Mark Langdon
@rethinkscotland.bsky.social
Lecturer in Community Education at UWS EIS member anti-facist. anti- racist, anti- capitalist. Lover of decolonial, feminist and degrowth perspectives of love, care and social and ecological justice. Radical municipalist and tree hugger ☮️🦋🇵🇸
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Curse of Private Equity.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.
Regulator bares teeth as dentists earn £1.2bn
The gross profit figures for private equity-owned My Dentist, PortmanDentex and Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services rose by 20 per cent year-on-year between 2023 and 2024.
www.thisismoney.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Curse of Private Equity.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.
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At COP30 in Belém do Pará, more than 50,000 people made history with a clear, unified message:
“It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.”
Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊
“It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.”
Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
At COP30 in Belém do Pará, more than 50,000 people made history with a clear, unified message:
“It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.”
Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊
“It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.”
Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊
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On the new Resistant Communiqúes Podcast, Dr. @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social discusses how the Palestinian genocide galvanized action, shifting U.S. public opinion. Yet, a deep divide remains between what the U.S. populace believes & what the government does.
🎧 bit.ly/rc2025eabdelhadi
🎧 bit.ly/rc2025eabdelhadi
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
On the new Resistant Communiqúes Podcast, Dr. @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social discusses how the Palestinian genocide galvanized action, shifting U.S. public opinion. Yet, a deep divide remains between what the U.S. populace believes & what the government does.
🎧 bit.ly/rc2025eabdelhadi
🎧 bit.ly/rc2025eabdelhadi
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We must unite and organise resistance against the anti-rights movement. Join our monthly Activist Assembly: a space to connect, strategise and build community.
This Thursday, 6th November at 7pm. Be part of the fight for change.
🔗 📣 Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
This Thursday, 6th November at 7pm. Be part of the fight for change.
🔗 📣 Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
We must unite and organise resistance against the anti-rights movement. Join our monthly Activist Assembly: a space to connect, strategise and build community.
This Thursday, 6th November at 7pm. Be part of the fight for change.
🔗 📣 Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
This Thursday, 6th November at 7pm. Be part of the fight for change.
🔗 📣 Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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ITV in talks to sell television business to Sky.
Sky is owned by US-based Comcast, largest shareholders include Vanguard Group, BlackRock.
CMA must block the takeover. No one must own more than one major media outlet. Need diversity and competition.
Sky is owned by US-based Comcast, largest shareholders include Vanguard Group, BlackRock.
CMA must block the takeover. No one must own more than one major media outlet. Need diversity and competition.
ITV in talks to sell television business to Sky
The talks focus on ITV's Media and Entertainment division, which include its TV channels as well as its streaming service, ITV X.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
ITV in talks to sell television business to Sky.
Sky is owned by US-based Comcast, largest shareholders include Vanguard Group, BlackRock.
CMA must block the takeover. No one must own more than one major media outlet. Need diversity and competition.
Sky is owned by US-based Comcast, largest shareholders include Vanguard Group, BlackRock.
CMA must block the takeover. No one must own more than one major media outlet. Need diversity and competition.
The Green Pakistan Initiative www.tni.org/en/article/t...
The Green Pakistan Initiative | Transnational Institute
On 11 July 2025, as monsoon rains flood Lahore, Pakistan launched the army-backed Green Pakistan Initiative—corporate farms and six new canals in Punjab. Sold as “modernization,” it’s triggering evict...
www.tni.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The Green Pakistan Initiative www.tni.org/en/article/t...
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While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty.
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Transition Security Project
transitionsecurity.org
October 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty.
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
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It can be a lot, it can mean change.
Maybe it helps that I was already using eco products for cleaning & personal hygiene. That I prioritise ethical & sustainable companies & products. That I already boycotted some companies for other reasons.
But it is doable. #Boycott #Diversify #Sanction #BDS
Maybe it helps that I was already using eco products for cleaning & personal hygiene. That I prioritise ethical & sustainable companies & products. That I already boycotted some companies for other reasons.
But it is doable. #Boycott #Diversify #Sanction #BDS
Complicit in Israeli genocide
"If you can't lift the injustice, at least tell everyone about it"
via Jimmy O'd
"If you can't lift the injustice, at least tell everyone about it"
via Jimmy O'd
October 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
It can be a lot, it can mean change.
Maybe it helps that I was already using eco products for cleaning & personal hygiene. That I prioritise ethical & sustainable companies & products. That I already boycotted some companies for other reasons.
But it is doable. #Boycott #Diversify #Sanction #BDS
Maybe it helps that I was already using eco products for cleaning & personal hygiene. That I prioritise ethical & sustainable companies & products. That I already boycotted some companies for other reasons.
But it is doable. #Boycott #Diversify #Sanction #BDS
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Billionaires have broken Britain.
It's time to make them pay!
It's time to make them pay!
October 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Billionaires have broken Britain.
It's time to make them pay!
It's time to make them pay!
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Israeli authorities are refusing to let in 600 aid trucks per day as specified in ceasefire deal, UN official says.
UN again calls on Israel to open Gaza’s Rafah crossing, stop blocking aid
Israeli authorities are refusing to let in 600 aid trucks per day as specified in ceasefire deal, UN official says.
bit.ly
October 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Israeli authorities are refusing to let in 600 aid trucks per day as specified in ceasefire deal, UN official says.
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For our next webinar we are delighted to also be joined by Professor Emeritus Henry Maitles, who will talk as through how educators can navigate complex topics in the classroom - from Nazism to apartheid and genocide. Sign up now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/education-...
October 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
For our next webinar we are delighted to also be joined by Professor Emeritus Henry Maitles, who will talk as through how educators can navigate complex topics in the classroom - from Nazism to apartheid and genocide. Sign up now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/education-...
Europe's Real Security Crisis: Why Social And Ecological Protection Must Unite www.socialeurope.eu/europes-real...
Europe's Real Security Crisis: Why Social And Ecological Protection Must Unite
The EU's next budget threatens to slash climate transition funds for military spending. But Europe's gravest security threats already strike inside our borders — killing 62,000 citizens last year alon...
www.socialeurope.eu
October 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Europe's Real Security Crisis: Why Social And Ecological Protection Must Unite www.socialeurope.eu/europes-real...
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🚨 REVEALED: Companies have raked in £820bn in profit over the last 6 months
💰 Shareholders of these companies pocketed £662bn in cash payouts
📈 This could ease the cost of living pinch, rebuild public services or be invested in growth
🕙 Time for a #WealthTax
@makethempay.bsky.social
💰 Shareholders of these companies pocketed £662bn in cash payouts
📈 This could ease the cost of living pinch, rebuild public services or be invested in growth
🕙 Time for a #WealthTax
@makethempay.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🚨 REVEALED: Companies have raked in £820bn in profit over the last 6 months
💰 Shareholders of these companies pocketed £662bn in cash payouts
📈 This could ease the cost of living pinch, rebuild public services or be invested in growth
🕙 Time for a #WealthTax
@makethempay.bsky.social
💰 Shareholders of these companies pocketed £662bn in cash payouts
📈 This could ease the cost of living pinch, rebuild public services or be invested in growth
🕙 Time for a #WealthTax
@makethempay.bsky.social
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Important article on the challenges of access to domestic abuse sevices
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October 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Important article on the challenges of access to domestic abuse sevices
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Lawyers & accountants push back against at UK anti-money laundering reforms.
Lawyers/Accountants are central illicit financial flows, regulated by ineffective trade associations.
We have the farce of 23 AML regulators. Independent regulation long overdue.
archive.ph/R50mZ
Lawyers/Accountants are central illicit financial flows, regulated by ineffective trade associations.
We have the farce of 23 AML regulators. Independent regulation long overdue.
archive.ph/R50mZ
Lawyers and accountants push back against UK anti-money laundering reforms
Bodies warn expanded powers for the FCA will increase costs and the burden of regulation
www.ft.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Lawyers & accountants push back against at UK anti-money laundering reforms.
Lawyers/Accountants are central illicit financial flows, regulated by ineffective trade associations.
We have the farce of 23 AML regulators. Independent regulation long overdue.
archive.ph/R50mZ
Lawyers/Accountants are central illicit financial flows, regulated by ineffective trade associations.
We have the farce of 23 AML regulators. Independent regulation long overdue.
archive.ph/R50mZ
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We’re proud to stand with Scotland Demands Better – a mass march & rally in Edinburgh calling for fair social security, decent jobs, and investment in our communities. This Saturday at 10.30am at the Scottish Parliament. Find out more: scotland-demands-better.com
#WeDemandBetter
#WeDemandBetter
💔Poverty isn't inevitable. Everyone deserves to live a dignified life.
Join us as #WeDemandBetter for a Scotland free from poverty.
📅Saturday 25th October
📍Edinburgh
Join us as #WeDemandBetter for a Scotland free from poverty.
📅Saturday 25th October
📍Edinburgh
October 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
We’re proud to stand with Scotland Demands Better – a mass march & rally in Edinburgh calling for fair social security, decent jobs, and investment in our communities. This Saturday at 10.30am at the Scottish Parliament. Find out more: scotland-demands-better.com
#WeDemandBetter
#WeDemandBetter
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Cost of Privatization,
Thames Water wants to pollute UK rivers with illegal sewage dumping until 2040, pay no fines, law already permits some sewage dumping.
Will still want profits, pay megabucks to execs, dividends and fleece customers.
Public ownership is the only way out.
Thames Water wants to pollute UK rivers with illegal sewage dumping until 2040, pay no fines, law already permits some sewage dumping.
Will still want profits, pay megabucks to execs, dividends and fleece customers.
Public ownership is the only way out.
Thames Water wants permission to pollute Britain's rivers until 2040. No, seriously
Thames Water – Britain's largest water utility – has asked the industry regulator to exempt it from some pollution requirements.
www.bigissue.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Cost of Privatization,
Thames Water wants to pollute UK rivers with illegal sewage dumping until 2040, pay no fines, law already permits some sewage dumping.
Will still want profits, pay megabucks to execs, dividends and fleece customers.
Public ownership is the only way out.
Thames Water wants to pollute UK rivers with illegal sewage dumping until 2040, pay no fines, law already permits some sewage dumping.
Will still want profits, pay megabucks to execs, dividends and fleece customers.
Public ownership is the only way out.
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No wonder they wanted to ban Kneecap from Glastonbury.
This is effing brilliant.
This is effing brilliant.
June 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
No wonder they wanted to ban Kneecap from Glastonbury.
This is effing brilliant.
This is effing brilliant.
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They're even dissing slavery now.
It's woke gone mad !
It's woke gone mad !
August 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
They're even dissing slavery now.
It's woke gone mad !
It's woke gone mad !
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Judge the next UK budget by how much it improves the purchasing power of the bottom 50%.
Can't revive economy without that.
16m live in poverty. 34% of universal credit claimants are in work. Millions rely on food banks.
Bottom 50% of population has 5% of wealth; the bottom fifth has only 0.5%.
Can't revive economy without that.
16m live in poverty. 34% of universal credit claimants are in work. Millions rely on food banks.
Bottom 50% of population has 5% of wealth; the bottom fifth has only 0.5%.
Rachel Reeves’ budget must reduce inequalities and increase spending capacity of the masses
This is how to secure sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
October 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Judge the next UK budget by how much it improves the purchasing power of the bottom 50%.
Can't revive economy without that.
16m live in poverty. 34% of universal credit claimants are in work. Millions rely on food banks.
Bottom 50% of population has 5% of wealth; the bottom fifth has only 0.5%.
Can't revive economy without that.
16m live in poverty. 34% of universal credit claimants are in work. Millions rely on food banks.
Bottom 50% of population has 5% of wealth; the bottom fifth has only 0.5%.
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social is asked, why has there been a surge in Green Party membership? #bbclaurak
October 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is asked, why has there been a surge in Green Party membership? #bbclaurak
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Who will you vote for at the next election to get sewage out of rivers and seas? 💧💩
How will they do this if Thames Water is allowed to pollute ILLEGALLY until 2040 ⁉️
We're handing this petition to Ofwat on Tuesday 21st October, add your name 👇
weownit.org.uk/ofwat
How will they do this if Thames Water is allowed to pollute ILLEGALLY until 2040 ⁉️
We're handing this petition to Ofwat on Tuesday 21st October, add your name 👇
weownit.org.uk/ofwat
Thames Water wants to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.
Thames Water wants to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years
weownit.org.uk
October 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Who will you vote for at the next election to get sewage out of rivers and seas? 💧💩
How will they do this if Thames Water is allowed to pollute ILLEGALLY until 2040 ⁉️
We're handing this petition to Ofwat on Tuesday 21st October, add your name 👇
weownit.org.uk/ofwat
How will they do this if Thames Water is allowed to pollute ILLEGALLY until 2040 ⁉️
We're handing this petition to Ofwat on Tuesday 21st October, add your name 👇
weownit.org.uk/ofwat
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