Mike Roller
@rollermike188.bsky.social
Retired old codger & gardener, trade unionist & rep, ex Royal Mail, ex NHS, opinionated, internationalist and socialist. There is a better way.
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To those who relentlessly attack disabled people, what makes you think you’re immune from illness or disability? Everyone is one illness or injury away from disability. No-one is immune. One day you could be disabled & on the receiving of stigma, hatred & cruel govt policies.
March 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
To those who relentlessly attack disabled people, what makes you think you’re immune from illness or disability? Everyone is one illness or injury away from disability. No-one is immune. One day you could be disabled & on the receiving of stigma, hatred & cruel govt policies.
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The government is looking at another benefit crackdown when it should, instead, be looking at corporate fraud and its own failure to pay all the benefits owing to people. Why has it got its focus so wrong? Does it just hate people on benefits? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...
Why is the government obsessed with benefit fraud?
The FT has reported that:
Ministers are examining proposals to grant banks access to all of the accounts of benefit claimants.
They added:
Officials in the Department for Work and Pensions have been a...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
February 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The government is looking at another benefit crackdown when it should, instead, be looking at corporate fraud and its own failure to pay all the benefits owing to people. Why has it got its focus so wrong? Does it just hate people on benefits? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...
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People can’t eat or heat there homes, and on GMB today the discussion is doubling our defence spending.
Here’s a thought, why doesn’t the west stop destroying and bombing countries it wants to control but has no rights to do so.
Here’s a thought, why doesn’t the west stop destroying and bombing countries it wants to control but has no rights to do so.
February 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
People can’t eat or heat there homes, and on GMB today the discussion is doubling our defence spending.
Here’s a thought, why doesn’t the west stop destroying and bombing countries it wants to control but has no rights to do so.
Here’s a thought, why doesn’t the west stop destroying and bombing countries it wants to control but has no rights to do so.
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Why is the CEO of the NHS in England calling for private sector funding for NHS infrastructure when it is obvious that readily available state funding would be cheaper? Is this just pro-market political dogma being promoted by a civil servant? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...
Are people appointed to government posts to be private sector stooges?
The FT has reported today that:
The UK government should consider the use of private capital to fix the NHS’s crumbling buildings and infrastructure, the head of England’s health service has said.
NH...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
February 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Why is the CEO of the NHS in England calling for private sector funding for NHS infrastructure when it is obvious that readily available state funding would be cheaper? Is this just pro-market political dogma being promoted by a civil servant? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...
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It's a pity the BBC didn't investigate the previous Conservative Government in depth ..we may not now be suffering the poverty, lack of care, homes, teachers, doctors, GP appts... it has left us with!
February 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
It's a pity the BBC didn't investigate the previous Conservative Government in depth ..we may not now be suffering the poverty, lack of care, homes, teachers, doctors, GP appts... it has left us with!
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All this guff about Rachel Reeves being spun by the BBC/Mail is desperate in its triviality.
It draws the lens away from the reality of her neoliberal economic agenda.
It draws the lens away from the reality of her neoliberal economic agenda.
February 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
All this guff about Rachel Reeves being spun by the BBC/Mail is desperate in its triviality.
It draws the lens away from the reality of her neoliberal economic agenda.
It draws the lens away from the reality of her neoliberal economic agenda.
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"A new study by the University of California, Berkeley found that hate speech rose by 50 per cent in the months after billionaire Elon Musk purchased X, formerly Twitter"
www.euronews.com/next/2025/02...
www.euronews.com/next/2025/02...
Hate speech on X up 50% under Musk, new study finds
A new study by the University of California, Berkeley found that hate speech rose by 50 per cent in the months after billionaire Elon Musk purchased X, formerly Twitter.
www.euronews.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
"A new study by the University of California, Berkeley found that hate speech rose by 50 per cent in the months after billionaire Elon Musk purchased X, formerly Twitter"
www.euronews.com/next/2025/02...
www.euronews.com/next/2025/02...
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Covering just 0.07% of the UK's Farmland in solar panels would be enough to provide 100% of the UK's energy.
Remember that when they talk about not building Solar Panels to protect the UK's food supply.
It's a load of bollocks.
It is really to protect the Fossil Fuel industry.
Remember that when they talk about not building Solar Panels to protect the UK's food supply.
It's a load of bollocks.
It is really to protect the Fossil Fuel industry.
February 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Covering just 0.07% of the UK's Farmland in solar panels would be enough to provide 100% of the UK's energy.
Remember that when they talk about not building Solar Panels to protect the UK's food supply.
It's a load of bollocks.
It is really to protect the Fossil Fuel industry.
Remember that when they talk about not building Solar Panels to protect the UK's food supply.
It's a load of bollocks.
It is really to protect the Fossil Fuel industry.
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The only time UK spy flights are now operating near Gaza is when Hamas release hostages.
Is the UK spying on Hamas for Israel?
www.declassifieduk.org/is-the-uk-sp...
Is the UK spying on Hamas for Israel?
www.declassifieduk.org/is-the-uk-sp...
Is the UK spying on Hamas for Israel?
Royal Air Force surveillance flights towards Gaza keep taking place when hostages are released.
www.declassifieduk.org
February 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The only time UK spy flights are now operating near Gaza is when Hamas release hostages.
Is the UK spying on Hamas for Israel?
www.declassifieduk.org/is-the-uk-sp...
Is the UK spying on Hamas for Israel?
www.declassifieduk.org/is-the-uk-sp...
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DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE:
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2. Diphtheria
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5. Pneumococcal Infection
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February 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE:
1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
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We need to see prosecutions.
Surely there must be some legal eagles out there that can take this on?
Surely there must be some legal eagles out there that can take this on?
And just to remind you, Ofwat has confirmed it, water companies have admitted it, for 35 years we have paid them to build, operate and maintain a properly functioning sewage system, this should not be happening.
Where’s our money???!!!
Where’s our money???!!!
Most of Thames Water’s sewage plants unable to cope with demand
More than half of treatment sites do not have enough tanks or pipes to process volume of waste water, company data shows
www.ft.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
We need to see prosecutions.
Surely there must be some legal eagles out there that can take this on?
Surely there must be some legal eagles out there that can take this on?
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George Monibot, "We have a Chancellor and. Prime Minister who seem to have no vision at all, except this thing called growth, GDP growth"
"GDP should not be used as a measure of national welfare" #BBCQT
"GDP should not be used as a measure of national welfare" #BBCQT
February 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
George Monibot, "We have a Chancellor and. Prime Minister who seem to have no vision at all, except this thing called growth, GDP growth"
"GDP should not be used as a measure of national welfare" #BBCQT
"GDP should not be used as a measure of national welfare" #BBCQT
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Collaboration
The only time UK spy flights are now operating near Gaza is when Hamas release hostages.
Is the UK spying on Hamas for Israel?
www.declassifieduk.org/is-the-uk-sp...
Is the UK spying on Hamas for Israel?
www.declassifieduk.org/is-the-uk-sp...
Is the UK spying on Hamas for Israel?
Royal Air Force surveillance flights towards Gaza keep taking place when hostages are released.
www.declassifieduk.org
February 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Collaboration
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Striking that so many on the Reform tendency, who have banged on for years about the need to remember the sacrifices of WW2 and policed the wearing of poppies... failed to learn any lessons from it.
You don't appease dictators casting shadows on your doorstep. You fight back.
You don't appease dictators casting shadows on your doorstep. You fight back.
February 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Striking that so many on the Reform tendency, who have banged on for years about the need to remember the sacrifices of WW2 and policed the wearing of poppies... failed to learn any lessons from it.
You don't appease dictators casting shadows on your doorstep. You fight back.
You don't appease dictators casting shadows on your doorstep. You fight back.
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Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
February 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
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The UK & EU have taken a free ride on the US's massive defence spending, but people misunderstand what has been going on.
NATO spending is not a pot into which all members' defence $ contribute
For example, the US spends the vast majority of its military $ on non-NATO, domestic priorities
#r4today
NATO spending is not a pot into which all members' defence $ contribute
For example, the US spends the vast majority of its military $ on non-NATO, domestic priorities
#r4today
February 14, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The UK & EU have taken a free ride on the US's massive defence spending, but people misunderstand what has been going on.
NATO spending is not a pot into which all members' defence $ contribute
For example, the US spends the vast majority of its military $ on non-NATO, domestic priorities
#r4today
NATO spending is not a pot into which all members' defence $ contribute
For example, the US spends the vast majority of its military $ on non-NATO, domestic priorities
#r4today
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Watch bad actors draw entirely the wrong conclusion from this.
The message is not "It's pointless switching to EV because they still produce brake dust."
It's "Even if we switch to EV, there will still be SOME issues."
Summary:
(Brake dust + emissions) worse than (brake dust + zero emissions)
The message is not "It's pointless switching to EV because they still produce brake dust."
It's "Even if we switch to EV, there will still be SOME issues."
Summary:
(Brake dust + emissions) worse than (brake dust + zero emissions)
February 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Watch bad actors draw entirely the wrong conclusion from this.
The message is not "It's pointless switching to EV because they still produce brake dust."
It's "Even if we switch to EV, there will still be SOME issues."
Summary:
(Brake dust + emissions) worse than (brake dust + zero emissions)
The message is not "It's pointless switching to EV because they still produce brake dust."
It's "Even if we switch to EV, there will still be SOME issues."
Summary:
(Brake dust + emissions) worse than (brake dust + zero emissions)
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Fighting for fairness
RMT Train Managers working for Avanti West Coast back on the picket line at Euston today, fighting for fair pay for rest day working.
RMT Train Managers working for Avanti West Coast back on the picket line at Euston today, fighting for fair pay for rest day working.
February 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Fighting for fairness
RMT Train Managers working for Avanti West Coast back on the picket line at Euston today, fighting for fair pay for rest day working.
RMT Train Managers working for Avanti West Coast back on the picket line at Euston today, fighting for fair pay for rest day working.
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The UK can secure significant growth of 1.7% - 2.2% through a policy of deep alignment with the EU on goods and services, while staying within Starmer's red lines.
This is the approach to push for: peak ambition within the constraints Labour has set.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This is the approach to push for: peak ambition within the constraints Labour has set.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Research claims EU deal will fuel growth — and Labour is listening
A report says Britain can mend some of the economic damage of Brexit without crossing the red lines set by Keir Starmer
www.thetimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The UK can secure significant growth of 1.7% - 2.2% through a policy of deep alignment with the EU on goods and services, while staying within Starmer's red lines.
This is the approach to push for: peak ambition within the constraints Labour has set.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This is the approach to push for: peak ambition within the constraints Labour has set.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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