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Progressive views. Retired. Formerly worked in Computing, both industrial & academic.

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Stop Palantir taking over our public services! Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

15.02.2026 09:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Passengers not profit: a vision for the Railways Bill. Statement from Dr Grace Brown, Researcher at University of Glasgow.
"Since privatisation, Rolling Stock Operating Companies (ROSCOs) - the companies that own the trains in our railway - have extracted billions in profits – up to 25% of every ticket sold – while reinvesting little in new trains. This leaves passengers with outdated fleets, even though ROSCO dividends between 2012-18 could have paid for 700 new vehicles. Time to end the rip-off."

Passengers not profit: a vision for the Railways Bill. Statement from Dr Grace Brown, Researcher at University of Glasgow. "Since privatisation, Rolling Stock Operating Companies (ROSCOs) - the companies that own the trains in our railway - have extracted billions in profits – up to 25% of every ticket sold – while reinvesting little in new trains. This leaves passengers with outdated fleets, even though ROSCO dividends between 2012-18 could have paid for 700 new vehicles. Time to end the rip-off."

3 Rolling Stock Operating Companies own most of the 15,200 vehicles that run on Britain’s railways, making huge profits for their overseas shareholders.

They are the gravy train - and they have to go.

Read our new report on the future of our railways today👇
vist.ly/4499u

22.08.2025 15:23 👍 53 🔁 32 💬 1 📌 1

My recommendation is don't believe anything in an AI summary that's not confirmed by a reputable source.

13.08.2025 15:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I don't want to even think about living under Faridge as PM.

10.08.2025 17:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

IMO the best hope of stopping Faridge and Reform is for Labour to be more progressive, scrap FPTP voting, and for the relatively Progressive parties to form alliances against Reform and Conservative parties.

09.08.2025 13:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Makes you wonder if Trump was not shot but it was a setup with the blood being from a capsule like in the movies.

07.08.2025 03:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trump is a paedophile. He should be in jail.

02.08.2025 18:11 👍 15 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0

Far right are a bunch of chancers / snake oil sellers / domestic abusers / horrors. Select appropriate category or add your own on a comment.

31.07.2025 08:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Tell The Government: Strengthen UK-EU Environmental Cooperation Climate change and environmental problems don't respect borders. The UK and EU must work together to protect our shared environment, tackle the climate crisis, and preserve biodiversity for future gen...

I just signed this petition calling for better cooperation with the EU on the environment. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/uk-eu-enviro...

29.07.2025 19:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Reeves is an ally of companies ripping off the electorate and is no friend of the average person. Starmer is past his sell by date.

28.07.2025 07:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Reeves is useless: she appeases rip off &crooked companies and ignores ordinary people. She is past her sell by date.

27.07.2025 10:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Headline says 2 in 5 arrested for summer riots had been reported for domestic abuse

Headline says 2 in 5 arrested for summer riots had been reported for domestic abuse

Turns out a lot of those who riotied last summer are violent morons who beat up their partners. Who could have guessed?

27.07.2025 08:52 👍 482 🔁 161 💬 22 📌 10

To celebrate Russia’s Navy Day, Ukrainian drones are now attacking Leningrad oblast. Putin was forced to cancel the naval parade at St Petersburg earlier.

#explodey

27.07.2025 08:54 👍 1592 🔁 305 💬 43 📌 22

#Renationalise water

27.07.2025 10:20 👍 16 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0

Definitely. Too many MATs are corporate child prisons run by CEOs and business managers who have never taught anyone in their lives. @yorkshirebylines.co.uk @bylinesnetwork.co.uk

23.07.2025 08:30 👍 49 🔁 21 💬 4 📌 1
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How a Single F-16 Can Shoot Down 28 Cruise Missiles or Drones in One Sortie—and What It Takes | Defense Express To significantly enhance the ability of Ukrainian F-16 fighter jets to destroy russian cruise missiles and Shahed drones, only four readily available components from partner nations are required

Interesting article about how one F16 should soon be able to shoot down a number of drones in one sortie.
en.defence-ua.com/analysis/how...

22.07.2025 18:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I suspect that Trump Organisation would be bankrupt except for latest ventures such as Trump Social where his adoring fans pay money to him or his companies.

21.07.2025 16:04 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Trump is a paedophile.

21.07.2025 04:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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21.07.2025 03:33 👍 29 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 1
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📢 No More First Past the Post Elections! The 2025 Local Election results confirm what so many of us already know: the current voting system is broken. With 5 parties polling strongly, First Past the Post is delivering chaos and turning elec...

🚨 No More First Past the Post Elections.

5 parties polling strongly, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented.

We need Proportional Representation — NOW.
✍️ Sign the petition:

actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...

20.07.2025 17:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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📢 No More First Past the Post Elections! The 2025 Local Election results confirm what so many of us already know: the current voting system is broken. With 5 parties polling strongly, First Past the Post is delivering chaos and turning elec...

🚨 No More First Past the Post Elections.

5 parties polling strongly, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented.

We need Proportional Representation — NOW.
✍️ Sign the petition:

actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...

20.07.2025 16:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Starmer is past his sell by date.

19.07.2025 06:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Alastair Campbell’s diary: Labour can’t beat Farage at his own game Don’t fight him where he is strong, fight him where he is weak – the economy, the NHS, Putin, Trump, climate, and yes, Brexit

Don’t fight him where he is strong, fight him where he is weak – the economy, the NHS, Putin, Trump, climate, and yes, Brexit

12.05.2025 13:08 👍 63 🔁 16 💬 9 📌 0
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🚨 New data from over 1,100 businesses across the UK shows the damage Brexit has done.

📉 72.8% of firms say they've been negatively impacted.

This isn’t "teething problems", it’s structural harm to our economy.

🔍 Read the full report: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/business-imp...

13.05.2025 12:22 👍 288 🔁 179 💬 9 📌 5

Do you support, for instance, expelling Russia or Myanmar or Afghanistan from the UN? Do you support banning the sale of products from the above countries until the wars are brought to an end in those countries?

17.07.2025 11:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

The UK spends less on welfare than almost any EU country & yet Labour have allowed for the “scroungers” rhetoric to mask their cruelty. Again.

Brits need to learn that they too can have nice things. They just need to stop falling for the most obvious propaganda & stop voting for neoliberals.

13.07.2025 06:08 👍 824 🔁 247 💬 40 📌 9

I recommend installing Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 LTS. I have that on my modern mini desktop, old laptop, Raspberry Pi (running AdGuardHome to prevent Ads appearing on the home network and WireGuard for secure browsing on mobile devices on public networks) and old mini (running my camera network).

11.07.2025 08:56 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Trump cares so much about family values that he boasted about grabbing any woman he wanted by the pussy, hired prostitutes and lied about it and joined up with Epstein who sold young women for sex

04.07.2025 06:57 👍 40 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0

I've had no problems on my Ubuntu upgrades in the last few years. Mind you, I only upgrade from an LTS to the following LTS. Also, I wait for 6 months after an LTS is released, normally when the .1 version is released.

03.07.2025 13:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Watch: Humanoid robots stumble through football match in China The robots kicked, scored and tumbled while competing at a tourmentant in Beijing.

This is just so funny: Humanoid robots stumble through football match in China.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

02.07.2025 07:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0