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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · May 8

Starmer is against restoring Freedom of Movement.

Please repost if you want our Freedom of Movement restored.

We were robbed of our right to live, work, study, and love in 30 countries by the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history.

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Craigie 🇵🇸 🚩☮️🔻 @craigsmive.bsky.social · Mar 10

The left needs to fight the murderous austerity regime of Starmer, Reeves and Kendall.

www.stopwar.org.uk/events/no-mo...

No More Austerity – march & rally

People’s Assembly march and rally 7 June Rachel Reeves the ‘austerity chancellor’ is expected...

www.stopwar.org.uk

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Hyo Yoon Kang 강효윤 @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social · Feb 1

This @thepolycrisis.bsky.social newsletter first paragraph omg (“imperial gangsterism” 🔥) — and does not even include everything

The United States will be a source of chaos and volatility for the next several years. The first month of 2025 has set the scene. Events so far have included imperial gangsterism against both a poor Latin American country (Colombia) and a rich northern European one (Denmark); a long-overdue ceasefire ending a genocidal military campaign (Gaza); the most expensive natural disaster in US history with climate-fuelled wildfires destroying homes (California);
a trillion dollar sell off in the AI bubble in reaction to a Chinese firm's innovation from behind the chips blockade; and the outbreak of a virus (H5N1) that has killed hundreds of millions of US chickens, sending egg prices soaring and raising concerns among scientists of another pandemic. OK, doomer.

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Charlotte Villiers @charlottevilliers.bsky.social · Jan 15

Awful situation across the University sector 🥲 qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...

UK HE shrinking

This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…

qmucu.org

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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · Dec 7

Someone needs to invent some kind of online calculator whereby we Brits can put in our recent healthcare appointments/meds/experiences and it’ll calculate what it would cost on average in the USA. Just to hammer home how bloody lucky we are to have the NHS and how fiercely we need to protect it.

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Charlotte Villiers @charlottevilliers.bsky.social · Nov 30

He was clearly not impressed by his Christmas outfit 😬

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Charlotte Villiers @charlottevilliers.bsky.social · Nov 30

Bath Christmas market and the owner of these doggies let me take a picture -expression on face of doggie at the back 😂😂

Three cute little dogs in Christmas outfits

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Charlotte Villiers @charlottevilliers.bsky.social · Nov 28

Pretty winter morning sunshine through the trees in the park

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · Nov 23

On the streets of Liverpool, there is a humanitarian crisis

A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country

A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation

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Jacques Gallagher @1olddemocrat.bsky.social · Nov 23

Echoes of our privatisation of public services in UK. The Tories want even less public interest considerations as they rule in favour of the wealthy.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

‘It’s not drought - it’s looting’: the Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking water

Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and one group is profiting from these extremes: the water-grabbing multinational companies forcing angry citizens to pay for it in bottles

www.theguardian.com

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Charlotte Villiers @charlottevilliers.bsky.social · Nov 21

This is bad news. Fink will run rings round him.

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Old Trot @oldtrot.bsky.social · Nov 21

Starmer is clearly beholden to the US and his corporate donors, one of whom is BlackRock, itself heavily invested in the Nevatim corridor and the annexation of Gaza’ gas fields.

Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · Nov 21

❗️ NEW: Labour refuses to back ICC arrest warrants, and confirms the UK will continue to back Israel.

Starmer's spokesman insisted that "Israel has a right to defend itself", and said Keir Starmer "will continue to engage with the prime minister of Israel".

(Via Telegraph)

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · Nov 21

That Starmer is in bed with this malign planet destroying Trump loving company that pretty much owns everything is cause for extremely urgent investigation.
The MSM must give the public the facts about Blackrock, the UK’s future is with the EU not US planet destroyers like Blackrock.

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James Lee @jamessflee.bsky.social · Oct 24

The latest issue of Legal Studies is now online! A range of fascinating pieces!

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Charlotte Villiers @charlottevilliers.bsky.social · Nov 20

Devastating report but some small reason for optimism as “There are political leaders, as well as activists, scientists, renewable energy innovators and regular citizens doing all they can to turn things around…They deserve our support and our partnership.” bylinetimes.com/2024/11/20/c...

COP29: The Gap Between Political Action and the Accelerating Pace of Catastrophic Climate Change Is Terrifying

World leaders are failing to commit to the dramatic action required to prevent devastating climate change, reports Mike Buckley from the COP29 summit

bylinetimes.com

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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · Nov 19

Tax due if parents hand on £3m house: £940k
Tax due if parents hand on a £3m farm: £0
A reminder of significant tax advantage to farmers vs everyone else AFTER these changes

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · Nov 19

I’ll offer more later in articles and interviews but these are some of the things I’m thinking about.

I’ll be talking about this (and more!) on Thurs, Nov 21 with some of my favourite people to think with - join us!

RSVP for the online event, hosted by @haymarketbooks.bsky.social

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Where Do We Go From Here? A Post-Election Assessment

An urgent conversation with Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and Chenjerai Kumanyika.

www.haymarketbooks.org

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Charlotte Villiers @charlottevilliers.bsky.social · Nov 18

A very good Rest is Money two episode podcast on this topic - worth listening. Hope of interest

open.spotify.com/episode/3z0Q...

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93. The Children's Homes Scandal

The Rest Is Money · Episode

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Charlotte Villiers @charlottevilliers.bsky.social · Nov 14

Heart-breaking photo essay on women’s lives in Afghanistan: “their hearts are tightened not only by the weight of repression but by the indifference of a world that seems to have forgotten them. Their stories deserve to be heard.”
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

How the Taliban are erasing Afghanistan’s women – photo essay

The journalist Mélissa Cornet and the photographer Kiana Hayeri met more than 100 Afghan girls and women in seven provinces, and found resistance and defiance but also despair

www.theguardian.com

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Charlotte Villiers @charlottevilliers.bsky.social · Nov 12

Sunlight and shadows on an autumn forest path.

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HT4Ecosocialism @ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social · Nov 7

Trump tapped into people’s fears and immiseration. He exploited their anger and frustration. The Democrats offered nothing, no real change.
Of course, Trump is lying but people are desperate for change.

Why did voters abandon Kamala Harris? Because they feel trapped – and Trump offered a way out | Aditya Chakrabortty

His resounding victory will be blamed on ‘populism’, but that’s lazy thinking. He addressed the key concerns far better than the Democrats did, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakraborrty

www.theguardian.com

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Charlotte Villiers @charlottevilliers.bsky.social · Nov 7

After yesterday’s news here’s a little picture to bring some cheer. Not a brilliant photo but I managed to get the lovely squirrel to look in my direction for a second 😍

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Sarah O'Brien @sarahobrien.bsky.social · Nov 7

We're on the cusp of seeing the effect play out of an extended lack of access to dental care.

With preventative and ordinary care unavailable to many, they have to seek out accessible routes which are emergency care.

Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · Nov 7

Emergency hospital admissions for tooth decay reached a record high of 2,528 in 2023/24, indicating an increased demand for urgent dental care and possible gaps in preventive services. 🦷

We're tracking access to NHS #dentistry here: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/nhs...

#QualityWatch

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · Oct 11

Lou Haigh’s comments on P&O explicitly represent govt policy on fire and rehire and PM’s views. It’s not her own view, it’s the government’s stated position. Starmer should have the integrity to stand by her or ditch the policy.

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Charlotte Villiers @charlottevilliers.bsky.social · Oct 11

The ministers were right to criticise P&O Ferries. I remember the Parliamentary Select Committee hearings back in March 2022 - such disdain for the workforce from the CEO. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

P&O Ferries’ owner pulls news of £1bn port investment after ministers criticise firm

Transport secretary denounced DP World over mass sackings while bringing in protections for workers at sea

www.theguardian.com

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