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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Sep 21

Andrew Tate says London is too dangerous to go out at night in.

He wouldn't know much about that because since May 28th 2025 he has an arrest warrant pending for Rape and Human Trafficking.

So he hasn't been in the UK never mind London.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Sep 18

This is a disgrace they need to fire the person at the BBC who is charge of the News, they are clearly biased.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Essential reading before you hear Farage attempt to lecture Labour over Rayner's taxes.

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

Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings

Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum

www.theguardian.com

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Nigel Farage, who uses a private company to deliberately reduce his tax bill on non-parliamentary income from 40% to 25%, says Angela Rayner mistakenly paying less tax "screams entitlement".

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · Sep 5

Survey of 8 countries including Spain and the US finds 82% of people support setting aside 30% land + sea for nature.

All over the world, people WANT rewilding. Time our politicians started turning that clear wish into actual policy. Let's bring nature back!!!
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Public strongly backs aim of 30% of land and sea set aside for nature, poll finds

Survey of eight countries finds 82% of people support 30x30 biodiversity target, as progress stalls on protected areas

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · Aug 19

Most of Lake Windermere polluted with sewage bacteria.

Only 14% of England’s rivers/lakes meet good ecological standards.

Water companies major culprits; over 1,135 criminal convictions, United Utilities have 205.

No exec prosecuted, no licence to operate cancelled.

Most of Windermere polluted with sewage bacteria, finds biggest survey of its kind

Exclusive: Concentrations of faecal bacteria in the lake were found to peak in summer but there were high levels throughout year

www.theguardian.com

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Aug 7

It's madness to think that Public Services like Water, Electricity, Child Services and Healthcare can be run by Private Business who steal every extra penny they are given.

People are outraged by shoplifters, but they are running our essential services.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jul 27

This is how our government has been corrupted:

1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.

For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Jul 27

How Britain privatised itself into failure

Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...

How Britain privatised itself into failure

Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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paulpettinger.bsky.social @paulpettinger.bsky.social · Jul 27

The Daily Mail lead with a photo of triumphant Irish and Ghanaian heritage Lioness players + another anti-immigration story. What hypocritical graceless fuckwits.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Jul 27

As a general rule, regardless of the topic, the media is at least 50% of any problem.
taxjustice.net/press/millio...

Millionaire exodus numbers “fabricated” warns forensic analysis; Tax Justice Network comments - Tax Justice Network

This simply confirms our thorough debunking of these scare stories, and shows how far the opponents of fair wealth taxes are willing to go.

taxjustice.net

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jul 27

94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet.

The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year.

Something has gone terribly wrong.

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Octapock @octapock.bsky.social · Jul 25

Why would you pose in this way for a selfie when the issue is genocide and mass starvation?

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Octapock @octapock.bsky.social · Jul 25

Seriously...

Octapock @octapock.bsky.social · Jul 25

Is the sky blue? And other rhetorical questions?

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · Jul 24

It's clear that quite large sections of the right - including some well-known politicians and newspaper columnists - actively want an explosion of violence this summer.

And if it comes, they'll stand there clutching their matches, petrol cans and aerosols saying "we told you so".

Matthew Stadlen @matthewstadlen.bsky.social · Jul 23

It’s completely extraordinary that after the riots of last year, the populist right are trying to whip up hatred of asylum seekers again. Utterly shameful.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Jul 24

Until the 1980's Children's Care homes were run by the Government

Now 84% are private with an average 22% of the money they get going straight to profits, never being spent on a child.

The rest is wasted on ridiculous contracts, costing an average of £281,000 a year per child.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Jul 21

Capitalism gives you nothing but crumbs, and it begrudges even giving you them.

Yet you do ALL the work.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Jul 21

A very simple unavoidable Wealth Tax in the UK.

Remove the expenses subsidises that allow Companies to dodge nearly 50% of their 25% Corporation Tax.

Raises £72bn a year, paid almost entirely by the largest 200 multibillion/multitrillion companies.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · Jul 7

23% of foster places in England provided by private equity firms.

Biggest firm made £104m operating profit, profit margin 21%.

Some foster parents got just 80p an hour, forced on benefits.

Obscene obsession with privatising everything.

Political system is broken.

Nearly a quarter of foster places in England provided by private equity-backed firms

Experts raise alarm over ‘commodification’ of vulnerable children as independent fostering agencies make millions in profit

www.theguardian.com

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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · Jun 29

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Jun 20

The Billionaire Media is pushing for Thames Water to be 'temporarily renationalised' at a cost to you of £21bn so billionaires don't lose a penny.

I have a counter offer, make them go bankrupt, renationalise permanently for free.

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Octapock @octapock.bsky.social · Jun 18

So true, and doing it through the medium of 'reasonable' people supporting vulnerable children in some cases. It's another feature of the kindness agenda, manipulation in plain sight.

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Octapock @octapock.bsky.social · Jun 17

Keeping them indoors seems unfair to them. We as a species seem to think we are in charge of all animals. The toxic flea treatments cats need are now killing fish in rivers, their food reducing growing capacity for crops, pets generally are an environmental catastrophe

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