@douglass37.bsky.social
Husband, father, and grandfather, walker, bird watcher, music lover, choir member, cello student, retired priest, and lover of the Oxford comma. Currently a beardless chemo survivor. Not here to enter into conversation!
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Michelle Mone is dead lucky to get a new yacht on the NHS. Because most of us can't even get a GP appointment.
March 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Michelle Mone is dead lucky to get a new yacht on the NHS. Because most of us can't even get a GP appointment.
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“Tax our wealth” – that’s the message from millionaires across the UK whose campaign is hitting the road ahead of the government’s spring statement...
More taxes? Yes please! Patriotic Millionaires want to do more for the country
“Tax our wealth” – that’s the message from millionaires across the UK whose campaign is hitting the road ahead of the government’s spring statement
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
“Tax our wealth” – that’s the message from millionaires across the UK whose campaign is hitting the road ahead of the government’s spring statement...
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The UK would now want to rejoin the EU by 55% to 33%
Removing those that don’t know - that’s a 62.5% to 37.5% breakdown.
Removing those that don’t know - that’s a 62.5% to 37.5% breakdown.
March 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The UK would now want to rejoin the EU by 55% to 33%
Removing those that don’t know - that’s a 62.5% to 37.5% breakdown.
Removing those that don’t know - that’s a 62.5% to 37.5% breakdown.
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The richest 1% of people in the UK are worth £2.8 trillion. A Labour government simply cannot allow the disabled to keep holding them back.
March 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The richest 1% of people in the UK are worth £2.8 trillion. A Labour government simply cannot allow the disabled to keep holding them back.
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His track record speaks for itself. While we continue to resist, we should take comfort in that he is deeply incompetent, not very bright & his policies are hurting even his most devoted supporters. Let's not get in the way of his inevitable self-destruction.
March 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
His track record speaks for itself. While we continue to resist, we should take comfort in that he is deeply incompetent, not very bright & his policies are hurting even his most devoted supporters. Let's not get in the way of his inevitable self-destruction.
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Thames Water wants to be spared billions of pounds of costs and fines over the next 5 years.
TW ripped off customers, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, borrowed money to pay dividends.
Laws must apply. No public bailout.
Let it go bankrupt. Nationalise for nominal sum.
TW ripped off customers, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, borrowed money to pay dividends.
Laws must apply. No public bailout.
Let it go bankrupt. Nationalise for nominal sum.
Thames Water begs to be spared fines and costs, warning bidders will walk away
Exclusive: Managers and lenders racing to find a buyer want regulator to agree to leniency amounting to billions of pounds
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Thames Water wants to be spared billions of pounds of costs and fines over the next 5 years.
TW ripped off customers, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, borrowed money to pay dividends.
Laws must apply. No public bailout.
Let it go bankrupt. Nationalise for nominal sum.
TW ripped off customers, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, borrowed money to pay dividends.
Laws must apply. No public bailout.
Let it go bankrupt. Nationalise for nominal sum.
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Mark Carney
Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada
March 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Mark Carney
Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada
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“Instead of cutting benefits for disabled people, wouldn’t the moral thing to do, the courageous thing to do, be to make a real tough choice and introduce a wealth tax on the very wealthiest people in our society?”
@richardburgon.bsky.social
#PMQs
@richardburgon.bsky.social
#PMQs
March 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
“Instead of cutting benefits for disabled people, wouldn’t the moral thing to do, the courageous thing to do, be to make a real tough choice and introduce a wealth tax on the very wealthiest people in our society?”
@richardburgon.bsky.social
#PMQs
@richardburgon.bsky.social
#PMQs
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“A rerun of Tory austerity by making poor people poorer isn't what Labour should be about. Instead, the government should explore raising extra funds from wealthy corporations and individuals”
March 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
“A rerun of Tory austerity by making poor people poorer isn't what Labour should be about. Instead, the government should explore raising extra funds from wealthy corporations and individuals”
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Labour should at least consider fighting poverty instead of fighting the poor
March 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Labour should at least consider fighting poverty instead of fighting the poor
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Labour surely understands that cutting benefits for the disabled is economically unnecessary, morally bereft, symbolically disastrous and politically fatal. But it's going to do it anyway.
March 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Labour surely understands that cutting benefits for the disabled is economically unnecessary, morally bereft, symbolically disastrous and politically fatal. But it's going to do it anyway.
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Trump's attacks on the Department of Education should remind us never to elect to high office anyone without a stake in society. We suffered the same in the UK from 2010, when people who used private healthcare and private schools ripped up public services.
March 12, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Trump's attacks on the Department of Education should remind us never to elect to high office anyone without a stake in society. We suffered the same in the UK from 2010, when people who used private healthcare and private schools ripped up public services.
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If Labour levied a wealth tax of 2% on multimillionaires earning over £10million per annum, this would raise around £28billion; enough to transform society; without the need to target the most vulnerable in society. What's there not to like Chancellor?
March 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
If Labour levied a wealth tax of 2% on multimillionaires earning over £10million per annum, this would raise around £28billion; enough to transform society; without the need to target the most vulnerable in society. What's there not to like Chancellor?
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The magnificent Stewart Lee.
March 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The magnificent Stewart Lee.
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No bone spurs detected.
March 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
No bone spurs detected.
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services
Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
I'm old enough to remember when Vance was Pee Wee Herman's sidekick: despite bearing a strong physical resemblance Pee Wee's Vance was likeable! 🐖😉
March 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I'm old enough to remember when Vance was Pee Wee Herman's sidekick: despite bearing a strong physical resemblance Pee Wee's Vance was likeable! 🐖😉