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Mostly retired counsellor/supervisor/trainer etc. Now living happily in exile in multicultural Remain voting Cardiff.Socialist ex Labour ex Twitter!

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Liz Kendall has admitted that I.D. will be used for far more than just the right to work. It will be used for EVERYTHING you buy or do. Data will be harvested by the likes of Larry Ellison (U.S. 2nd richest in the world) and make no mistake it enables the govt & him to gain control over our lives

15.10.2025 12:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Call for MI5 probe into Elon Musk 'funding' Tommy Robinson legal fees THE Security Service should investigate claims that Elon Musk is funding Tommy Robinson’s legal costs, Keir Starmer has been told.
15.10.2025 13:25 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Ceaseless Snip-Snip-Snip of a Dying State Fifteen years of cuts have left the UK trying to "efficiency" its way out of a collapse - and somehow still expecting growth to show up as well.

I've officially reached the point in my career where I can hear budget cuts as a background soundtrack to my life.

This mid-week post is half-primal scream, half-essay and almost entirely about the national delusion that we can keep "doing more with less."

Welcome to the edge - there's snacks.

15.10.2025 11:27 πŸ‘ 132 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 5
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Soaring bills are the gift that keeps on giving for Reform. Shame Labour doesn’t have the guts to do anything about them | Mathew Lawrence A cost of living crisis is not inevitable if there is the will to stop companies extracting profits from Britain’s essential services, says Mathew Lawrence of the Common Wealth thinktank

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This πŸ‘‡πŸ‘

14.10.2025 11:12 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not "comfortable" with any right wing government including this one. The difference between Labour/Tories/Reform is about style and degree not substance. A bunch of amoral chancers saying "vote for us because we're not quite as bad" won't inspire people desperate for real change.

15.10.2025 09:19 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

They could stop drinking expensive coffees or even get on their bikes and look for work or not have big TVs or get a different job. You know, the kind of things they recommend for poor people.

15.10.2025 08:58 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

More evidence that the differences between Labour/Tories/Reform are about style and degree not substance. We're already getting "but if you don't vote for us Reform will win". They are already winning because Labour are now just a vehicle for unprincipled opportunists.

15.10.2025 08:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘‡πŸ» Current issues summed up nicely by Prem. No government solutions either

15.10.2025 06:08 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Soaring bills are the gift that keeps on giving for Reform. Shame Labour doesn’t have the guts to do anything about them | Mathew Lawrence A cost of living crisis is not inevitable if there is the will to stop companies extracting profits from Britain’s essential services, says Mathew Lawrence of the Common Wealth thinktank

Vote Green! πŸ’š
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Soaring bills are the gift that keeps on giving for Reform. Shame Labour doesn’t have the guts to do anything about them | Mathew Lawrence

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

14.10.2025 11:14 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Labour is telling you VERY LOUDLY who to vote for if you value human rights. And it's definitely NOT LABOUR.

15.10.2025 06:59 πŸ‘ 593 πŸ” 220 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 5
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All the "research"that money can buy.

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β€˜It’s a road to destruction’: climate defenders facing surge in reprisals, says UN expert Mary Lawlor, UN special rapporteur for human rights defenders, accuses US, UK and other governments of paying lip service to climate goals while criminalizing activists

Mary Lawlor, UN special rapporteur for human rights defenders, accuses US, UK and other governments of paying lip service to climate goals while criminalizing activists.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

14.10.2025 08:57 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Keir Starmer conned the British electorate Book review: β€˜The Fraud’ offers the most damning portrayal yet of the Starmer project.

The Starmer project has relied from the beginning on back room maneuvering, smears, stitch ups, and ruthless exploitation of the party’s disciplinary procedures.

The result is a soulless, empty husk of a political project, writes Richard SandersπŸ‘‡
www.declassifieduk.org/how-keir-sta...

14.10.2025 08:31 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3

I’m seeing pieces and posts today about how useful digital ID could be in navigating bureaucracy etc. Yes. It would. That, however, is *not* how the government tried to sell it to us. Instead, they portrayed it as a tool to stop illegal working and curb illegal immigration. 1/4

14.10.2025 10:26 πŸ‘ 249 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 3

If he paid a proper wealth tax what would actually change for him? He and his family are already totally insulated from the everyday stresses and strains but obviously not from the pathological need for money and power.

14.10.2025 12:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Petition: Require media retractions be made as visible as original headlines or articles We think media companies should not be allowed to get away with printing false, misleading and malicious headlines, only to hide the retractions on interior pages or fine print some days later. Retrac...

If only more people cared!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

14.10.2025 12:16 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of Β£800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

14.10.2025 10:56 πŸ‘ 4174 πŸ” 1245 πŸ’¬ 156 πŸ“Œ 67

There are only marginal differences between banks so how about Bank of England current and savings accounts. They can run alongside existing suppliers so if people want "choice" they can have it. Car insurance is compulsory so a state run insurance scheme to benefit us all.

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Steve Reed: "We've seen on our screens for 2 years the most unimaginable scenes of horror in Gaza"

Yes, and in govt you supported & armed Israel, provided them with military assistance & refused to take any actions to exert meaningful pressure on them. Thats your record.

14.10.2025 06:59 πŸ‘ 94 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2

Britain now has 1970s levels racism without 1970s levels of secure well-paid jobs, social housing, properly-funded NHS and social care, free tuition, student grants, final salary pensions and affordable rail fares

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Anybody who follows what is happening and who is paying for it knows that Labour is a moral vacuum.The difference between Labour and Reform is that of style and degree not of substance.The only question is "How low will they go?".

13.10.2025 11:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kent police apologise to protester threatened with arrest for holding Palestine flag Force agrees to pay damages to Laura Murton, 43, who also had sign saying β€˜Israel is committing genocide’ * UK politics live – latest updates * Gaza ceasefire – live updates A protester who was threatened with arrest under the Terrorism Act for holding a Palestine flag and signs saying β€œfree Gaza” and β€œIsrael is committing genocide” has received an apology from police, including for β€œunlawful false imprisonment”. Kent police have also agreed to pay damages and legal costs to Laura Murton, 43, in connection with the 14 July incident in Canterbury in which armed officers told her her demonstration expressed views supportive of Palestine Action, which had been banned earlier that month. Continue reading...

Kent police apologise to protester threatened with arrest for holding Palestine flag

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🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

13.10.2025 03:51 πŸ‘ 7025 πŸ” 3022 πŸ’¬ 208 πŸ“Œ 245

Which genius came up with the idea that reducing resources will improve anything?

13.10.2025 08:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Keir Starmer conned the British electorate Book review: β€˜The Fraud’ offers the most damning portrayal yet of the Starmer project.

πŸ‘‰NEW -- How Keir Starmer conned the British electorate

by Richard Sanders

Book review: β€˜The Fraud’ offers the most damning portrayal yet of the Starmer project.
www.declassifieduk.org/how-keir-sta...

13.10.2025 08:03 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6

A test of the governments' moral fibre.What are the odds on complete capitulation?

13.10.2025 08:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Palestinians in Israeli custody - Wikipedia

Wonder if the 2000 Palestinian hostages being released will be covered by the BBC? Interviews with their families, accounts of torture and abuse?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palesti...

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