Laurence
@laurmo.bsky.social
Retired teacher campaigning for respect for Nature, against SZC nuclear. Interested in Suffolk UK. Proper socialist against Starmer Labour - tactically green lib dem. NHS saved my life - I will try to defend it from Tories and Labour
Now where did the LP get that idea? When I visited Auschwitz in the 70s I noted that the 'management' had collected the valuables, incl gold teeth, from the 'visitors'. Must have helped fund the enterprise.
November 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Now where did the LP get that idea? When I visited Auschwitz in the 70s I noted that the 'management' had collected the valuables, incl gold teeth, from the 'visitors'. Must have helped fund the enterprise.
If mo55ad has the Epstein videos, and now mevedev says they have too, wouldnt it be useful if BBC had them too - however edited. Would save us a lot of money. (Just pretend).
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
If mo55ad has the Epstein videos, and now mevedev says they have too, wouldnt it be useful if BBC had them too - however edited. Would save us a lot of money. (Just pretend).
Oh what a coincidence on day of by election! Accident at Chelmsford prison?. What's membership of Reform like amongst prison officers?
October 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Oh what a coincidence on day of by election! Accident at Chelmsford prison?. What's membership of Reform like amongst prison officers?
Did the BoJ / Aipac approve the screening of Mel Brooks The Producers at this sensitive juxtaposition with the Knessets approval of the so called Peace Plan? So many memes and tropes, metaphors and even a Pam Bondi youthful lookalike entering the theatre. Such Ashk black humour!
October 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Did the BoJ / Aipac approve the screening of Mel Brooks The Producers at this sensitive juxtaposition with the Knessets approval of the so called Peace Plan? So many memes and tropes, metaphors and even a Pam Bondi youthful lookalike entering the theatre. Such Ashk black humour!
How many exant Nobel prize winners would hand their medals back if they get devalued by being given out wrongly?
June 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
How many exant Nobel prize winners would hand their medals back if they get devalued by being given out wrongly?
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200,000 radioactive barrels dumped in the Atlantic: French researchers launch unprecedented mission to track them down www.elcabildo.org/en/200000-ra...
200,000 radioactive barrels dumped in the Atlantic: French researchers launch unprecedented mission to track them down - Elcabildo
There are over 200,000 barrels filled with radioactive waste lying at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. This practice, now prohibited, has left many
www.elcabildo.org
June 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
200,000 radioactive barrels dumped in the Atlantic: French researchers launch unprecedented mission to track them down www.elcabildo.org/en/200000-ra...
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Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth
June 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth
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Wow, some of the NHS people are okay.
I still consider the anti trans thing to be strong evidence against centralized socialized healthcare, but some of NHS is okay. CWCD
I still consider the anti trans thing to be strong evidence against centralized socialized healthcare, but some of NHS is okay. CWCD
The British Medical Association Resident Doctors are the backbone of the NHS, they look after us all in hospital.
They passed this motion at their conference which pulls the “supreme” court judgement to pieces.
They call it
“scientifically illiterate”
and
“biologically nonsensical”
1/3
They passed this motion at their conference which pulls the “supreme” court judgement to pieces.
They call it
“scientifically illiterate”
and
“biologically nonsensical”
1/3
April 29, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Wow, some of the NHS people are okay.
I still consider the anti trans thing to be strong evidence against centralized socialized healthcare, but some of NHS is okay. CWCD
I still consider the anti trans thing to be strong evidence against centralized socialized healthcare, but some of NHS is okay. CWCD
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to scrap all planned nuclear power stations. These include the crazily expensive Sizewell C, which has already received nearly £2.5bn in subsidies before it has even started construction...
#RenewableEnergy
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
#RenewableEnergy
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
Scrapping Britain’s nuclear power plans would lead to lower energy bills | Letters
Letters: New nuclear power stations will cost billions to build and run, and cost taxpayers and energy customers dear, says John French. Plus a letter from Dr David Lowry
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:40 AM
to scrap all planned nuclear power stations. These include the crazily expensive Sizewell C, which has already received nearly £2.5bn in subsidies before it has even started construction...
#RenewableEnergy
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
#RenewableEnergy
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
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"We want life and liberty and dignity in our land and in our children's lifetime. Instead, our children are being killed, orphaned, amputated, traumatised, displaced, humiliated, witnessing and enduring what no child should witness or endure"
Palestine at the ICJ
Palestine at the ICJ
April 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
"We want life and liberty and dignity in our land and in our children's lifetime. Instead, our children are being killed, orphaned, amputated, traumatised, displaced, humiliated, witnessing and enduring what no child should witness or endure"
Palestine at the ICJ
Palestine at the ICJ
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Hani Mahmoud reports on yesterdays Israeli airstrikes, including an Israeli drone firing a missile on a busy street in Gaza city. This single attack killed 9 people, including 5 children.
April 29, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Hani Mahmoud reports on yesterdays Israeli airstrikes, including an Israeli drone firing a missile on a busy street in Gaza city. This single attack killed 9 people, including 5 children.
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Water company customers fleeced at every turn.
Companies paid £85bn dividends, borrowed £60bn+ to fund it.
35% of customer bills in 2023-2024 covered interest payments & dividends.
Thames Water spending £200m a year on advisers to stay afloat.
We pay for management follies and govt failures.
Companies paid £85bn dividends, borrowed £60bn+ to fund it.
35% of customer bills in 2023-2024 covered interest payments & dividends.
Thames Water spending £200m a year on advisers to stay afloat.
We pay for management follies and govt failures.
April 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Water company customers fleeced at every turn.
Companies paid £85bn dividends, borrowed £60bn+ to fund it.
35% of customer bills in 2023-2024 covered interest payments & dividends.
Thames Water spending £200m a year on advisers to stay afloat.
We pay for management follies and govt failures.
Companies paid £85bn dividends, borrowed £60bn+ to fund it.
35% of customer bills in 2023-2024 covered interest payments & dividends.
Thames Water spending £200m a year on advisers to stay afloat.
We pay for management follies and govt failures.
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"Of the 40 plus countries speaking here this week, perhaps only 2, the United States and Hungary, will be supportive of Israel & that says much about its current standing in the world"
Rory Challands on yesterdays events at the ICJ.
Rory Challands on yesterdays events at the ICJ.
April 29, 2025 at 5:53 AM
"Of the 40 plus countries speaking here this week, perhaps only 2, the United States and Hungary, will be supportive of Israel & that says much about its current standing in the world"
Rory Challands on yesterdays events at the ICJ.
Rory Challands on yesterdays events at the ICJ.
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9.3m Britons, including 3m children, face hunger/hardship.
Govt response - cut benefits, support services.
Result - lower education, health & employment attainment; pressure on the NHS, public services. Loss of £38.2bn in annual output.
Can't grow economy without eradicating poverty.
Govt response - cut benefits, support services.
Result - lower education, health & employment attainment; pressure on the NHS, public services. Loss of £38.2bn in annual output.
Can't grow economy without eradicating poverty.
Labour’s benefit cuts will cost UK economy billions, charity says
Trussell report finds that higher levels of poverty mean Britain is losing out on £38bn a year of potential output
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:57 AM
9.3m Britons, including 3m children, face hunger/hardship.
Govt response - cut benefits, support services.
Result - lower education, health & employment attainment; pressure on the NHS, public services. Loss of £38.2bn in annual output.
Can't grow economy without eradicating poverty.
Govt response - cut benefits, support services.
Result - lower education, health & employment attainment; pressure on the NHS, public services. Loss of £38.2bn in annual output.
Can't grow economy without eradicating poverty.
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Private gas-fired stations charge 100 times normal rates for electricity when renewable energy in short supply.
Private equity, foreign state-owned companies make huge profits.
End the scam. Nationalise UK gas plants & entire energy production.
Lower energy bills reduce poverty, business costs.
Private equity, foreign state-owned companies make huge profits.
End the scam. Nationalise UK gas plants & entire energy production.
Lower energy bills reduce poverty, business costs.
Nationalise gas power plants to boost energy security, thinktank urges UK ministers
Common Wealth says private gas-fired stations can charge exorbitant fees when renewable energy is in short supply
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Private gas-fired stations charge 100 times normal rates for electricity when renewable energy in short supply.
Private equity, foreign state-owned companies make huge profits.
End the scam. Nationalise UK gas plants & entire energy production.
Lower energy bills reduce poverty, business costs.
Private equity, foreign state-owned companies make huge profits.
End the scam. Nationalise UK gas plants & entire energy production.
Lower energy bills reduce poverty, business costs.
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BBC News: "according to the Reuters news agency, the missile that killed at least 8 people in that aerial attack on Kyiv was a North Korean ballistic missile"
Are you going to start reporting the origin of all the bombs & missiles that Israel uses to kill Palestinians in Gaza?
Are you going to start reporting the origin of all the bombs & missiles that Israel uses to kill Palestinians in Gaza?
April 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
BBC News: "according to the Reuters news agency, the missile that killed at least 8 people in that aerial attack on Kyiv was a North Korean ballistic missile"
Are you going to start reporting the origin of all the bombs & missiles that Israel uses to kill Palestinians in Gaza?
Are you going to start reporting the origin of all the bombs & missiles that Israel uses to kill Palestinians in Gaza?
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So Putin would agree to US troops surrounding and protecting Zaporozhye power station, but won't accept UK, FR, NATO peace keepers?
March 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
So Putin would agree to US troops surrounding and protecting Zaporozhye power station, but won't accept UK, FR, NATO peace keepers?
BBC news reports US taking nothing off the table in discussion of extending timetable... Apart from peace and stopping dropping US bombs, or sticking to agreed timetable/agreement.
March 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC news reports US taking nothing off the table in discussion of extending timetable... Apart from peace and stopping dropping US bombs, or sticking to agreed timetable/agreement.
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This is what Trump ISN’T saying about his tariffs. youtu.be/qPj1XUFyE6k?...
March 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This is what Trump ISN’T saying about his tariffs. youtu.be/qPj1XUFyE6k?...
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There is no economic need for any austerity or welfare cuts.
Since 2010 HMRC failed to collect between £500bn and £1,400bn of taxes
That doesn't include £bns lost due to corporations shifting profits offshore.
Indulgence of corporations/rich is cause of misery for millions.
Since 2010 HMRC failed to collect between £500bn and £1,400bn of taxes
That doesn't include £bns lost due to corporations shifting profits offshore.
Indulgence of corporations/rich is cause of misery for millions.
UK governments are failing to curb corporate tax abuses and leaving people to pay the price
Governments remain obsessed with austerity and choose not to inconvenience the rich or curb tax abuses by corporations.
leftfootforward.org
March 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
There is no economic need for any austerity or welfare cuts.
Since 2010 HMRC failed to collect between £500bn and £1,400bn of taxes
That doesn't include £bns lost due to corporations shifting profits offshore.
Indulgence of corporations/rich is cause of misery for millions.
Since 2010 HMRC failed to collect between £500bn and £1,400bn of taxes
That doesn't include £bns lost due to corporations shifting profits offshore.
Indulgence of corporations/rich is cause of misery for millions.