@hilarymarmot.bsky.social
Semi retired old age psychiatrist. Mother of boys. Worried about the nhs, inequality and the climate. 🌏
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It is estimated that 7-18% of the UK population do not have a smartphone - around 28% for those aged over 75. So digital ID is going to be introduced to make them all 'suspected aliens' to deter ppl who are prepared to die crossing the channel? news.sky.com/story/starme...
Starmer to unveil plan for digital ID cards to crack down on illegal immigration
The so-called "Brit card" would verify a citizen's right to live and work in the UK.
news.sky.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
It is estimated that 7-18% of the UK population do not have a smartphone - around 28% for those aged over 75. So digital ID is going to be introduced to make them all 'suspected aliens' to deter ppl who are prepared to die crossing the channel? news.sky.com/story/starme...
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I'm curious why the owner of GB News might keep trying to take relentless pops at me.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join.greenparty.org.uk
September 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I'm curious why the owner of GB News might keep trying to take relentless pops at me.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Patriotism, masculinity and the far right.
I loved this conversation with Jimmy the Giant.
Check out this week's @boldpolitics.bsky.social 👇🏼
youtu.be/zew-5sTuOyc?...
I loved this conversation with Jimmy the Giant.
Check out this week's @boldpolitics.bsky.social 👇🏼
youtu.be/zew-5sTuOyc?...
How To Confront The Radicalisation Of Young Men | Jimmy The Giant | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
youtu.be
September 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Patriotism, masculinity and the far right.
I loved this conversation with Jimmy the Giant.
Check out this week's @boldpolitics.bsky.social 👇🏼
youtu.be/zew-5sTuOyc?...
I loved this conversation with Jimmy the Giant.
Check out this week's @boldpolitics.bsky.social 👇🏼
youtu.be/zew-5sTuOyc?...
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How do we fix this mess?
September 16, 2025 at 6:34 AM
How do we fix this mess?
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If it's considered "Sixth Form Politics" to give a shit about Genocide, then maybe it's time for Labour to mature themselves to, at the very least, a Sixth Form level.
Sadiq Khan calling out Zack's use of "social media" instead of calling out the genocide in Mayor's Question Time really is the perfect analogy for why Labour are quite so astoundingly unpopular.
September 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
If it's considered "Sixth Form Politics" to give a shit about Genocide, then maybe it's time for Labour to mature themselves to, at the very least, a Sixth Form level.
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"Racism comes from poverty", says new Green Party leader, Zack Polanski
The new Green Party leader believes the "super wealthy" are "utilising working-class resentment and unhappiness with poverty to whip up hate against migrants"
inews.co.uk/news/racism-...
The new Green Party leader believes the "super wealthy" are "utilising working-class resentment and unhappiness with poverty to whip up hate against migrants"
inews.co.uk/news/racism-...
'Racism comes from poverty,' says new Green Party leader, Zack Polanski
The new Green Party leader believes the 'super wealthy' are 'utilising working-class resentment and unhappiness with poverty to whip up hate against migrants'
inews.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Racism comes from poverty", says new Green Party leader, Zack Polanski
The new Green Party leader believes the "super wealthy" are "utilising working-class resentment and unhappiness with poverty to whip up hate against migrants"
inews.co.uk/news/racism-...
The new Green Party leader believes the "super wealthy" are "utilising working-class resentment and unhappiness with poverty to whip up hate against migrants"
inews.co.uk/news/racism-...
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Join us on 28th September!
We’re taking our Green campaign to every home in Hackney - that’s 100,000+ households 💪
Be part of it, RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/big-d...
All welcome - new & long-time members, friends & family
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
@dylanmlaw.bsky.social
We’re taking our Green campaign to every home in Hackney - that’s 100,000+ households 💪
Be part of it, RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/big-d...
All welcome - new & long-time members, friends & family
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
@dylanmlaw.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Join us on 28th September!
We’re taking our Green campaign to every home in Hackney - that’s 100,000+ households 💪
Be part of it, RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/big-d...
All welcome - new & long-time members, friends & family
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
@dylanmlaw.bsky.social
We’re taking our Green campaign to every home in Hackney - that’s 100,000+ households 💪
Be part of it, RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/big-d...
All welcome - new & long-time members, friends & family
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
@dylanmlaw.bsky.social
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If only there had been some way of knowing in advance - some clue, the merest hint - that there was something dodgy about Lord Mandelson
September 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
If only there had been some way of knowing in advance - some clue, the merest hint - that there was something dodgy about Lord Mandelson
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Paying hospitals to remove people from lists, and paying GPs to not refer was never going to work.
Refusing to fairly pay Nurses, Drs and AHPs was never going to work.
Selling off the NHS to private providers was never going to work.
It's Time to listen.
#SOSNHS
Refusing to fairly pay Nurses, Drs and AHPs was never going to work.
Selling off the NHS to private providers was never going to work.
It's Time to listen.
#SOSNHS
May 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Paying hospitals to remove people from lists, and paying GPs to not refer was never going to work.
Refusing to fairly pay Nurses, Drs and AHPs was never going to work.
Selling off the NHS to private providers was never going to work.
It's Time to listen.
#SOSNHS
Refusing to fairly pay Nurses, Drs and AHPs was never going to work.
Selling off the NHS to private providers was never going to work.
It's Time to listen.
#SOSNHS
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There is no denying Brexit has been a disaster.
Restoring the ability for people to live, love and work across Europe is the first step towards repairing the damage done by leaving the EU.
Restoring the ability for people to live, love and work across Europe is the first step towards repairing the damage done by leaving the EU.
May 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
There is no denying Brexit has been a disaster.
Restoring the ability for people to live, love and work across Europe is the first step towards repairing the damage done by leaving the EU.
Restoring the ability for people to live, love and work across Europe is the first step towards repairing the damage done by leaving the EU.
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The reported Labour doorstep strategy of ‘vote Green, get Farage’ actually pushed me to join the Greens as I am sick of so-called ‘tactical voting’ meaning ‘vote Labour, put up with Reform policies anyway’! I want to believe in a party that acts for the good of the country, climate, world!
Today feels like a good day to join the @greenparty.org.uk - so I did!
Join the Green Party
Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party with the policies needed to tackle the climate crisis.
join.greenparty.org.uk
May 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The reported Labour doorstep strategy of ‘vote Green, get Farage’ actually pushed me to join the Greens as I am sick of so-called ‘tactical voting’ meaning ‘vote Labour, put up with Reform policies anyway’! I want to believe in a party that acts for the good of the country, climate, world!
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Thames Water’s CEO defends £195,000 bonus just three months into the job.
Shameless.
The cult of bonuses is nothing to do with performance. It is for boosting profits by fleecing customers.
Nothing will change until water is nationalised and customers vote on exec pay.
Shameless.
The cult of bonuses is nothing to do with performance. It is for boosting profits by fleecing customers.
Nothing will change until water is nationalised and customers vote on exec pay.
Thames Water apologises to customers but defends bonuses
Bonus payments were defended by company management as the chief executive can
receive up to 156% of their salary as a bonus, while frontline workers can only earn between 3% and 6%.
news.sky.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Thames Water’s CEO defends £195,000 bonus just three months into the job.
Shameless.
The cult of bonuses is nothing to do with performance. It is for boosting profits by fleecing customers.
Nothing will change until water is nationalised and customers vote on exec pay.
Shameless.
The cult of bonuses is nothing to do with performance. It is for boosting profits by fleecing customers.
Nothing will change until water is nationalised and customers vote on exec pay.
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Bosses of England hospitals that spend too much or treat too few will not get pay rise.
Populist claptrap, not real analysis.
NHS lacks capacity, staff.
Discharging patients prematurely and subsequent readmission boosts treatment stats but is dangerous and achieves nothing.
Fund the NHS.
Populist claptrap, not real analysis.
NHS lacks capacity, staff.
Discharging patients prematurely and subsequent readmission boosts treatment stats but is dangerous and achieves nothing.
Fund the NHS.
Bosses of hospitals that spend too much or treat too few will not get pay rise
Health secretary instigates ‘carrot and stick’ policy for England that will award bonuses for cutting waiting times
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Bosses of England hospitals that spend too much or treat too few will not get pay rise.
Populist claptrap, not real analysis.
NHS lacks capacity, staff.
Discharging patients prematurely and subsequent readmission boosts treatment stats but is dangerous and achieves nothing.
Fund the NHS.
Populist claptrap, not real analysis.
NHS lacks capacity, staff.
Discharging patients prematurely and subsequent readmission boosts treatment stats but is dangerous and achieves nothing.
Fund the NHS.
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So glad we have @greenparty.org.uk councillors holding Labour to account in Hackney 💚🌍🌍
Green councillors took a stand with Hackney Independent Socialists against the undemocratic changes to the constitution
❌️Overriding residents' views
❌️Ignoring genocide
❌️Systematic housing failures
❌️Restricting democratic accountability
❌️'Savings' that really mean cuts!
❌️Overriding residents' views
❌️Ignoring genocide
❌️Systematic housing failures
❌️Restricting democratic accountability
❌️'Savings' that really mean cuts!
May 15, 2025 at 6:08 AM
So glad we have @greenparty.org.uk councillors holding Labour to account in Hackney 💚🌍🌍
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Thames Water executives to receive bonuses from £3bn emergency loan.
Bonus for dumping sewage in rivers, not plugging leaks, neglecting investment, fleecing customers.
They are laughing all the way to the bank. Govt/Regulators do nothing.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/lcNyD
Bonus for dumping sewage in rivers, not plugging leaks, neglecting investment, fleecing customers.
They are laughing all the way to the bank. Govt/Regulators do nothing.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/lcNyD
Thames Water executives to receive bonuses from £3bn emergency loan
Utility’s chair tells MPs that retention payments are needed to prevent rivals ‘picking off’ staff
www.ft.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Thames Water executives to receive bonuses from £3bn emergency loan.
Bonus for dumping sewage in rivers, not plugging leaks, neglecting investment, fleecing customers.
They are laughing all the way to the bank. Govt/Regulators do nothing.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/lcNyD
Bonus for dumping sewage in rivers, not plugging leaks, neglecting investment, fleecing customers.
They are laughing all the way to the bank. Govt/Regulators do nothing.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/lcNyD
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Mick Lynch "Nigel Farage is a racist."
We shouldn't be copying his policies.
We shouldn't be copying his policies.
May 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Mick Lynch "Nigel Farage is a racist."
We shouldn't be copying his policies.
We shouldn't be copying his policies.
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Left: Yvette Cooper, "We will be closing the care worker visa as well"
Right: House of Commons Library, "131,000 vacancies for care workers"
Right: House of Commons Library, "131,000 vacancies for care workers"
May 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Left: Yvette Cooper, "We will be closing the care worker visa as well"
Right: House of Commons Library, "131,000 vacancies for care workers"
Right: House of Commons Library, "131,000 vacancies for care workers"
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DWP response to this petition claims that people out of work are 3x more likely to be in poverty than those in work... failing to mention that this poverty only exists because of *their* policy choices... it will only worsen with more benefit cuts!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Protect Disabled people who cannot work from planned cuts to benefits
We want the Government to halt all planned benefit cuts for disabled people unable to work. Instead of reducing benefits, we want them to rise in line with inflation. We want support, not hardship and...
petition.parliament.uk
May 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
DWP response to this petition claims that people out of work are 3x more likely to be in poverty than those in work... failing to mention that this poverty only exists because of *their* policy choices... it will only worsen with more benefit cuts!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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This is where the Greens won big in the local elections.
Where did the Greens win big in the local elections?
The Greens gained 44 seats
leftfootforward.org
May 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This is where the Greens won big in the local elections.
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The world needs one last war, against the greedy, against the rich, those who have far too much but still want more.
Then it will not need war anymore.
Then it will not need war anymore.
May 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The world needs one last war, against the greedy, against the rich, those who have far too much but still want more.
Then it will not need war anymore.
Then it will not need war anymore.
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Streeting "I'm going hard at the levels of bureaucracy in the NHS"
If this was true you'd be scrapping the internal market. But you're not so it isnt. What you have done is given an NHS contact worth over £1bn to a profiteering private healthcare company owned by private equity
If this was true you'd be scrapping the internal market. But you're not so it isnt. What you have done is given an NHS contact worth over £1bn to a profiteering private healthcare company owned by private equity
May 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Streeting "I'm going hard at the levels of bureaucracy in the NHS"
If this was true you'd be scrapping the internal market. But you're not so it isnt. What you have done is given an NHS contact worth over £1bn to a profiteering private healthcare company owned by private equity
If this was true you'd be scrapping the internal market. But you're not so it isnt. What you have done is given an NHS contact worth over £1bn to a profiteering private healthcare company owned by private equity
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This is HUGE news 👏
I fully support the calls on Government to scrap legislation and review every arrest made under the draconian law.
Thank you to all involved at @libertyhq.bsky.social for continually fighting for our right to protest ✊
I fully support the calls on Government to scrap legislation and review every arrest made under the draconian law.
Thank you to all involved at @libertyhq.bsky.social for continually fighting for our right to protest ✊
🚨BREAKING🚨
WE’VE WON OUR CASE TO #DefendDemocracy
The Court of Appeal has ruled that anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are unlawful
WE’VE WON OUR CASE TO #DefendDemocracy
The Court of Appeal has ruled that anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are unlawful
May 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is HUGE news 👏
I fully support the calls on Government to scrap legislation and review every arrest made under the draconian law.
Thank you to all involved at @libertyhq.bsky.social for continually fighting for our right to protest ✊
I fully support the calls on Government to scrap legislation and review every arrest made under the draconian law.
Thank you to all involved at @libertyhq.bsky.social for continually fighting for our right to protest ✊
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🥀 People are fed up. Our community spaces are dying. And the far right are on the rise.
💧Bring peoples bills down? Nationalise our services.
🏗️ Bring life back to communities?
Invest in them!
🇬🇧 Most patriotic vote for your community on Thursday? Vote for @greenparty.org.uk
💧Bring peoples bills down? Nationalise our services.
🏗️ Bring life back to communities?
Invest in them!
🇬🇧 Most patriotic vote for your community on Thursday? Vote for @greenparty.org.uk
April 29, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🥀 People are fed up. Our community spaces are dying. And the far right are on the rise.
💧Bring peoples bills down? Nationalise our services.
🏗️ Bring life back to communities?
Invest in them!
🇬🇧 Most patriotic vote for your community on Thursday? Vote for @greenparty.org.uk
💧Bring peoples bills down? Nationalise our services.
🏗️ Bring life back to communities?
Invest in them!
🇬🇧 Most patriotic vote for your community on Thursday? Vote for @greenparty.org.uk
Lonely London blackbird singing so sweetly. We used to have 2 families. Heartbreaking.
April 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Lonely London blackbird singing so sweetly. We used to have 2 families. Heartbreaking.
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“Danger of abuse in the NHS is always at the point where private commercialism impinges on the Service..Abuse occurs where an attempt is made to marry the incompatible principles of private acquisitiveness with a public service..The solution is to decrease the dependence on private enterprise”-Bevan
🚨 INVESTIGATION: Private clinics delivering NHS cataract surgery face investigation over claims they have artificially inflated costs for the taxpayer, performed unnecessary operations and incentivised high-street optometrists to refer patients to them: www.thetimes.com/article/245f...
Private cataract clinics investigated while making millions from NHS
Health service bosses fear price inflation and unnecessary operations are costing the taxpayer. Now a fraud unit is getting involved
www.thetimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
“Danger of abuse in the NHS is always at the point where private commercialism impinges on the Service..Abuse occurs where an attempt is made to marry the incompatible principles of private acquisitiveness with a public service..The solution is to decrease the dependence on private enterprise”-Bevan