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How democratic is the UK? The UK has a crisis of democracy

A glimpse of UK democracy

The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 empowers the state to 24/7 snoop on bank accounts of benefit recipients.

The poor, old, sick have no financial privacy.

The same does not apply to enablers of tax abuse schemes.

We are all equal, aren't we?

'Government’s latest proposals would accelerate this cruel trend' Disabled people are being pushed into poverty - we must stop this now, says York Citizens Advice

Disabled people being pushed into poverty.

People with disabilities need support, not benefit cuts.

Requirement to score 4 points for an activity leads to loss of PIP support.

Govts attack human welfare whilst promoting corporate welfare.

We are all one event away from needing disability support

600 went a few years ago, these are the remaining herediTORYs. More reform (a word I no longer like) to come, if Labour are re-elected.

2....and make as much money out of it as possible.

Adult social care privatised since the 1980s. Local councils spend 70% of budget on it.

83% of social care controlled by private equity, 20%-40% profit margin.

Will Govt end profiteering, ensure only not-for-profit entities, including local councils, provide care.

Watch the Minister's reply.

Europe’s plan to keep Ukraine afloat — even if Hungary keeps blocking €90B loan Kyiv was expected to run out of money at the end of this month, but an IMF lifeline and help from the Nordics and Baltics are set to keep it solvent.

Plan for bilateral loans to Ukraine, which Orban cannot veto www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Hereditary Peers Bill passes in House of Lords, paving the way for further reform The Hereditary Peers Bill has passed in the House of Lords in one of the biggest reforms to Parliament and UK democracy in a generation.

Bill removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords finally passes www.gov.uk/government/n...

Iran kills 7 American soldiers after being attacked by the United States without justification and is a "barbaric and terrorist" regime.

The United States kills 150 Iranian school girls for no reason and is on the side of goodness and right.

Yeah, right, Lindsey, you lying drunk.

Good one!

The privileged giving the privileged privilege. Presumably.

Eni Aluko wins Joey Barton libel case over posts on X Barton is told to pay the former England footballer more than £300k over two posts he made in 2024.

Former England footballer Eni Aluko wins case against Joey Barton for his social media posts www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The ‘special relationship’ was/is a master slave one. The UK needs to extract itself from servitude asap.

🚨🚨 Again and again #Ukraine shows that the "Russia is winning the war" narrative is a completely false one deviced by #putin stooges. IRL #ukraine is regaining ground in important territories. /1

The RW screeching is not working - just the opposite

Citizens in a Democracy Must Be Allowed to Criticize Israel If you cannot say what is true about Israel’s horrific actions in the world, you do not live in a democracy, writes fascism expert Jason Stanley.

Citizens in a Democracy Must Be Allowed to Criticize Israel

If you cannot say what is true about Israel’s horrific actions in the world, you do not live in a democracy, writes fascism expert Jason Stanley.

Read:
zeteo.com/p/democracy-...

Thank you, Steve.

Oooh yesss!

As the US/Israel attack on Iran is likely to tip the UK into recession, let's not forget that Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are trashing our rivers, ecosystems, communities, health and resilience for the sake of economic growth. But, as they are now discovering, it's not something they can control.

The Tories oversaw the degradation of UK gas storage capacity - 2010 to 2017.

Thatcher privatised the gas and oil industry - 1982 to 1986.

Thatcher closed the collieries - 1986 to 1991.

This woman is an idiot - 1960 to 2026

I truly hope not. The people aren’t responsible for the regime, sadly.

Could I ask if there is any indication of time scale, or is it effective now, Steve?

Also by Hannan: “the blue eyed sheiks” of Icelandic Banking will save us (2004). Brexit will be a huge success and we won’t leave the single market (2016) “Covid won’t kill you” (2020)

Venezuela’s Machado Fights to Be Heard as Trump Embraces Rival Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado held private talks in the White House Friday as she struggles to retain her political voice in the face of the Trump administration’s growing support for her rival in Caracas, interim President Delcy Rodríguez.

Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado held private talks in the White House Friday as she struggles to retain her political voice in the face of the Trump administration’s growing support for her rival in Caracas.

Imagine believing that purporting to give Trump your Nobel peace prize would achieve anything besides humiliating yourself

I know a bunch of groypers run the administration’s Twitter accounts but just in terms of basic facts: 1) Iran or Iranians didn’t carry out Oct 7, & 2) no babies had their heads cut off on Oct 7. Just total atrocity propaganda that was long ago debunked but still pushed by Trump

Can’t you?

Only if you don’t have any social media history…

Given Trump's illegal war that is devastating the Middle East and pushing up energy bills, Keir Starmer should advise the King to call off April’s state visit to the US.

A state visit should not be given to someone who repeatedly insults and damages our country.

The Water Industry Scandal YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski

My conversation this week with the brilliant @feargalsharkey.bsky.social:

youtu.be/MPo3_0DjgyU?...

Spotted in Nashville this week…