Kmed
@kmed2.bsky.social
Lover of all things gardening. Allotmenteer. Winner of ‘Spud in a Bucket’ 2024.
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🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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OBR commentary on the budget:
"The implementation of digital ID cards is provisionally forecast to cost £1.8 billion in total over the next three years".
Govt says the cost will be met from existing departmental budgets.
Which services will be cut? Will the budget overrun?
obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
"The implementation of digital ID cards is provisionally forecast to cost £1.8 billion in total over the next three years".
Govt says the cost will be met from existing departmental budgets.
Which services will be cut? Will the budget overrun?
obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
obr.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
OBR commentary on the budget:
"The implementation of digital ID cards is provisionally forecast to cost £1.8 billion in total over the next three years".
Govt says the cost will be met from existing departmental budgets.
Which services will be cut? Will the budget overrun?
obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
"The implementation of digital ID cards is provisionally forecast to cost £1.8 billion in total over the next three years".
Govt says the cost will be met from existing departmental budgets.
Which services will be cut? Will the budget overrun?
obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
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Nearly there!
We need around 50 signatures to push my petition calling for transparency and a review of deregulated free zones to 10,000.
Please sign and share across your social media platforms.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
We need around 50 signatures to push my petition calling for transparency and a review of deregulated free zones to 10,000.
Please sign and share across your social media platforms.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
November 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Nearly there!
We need around 50 signatures to push my petition calling for transparency and a review of deregulated free zones to 10,000.
Please sign and share across your social media platforms.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
We need around 50 signatures to push my petition calling for transparency and a review of deregulated free zones to 10,000.
Please sign and share across your social media platforms.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership
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November 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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This destruction really should have been exposed by the UK’s political, law and industrial correspondents. Instead it falls to an artist to cover the total privatisation of society as we know it.
My latest article on Substack explores Starmer's rebranding of Jacob Rees-Moggs post-Brexit REUL Bill. Starmer's government has gone even further than Mogg did.
No one voted for this. The UK is being privatised.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
No one voted for this. The UK is being privatised.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
The Deregulation Conspiracy: How Labour Quietly Continues the Tory Brexit Agenda
While you were looking elsewhere, Labour embraced Jacob Rees-Mogg’s deregulatory vision
open.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This destruction really should have been exposed by the UK’s political, law and industrial correspondents. Instead it falls to an artist to cover the total privatisation of society as we know it.
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Blackrock's own documents show they view government financial distress as an "opportunity" - making them a vulture capitalist threat to struggling public finances rather than a genuine partner in national development.
The UK is being privatised.
The UK is being privatised.
October 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Blackrock's own documents show they view government financial distress as an "opportunity" - making them a vulture capitalist threat to struggling public finances rather than a genuine partner in national development.
The UK is being privatised.
The UK is being privatised.
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I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services
Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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Absolutely astonishing. In plain sight. Not a peep from the mainstream media.
October 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Absolutely astonishing. In plain sight. Not a peep from the mainstream media.
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Keir Starmer is pushing really, really hard for the introduction of Digital ID, flooding social media with promotion ads, ignoring the petition below through which 3 million have rejected his plan.
So, you have to ask - why? A short thread: 🧵
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
So, you have to ask - why? A short thread: 🧵
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
October 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Keir Starmer is pushing really, really hard for the introduction of Digital ID, flooding social media with promotion ads, ignoring the petition below through which 3 million have rejected his plan.
So, you have to ask - why? A short thread: 🧵
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
So, you have to ask - why? A short thread: 🧵
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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An insidious danger, which I'm sure is fully mapped out, is 'function creep.'
Starmer presents Digital ID as being entirely benign, helpful, up-to-date technology we should just get on with, reassuring us about how it won't be used, only to change its application later, once there's no going back.
Starmer presents Digital ID as being entirely benign, helpful, up-to-date technology we should just get on with, reassuring us about how it won't be used, only to change its application later, once there's no going back.
Keir Starmer is pushing really, really hard for the introduction of Digital ID, flooding social media with promotion ads, ignoring the petition below through which 3 million have rejected his plan.
So, you have to ask - why? A short thread: 🧵
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
So, you have to ask - why? A short thread: 🧵
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
October 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
An insidious danger, which I'm sure is fully mapped out, is 'function creep.'
Starmer presents Digital ID as being entirely benign, helpful, up-to-date technology we should just get on with, reassuring us about how it won't be used, only to change its application later, once there's no going back.
Starmer presents Digital ID as being entirely benign, helpful, up-to-date technology we should just get on with, reassuring us about how it won't be used, only to change its application later, once there's no going back.
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This petition should have millions of signatures, as it applies to everyone in the UK.
Please sign and share, not just to get more signatures for this vital petition, but to raise awareness of the costs and dangers of SEZs and Freeports to us all.
@dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social @opendemocracy.net
Please sign and share, not just to get more signatures for this vital petition, but to raise awareness of the costs and dangers of SEZs and Freeports to us all.
@dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social @opendemocracy.net
My petition should be soaring past the 10,000 mark.
Please help me share it as widely as possible.
What's at stake is an abnormal proliferation of tax havens and feudal enclaves
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Please help me share it as widely as possible.
What's at stake is an abnormal proliferation of tax havens and feudal enclaves
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts
To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money
petition.parliament.uk
October 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This petition should have millions of signatures, as it applies to everyone in the UK.
Please sign and share, not just to get more signatures for this vital petition, but to raise awareness of the costs and dangers of SEZs and Freeports to us all.
@dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social @opendemocracy.net
Please sign and share, not just to get more signatures for this vital petition, but to raise awareness of the costs and dangers of SEZs and Freeports to us all.
@dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social @opendemocracy.net
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My petition should be soaring past the 10,000 mark.
Please help me share it as widely as possible.
What's at stake is an abnormal proliferation of tax havens and feudal enclaves
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Please help me share it as widely as possible.
What's at stake is an abnormal proliferation of tax havens and feudal enclaves
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts
To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money
petition.parliament.uk
October 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
My petition should be soaring past the 10,000 mark.
Please help me share it as widely as possible.
What's at stake is an abnormal proliferation of tax havens and feudal enclaves
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Please help me share it as widely as possible.
What's at stake is an abnormal proliferation of tax havens and feudal enclaves
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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Companies that donated to Labour awarded £138m in contracts.
Corporations/Rich don't donate, they bribe. Buy access to policymakers, favourable laws, lax regulation, govt contracts. Low/Middle earners cannot compete.
Political donations must be criminalized. No second jobs for MPs.
Corporations/Rich don't donate, they bribe. Buy access to policymakers, favourable laws, lax regulation, govt contracts. Low/Middle earners cannot compete.
Political donations must be criminalized. No second jobs for MPs.
Companies that donated to Labour awarded £138m in contracts, study finds
Report raises fresh concerns about the link between political donations and public spending
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Companies that donated to Labour awarded £138m in contracts.
Corporations/Rich don't donate, they bribe. Buy access to policymakers, favourable laws, lax regulation, govt contracts. Low/Middle earners cannot compete.
Political donations must be criminalized. No second jobs for MPs.
Corporations/Rich don't donate, they bribe. Buy access to policymakers, favourable laws, lax regulation, govt contracts. Low/Middle earners cannot compete.
Political donations must be criminalized. No second jobs for MPs.
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Sir Keir Starmer has been specifically named in a UN report for complicity in Israel's genocide.
The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵
The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵
October 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Sir Keir Starmer has been specifically named in a UN report for complicity in Israel's genocide.
The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵
The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵
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Tax wealth, not work.
Repost if you agree!
Repost if you agree!
October 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Tax wealth, not work.
Repost if you agree!
Repost if you agree!
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Cost of Privatization,
Thames Water wants to pollute UK rivers with illegal sewage dumping until 2040, pay no fines, law already permits some sewage dumping.
Will still want profits, pay megabucks to execs, dividends and fleece customers.
Public ownership is the only way out.
Thames Water wants to pollute UK rivers with illegal sewage dumping until 2040, pay no fines, law already permits some sewage dumping.
Will still want profits, pay megabucks to execs, dividends and fleece customers.
Public ownership is the only way out.
Thames Water wants permission to pollute Britain's rivers until 2040. No, seriously
Thames Water – Britain's largest water utility – has asked the industry regulator to exempt it from some pollution requirements.
www.bigissue.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Cost of Privatization,
Thames Water wants to pollute UK rivers with illegal sewage dumping until 2040, pay no fines, law already permits some sewage dumping.
Will still want profits, pay megabucks to execs, dividends and fleece customers.
Public ownership is the only way out.
Thames Water wants to pollute UK rivers with illegal sewage dumping until 2040, pay no fines, law already permits some sewage dumping.
Will still want profits, pay megabucks to execs, dividends and fleece customers.
Public ownership is the only way out.
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Nigel Farage has, very clearly, broken parliamentary rules. Will any journalists challenge him on it? Via Private Eye
October 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Nigel Farage has, very clearly, broken parliamentary rules. Will any journalists challenge him on it? Via Private Eye
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Freeports, deregulation, profiteering, exploitation, inequality, non- sustainable.
More harm than good.
Loading the cons on society,while gifting the pros.
More harm than good.
Loading the cons on society,while gifting the pros.
Let the Labour Party know that you do not want your villages, towns, cities, public services privatised by predatory corporations like US Blackrock, Palantir, and hundreds more.
My petition calls for a complete transparency review of all deregulated free zones.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
My petition calls for a complete transparency review of all deregulated free zones.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts
To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money
petition.parliament.uk
October 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Freeports, deregulation, profiteering, exploitation, inequality, non- sustainable.
More harm than good.
Loading the cons on society,while gifting the pros.
More harm than good.
Loading the cons on society,while gifting the pros.
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As if they keep writing all these headlines - and our membership numbers and polling just keeps shooting up. 🚀
Now at 110,000. Over 55% increase in just one month!
Lower bills. Fund NHS. Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Now at 110,000. Over 55% increase in just one month!
Lower bills. Fund NHS. Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
As if they keep writing all these headlines - and our membership numbers and polling just keeps shooting up. 🚀
Now at 110,000. Over 55% increase in just one month!
Lower bills. Fund NHS. Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Now at 110,000. Over 55% increase in just one month!
Lower bills. Fund NHS. Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Lloyds warns car finance scandal could cost it £2bn.
No one forced it to mis-sell financial products. Execs got bigger bonuses but won't bear any of the cost.
Lloyds promised to investigate HBOS frauds, promised a report by 2018. Still waiting. FCA does nothing.
No one forced it to mis-sell financial products. Execs got bigger bonuses but won't bear any of the cost.
Lloyds promised to investigate HBOS frauds, promised a report by 2018. Still waiting. FCA does nothing.
Lloyds warns car finance scandal could cost it £2bn
The bank has set aside an additional £800m, saying the number of eligible claims is expected to be higher than previously thought.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Lloyds warns car finance scandal could cost it £2bn.
No one forced it to mis-sell financial products. Execs got bigger bonuses but won't bear any of the cost.
Lloyds promised to investigate HBOS frauds, promised a report by 2018. Still waiting. FCA does nothing.
No one forced it to mis-sell financial products. Execs got bigger bonuses but won't bear any of the cost.
Lloyds promised to investigate HBOS frauds, promised a report by 2018. Still waiting. FCA does nothing.
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NHS England waiting list hits 7.41m appointments, 6.26m patients; lower than the Tory legacy.
Billions sucked out of the NHS through PFI, outsourcing, profiteering; more privatisation planned.
Thousands die awaiting hospital appointment.
Save lives, not fiscal rules.
Billions sucked out of the NHS through PFI, outsourcing, profiteering; more privatisation planned.
Thousands die awaiting hospital appointment.
Save lives, not fiscal rules.
Doubts over Labour promises as NHS waiting lists rise for third month
LABOUR’S NHS waiting list promises look increasingly unlikely after data published today showed a third consecutive rise in delays for planned hospital treatment in England.The number of treatments wa...
morningstaronline.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
NHS England waiting list hits 7.41m appointments, 6.26m patients; lower than the Tory legacy.
Billions sucked out of the NHS through PFI, outsourcing, profiteering; more privatisation planned.
Thousands die awaiting hospital appointment.
Save lives, not fiscal rules.
Billions sucked out of the NHS through PFI, outsourcing, profiteering; more privatisation planned.
Thousands die awaiting hospital appointment.
Save lives, not fiscal rules.
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Children are suffering neurological damage whilst being deprived of vaccine access. Ffs do something those who have the power to bring change. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19-neu...
COVID-19 neuro complications, long-term symptoms in kids
www.cidrap.umn.edu
October 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Children are suffering neurological damage whilst being deprived of vaccine access. Ffs do something those who have the power to bring change. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19-neu...
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England households could bigger water bills as the competition regulator prepares to give verdict on industry appeal.
36% rise already approved by OFWAT.
People will continue to be robbed. Companies raise capital from customers, shareholders get returns.
End the scam. Nationalise water.
36% rise already approved by OFWAT.
People will continue to be robbed. Companies raise capital from customers, shareholders get returns.
End the scam. Nationalise water.
Water bills: millions of households in England could face even bigger rises
CMA poised to give verdict after appeal by five firms for permission to increase bills higher than allowed by Ofwat
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
England households could bigger water bills as the competition regulator prepares to give verdict on industry appeal.
36% rise already approved by OFWAT.
People will continue to be robbed. Companies raise capital from customers, shareholders get returns.
End the scam. Nationalise water.
36% rise already approved by OFWAT.
People will continue to be robbed. Companies raise capital from customers, shareholders get returns.
End the scam. Nationalise water.