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If you're in England and want to observe the potential effects of insurance or privately funded healthcare, take a look at the state of dentistry.
Almost all dentists operate privately, and the cost of treatment is exorbitant.
Running healthcare as a business will inevitably lead to higher prices.
Almost all dentists operate privately, and the cost of treatment is exorbitant.
Running healthcare as a business will inevitably lead to higher prices.
April 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
If you're in England and want to observe the potential effects of insurance or privately funded healthcare, take a look at the state of dentistry.
Almost all dentists operate privately, and the cost of treatment is exorbitant.
Running healthcare as a business will inevitably lead to higher prices.
Almost all dentists operate privately, and the cost of treatment is exorbitant.
Running healthcare as a business will inevitably lead to higher prices.
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Brian Unwin, former President of the European Investment Bank, highlights the eye-watering levels of long-term financing we've lost because of Brexit in his letter to The Guardian. 📝
March 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Brian Unwin, former President of the European Investment Bank, highlights the eye-watering levels of long-term financing we've lost because of Brexit in his letter to The Guardian. 📝
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This is fascism
Plain and simple
And it is not far from Nazism
#Impeachtrump
#arresttrump
#MuskforLeavenworth
Plain and simple
And it is not far from Nazism
#Impeachtrump
#arresttrump
#MuskforLeavenworth
March 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This is fascism
Plain and simple
And it is not far from Nazism
#Impeachtrump
#arresttrump
#MuskforLeavenworth
Plain and simple
And it is not far from Nazism
#Impeachtrump
#arresttrump
#MuskforLeavenworth
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Couldn’t be more sick of this toxic Tory/rightwing/Reform “philosophising” about race and identity.
Who the fuck do these people think they are?
What made them arbiters of what it is to be English/British?
These rancid, racist inadequates do not get to dictate our identities.
Who the fuck do these people think they are?
What made them arbiters of what it is to be English/British?
These rancid, racist inadequates do not get to dictate our identities.
February 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Couldn’t be more sick of this toxic Tory/rightwing/Reform “philosophising” about race and identity.
Who the fuck do these people think they are?
What made them arbiters of what it is to be English/British?
These rancid, racist inadequates do not get to dictate our identities.
Who the fuck do these people think they are?
What made them arbiters of what it is to be English/British?
These rancid, racist inadequates do not get to dictate our identities.
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Yes. America will have to live with the shame. As will every single British politician who has championed Trump and Musk, and who is prepared to lie and excuse them even now. What an unforgivable betrayal by all of them.
February 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Yes. America will have to live with the shame. As will every single British politician who has championed Trump and Musk, and who is prepared to lie and excuse them even now. What an unforgivable betrayal by all of them.
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Spain's economy is booming - thanks to immigration.
Ideological rigidity against foreign-born workers isn’t just xenophobic, it’s economically shortsighted.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ideological rigidity against foreign-born workers isn’t just xenophobic, it’s economically shortsighted.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why is Spain’s economy booming? Thanks to migration – which proves xenophobia doesn’t pay | María Ramírez
With Spanish GDP growth leading Europe last year, diversity is making us richer – not only financially but culturally, too, says journalist María Ramírez
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Spain's economy is booming - thanks to immigration.
Ideological rigidity against foreign-born workers isn’t just xenophobic, it’s economically shortsighted.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ideological rigidity against foreign-born workers isn’t just xenophobic, it’s economically shortsighted.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Not just “Labour sources” asking this, Times. Pretty much every decent-minded person out there wonders why the hell the right thinks these relentless misogynistic attacks on Labour politicians are acceptable. Particularly when you hand out free passes like smarties to the utterly corrupt Tory party.
February 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Not just “Labour sources” asking this, Times. Pretty much every decent-minded person out there wonders why the hell the right thinks these relentless misogynistic attacks on Labour politicians are acceptable. Particularly when you hand out free passes like smarties to the utterly corrupt Tory party.
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We didn't vote for Reform lite. We don't want Reform lite.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK to refuse citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’
Home Office accused of shutting out refugees, as new guidance says those applicants will ‘normally be refused’
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
We didn't vote for Reform lite. We don't want Reform lite.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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From a year ago today
February 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
From a year ago today
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February 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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I am right in thinking everyone wants to Rejoin the EU aren't I?
Like if you do
RT if you really do
Like if you do
RT if you really do
February 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I am right in thinking everyone wants to Rejoin the EU aren't I?
Like if you do
RT if you really do
Like if you do
RT if you really do
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Freed Palestinian hostages bear the scars of brutal torture, starvation, medical neglect, scabies, and severe beatings—some suffering fractured ribs—reflecting the crimes committed against them, especially post-7 Oct. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...
Palestinians released by Israel show signs of ‘torture, starvation’
Palestinians released from Israeli jails show signs of torture and starvation, said Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.
www.aljazeera.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Freed Palestinian hostages bear the scars of brutal torture, starvation, medical neglect, scabies, and severe beatings—some suffering fractured ribs—reflecting the crimes committed against them, especially post-7 Oct. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...
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The government is still refusing to answer our questions about its definition of genocide, the legal advice it has received, and the use of RAF Akrotiri.
What does the government have to hide?
What does the government have to hide?
January 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The government is still refusing to answer our questions about its definition of genocide, the legal advice it has received, and the use of RAF Akrotiri.
What does the government have to hide?
What does the government have to hide?
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Let the Non-Doms leave! I'm tired of Britain being held hostage to their wealth
Contrary to attempts by libertarians to spook the Labour government, non-doms leaving has a minimal impact on the UK.
matapet.substack.com/p/let-them-l...
Contrary to attempts by libertarians to spook the Labour government, non-doms leaving has a minimal impact on the UK.
matapet.substack.com/p/let-them-l...
January 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Let the Non-Doms leave! I'm tired of Britain being held hostage to their wealth
Contrary to attempts by libertarians to spook the Labour government, non-doms leaving has a minimal impact on the UK.
matapet.substack.com/p/let-them-l...
Contrary to attempts by libertarians to spook the Labour government, non-doms leaving has a minimal impact on the UK.
matapet.substack.com/p/let-them-l...
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When maximum sentence for chaining yourself to railings is over twice maximum sentence for racially aggravated assault, anyone who cares about justice should be appalled. This is a dangerous, undemocratic & disproportionate attack on longstanding right to peaceful protest in UK #DefendOurJuries
January 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
When maximum sentence for chaining yourself to railings is over twice maximum sentence for racially aggravated assault, anyone who cares about justice should be appalled. This is a dangerous, undemocratic & disproportionate attack on longstanding right to peaceful protest in UK #DefendOurJuries
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As a father of five kids, I totally agree with this evergreen post.
January 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
As a father of five kids, I totally agree with this evergreen post.
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And in today's installment of "it isn't people seeking asylum who cost taxpayers money" we have this spectacular gem. £130 million on an IT system, seemingly devised to counter the fairly obvious incompatibly of the Rwanda scheme with human rights.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Revealed: Conservatives spent £134m on never-used IT systems for failed Rwanda scheme
Home Office official says data protection laws caused the cost of its forced removal programme to increase
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
And in today's installment of "it isn't people seeking asylum who cost taxpayers money" we have this spectacular gem. £130 million on an IT system, seemingly devised to counter the fairly obvious incompatibly of the Rwanda scheme with human rights.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Ravi Shankar: Sitar Hero - BBC Sounds
Nitin Sawhney explores the life of Ravi Shankar.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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I feel some of you need this as much as I did.
Remember it takes heat and tempering to make a great steel.
Remember it takes heat and tempering to make a great steel.
January 19, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I feel some of you need this as much as I did.
Remember it takes heat and tempering to make a great steel.
Remember it takes heat and tempering to make a great steel.