Bowler
@fastbowler.bsky.social
Cricket, cycling , swimming, left leaning, NHS must remain public hands , remainer , lurchers
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Today Thames Water's creditors are trying to cut a deal that will cost its 16 million customers £250 extra a year.
It's a complete scam. Don't let them get away with it!
Sign our petition and bring Thames Water into public ownership. weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
youtube.com/shorts/vAQIG...
It's a complete scam. Don't let them get away with it!
Sign our petition and bring Thames Water into public ownership. weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
youtube.com/shorts/vAQIG...
Tell Steve Reed - don't let Thames Water rip you off!
YouTube video by We Own It
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January 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Today Thames Water's creditors are trying to cut a deal that will cost its 16 million customers £250 extra a year.
It's a complete scam. Don't let them get away with it!
Sign our petition and bring Thames Water into public ownership. weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
youtube.com/shorts/vAQIG...
It's a complete scam. Don't let them get away with it!
Sign our petition and bring Thames Water into public ownership. weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
youtube.com/shorts/vAQIG...
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"James Dyson owns 36,000 acres of agricultural land, estimated to be worth in excess of £550mn... Prior to Reeves’ new tax regulations there would have been no tax to pay if he had died and passed the land on to his successors."
Whose land? Tax avoidance and the broken economics of British farming
Noise in the billionaire press about inheritance tax changes hides a basic fact: the non-farming rich own too much land
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 28, 2024 at 9:53 PM
"James Dyson owns 36,000 acres of agricultural land, estimated to be worth in excess of £550mn... Prior to Reeves’ new tax regulations there would have been no tax to pay if he had died and passed the land on to his successors."
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“Just three companies, News Corp (Murdoch family), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT, Viscount Rothermere) and Reach plc, control over 80% of daily newspaper circulation…”
We need a free press - ie free from the billionaires.
We need a free press - ie free from the billionaires.
We need a free press
It’s vital for democracy that we receive verifiable information that is not manipulated or controlled
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 4, 2024 at 12:41 PM
“Just three companies, News Corp (Murdoch family), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT, Viscount Rothermere) and Reach plc, control over 80% of daily newspaper circulation…”
We need a free press - ie free from the billionaires.
We need a free press - ie free from the billionaires.
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“Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers. The revenue per acre is too low to warrant the purchase, unless you are extremely wealthy and are avoiding inheritance tax”
🚜🌾 vs. 🧐💰
🚜🌾 vs. 🧐💰
Whose land? Tax avoidance and the broken economics of British farming
Noise in the billionaire press about inheritance tax changes hides a basic fact: the non-farming rich own too much land
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 30, 2024 at 10:25 PM
“Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers. The revenue per acre is too low to warrant the purchase, unless you are extremely wealthy and are avoiding inheritance tax”
🚜🌾 vs. 🧐💰
🚜🌾 vs. 🧐💰
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A monument in new Delhi to Indian soldiers who died fighting fascism in Europe.
Hope not hate.
Unity not division.
Peace not war.
Freedom not faccism.
Hope not hate.
Unity not division.
Peace not war.
Freedom not faccism.
December 1, 2024 at 8:41 AM
A monument in new Delhi to Indian soldiers who died fighting fascism in Europe.
Hope not hate.
Unity not division.
Peace not war.
Freedom not faccism.
Hope not hate.
Unity not division.
Peace not war.
Freedom not faccism.
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If Musk gives 100,000,000 dollars to Nigel Farage, AKA Far Right politicians. Doesn’t that amount to political foreign interference?
December 1, 2024 at 3:07 PM
If Musk gives 100,000,000 dollars to Nigel Farage, AKA Far Right politicians. Doesn’t that amount to political foreign interference?
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We need an urgent inquiry in the UK into foreign interference in our politics & media.
…one which needs to advise rules for Parliament to enact before the next General Election hits.
…one which needs to advise rules for Parliament to enact before the next General Election hits.
December 1, 2024 at 11:04 AM
We need an urgent inquiry in the UK into foreign interference in our politics & media.
…one which needs to advise rules for Parliament to enact before the next General Election hits.
…one which needs to advise rules for Parliament to enact before the next General Election hits.
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December 1, 2024 at 3:49 AM
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We need to get back to this level of NHS functioning.
November 30, 2024 at 6:03 PM
We need to get back to this level of NHS functioning.
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WTAF
That’s not trolling the UK govt anymore - that’s straight up campaigning for a political party in a foreign country.
It’s serious.
That’s not trolling the UK govt anymore - that’s straight up campaigning for a political party in a foreign country.
It’s serious.
November 29, 2024 at 7:56 AM
WTAF
That’s not trolling the UK govt anymore - that’s straight up campaigning for a political party in a foreign country.
It’s serious.
That’s not trolling the UK govt anymore - that’s straight up campaigning for a political party in a foreign country.
It’s serious.
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“Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers. The revenue per acre is too low to warrant the purchase, unless you are extremely wealthy and are avoiding inheritance tax”
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/home-af...
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/home-af...
Whose land? Tax avoidance and the broken economics of British farming
Noise in the billionaire press about inheritance tax changes hides a basic fact: the non-farming rich own too much land
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 8:57 AM
“Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers. The revenue per acre is too low to warrant the purchase, unless you are extremely wealthy and are avoiding inheritance tax”
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/home-af...
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/home-af...
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Jeez. This is an outrageous post from Elon Musk. If anyone was in any doubt about where his sentiments will lie at the next UK general election look no further than this. The Prime Minister, every cabinet member & Labour MP need to join @bsky.app now
November 29, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Jeez. This is an outrageous post from Elon Musk. If anyone was in any doubt about where his sentiments will lie at the next UK general election look no further than this. The Prime Minister, every cabinet member & Labour MP need to join @bsky.app now
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Should a labour government accept donations from those trying to poach the NHS?
Particularly when the private sector now treats 10% of NHS patients and removed 20% of the overall NHS budget?
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/key-starme...
Particularly when the private sector now treats 10% of NHS patients and removed 20% of the overall NHS budget?
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/key-starme...
Labour donor's private healthcare interests revealed
Martin Taylor's hedge fund has shares in a private healthcare giant – critics say Labour should not accept donations from those who “see the NHS as a financial asset”
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 27, 2024 at 8:33 AM
Should a labour government accept donations from those trying to poach the NHS?
Particularly when the private sector now treats 10% of NHS patients and removed 20% of the overall NHS budget?
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/key-starme...
Particularly when the private sector now treats 10% of NHS patients and removed 20% of the overall NHS budget?
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/key-starme...
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In 2011 the private sector treated 3% of NHS patients.
Today they treat 10% of patients, and receive 20% of the NHS budget (£29,000,000,000)
Privitisation is happening right here, right now.
Today they treat 10% of patients, and receive 20% of the NHS budget (£29,000,000,000)
Privitisation is happening right here, right now.
1/5 of the health budget is being directed away from the NHS, and into private healthcare. That's 20%.
The research shows that more private use creates worse patient outcomes (Lancet).
This is daylight robbery.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
The research shows that more private use creates worse patient outcomes (Lancet).
This is daylight robbery.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Private equity is a horror story for the NHS - yet one fifth of the health service budget goes to it
Numerous studies have found private equity is associated with worse patient outcomes due to NHS privatisation - and 'preventable deaths'
www.thecanary.co
November 27, 2024 at 8:29 AM
In 2011 the private sector treated 3% of NHS patients.
Today they treat 10% of patients, and receive 20% of the NHS budget (£29,000,000,000)
Privitisation is happening right here, right now.
Today they treat 10% of patients, and receive 20% of the NHS budget (£29,000,000,000)
Privitisation is happening right here, right now.
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The Gov’t has acknowledged a safety issue with the employment of physician associates & has ordered a review of their role in the NHS
If you are not yet with the issues involved watch my last report
Gov’t now needs to say how NHS will keep patients safe during this review
youtu.be/zgBrrMmx4yg?...
If you are not yet with the issues involved watch my last report
Gov’t now needs to say how NHS will keep patients safe during this review
youtu.be/zgBrrMmx4yg?...
🚨Important update on the physician associates scandal
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
November 27, 2024 at 10:14 AM
The Gov’t has acknowledged a safety issue with the employment of physician associates & has ordered a review of their role in the NHS
If you are not yet with the issues involved watch my last report
Gov’t now needs to say how NHS will keep patients safe during this review
youtu.be/zgBrrMmx4yg?...
If you are not yet with the issues involved watch my last report
Gov’t now needs to say how NHS will keep patients safe during this review
youtu.be/zgBrrMmx4yg?...
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New to Bluesky? Friends and family joining and they don’t know where to start?
Share this starter pack and ‘follow all’ to receive and interact with a wide range of voices from the progressive and liberal, pro-democratic side of UK politics.
go.bsky.app/FpbsVro
Share this starter pack and ‘follow all’ to receive and interact with a wide range of voices from the progressive and liberal, pro-democratic side of UK politics.
go.bsky.app/FpbsVro
November 26, 2024 at 7:21 PM
New to Bluesky? Friends and family joining and they don’t know where to start?
Share this starter pack and ‘follow all’ to receive and interact with a wide range of voices from the progressive and liberal, pro-democratic side of UK politics.
go.bsky.app/FpbsVro
Share this starter pack and ‘follow all’ to receive and interact with a wide range of voices from the progressive and liberal, pro-democratic side of UK politics.
go.bsky.app/FpbsVro
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Sigh of relief that Europe isn't included in Trump's latest brainfart? Doesn't really matter, if Trump really imposed 25% flat tariff on all goods from Mexico, Canada, and China in one day it would tank the US economy - because of intermediates / supply chains.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Trump vows tariffs on Mexico and Canada and deeper tariffs on China
President-elect attacks neighbors over immigration and accuses China over fentanyl entering US, prompting embassy to say ‘no one will win in a trade war’
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Sigh of relief that Europe isn't included in Trump's latest brainfart? Doesn't really matter, if Trump really imposed 25% flat tariff on all goods from Mexico, Canada, and China in one day it would tank the US economy - because of intermediates / supply chains.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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November 26, 2024 at 6:43 PM
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Let's make our voices loud!
Let's be heard!
Let's fight for change!
Join us!
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Let's be heard!
Let's fight for change!
Join us!
Please repost if you are with us!
Post a ✊ in solidarity if you are also fighting for change and make a DIY fighting for change follow list!
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November 26, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Let's make our voices loud!
Let's be heard!
Let's fight for change!
Join us!
Please repost if you are with us!
Post a ✊ in solidarity if you are also fighting for change and make a DIY fighting for change follow list!
go.bsky.app/VVXtt6K
Let's be heard!
Let's fight for change!
Join us!
Please repost if you are with us!
Post a ✊ in solidarity if you are also fighting for change and make a DIY fighting for change follow list!
go.bsky.app/VVXtt6K
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If you study the European Union 🇪🇺, EU politics, or European integration, this is a great starter pack btw. 🙏🏻 @chriswratil.bsky.social
#eusky #academicsky
go.bsky.app/Bg7sPSp
#eusky #academicsky
go.bsky.app/Bg7sPSp
November 26, 2024 at 7:17 AM
If you study the European Union 🇪🇺, EU politics, or European integration, this is a great starter pack btw. 🙏🏻 @chriswratil.bsky.social
#eusky #academicsky
go.bsky.app/Bg7sPSp
#eusky #academicsky
go.bsky.app/Bg7sPSp
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If you are new to @bsky.app this is a great Starter Pack from @stefsimanowitz.bsky.social. Please do share. Lets connect to as many people as possible
go.bsky.app/BKXnrpi
go.bsky.app/BKXnrpi
November 25, 2024 at 8:48 PM
If you are new to @bsky.app this is a great Starter Pack from @stefsimanowitz.bsky.social. Please do share. Lets connect to as many people as possible
go.bsky.app/BKXnrpi
go.bsky.app/BKXnrpi
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So that's now two (at least) big Labour figures - Tom Watson and Peter Mandelson - taking money from Palantir to help it sink its teeth further into the NHS.
November 26, 2024 at 8:47 AM
So that's now two (at least) big Labour figures - Tom Watson and Peter Mandelson - taking money from Palantir to help it sink its teeth further into the NHS.
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Vaccines save lives. Keep repeating the message. It’s the truth.
Vaccines against COVID-19 saved over 20 million lives in the first year alone, according to a study in Lancet Infectious Diseases. Anti vaxxers conveniently ignore such stats.
November 23, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Vaccines save lives. Keep repeating the message. It’s the truth.
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Boris Johnson is still repeating his completely untrue claim that “Brexit saved lives” with the vaccine rollout - and he’s now doing it completely unchallenged. How many times do I have to correct this boll****
youtu.be/7sMlWPRv86c?...
youtu.be/7sMlWPRv86c?...
LBC, Sky & GB News all fail to correct Johnson’s completely untrue statement “Brexit saved lives”
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
November 18, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Boris Johnson is still repeating his completely untrue claim that “Brexit saved lives” with the vaccine rollout - and he’s now doing it completely unchallenged. How many times do I have to correct this boll****
youtu.be/7sMlWPRv86c?...
youtu.be/7sMlWPRv86c?...