Anisoptera
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“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs..”
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/fig...
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Fight back against fascism: how big money is threatening democracy
Fascism thrives when democracy falters. From funding Reform to vigilance, here’s how we protect our future
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs..”
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/fig...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/fig...
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Does that include the Palestinian people suffering genocide and being killed with British-made weapons, David?
December 24, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Does that include the Palestinian people suffering genocide and being killed with British-made weapons, David?
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Every. Single. Word. Brutal and very honest stuff by the brilliant @zoejardiniere.bsky.social.
The time has come to start assessing the skills of refugees, see them as a valuable resource, get them contributing, the constant vilification is simply wrong.
youtu.be/JUYqV1AnDVA?...
The time has come to start assessing the skills of refugees, see them as a valuable resource, get them contributing, the constant vilification is simply wrong.
youtu.be/JUYqV1AnDVA?...
DEPORTATIONS: What are they good for?
YouTube video by Zoe Gardner
youtu.be
December 15, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Every. Single. Word. Brutal and very honest stuff by the brilliant @zoejardiniere.bsky.social.
The time has come to start assessing the skills of refugees, see them as a valuable resource, get them contributing, the constant vilification is simply wrong.
youtu.be/JUYqV1AnDVA?...
The time has come to start assessing the skills of refugees, see them as a valuable resource, get them contributing, the constant vilification is simply wrong.
youtu.be/JUYqV1AnDVA?...
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Third of Yorkshire Water customer bill cash goes on debt & dividend
Similar with other water companies.
Money borrowed to pay dividends, investment neglected, sewage dumped, customers fleeced; aapproved by OFWAT.
Must end the farce. Nationalise without compensation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Similar with other water companies.
Money borrowed to pay dividends, investment neglected, sewage dumped, customers fleeced; aapproved by OFWAT.
Must end the farce. Nationalise without compensation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Third of each Yorkshire Water bill goes on debt and dividend
The firm has amassed debts of £6.2bn and paid out dividends worth £522m since 2017-18, figures show.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 14, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Third of Yorkshire Water customer bill cash goes on debt & dividend
Similar with other water companies.
Money borrowed to pay dividends, investment neglected, sewage dumped, customers fleeced; aapproved by OFWAT.
Must end the farce. Nationalise without compensation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Similar with other water companies.
Money borrowed to pay dividends, investment neglected, sewage dumped, customers fleeced; aapproved by OFWAT.
Must end the farce. Nationalise without compensation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Myth busting capitalism with @graceblakeley.bsky.social
Want to learn how to talk about 'the system' ? Check this out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptH1...
Want to learn how to talk about 'the system' ? Check this out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptH1...
This is why capitalism makes us miserable | Economic commentator Grace Blakeley Brainwash
YouTube video by Brainwash
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December 11, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Myth busting capitalism with @graceblakeley.bsky.social
Want to learn how to talk about 'the system' ? Check this out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptH1...
Want to learn how to talk about 'the system' ? Check this out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptH1...
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Made this point on Question Time
December 11, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Made this point on Question Time
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Keir Starmer Plan to ‘Clean Up’ Political Lobbying Is Even Weaker Than the Conservatives.
103 lobbyists stood as general election candidates - 48 Labour, 35 Tory, 20 LibDems; aim to advance the interests of paymasters.
What chance of transparency or fair politics?
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/11/k...
103 lobbyists stood as general election candidates - 48 Labour, 35 Tory, 20 LibDems; aim to advance the interests of paymasters.
What chance of transparency or fair politics?
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/11/k...
Keir Starmer's Plan to 'Clean Up' Political Lobbying Is Even Weaker Than the Conservatives, Say Corruption Experts
Transparency campaigners slam what they describe as the Prime Minister's 'lacklustre' approach to cleaning up politics
bylinetimes.com
December 11, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Keir Starmer Plan to ‘Clean Up’ Political Lobbying Is Even Weaker Than the Conservatives.
103 lobbyists stood as general election candidates - 48 Labour, 35 Tory, 20 LibDems; aim to advance the interests of paymasters.
What chance of transparency or fair politics?
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/11/k...
103 lobbyists stood as general election candidates - 48 Labour, 35 Tory, 20 LibDems; aim to advance the interests of paymasters.
What chance of transparency or fair politics?
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/11/k...
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The UK House of Lords was packed today with Tory peers as the Bill to abolish hereditary peerages is debated. They oppose change.
Never saw so many when poverty, homelessness debated
We need an elected second chamber, but it must not be a clone of the Commons or use First-Past-The-Post system.
Never saw so many when poverty, homelessness debated
We need an elected second chamber, but it must not be a clone of the Commons or use First-Past-The-Post system.
December 11, 2024 at 6:01 PM
The UK House of Lords was packed today with Tory peers as the Bill to abolish hereditary peerages is debated. They oppose change.
Never saw so many when poverty, homelessness debated
We need an elected second chamber, but it must not be a clone of the Commons or use First-Past-The-Post system.
Never saw so many when poverty, homelessness debated
We need an elected second chamber, but it must not be a clone of the Commons or use First-Past-The-Post system.
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Police investigating crimes linked to the Post Office Horizon IT scandal looking at "dozens" of potential suspects
Don't expect trials until 2027. Issues first raised 30 yrs ago
How many big-wigs will say they are too old/fragile, have selective amnesia to escape trial?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Don't expect trials until 2027. Issues first raised 30 yrs ago
How many big-wigs will say they are too old/fragile, have selective amnesia to escape trial?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Post Office Horizon scandal: No Trials before 2027, say police
Criminal trials aren't expected to begin until 2027, almost 30 years after concerns were first raised.
www.bbc.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Police investigating crimes linked to the Post Office Horizon IT scandal looking at "dozens" of potential suspects
Don't expect trials until 2027. Issues first raised 30 yrs ago
How many big-wigs will say they are too old/fragile, have selective amnesia to escape trial?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Don't expect trials until 2027. Issues first raised 30 yrs ago
How many big-wigs will say they are too old/fragile, have selective amnesia to escape trial?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Nothing like a dead body to make front pages alive and talking about the outrageous practices of the American "healthcare" system...
December 9, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Nothing like a dead body to make front pages alive and talking about the outrageous practices of the American "healthcare" system...
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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 6, 2024 at 4:04 PM
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
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“Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers. The revenue per acre is too low to warrant the purchase, unless you are extremely wealthy and are avoiding inheritance tax”
Whose land? Tax avoidance and the broken economics of British farming
Noise in the billionaire press about inheritance tax changes hides a basic fact: the non-farming rich own too much land
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 9:27 AM
“Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers. The revenue per acre is too low to warrant the purchase, unless you are extremely wealthy and are avoiding inheritance tax”
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer is considering plans to close a loophole that allows foreign billionaires like Elon Musk to bankroll British political parties, one of his ministers has signalled👏
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/06/k...
Keir Starmer Considers Closing Elon Musk Donations Loophole to Stop 'Foreign Interference' in UK Elections
A rumoured $100 million donation from Musk to Nigel Farage's Reform would be banned under the proposal
bylinetimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is considering plans to close a loophole that allows foreign billionaires like Elon Musk to bankroll British political parties, one of his ministers has signalled👏
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/06/k...
Another great podcast from @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social with excellent contributions from Dr Phil Hammond on the trials of Lucy Letby.
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Was There Ever A Crime? The Trials of Lucy Letby with John Sweeney: Episode 6: The Framing of Lucy Letby
This is Episond 6: The framing of Lucy Letby, the last episode in our series. In this episode hosts John Sweeney and Edward Abel Smith tell the story of how neonatal consultant Dr B accidentally kill...
sites.libsyn.com
December 5, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Another great podcast from @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social with excellent contributions from Dr Phil Hammond on the trials of Lucy Letby.
sites.libsyn.com/405443/episo...
sites.libsyn.com/405443/episo...
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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 5, 2024 at 8:59 AM
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!
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And Israel continues to kill in Gaza with such regularity much of the media no longer find it newsworthy - Al Jazeera reported 21 killed yesterday “Women, children ‘incinerated’ in Israeli attack on tents in Gaza safe zone”
aje.io/bpgzod
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December 5, 2024 at 9:04 AM
And Israel continues to kill in Gaza with such regularity much of the media no longer find it newsworthy - Al Jazeera reported 21 killed yesterday “Women, children ‘incinerated’ in Israeli attack on tents in Gaza safe zone”
aje.io/bpgzod
aje.io/bpgzod
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Amos Goldberg, Professor of Genocide Studies at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem "Yes, it is genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. Jewish history will henceforth be stained"
Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased?
Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased?
December 4, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Amos Goldberg, Professor of Genocide Studies at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem "Yes, it is genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. Jewish history will henceforth be stained"
Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased?
Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased?
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Israel’s war in Gaza amounts to genocide, Amnesty International report finds
Israel’s war in Gaza amounts to genocide, Amnesty International report finds
Human rights group says Israel ‘brazenly, continuously and with total impunity … unleashed hell’ on strip’s 2.3m population
A report from Amnesty International alleges that Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip constitutes the crime of genocide…
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Israel’s war in Gaza amounts to genocide, Amnesty International report finds
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“Yes, it’s a genocide. And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent.” - Amos Goldberg, Israeli Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies
(Location: Parliament Square, London. Read full statement below)
(Location: Parliament Square, London. Read full statement below)
December 4, 2024 at 10:29 AM
“Yes, it’s a genocide. And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent.” - Amos Goldberg, Israeli Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies
(Location: Parliament Square, London. Read full statement below)
(Location: Parliament Square, London. Read full statement below)
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BREAKING: Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in new report:
BREAKING: Amnesty Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide
“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo.
zeteo.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:12 AM
BREAKING: Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in new report: