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Retired Marine Engineer, socialist political activist, active Christian
Starmer and his government are disintegrating before our very eyes www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
Starmer and his government are disintegrating before our very eyes
The leadership farce that has engulfed Downing Street since is destroying Starmer’s crumbling credibility even within his own ranks
www.thecanary.co
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Our privatised water system is broken, and the next Water Bill could lock in more of the same.If MPs don’t hear from us, water companies get their way again. I’ve written to my MP. You can do the same in 2 minutes: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Ask your MP to oppose another water industry stitch-up
Our privatised water system is broken, and the next Water Bill could lock in more of the same. If MPs don’t hear from us, water companies get their way again. I’ve written to my MP. You can do the ...
actionnetwork.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
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Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
The resignation of Tim Davie as BBC Director-General is the next stage in the corporation's collapse into cowardice.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
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The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
LET'S SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.
open.substack.com/pub/jujuliag...
LET'S SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.
When those NHS doctor strikes start, I want you to be armed with some *facts*...
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
While the NHS is at breaking point, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical companies are receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - enough is enough, sign the petition calling for Rachel Reeves to end the tax breaks for Big pharma: 38d.gs/5urg
Sign the petition: End the tax break for big pharma like GlaxoSmithKline at the Autumn budget
While the NHS is at breaking point, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical companies are receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - enough is enough, sign the petition calling for Rachel Reeves to end the tax break...
38d.gs
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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💰💰💰PFI cost us £80bn for just £13bn of actual investment in our NHS

🤯 And now the government want to use MORE private finance ?!?

❌ We say no to the private finance rip off. We're handing in this petition to the Treasury on the 18th November. Make sure your name is on it.
Petition: No new PFI in Neighbourhood Health Services
Wes Streeting: do not use a “Public Private Partnership” to finance Neighbourhood Health Centres
weownit.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Our information about how politicians are privatising the NHS is reaching millions of people. We think Starmer and Streeting are about to announce a plan for even *more* NHS privatisation 🚨

Please help us to continue our important work: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/exposing-w...
November 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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No one 'earns' a trillion.

Abolish the rich.
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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At the Autumn Budget, the government are considering more private finance in our NHS.

The legacy of private finance under PFI:
😡 £80bn price tag for just £13bn actual investment
😡Some hospitals spending more on PFI debts than on medicine

Join us on Tues 18th Nov to say no to new PFI
Tell Rachel Reeves, NO new PFI in our NHS - demonstration
Eventbrite - We Own It presents Tell Rachel Reeves, NO new PFI in our NHS - demonstration - Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 1 Horse Guards Rd, London, England. Find event and ticket information.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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If NHS trusts hadn’t had to pay more than £1.8 billion in *interest charges* to private companies, that money could have paid for the starting salaries of over 50,000 NHS doctors 😮🚨
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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It’s easy to lose sight of what billions in PFI debt actually cost.

But behind every figure is a nurse working double shifts, a ward left understaffed, a patient waiting longer.

💬 Billions in interest. Staff under pressure. That’s PFI.

👉 Read more: everydoctor.org.uk/nhs-trusts-t...
November 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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October 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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October 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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They’re ripping us off!
October 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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The Lib Dems have submitted an Early Day Motion to Parliament calling for Thames Water to be taken into Special Administration.

That's great BUT the next step has to be public ownership.
Thames Water in Wiltshire - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That this House expresses deep concern at the continued mismanagement of Thames Water, whose failings have caused serious disruption to residents across Wiltshire and beyond; notes that leaks continue to worsen, bills continue to rise, and customers are left with poor communication and little accountability; condemns the payment of excessive executive bonuses while service levels and infrastructure performance decline; regrets that a third of Thames Water customers’ bills are now spent on servicing the company’s debt; further notes that Thames Water holds £23 billion of assets in urgent need of repair and has a debt pile of nearly £20 billion; also notes that the company's future is perilous after US private equity firm KKR pulled out of plans to purchase the company, leaving it in the hands of its creditors who have failed to manage the company's finances; welcomes reports that the Government has appointed insolvency advisers to prepare for a potential Special Administration regime; calls for Thames Water to be placed into Special Administration so that debt can be written down with a swift exit plan to put customers first and direct investment towards repairing infrastructure; supports a ban on water company boss bonuses until environmental standards met; further calls for the replacement of Ofwat with a new, capable, and independent regulator without further delay; and urges the Government to act decisively to protect the 16 million customers who have been left to foot the bill for Thames Water’s corporate and regulatory failures.
edm.parliament.uk
October 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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I wish people would stop asking themselves why Keir Starmer is supporting this policy or that, as if there’s a knowledge gap, and that if he was properly informed then he’d do the right thing. He & his ministers have all of the facts you value at their fingertips. His decisions are not an accident.
October 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Nearly 1/4 of your energy bill is taken in profit

Shareholders have received *£70 billion* in dividends since 2010
@cmmonwealth.bsky.social

No need to choose between affordable bills and a safe planet for our grandchildren, if we TAKE BACK OUR ENERGY

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Privatisation premium’: billions from UK energy bills paid to shareholders
Analysis reveals £416 of average bill of £1,719 taken as pre-tax profits by the major energy industries last year, rather than being reinvested
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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💔 Imagine a hospital built for your community, yet year after year, millions meant for care are going to a private company.

That’s what’s happening at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital — one of the UK’s largest PFI projects.

👀 the full cost of PFI: everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
October 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I just sent a letter to my MP asking that they take action to prohibit the development of superintelligence, thanks to @ai_ctrl
You can do it here: controlai.com/take-action/...
controlai.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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This isn’t right. Our NHS staff are doing everything they can... but they’re being forced to deliver care without the resources, conditions, or support they deserve.

If you agree: let’s ask for better.

💙 Sign the charter here: bit.ly/SignEDNHSCha...
📖 www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/corr...
Corridor care is an ‘everyday reality’ not confined to winter, doctors warn
CORRIDOR care is an “everyday reality” rather than a winter pressure, doctors warned today, as new research shows three in five have treated patients in temporary spaces such as cupboards this…
www.morningstaronline.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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"Government must end the failed privatisation model of criminal polluters like Thames Water"
@riveractionuk.bsky.social

“Anything short of changing the ownership model of our broken water industry is a hollow gesture"
@sascampaigns.bsky.social

💯

www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
New fines proposed for water firms committing smaller environmental offences
Government plans to hand more powers to the Environment Agency to penalise water companies for minor rule-breaking are now under consultation.
www.independent.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM