Canal Carrie
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Cost Cutting vs Care: Why AI Cannot Choose Between Them
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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January 29, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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Reform politicians keep calling for more Thatcherism
The truth is Thatcher's privatisation of our essential assets was
anti patriotic
anti enterprise
NOT supported by voters, including Reform voters today - who want public ownership!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7k1...
The truth is Thatcher's privatisation of our essential assets was
anti patriotic
anti enterprise
NOT supported by voters, including Reform voters today - who want public ownership!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7k1...
3 reasons why praising Thatcher is a mistake
YouTube video by We Own It
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January 28, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Reform politicians keep calling for more Thatcherism
The truth is Thatcher's privatisation of our essential assets was
anti patriotic
anti enterprise
NOT supported by voters, including Reform voters today - who want public ownership!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7k1...
The truth is Thatcher's privatisation of our essential assets was
anti patriotic
anti enterprise
NOT supported by voters, including Reform voters today - who want public ownership!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7k1...
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Our #NHS badly needs investment. But it's locked in a vicious cycle of chronic underfunding & money diverted to private providers.
Payments to private radiology labs have doubled since 2019.
The private sector is part of the problem, NOT the solution.
Payments to private radiology labs have doubled since 2019.
The private sector is part of the problem, NOT the solution.
NHS gave private firms record £216m to examine X-rays in 2024
Failure to recruit NHS radiologists risks creating vicious cycle whereby doctors are drawn to private work, royal college says
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May 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Our #NHS badly needs investment. But it's locked in a vicious cycle of chronic underfunding & money diverted to private providers.
Payments to private radiology labs have doubled since 2019.
The private sector is part of the problem, NOT the solution.
Payments to private radiology labs have doubled since 2019.
The private sector is part of the problem, NOT the solution.
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Steve Reed has questions to answer.
Why does he refuse to include public ownership in the govt review of the water sector?
Why won't he take Thames Water into public ownership?
Why is he letting customers foot the bill & take the risk for their failings?
Why does he refuse to include public ownership in the govt review of the water sector?
Why won't he take Thames Water into public ownership?
Why is he letting customers foot the bill & take the risk for their failings?
Questioning Thames Water is a waste of time | We Own It
MPs will question Thames Water executives at 10am this morning. But it's Steve Reed, Environment Secretary who should be answering the questions. We have a lot of questions for him.
weownit.org.uk
May 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Steve Reed has questions to answer.
Why does he refuse to include public ownership in the govt review of the water sector?
Why won't he take Thames Water into public ownership?
Why is he letting customers foot the bill & take the risk for their failings?
Why does he refuse to include public ownership in the govt review of the water sector?
Why won't he take Thames Water into public ownership?
Why is he letting customers foot the bill & take the risk for their failings?
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Last night Lois Davis took her MP Steve Reed to the football at Crystal Palace.⚽
Or she would have, if he'd bothered to accept her invitation.
Steve's happy to be wined and dined by the investment company that owns Northumbrian Water but he won't listen to his own constituents. #LoisvSteve
Or she would have, if he'd bothered to accept her invitation.
Steve's happy to be wined and dined by the investment company that owns Northumbrian Water but he won't listen to his own constituents. #LoisvSteve
May 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Last night Lois Davis took her MP Steve Reed to the football at Crystal Palace.⚽
Or she would have, if he'd bothered to accept her invitation.
Steve's happy to be wined and dined by the investment company that owns Northumbrian Water but he won't listen to his own constituents. #LoisvSteve
Or she would have, if he'd bothered to accept her invitation.
Steve's happy to be wined and dined by the investment company that owns Northumbrian Water but he won't listen to his own constituents. #LoisvSteve
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Great piece about Steve Reed's non-appearance at the Palace match last night.
Lois had to make do with a cardboard cut-out of Steve instead...but he didn't want to talk about why water should be in public hands either.
Come on Steve, you know it makes sense. #LoisvSteve
Lois had to make do with a cardboard cut-out of Steve instead...but he didn't want to talk about why water should be in public hands either.
Come on Steve, you know it makes sense. #LoisvSteve
MP Reed shown a yellow card for cosying up to water lobbyists
It appears that Steve Reed OBE, the MP for Streatham (and can't be arsed with Croydon North), is not as big a football fan as he has tried to make out. Reed, now the environment secretary in Keir Starmer's Labour government, seemed more than happy to accept £1,786-worth of freebie VIP tickets for a Premier…
insidecroydon.com
May 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Great piece about Steve Reed's non-appearance at the Palace match last night.
Lois had to make do with a cardboard cut-out of Steve instead...but he didn't want to talk about why water should be in public hands either.
Come on Steve, you know it makes sense. #LoisvSteve
Lois had to make do with a cardboard cut-out of Steve instead...but he didn't want to talk about why water should be in public hands either.
Come on Steve, you know it makes sense. #LoisvSteve
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New reports show that private eye clinics are
👁️carrying out unnecessary operations
👁️failing to provide post-operative care to people they operate on
🤑taking out £1 in every £3 they are paid by the NHS in profits.
Find out more and take action: vist.ly/3n42ht3
👁️carrying out unnecessary operations
👁️failing to provide post-operative care to people they operate on
🤑taking out £1 in every £3 they are paid by the NHS in profits.
Find out more and take action: vist.ly/3n42ht3
May 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
New reports show that private eye clinics are
👁️carrying out unnecessary operations
👁️failing to provide post-operative care to people they operate on
🤑taking out £1 in every £3 they are paid by the NHS in profits.
Find out more and take action: vist.ly/3n42ht3
👁️carrying out unnecessary operations
👁️failing to provide post-operative care to people they operate on
🤑taking out £1 in every £3 they are paid by the NHS in profits.
Find out more and take action: vist.ly/3n42ht3
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May 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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82% of us want water in public hands.
If you agree sign our petition.
If you agree sign our petition.
Let's bring water into public ownership | We Own It
Let's bring water into public ownership | We Own It
weownit.org.uk
May 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
82% of us want water in public hands.
If you agree sign our petition.
If you agree sign our petition.
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We're celebrating SWR being brought back into public ownership today 👏
But the real fight begins with the Railways Bill later this year🚆✊
Labour's plan to maintain “An ongoing role for the private sector” risks undermining #GreatBritishRailways
www.bringbackbritishrail.org/2025/05/cele...
But the real fight begins with the Railways Bill later this year🚆✊
Labour's plan to maintain “An ongoing role for the private sector” risks undermining #GreatBritishRailways
www.bringbackbritishrail.org/2025/05/cele...
Celebrating the first rail franchise to be re-nationalised - Bring Back British Rail
Today we welcome the first franchise - South Western Railway - to be brought back into public ownership under the Passenger Railway Services (Public
www.bringbackbritishrail.org
May 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We're celebrating SWR being brought back into public ownership today 👏
But the real fight begins with the Railways Bill later this year🚆✊
Labour's plan to maintain “An ongoing role for the private sector” risks undermining #GreatBritishRailways
www.bringbackbritishrail.org/2025/05/cele...
But the real fight begins with the Railways Bill later this year🚆✊
Labour's plan to maintain “An ongoing role for the private sector” risks undermining #GreatBritishRailways
www.bringbackbritishrail.org/2025/05/cele...
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Steve Reed! Lois wants to know why you wouldn't accept her offer of a ticket to the Crystal Palace match last night.
Stop kowtowing to the privatised water companies.
Time you listened to the 82% of us who want water in public hands. #LoisvSteve
Stop kowtowing to the privatised water companies.
Time you listened to the 82% of us who want water in public hands. #LoisvSteve
May 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Steve Reed! Lois wants to know why you wouldn't accept her offer of a ticket to the Crystal Palace match last night.
Stop kowtowing to the privatised water companies.
Time you listened to the 82% of us who want water in public hands. #LoisvSteve
Stop kowtowing to the privatised water companies.
Time you listened to the 82% of us who want water in public hands. #LoisvSteve
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The problems in our society are not caused by migrants or refugees.
They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.
If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.
They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.
If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.
May 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The problems in our society are not caused by migrants or refugees.
They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.
If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.
They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.
If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.
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World leaders can make as many statements as they like opposing Israel's actions in Gaza.
Until they end the sale of weapons to Israel, they remain complicit in the mass murder of Palestinians.
Stop arming genocide, now.
Until they end the sale of weapons to Israel, they remain complicit in the mass murder of Palestinians.
Stop arming genocide, now.
May 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
World leaders can make as many statements as they like opposing Israel's actions in Gaza.
Until they end the sale of weapons to Israel, they remain complicit in the mass murder of Palestinians.
Stop arming genocide, now.
Until they end the sale of weapons to Israel, they remain complicit in the mass murder of Palestinians.
Stop arming genocide, now.
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Yorkshire Water warns of a hosepipe ban 'unless rain comes'.
🤔Here's a novel thought...maybe if the private water companies had invested adequately in infrastructure, they wouldn't have to have their fingers crossed hoping for a rain shower?
We need water in public hands. 🌊
🤔Here's a novel thought...maybe if the private water companies had invested adequately in infrastructure, they wouldn't have to have their fingers crossed hoping for a rain shower?
We need water in public hands. 🌊
May 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Yorkshire Water warns of a hosepipe ban 'unless rain comes'.
🤔Here's a novel thought...maybe if the private water companies had invested adequately in infrastructure, they wouldn't have to have their fingers crossed hoping for a rain shower?
We need water in public hands. 🌊
🤔Here's a novel thought...maybe if the private water companies had invested adequately in infrastructure, they wouldn't have to have their fingers crossed hoping for a rain shower?
We need water in public hands. 🌊
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This is a disgrace
📮The government must say NO to
@PostOffice
plans to close 108 Crown Post Offices 📮
High streets are already struggling, we can't rely on WHSmiths. Where are people supposed to go?
Take back Royal Mail, put it back with the Post Office, NO MORE CUTS
📮The government must say NO to
@PostOffice
plans to close 108 Crown Post Offices 📮
High streets are already struggling, we can't rely on WHSmiths. Where are people supposed to go?
Take back Royal Mail, put it back with the Post Office, NO MORE CUTS
Big changes are coming to your local Post Office, and not in a good way.
It's time to push back.
It's time to push back.
May 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This is a disgrace
📮The government must say NO to
@PostOffice
plans to close 108 Crown Post Offices 📮
High streets are already struggling, we can't rely on WHSmiths. Where are people supposed to go?
Take back Royal Mail, put it back with the Post Office, NO MORE CUTS
📮The government must say NO to
@PostOffice
plans to close 108 Crown Post Offices 📮
High streets are already struggling, we can't rely on WHSmiths. Where are people supposed to go?
Take back Royal Mail, put it back with the Post Office, NO MORE CUTS
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The Leaders Of The West Are Betting Xenophobia Will Preserve The 1%.
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The Leaders Of The West Are Betting Xenophobia Will Preserve The 1%.
I am always a little out of sorts after a CT scan to check for cancer recurrence, which is why I have been absent for the last few days.
open.substack.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
The Leaders Of The West Are Betting Xenophobia Will Preserve The 1%.
open.substack.com/pub/jmsmith/...
open.substack.com/pub/jmsmith/...
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Day 9 of Lois asking Steve Reed to join her at the football. ⚽
Something stinks about Thames Water's sewage plant upgrade costs. How can it be 15x more expensive than building a new one in other countries?
Perhaps Environment Secretary Steve Reed can tell her?
#LoisvSteve
Something stinks about Thames Water's sewage plant upgrade costs. How can it be 15x more expensive than building a new one in other countries?
Perhaps Environment Secretary Steve Reed can tell her?
#LoisvSteve
May 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Day 9 of Lois asking Steve Reed to join her at the football. ⚽
Something stinks about Thames Water's sewage plant upgrade costs. How can it be 15x more expensive than building a new one in other countries?
Perhaps Environment Secretary Steve Reed can tell her?
#LoisvSteve
Something stinks about Thames Water's sewage plant upgrade costs. How can it be 15x more expensive than building a new one in other countries?
Perhaps Environment Secretary Steve Reed can tell her?
#LoisvSteve