@moorhen.bsky.social
Migrating to Blue Sky
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If you suggest a CEO should take an £8K pay cut, they will call you a communist.

If you suggest a binman should *not* take an £8K pay cut, they will also call you a communist.

Make it make sense 🤷‍♂️
April 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I just signed the petition urging the Government to invest in research to help those suffering from Long Covid. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...
Invest in Long Covid & M.E. Research: Thousands of Children DISABLED, DISCHARGED, & HIDDEN FROM VIEW
• Five years after the start of the Covid pandemic, thousands remain severely ill - Many housebound or often bedbound, unable to attend school, work, or take part in daily life.  Disabled, discha...
you.38degrees.org.uk
April 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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We truly appreciate your incredible support!

We've surpassed 10,000 signatures. Let’s keep the momentum going—please share and sign!

you.38degrees.org.uk/p/LCME

#LCandME

#SupportResearch #LongCovidAwareness #MEAdvocacy #HealthEquity #ChildrensHealth #PetitionForChange #HealthcareForAll
March 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Thames Water hopes to agree deal with a bidder by end of June.

Private equity is favourite.

It won't end profiteering, sewage dumping.

Private equity are masters of cash extraction, high debt, asset stripping and tax dodges.

Govt can begin to end the crisis. Nationalise but it refuses.
Thames Water hopes to agree deal with one of six bidders by end of June
Debt-laden company agrees with Ofwat that review of bill rises can be delayed as it seeks buyer
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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We’re out and about across the UK today to tell MPs and constituents that our country is missing out on £460m a week without a wealth tax.
Rachel Reeves doesn’t need to make cuts, instead she can tax the richest people like us to build a better Britain.
#TaxOurWealth
March 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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What an utterly unhelpful and ridiculous thing to say.

We hoped the days of unqualified ministers stigmatising the mentally unwell and disabled were over.

We were wrong.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wes Streeting: there is overdiagnosis of mental health conditions
Health secretary says too many people are being ‘written off’ and that is driving ministers’ changes to welfare
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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If you want to know the difference between healthcare run by politicians or run by experts look at the pandemic:

NHSE ran the biggest vaccination programme in British history.

The Department of Health was in charge of PPE contracts.
March 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Cutting disabled benefits? Alf Morris created the predecessor of PIP bit.ly/4hbrfSP a true pioneer of solidarity between those who need help and those who can give it. He recognised the inevitable extra costs of disability which his benefits helped with. A true visionary
Alf Morris - Wikipedia
bit.ly
March 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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🚨 Mythbusting #LongCovid with Dr Amir Khan🚨

Long Covid is real. It’s serious. And it’s affecting millions.

On #LongCovidAwarenessDay, #DrAmirKhan joins us to bust harmful myths.

Watch, learn, and share—because the more we talk about Long Covid, the harder it is to ignore.
March 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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You can no longer order free COVID tests from the government. Despite still having $500 million worth of COVID tests stockpiled, covidtests.gov is closed.
March 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Cutting aid to the world’s poorest to fund defence isn’t just unfair; it’s short-sighted.

Poverty and instability go hand in hand, and slashing development funding only makes the world less secure. The government must instead ask those with the broadest shoulders to contribute more.
February 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Rachel Reeves has penned an article for The Sun where she proudly promises to slash £8 billion in essential benefits for the sick and disabled.
We are truly through the looking glass, Starmer and Reeves Labour Party is an absolute travesty, beyond sickening.
January 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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No, SARS-CoV-2 isn’t a little bit airborne. It’s not “situationally” airborne. It’s an AIRBORNE VIRUS, spreads via the air. I’m granting an amnesty on people who said (5y ago) that it wasn’t. I won’t say I told you so if you finally acknowledge the evidence. Let’s just get this right and move on.
January 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Homes for families not investors - what Labour could learn from other centre-left governments ...

My piece for @labour-hub.bsky.social

labourhub.org.uk/2025/01/17/h...
Homes for families, not investors
Labour should emulate radical policies being adopted elsewhere, argues Andrew Fisher. Housing is an essential need and therefore a basic human right. Democratic governments should therefore protect…
labourhub.org.uk
January 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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The UK has a bed capacity problem

Not only has it fewer hospital beds but unlike countries with similar levels like Sweden it has fewer facilities in the community

Worse both hospital bed capacity & community bed capacity has fallen

Failure @NHSEngland
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/bui...
January 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Conservative MPs Want to Scrap Workers’ Rights to Paid Holiday and Annual Leave

They are also seeking to overturn workplace protections from sexual harassment, calling them an attack on “free speech”

Never allow them anywhere near power again
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/17/c...
Conservative MPs Want to Scrap Workers' Rights to Paid Holiday and Annual Leave
They are also seeking to overturn workplace protections from sexual harassment, calling them an attack on "free speech"
bylinetimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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[10 Dec 2024] Opening Remarks from Dr Tedros at yesterday’s @who.int media briefing:

“We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense.

“It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills.

“The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.”
December 11, 2024 at 12:45 PM
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🚨Add your name to the petition now and show Wes Streeting YOU stand against new #PFI in our #NHS

weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
Tell Wes Streeting - NO new PFI in our NHS!
weownit.org.uk
December 7, 2024 at 10:54 AM
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‘Many nurses, once hailed as heroes on the front line, are being let down by their employers and govt policy. A worrying disregard for the safety and well-being of healthcare professionals - already struggling with staff shortages and burnout.' Dr Alison Twycross @alitwy
rcni.com/nursing-stan...
Nurses with long-COVID being ‘let down by their employers’
Survey by the RCN reveals lack of support from employers for nurses with long-COVID, with many revealing inadequate protection at work before they contracted COVID-19, and a lack of recognition of the...
rcni.com
December 6, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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"There are an estimated 2.9m people in England with malnutrition.

Hospital admissions resulting in nutrition-related diagnoses in England increased by more than 39% over the past decade. Malnourished children are being treated for scurvy, bow legs, rickets and heart murmurs."
Who can afford longevity in a cost-of-living crisis?
We all need a healthy diet. So why are politicians normalising food banks and allowing malnutrition and associated illnesses to rise?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 4, 2024 at 9:03 AM
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I’m really pleased to see this. Universal high quality end-of-life care is not easy and is notably more expensive than assisted dying. But it is what a truly civilised society offers. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
New plan would ‘transform’ end of life care for 100,000 in England and Wales
Palliative care commission set up to provide high-quality, holistic support following assisted dying vote
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 10:08 AM
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National disgrace: A quarter of UK households with children under four don't have enough food.

Result of neverending austerity, real wage cuts, two child benefit cap

Stunts physical/mental development. Deprived children up to 7cm shorter than European counterparts.
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
A quarter of households with children under four don't have enough food
The Education Policy Institute has warned children under five are more likely to experience food poverty than older children.
www.bigissue.com
November 28, 2024 at 7:07 AM
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There doesn't seem to be any MSM coverage of Starmer's astonishing announcement that the Labour Party are in partnership with Blackrock, the most corrupt corporation on the planet who will privatise the UK with the help of 74 deregulated SEZs and 12 Freeports.
State capture, and not a peep.
November 27, 2024 at 2:13 PM