@skye-64.bsky.social
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On the upside, tiny violin stocks are booming.
March 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
On the upside, tiny violin stocks are booming.
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🚨Let’s protect democracy by tightening the rules on political donations. Please sign this petition
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Tighten the rules on political donations
We want the government to:
Remove loopholes that allow wealthy foreign individuals to make donations into UK political parties (e.g. by funnelling through UK registered companies).
Cap all donations ...
petition.parliament.uk
January 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🚨Let’s protect democracy by tightening the rules on political donations. Please sign this petition
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Sky News CONTINUING to refer to the chancellor as ‘Rachel from
Accounts’, would they have referred to a male chancellor by an insulting nickname? Of course not.
It’s misogynistic and they’re repeating it.
Accounts’, would they have referred to a male chancellor by an insulting nickname? Of course not.
It’s misogynistic and they’re repeating it.
January 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Sky News CONTINUING to refer to the chancellor as ‘Rachel from
Accounts’, would they have referred to a male chancellor by an insulting nickname? Of course not.
It’s misogynistic and they’re repeating it.
Accounts’, would they have referred to a male chancellor by an insulting nickname? Of course not.
It’s misogynistic and they’re repeating it.
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💥 NEW 💥
“Hannah Greer, campaign manager for Good Law Project, said that @desmog.bsky.social’s findings showed that ‘the well-greased revolving door between fossil fuel lobbyists and ministers has not stopped spinning despite the change in government.’”
www.desmog.com/2024/12/10/l...
“Hannah Greer, campaign manager for Good Law Project, said that @desmog.bsky.social’s findings showed that ‘the well-greased revolving door between fossil fuel lobbyists and ministers has not stopped spinning despite the change in government.’”
www.desmog.com/2024/12/10/l...
Labour Donors Lobbied the New Government on Behalf of Fossil Fuel Giants
Consultancies that donated staff and resources to the Labour Party’s general election campaign have since lobbied the government on behalf of oil and gas companies, DeSmog can reveal. Seven lobbying f...
www.desmog.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:46 PM
💥 NEW 💥
“Hannah Greer, campaign manager for Good Law Project, said that @desmog.bsky.social’s findings showed that ‘the well-greased revolving door between fossil fuel lobbyists and ministers has not stopped spinning despite the change in government.’”
www.desmog.com/2024/12/10/l...
“Hannah Greer, campaign manager for Good Law Project, said that @desmog.bsky.social’s findings showed that ‘the well-greased revolving door between fossil fuel lobbyists and ministers has not stopped spinning despite the change in government.’”
www.desmog.com/2024/12/10/l...
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Hunger is a violation of basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK's food bank crisis.
Work doesn't pay. 38% of universal credit claimants are at work.
1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Must redistribute income/wealth. Tax the rich.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/food...
Work doesn't pay. 38% of universal credit claimants are at work.
1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Must redistribute income/wealth. Tax the rich.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/food...
UK's food bank crisis is violating our basic human rights
Food banks are a violation of our human right to food on an unprecedented scale. Hunger should spark outrage, writes Just Fair’s Alex Firth.
www.bigissue.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Hunger is a violation of basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK's food bank crisis.
Work doesn't pay. 38% of universal credit claimants are at work.
1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Must redistribute income/wealth. Tax the rich.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/food...
Work doesn't pay. 38% of universal credit claimants are at work.
1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Must redistribute income/wealth. Tax the rich.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/food...
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National Audit Office report into the CONFLICTS OF INTEREST in UK government 👇
I talk about exactly this in my book 📕 there should be NO CONFLICTS of interest
None
Nada
If you’re interested in these matters then maybe sign up to Democracy For Sale newsletter via @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
I talk about exactly this in my book 📕 there should be NO CONFLICTS of interest
None
Nada
If you’re interested in these matters then maybe sign up to Democracy For Sale newsletter via @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
Today Democracy for Sale also looks at a *very* concerning new National Audit Office report into management of conflicts of interest in UK government
Includes an honourable mention for Spotlight @suehawley.bsky.social ‘s excellent blog on the report
www.spotlightcorruption.org/nao-conflict...
Includes an honourable mention for Spotlight @suehawley.bsky.social ‘s excellent blog on the report
www.spotlightcorruption.org/nao-conflict...
NAO reveals woeful conflicts of interest management undermining government objectivity - Spotlight on Corruption
Proactive and robust conflicts of interest management is critical for preventing undue influence on government decision-making, and ensuring that public
www.spotlightcorruption.org
November 23, 2024 at 9:27 PM
National Audit Office report into the CONFLICTS OF INTEREST in UK government 👇
I talk about exactly this in my book 📕 there should be NO CONFLICTS of interest
None
Nada
If you’re interested in these matters then maybe sign up to Democracy For Sale newsletter via @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
I talk about exactly this in my book 📕 there should be NO CONFLICTS of interest
None
Nada
If you’re interested in these matters then maybe sign up to Democracy For Sale newsletter via @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
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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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Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm Global Counsel is under investigation by the lobbying regulator
What is it about certain politicians and their seeming inability to actually do things for the greater good?
Please read @petergeoghegan.bsky.social thread below 👇
It’s important 💪🏼
What is it about certain politicians and their seeming inability to actually do things for the greater good?
Please read @petergeoghegan.bsky.social thread below 👇
It’s important 💪🏼
🚨 Senior staff at Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm Global Counsel are behind a think tank that is urging Labour ministers to adopt controversial private finance deals
Scoop on Democracy for Sale by Adam Bychawski and me:
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
New: Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm behind think tank pushing PFI 2.0
Plus: new report lays bare UK government’s woeful conflicts of interest management
open.substack.com
November 23, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm Global Counsel is under investigation by the lobbying regulator
What is it about certain politicians and their seeming inability to actually do things for the greater good?
Please read @petergeoghegan.bsky.social thread below 👇
It’s important 💪🏼
What is it about certain politicians and their seeming inability to actually do things for the greater good?
Please read @petergeoghegan.bsky.social thread below 👇
It’s important 💪🏼
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Why did the UK Government agree to sell the ghost station to an oligarch already suspected of money laundering for the Russian underworld? Why did senior Conservative Party figures accept large donations from such a man? Why hasn’t there been a full official inquiry?
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/25/u...
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/25/u...
Underground Russian Influence: Johnson and the Ghost Station
Turlough Conway on how a new legal case against Boris Johnson raises more questions about money laundered in London and Conservative connections to Russia.
bylinetimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Why did the UK Government agree to sell the ghost station to an oligarch already suspected of money laundering for the Russian underworld? Why did senior Conservative Party figures accept large donations from such a man? Why hasn’t there been a full official inquiry?
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/25/u...
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/25/u...
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Energy Price Cap to rise again! What it means for you, how you beat it, will standing charges be cut? My quick video briefing.
Feel free to share.
youtu.be/18NyHNd3dko
Feel free to share.
youtu.be/18NyHNd3dko
Energy Price Cap to rise again! What it means for you, how to beat it, will standing charges be cut?
YouTube video by MoneySavingExpert.com
youtu.be
November 22, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Energy Price Cap to rise again! What it means for you, how you beat it, will standing charges be cut? My quick video briefing.
Feel free to share.
youtu.be/18NyHNd3dko
Feel free to share.
youtu.be/18NyHNd3dko
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"The UK is no longer offering COVID vaccines to pregnant women – here’s why that might be a bad idea" - @theconversation.bsky.social article by @sheencr.bsky.social drawing on joint work with @chrischirp.bsky.social
theconversation.com/the-uk-is-no...
theconversation.com/the-uk-is-no...
The UK is no longer offering COVID vaccines to pregnant women – here’s why that might be a bad idea
From spring 2025, pregnant women will no longer be eligible for free COVID vaccines in the UK.
theconversation.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:00 PM
"The UK is no longer offering COVID vaccines to pregnant women – here’s why that might be a bad idea" - @theconversation.bsky.social article by @sheencr.bsky.social drawing on joint work with @chrischirp.bsky.social
theconversation.com/the-uk-is-no...
theconversation.com/the-uk-is-no...
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One of the forms of hybrid warfare Russia is developing to use in Western nations is cyber-attacks to disable sewerage systems, flooding the rivers with shit. How, in the UK, would we detect them?
November 20, 2024 at 7:10 AM
One of the forms of hybrid warfare Russia is developing to use in Western nations is cyber-attacks to disable sewerage systems, flooding the rivers with shit. How, in the UK, would we detect them?
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MPs are to summon Elon Musk to testify about X’s role in spreading disinformation, in a parliamentary inquiry into the UK riots and the rise of false and harmful AI content
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
MPs to summon Elon Musk to testify about X’s role in UK summer riots
Commons inquiry into rise of harmful content on social media also expected to call Meta and TikTok executives
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:18 AM
MPs are to summon Elon Musk to testify about X’s role in spreading disinformation, in a parliamentary inquiry into the UK riots and the rise of false and harmful AI content
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
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Coming to any photo opportunity at any time you’ll have ‘em
The new Tory B*llox Band
From left to right
Close my Companies while they owe HMRC Philps
Claim Anything I Can McVey
How Did I End Up As A Minister Atkins
And band leader …
KemiKaze BadEnough
The new Tory B*llox Band
From left to right
Close my Companies while they owe HMRC Philps
Claim Anything I Can McVey
How Did I End Up As A Minister Atkins
And band leader …
KemiKaze BadEnough
November 19, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Coming to any photo opportunity at any time you’ll have ‘em
The new Tory B*llox Band
From left to right
Close my Companies while they owe HMRC Philps
Claim Anything I Can McVey
How Did I End Up As A Minister Atkins
And band leader …
KemiKaze BadEnough
The new Tory B*llox Band
From left to right
Close my Companies while they owe HMRC Philps
Claim Anything I Can McVey
How Did I End Up As A Minister Atkins
And band leader …
KemiKaze BadEnough
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The DWP assessment on how many pensioners will be pushed into poverty as a result of the Winter Fuel Payment cuts will not make good reading for Labour MPs :
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/673caa...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/673caa...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
November 19, 2024 at 4:36 PM
The DWP assessment on how many pensioners will be pushed into poverty as a result of the Winter Fuel Payment cuts will not make good reading for Labour MPs :
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/673caa...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/673caa...
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Umm. This is like first day at school. I’ve joined up
November 18, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Umm. This is like first day at school. I’ve joined up
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Had a brilliant lunch with @francescrook.bsky.social & others at Brixton Prison's Clink restaurant today, staffed by serving prisoners. Delicious food, and a good opportunity to interact with the humans usually 'out of sight, out of mind'. Shown to reduce reoffending. Society needs more of this.
November 19, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Had a brilliant lunch with @francescrook.bsky.social & others at Brixton Prison's Clink restaurant today, staffed by serving prisoners. Delicious food, and a good opportunity to interact with the humans usually 'out of sight, out of mind'. Shown to reduce reoffending. Society needs more of this.
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If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
November 19, 2024 at 10:22 AM
If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
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Clarkson is such a cock. Won’t somebody PLEASE think of the poor millionaires?!
Nurses survived on food banks (despite many dying during covid) whilst you lot paid v. little on inherited multi million pound estates and slated striking workers.
Sit down you posh bellends.
Nobody cares.
Nurses survived on food banks (despite many dying during covid) whilst you lot paid v. little on inherited multi million pound estates and slated striking workers.
Sit down you posh bellends.
Nobody cares.
November 19, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Clarkson is such a cock. Won’t somebody PLEASE think of the poor millionaires?!
Nurses survived on food banks (despite many dying during covid) whilst you lot paid v. little on inherited multi million pound estates and slated striking workers.
Sit down you posh bellends.
Nobody cares.
Nurses survived on food banks (despite many dying during covid) whilst you lot paid v. little on inherited multi million pound estates and slated striking workers.
Sit down you posh bellends.
Nobody cares.
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This article was written 112 years ago. 112 years, and we still aren't doing what we need to do to address the climate crisis.
No time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#Climate #energy #ClimateEmergency #renewables #COP29
No time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#Climate #energy #ClimateEmergency #renewables #COP29
November 15, 2024 at 7:18 PM
This article was written 112 years ago. 112 years, and we still aren't doing what we need to do to address the climate crisis.
No time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#Climate #energy #ClimateEmergency #renewables #COP29
No time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#Climate #energy #ClimateEmergency #renewables #COP29
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Important research calculated that poor diets of high fat, low nutrition cause UK £268bn a year which link to costs for care for obesity linked conditions eg type 2 diabetes & heart disease as well as people too sick to work. But it is likely an underestimation…🧪🧵🌍
UK’s unhealthy food habits cost £268bn a year, report finds
Exclusive: Food, Farming and Countryside Commission added up cost to NHS and economy of diet-linked disease
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2024 at 7:05 AM
Important research calculated that poor diets of high fat, low nutrition cause UK £268bn a year which link to costs for care for obesity linked conditions eg type 2 diabetes & heart disease as well as people too sick to work. But it is likely an underestimation…🧪🧵🌍
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Treating lupus by depleting B cells with CAR T cells has been shown successful
A breakthrough cancer immunotherapy is now taking aim at autoimmune disease | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
A breakthrough cancer immunotherapy is now taking aim at autoimmune disease | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
A breakthrough cancer immunotherapy is now taking aim at autoimmune disease
CAR-T therapy is generating excitement for lupus, scleroderma, and other conditions as clinical trials expand
www.science.org
November 15, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Treating lupus by depleting B cells with CAR T cells has been shown successful
A breakthrough cancer immunotherapy is now taking aim at autoimmune disease | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
A breakthrough cancer immunotherapy is now taking aim at autoimmune disease | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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I see European Movement in Scotland has just landed here!
Excellent - follow them please. 🙏
@euromovescotland.bsky.social
Excellent - follow them please. 🙏
@euromovescotland.bsky.social
November 15, 2024 at 9:13 PM
I see European Movement in Scotland has just landed here!
Excellent - follow them please. 🙏
@euromovescotland.bsky.social
Excellent - follow them please. 🙏
@euromovescotland.bsky.social