@dannyfreeman.bsky.social
Trade unionist,socialist, love London, former London cabbie, blue badge & City of London tour guide. Connoisseur of pie & mash. Covid 19 survivor learning to live with Long Covid - pace, pace, pace.
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When are we going to legislate to make delivery firms responsible for the safety of the vehicles that deliver in their name? A system of hefty fines is needed - which could fund councils and the police to enforce in hotspots. It's a massive issue in public spaces.
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How e-bike riders are doing double the speed limit - and many of them work for fast food delivery firms
Sky News has been out with West Midlands Police as the force apprehended people with illegally modified e-bikes.
news.sky.com
July 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
When are we going to legislate to make delivery firms responsible for the safety of the vehicles that deliver in their name? A system of hefty fines is needed - which could fund councils and the police to enforce in hotspots. It's a massive issue in public spaces.
news.sky.com/story/how-e-...
news.sky.com/story/how-e-...
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It's performative. If Steve Reed were really "furious" about water bills, he wouldn't have ruled out renationalisation, or forbidden the Independent Water Commission to recommend it. He enables the filthiest, most parasitic capital to defeat the public interest.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Environment secretary ‘furious’ about England and Wales water bills
Steve Reed says he is unable to rule out further above-inflation rises and any decision would be up to regulators
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 5:49 AM
It's performative. If Steve Reed were really "furious" about water bills, he wouldn't have ruled out renationalisation, or forbidden the Independent Water Commission to recommend it. He enables the filthiest, most parasitic capital to defeat the public interest.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Promise made. Promise delivered.
This Labour government is establishing an inquiry into the violent confrontation between police and picketers at Orgreave.
This Labour government is establishing an inquiry into the violent confrontation between police and picketers at Orgreave.
July 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Promise made. Promise delivered.
This Labour government is establishing an inquiry into the violent confrontation between police and picketers at Orgreave.
This Labour government is establishing an inquiry into the violent confrontation between police and picketers at Orgreave.
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Shrink from it? He can hardly wait to deliver for his investors.
June 15, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Shrink from it? He can hardly wait to deliver for his investors.
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Best seat on the bus, on a big day for buses!
June 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Best seat on the bus, on a big day for buses!
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📣 'We've had New Labour and Blue Labour. It's now time for Lou Labour.'
Neal Lawson introduces @louisehaighmp.bsky.social at @compassoffice.bsky.social's #RadicalRenewal conference to give a speech ahead of the spending review.
She says Labour's too often chosen 'caution and consensus'
Neal Lawson introduces @louisehaighmp.bsky.social at @compassoffice.bsky.social's #RadicalRenewal conference to give a speech ahead of the spending review.
She says Labour's too often chosen 'caution and consensus'
May 31, 2025 at 9:56 AM
📣 'We've had New Labour and Blue Labour. It's now time for Lou Labour.'
Neal Lawson introduces @louisehaighmp.bsky.social at @compassoffice.bsky.social's #RadicalRenewal conference to give a speech ahead of the spending review.
She says Labour's too often chosen 'caution and consensus'
Neal Lawson introduces @louisehaighmp.bsky.social at @compassoffice.bsky.social's #RadicalRenewal conference to give a speech ahead of the spending review.
She says Labour's too often chosen 'caution and consensus'
Utter disgrace- we did too little too late. I often wonder about the old boy in the room next to me in early March 2020 who I heard say his last farewells over the phone to his loved ones and think it could have been me. Never forget, never forgive! #CovidInquiry #Covid #LongCovid
Covid inquiry: 180,000 lives could have been saved
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www.channel4.com/news/covid-i...
Covid inquiry: 180,000 lives could have been saved
If the government had listened to experts and implemented the same strategies used in other countries, 180,000 lives may have been saved during Covid, the UK Covid Inquiry heard today.
www.channel4.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Utter disgrace- we did too little too late. I often wonder about the old boy in the room next to me in early March 2020 who I heard say his last farewells over the phone to his loved ones and think it could have been me. Never forget, never forgive! #CovidInquiry #Covid #LongCovid
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🕳️The knowledge gap in medicine about post-acute viral illness has profound implications:
👉 no treatment
👉 denial of care
👉 medical abandonment
It's why we need urgent biomedical research funding to bridge this gap 🧪
#longcovid #ME
👉 no treatment
👉 denial of care
👉 medical abandonment
It's why we need urgent biomedical research funding to bridge this gap 🧪
#longcovid #ME
April 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🕳️The knowledge gap in medicine about post-acute viral illness has profound implications:
👉 no treatment
👉 denial of care
👉 medical abandonment
It's why we need urgent biomedical research funding to bridge this gap 🧪
#longcovid #ME
👉 no treatment
👉 denial of care
👉 medical abandonment
It's why we need urgent biomedical research funding to bridge this gap 🧪
#longcovid #ME
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@teamlabouruk.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @carladenyer.bsky.social @laylamoran.bsky.social
UKHSA are not following the WHO guidance.
UKHSA are not following the WHO guidance.
[10 Dec 2024] Opening Remarks from Dr Tedros at yesterday’s @who.int media briefing:
“We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense.
“It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills.
“The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.”
“We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense.
“It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills.
“The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.”
March 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @carladenyer.bsky.social @laylamoran.bsky.social
UKHSA are not following the WHO guidance.
UKHSA are not following the WHO guidance.
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As Thames Water poured 50% more raw sewage into rivers last year
Its possible buyers are "seeking reassurance that they would be able to avoid or manage future fines and punishments for poor performance"
⁉️⁉️⁉️ PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Its possible buyers are "seeking reassurance that they would be able to avoid or manage future fines and punishments for poor performance"
⁉️⁉️⁉️ PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thames Water hopes to agree deal with one of six bidders by end of June
Debt-laden company agrees with Ofwat that review of bill rises can be delayed as it seeks buyer
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
As Thames Water poured 50% more raw sewage into rivers last year
Its possible buyers are "seeking reassurance that they would be able to avoid or manage future fines and punishments for poor performance"
⁉️⁉️⁉️ PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Its possible buyers are "seeking reassurance that they would be able to avoid or manage future fines and punishments for poor performance"
⁉️⁉️⁉️ PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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1/2. Our Trustee Aimie Cole makes an emotional speech on her own #LongCovid experience & outlines Long Covid Support’s strategy. The impact of her talk is felt not only in the room, but by the many watching online.
Link to our strategy below ⬇️
#LongCovidAwarenessDay
Link to our strategy below ⬇️
#LongCovidAwarenessDay
March 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
1/2. Our Trustee Aimie Cole makes an emotional speech on her own #LongCovid experience & outlines Long Covid Support’s strategy. The impact of her talk is felt not only in the room, but by the many watching online.
Link to our strategy below ⬇️
#LongCovidAwarenessDay
Link to our strategy below ⬇️
#LongCovidAwarenessDay
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Today marks International Long COVID Awareness Day.
Five years on from the beginning of the pandemic, we must never forget those still living with the consequences of COVID-19 and ensure that they receive the care and support they need.
Five years on from the beginning of the pandemic, we must never forget those still living with the consequences of COVID-19 and ensure that they receive the care and support they need.
March 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Today marks International Long COVID Awareness Day.
Five years on from the beginning of the pandemic, we must never forget those still living with the consequences of COVID-19 and ensure that they receive the care and support they need.
Five years on from the beginning of the pandemic, we must never forget those still living with the consequences of COVID-19 and ensure that they receive the care and support they need.
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My message to our steel and aluminum workers: you have our full support, now and for the future.
We’re going to build big things in Canada, and we need every one of you.
We’re going to build big things in Canada, and we need every one of you.
March 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
My message to our steel and aluminum workers: you have our full support, now and for the future.
We’re going to build big things in Canada, and we need every one of you.
We’re going to build big things in Canada, and we need every one of you.
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I am proud to have voted for our Employment Rights Bill as it passed through the House of Commons today.
We promised to deliver the biggest upgrade to workers rights in a generation and make work pay.
We will deliver just that🌹
@labourunionsuk.bsky.social
We promised to deliver the biggest upgrade to workers rights in a generation and make work pay.
We will deliver just that🌹
@labourunionsuk.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I am proud to have voted for our Employment Rights Bill as it passed through the House of Commons today.
We promised to deliver the biggest upgrade to workers rights in a generation and make work pay.
We will deliver just that🌹
@labourunionsuk.bsky.social
We promised to deliver the biggest upgrade to workers rights in a generation and make work pay.
We will deliver just that🌹
@labourunionsuk.bsky.social
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As a Labour Government, we must not make the mistakes of previous govts when it comes to austerity & disability benefits.
March 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
As a Labour Government, we must not make the mistakes of previous govts when it comes to austerity & disability benefits.
I aways thought Labour had a moral duty to tax those with the broadest shoulders - the rich! Why are we attacking and demonising those who need to use our welfare state to survive. inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk
March 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I aways thought Labour had a moral duty to tax those with the broadest shoulders - the rich! Why are we attacking and demonising those who need to use our welfare state to survive. inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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#R4Today talking of Steve Reed promising billions of private investment in water
EVERY PENNY of "private investment" comes from your bills
That's why they are going up by £10 a month from April
Privatisation has failed, we have always been the ones footing the bill
EVERY PENNY of "private investment" comes from your bills
That's why they are going up by £10 a month from April
Privatisation has failed, we have always been the ones footing the bill
March 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
#R4Today talking of Steve Reed promising billions of private investment in water
EVERY PENNY of "private investment" comes from your bills
That's why they are going up by £10 a month from April
Privatisation has failed, we have always been the ones footing the bill
EVERY PENNY of "private investment" comes from your bills
That's why they are going up by £10 a month from April
Privatisation has failed, we have always been the ones footing the bill
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I’ll be on BBCR4 Today programme just after 7.30am discussing the Covid Inquiry’s extraordinary decision not to question a single PPE supplier this week - what an absolute whitewash.
March 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I’ll be on BBCR4 Today programme just after 7.30am discussing the Covid Inquiry’s extraordinary decision not to question a single PPE supplier this week - what an absolute whitewash.
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'Trafalgar Square, with National Gallery and St Martin's' (c.1950s) by Stephen Sims
(Private collection)
(Private collection)
February 27, 2025 at 7:42 AM
'Trafalgar Square, with National Gallery and St Martin's' (c.1950s) by Stephen Sims
(Private collection)
(Private collection)
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Today the largest review of the water industry since privatisation will launch its call for evidence
But the government has taken the option of PUBLIC OWNERSHIP off the table ⁉️
Absolutely irrational not to *consider* how 90% of the world delivers water
www.gov.uk/government/n...
But the government has taken the option of PUBLIC OWNERSHIP off the table ⁉️
Absolutely irrational not to *consider* how 90% of the world delivers water
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Governments launch largest review of sector since privatisation
The UK and Welsh Governments have introduced major legislation with new powers to bring criminal charges against water executives and a ban on bonuses.
www.gov.uk
February 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Today the largest review of the water industry since privatisation will launch its call for evidence
But the government has taken the option of PUBLIC OWNERSHIP off the table ⁉️
Absolutely irrational not to *consider* how 90% of the world delivers water
www.gov.uk/government/n...
But the government has taken the option of PUBLIC OWNERSHIP off the table ⁉️
Absolutely irrational not to *consider* how 90% of the world delivers water
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Absurd appeal from Thames Water - beyond a joke
They want your bills to increase by *more than 35%*! 💰
For your own good, mind you ⁉️
CMA (and Ofwat) must stand firm for consumers
Steve Reed must bring Thames Water into PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.standard.co.uk/business/tha...
They want your bills to increase by *more than 35%*! 💰
For your own good, mind you ⁉️
CMA (and Ofwat) must stand firm for consumers
Steve Reed must bring Thames Water into PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.standard.co.uk/business/tha...
Thames Water appeals to CMA over regulator's decision on bills
Thames says Ofwat’s ruling “does not support the investment and improvement that is required for Thames Water”
www.standard.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Absurd appeal from Thames Water - beyond a joke
They want your bills to increase by *more than 35%*! 💰
For your own good, mind you ⁉️
CMA (and Ofwat) must stand firm for consumers
Steve Reed must bring Thames Water into PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.standard.co.uk/business/tha...
They want your bills to increase by *more than 35%*! 💰
For your own good, mind you ⁉️
CMA (and Ofwat) must stand firm for consumers
Steve Reed must bring Thames Water into PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.standard.co.uk/business/tha...
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Thames Water is a joke but the joke is at our expense - Environment Minister Steve Reed must end this now
Our quote in the Guardian 👇
Our quote in the Guardian 👇
February 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Thames Water is a joke but the joke is at our expense - Environment Minister Steve Reed must end this now
Our quote in the Guardian 👇
Our quote in the Guardian 👇
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If you’re out and about in town this Valentine’s Day and over the weekend you might spot our new Loved & Wanted in London campaign posters ❤️
In these uncertain times, our city will always shine as a beacon of hope for those who need it.
In these uncertain times, our city will always shine as a beacon of hope for those who need it.
February 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
If you’re out and about in town this Valentine’s Day and over the weekend you might spot our new Loved & Wanted in London campaign posters ❤️
In these uncertain times, our city will always shine as a beacon of hope for those who need it.
In these uncertain times, our city will always shine as a beacon of hope for those who need it.
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🧡We’re delighted to have secured £9.4m investment from
@ukhomeoffice.bsky.social to fund youth work supporting young people in hospital and police custody suites.
➡️We are guiding young Londoners at a moment of crisis with a route away from violence: london.gov.uk/media-centre...
@ukhomeoffice.bsky.social to fund youth work supporting young people in hospital and police custody suites.
➡️We are guiding young Londoners at a moment of crisis with a route away from violence: london.gov.uk/media-centre...
February 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🧡We’re delighted to have secured £9.4m investment from
@ukhomeoffice.bsky.social to fund youth work supporting young people in hospital and police custody suites.
➡️We are guiding young Londoners at a moment of crisis with a route away from violence: london.gov.uk/media-centre...
@ukhomeoffice.bsky.social to fund youth work supporting young people in hospital and police custody suites.
➡️We are guiding young Londoners at a moment of crisis with a route away from violence: london.gov.uk/media-centre...
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I welcome the government’s £350m investment in Affordable Homes which will support our efforts to overturn the disastrous legacy of the previous gov't.
I’m determined to work with Ministers to turbocharge homebuilding as we build a better London for all.
I’m determined to work with Ministers to turbocharge homebuilding as we build a better London for all.
Angela Rayner insists 1.5m housing target can be met as extra £350m pledged for affordable homes
The deputy prime minister says the government "can't afford not to" meet its manifesto commitment with 160,000 children currently in temporary accommodation.
news.sky.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I welcome the government’s £350m investment in Affordable Homes which will support our efforts to overturn the disastrous legacy of the previous gov't.
I’m determined to work with Ministers to turbocharge homebuilding as we build a better London for all.
I’m determined to work with Ministers to turbocharge homebuilding as we build a better London for all.