Labour MPs and Peers must oppose (I won't vote for it) this strategy.
There are numerous alternatives to hitting the poorest.
Mobilize opposition. Seek face to face meeting with your MP. Ask your friends/family to do the same.
Labour MPs and Peers must oppose (I won't vote for it) this strategy.
There are numerous alternatives to hitting the poorest.
Mobilize opposition. Seek face to face meeting with your MP. Ask your friends/family to do the same.
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Right: "Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years"
Right: "Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years"
"If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins."
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins."
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Usual pattern: profiteering, hiking debt, low investment, poor patient care and safety.
Yet UK NHS being handed to private equity without any evidence, 30%-40% public money vanishes in profits. Money buys less.
Usual pattern: profiteering, hiking debt, low investment, poor patient care and safety.
Yet UK NHS being handed to private equity without any evidence, 30%-40% public money vanishes in profits. Money buys less.
They estimate it has led to around 100,000 people missing screening, 300 drug resistant TB cases going undiagnosed, and 10,000 drug susceptible cases going undiagnosed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
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Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWl...
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Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWl...
17.8m adults have income below £12,570; rely upon benefits/charity.
3.12m people use foodbanks.
PM Starmer says he will "ruthlessly" cut public spending;
Can't get economic growth without redistribution
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/labo...
17.8m adults have income below £12,570; rely upon benefits/charity.
3.12m people use foodbanks.
PM Starmer says he will "ruthlessly" cut public spending;
Can't get economic growth without redistribution
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/labo...
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Similar state of other public buildings.
Curse of austerity; PFI, £1 of private investment needed £6 repayment. Money buys less.
Govt is reviving PFI, cheaper to borrow or create money.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Similar state of other public buildings.
Curse of austerity; PFI, £1 of private investment needed £6 repayment. Money buys less.
Govt is reviving PFI, cheaper to borrow or create money.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
They aren't new.
Their effectiveness is undeniable.
Don't believe me? Go walk in any old cemetery and look at all the graves of children <5.
Our babies used to die.
All. The. Time.
Now they don't.
#vaccinessavelives
They aren't new.
Their effectiveness is undeniable.
Don't believe me? Go walk in any old cemetery and look at all the graves of children <5.
Our babies used to die.
All. The. Time.
Now they don't.
#vaccinessavelives
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For comparison, this is more than you could expect to spend on building an entire brand new hospital in the UK
I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
For comparison, this is more than you could expect to spend on building an entire brand new hospital in the UK
- average wages down 2%
- the richest 10% took 37% of all GDP growth
- the poorest took 2%
- this income gap grew by 50%
People don't work because they know their work only rewards the rich.
But look: yet more stick. Carrot remains unused.🧵
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- average wages down 2%
- the richest 10% took 37% of all GDP growth
- the poorest took 2%
- this income gap grew by 50%
People don't work because they know their work only rewards the rich.
But look: yet more stick. Carrot remains unused.🧵
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...