Helen Croft #FBPE #FAFO
@hellsbellscroft14.bsky.social
Politically centre left mostly but would prefer further left tbh. Cat lover. Enjoy travel and international cuisine. What we need is a great big melting pot. Unsolicitered DM = BLOCKED.
SW England, Devon. Love of Cornwall.
SW England, Devon. Love of Cornwall.
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What happens when a Green Party council inherits a Freeport?
Mid Suffolk is breaking new ground – and some old assumptions.
🟢 Read more from the UK’s first Green majority council by Richard Winch:
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Mid Suffolk is breaking new ground – and some old assumptions.
🟢 Read more from the UK’s first Green majority council by Richard Winch:
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Spotlight on a Green council: housing and freeport ownership
Mid Suffolk, the UK’s first Green council, faces real-world challenges: balancing their vision with constraints beyond its control
eastangliabylines.co.uk
April 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
What happens when a Green Party council inherits a Freeport?
Mid Suffolk is breaking new ground – and some old assumptions.
🟢 Read more from the UK’s first Green majority council by Richard Winch:
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Mid Suffolk is breaking new ground – and some old assumptions.
🟢 Read more from the UK’s first Green majority council by Richard Winch:
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Former Business Secretary Badenoch’s dept wrote to Treasury after Dyson lobbying over tax breaks.
The rich demand tax cuts and changes in law, Ministers jump.
Poor get real wage/benefit cuts, NHS queues, crumbling schools ... Minister heap misery.
Who governs?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The rich demand tax cuts and changes in law, Ministers jump.
Poor get real wage/benefit cuts, NHS queues, crumbling schools ... Minister heap misery.
Who governs?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Badenoch’s department wrote to Treasury after Dyson lobbying over potential tax break
Business department raised issue of patent box benefit after meeting that took place last June, documents show
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Former Business Secretary Badenoch’s dept wrote to Treasury after Dyson lobbying over tax breaks.
The rich demand tax cuts and changes in law, Ministers jump.
Poor get real wage/benefit cuts, NHS queues, crumbling schools ... Minister heap misery.
Who governs?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The rich demand tax cuts and changes in law, Ministers jump.
Poor get real wage/benefit cuts, NHS queues, crumbling schools ... Minister heap misery.
Who governs?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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And there we have it... An OVERWHELMING MAJORITY and a "mandate for a generation"
Congratulations Sadiq Khan 👏🏻
#ShittyExpressPollMeansShittyExpressPoll
Congratulations Sadiq Khan 👏🏻
#ShittyExpressPollMeansShittyExpressPoll
January 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
And there we have it... An OVERWHELMING MAJORITY and a "mandate for a generation"
Congratulations Sadiq Khan 👏🏻
#ShittyExpressPollMeansShittyExpressPoll
Congratulations Sadiq Khan 👏🏻
#ShittyExpressPollMeansShittyExpressPoll
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Congratulations to Mike Johnson for trying to pressure the House Ethics Committee into burying a report that found the then-nominee for attorney general had engaged in sexual activity with a minor.
Party of Family Values, am I right?
Party of Family Values, am I right?
December 23, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Congratulations to Mike Johnson for trying to pressure the House Ethics Committee into burying a report that found the then-nominee for attorney general had engaged in sexual activity with a minor.
Party of Family Values, am I right?
Party of Family Values, am I right?
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Thames Water diverted millions of pounds pledged for environmental clean-ups to pay bonuses & dividends
187 criminal convictions since 1989, routinely dumps sewage in rivers/seas, neglects investment.
Protected by successive govts, customers fleeced.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
187 criminal convictions since 1989, routinely dumps sewage in rivers/seas, neglects investment.
Protected by successive govts, customers fleeced.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Revealed: Thames Water diverted ‘cash for clean-ups’ to help pay bonuses
Exclusive: UK’s biggest water company assessed risks before cutting back on cost of environmental work, investigation shows
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Thames Water diverted millions of pounds pledged for environmental clean-ups to pay bonuses & dividends
187 criminal convictions since 1989, routinely dumps sewage in rivers/seas, neglects investment.
Protected by successive govts, customers fleeced.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
187 criminal convictions since 1989, routinely dumps sewage in rivers/seas, neglects investment.
Protected by successive govts, customers fleeced.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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What happened to this country?
December 7, 2024 at 11:26 PM
What happened to this country?
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He’s such a loser. The world laughs at 45…this is who he picks to lead US Defence.
Hegseth: "Women should not serve in the military. They are a distraction"
"Mommy, mommy, they're being mean to me. Make them stop"
"Mommy, mommy, they're being mean to me. Make them stop"
December 5, 2024 at 9:20 PM
He’s such a loser. The world laughs at 45…this is who he picks to lead US Defence.
Best put down in the history of Twitter! 🤣🤣
December 5, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Best put down in the history of Twitter! 🤣🤣
More chief constable disgrace it would seem.
#SackAlisonFernandez
Devon and Cornwall Police chief Jim Colwell suspended www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#SackAlisonFernandez
Devon and Cornwall Police chief Jim Colwell suspended www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Devon and Cornwall Police chief Jim Colwell suspended
Police and Crime Commissioner says the suspension relates to alleged
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 11:39 AM
More chief constable disgrace it would seem.
#SackAlisonFernandez
Devon and Cornwall Police chief Jim Colwell suspended www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#SackAlisonFernandez
Devon and Cornwall Police chief Jim Colwell suspended www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thankfully, there's a ceasefire with Hezbollah & Israel. Let's pray it stays that way.
November 26, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Thankfully, there's a ceasefire with Hezbollah & Israel. Let's pray it stays that way.
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Working hard to get work to a point I can delegate it so I can focus on #InvasionOfTheDemonicCrittersFromHell
I managed to put some time into the pistol feedback today.
#VR #Gaming #Oculus #Quest
youtu.be/4bz08EwroHs?...
I managed to put some time into the pistol feedback today.
#VR #Gaming #Oculus #Quest
youtu.be/4bz08EwroHs?...
Demonic Critters pistol feedback WIP.
YouTube video by Deniz Opal
youtu.be
November 24, 2024 at 11:25 PM
Working hard to get work to a point I can delegate it so I can focus on #InvasionOfTheDemonicCrittersFromHell
I managed to put some time into the pistol feedback today.
#VR #Gaming #Oculus #Quest
youtu.be/4bz08EwroHs?...
I managed to put some time into the pistol feedback today.
#VR #Gaming #Oculus #Quest
youtu.be/4bz08EwroHs?...
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This channel under our cattle grid is usually a trickle at worst. A shift of 14°c in 36 hours melted 20cm of snow overnight, add some heavy rain and you get this. Very easy to see how major flooding happens.
November 24, 2024 at 8:42 AM
This channel under our cattle grid is usually a trickle at worst. A shift of 14°c in 36 hours melted 20cm of snow overnight, add some heavy rain and you get this. Very easy to see how major flooding happens.
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#FBPE is not a cheap tool to get more followers; it's a sign of solidarity among progressives in their fight against populism & hatred.
We support the EU and democratic values and cooperate with other movements.
Ultimately, it's not the hashtag but the content of one's timeline that is important.
We support the EU and democratic values and cooperate with other movements.
Ultimately, it's not the hashtag but the content of one's timeline that is important.
Welcome to the FBPE movement - FBPE - Follow Back pro EU
FBPE is a non-profit movement. A network of all those across Europe who support the EU & fight political extremism: #FollowBackProEU and the acronym #FBPE.
www.fbpe.eu
November 18, 2024 at 11:14 PM
#FBPE is not a cheap tool to get more followers; it's a sign of solidarity among progressives in their fight against populism & hatred.
We support the EU and democratic values and cooperate with other movements.
Ultimately, it's not the hashtag but the content of one's timeline that is important.
We support the EU and democratic values and cooperate with other movements.
Ultimately, it's not the hashtag but the content of one's timeline that is important.
Reposted by Helen Croft #FBPE #FAFO
😡My response to Israel’s president Netanyahu accusing the ICC of #antisemitism #jew
November 22, 2024 at 1:49 PM
😡My response to Israel’s president Netanyahu accusing the ICC of #antisemitism #jew
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To all those looking to find their Twitter followers + following over here...
Sky Follower Bridge = brilliant 3rd party tool
The Chrome extension and Firefox add-on both work brilliantly (the latter wasn't as good at first, but I've just used it and was great)
www.sky-follower-bridge.dev
Sky Follower Bridge = brilliant 3rd party tool
The Chrome extension and Firefox add-on both work brilliantly (the latter wasn't as good at first, but I've just used it and was great)
www.sky-follower-bridge.dev
Sky Follower Bridge
Instantly find and follow the same users from your 𝕏 followers on Bluesky
www.sky-follower-bridge.dev
November 22, 2024 at 12:41 PM
To all those looking to find their Twitter followers + following over here...
Sky Follower Bridge = brilliant 3rd party tool
The Chrome extension and Firefox add-on both work brilliantly (the latter wasn't as good at first, but I've just used it and was great)
www.sky-follower-bridge.dev
Sky Follower Bridge = brilliant 3rd party tool
The Chrome extension and Firefox add-on both work brilliantly (the latter wasn't as good at first, but I've just used it and was great)
www.sky-follower-bridge.dev
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it's also problematic because BlackRock links in with #PeterThiel #Palantir #TuftonSt & #Infosys owned by SUnak's family
November 22, 2024 at 1:14 PM
it's also problematic because BlackRock links in with #PeterThiel #Palantir #TuftonSt & #Infosys owned by SUnak's family
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Spain fines five budget airlines, including Ryanair, £150m for charging passengers for hand luggage and seat reservations.
They have been price gouging and misleading customers for years.
Akin to buying beans and paying extra for the tin at the checkout.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
They have been price gouging and misleading customers for years.
Akin to buying beans and paying extra for the tin at the checkout.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Spain fines budget airlines including Ryanair total of €179m
Operators say they will appeal against what Ryanair calls ‘illegal and baseless fines’ by consumer ministry
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Spain fines five budget airlines, including Ryanair, £150m for charging passengers for hand luggage and seat reservations.
They have been price gouging and misleading customers for years.
Akin to buying beans and paying extra for the tin at the checkout.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
They have been price gouging and misleading customers for years.
Akin to buying beans and paying extra for the tin at the checkout.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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There's a fully-funded PhD Scholarship for Black British Applicants at my partner's law school. Pass it on to anyone who might find it useful. Could change someone's life. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKP136/p...
PhD Scholarship for Black British Applicants at City St George’s, University of London
Explore a PhD Scholarship for Black British Applicants. Apply today and discover more PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk.
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 22, 2024 at 7:47 AM
There's a fully-funded PhD Scholarship for Black British Applicants at my partner's law school. Pass it on to anyone who might find it useful. Could change someone's life. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKP136/p...
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Remember, this is the sytem Farage is proposing for the UK
November 21, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Remember, this is the sytem Farage is proposing for the UK
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In the real world, if you leave a pub because everybody is screaming abuse, there are constant fights, and you get no service because the spoiled brat of a landlord too busy sucking up to Nazis... nobody accuses you of vanishing into an elitist echo chamber.
Same applies online.
Same applies online.
November 21, 2024 at 8:09 AM
In the real world, if you leave a pub because everybody is screaming abuse, there are constant fights, and you get no service because the spoiled brat of a landlord too busy sucking up to Nazis... nobody accuses you of vanishing into an elitist echo chamber.
Same applies online.
Same applies online.
Reposted by Helen Croft #FBPE #FAFO
Last night only THREE peers in the House of Lords called for public ownership of England's water industry.
That was me, Jenny Jones & Natalie Bennett (Green Party) out of a membership of 827.
Public ownership officially opposed by Labour, Tories and LibDems.
Most people want to end the scandal.
That was me, Jenny Jones & Natalie Bennett (Green Party) out of a membership of 827.
Public ownership officially opposed by Labour, Tories and LibDems.
Most people want to end the scandal.
November 21, 2024 at 8:11 AM
Last night only THREE peers in the House of Lords called for public ownership of England's water industry.
That was me, Jenny Jones & Natalie Bennett (Green Party) out of a membership of 827.
Public ownership officially opposed by Labour, Tories and LibDems.
Most people want to end the scandal.
That was me, Jenny Jones & Natalie Bennett (Green Party) out of a membership of 827.
Public ownership officially opposed by Labour, Tories and LibDems.
Most people want to end the scandal.
I see. Incredible.
November 20, 2024 at 4:57 PM
I see. Incredible.
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Some private children’s homes "profiteering" by charging local authorities £15,000 a week to look after one child.
83% of children’s homes owned by companies.
Govt tells companies to voluntarily reduce profiteering - no chance.
End privatisation scam.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
83% of children’s homes owned by companies.
Govt tells companies to voluntarily reduce profiteering - no chance.
End privatisation scam.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Halton private children's homes 'charging £15k a week per child'
The chief executive of Halton Council accuses some companies of
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Some private children’s homes "profiteering" by charging local authorities £15,000 a week to look after one child.
83% of children’s homes owned by companies.
Govt tells companies to voluntarily reduce profiteering - no chance.
End privatisation scam.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
83% of children’s homes owned by companies.
Govt tells companies to voluntarily reduce profiteering - no chance.
End privatisation scam.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Raw sewage from new homes being flushed into river.
Back to the 19th century.
Did Thames Water and developers not know?
That's what you get with privatisation of essential services, deregulation of planning.
Govt promising more housing deregulation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Back to the 19th century.
Did Thames Water and developers not know?
That's what you get with privatisation of essential services, deregulation of planning.
Govt promising more housing deregulation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Raw sewage from new homes being flushed into London rivers
Raw sewage is being dumped into London's rivers from at least 100 homes, a charity finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Raw sewage from new homes being flushed into river.
Back to the 19th century.
Did Thames Water and developers not know?
That's what you get with privatisation of essential services, deregulation of planning.
Govt promising more housing deregulation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Back to the 19th century.
Did Thames Water and developers not know?
That's what you get with privatisation of essential services, deregulation of planning.
Govt promising more housing deregulation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A word of advice to the Pro-Palestinian and Just Stop Oil campaigns.... next time you protest make sure you take 100 tractors with you and you'll not only get wall to wall positive coverage from BBC news but they'll also lobby the government for you too.
November 19, 2024 at 6:13 PM
A word of advice to the Pro-Palestinian and Just Stop Oil campaigns.... next time you protest make sure you take 100 tractors with you and you'll not only get wall to wall positive coverage from BBC news but they'll also lobby the government for you too.