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This why first-past-the-post is such a terrible system for electing a government.
Full tortuous analogy in my latest Guardian article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Full tortuous analogy in my latest Guardian article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
June 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
This why first-past-the-post is such a terrible system for electing a government.
Full tortuous analogy in my latest Guardian article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Full tortuous analogy in my latest Guardian article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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England council tax arrears hit £6.6bn.
Bills rising at inflation-busting rates, central govt funding cut. Services cut.
Nearly 70% of council budget goes to social care, should be centrally funded.
Useless council tax bands - rich pay lower proportion of income in tax than the poor.
Bills rising at inflation-busting rates, central govt funding cut. Services cut.
Nearly 70% of council budget goes to social care, should be centrally funded.
Useless council tax bands - rich pay lower proportion of income in tax than the poor.
Council tax: Households owe billions ahead of bill rise
Figures show households are more than £8bn in arrears, as campaigners call for a change of approach.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
England council tax arrears hit £6.6bn.
Bills rising at inflation-busting rates, central govt funding cut. Services cut.
Nearly 70% of council budget goes to social care, should be centrally funded.
Useless council tax bands - rich pay lower proportion of income in tax than the poor.
Bills rising at inflation-busting rates, central govt funding cut. Services cut.
Nearly 70% of council budget goes to social care, should be centrally funded.
Useless council tax bands - rich pay lower proportion of income in tax than the poor.
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Reform UK is proposing a "Britannia card" that would let wealthy foreigners pay a £250k fee to move to the UK, and live here exempt from all tax on their foreign assets
What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn
Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf
What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn
Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf
June 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Reform UK is proposing a "Britannia card" that would let wealthy foreigners pay a £250k fee to move to the UK, and live here exempt from all tax on their foreign assets
What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn
Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf
What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn
Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf
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When people think Farage and his ideas are unique
Here is the desperate truth
Here is the desperate truth
June 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
When people think Farage and his ideas are unique
Here is the desperate truth
Here is the desperate truth
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June 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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RFK Jr’s Department of Health and Human Services has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract with the company to develop, test, and license vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics, including the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus.
HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics
HHS has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract for vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics.
www.statnews.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
RFK Jr’s Department of Health and Human Services has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract with the company to develop, test, and license vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics, including the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus.
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A letter signed by more than 100 MPs was sent to the chief whip on Tuesday, making clear they were “prepared not to support” the welfare reform bill, which is set to come before the Commons in the second week in June
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social in calling on the government to rethink its cruel, shameful & completely irresponsible plan to cut benefits which will plunge 250,000 people, including 50,000 children into poverty - on its own impact analysis
This is how you can help
youtu.be/XrX4dF3wqt0?...
This is how you can help
youtu.be/XrX4dF3wqt0?...
I’m joining Trussell in calling on the Gov’t to rethink its cruel & shameful plan to cut benefits
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
May 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A letter signed by more than 100 MPs was sent to the chief whip on Tuesday, making clear they were “prepared not to support” the welfare reform bill, which is set to come before the Commons in the second week in June
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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This cannot be repeated enough
“They (Reform UK) voted against
•stronger SSP
• the right to guaranteed hours
• protection from unfair dismissal
• stronger protections for pregnant mothers
• a package worth £600 for poorest workers.. We’re backing British workers, they vote against them at every turn”
PM Keir Starmer #PMQS 👏
•stronger SSP
• the right to guaranteed hours
• protection from unfair dismissal
• stronger protections for pregnant mothers
• a package worth £600 for poorest workers.. We’re backing British workers, they vote against them at every turn”
PM Keir Starmer #PMQS 👏
May 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This cannot be repeated enough
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Economists warn UK faces 'immediate and violent' sterling crisis if Reform wins next election
www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-...
www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-...
Economists warn UK faces 'immediate and violent' sterling crisis if Reform wins next election
The UK faces an “immediate and violent” sterling crisis if Reform wins the next election and stays good on its pledge to cut taxes, economists have warned.
www.lbc.co.uk
May 15, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Economists warn UK faces 'immediate and violent' sterling crisis if Reform wins next election
www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-...
www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-...
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Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities
Privatisation has failed.
leftfootforward.org
May 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
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Day 5 of Lois asking Steve Reed to join her at the football. ⚽
Water is publicly owned in Scotland and guess what, bills are £113 cheaper! When Scottish bills are rising 10%, in England and Wales we're seeing bill hikes of 26%. 📈
Public ownership makes sense.
#LoisvSteve
Water is publicly owned in Scotland and guess what, bills are £113 cheaper! When Scottish bills are rising 10%, in England and Wales we're seeing bill hikes of 26%. 📈
Public ownership makes sense.
#LoisvSteve
May 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Day 5 of Lois asking Steve Reed to join her at the football. ⚽
Water is publicly owned in Scotland and guess what, bills are £113 cheaper! When Scottish bills are rising 10%, in England and Wales we're seeing bill hikes of 26%. 📈
Public ownership makes sense.
#LoisvSteve
Water is publicly owned in Scotland and guess what, bills are £113 cheaper! When Scottish bills are rising 10%, in England and Wales we're seeing bill hikes of 26%. 📈
Public ownership makes sense.
#LoisvSteve
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NHS planning to cut doctors/nurses jobs, maternity and A&E services to meet the govt's “eye watering” NHS savings.
Cuts will force more people to go private.
Healthcare must come before fiscal rules.
Private firms milking 30%-40% profit from NHS contracts. End privatisation.
Tax the rich.
Cuts will force more people to go private.
Healthcare must come before fiscal rules.
Private firms milking 30%-40% profit from NHS contracts. End privatisation.
Tax the rich.
A&E and maternity services under threat over ‘eye watering’ NHS savings targets
Politicans will have to back hospitals forced to make ‘difficult’ decisions on maternity and A&E
www.independent.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 7:09 AM
NHS planning to cut doctors/nurses jobs, maternity and A&E services to meet the govt's “eye watering” NHS savings.
Cuts will force more people to go private.
Healthcare must come before fiscal rules.
Private firms milking 30%-40% profit from NHS contracts. End privatisation.
Tax the rich.
Cuts will force more people to go private.
Healthcare must come before fiscal rules.
Private firms milking 30%-40% profit from NHS contracts. End privatisation.
Tax the rich.
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'To fight a Trumpesque future we should abandon the useless straight jacket of ‘Left vs Right’ and replace it with the more powerful, crystal-clear moral axis of right vs wrong.'
It’s not Left vs Right anymore. It’s humanity vs inhumanity.
We need to challenge the right-wing tactic of re-defining moral truths as ‘Leftie ranting'
leftfootforward.org
May 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
'To fight a Trumpesque future we should abandon the useless straight jacket of ‘Left vs Right’ and replace it with the more powerful, crystal-clear moral axis of right vs wrong.'
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The government has published no evidence to suggest that cutting disability benefits will get people back to work.
The evidence it has published found that these cuts would plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social in calling on the gov’t to rethink
The evidence it has published found that these cuts would plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social in calling on the gov’t to rethink
I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social in calling on the government to rethink its cruel, shameful & completely irresponsible plan to cut benefits which will plunge 250,000 people, including 50,000 children into poverty - on its own impact analysis
This is how you can help
youtu.be/XrX4dF3wqt0?...
This is how you can help
youtu.be/XrX4dF3wqt0?...
I’m joining Trussell in calling on the Gov’t to rethink its cruel & shameful plan to cut benefits
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
April 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The government has published no evidence to suggest that cutting disability benefits will get people back to work.
The evidence it has published found that these cuts would plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social in calling on the gov’t to rethink
The evidence it has published found that these cuts would plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social in calling on the gov’t to rethink
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LOOK AT THIS! DESPERATION FROM BREXIT LABOUR.
After nine months in power, a party led by the country’s pet charlatan is beating Labour in the polls!
The nearly dead will vote Tory. The brain dead will vote Reform. Nobody wants to vote Labour - so Green or Libdem it is!
After nine months in power, a party led by the country’s pet charlatan is beating Labour in the polls!
The nearly dead will vote Tory. The brain dead will vote Reform. Nobody wants to vote Labour - so Green or Libdem it is!
April 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
LOOK AT THIS! DESPERATION FROM BREXIT LABOUR.
After nine months in power, a party led by the country’s pet charlatan is beating Labour in the polls!
The nearly dead will vote Tory. The brain dead will vote Reform. Nobody wants to vote Labour - so Green or Libdem it is!
After nine months in power, a party led by the country’s pet charlatan is beating Labour in the polls!
The nearly dead will vote Tory. The brain dead will vote Reform. Nobody wants to vote Labour - so Green or Libdem it is!
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Water companies caught using their own sewage crisis to overcharge US to fix it
The likes of Thames Water are charging the billpayer six times more for fixing sewage issues than they should be - yet Labour will not act
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
The likes of Thames Water are charging the billpayer six times more for fixing sewage issues than they should be - yet Labour will not act
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Water companies caught using their own sewage crisis to overcharge US to fix it
Water companies are charging the billpayer six times more for fixing sewage issues than in comparable countries like Denmark
www.thecanary.co
April 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Water companies caught using their own sewage crisis to overcharge US to fix it
The likes of Thames Water are charging the billpayer six times more for fixing sewage issues than they should be - yet Labour will not act
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
The likes of Thames Water are charging the billpayer six times more for fixing sewage issues than they should be - yet Labour will not act
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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Who did this? 😂
April 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Who did this? 😂
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The Stable Genius is forced to admit his beautiful tariffs – "tariff is my favorite word" – will be paid by American consumers: “You add that to the price of the product,” he says.
Every dementia sufferer has lucid moments.
Every dementia sufferer has lucid moments.
April 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The Stable Genius is forced to admit his beautiful tariffs – "tariff is my favorite word" – will be paid by American consumers: “You add that to the price of the product,” he says.
Every dementia sufferer has lucid moments.
Every dementia sufferer has lucid moments.
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🚨 FBI Director Kash Patel says federal agents have just arrested a sitting judge.
FBI Arrests Judge for Allegedly Helping Migrant Evade Deportation
This is a significant escalation against sitting judges
meidasnews.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🚨 FBI Director Kash Patel says federal agents have just arrested a sitting judge.
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Some of you don’t seem to understand we are demanding welfare to be raised to the poverty line.
This still means people would basically be considered in poverty.
No one is being offered free mansions in Brighton.
What are you missing out on if other people are helped?
This still means people would basically be considered in poverty.
No one is being offered free mansions in Brighton.
What are you missing out on if other people are helped?
April 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Some of you don’t seem to understand we are demanding welfare to be raised to the poverty line.
This still means people would basically be considered in poverty.
No one is being offered free mansions in Brighton.
What are you missing out on if other people are helped?
This still means people would basically be considered in poverty.
No one is being offered free mansions in Brighton.
What are you missing out on if other people are helped?