Maxine
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In the 6th largest economy, 103000 people died in poverty in 2024.
120,000 died in fuel poverty, couldn't afford adequate heating.
Ethnic minorities, pensioners, single working age adults more likely to die in poverty.
Poverty and death sentence is a political choice as govts appease the rich.
120,000 died in fuel poverty, couldn't afford adequate heating.
Ethnic minorities, pensioners, single working age adults more likely to die in poverty.
Poverty and death sentence is a political choice as govts appease the rich.
www.mariecurie.org.uk
January 1, 2026 at 9:08 AM
In the 6th largest economy, 103000 people died in poverty in 2024.
120,000 died in fuel poverty, couldn't afford adequate heating.
Ethnic minorities, pensioners, single working age adults more likely to die in poverty.
Poverty and death sentence is a political choice as govts appease the rich.
120,000 died in fuel poverty, couldn't afford adequate heating.
Ethnic minorities, pensioners, single working age adults more likely to die in poverty.
Poverty and death sentence is a political choice as govts appease the rich.
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While the world entered 2026, the United States went back to the 1930s. Just like prewar Germany, they are banning books, books written by Black authors. This is an attack on the truth, the truth makes the Trump administration, the Republicans and MAGA uncomfortable.
January 1, 2026 at 9:23 AM
While the world entered 2026, the United States went back to the 1930s. Just like prewar Germany, they are banning books, books written by Black authors. This is an attack on the truth, the truth makes the Trump administration, the Republicans and MAGA uncomfortable.
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Daily consumers of bottled water ingest over 90,000 more microplastic particles than people who drink tap water.
There are no warnings on bottles.
Either companies do not test their products, or conceal the harms to boost profits and exec pay.
What do regulators do?
There are no warnings on bottles.
Either companies do not test their products, or conceal the harms to boost profits and exec pay.
What do regulators do?
Bottled water drinkers ingest 90,000 more microplastic particles each year
New review finds people who drink tap water ingest only about 4,000 microplastic particles a year
www.independent.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Daily consumers of bottled water ingest over 90,000 more microplastic particles than people who drink tap water.
There are no warnings on bottles.
Either companies do not test their products, or conceal the harms to boost profits and exec pay.
What do regulators do?
There are no warnings on bottles.
Either companies do not test their products, or conceal the harms to boost profits and exec pay.
What do regulators do?
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Anthony Joshua injured in Nigeria car crash, with two others dead. Source: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
December 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Anthony Joshua injured in Nigeria car crash, with two others dead. Source: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
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England hospitals warned end-of-life care crisis threatening treatment.
Some patients are having to be given end-of-life care in A&E corridors.
Hospices struggling to find places for patients who need end-of-life care.
Hospices funded by charity. Lack of planning and investment inflicting misery.
Some patients are having to be given end-of-life care in A&E corridors.
Hospices struggling to find places for patients who need end-of-life care.
Hospices funded by charity. Lack of planning and investment inflicting misery.
Hospitals warned end-of-life care crisis threatening treatment
A rising number of patients in hospitals could affect the level of treatment carried out this winter, a group of regional NHS leaders have been told.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM
England hospitals warned end-of-life care crisis threatening treatment.
Some patients are having to be given end-of-life care in A&E corridors.
Hospices struggling to find places for patients who need end-of-life care.
Hospices funded by charity. Lack of planning and investment inflicting misery.
Some patients are having to be given end-of-life care in A&E corridors.
Hospices struggling to find places for patients who need end-of-life care.
Hospices funded by charity. Lack of planning and investment inflicting misery.
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Grenfell firms still receiving multimillion-pound public contracts.
In 2027, 72 people died due to faulty cladding. No one charged.
Post Office scandal - postmasters fraudulently convicted of crime. Fujitsu still gets public contracts. After 30 years no one charged.
See the pattern of corruption.
In 2027, 72 people died due to faulty cladding. No one charged.
Post Office scandal - postmasters fraudulently convicted of crime. Fujitsu still gets public contracts. After 30 years no one charged.
See the pattern of corruption.
Grenfell firms still receiving multimillion-pound public contracts, analysis finds
Survivors urge government to stop using suppliers cited in public inquiry into fire in which 72 people died
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Grenfell firms still receiving multimillion-pound public contracts.
In 2027, 72 people died due to faulty cladding. No one charged.
Post Office scandal - postmasters fraudulently convicted of crime. Fujitsu still gets public contracts. After 30 years no one charged.
See the pattern of corruption.
In 2027, 72 people died due to faulty cladding. No one charged.
Post Office scandal - postmasters fraudulently convicted of crime. Fujitsu still gets public contracts. After 30 years no one charged.
See the pattern of corruption.
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"The most vulnerable people in Gaza now have no shelter at all and frequently go for days at a time without food. With the worst of winter still to come, it is inevitable that fatalities will increase over the coming months."
#Gaza
#Gaza
Hunger and ongoing bombing: life in Gaza after the ceasefire - Bylines Scotland
The war on Gaza is officially on hold but as Israel continues to block aid, tens of thousands of lives are at risk
bylines.scot
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"The most vulnerable people in Gaza now have no shelter at all and frequently go for days at a time without food. With the worst of winter still to come, it is inevitable that fatalities will increase over the coming months."
#Gaza
#Gaza
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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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City & Guilds bosses handed bonus after training firm privatized.
£1.7m bonus for CEO + £100k pay rise; £1.2m bonus for CFO + £70k pay rise.
1,600 staff & 1,800 “associates” put on short-term contracts. Low wages, high staff churn; 300 leave a year. A third of jobs to be relocated to Greece.
£1.7m bonus for CEO + £100k pay rise; £1.2m bonus for CFO + £70k pay rise.
1,600 staff & 1,800 “associates” put on short-term contracts. Low wages, high staff churn; 300 leave a year. A third of jobs to be relocated to Greece.
Bosses at City & Guilds handed million-pound bonuses after training firm is privatised
Exclusive: Executives at body that trained chef Jamie Oliver awarded pay rises and bonuses after sale to private firm – as hundreds of jobs may be offshored
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
City & Guilds bosses handed bonus after training firm privatized.
£1.7m bonus for CEO + £100k pay rise; £1.2m bonus for CFO + £70k pay rise.
1,600 staff & 1,800 “associates” put on short-term contracts. Low wages, high staff churn; 300 leave a year. A third of jobs to be relocated to Greece.
£1.7m bonus for CEO + £100k pay rise; £1.2m bonus for CFO + £70k pay rise.
1,600 staff & 1,800 “associates” put on short-term contracts. Low wages, high staff churn; 300 leave a year. A third of jobs to be relocated to Greece.
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation:
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
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 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation:
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
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#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy
News Flash - Racism can be very expensive.
Nazi Karen calls the police on the Boston Police Chief. Good for him for suing that racist. #DemsUnited
News Flash - Racism can be very expensive.
Nazi Karen calls the police on the Boston Police Chief. Good for him for suing that racist. #DemsUnited
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy
News Flash - Racism can be very expensive.
Nazi Karen calls the police on the Boston Police Chief. Good for him for suing that racist. #DemsUnited
News Flash - Racism can be very expensive.
Nazi Karen calls the police on the Boston Police Chief. Good for him for suing that racist. #DemsUnited
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reminded of eric williams's observation about britain's relationship to its history with slavery. "British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it."
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
reminded of eric williams's observation about britain's relationship to its history with slavery. "British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it."
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🚨 Student midwives are being stopped from graduating and forced to extend training "to make up for deficits in theory and practice" the NMC has said. 67 separate concerns have been raised with the NMC about university courses in the past year:
www.thetimes.com/article/24e9...
www.thetimes.com/article/24e9...
Student midwives blocked from graduating after training ‘failures’
The regulator has intervened after The Sunday Times revealed that dozens of courses are still promoting ‘normal birth’ ideology
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🚨 Student midwives are being stopped from graduating and forced to extend training "to make up for deficits in theory and practice" the NMC has said. 67 separate concerns have been raised with the NMC about university courses in the past year:
www.thetimes.com/article/24e9...
www.thetimes.com/article/24e9...
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THIS!!!!!!!!! 👇
But if you listen to the #RightWing & #FarRight politicians & our biased media, it's ALWAYS the non-whites & immigrants to blame.
But if you listen to the #RightWing & #FarRight politicians & our biased media, it's ALWAYS the non-whites & immigrants to blame.
So that we are all clear:
1. Any sexual offence by anyone is abhorrent.
2. Any sexual offence by anyone, or any group, against a child is abhorrent.
From the data, below, we can see that white British men are disproportionately the perpetrators.
1. Any sexual offence by anyone is abhorrent.
2. Any sexual offence by anyone, or any group, against a child is abhorrent.
From the data, below, we can see that white British men are disproportionately the perpetrators.
November 15, 2025 at 6:46 AM
THIS!!!!!!!!! 👇
But if you listen to the #RightWing & #FarRight politicians & our biased media, it's ALWAYS the non-whites & immigrants to blame.
But if you listen to the #RightWing & #FarRight politicians & our biased media, it's ALWAYS the non-whites & immigrants to blame.
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She knew about Epstein,
She knew about Donald,
She knew about the Victims,
She knew about so many others involved.
She Knew About Everything.
Yet she said nothing.
Pure Fucking Evil
She knew about Donald,
She knew about the Victims,
She knew about so many others involved.
She Knew About Everything.
Yet she said nothing.
Pure Fucking Evil
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
She knew about Epstein,
She knew about Donald,
She knew about the Victims,
She knew about so many others involved.
She Knew About Everything.
Yet she said nothing.
Pure Fucking Evil
She knew about Donald,
She knew about the Victims,
She knew about so many others involved.
She Knew About Everything.
Yet she said nothing.
Pure Fucking Evil
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GB News' latest host is the campaigns director for far-right MP Rupert Lowe's 'Restore Britain'. He calls for an "ethnically homogenous Christian Britain".
This is a channel which has several people in the Lobby, and which has privileged access to No 10 as part of the broadcast 'pool'. Nuts.
This is a channel which has several people in the Lobby, and which has privileged access to No 10 as part of the broadcast 'pool'. Nuts.
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
GB News' latest host is the campaigns director for far-right MP Rupert Lowe's 'Restore Britain'. He calls for an "ethnically homogenous Christian Britain".
This is a channel which has several people in the Lobby, and which has privileged access to No 10 as part of the broadcast 'pool'. Nuts.
This is a channel which has several people in the Lobby, and which has privileged access to No 10 as part of the broadcast 'pool'. Nuts.
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The Rule of Law and enriching the rich.
For £60bn private sector investment in public assets, UK govts paying £306bn + billions in servicing traps.
Govt has revived PFI, calls it Public Private Partnership (PPP) and will apply it to the NHS. Billions will be drained from public purse.
For £60bn private sector investment in public assets, UK govts paying £306bn + billions in servicing traps.
Govt has revived PFI, calls it Public Private Partnership (PPP) and will apply it to the NHS. Billions will be drained from public purse.
Nothing will change until the political system is freed from the clutches of corporations and the super-rich
The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few
leftfootforward.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The Rule of Law and enriching the rich.
For £60bn private sector investment in public assets, UK govts paying £306bn + billions in servicing traps.
Govt has revived PFI, calls it Public Private Partnership (PPP) and will apply it to the NHS. Billions will be drained from public purse.
For £60bn private sector investment in public assets, UK govts paying £306bn + billions in servicing traps.
Govt has revived PFI, calls it Public Private Partnership (PPP) and will apply it to the NHS. Billions will be drained from public purse.
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The 8 Kent offenders sent to jail for more than 100 years.
These are the most common types of faces of sex offenders.
White British.
These are the most common types of faces of sex offenders.
White British.
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The 8 Kent offenders sent to jail for more than 100 years.
These are the most common types of faces of sex offenders.
White British.
These are the most common types of faces of sex offenders.
White British.
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RCN wins landmark case: chief nurse reinstated after racism (and patient safety) concerns ignored
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
RCN wins landmark case: chief nurse reinstated after racism concerns ignored | News | Royal College of Nursing
The case exposed systemic failures in tackling race discrimination and highlights the vital role of RCN advocacy in challenging injustice
www.rcn.org.uk
November 8, 2025 at 6:16 AM
RCN wins landmark case: chief nurse reinstated after racism (and patient safety) concerns ignored
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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For the first time in its history, journalists have been granted unprecedented access to see the inner workings of Prevent, a government programme that ultimately aims to stop people from perpetrating terrorist acts. Ria Chatterjee reports.
www.channel4.com/news/unprece...
www.channel4.com/news/unprece...
Unprecedented access to UK’s counter-terrorism Prevent programme – and decision making process
For the first time in its history, journalists have been granted unprecedented access to see the inner workings of Prevent, a government programme that ultimately aims to stop people from perpetrating...
www.channel4.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
For the first time in its history, journalists have been granted unprecedented access to see the inner workings of Prevent, a government programme that ultimately aims to stop people from perpetrating terrorist acts. Ria Chatterjee reports.
www.channel4.com/news/unprece...
www.channel4.com/news/unprece...
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This blood is on your hands, Elon.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This blood is on your hands, Elon.
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Racism in Met Police is systemic, report warns
www.channel4.com/news/racism-...
www.channel4.com/news/racism-...
Racism in Met Police is systemic, report warns
Anti-black discrimination is “baked into the institutional design” of the Metropolitan Police, with darker-skinned staff labelled “confrontational”, according to some of the conclusions of a new indep...
www.channel4.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Racism in Met Police is systemic, report warns
www.channel4.com/news/racism-...
www.channel4.com/news/racism-...
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“Sudan's Death Toll Could Exceed Gaza’s. Here’s Everything You Need to Know”
Important convo on the genocide there from me/Zeteo, with 2 Sudan experts who offer actual solutions to stop the fighting & put pressure on outside actors like the UAE & Saudi:
Important convo on the genocide there from me/Zeteo, with 2 Sudan experts who offer actual solutions to stop the fighting & put pressure on outside actors like the UAE & Saudi:
Sudan's Death Toll Could Exceed Gaza’s. Here’s Everything You Need to Know
Two experts on Sudan explain how the killing in El Fasher is worse than anyone knows.
zeteo.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
“Sudan's Death Toll Could Exceed Gaza’s. Here’s Everything You Need to Know”
Important convo on the genocide there from me/Zeteo, with 2 Sudan experts who offer actual solutions to stop the fighting & put pressure on outside actors like the UAE & Saudi:
Important convo on the genocide there from me/Zeteo, with 2 Sudan experts who offer actual solutions to stop the fighting & put pressure on outside actors like the UAE & Saudi:
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Anti-black racism 'baked' into Met, review finds.
This is 26 years after the Macpherson report which concluded that the Metropolitan Police was "institutionally racist".
Little changed.
Leaders of major political parties incite hatred. None charged.
This is 26 years after the Macpherson report which concluded that the Metropolitan Police was "institutionally racist".
Little changed.
Leaders of major political parties incite hatred. None charged.
Anti-black racism 'baked' into Met Police, review says
The independent review surveyed 40 years of evidence of how racism has affected black communities and black Met Police staff.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Anti-black racism 'baked' into Met, review finds.
This is 26 years after the Macpherson report which concluded that the Metropolitan Police was "institutionally racist".
Little changed.
Leaders of major political parties incite hatred. None charged.
This is 26 years after the Macpherson report which concluded that the Metropolitan Police was "institutionally racist".
Little changed.
Leaders of major political parties incite hatred. None charged.
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New Prevent data released, and for the first time it includes the ethnicity of those recommended. Of 8,778 referrals in 2025:
65%White
19% Asian
8% Black
8% Other
Musk, Robinson, Lowe etc, are responsible for radicalisation of young white men....
news.sky.com/story/highes...
65%White
19% Asian
8% Black
8% Other
Musk, Robinson, Lowe etc, are responsible for radicalisation of young white men....
news.sky.com/story/highes...
Highest ever number of referrals to anti-extremism Prevent programme
The highest number of people on record were referred to the UK's anti-extremism scheme in the year to March - with a 37% rise in right-wing extremism concerns, the latest data shows.
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
New Prevent data released, and for the first time it includes the ethnicity of those recommended. Of 8,778 referrals in 2025:
65%White
19% Asian
8% Black
8% Other
Musk, Robinson, Lowe etc, are responsible for radicalisation of young white men....
news.sky.com/story/highes...
65%White
19% Asian
8% Black
8% Other
Musk, Robinson, Lowe etc, are responsible for radicalisation of young white men....
news.sky.com/story/highes...