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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 19h

#NoToPFI

EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 22h

PFI - you’ve probably heard the term, but what does it really mean for the NHS? 💷

We’ve broken down how PFI were sold as a clever way to fund hospitals… and why they ended up costing the public billions more than they should have.

Keep an eye out… our new research on PFIs is coming soon 👀

Image of handshake with "What is PFI? Private companies build and maintain public infrastructure (like hospitals), and the government repays them over decades"

Image of Big Ben and "Why was it introduced: faster hospital builds, spread out public costs, shift financial risk to private sector. That was the theory..."

Image that says "But here's the catch: High long-term repayment costs / Locked in decades-long contracts / Some hospitals pay more in interest than the hospital cost to build".

Image of hospital bed and words " Who profits? Private investors and banks earn steady returns. Meanwhile... hospitals cut services to pay bills. Should hospitals serve patients... or profits?"

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 7h

I can't bring myself to listen to The Rest Is Politics because of who hosts it.

To me, they're another sign of the times - we've moved so far to the right that somebody like Rory Stewart can now somehow appear one of the more moderate ones.

Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 17h

#Starmer

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 18h

The 51st State

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 18h

Clue:
Nigel Farage is a...

DODGY DINGBATS:

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Answer: total cunt

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 19h

(not Michael Headline 😆 - had to delete and repost! Bloody autocorrect)

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 19h

We are now so far through the looking glass that arch-Tory Michael Heseltine has started sounding moderate...

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 19h

Lord Heseltine, "I wouldn't touch Nigel Farage"

"I hear of talk about a pact with Reform UK"

"We can see Reform UK, all over Europe. Le Penn in France. AfD in Germany. Same equivalent in Italy, Spain"

"It's all the same stuff"

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19h

What is happening in Gaza is Genocide summed up perfectly in 2 minutes while a stunned Piers Morgan sits in silence.

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 19h

#NoToPFI

EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 22h

PFI - you’ve probably heard the term, but what does it really mean for the NHS? 💷

We’ve broken down how PFI were sold as a clever way to fund hospitals… and why they ended up costing the public billions more than they should have.

Keep an eye out… our new research on PFIs is coming soon 👀

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•Anti-capitalist meme pebbler• @seizethememez.bsky.social · 22h

The image is a meme shared by a Twitter user named "SocialistFlamethrower" with the handle "@SocialistFT." The text above the image says, "Never in my life, have I seen a meme this concise."

In the illustration, there is a large boot labeled "capitalism" pressing down on the ground. Underneath the boot, a person labeled "liberals" is painting a scene on the underside of the boot. The painted scene depicts a sunny sky with clouds, suggesting an attempt to beautify or improve the oppressive nature of the boot.

Beside the person, there is a small table with two chairs, a teapot, and cups, adding to the imagery of a quaint, idyllic setting under the boot.

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 20h

Oh dear, how sad, never mind.

CNBC @cnbc.com · 20h

Tesla shares are falling after the company priced its new Model Y below $40,000. #CNBCData cnb.cx/4nKjvva

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 20h

#PrimeDay

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h

Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...

-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 1d

The idea that Reform Ltd could genuinely run the country if they were to win an election is completely laughable.

Their only priorities would be actions designed to benefit their fossil fuel sponsors & other cronies.

Meanwhile, the actual infrastructure of the country would completely fall apart.

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Resign Linden Kemkaran!

Reform UK’s Leader in Kent’s position is untenable over the DOGE failure and revelation that they will up council tax 5% (after making savings and tax cuts an election promise in May).

Time’s up @LeaderofKCC.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20h

The fucking hypocrisy of the Trump administration.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21h

We always knew that Labour cares about little else other than keeping private developers happy.

But here's proof showing off to JP Morgan despite destruction of some of the "rarest creatures in our country."

Let's make that description Labour votes.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21h

It's time to cancel all the ridiculous terrorism charges for peacefully opposing Israel.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21h

Nearly 3000 new members in the 24 hours since the Party Political Broadcast.

Extraordinary.

Hope is returning. 💚🚀

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21h

Utterly beholden to lobbyists, staggeringly ignorant and dismissive of the natural world: Rachel Reeves might not look or sound like Donald Trump, but she is behaving very much like him. This government is even more of an ecological hazard than the Tories were.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 21h

😄

What a fake

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 1d

Bitingly true

Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 1d

BREAKING: Shabana Mahmoud has clarified that British people are allowed to protest as long as they don't protest too often, their protests aren't seen by anyone, and they are completely ineffective. Anything else is un-British and basically terrorism x

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 1d

The idea that Reform Ltd could genuinely run the country if they were to win an election is completely laughable.

Their only priorities would be actions designed to benefit their fossil fuel sponsors & other cronies.

Meanwhile, the actual infrastructure of the country would completely fall apart.

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Resign Linden Kemkaran!

Reform UK’s Leader in Kent’s position is untenable over the DOGE failure and revelation that they will up council tax 5% (after making savings and tax cuts an election promise in May).

Time’s up @LeaderofKCC.

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 1d

WTF is wrong with this country?

As a kid, I used to think there was no way those dystopian science fiction movies could ever become a reality here.

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

15 UK banks ordered to snoop on state pensioners and other benefit claimants under DWP crackdown.

No court order needed. No right of appeal.

Banks will pass cost to other customers.

Those accused of fraud won't get legal advice. The making of another Post Office type scandal.

15 banks ordered to snoop on state pensioners under DWP crackdown

The Telegraph newspaper reports banks will be required to monitor pensioners’ bank accounts and share payments data

www.birminghammail.co.uk

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 1d

⚠️Three-quarters of UK police forces refuse to say if they even have a contract with Palantir.
Read that back.
The head of the UK branch of Palantir is Louis Mosely, grandson of British Fascist Oswald Mosely.
goodlawproject.org/uk-police-fo...

UK police forces dodge questions on Palantir | Good Law Project

After Leicestershire Police removed details of a deal with the controversial US spy-tech firm, three quarters of UK police forces refuse to say if they even have a contract with Palantir.

goodlawproject.org

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing is more important to Trump than getting his own way. He'll break anything to get it.

Mentally, he's a spoilt child.

Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 1d

Putin is surely sitting back and laughing his bollox off at this.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2d

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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