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Thames Water: Britain's biggest utility just got captured by toxic private credit markets No rescue. No reform. Just control - seized through debt. That's the state of Thames Water, as Waterways Protection writes

Thames Water is now controlled by two US credit powerhouses: Silver Point Capital and Elliott Management.

Their game - asset stripping, profiteering, slick PR, devour; to get high returns.

Govt can put an end by bringing water into public ownership, but refuses. People's misery to deepen.

Decriminalise abortion and make it a protected human right. Women’s rights are under threat from the far right. Nigel Farage just called our current abortion provisions “utterly ludicrous” – and others in power are paying attention. A vote in Parliament could ...

Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.”
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...

Public ownership ‘not the answer’ says Reed after Thames Water deal collapse At the despatch box, Conservative shadow environment secretary Victoria Atkins accused ministers of having “talked themselves out of” a rescue plan.

Public ownership ‘not the answer’ says Minister as Thames Water teeters.

Wrong.

After 36 yrs of market solutions. Result - sewage in rivers, unplugged leaks, customers fleeced, high dividends.

Govt dithered. TW added another £3bn debt, spends £200m a year on advisers.

Need public ownership now.

Sir Jon Cunliffe: put public ownership back on the table! From day one, the government’s “largest review of the water sector since privatisation” - a.k.a the Cunliffe Review - has ruled out the solution that 82% of the British public want: public ownership. ...

Put Public Ownership back on the table!

I signed a petition on Action Network telling Sir Jon Cunliffe Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, Chair of the Independent Water Commission to: put public ownership back on the table!.

actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...

UK food shops report ‘massive’ rise in pensioner shoplifting Kingdom Services boss says retailers seeing ‘different sort of shoplifter’ with more theft by people ‘who just can’t afford food’

UK food shops report ‘massive’ rise in pensioner shoplifting.

Poverty forces people to do desperate acts

Full state pension less than 50% of min wage, loss of winter fuel payment, unchecked profiteering.

Govts perpetuate poverty with low wages, benefit cuts.

Align state pension with living wage

Great to see Scotland’s new suicide prevention campaign at Partick train station

What if…a conversation about suicide could save a life?

If you are concerned about someone, please ask them how they are doing.

It could save their life! @SuicidePrevScot

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER SLUGGO - - - AM I SEEING THINGS? NO IT'S THE LATEST IN PLASTIC HAMMOCKS

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April 27,1953

Daily Express front page today. ANGER OVER THE CREEPING BETRAYAL OF BREXIT FREEDOMS.

“The Chancellor sparked anger when she revealed that govt wants to enable young people from Europe and UK to work and travel overseas”

FFS.
What ‘Brexit freedom’ exactly is being betrayed here?
The freedom to NOT be free to work and travel overseas?

One of the stupidest front pages I’ve ever seen.

WASPI campaigners issue warning over 'old news' as key report awaited The PHSO has been investigating the DWP's handling of state pension age changes for five years

This is old news and dates back to 2019. The Judicial Review failed and they were refused the right to appeal.
It has been doing the rounds again.

www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/uk-worl...

Just watched @labourlewis.bsky.social's powerful speech on his Water Bill, raising the fundamental question that’s been ignored for too long: who should own our water?

It’s time to bring water back into public hands.

Watch the debate here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gIOTHnvxEI

Absolutely right. The economic and moral case for this is basically unanswerable. Political case is considered impossible although a brave government would do it.

Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...

Stop cuts to public services - please sign: ✍️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

Visited 3, still to visit Belfast.

Europe can defend Ukraine without the US - and it must Only Europe can defend itself against Russian imperialism. We have the capacity. We simply need the will.

Don't despair. Europe can help Ukraine fight Russia without American help. Here's how iandunt.substack.com/p/europe-can...

No second state visit for Trump This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...

Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

@profjacob.bsky.social @explaintrade.com @cnbc.com @aoc.bsky.social

Trump has a short memory. Maybe it's an age thing ?

Aw Dave! Magic!

Elon, Call Your Dealer 3 Fresh Reads + Actions Today to Fight the Tech Coup

If you're feeling hopeless or scared or frustrated or confused, please consider signing up to @the-citizens.bsky.social newsletter. We're not powerless & there are things that we can do.
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Government is busy: but the media are not telling you Despite what the press tells us, the government is very busy, often doing popular things. But you wouldn’t know it from the press coverage

"It is well-known that most of the mainstream media do not approach a Labour Government in a neutral way.

Some blatantly misrepresent what is happening, but more often they simply do not report activity, leaving people with a sense that the government is doing nothing."

Thames Water investigated over delayed river clean-up schemes Regulator Ofwat’s enforcement case into whether company breached obligations follows Guardian investigation

Thames Water, which serves parts of Essex and Herts, “intentionally diverted millions of pounds pledged for environmental clean-ups towards other costs, including bonuses and dividends.”
How long will this be allowed?

Keep spreading the word, folks!
BlueSky can be another tool to beat the bad guys… and we need to use everything we possibly can. ✊👊

European Movement We're the UK's largest pro-European movement. Our goal is to reverse the calamity of Brexit and restore relations with our European neighbours.

Bluesky really is a phenomenal platform for community building. 🦋

Thanks to recent surges driven from Bluesky, European Movement membership has shot up to now just 250 members short of…

💥25,000 members💥

Please help us get over that milestone. 🙏🏻

YES to EU membership. NO to Trump.

Prince Harry Takes a Stand for Us All: ‘If They’re Supposedly Policing Society, Who On Earth is Policing Them?’ The crisis and corruption in the British press is one of the biggest, ongoing scandals of our time. Byline Times tips its hat to Prince Harry

Prince Harry Takes a Stand for Us All: ‘If They’re Supposedly Policing Society, Who On Earth is Policing Them?’

The crisis and corruption in the British press is one of the biggest, ongoing scandals of our time
@hardeepmatharu.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2023/06/06/p...

There was no plan ….

This needs amplifying.

The government knew all that but decided to proceed with Brexit anyway. Had it been an election, rather than a referendum, the result could have been legally overturned, as the referendum should have been.
That's why I took Theresa May to court (yes, I'm that "Wilson").
@bremaininspain.com

❤️🧑‍🎄

You can't trust the modern right to manage money.
My latest article for @yorksbylines.bsky.social

The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks The broadcaster provides an oversized platform for representatives from opaquely-funded libertarian lobby groups, says media academic Julian Petley

Good work @bylinetimes.bsky.social

Great to have some real journalism, please everyone give them a follow.

bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...