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Millions of toxic plastic beads from Southern Water have washed up on Camber Sands beach, threatening dolphins, seals, seabirds, and our beaches. Sign the petition to make sure water companies pay for the cleanup of spills like this, not their customers: 38d.gs/ds-b
Sign the petition: Water companies should pay to clean up the pollution they cause
Millions of toxic plastic beads from Southern Water have washed up on Camber Sands beach, threatening dolphins, seals, seabirds, and our beaches. Sign the petition to make sure water companies pay for...
38d.gs
December 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Millions of toxic plastic beads from Southern Water have washed up on Camber Sands beach, threatening dolphins, seals, seabirds, and our beaches. Sign the petition to make sure water companies pay for the cleanup of spills like this, not their customers: 38d.gs/ds-b
Add your name to TUC Cymru’s petition to ban profit making from social care. Social care should put people, not profits, first. Please take 30 seconds to sign and share this petition: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Profit has no place in social care
Wales has the largest private sector delivery of care of the devolved nations. The ongoing profiteering from social care is the barrier to the improved care our nation deserves.
Billions of poun...
www.megaphone.org.uk
December 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Add your name to TUC Cymru’s petition to ban profit making from social care. Social care should put people, not profits, first. Please take 30 seconds to sign and share this petition: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
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
December 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
you.38degrees.org.uk
December 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
you.38degrees.org.uk
December 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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I will remind you the Government promised this would all be invested in rebuilding infrastructure.
What a lie.
What a lie.
December 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I will remind you the Government promised this would all be invested in rebuilding infrastructure.
What a lie.
What a lie.
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There is a movement to "prove that the datacenter water issues is fake". If you venture into Muskrat's hell site, you can see the community note these people put on this great piece of investigative journalism, accusing them of unfairly implicating datacenters.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
www.rollingstone.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
There is a movement to "prove that the datacenter water issues is fake". If you venture into Muskrat's hell site, you can see the community note these people put on this great piece of investigative journalism, accusing them of unfairly implicating datacenters.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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The budget didn't bother the powerful.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
The government’s budget is simply managing decline
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The budget didn't bother the powerful.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHate
actionstorm.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHate
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UK big four banks on course to pocket annual profits of more than £45bn.
Bank branches vanishing. Profits from high charges, low interest rates on savings, scandals, speculation.
Govt must levy windfall taxes on banks.
Bank branches vanishing. Profits from high charges, low interest rates on savings, scandals, speculation.
Govt must levy windfall taxes on banks.
British banks to land £45bn profit bonanza
Barclays, Lloyds and NatWest will report results for the third quarter over the next few days, with HSBC releasing figures the following week.
www.thisismoney.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
UK big four banks on course to pocket annual profits of more than £45bn.
Bank branches vanishing. Profits from high charges, low interest rates on savings, scandals, speculation.
Govt must levy windfall taxes on banks.
Bank branches vanishing. Profits from high charges, low interest rates on savings, scandals, speculation.
Govt must levy windfall taxes on banks.
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Charlotte Church sang From the River to the Sea at a fundraising event for Palestinians and now all the usual people are screaming antisemitism and trying to cancel her.
RT if you stand with Charlotte Church and Palestine.
RT if you stand with Charlotte Church and Palestine.
October 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Charlotte Church sang From the River to the Sea at a fundraising event for Palestinians and now all the usual people are screaming antisemitism and trying to cancel her.
RT if you stand with Charlotte Church and Palestine.
RT if you stand with Charlotte Church and Palestine.
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This ruling is a joke.
PPE Medpro will go bankrupt and the Government won't get a penny.
Michelle Mone should have to pay the £122m personally.
RT if you want to see her pay it all back.
PPE Medpro will go bankrupt and the Government won't get a penny.
Michelle Mone should have to pay the £122m personally.
RT if you want to see her pay it all back.
October 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This ruling is a joke.
PPE Medpro will go bankrupt and the Government won't get a penny.
Michelle Mone should have to pay the £122m personally.
RT if you want to see her pay it all back.
PPE Medpro will go bankrupt and the Government won't get a penny.
Michelle Mone should have to pay the £122m personally.
RT if you want to see her pay it all back.
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A tale of the Huntington's disease cure.
Tested on volunteers who weren't paid.
Using UK university facilities for which they weren't charged.
Ends up in the hands of Private Healthcare who will charge $2-5m for a single round of treatment.
Actual cost about $25,000.
Tested on volunteers who weren't paid.
Using UK university facilities for which they weren't charged.
Ends up in the hands of Private Healthcare who will charge $2-5m for a single round of treatment.
Actual cost about $25,000.
September 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A tale of the Huntington's disease cure.
Tested on volunteers who weren't paid.
Using UK university facilities for which they weren't charged.
Ends up in the hands of Private Healthcare who will charge $2-5m for a single round of treatment.
Actual cost about $25,000.
Tested on volunteers who weren't paid.
Using UK university facilities for which they weren't charged.
Ends up in the hands of Private Healthcare who will charge $2-5m for a single round of treatment.
Actual cost about $25,000.
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Just to be clear:
- Paracetamol does not cause autism.
- Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK
- We do not have a massive free speech problem here.
- Britain is not on the verge of civil war.
These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.
- Paracetamol does not cause autism.
- Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK
- We do not have a massive free speech problem here.
- Britain is not on the verge of civil war.
These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.
September 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Just to be clear:
- Paracetamol does not cause autism.
- Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK
- We do not have a massive free speech problem here.
- Britain is not on the verge of civil war.
These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.
- Paracetamol does not cause autism.
- Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK
- We do not have a massive free speech problem here.
- Britain is not on the verge of civil war.
These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.
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Farage is the biggest threat our NHS has ever faced.
He wants to replace it with a US-style insurance system.
Most bankruptcies in the US are for unpaid medical bills – of people WITH medical insurance.
What happens to those without medical insurance?
You don't want to know.
He wants to replace it with a US-style insurance system.
Most bankruptcies in the US are for unpaid medical bills – of people WITH medical insurance.
What happens to those without medical insurance?
You don't want to know.
Nigel Farage is on record saying he wants to get rid of our NHS & replace it with an insurance based private system.
Our NHS must be protected at all costs!
#NeverVoteReform #NeverFarage
Our NHS must be protected at all costs!
#NeverVoteReform #NeverFarage
Lee Anderson’s constituents stunned when they’re told about Reform’s NHS plans
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/lee...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/lee...
August 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Farage is the biggest threat our NHS has ever faced.
He wants to replace it with a US-style insurance system.
Most bankruptcies in the US are for unpaid medical bills – of people WITH medical insurance.
What happens to those without medical insurance?
You don't want to know.
He wants to replace it with a US-style insurance system.
Most bankruptcies in the US are for unpaid medical bills – of people WITH medical insurance.
What happens to those without medical insurance?
You don't want to know.
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Quarter of UK university physics departments at risk of closing.
Consequence of policies of successive govts, real cut in university income, hard to recruit foreign students.
Science subjects cut as they require heavy investment. Skills shortages will deepen.
Consequence of policies of successive govts, real cut in university income, hard to recruit foreign students.
Science subjects cut as they require heavy investment. Skills shortages will deepen.
Quarter of UK university physics departments at risk of closing, survey finds
Four out of five making staff cuts as physicists say findings are ‘great concern’ for UK’s leadership in important areas
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Quarter of UK university physics departments at risk of closing.
Consequence of policies of successive govts, real cut in university income, hard to recruit foreign students.
Science subjects cut as they require heavy investment. Skills shortages will deepen.
Consequence of policies of successive govts, real cut in university income, hard to recruit foreign students.
Science subjects cut as they require heavy investment. Skills shortages will deepen.
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Let’s settle this, is Nigel Farage a racist?
Like if he is.
RT if he is a traitor.
Like if he is.
RT if he is a traitor.
September 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Let’s settle this, is Nigel Farage a racist?
Like if he is.
RT if he is a traitor.
Like if he is.
RT if he is a traitor.
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The UK electricity is already the most expensive in the world.
Price set to rise again in October as Ofgem's pricing formula lets companies rip people off.
Who protects the people?
Price set to rise again in October as Ofgem's pricing formula lets companies rip people off.
Who protects the people?
August 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The UK electricity is already the most expensive in the world.
Price set to rise again in October as Ofgem's pricing formula lets companies rip people off.
Who protects the people?
Price set to rise again in October as Ofgem's pricing formula lets companies rip people off.
Who protects the people?
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OFWAT probes exec pay at water companies. Yorkshire Water bypassed rules, paid execs through offshore parent company.
Govt was told legislation was weak.
Why was govt/Ofwat not proactive?
End the cat-and-mouse games. Nationalise water. Let customers and employees vote on exec pay.
Govt was told legislation was weak.
Why was govt/Ofwat not proactive?
End the cat-and-mouse games. Nationalise water. Let customers and employees vote on exec pay.
Ofwat probes payments to water bosses after Yorkshire row
The regulator, which is due to be abolished by the government, has written to water companies to investigate whether they have paid executives via offshore vehicles, Sky News learns.
news.sky.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:32 AM
OFWAT probes exec pay at water companies. Yorkshire Water bypassed rules, paid execs through offshore parent company.
Govt was told legislation was weak.
Why was govt/Ofwat not proactive?
End the cat-and-mouse games. Nationalise water. Let customers and employees vote on exec pay.
Govt was told legislation was weak.
Why was govt/Ofwat not proactive?
End the cat-and-mouse games. Nationalise water. Let customers and employees vote on exec pay.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/en...
End the Gender Pension Gap for public sector women
This will make a real difference to millions of women and shows what can be done when pension schemes take this issue seriously.
We are calling on all other public sector pension schemes- coveri...
www.megaphone.org.uk
August 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/en...
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Most of Lake Windermere polluted with sewage bacteria.
Only 14% of England’s rivers/lakes meet good ecological standards.
Water companies major culprits; over 1,135 criminal convictions, United Utilities have 205.
No exec prosecuted, no licence to operate cancelled.
Only 14% of England’s rivers/lakes meet good ecological standards.
Water companies major culprits; over 1,135 criminal convictions, United Utilities have 205.
No exec prosecuted, no licence to operate cancelled.
Most of Windermere polluted with sewage bacteria, finds biggest survey of its kind
Exclusive: Concentrations of faecal bacteria in the lake were found to peak in summer but there were high levels throughout year
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Most of Lake Windermere polluted with sewage bacteria.
Only 14% of England’s rivers/lakes meet good ecological standards.
Water companies major culprits; over 1,135 criminal convictions, United Utilities have 205.
No exec prosecuted, no licence to operate cancelled.
Only 14% of England’s rivers/lakes meet good ecological standards.
Water companies major culprits; over 1,135 criminal convictions, United Utilities have 205.
No exec prosecuted, no licence to operate cancelled.
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Netanyahu is threatening to sue the NY Times for posting this picture of a boy with cerebal palsy who Netanyahu is starving to death.
But don't spread it you wouldn't want to upset Netanyahu.
Would you?
But don't spread it you wouldn't want to upset Netanyahu.
Would you?
August 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Netanyahu is threatening to sue the NY Times for posting this picture of a boy with cerebal palsy who Netanyahu is starving to death.
But don't spread it you wouldn't want to upset Netanyahu.
Would you?
But don't spread it you wouldn't want to upset Netanyahu.
Would you?