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Since Oct, not a single day has passed without a russian attack on our energy grid.
At the same time, we've been fed fairy tales abt russia "wanting peace" — used as a convenient excuse to slow down deliveries of badly needed air defences.
A russian crime against humanity is unfolding live.
At the same time, we've been fed fairy tales abt russia "wanting peace" — used as a convenient excuse to slow down deliveries of badly needed air defences.
A russian crime against humanity is unfolding live.
January 16, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Since Oct, not a single day has passed without a russian attack on our energy grid.
At the same time, we've been fed fairy tales abt russia "wanting peace" — used as a convenient excuse to slow down deliveries of badly needed air defences.
A russian crime against humanity is unfolding live.
At the same time, we've been fed fairy tales abt russia "wanting peace" — used as a convenient excuse to slow down deliveries of badly needed air defences.
A russian crime against humanity is unfolding live.
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The state we are in.
16,600 people a year – 320 a week – in England die as a direct result of delays in accessing A&E care or a bed on a ward.
Tory legacy but handing NHS services to corporations and private equity doesn't help. Money buys less.
Fiscal rules, appeasing the rich costs lives.
16,600 people a year – 320 a week – in England die as a direct result of delays in accessing A&E care or a bed on a ward.
Tory legacy but handing NHS services to corporations and private equity doesn't help. Money buys less.
Fiscal rules, appeasing the rich costs lives.
NHS corridor care is ‘torture’ leading to patient deaths and staff nightmares
Royal College of Nursing publishes dossier of evidence including case of elderly patient who choked to death in corridor
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM
The state we are in.
16,600 people a year – 320 a week – in England die as a direct result of delays in accessing A&E care or a bed on a ward.
Tory legacy but handing NHS services to corporations and private equity doesn't help. Money buys less.
Fiscal rules, appeasing the rich costs lives.
16,600 people a year – 320 a week – in England die as a direct result of delays in accessing A&E care or a bed on a ward.
Tory legacy but handing NHS services to corporations and private equity doesn't help. Money buys less.
Fiscal rules, appeasing the rich costs lives.
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Government ‘must stop U-turning’, says Wes Streeting.
Streeting funded by private healthcare companies wants to be the next UK PM, handing the NHS to private equity. No curbs on profiteering.
U-Turns inevitable as policies poorly thought through.
Streeting funded by private healthcare companies wants to be the next UK PM, handing the NHS to private equity. No curbs on profiteering.
U-Turns inevitable as policies poorly thought through.
We can’t keep getting it wrong first time, Streeting admits after series of U-turns
Health secretary says the government’s ‘new year’s resolution’ should be to ‘get it right first time’
www.independent.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Government ‘must stop U-turning’, says Wes Streeting.
Streeting funded by private healthcare companies wants to be the next UK PM, handing the NHS to private equity. No curbs on profiteering.
U-Turns inevitable as policies poorly thought through.
Streeting funded by private healthcare companies wants to be the next UK PM, handing the NHS to private equity. No curbs on profiteering.
U-Turns inevitable as policies poorly thought through.
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Targeting ambulances rushing to save people left freezing by russia's previous terrorist attacks is a matryoshka of terror and murder. And this crime against humanity goes on and on — completely unpunished, observed live.
Everyone who supports russia is complicit.
Photo via Grnt.
Everyone who supports russia is complicit.
Photo via Grnt.
January 11, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Targeting ambulances rushing to save people left freezing by russia's previous terrorist attacks is a matryoshka of terror and murder. And this crime against humanity goes on and on — completely unpunished, observed live.
Everyone who supports russia is complicit.
Photo via Grnt.
Everyone who supports russia is complicit.
Photo via Grnt.
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Please, please — you can help our energy Giants by donating to protect Ukraine's sky, so less russian air shit hits our energy facilities.
As always, I'm asking you to support Sky Rusoriz. Every euro and dollar counts and matters. The link is in my pinned post.
Stay warm and safe!
As always, I'm asking you to support Sky Rusoriz. Every euro and dollar counts and matters. The link is in my pinned post.
Stay warm and safe!
January 11, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Please, please — you can help our energy Giants by donating to protect Ukraine's sky, so less russian air shit hits our energy facilities.
As always, I'm asking you to support Sky Rusoriz. Every euro and dollar counts and matters. The link is in my pinned post.
Stay warm and safe!
As always, I'm asking you to support Sky Rusoriz. Every euro and dollar counts and matters. The link is in my pinned post.
Stay warm and safe!
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Preparing for cold and darkness, our energy angels gave me a big gift by restoring heating in my area. They are struggling non-stop to warm all residents across the city & region. Today it's −11°C/−16°C, with repairs complicated by snow & ice. Power outages remain heavy almost everywhere.
January 11, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Preparing for cold and darkness, our energy angels gave me a big gift by restoring heating in my area. They are struggling non-stop to warm all residents across the city & region. Today it's −11°C/−16°C, with repairs complicated by snow & ice. Power outages remain heavy almost everywhere.
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Lloyds Bank CEO latest banking boss in line for huge pay and bonus hike to £13m.
Last year Barclays boss got 45% rise, HSBC 43%, NatWest 43%.
Govts preach pay restraint to workers. No curbs on profiteering, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
Last year Barclays boss got 45% rise, HSBC 43%, NatWest 43%.
Govts preach pay restraint to workers. No curbs on profiteering, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
Lloyds CEO Charlie Nunn latest banking boss in line for huge bonus hike
Barclays, HSBC and NatWest shareholders already approved big pay rises after post Brexit loosening of remuneration rules
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Lloyds Bank CEO latest banking boss in line for huge pay and bonus hike to £13m.
Last year Barclays boss got 45% rise, HSBC 43%, NatWest 43%.
Govts preach pay restraint to workers. No curbs on profiteering, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
Last year Barclays boss got 45% rise, HSBC 43%, NatWest 43%.
Govts preach pay restraint to workers. No curbs on profiteering, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
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We have allowed Palantir to sink its claws into our NHS and national defence.
Utter madness by UK governments.
Utter madness by UK governments.
Palantirs UK boss rubbing his hands as he talks about countries returning to "business as usual"
Palantir supplies the Israeli military, which has slaughtered tens of thousands of Palestinian kids. Louis Mosley is a merchant of death. But nicely spoken with coiffered hair
Palantir supplies the Israeli military, which has slaughtered tens of thousands of Palestinian kids. Louis Mosley is a merchant of death. But nicely spoken with coiffered hair
January 11, 2026 at 9:59 AM
We have allowed Palantir to sink its claws into our NHS and national defence.
Utter madness by UK governments.
Utter madness by UK governments.
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Keir Starmer whips AGAINST Lord Thomas amendment to end shocking #IPP scandal as campaigners vow to fight on
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
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Keir Starmer whips AGAINST Lord Thomas amendment to end shocking #IPP scandal as campaigners vow to fight on
Campaigning Lawyer and CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE Peter Stefanovic – who’s films have been watched hundreds of millions of times online – has posted a new film calling on Prime …
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January 10, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Keir Starmer whips AGAINST Lord Thomas amendment to end shocking #IPP scandal as campaigners vow to fight on
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
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@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
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Wessex Water bosses handed £50,000 in extra pay despite Labour govt’s bonus ban.
Ban circumvented as legislation is weak.
The company has 47+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, loses 69.8m litres per day to leaks, neglects investment, customers fleeced.
No exec prosecuted.
Ban circumvented as legislation is weak.
The company has 47+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, loses 69.8m litres per day to leaks, neglects investment, customers fleeced.
No exec prosecuted.
Wessex Water bosses handed £50,000 in extra pay despite Labour government’s bonus ban
Utility admits parent company paid CEO Ruth Jefferson and CFO Andy Pymer but denies bonus payments
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Wessex Water bosses handed £50,000 in extra pay despite Labour govt’s bonus ban.
Ban circumvented as legislation is weak.
The company has 47+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, loses 69.8m litres per day to leaks, neglects investment, customers fleeced.
No exec prosecuted.
Ban circumvented as legislation is weak.
The company has 47+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, loses 69.8m litres per day to leaks, neglects investment, customers fleeced.
No exec prosecuted.
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Pupils left shivering as PFI contract ends with school repairs unfinished.
For £1 of private investment in public assets govt repaid £6 to contractors.
After 25 yrs assets revert to public ownership in good condition. Companies enter bankruptcy, dodge responsibility.
PFI revived by Starmer/Reeves
For £1 of private investment in public assets govt repaid £6 to contractors.
After 25 yrs assets revert to public ownership in good condition. Companies enter bankruptcy, dodge responsibility.
PFI revived by Starmer/Reeves
School pool barricaded as repairs contract ends with work unfinished
A BBC investigation finds building issues across city schools after a firm contracted to carry out repairs went into liquidation.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Pupils left shivering as PFI contract ends with school repairs unfinished.
For £1 of private investment in public assets govt repaid £6 to contractors.
After 25 yrs assets revert to public ownership in good condition. Companies enter bankruptcy, dodge responsibility.
PFI revived by Starmer/Reeves
For £1 of private investment in public assets govt repaid £6 to contractors.
After 25 yrs assets revert to public ownership in good condition. Companies enter bankruptcy, dodge responsibility.
PFI revived by Starmer/Reeves
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Half of Kyiv — almost six thousand high-rise homes — were left without heating in Kyiv after the russian massive attack.
It's minus 8 degrees Celsius now going down to minus 17 tomorrow night (!)
Could you imagine half of your city getting frozen by the terrorist state?
It's minus 8 degrees Celsius now going down to minus 17 tomorrow night (!)
Could you imagine half of your city getting frozen by the terrorist state?
January 9, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Half of Kyiv — almost six thousand high-rise homes — were left without heating in Kyiv after the russian massive attack.
It's minus 8 degrees Celsius now going down to minus 17 tomorrow night (!)
Could you imagine half of your city getting frozen by the terrorist state?
It's minus 8 degrees Celsius now going down to minus 17 tomorrow night (!)
Could you imagine half of your city getting frozen by the terrorist state?
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🚨SHOCKING AND SHAMEFUL
Last night Keir Starmer - a former human rights lawyer - whipped against Lord Thomas's amendment to the Sentencing Bill which would have been a significant step towards ending the #IPPscandal
Last night Keir Starmer - a former human rights lawyer - whipped against Lord Thomas's amendment to the Sentencing Bill which would have been a significant step towards ending the #IPPscandal
🚨On January 6 Keir Starmer has an opportunity to end one of the most CRUEL, INHUMANE & MONUMENTAL INJUSTICES of the past half-century - the #IPPscandal - by supporting an amendment to the Sentencing Bill tabled by Lord Thomas.
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
Keir Starmer now has an opportunity to end the shocking & monumentally unjust IPP scandal - will he?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 AM
🚨SHOCKING AND SHAMEFUL
Last night Keir Starmer - a former human rights lawyer - whipped against Lord Thomas's amendment to the Sentencing Bill which would have been a significant step towards ending the #IPPscandal
Last night Keir Starmer - a former human rights lawyer - whipped against Lord Thomas's amendment to the Sentencing Bill which would have been a significant step towards ending the #IPPscandal
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Our Govt is intransigent on this issue of injustice for nearly a thousand prisoners.
Its suggested plan is far too slow.
Two better plans were suggested last night by two very learned Peers, but the Govt rejected both.
We won't give up.
Its suggested plan is far too slow.
Two better plans were suggested last night by two very learned Peers, but the Govt rejected both.
We won't give up.
IPP sentences - we have been saying these are profoundly unjust for years, says @greenjennyjones.bsky.social in #HouseofLords.
Know there is a lot of concern on the Labour benches, and some have bravely spoken up.
We need to move forward
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Know there is a lot of concern on the Labour benches, and some have bravely spoken up.
We need to move forward
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Parliamentlive.tv
House of Lords
parliamentlive.tv
January 7, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Our Govt is intransigent on this issue of injustice for nearly a thousand prisoners.
Its suggested plan is far too slow.
Two better plans were suggested last night by two very learned Peers, but the Govt rejected both.
We won't give up.
Its suggested plan is far too slow.
Two better plans were suggested last night by two very learned Peers, but the Govt rejected both.
We won't give up.
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100%.
Are we mad?
Are we mad?
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401. PALANTIR
Palantir is an American organisation whose software and data management systems are now embedded in just about every UK Government agency, from Whitehall and the MoD
to the NHS. However difficult and painful the process would be, Palantir should be removed from the UK entirely.
401. PALANTIR
Palantir is an American organisation whose software and data management systems are now embedded in just about every UK Government agency, from Whitehall and the MoD
to the NHS. However difficult and painful the process would be, Palantir should be removed from the UK entirely.
January 6, 2026 at 2:23 PM
100%.
Are we mad?
Are we mad?
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Outrageous.
Ministers should be listening to scientists, frontline communities and those working towards a green transition – not hosting the interests of oil giants in their own offices.
✍🏼 - @adamramsay.bsky.social
abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/revealed-o...
Ministers should be listening to scientists, frontline communities and those working towards a green transition – not hosting the interests of oil giants in their own offices.
✍🏼 - @adamramsay.bsky.social
abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/revealed-o...
Revealed: oil industry lobbyist working inside UK’s climate department
Polanski slams arrangement; experts warn of 'corporate infiltration antithetical to democracy'
abolishwestminster.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Outrageous.
Ministers should be listening to scientists, frontline communities and those working towards a green transition – not hosting the interests of oil giants in their own offices.
✍🏼 - @adamramsay.bsky.social
abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/revealed-o...
Ministers should be listening to scientists, frontline communities and those working towards a green transition – not hosting the interests of oil giants in their own offices.
✍🏼 - @adamramsay.bsky.social
abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/revealed-o...
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First Venezuela, next Greenland?
You don't suck up to bullies like Trump, he will just see it as a sign of weakness.
Keir Starmer needs to get on the phone to our European allies including the Danish PM, and show a united front against Trump's threats.
You don't suck up to bullies like Trump, he will just see it as a sign of weakness.
Keir Starmer needs to get on the phone to our European allies including the Danish PM, and show a united front against Trump's threats.
January 4, 2026 at 3:12 PM
First Venezuela, next Greenland?
You don't suck up to bullies like Trump, he will just see it as a sign of weakness.
Keir Starmer needs to get on the phone to our European allies including the Danish PM, and show a united front against Trump's threats.
You don't suck up to bullies like Trump, he will just see it as a sign of weakness.
Keir Starmer needs to get on the phone to our European allies including the Danish PM, and show a united front against Trump's threats.
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After a period - over Christmas of all times - which has seen a giant increase in Russian attacks, explicitly aimed at civilian targets and energy infrastructure, and rolling power cuts, intended to freeze people to death, this is basically Putin gaslighting the world, through his orange spokesman.
December 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
After a period - over Christmas of all times - which has seen a giant increase in Russian attacks, explicitly aimed at civilian targets and energy infrastructure, and rolling power cuts, intended to freeze people to death, this is basically Putin gaslighting the world, through his orange spokesman.
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We present: The Art of #InverteFest - December 2025 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...
#Art #SciArt
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...
#Art #SciArt
December 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
We present: The Art of #InverteFest - December 2025 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...
#Art #SciArt
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...
#Art #SciArt
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To every NHS staff member working this Christmas 💙🎄
While we're with family, you're caring for those who need you most.
Thank you for your care, courage, compassion & dedication.
You're missing precious moments so others don't have to face theirs alone.
You are seen. You are valued. ❤️
While we're with family, you're caring for those who need you most.
Thank you for your care, courage, compassion & dedication.
You're missing precious moments so others don't have to face theirs alone.
You are seen. You are valued. ❤️
December 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
To every NHS staff member working this Christmas 💙🎄
While we're with family, you're caring for those who need you most.
Thank you for your care, courage, compassion & dedication.
You're missing precious moments so others don't have to face theirs alone.
You are seen. You are valued. ❤️
While we're with family, you're caring for those who need you most.
Thank you for your care, courage, compassion & dedication.
You're missing precious moments so others don't have to face theirs alone.
You are seen. You are valued. ❤️
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A wintry Boxing Day birding session at WWT Welney produced this. Of the three waders in the centre of the picture there is a redshank at the top, a ruff just to the left of it and a black tailed godwit at the bottom. Bring your wellies and fill them with delights like this.
December 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A wintry Boxing Day birding session at WWT Welney produced this. Of the three waders in the centre of the picture there is a redshank at the top, a ruff just to the left of it and a black tailed godwit at the bottom. Bring your wellies and fill them with delights like this.
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Happy Christmas friends! 🥰✨
Santa (drawn age 9) ❤️🌟✨
'I think he looks quite cheerful but also quite sad, and I think that’s probably what Santa’s like, because he’s lived a long time and seen a lot...’
Love from Benji and Nish ❤️thank you for your friendship here xx
Santa (drawn age 9) ❤️🌟✨
'I think he looks quite cheerful but also quite sad, and I think that’s probably what Santa’s like, because he’s lived a long time and seen a lot...’
Love from Benji and Nish ❤️thank you for your friendship here xx
December 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Happy Christmas friends! 🥰✨
Santa (drawn age 9) ❤️🌟✨
'I think he looks quite cheerful but also quite sad, and I think that’s probably what Santa’s like, because he’s lived a long time and seen a lot...’
Love from Benji and Nish ❤️thank you for your friendship here xx
Santa (drawn age 9) ❤️🌟✨
'I think he looks quite cheerful but also quite sad, and I think that’s probably what Santa’s like, because he’s lived a long time and seen a lot...’
Love from Benji and Nish ❤️thank you for your friendship here xx
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Western leaders and diplomats have spent huge amounts of political capital on Gaza and Ukraine - but not on Sudan. Even now, the slaughter goes on
✏️ Paola Totaro
✏️ Paola Totaro
A journey into Sudan’s forgotten war
Western leaders and diplomats have spent huge amounts of political capital on Gaza and Ukraine - but not on Sudan. Even now, the slaughter goes on, but where is the response?
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Western leaders and diplomats have spent huge amounts of political capital on Gaza and Ukraine - but not on Sudan. Even now, the slaughter goes on
✏️ Paola Totaro
✏️ Paola Totaro
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Death rates rise when NHS England cuts back on nursing.
Higher deaths where hospitals replace nurses lower-paid staff.
NHS budget depleted by PFI, energy bills.
Hospitals lost 1936 nurses & 4240 support staff in this financial year.
Govt enacting barriers to foreign recruitment.
archive.ph/WnG4M
Higher deaths where hospitals replace nurses lower-paid staff.
NHS budget depleted by PFI, energy bills.
Hospitals lost 1936 nurses & 4240 support staff in this financial year.
Govt enacting barriers to foreign recruitment.
archive.ph/WnG4M
Death rates rise when NHS cuts back on nursing
Using lower-paid workers to plug the gaps left by a failure to hire registered nurses damages safety, new research has shown
www.thetimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Death rates rise when NHS England cuts back on nursing.
Higher deaths where hospitals replace nurses lower-paid staff.
NHS budget depleted by PFI, energy bills.
Hospitals lost 1936 nurses & 4240 support staff in this financial year.
Govt enacting barriers to foreign recruitment.
archive.ph/WnG4M
Higher deaths where hospitals replace nurses lower-paid staff.
NHS budget depleted by PFI, energy bills.
Hospitals lost 1936 nurses & 4240 support staff in this financial year.
Govt enacting barriers to foreign recruitment.
archive.ph/WnG4M
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Profit margins on fuel at UK supermarket and non-supermarket retailers are "historically high".
Govts cut real wages/benefits, don't curb profiteering. Corporate appeasement causes inflation and poverty.
Voluntary agreements and gimmicks don't work. No regulator protects people.
Govts cut real wages/benefits, don't curb profiteering. Corporate appeasement causes inflation and poverty.
Voluntary agreements and gimmicks don't work. No regulator protects people.
Fuel profit margins still persistently high, says watchdog
The consumer watchdog says weak competition between retailers is keeping profit margins up.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Profit margins on fuel at UK supermarket and non-supermarket retailers are "historically high".
Govts cut real wages/benefits, don't curb profiteering. Corporate appeasement causes inflation and poverty.
Voluntary agreements and gimmicks don't work. No regulator protects people.
Govts cut real wages/benefits, don't curb profiteering. Corporate appeasement causes inflation and poverty.
Voluntary agreements and gimmicks don't work. No regulator protects people.