Gulf of Mexico
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England's ideological privatisation IS the first problem to solve
THEN we can build on best practice from around the world
"With public ownership, we could have households and anti-sewage groups on the boards of water companies to make them truly accountable"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
THEN we can build on best practice from around the world
"With public ownership, we could have households and anti-sewage groups on the boards of water companies to make them truly accountable"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Privatisation not the problem for England’s water, says author of review
Architect of government’s water plan says nationalisation might not fix everything and the current system can work
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:43 PM
England's ideological privatisation IS the first problem to solve
THEN we can build on best practice from around the world
"With public ownership, we could have households and anti-sewage groups on the boards of water companies to make them truly accountable"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
THEN we can build on best practice from around the world
"With public ownership, we could have households and anti-sewage groups on the boards of water companies to make them truly accountable"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Yesterday we joined @greenparty.org.uk leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social as he handed in a ‘termination of contract’ letter to Palantir.
We oppose Palantir NHS contracts because a secretive surveillance firm linked to the Gaza genocide has no place handling our public health data.
We oppose Palantir NHS contracts because a secretive surveillance firm linked to the Gaza genocide has no place handling our public health data.
January 23, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Yesterday we joined @greenparty.org.uk leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social as he handed in a ‘termination of contract’ letter to Palantir.
We oppose Palantir NHS contracts because a secretive surveillance firm linked to the Gaza genocide has no place handling our public health data.
We oppose Palantir NHS contracts because a secretive surveillance firm linked to the Gaza genocide has no place handling our public health data.
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Thank you for getting behind this, much appreciated x
Gonna be cheeky now, could you give this a boost, in light of Trump's comment about allies doing fuck all, trying to get this petition over the line, currently 74.3k / 75k. Ta.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
Gonna be cheeky now, could you give this a boost, in light of Trump's comment about allies doing fuck all, trying to get this petition over the line, currently 74.3k / 75k. Ta.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence
With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 23, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Thank you for getting behind this, much appreciated x
Gonna be cheeky now, could you give this a boost, in light of Trump's comment about allies doing fuck all, trying to get this petition over the line, currently 74.3k / 75k. Ta.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
Gonna be cheeky now, could you give this a boost, in light of Trump's comment about allies doing fuck all, trying to get this petition over the line, currently 74.3k / 75k. Ta.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
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I've written to Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds about the new water white paper 👇
Government must step in to remove Thames Water and South East Water's licences
The privatised water companies have failed and they must be ALLOWED TO FAIL
weownit.org.uk/news/open-le...
Government must step in to remove Thames Water and South East Water's licences
The privatised water companies have failed and they must be ALLOWED TO FAIL
weownit.org.uk/news/open-le...
Open letter: private water companies must be allowed to fail
Open letter: response to the government's white paper on water.
There is no market in water, it is a natural monopoly. The public understands this and is sick of broken promises.
weownit.org.uk
January 22, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I've written to Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds about the new water white paper 👇
Government must step in to remove Thames Water and South East Water's licences
The privatised water companies have failed and they must be ALLOWED TO FAIL
weownit.org.uk/news/open-le...
Government must step in to remove Thames Water and South East Water's licences
The privatised water companies have failed and they must be ALLOWED TO FAIL
weownit.org.uk/news/open-le...
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Five people, including a 1,5yo boy, were injured in the russian missile strike against Kryvyi Rih. Terrorists damaged a two-storey house.
Also, russians have just bombed another residential building in Dnipro. This is a horrifying reality Ukrainians are facing every day.
Also, russians have just bombed another residential building in Dnipro. This is a horrifying reality Ukrainians are facing every day.
January 22, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Five people, including a 1,5yo boy, were injured in the russian missile strike against Kryvyi Rih. Terrorists damaged a two-storey house.
Also, russians have just bombed another residential building in Dnipro. This is a horrifying reality Ukrainians are facing every day.
Also, russians have just bombed another residential building in Dnipro. This is a horrifying reality Ukrainians are facing every day.
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“We paid £80 billion back in PFI debts for JUST £12 billion of assets.”
@richardburgon.bsky.social at our House of Commons event.
🤑Private Finance will always be a rip off & the government must drop plans to reintroduce it into our NHS.
Read our MP Private Finance briefing. vist.ly/4nnc6
@richardburgon.bsky.social at our House of Commons event.
🤑Private Finance will always be a rip off & the government must drop plans to reintroduce it into our NHS.
Read our MP Private Finance briefing. vist.ly/4nnc6
January 21, 2026 at 4:24 PM
“We paid £80 billion back in PFI debts for JUST £12 billion of assets.”
@richardburgon.bsky.social at our House of Commons event.
🤑Private Finance will always be a rip off & the government must drop plans to reintroduce it into our NHS.
Read our MP Private Finance briefing. vist.ly/4nnc6
@richardburgon.bsky.social at our House of Commons event.
🤑Private Finance will always be a rip off & the government must drop plans to reintroduce it into our NHS.
Read our MP Private Finance briefing. vist.ly/4nnc6
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100%. Any politician who refuses to take back our water is on the side of the profiteers
It's disgraceful that this government is pretending ownership doesn't matter
It's disgraceful that this government is pretending ownership doesn't matter
If Labour won’t nationalise water, their “big overhaul” is a con.
Sewage in our rivers. Bills going up. Profits protected.
Public services should be in public hands.
Sewage in our rivers. Bills going up. Profits protected.
Public services should be in public hands.
January 20, 2026 at 10:00 AM
100%. Any politician who refuses to take back our water is on the side of the profiteers
It's disgraceful that this government is pretending ownership doesn't matter
It's disgraceful that this government is pretending ownership doesn't matter
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We were on BBC Radio London this morning, explaining why the government's new Water Bill won't work.
We've had regulation. We've had 40 years of privatisation. Both have failed us.
Nothing other than public ownership of water is good enough.
We've had regulation. We've had 40 years of privatisation. Both have failed us.
Nothing other than public ownership of water is good enough.
January 20, 2026 at 10:30 AM
We were on BBC Radio London this morning, explaining why the government's new Water Bill won't work.
We've had regulation. We've had 40 years of privatisation. Both have failed us.
Nothing other than public ownership of water is good enough.
We've had regulation. We've had 40 years of privatisation. Both have failed us.
Nothing other than public ownership of water is good enough.
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“Ministers have failed to grasp the underlying issue which is corporate greed. The only people who will be paying for this are customers and billpayers.” Spot on from Feargal Sharkey 👇
Water firms could be let off pollution fines as part of government overhaul
Exclusive: Campaigners claim changes will let companies ‘off the hook’, as government prepares to unveil new white paper for water industry
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:05 AM
“Ministers have failed to grasp the underlying issue which is corporate greed. The only people who will be paying for this are customers and billpayers.” Spot on from Feargal Sharkey 👇
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After many digressions regarding the EU's foreign policies and democratic standards, Hungary is now also reneging on the mutual solidarity promise of Union members confronting non-European actors. Time to start the process of Hungary's expulsion from the EU.
unn.ua/en/news/hung...
unn.ua/en/news/hung...
Hungarian Foreign Minister stated that the future of Greenland is not an EU matter
УНН News of the World ✎ Hungary stated that the future of Greenland is a bilateral issue, not an EU matter. Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó refused to support a jo…
unn.ua
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 AM
After many digressions regarding the EU's foreign policies and democratic standards, Hungary is now also reneging on the mutual solidarity promise of Union members confronting non-European actors. Time to start the process of Hungary's expulsion from the EU.
unn.ua/en/news/hung...
unn.ua/en/news/hung...
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Imagine if #Russia would be destroying the headquarters of UN's UNCHR in #Ukraine today.
It would be the leading news in the 'West', eclipsing Trump and Greenland.
#Israel is today destroying the headquarters of UN's UNRWA (@unrwa.org) in #Palestine.
And it goes almost unreported in the 'West'.
It would be the leading news in the 'West', eclipsing Trump and Greenland.
#Israel is today destroying the headquarters of UN's UNRWA (@unrwa.org) in #Palestine.
And it goes almost unreported in the 'West'.
January 20, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Imagine if #Russia would be destroying the headquarters of UN's UNCHR in #Ukraine today.
It would be the leading news in the 'West', eclipsing Trump and Greenland.
#Israel is today destroying the headquarters of UN's UNRWA (@unrwa.org) in #Palestine.
And it goes almost unreported in the 'West'.
It would be the leading news in the 'West', eclipsing Trump and Greenland.
#Israel is today destroying the headquarters of UN's UNRWA (@unrwa.org) in #Palestine.
And it goes almost unreported in the 'West'.
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"A new level of open and deliberate defiance of international law, including of the privileges and immunities of the United Nations, by the State of Israel."
UNRWA Commissioner-General: Unprecedented Violation of UN Premises and International Law in East Jerusalem
www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
UNRWA Commissioner-General: Unprecedented Violation of UN Premises and International Law in East Jerusalem
www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
January 20, 2026 at 12:12 PM
"A new level of open and deliberate defiance of international law, including of the privileges and immunities of the United Nations, by the State of Israel."
UNRWA Commissioner-General: Unprecedented Violation of UN Premises and International Law in East Jerusalem
www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
UNRWA Commissioner-General: Unprecedented Violation of UN Premises and International Law in East Jerusalem
www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
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Billionaire wealth jumps to highest ever at $18.3 trillion, up 16% in 2025, up 81% since 2020
Half the world lives in poverty.
Billionaires are 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than normal people.
Richest 56 Britons hold more wealth than 27m.
Concentration of wealth is a danger.
Half the world lives in poverty.
Billionaires are 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than normal people.
Richest 56 Britons hold more wealth than 27m.
Concentration of wealth is a danger.
‘Brazen’ political influence of rich laid bare as wealth of billionaires reaches $18.3tn, says Oxfam
Governments opting for oligarchy while brutally repressing protests over austerity and lack of jobs, charity report says
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Billionaire wealth jumps to highest ever at $18.3 trillion, up 16% in 2025, up 81% since 2020
Half the world lives in poverty.
Billionaires are 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than normal people.
Richest 56 Britons hold more wealth than 27m.
Concentration of wealth is a danger.
Half the world lives in poverty.
Billionaires are 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than normal people.
Richest 56 Britons hold more wealth than 27m.
Concentration of wealth is a danger.
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🔥Greenland politician: “Trump doesn’t know about Greenlandic people. We don’t value💰/Kardashian lips/fake boobs… we won’t give up free health care & education… 🇺🇸are so greedy they’re trying to shoot their friends… Trump surrounds himself with white power— our rights would probably be taken away.”
January 19, 2026 at 5:16 PM
🔥Greenland politician: “Trump doesn’t know about Greenlandic people. We don’t value💰/Kardashian lips/fake boobs… we won’t give up free health care & education… 🇺🇸are so greedy they’re trying to shoot their friends… Trump surrounds himself with white power— our rights would probably be taken away.”
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Palantir, which Wes Streeting is giving your health care records to, and which Labour has given a contract for military analytics to, is working with ICE in the United States to work out who to raid. www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Palantir, which Wes Streeting is giving your health care records to, and which Labour has given a contract for military analytics to, is working with ICE in the United States to work out who to raid. www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
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Since Oct, not a single day has passed without a russian attack on our energy grid.
At the same time, we've been fed fairy tales abt russia "wanting peace" — used as a convenient excuse to slow down deliveries of badly needed air defences.
A russian crime against humanity is unfolding live.
At the same time, we've been fed fairy tales abt russia "wanting peace" — used as a convenient excuse to slow down deliveries of badly needed air defences.
A russian crime against humanity is unfolding live.
January 16, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Since Oct, not a single day has passed without a russian attack on our energy grid.
At the same time, we've been fed fairy tales abt russia "wanting peace" — used as a convenient excuse to slow down deliveries of badly needed air defences.
A russian crime against humanity is unfolding live.
At the same time, we've been fed fairy tales abt russia "wanting peace" — used as a convenient excuse to slow down deliveries of badly needed air defences.
A russian crime against humanity is unfolding live.
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The state we are in.
16,600 people a year – 320 a week – in England die as a direct result of delays in accessing A&E care or a bed on a ward.
Tory legacy but handing NHS services to corporations and private equity doesn't help. Money buys less.
Fiscal rules, appeasing the rich costs lives.
16,600 people a year – 320 a week – in England die as a direct result of delays in accessing A&E care or a bed on a ward.
Tory legacy but handing NHS services to corporations and private equity doesn't help. Money buys less.
Fiscal rules, appeasing the rich costs lives.
NHS corridor care is ‘torture’ leading to patient deaths and staff nightmares
Royal College of Nursing publishes dossier of evidence including case of elderly patient who choked to death in corridor
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM
The state we are in.
16,600 people a year – 320 a week – in England die as a direct result of delays in accessing A&E care or a bed on a ward.
Tory legacy but handing NHS services to corporations and private equity doesn't help. Money buys less.
Fiscal rules, appeasing the rich costs lives.
16,600 people a year – 320 a week – in England die as a direct result of delays in accessing A&E care or a bed on a ward.
Tory legacy but handing NHS services to corporations and private equity doesn't help. Money buys less.
Fiscal rules, appeasing the rich costs lives.
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Government ‘must stop U-turning’, says Wes Streeting.
Streeting funded by private healthcare companies wants to be the next UK PM, handing the NHS to private equity. No curbs on profiteering.
U-Turns inevitable as policies poorly thought through.
Streeting funded by private healthcare companies wants to be the next UK PM, handing the NHS to private equity. No curbs on profiteering.
U-Turns inevitable as policies poorly thought through.
We can’t keep getting it wrong first time, Streeting admits after series of U-turns
Health secretary says the government’s ‘new year’s resolution’ should be to ‘get it right first time’
www.independent.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Government ‘must stop U-turning’, says Wes Streeting.
Streeting funded by private healthcare companies wants to be the next UK PM, handing the NHS to private equity. No curbs on profiteering.
U-Turns inevitable as policies poorly thought through.
Streeting funded by private healthcare companies wants to be the next UK PM, handing the NHS to private equity. No curbs on profiteering.
U-Turns inevitable as policies poorly thought through.
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Targeting ambulances rushing to save people left freezing by russia's previous terrorist attacks is a matryoshka of terror and murder. And this crime against humanity goes on and on — completely unpunished, observed live.
Everyone who supports russia is complicit.
Photo via Grnt.
Everyone who supports russia is complicit.
Photo via Grnt.
January 11, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Targeting ambulances rushing to save people left freezing by russia's previous terrorist attacks is a matryoshka of terror and murder. And this crime against humanity goes on and on — completely unpunished, observed live.
Everyone who supports russia is complicit.
Photo via Grnt.
Everyone who supports russia is complicit.
Photo via Grnt.
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Please, please — you can help our energy Giants by donating to protect Ukraine's sky, so less russian air shit hits our energy facilities.
As always, I'm asking you to support Sky Rusoriz. Every euro and dollar counts and matters. The link is in my pinned post.
Stay warm and safe!
As always, I'm asking you to support Sky Rusoriz. Every euro and dollar counts and matters. The link is in my pinned post.
Stay warm and safe!
January 11, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Please, please — you can help our energy Giants by donating to protect Ukraine's sky, so less russian air shit hits our energy facilities.
As always, I'm asking you to support Sky Rusoriz. Every euro and dollar counts and matters. The link is in my pinned post.
Stay warm and safe!
As always, I'm asking you to support Sky Rusoriz. Every euro and dollar counts and matters. The link is in my pinned post.
Stay warm and safe!
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Preparing for cold and darkness, our energy angels gave me a big gift by restoring heating in my area. They are struggling non-stop to warm all residents across the city & region. Today it's −11°C/−16°C, with repairs complicated by snow & ice. Power outages remain heavy almost everywhere.
January 11, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Preparing for cold and darkness, our energy angels gave me a big gift by restoring heating in my area. They are struggling non-stop to warm all residents across the city & region. Today it's −11°C/−16°C, with repairs complicated by snow & ice. Power outages remain heavy almost everywhere.
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Lloyds Bank CEO latest banking boss in line for huge pay and bonus hike to £13m.
Last year Barclays boss got 45% rise, HSBC 43%, NatWest 43%.
Govts preach pay restraint to workers. No curbs on profiteering, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
Last year Barclays boss got 45% rise, HSBC 43%, NatWest 43%.
Govts preach pay restraint to workers. No curbs on profiteering, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
Lloyds CEO Charlie Nunn latest banking boss in line for huge bonus hike
Barclays, HSBC and NatWest shareholders already approved big pay rises after post Brexit loosening of remuneration rules
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Lloyds Bank CEO latest banking boss in line for huge pay and bonus hike to £13m.
Last year Barclays boss got 45% rise, HSBC 43%, NatWest 43%.
Govts preach pay restraint to workers. No curbs on profiteering, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
Last year Barclays boss got 45% rise, HSBC 43%, NatWest 43%.
Govts preach pay restraint to workers. No curbs on profiteering, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
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We have allowed Palantir to sink its claws into our NHS and national defence.
Utter madness by UK governments.
Utter madness by UK governments.
Palantirs UK boss rubbing his hands as he talks about countries returning to "business as usual"
Palantir supplies the Israeli military, which has slaughtered tens of thousands of Palestinian kids. Louis Mosley is a merchant of death. But nicely spoken with coiffered hair
Palantir supplies the Israeli military, which has slaughtered tens of thousands of Palestinian kids. Louis Mosley is a merchant of death. But nicely spoken with coiffered hair
January 11, 2026 at 9:59 AM
We have allowed Palantir to sink its claws into our NHS and national defence.
Utter madness by UK governments.
Utter madness by UK governments.
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Keir Starmer whips AGAINST Lord Thomas amendment to end shocking #IPP scandal as campaigners vow to fight on
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
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Keir Starmer whips AGAINST Lord Thomas amendment to end shocking #IPP scandal as campaigners vow to fight on
Campaigning Lawyer and CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE Peter Stefanovic – who’s films have been watched hundreds of millions of times online – has posted a new film calling on Prime …
thecriminaljusticeblog.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Keir Starmer whips AGAINST Lord Thomas amendment to end shocking #IPP scandal as campaigners vow to fight on
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
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@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/06/28/c...
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Wessex Water bosses handed £50,000 in extra pay despite Labour govt’s bonus ban.
Ban circumvented as legislation is weak.
The company has 47+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, loses 69.8m litres per day to leaks, neglects investment, customers fleeced.
No exec prosecuted.
Ban circumvented as legislation is weak.
The company has 47+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, loses 69.8m litres per day to leaks, neglects investment, customers fleeced.
No exec prosecuted.
Wessex Water bosses handed £50,000 in extra pay despite Labour government’s bonus ban
Utility admits parent company paid CEO Ruth Jefferson and CFO Andy Pymer but denies bonus payments
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Wessex Water bosses handed £50,000 in extra pay despite Labour govt’s bonus ban.
Ban circumvented as legislation is weak.
The company has 47+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, loses 69.8m litres per day to leaks, neglects investment, customers fleeced.
No exec prosecuted.
Ban circumvented as legislation is weak.
The company has 47+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, loses 69.8m litres per day to leaks, neglects investment, customers fleeced.
No exec prosecuted.