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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 2d
And water is a natural monopoly, we can't have competition, so we need public ownership - normal in 9/10 countries around the world

Here's why we can afford it, starting with Thames Water dieterhelm.co.uk/publications...
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 1d
🚨Urgent: Thames Water want permission from Ofwat to ILLEGALLY pollute rivers and seas until 2040.

🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage.

✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.
Thames Water want to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.
Thames water want to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 1d
Unbelievable - Thames Water wants to pollute ILLEGALLY for the next 15 years

If they get away with this, other water companies will copy

If you don't want sewage until 2040 (!) please sign our
petition to @ofwat.bsky.social

We'll be handing it in on 21st October

weownit.org.uk/act-now/peti...
Thames Water want to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.
Thames water want to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years
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LoisRed @loisred.bsky.social · 16h
Huge crowd out today 👏 🇵🇸🗝️🇵🇸 but we're not stupid and we know there is no real peace yet @pscupdates.bsky.social We won't stop marching until Palestine is FREE!
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LoisRed @loisred.bsky.social · 21h
So true - this is not a peace deal it's a PFI deal for Blair & Co. @pscupdates.bsky.social
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 1d
Disaster capitalism phase 1: profit from destroying Gaza

Disaster capitalism phase 2: profit from rebuilding Gaza
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 21h
Palestinians wait to see if Israel will uphold prisoner swap ceasefire deal

Israel has violated ceasefire agreements so many times that the latest prisoner swap is watched with bated breath by Palestinian families
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Palestinians wait to see if Israel will uphold prisoner swap ceasefire deal
Israel has violated ceasefire agreements so many times that the latest prisoner swap is watched with bated breath by Palestinian families
www.thecanary.co
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Skwawkbox @skwawkbox.org · 2d
Greens become first UK party to acknowledge IDF as terrorist organisation...
Greens become first UK party to acknowledge IDF as terrorist organisation
The Green Party passed a motion saying the IDF should be banned under UK terror laws - a groundbreaking statement from a political party
www.thecanary.co
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 2d
Let's take our water into public ownership. Sign the petition: weownit.org.uk/act-now/lets...
Let's bring water into public ownership
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LoisRed @loisred.bsky.social · 2d
Water bills = a tax on us collected by hedge fund profiteers while they wreck our water systems. 💩🤢💰💰💰Take back water Now 👏@weownit.org
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 2d
WE are being forced to pay more for the privilege of being ripped off by water companies.

They've not invested. Instead they've taken out £80 billion in dividends and loaded up those companies with £70 billion in debt.

Now they are being allowed to hike our water bills.
Image of BBC headline that reads "Water bills to rise further for millions after appeal"
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Boycott Thames Water @boycottthameswater.bsky.social · 2d
“Millions of households in England face higher bills while rivers continue to suffer from mismanagement by privatised water companies." Well said @riveractionuk.bsky.social. We need public ownership of water NOW!!! @weownit.org.uk www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Millions of households face jump in water bills after regulator backs more price rises
Competition watchdog agrees requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, Southern, Wessex and South East to raise household bills
www.theguardian.com
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 2d
Labour back in court over over selling F-35 parts to Israel as Al-Haq appeal heard

Al-Haq is appealing the High Court's dismissal of its case over the UK government continuing to sell F-35 parts to Israel
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Labour back in court over over selling F-35 parts to Israel as Al-Haq appeal heard
Al-Haq is appealing the High Court's dismissal of its case over the UK government continuing to sell F-35 parts to Israel
www.thecanary.co
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LoisRed @loisred.bsky.social · 3d
Good to be with so many at BAE Rochester today. If the govt won't stop them arming genocide we will have to.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 4d
The Manchester synagogue attacker killed one single person and the entire western world stopped in its tracks to mourn and grieve and weep and denounce, on the same day that Israel killed at least 57 Palestinians and it was completely ignored by western politicians and media.

Caitlin Johnstone
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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 4d
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LoisRed @loisred.bsky.social · 5d
This sounds about right for those with a proper conscience! Well done @greenparty.org.uk bright-green.org/2025/10/05/g...
Green Party calls for the IDF to be proscribed as a terrorist organisation
Members overwhelmingly backed the motion
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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 6d
It’s cute how the Zionists think they’ll be able to propagandize the world into liking Israel again.

Yeah, saturate all online platforms with weird-faced influencers telling us Israel is awesome. That’ll make us forget those years of genocidal atrocities.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/they-reall...
They Really Think They'll Be Able To Propagandize The World Into Liking Israel Again
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
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LoisRed @loisred.bsky.social · 10d
Nice start @scottishgreens - we need that in England too - new homes will only be for the rich unless renting is fair, safe and secure!
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 10d
The Housing Bill, introduced by Scottish Greens, has passed!

✅ Rent controls
✅ The right for renters to keep pets
✅ The right for renters to decorate
✅ Increased council tax on second homes
✅ Support for those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
👇 And more
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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 11d
🔹UNRWA continues expanding its services in the Middle and Southern areas of Gaza, including by rehabilitating shelters and medical facilities.

Our latest report on #Gaza and the #WestBank: www.unrwa.org/resources/re...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11d
A Doctor yesterday, a Nurse today.

Israel is shooting Doctors and Nurses while they work in hospitals.

And our Media is completely ignoring it.
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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 11d
Tony Blair…

Friend of Netanyahu and other billionaires!!

zeteo.com/p/tony-blair...
Tony Blair Should Be on Trial for War Crimes, Not Running Gaza
Donald Trump wants to put the former British prime minister on a new board to manage post-war Gaza. Here’s why that’s a terrible idea.
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Torch Song @lightorchestra.bsky.social · 11d
The mass defiance against the ban on #PalestineAction will go ahead in Trafalgar Square this Saturday 4 October, with 1,500 people having signed a pledge making a firm commitment to join the action. This will be the largest ever mass-defiance against the banning of a group in the UK.

#FreePalestine
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 11d
Starmer talked gibberish about the threat from Reform, which he totally misanalysed, to a bunch of flag-waving idiots, otherwise called Cabinet Ministers, at the Labour Party conference today. We have to hope his days are numbered. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/09...
Starmer and the terror that might yet come
Keir Starmer said in his Labour conference speech that the threat from Reform was, as far as the UK is concerned, as great as the challenge of rebuilding after World War II ever was, and that to rebui...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11d
Streeting rules out VAT on private healthcare.

Govt levies VAT on private school fees. Why not on healthcare? Billions can be raised.

Private sector freeloads on NHS trained staff, doesn't pay for training. Makes excessive profits from NHS contracts.
Streeting rules out VAT on private healthcare
The health secretary says
www.bbc.co.uk
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caatuk.bsky.social @caatuk.bsky.social · 11d
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 12d
The NHS is routinely described as 'unsustainable'. But that adjective never gets applied to arms spending, bank bail-outs or tax dodging by the rich.
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