@liz31.bsky.social
Socialist, environmentalist, anti war, miners daughter, retired teacher.
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I had a right old rant about Tony Blair's ignorant, self-interested statement on The Jeremy Vine Show today. I mentioned that he has worked as a lobbyist for PetroSaudi, earning Tony Blair Associates £41,000/month, plus 2% of any deal he brokered.
Starts 9 minutes in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Starts 9 minutes in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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April 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I had a right old rant about Tony Blair's ignorant, self-interested statement on The Jeremy Vine Show today. I mentioned that he has worked as a lobbyist for PetroSaudi, earning Tony Blair Associates £41,000/month, plus 2% of any deal he brokered.
Starts 9 minutes in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Starts 9 minutes in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Thames Water names US private equity (PE) group KKR as preferred bidder.
Worst possible outcome. Water industry woes started with PE.
PE business model: profiteering, asset-stripping, low investment, staff/wage cuts, tax dodging.
Govt must reject PE takeover. Must nationalise.
Worst possible outcome. Water industry woes started with PE.
PE business model: profiteering, asset-stripping, low investment, staff/wage cuts, tax dodging.
Govt must reject PE takeover. Must nationalise.
Thames Water names US private equity group KKR as preferred bidder
KKR expected to acquire stake worth £4bn as UK’s biggest water supplier tries to stave off nationalisation
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Thames Water names US private equity (PE) group KKR as preferred bidder.
Worst possible outcome. Water industry woes started with PE.
PE business model: profiteering, asset-stripping, low investment, staff/wage cuts, tax dodging.
Govt must reject PE takeover. Must nationalise.
Worst possible outcome. Water industry woes started with PE.
PE business model: profiteering, asset-stripping, low investment, staff/wage cuts, tax dodging.
Govt must reject PE takeover. Must nationalise.
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🔴 Access Social Care, who challenge the UK Government over lack of transparency in social care funding, are gathering the views of members of the public to share as evidence for The Casey Commission, which begins next month. You can take their survey here: tally.so/r/m6Mj9A
Access Social Care survey
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March 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🔴 Access Social Care, who challenge the UK Government over lack of transparency in social care funding, are gathering the views of members of the public to share as evidence for The Casey Commission, which begins next month. You can take their survey here: tally.so/r/m6Mj9A
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BREAKING🚨 -We've investigated the financial links between MPs and the private health sector, and can now announce which MP received the highest donation amount from individuals+companies with links to the private health sector between 2023-2025.
It's Wes Streeting. Our Health Secretary. £179,575🚨
It's Wes Streeting. Our Health Secretary. £179,575🚨
March 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
BREAKING🚨 -We've investigated the financial links between MPs and the private health sector, and can now announce which MP received the highest donation amount from individuals+companies with links to the private health sector between 2023-2025.
It's Wes Streeting. Our Health Secretary. £179,575🚨
It's Wes Streeting. Our Health Secretary. £179,575🚨
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This is Lord Rothermere the owner of the Daily Mail.
He lives in a massive mansion in the English countryside, but he pays no tax here because he identifies as French.
While the Daily Mail is registered in Bermuda and pays no tax anywhere.
That is his ‘Patriotism’.
He lives in a massive mansion in the English countryside, but he pays no tax here because he identifies as French.
While the Daily Mail is registered in Bermuda and pays no tax anywhere.
That is his ‘Patriotism’.
March 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This is Lord Rothermere the owner of the Daily Mail.
He lives in a massive mansion in the English countryside, but he pays no tax here because he identifies as French.
While the Daily Mail is registered in Bermuda and pays no tax anywhere.
That is his ‘Patriotism’.
He lives in a massive mansion in the English countryside, but he pays no tax here because he identifies as French.
While the Daily Mail is registered in Bermuda and pays no tax anywhere.
That is his ‘Patriotism’.
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We are just 100 signatures off 50,000!!
Please sign our petition to demand the UK government block Shein's attempt to sell its shares in London
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Please sign our petition to demand the UK government block Shein's attempt to sell its shares in London
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Say NO to Shein
Ultra-fast fashion brand Shein stands accused of exploiting workers, damaging the environment, and avoiding tax. Yet it is currently ramping up plans to sell its shares on the London Stock Exchange.
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February 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We are just 100 signatures off 50,000!!
Please sign our petition to demand the UK government block Shein's attempt to sell its shares in London
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Please sign our petition to demand the UK government block Shein's attempt to sell its shares in London
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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EveryDoctor is stepping things up and we have just launched a community to build the movement of millions to fight for the NHS. Click here to join it: chat.whatsapp.com/JvFzeWNis5e6.... 🌟🌟🌟
👉https://youtu.be/lldMgsl-ezo
👉https://youtu.be/lldMgsl-ezo
A record 518,000 trolley waits of 12 hours or more in A&E last year.
YouTube video by Support EveryDoctor
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January 15, 2025 at 4:38 AM
EveryDoctor is stepping things up and we have just launched a community to build the movement of millions to fight for the NHS. Click here to join it: chat.whatsapp.com/JvFzeWNis5e6.... 🌟🌟🌟
👉https://youtu.be/lldMgsl-ezo
👉https://youtu.be/lldMgsl-ezo
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Starmer deepens NHS privatisation.
Can increase NHS capacity by buying private hospitals.
Plan won't generate new health staff. Private sector will poach NHS staff.
NHS to be a shell, doling out contracts to private sector. 30%-40% money will vanish in profits.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Can increase NHS capacity by buying private hospitals.
Plan won't generate new health staff. Private sector will poach NHS staff.
NHS to be a shell, doling out contracts to private sector. 30%-40% money will vanish in profits.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Private sector’s role in cutting NHS waiting lists in England to rise by 20%
Critics decry Keir Starmer’s plan as ‘feeding the parasite’ rather than investing in the public health service
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Starmer deepens NHS privatisation.
Can increase NHS capacity by buying private hospitals.
Plan won't generate new health staff. Private sector will poach NHS staff.
NHS to be a shell, doling out contracts to private sector. 30%-40% money will vanish in profits.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Can increase NHS capacity by buying private hospitals.
Plan won't generate new health staff. Private sector will poach NHS staff.
NHS to be a shell, doling out contracts to private sector. 30%-40% money will vanish in profits.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Prince Harry and Tom Watson’s case against The Sun newspaper’s publisher finally makes it to trial over allegations of illegality, corruption, and cover-up
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December 22, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Prince Harry and Tom Watson’s case against The Sun newspaper’s publisher finally makes it to trial over allegations of illegality, corruption, and cover-up
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Campaigners will protest outside the High Court today against Thames Water's £3 billion bailout plea. Groups like We Own It are urging the court to reject the request and are calling for the water company’s return to public ownership.
@we-own-it.bsky.social
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/camp...
Campaigners to protest outside the High Court over £3 billion Thames Water bailout plea
Interest and fees related to the loan 'could easily approach or exceed £1 billion'
leftfootforward.org
December 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Campaigners will protest outside the High Court today against Thames Water's £3 billion bailout plea. Groups like We Own It are urging the court to reject the request and are calling for the water company’s return to public ownership.
@we-own-it.bsky.social
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/camp...
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Reeves orders 5% cuts to all govt depts in ‘efficiency drive’.
Austerity by another name - cuts in services, real public sector wages, benefits.
Want to save money? End privatisation of the NHS, care sector, 30%-40% vanishes in profits, money buys less.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/reev...
Austerity by another name - cuts in services, real public sector wages, benefits.
Want to save money? End privatisation of the NHS, care sector, 30%-40% vanishes in profits, money buys less.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/reev...
Reeves orders 5% cuts across all government departments in ‘efficiency drive’
morningstaronline.co.uk
December 12, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Reeves orders 5% cuts to all govt depts in ‘efficiency drive’.
Austerity by another name - cuts in services, real public sector wages, benefits.
Want to save money? End privatisation of the NHS, care sector, 30%-40% vanishes in profits, money buys less.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/reev...
Austerity by another name - cuts in services, real public sector wages, benefits.
Want to save money? End privatisation of the NHS, care sector, 30%-40% vanishes in profits, money buys less.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/reev...
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Why the NHS is being betrayed and how we can fight for it.
Dr Julia Grace Patterson’s @jujuliagrace.bsky.social book exposes deep-seated problems within the NHS
Review by Bob Copeland
westenglandbylines.co.uk/society/book...
Dr Julia Grace Patterson’s @jujuliagrace.bsky.social book exposes deep-seated problems within the NHS
Review by Bob Copeland
westenglandbylines.co.uk/society/book...
Book review – Critical
Why the NHS is being betrayed and how we can fight for it. Dr Julia Grace Patterson’s book exposes deep-seated problems within the NHS.
westenglandbylines.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Why the NHS is being betrayed and how we can fight for it.
Dr Julia Grace Patterson’s @jujuliagrace.bsky.social book exposes deep-seated problems within the NHS
Review by Bob Copeland
westenglandbylines.co.uk/society/book...
Dr Julia Grace Patterson’s @jujuliagrace.bsky.social book exposes deep-seated problems within the NHS
Review by Bob Copeland
westenglandbylines.co.uk/society/book...
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Well worth participating in. 👍
More than 7,000 people have now taken Democracy for Sale’s survey asking what people think about influence of money in politics!
Thanks so much for everyone. If you haven’t taken it, only takes a few minutes. Thanks! democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard
Thanks so much for everyone. If you haven’t taken it, only takes a few minutes. Thanks! democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard
Democracy For Sale - Safeguard Democracy
A survey to make a people-powered plan to safeguard Britain's democracy from leading investigative journalists who write about lobbying and dark money
democracyforsale.co.uk
December 8, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Well worth participating in. 👍
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Have filled in the Democracy For Sale survey. Only took 5 minutes...
When you think about it, the independence of our democratic institutions from financial corruption is one of our nations most important assets - worth diligently guarding
When you think about it, the independence of our democratic institutions from financial corruption is one of our nations most important assets - worth diligently guarding
Worried about #ElonMusk buying his way into UK politics? Think we need to take money out of our democracy?
Help #DemocracyForSale's people-powered plan to #SafeguardDemocracy by taking this short survey: democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard Please share. Thanks!
Help #DemocracyForSale's people-powered plan to #SafeguardDemocracy by taking this short survey: democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard Please share. Thanks!
Democracy For Sale
A survey into people's attitudes to the health of British politics from leading investigative journalists who write about lobbying and dark money
democracyforsale.co.uk
December 7, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Have filled in the Democracy For Sale survey. Only took 5 minutes...
When you think about it, the independence of our democratic institutions from financial corruption is one of our nations most important assets - worth diligently guarding
When you think about it, the independence of our democratic institutions from financial corruption is one of our nations most important assets - worth diligently guarding
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From the appalling comments this film is getting on X it’s clear to me if we want to avoid a dangerous chain of events which could one day see Britain joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR we need to constantly call out this insane drumbeat from the right to leave
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says
“We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants”
Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY
“We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants”
Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says public want to leave the ECHR - let’s put the record straight
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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December 7, 2024 at 8:38 AM
From the appalling comments this film is getting on X it’s clear to me if we want to avoid a dangerous chain of events which could one day see Britain joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR we need to constantly call out this insane drumbeat from the right to leave
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Everyone - please make sure you're following Ben. 🙏
He's joining the Bylines Network as Managing Director next month... give him a warm welcome here please.
He's joining the Bylines Network as Managing Director next month... give him a warm welcome here please.
Delighted to be joining @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social as Managing Director in 2025. January can’t come soon enough!
Citizen journalism is the future. It’s what our democracy and our communities need.
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Welcome to the Bylines Network
We are built on citizen journalism, nurturing democracy by giving a voice to local people and holding our elected representatives to account.
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December 2, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Everyone - please make sure you're following Ben. 🙏
He's joining the Bylines Network as Managing Director next month... give him a warm welcome here please.
He's joining the Bylines Network as Managing Director next month... give him a warm welcome here please.
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“The system is designed to make people feel small.
“And I think that the basic thing of the Left is to empower people, to make them feel part of something - a bigger collectivity, a class, a movement they can be proud of.”
My piece on the Belgian Workers Party tribunemag.co.uk/2024/12/goin...
“And I think that the basic thing of the Left is to empower people, to make them feel part of something - a bigger collectivity, a class, a movement they can be proud of.”
My piece on the Belgian Workers Party tribunemag.co.uk/2024/12/goin...
Going Back to Class
The Workers’ Party of Belgium is defying the trend of leftist movements losing touch with the working class by using community organising to build a Marxist party with mass appeal.
tribunemag.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 5:06 PM
“The system is designed to make people feel small.
“And I think that the basic thing of the Left is to empower people, to make them feel part of something - a bigger collectivity, a class, a movement they can be proud of.”
My piece on the Belgian Workers Party tribunemag.co.uk/2024/12/goin...
“And I think that the basic thing of the Left is to empower people, to make them feel part of something - a bigger collectivity, a class, a movement they can be proud of.”
My piece on the Belgian Workers Party tribunemag.co.uk/2024/12/goin...
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Something definitely the UK Labour party could learn from Belgium. Especially since for me personally the Labour party isn't more centrist than Socialist. I much prefer the latter!
“The system is designed to make people feel small.
“And I think that the basic thing of the Left is to empower people, to make them feel part of something - a bigger collectivity, a class, a movement they can be proud of.”
My piece on the Belgian Workers Party tribunemag.co.uk/2024/12/goin...
“And I think that the basic thing of the Left is to empower people, to make them feel part of something - a bigger collectivity, a class, a movement they can be proud of.”
My piece on the Belgian Workers Party tribunemag.co.uk/2024/12/goin...
Going Back to Class
The Workers’ Party of Belgium is defying the trend of leftist movements losing touch with the working class by using community organising to build a Marxist party with mass appeal.
tribunemag.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Something definitely the UK Labour party could learn from Belgium. Especially since for me personally the Labour party isn't more centrist than Socialist. I much prefer the latter!
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Your Black Friday reminder that in 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago.
We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.
We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.
November 29, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Your Black Friday reminder that in 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago.
We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.
We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.
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🚨URGENT - PLEASE SHARE
Amilah is 9 & needs a stem cell transplant, but there are no matches worldwide. Her family are calling for as many people as possible aged 16-30 to sign up and become a potential donor.
It’s simple to join the register using this link🙏
www.anthonynolan.org/help-save-a-...
Amilah is 9 & needs a stem cell transplant, but there are no matches worldwide. Her family are calling for as many people as possible aged 16-30 to sign up and become a potential donor.
It’s simple to join the register using this link🙏
www.anthonynolan.org/help-save-a-...
November 27, 2024 at 7:15 PM
🚨URGENT - PLEASE SHARE
Amilah is 9 & needs a stem cell transplant, but there are no matches worldwide. Her family are calling for as many people as possible aged 16-30 to sign up and become a potential donor.
It’s simple to join the register using this link🙏
www.anthonynolan.org/help-save-a-...
Amilah is 9 & needs a stem cell transplant, but there are no matches worldwide. Her family are calling for as many people as possible aged 16-30 to sign up and become a potential donor.
It’s simple to join the register using this link🙏
www.anthonynolan.org/help-save-a-...
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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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Argh!🚨🚨🚨 guys EveryDoctor has just started a big project looking into the links between MPs and the private healthcare sector. This is so important.
🔴 EXCLUSIVE: A top Labour donor who has given the party millions under Keir Starmer’s leadership runs a hedge fund with shares in a private healthcare giant – which critics claim is profiting from the NHS crisis.
Read the full story: bit.ly/3B041Qv
Read the full story: bit.ly/3B041Qv
Labour donor’s hedge fund invests in private healthcare
A top Labour donor runs a hedge fund with shares in a private US healthcare giant which is making money from the UK's NHS crisis.
bit.ly
November 27, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Argh!🚨🚨🚨 guys EveryDoctor has just started a big project looking into the links between MPs and the private healthcare sector. This is so important.
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IMPORTANT: We completed an important project a while ago, looking into the links between MPs+the private health sector🚨
Our research has been quoted in lots of places, like this article ⬇️.
💙We have decided to bring our research up to date💙
www.thenational.scot/news/2425055...
Our research has been quoted in lots of places, like this article ⬇️.
💙We have decided to bring our research up to date💙
www.thenational.scot/news/2425055...
Labour's Wes Streeting takes £175k from donors linked to private health firms
LABOUR shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has continued to accept tens of thousands of pounds from donors with links to private healthcare while…
www.thenational.scot
November 25, 2024 at 7:06 PM
IMPORTANT: We completed an important project a while ago, looking into the links between MPs+the private health sector🚨
Our research has been quoted in lots of places, like this article ⬇️.
💙We have decided to bring our research up to date💙
www.thenational.scot/news/2425055...
Our research has been quoted in lots of places, like this article ⬇️.
💙We have decided to bring our research up to date💙
www.thenational.scot/news/2425055...