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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 3h

The focus of the Budget should be taxing us, the super rich, rather than taxing ordinary people. We hope the Chancellor delivers.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 4h

Chancellor Rachel Reeves refuses to rule out manifesto-breaking tax hikes

Rachel Reeves has refused to rule out breaking her manifesto pledge not to raise certain taxes, as she lays the groundwork ahead of the budget later this month.

news.sky.com

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 3h

Let’s not forget Nigel Farage is commenting on his own promises here.

He’s saying Reform UK promises are unrealistic.

Promises made in a General Election ‘Contract’ and repeated during a local election.

What a liar.

#ReformLies

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 18h

Sharp & very funny dissection of inflated, vacuous political language. This is why Kemi Badenoch would rather people didn't study English at university.

Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 4d

This week: Deep Disillusionment with Stewart Lee. Does what it says in the title. And then some. #StrongMessageHere www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Strong Message Here - Deep Disillusionment in This Country (with Stewart Lee) - BBC Sounds

Armando Iannucci and Stewart Lee find the sources of deep disillusionment in this country.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 3h

As anti-Labour media will always put words in her mouth, why not beat them to it:

"Yes it's true, Daily Mail readers, we are coming for you and your money because a) everyone else had to pay under the Tories b) Brexit screwed the poor c) you voted for both. Cheers, Rachel."

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 3h

Reform UK have performed so many u-turns on policy, here’s there new logo.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 3h

TODAY: Don't BOO... VOTE! ✅

CA: YES on PROP 50 ✅You poke the Bear, the Bear bites back!

NJ: MIKIE SHERRILL for GOV. ✅

VA: ABIGAIL SPANBERGER for GOV. ✅
GHAZALA HASHMI for Lt. GOV. ✅

Let's All Stick Together & #StickItTo_tRUMP!!!!!

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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 3h

I saw an advert for Thames Water on TV recently boasting about how it was upgrading its system. Why the hell are they advertising?! That will be costing them (ie us) £millions, but can’t get them a single new customer because we can’t change supplier! Ofwat is a disgrace.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 5h

Ofwat letting England water firms charge twice to tackle sewage, court to hear

Companies billed people for sewage disposal, used cash to pay dividends and exec bonuses, dumped sewage in rivers.

Now charging again to fund promised investment, not raising capital from shareholders. Customers fleeced

Ofwat letting water firms charge twice to tackle sewage, court to hear

River Action bringing legal action against water regulator over who should foot bill for firms’ past failures to invest

www.theguardian.com

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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 17h

“There are some people who hate London, and hate New York,” Mayor Sadiq Khan told me, on Bloomberg TV. “There's a reason why they demonize London, and now, indeed, New York. Why? Because we are progressive cities. We are liberal cities. We are multicultural cities. And we are incredibly successful.”

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Tim Altmann @timaltmann.bsky.social · 2d

Project Now
‘The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

‘The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache

Poor output since the leave vote has landed Rachel Reeves with a bigger-than-forecast budget spending gap

www.theguardian.com

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 3h

Nigel Farage says that the UK has failed business by not taking advantage of Brexit opportunities to deregulate the economy

📰 @jreland.bsky.social argues in @the-independent.com that this is wrong as it was business that pushed back most against this

🔒🔗 www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexi...

Rejoiners, rejoice! Nigel Farage is ready to talk about Brexit again

The Reform UK leader blames other politicians for failing to make the most of leaving the EU – but his own vision would make things even worse, says Joel Reland

www.independent.co.uk

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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 3h

This shows how much we've lost, and what we could gain by rejoining 74%of EU citizens believe their country benefited from membership of the bloc, according to a Eurobarometer survey conducted in early 2025, the highest score recorded since the question was first asked in 1983"

Twenty years on: Did joining the EU make new members richer?

EU membership enjoys strong approval in new member states largely thanks to the economic firepower they have gained. Euronews Business takes a closer look at the GDP growth story in the new accession ...

www.euronews.com

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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 3h

#RachelReeves
Yes Prits!
Apart from cocking up Covid,
Implementing Brexit,
Partying whilst people died,
Cutting local Govt funding by 40%,
Running down public services
And increasing levels of poverty.
We Conservatives were NEVER business bashing, job destroying or law breaking!

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 5h

“His main theme was that the country was fucked. Largely because of Brexit. Weirdly, he has no memory of being the main architect behind the Brexit vote. He seems to think it happened in a world in which he played no part.”

Farage - the foghorn of failure.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nige is no longer laughing at himself as he ‘performs’ yet another big speech | John Crace

Reform leader is trying to make it as a mainstream politician – which involves contradicting himself and gaslighting voters

www.theguardian.com

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 3h

The UK is doing worse on public health than many comparable nations — and the gap in healthy life between rich and poor is 18 years.

Tackling health inequalities must be a core responsibility of government.

#PublicHealth #HealthInequality

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Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 20h

The fact a *single* Amazon full-time employee requires SNAP benefits should be a crime. The fact Amazon is the largest employer of SNAP recipients is a disgrace. Jeff Bezos shouldnt be that rich; he should be in jail.

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 1d

This is so powerful.

Private healthcare has already contaminated our NHS too much. Don't let it go any further.
vist.ly/4cmrj

#NHS #publicownership

I am an American citizen married to an English woman and living in the UK. My admonition to UK citizens is to fight to your very last breath to keep US-style healthcare out of your country, and to defend your NHS as if your life depends on it. Because it will. When my wife was living with me in the US, I couldn't get her to go to a doctor, because she was afraid of how much it would cost. And we HAD health insurance. I have witnessed your NHS treat her for a basal cell carcinoma, via surgery and subsequent radiation therapy. And this year she was diagnosed with mitral valve failure, which was brilliantly repaired by an NHS cardiac surgeon. Her care has been exemplary. And it hasn't cost us a single penny. When I tell my US friends all of this, their jaws drop. They would literally do almost ANYTHING to have such a system available to them. DO NOT let the US healthcare companies get their fingers into your NHS. You will regret it for generations.
(Screenshot from The Guardian)

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18h

UK ‘to lose 600,000 workers to illness without better health support at work’.

Without good food, housing, healthcare people suffer. Need poverty reduction targets.

6.26m people in England awaiti 7.41m hospital appointments.

Privatisation of the NHS means money buys less, longer waits.

UK ‘to lose 600,000 workers to illness without better health support at work’

Exclusive: Royal Society of Public Health says ‘fundamental shift’ needed in how firms help those with health conditions

www.theguardian.com

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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 17h

Well said @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
Fed up of the BBC pandering to Farage

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h

Trump pardoned Binance cofounder Changpeng Zhao after Binance made a $2 billion investment in his family’s crypto venture.

Now Trump is claiming he has no idea who Zhao is.

Hello?

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 17h

It’s clear to anyone paying attention that Farage gets an easy ride from the media. They give him as much airtime as he wants but never hold him to account for the damage he’s done.

So much of what’s broken in Britain is thanks to Nigel Farage.

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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 17h

💰 “Households are being fleeced pure & simple. Energy bills up by 42% since 2021, whilst energy companies made £30bn profit in just 1 yr. The govt is turning a blind eye to these excessive profits. That must change. Everyday people cannot continue to pay” @unitesharon.bsky.social
shorturl.at/XJO5A

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17h

When you understand it this way, you see that the left has seldom had a share of power.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18h

I see from the replies that people are trying to make it complicated again. So just ask yourself this: does a particular party or faction stand up to billionaires and corporations, or does it roll out the red carpet for them?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18h

Partly because so many formerly leftwing parties have turned to the right, there's a lot of confusion about what right and left mean in politics. I hope this helps:

The right defends economic power.

The left resists economic power.

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