@fred-jm.bsky.social
Married dad, old fashioned lefty, hater of fascism and extreme right wingers.
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Shared Earth, Minster Gates, York.
#york #yorkshire #travel #architecture #photography #photographerofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #over_yonder
#york #yorkshire #travel #architecture #photography #photographerofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #over_yonder
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Shared Earth, Minster Gates, York.
#york #yorkshire #travel #architecture #photography #photographerofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #over_yonder
#york #yorkshire #travel #architecture #photography #photographerofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #over_yonder
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Bridlington North Bay
#bridlington #yorkshire #travel #photography #over_yonder #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #autumn #blueskymonday
#bridlington #yorkshire #travel #photography #over_yonder #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #autumn #blueskymonday
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Bridlington North Bay.
#bridlington #yorkshire #travel #photography #over_yonder #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin
#bridlington #yorkshire #travel #photography #over_yonder #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Bridlington North Bay.
#bridlington #yorkshire #travel #photography #over_yonder #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin
#bridlington #yorkshire #travel #photography #over_yonder #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin
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Victoria Pier, Hull.
#hull #yorkshire #travel #photography #over_yonder #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #blackandwhitephotography #urbangaze
#hull #yorkshire #travel #photography #over_yonder #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #blackandwhitephotography #urbangaze
November 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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❗️RETWEET if you stand with President 🇺🇦Zelensky!
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
❗️RETWEET if you stand with President 🇺🇦Zelensky!
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THIS IS INCREDIBLY INSPIRING!
Please watch and share as Starbucks baristas demonstrate outside the company's biggest distribution hub.
They're on DAY 7 of their strike. Baristas and their allies are protesting Starbucks’ serious and unresolved unfair labor practices.
REPOST IF YOU SUPPORT THEM
Please watch and share as Starbucks baristas demonstrate outside the company's biggest distribution hub.
They're on DAY 7 of their strike. Baristas and their allies are protesting Starbucks’ serious and unresolved unfair labor practices.
REPOST IF YOU SUPPORT THEM
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
THIS IS INCREDIBLY INSPIRING!
Please watch and share as Starbucks baristas demonstrate outside the company's biggest distribution hub.
They're on DAY 7 of their strike. Baristas and their allies are protesting Starbucks’ serious and unresolved unfair labor practices.
REPOST IF YOU SUPPORT THEM
Please watch and share as Starbucks baristas demonstrate outside the company's biggest distribution hub.
They're on DAY 7 of their strike. Baristas and their allies are protesting Starbucks’ serious and unresolved unfair labor practices.
REPOST IF YOU SUPPORT THEM
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Barmston Drain, Hull.
#hull #yorkshire #travel #photography #over_yonder #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #autumn
#hull #yorkshire #travel #photography #over_yonder #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #autumn
November 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Barmston Drain, Hull.
#hull #yorkshire #travel #photography #over_yonder #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #autumn
#hull #yorkshire #travel #photography #over_yonder #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #autumn
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Badenoch is deluded, she has no clue what is in the budget, just like everyone else but is basing her questions on speculation from unreliable newspapers.
#PMQs
#PMQs
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Badenoch is deluded, she has no clue what is in the budget, just like everyone else but is basing her questions on speculation from unreliable newspapers.
#PMQs
#PMQs
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Idiot Reform people tried to give me a flyer today.
I said "Merry Christmas," to them.
They didn't say it back.
Reform is cancelling Christmas.
I said "Merry Christmas," to them.
They didn't say it back.
Reform is cancelling Christmas.
November 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Idiot Reform people tried to give me a flyer today.
I said "Merry Christmas," to them.
They didn't say it back.
Reform is cancelling Christmas.
I said "Merry Christmas," to them.
They didn't say it back.
Reform is cancelling Christmas.
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Adverts from Hilton hotel group, Travelodge, Booking. com and Accor banned for misleading minimum prices for rooms.
It is that "from" price which you rarely get.
All part of the plan to entrap customers, boost profits, exec pay.
Execs not fined for misleading ads. So it goes on
It is that "from" price which you rarely get.
All part of the plan to entrap customers, boost profits, exec pay.
Execs not fined for misleading ads. So it goes on
Hotel adverts banned by watchdog over misleadingly cheap rooms
Ads for Hilton, Travelodge, Booking.com and Accor are banned by the Advertising Standards Authority.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Adverts from Hilton hotel group, Travelodge, Booking. com and Accor banned for misleading minimum prices for rooms.
It is that "from" price which you rarely get.
All part of the plan to entrap customers, boost profits, exec pay.
Execs not fined for misleading ads. So it goes on
It is that "from" price which you rarely get.
All part of the plan to entrap customers, boost profits, exec pay.
Execs not fined for misleading ads. So it goes on
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Lee Anderson making a clown of himself as per usual.
Worthy of note, he apparently didn’t have time to condemn racism or to condemn the horrific comments towards children in care.
Reform are vile!
#PMQs
Worthy of note, he apparently didn’t have time to condemn racism or to condemn the horrific comments towards children in care.
Reform are vile!
#PMQs
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Lee Anderson making a clown of himself as per usual.
Worthy of note, he apparently didn’t have time to condemn racism or to condemn the horrific comments towards children in care.
Reform are vile!
#PMQs
Worthy of note, he apparently didn’t have time to condemn racism or to condemn the horrific comments towards children in care.
Reform are vile!
#PMQs
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NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan.
Bad inheritance from 14 yrs of Tory rule.
Not helped by another reorganization costing billions, low staff morale.
Billions wasted through PFI, privatisations. Govt planning more of the same, leaves less for frontline services.
Bad inheritance from 14 yrs of Tory rule.
Not helped by another reorganization costing billions, low staff morale.
Billions wasted through PFI, privatisations. Govt planning more of the same, leaves less for frontline services.
NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan, report warns
Public accounts committee finds Labour’s progress ‘appears to have stalled’ despite billions of pounds in investment
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan.
Bad inheritance from 14 yrs of Tory rule.
Not helped by another reorganization costing billions, low staff morale.
Billions wasted through PFI, privatisations. Govt planning more of the same, leaves less for frontline services.
Bad inheritance from 14 yrs of Tory rule.
Not helped by another reorganization costing billions, low staff morale.
Billions wasted through PFI, privatisations. Govt planning more of the same, leaves less for frontline services.
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UK millionaires say 'we want to pay more tax'.
Why is that UK govts only listen to the rich who resent paying tax and decent wages?
The rich can't feel secure whilst masses live in poverty. Poor people can't buy goods/services to boost the economy.
Why is that UK govts only listen to the rich who resent paying tax and decent wages?
The rich can't feel secure whilst masses live in poverty. Poor people can't buy goods/services to boost the economy.
Millionaires call on Rachel Reeves to raise their taxes in Budget
Two wealthy businessmen say the chancellor should make them pay more ahead of the Budget.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
UK millionaires say 'we want to pay more tax'.
Why is that UK govts only listen to the rich who resent paying tax and decent wages?
The rich can't feel secure whilst masses live in poverty. Poor people can't buy goods/services to boost the economy.
Why is that UK govts only listen to the rich who resent paying tax and decent wages?
The rich can't feel secure whilst masses live in poverty. Poor people can't buy goods/services to boost the economy.
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Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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The Approach to York Minster.
#yorkshire #travel #photography #over_yonder #picoftheday #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #autumn #fall #york #yorkMinster
#yorkshire #travel #photography #over_yonder #picoftheday #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #autumn #fall #york #yorkMinster
November 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The Approach to York Minster.
#yorkshire #travel #photography #over_yonder #picoftheday #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #autumn #fall #york #yorkMinster
#yorkshire #travel #photography #over_yonder #picoftheday #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #autumn #fall #york #yorkMinster
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Single fault at Thames Water sewage works could imperil London’s supply, lead to mass evacuations, military on standby.
60-year-old pumping system not replaced.
TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends.
removepaywalls.com/https://www....
60-year-old pumping system not replaced.
TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends.
removepaywalls.com/https://www....
Single fault at Thames Water works could imperil London’s supply
Coppermills plant, which serves up to 4mn people, underscores scale of the challenge for troubled utility
www.ft.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Single fault at Thames Water sewage works could imperil London’s supply, lead to mass evacuations, military on standby.
60-year-old pumping system not replaced.
TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends.
removepaywalls.com/https://www....
60-year-old pumping system not replaced.
TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends.
removepaywalls.com/https://www....
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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The Rule of Law in England.
Legal-aid is scarce.
Backlog of 78,329 Crown Court and 361,027 Magistrates’ courts cases. No speedy hearing.
The Post Office scandal shows that corporations can hound innocent people. No one charged for false prosecutions and ruining lives.
Legal-aid is scarce.
Backlog of 78,329 Crown Court and 361,027 Magistrates’ courts cases. No speedy hearing.
The Post Office scandal shows that corporations can hound innocent people. No one charged for false prosecutions and ruining lives.
Nothing will change until the political system is freed from the clutches of corporations and the super-rich
The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few
leftfootforward.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The Rule of Law in England.
Legal-aid is scarce.
Backlog of 78,329 Crown Court and 361,027 Magistrates’ courts cases. No speedy hearing.
The Post Office scandal shows that corporations can hound innocent people. No one charged for false prosecutions and ruining lives.
Legal-aid is scarce.
Backlog of 78,329 Crown Court and 361,027 Magistrates’ courts cases. No speedy hearing.
The Post Office scandal shows that corporations can hound innocent people. No one charged for false prosecutions and ruining lives.
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Bridlington Harbour Wall.
#bridlington #yorkshire #travel #photography #over_yonder #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #autumn
#bridlington #yorkshire #travel #photography #over_yonder #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #autumn
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Bridlington Harbour Wall.
#bridlington #yorkshire #travel #photography #over_yonder #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #autumn
#bridlington #yorkshire #travel #photography #over_yonder #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #autumn
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Just a reminder, the coward who refused to accept an election loss in 2020 and then committed crimes trying to overthrow that election will certainly cheat, abuse his powers, and break the law to try to win the 2026 & 2028 elections.
He’s a real threat to democracy. Believe it.
He’s a real threat to democracy. Believe it.
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Just a reminder, the coward who refused to accept an election loss in 2020 and then committed crimes trying to overthrow that election will certainly cheat, abuse his powers, and break the law to try to win the 2026 & 2028 elections.
He’s a real threat to democracy. Believe it.
He’s a real threat to democracy. Believe it.
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Utter hypocrisy’: British American Tobacco lobbied against rules in Africa that are law in UK.
The he company makes money by selling products proven to inflict disease, disability and premature death, but profits always come before people.
Corporate power responsible for so many problems.
The he company makes money by selling products proven to inflict disease, disability and premature death, but profits always come before people.
Corporate power responsible for so many problems.
‘Utter hypocrisy’: tobacco firm lobbied against rules in Africa that are law in UK
British American Tobacco pushed Zambian ministers to drop or delay ad bans, health warnings and restrictions on flavoured products, letter shows
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Utter hypocrisy’: British American Tobacco lobbied against rules in Africa that are law in UK.
The he company makes money by selling products proven to inflict disease, disability and premature death, but profits always come before people.
Corporate power responsible for so many problems.
The he company makes money by selling products proven to inflict disease, disability and premature death, but profits always come before people.
Corporate power responsible for so many problems.
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Millionaires group urge Reeves to introduce wealth tax to ‘lift kids of out poverty’.
But Govts listen to the City type.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Can't grow economic by squeezing the bottom 50%.
But Govts listen to the City type.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Can't grow economic by squeezing the bottom 50%.
Why a group of wealthy Brits have urged Reeves to introduce a wealth tax
This appeal comes ahead of Reeves’s upcoming Budget announcement in Westminster later this month
www.independent.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Millionaires group urge Reeves to introduce wealth tax to ‘lift kids of out poverty’.
But Govts listen to the City type.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Can't grow economic by squeezing the bottom 50%.
But Govts listen to the City type.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Can't grow economic by squeezing the bottom 50%.