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Eurgh I’ve just read an article by former Health Secretary Alan Johnson, and it’s caused my heart to race. Why? Because I wrote a book about how politicians were privatising the NHS, he wrote a scathing review of it for The Guardian, which said I ‘should go to specsavers”. …
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Eurgh I’ve just read an article by former Health Secretary Alan Johnson, and it’s caused my heart to race. Why? Because I wrote a book about how politicians were privatising the NHS, he wrote a scathing review of it for The Guardian, which said I ‘should go to specsavers”. …
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Sheringham Bus Shelter demolition latest:
It begins.
It begins.
December 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Sheringham Bus Shelter demolition latest:
It begins.
It begins.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation
Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
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So far in Europe in the Bannon orbit: Meloni (+Salvini), Orban, Le Pen. AfD refused to enter the Movement, founded by Bannon together with the belgian politician Mischaël Modrikamen (PP, a right wing wallonian party) and originally joined by french politician Laure Ferrari, partner of Farage.
Ed eccone un'altro della scuderia MAGA
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
December 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
So far in Europe in the Bannon orbit: Meloni (+Salvini), Orban, Le Pen. AfD refused to enter the Movement, founded by Bannon together with the belgian politician Mischaël Modrikamen (PP, a right wing wallonian party) and originally joined by french politician Laure Ferrari, partner of Farage.
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In all, at least eight MEPs elected for either Ukip or the Brexit party are now known to have been the focus of efforts by Reform UK’s former Wales leader Gill to co-opt them into fulfilling tasks set for him by his Kremlin paymasters.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
In all, at least eight MEPs elected for either Ukip or the Brexit party are now known to have been the focus of efforts by Reform UK’s former Wales leader Gill to co-opt them into fulfilling tasks set for him by his Kremlin paymasters.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Good time to remind everyone of this as we go back in to masks again in the NHS.
PPE will be a triggering topic for many staff who suffered as a result of an incompetent government response during the Pandemic
Where's the justice for the staff who died?
PPE will be a triggering topic for many staff who suffered as a result of an incompetent government response during the Pandemic
Where's the justice for the staff who died?
Covid fraud under the Tories cost the taxpayer £10.9 billion
The counter-fraud and error measures during the pandemic under the Conservative Government were accused of being 'so lax they may as well have left the door wide open'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The counter-fraud and error measures during the pandemic under the Conservative Government were accused of being 'so lax they may as well have left the door wide open'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Covid fraud under the Tories cost the taxpayer £10.9 billion
The counter-fraud and error measures during the pandemic under the Conservative Government were accused of being 'so lax they may as well have left the door wide open'
www.mirror.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Good time to remind everyone of this as we go back in to masks again in the NHS.
PPE will be a triggering topic for many staff who suffered as a result of an incompetent government response during the Pandemic
Where's the justice for the staff who died?
PPE will be a triggering topic for many staff who suffered as a result of an incompetent government response during the Pandemic
Where's the justice for the staff who died?
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GET ON THIS, FRIENDS! #BelieveInFilm
The 2nd Shitty Camera Challenge Holiday Fundraiser is live!
Get a Blind Box with one of 47 possible cameras & all the profits go to The Trevor Project!
www.ebay.com/itm/26750357...
Limit 1 per household
#ShittyCameraChallenge
Get a Blind Box with one of 47 possible cameras & all the profits go to The Trevor Project!
www.ebay.com/itm/26750357...
Limit 1 per household
#ShittyCameraChallenge
Pardon Our Interruption...
www.ebay.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
GET ON THIS, FRIENDS! #BelieveInFilm
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US and Russian officials participated in a coordinated attack on Europe which saw thousands of bots spread disinformation and terroristic rhetoric against the European Union.
December 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
US and Russian officials participated in a coordinated attack on Europe which saw thousands of bots spread disinformation and terroristic rhetoric against the European Union.
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The Green Party:
"We would like to have a sensible conversation about legalising and regulating drugs"
The Prime Minister:
"ZACK POLANSKI WANTS TO PERSONALLY SELL CRACK TO YOUR CHILDREN"
Adults in the room etc
"We would like to have a sensible conversation about legalising and regulating drugs"
The Prime Minister:
"ZACK POLANSKI WANTS TO PERSONALLY SELL CRACK TO YOUR CHILDREN"
Adults in the room etc
December 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Green Party:
"We would like to have a sensible conversation about legalising and regulating drugs"
The Prime Minister:
"ZACK POLANSKI WANTS TO PERSONALLY SELL CRACK TO YOUR CHILDREN"
Adults in the room etc
"We would like to have a sensible conversation about legalising and regulating drugs"
The Prime Minister:
"ZACK POLANSKI WANTS TO PERSONALLY SELL CRACK TO YOUR CHILDREN"
Adults in the room etc
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"In an interview with the Observer, Keir Starmer has branded the Green Party ‘nuts’. As we’ll get into, this is clearly a sign that Starmer is worried about the Greens overtaking him. Or, to put it as Zack Polanski might, the guy is ‘rattled’.
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
Polanski responds to Starmer saying 'the Greens are nuts'
The 'gloves are off', apparently, as Keir Starmer attacks Zack Polanski and others in a desperate bid to cling on to his failing premiership
www.thecanary.co
December 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"In an interview with the Observer, Keir Starmer has branded the Green Party ‘nuts’. As we’ll get into, this is clearly a sign that Starmer is worried about the Greens overtaking him. Or, to put it as Zack Polanski might, the guy is ‘rattled’.
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
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This has the dead hand of Putin + Wagner's successor Afrika corps all over it. They've already toppled govts in Burkina and Mali, and Benin in recent years has been going pretty well and been stable and open - so obvs Russia hates it (I know the country quite well) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Benin coup attempt to oust President Talon foiled by loyalist troops, minister says
A presidential adviser tells the BBC that President Patrice Talon is in a safe location.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This has the dead hand of Putin + Wagner's successor Afrika corps all over it. They've already toppled govts in Burkina and Mali, and Benin in recent years has been going pretty well and been stable and open - so obvs Russia hates it (I know the country quite well) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Part of the stone circle at Little Salkeld in Cumbria known as ‘Long Meg and Her Daughters’. Dating from the Neolithic and Bronze Age, the circle is one of the widest in the UK. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Prehistory #Archaeology #Cumbria
December 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Part of the stone circle at Little Salkeld in Cumbria known as ‘Long Meg and Her Daughters’. Dating from the Neolithic and Bronze Age, the circle is one of the widest in the UK. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Prehistory #Archaeology #Cumbria
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The Penrhos Feilw standing stones, Holyhead, Anglesey #StandingStoneSunday
December 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The Penrhos Feilw standing stones, Holyhead, Anglesey #StandingStoneSunday
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One of two chambered tombs near Newton Stewart, Galloway - this is Cairnholy I.
Tombs for ancestors were important to farming communities that lived here in the neolithic period, 6000- 4000 years ago.
A curving facade of standing stones fronts the tomb.
#StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
Tombs for ancestors were important to farming communities that lived here in the neolithic period, 6000- 4000 years ago.
A curving facade of standing stones fronts the tomb.
#StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
December 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
One of two chambered tombs near Newton Stewart, Galloway - this is Cairnholy I.
Tombs for ancestors were important to farming communities that lived here in the neolithic period, 6000- 4000 years ago.
A curving facade of standing stones fronts the tomb.
#StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
Tombs for ancestors were important to farming communities that lived here in the neolithic period, 6000- 4000 years ago.
A curving facade of standing stones fronts the tomb.
#StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
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als ich merkte, dass der Herd noch an ist
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
als ich merkte, dass der Herd noch an ist
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Exquisite Roman glass cup signed by master glassmaker ‘Ennion’. AD 30-70.
Ennion was the first glassmaker to ‘brand’ his work by incorporating his name into the mould’s design, some 2000 years ago!
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria 📷 Leonardo.disimone
#Archaeology
Ennion was the first glassmaker to ‘brand’ his work by incorporating his name into the mould’s design, some 2000 years ago!
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria 📷 Leonardo.disimone
#Archaeology
![Photo of an intact Roman two-handled translucent cobalt blue glass cup dated AD 30-70. The cup has a cylindrical body with vertical sides and two narrow strap handles attached to each side as ear-shaped loops. The cup is mould-blown with relief decoration on the body which incorporates two inscriptions in Greek, one on each side of the cup. One side reads ‘ENNIWN/ENOIH/CEN’ (‘Ennion made [it]'). The other side reads ‘MNHOH/O AOPA/ZNW translated as ‘May the buyer be remembered’.
Dimensions: Height 2½ in. (6.4 cm), diameter (rim): 3% in. (9.5 cm)
Collection Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria, Italy.
Incredibly this is one of two matching cups blown from the same mould, found together in a Roman tomb at Cuora, near Adria, Italy, in the early 1900s. The matching cup is now part of the collections at the Corning Museum of Glass](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j56ydp325adovobhwpkzc6sp/bafkreieyzv5zqbzdfqwmjq2voan57tagx23eg734blorwveesickcrkg4i@jpeg)
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Exquisite Roman glass cup signed by master glassmaker ‘Ennion’. AD 30-70.
Ennion was the first glassmaker to ‘brand’ his work by incorporating his name into the mould’s design, some 2000 years ago!
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria 📷 Leonardo.disimone
#Archaeology
Ennion was the first glassmaker to ‘brand’ his work by incorporating his name into the mould’s design, some 2000 years ago!
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria 📷 Leonardo.disimone
#Archaeology
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On trial for a peaceful protest!
December 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
On trial for a peaceful protest!
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Self appointed European "patriots", who grew fat on the largesse of European subsidies, applauding destructive directives from Washington.
December 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Self appointed European "patriots", who grew fat on the largesse of European subsidies, applauding destructive directives from Washington.
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Could someone, preferably Derbyshire Constabulary, please explain why 3 months has elapsed between the incident and an appeal for information? Is this really the best you can do?
December 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Could someone, preferably Derbyshire Constabulary, please explain why 3 months has elapsed between the incident and an appeal for information? Is this really the best you can do?
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And then in April (16th) the focus is on soldierflies, with another @biologicalrecording.co.uk webinar session exploring the range of species and their ecology www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/soldierfli...
December 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
And then in April (16th) the focus is on soldierflies, with another @biologicalrecording.co.uk webinar session exploring the range of species and their ecology www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/soldierfli...
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The GP Contract - it’s complicated - 256 pages😳
@wesstreeting has now asked for lots of opinions to help shape it
Alternatively ‘Your GP, here for you’ - a simple framework for a patient centred contract
You are welcome 🙏🏻
@wesstreeting has now asked for lots of opinions to help shape it
Alternatively ‘Your GP, here for you’ - a simple framework for a patient centred contract
You are welcome 🙏🏻
We all want better GP access & provision. Patients, GPs & Government
‘Your GP, here for you’ discussion document & campaign could be part of the answer to get a better patient focused GP contract
Read it here
dauk.org/our-call-for...
Why not join with a video ‘My GP, here for me’
‘Your GP, here for you’ discussion document & campaign could be part of the answer to get a better patient focused GP contract
Read it here
dauk.org/our-call-for...
Why not join with a video ‘My GP, here for me’
December 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The GP Contract - it’s complicated - 256 pages😳
@wesstreeting has now asked for lots of opinions to help shape it
Alternatively ‘Your GP, here for you’ - a simple framework for a patient centred contract
You are welcome 🙏🏻
@wesstreeting has now asked for lots of opinions to help shape it
Alternatively ‘Your GP, here for you’ - a simple framework for a patient centred contract
You are welcome 🙏🏻
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Before dusk
December 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Before dusk
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spotted on Facebook - brilliant
December 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
spotted on Facebook - brilliant