Mr. Jones
@mr-jones.bsky.social
Personal views from the People's Republic of North Islington.
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Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records.
Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.
Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.
Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 13, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records.
Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.
Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.
Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Save the cafes in Queen's Wood/Highgate Wood/Hampstead Heath
Require the City of London to retain current cafe operators
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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January 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Save the cafes in Queen's Wood/Highgate Wood/Hampstead Heath
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church of England - to rewild its land. Join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Help save nature by rewilding the Church’s massive landholdings!
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church of England - to rewild its land. Join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Rachel Reeves could slash the Cash ISA limit to £4K — a win for hedge funds, a loss for the rest of us 💸 Even the banks are against it. Tell the govt to protect savers, not risky investments! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Protect Cash ISAs
Rumours started swirling that Rachel Reeves might slash the tax-free cap on Cash ISAs from £20,000 to £4,000 after meeting with a group of bank executives back in February. [1] Now it looks like those...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Rachel Reeves could slash the Cash ISA limit to £4K — a win for hedge funds, a loss for the rest of us 💸 Even the banks are against it. Tell the govt to protect savers, not risky investments! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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"The people who jostled their way into this lane for a grotesquely outsize cash bonanza and then boasted about helping the nation were profiteering, plain and simple."
Brilliantly & appropriately savage from the peerless Marina Hyde 💥
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Brilliantly & appropriately savage from the peerless Marina Hyde 💥
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Michelle Mone told us ‘business isn’t easy’ during Covid. How are things now, your ladyship? | Marina Hyde
After a company she was linked to was ordered to repay £122m it made from pandemic deals, the baroness has embarked on a masterclass in victimhood, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"The people who jostled their way into this lane for a grotesquely outsize cash bonanza and then boasted about helping the nation were profiteering, plain and simple."
Brilliantly & appropriately savage from the peerless Marina Hyde 💥
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Brilliantly & appropriately savage from the peerless Marina Hyde 💥
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Cooper "This intolerable suffering must end.. the Israeli govt must end the moral obscenity of this campaign"
So you'll stop all arms exports to Israel? No
So you'll impose sanctions? No
So you'll end all military ties? No
So just empty words from a govt complicit in genocide
So you'll stop all arms exports to Israel? No
So you'll impose sanctions? No
So you'll end all military ties? No
So just empty words from a govt complicit in genocide
September 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Cooper "This intolerable suffering must end.. the Israeli govt must end the moral obscenity of this campaign"
So you'll stop all arms exports to Israel? No
So you'll impose sanctions? No
So you'll end all military ties? No
So just empty words from a govt complicit in genocide
So you'll stop all arms exports to Israel? No
So you'll impose sanctions? No
So you'll end all military ties? No
So just empty words from a govt complicit in genocide
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Rachel Reeves talking about investing in rail
But why don't we own our own trains? Why is the government letting the private rolling stock rip off continue?
Set up Great British Trains, directly commission PUBLICLY OWNED trains
But why don't we own our own trains? Why is the government letting the private rolling stock rip off continue?
Set up Great British Trains, directly commission PUBLICLY OWNED trains
September 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Rachel Reeves talking about investing in rail
But why don't we own our own trains? Why is the government letting the private rolling stock rip off continue?
Set up Great British Trains, directly commission PUBLICLY OWNED trains
But why don't we own our own trains? Why is the government letting the private rolling stock rip off continue?
Set up Great British Trains, directly commission PUBLICLY OWNED trains
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Rachel Reeves asking "who is standing up for working people?"
Not a government that keeps us spending more on energy and water bills, rail and bus fares, undermines our NHS by wasting £££ on outsourcing and proposed new PFI
Working people want to END FAILED PRIVATISATION #Lab25
Not a government that keeps us spending more on energy and water bills, rail and bus fares, undermines our NHS by wasting £££ on outsourcing and proposed new PFI
Working people want to END FAILED PRIVATISATION #Lab25
September 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Rachel Reeves asking "who is standing up for working people?"
Not a government that keeps us spending more on energy and water bills, rail and bus fares, undermines our NHS by wasting £££ on outsourcing and proposed new PFI
Working people want to END FAILED PRIVATISATION #Lab25
Not a government that keeps us spending more on energy and water bills, rail and bus fares, undermines our NHS by wasting £££ on outsourcing and proposed new PFI
Working people want to END FAILED PRIVATISATION #Lab25
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UK billionaire wealth has more than doubled since 2010.
▪️2010: £250 billion
▪️2025: £620 billion
While workers’ wages have flatlined.
When Parliament returns next week, I’ll be stepping up the campaign for a wealth tax.
Ask your MP to sign my Parliamentary Motion on this.
▪️2010: £250 billion
▪️2025: £620 billion
While workers’ wages have flatlined.
When Parliament returns next week, I’ll be stepping up the campaign for a wealth tax.
Ask your MP to sign my Parliamentary Motion on this.
August 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
UK billionaire wealth has more than doubled since 2010.
▪️2010: £250 billion
▪️2025: £620 billion
While workers’ wages have flatlined.
When Parliament returns next week, I’ll be stepping up the campaign for a wealth tax.
Ask your MP to sign my Parliamentary Motion on this.
▪️2010: £250 billion
▪️2025: £620 billion
While workers’ wages have flatlined.
When Parliament returns next week, I’ll be stepping up the campaign for a wealth tax.
Ask your MP to sign my Parliamentary Motion on this.
Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex – home to rare species – for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before it’s gone forever 🐝🦋 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save Arena Essex- Tell Google to search elsewhere!
Wedged between the Mar Dyke Valley and Lakeside Retail Park, the former Arena Essex Raceway is not your usual wildlife haven. Where once stock cars and speedway bikes lined up to cross the fini...
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August 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex – home to rare species – for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before it’s gone forever 🐝🦋 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Rachel Reeves could slash the Cash ISA limit to £4K — a win for hedge funds, a loss for the rest of us 💸 Even the banks are against it. Tell the govt to protect savers, not risky investments! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Protect Cash ISAs
Rumours are swirling that Rachel Reeves might slash the tax-free cap on Cash ISAs from £20,000 to £4,000 - after meeting with a group of bank executives. [1]
Cash ISAs (individual savings accounts) ar...
you.38degrees.org.uk
August 13, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Rachel Reeves could slash the Cash ISA limit to £4K — a win for hedge funds, a loss for the rest of us 💸 Even the banks are against it. Tell the govt to protect savers, not risky investments! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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We need to learn to internalise - I find this difficult and I guess others do too - that there is no sense in which this is actually a Labour Government. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
David Lammy and JD Vance bonded over ‘dysfunctional’ childhoods – and a Diet Coke
The UK foreign secretary opens up about his friendship with the VP, that ‘island of strangers’ speech, and his guilt over Zelenskyy’s Oval Office encounter
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 9:04 AM
We need to learn to internalise - I find this difficult and I guess others do too - that there is no sense in which this is actually a Labour Government. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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They are not upset about Genocide, they are upset about people opposing it.
Nazis.
Nazis.
July 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
They are not upset about Genocide, they are upset about people opposing it.
Nazis.
Nazis.
Rachel Reeves could slash the Cash ISA limit to £4K — a win for hedge funds, a loss for the rest of us 💸 Even the banks are against it. Tell the govt to protect savers, not risky investments! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Protect Cash ISAs
Rumours are swirling that Rachel Reeves might slash the tax-free cap on Cash ISAs from £20,000 to £4,000 - after meeting with a group of bank executives. [1]
Cash ISAs (individual savings accounts) ar...
you.38degrees.org.uk
July 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Rachel Reeves could slash the Cash ISA limit to £4K — a win for hedge funds, a loss for the rest of us 💸 Even the banks are against it. Tell the govt to protect savers, not risky investments! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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If you can’t afford a 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million…
Might I suggest you live within your means?
Might I suggest you live within your means?
July 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
If you can’t afford a 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million…
Might I suggest you live within your means?
Might I suggest you live within your means?
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Twelve days in Gaza: what happened while the world looked away?
Twelve days in Gaza: what happened while the world looked away?
One of the consequences of Israel’s 12-day conflict with Iran was a drop-off in attention paid to the war in Gaza, where a terrible humanitarian situation deteriorated even further. This is a timeline of what happened
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Twelve days in Gaza: what happened while the world looked away?
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If the government wants to raise money, it should tax gambling properly, recover millions lost to COVID fraud, and make sure the wealthiest pay their fair share.
July 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
If the government wants to raise money, it should tax gambling properly, recover millions lost to COVID fraud, and make sure the wealthiest pay their fair share.
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Disability benefit cuts violate human rights even with concessions, MPs warned ahead of vote
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Disability benefit cuts violate human rights even with concessions, MPs warned
MPs are being urged to reject the government's disability benefit cuts ahead of a vote on Tuesday (1 July).
www.bigissue.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Disability benefit cuts violate human rights even with concessions, MPs warned ahead of vote
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www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
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Why is Wes Streeting able to talk about what was said at Glastonbury
But not able to comment on reports of IDF soldiers being ordered to kill Palestinians queuing up for food?
But not able to comment on reports of IDF soldiers being ordered to kill Palestinians queuing up for food?
June 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Why is Wes Streeting able to talk about what was said at Glastonbury
But not able to comment on reports of IDF soldiers being ordered to kill Palestinians queuing up for food?
But not able to comment on reports of IDF soldiers being ordered to kill Palestinians queuing up for food?
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. @richardburgon.bsky.social will be presenting his petition for Wealth Taxes, Not Disability Cuts in Parliament Monday night just hours before vote on Disability Cuts Bill. Over 75,000 have already signed. Let’s get that even higher by Monday! Please sign & share 🙏
www.change.org/p/tax-wealth...
www.change.org/p/tax-wealth...
Sign the Petition
TAX WEALTH – DON'T CUT DISABILITY SUPPORT
www.change.org
June 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
. @richardburgon.bsky.social will be presenting his petition for Wealth Taxes, Not Disability Cuts in Parliament Monday night just hours before vote on Disability Cuts Bill. Over 75,000 have already signed. Let’s get that even higher by Monday! Please sign & share 🙏
www.change.org/p/tax-wealth...
www.change.org/p/tax-wealth...
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The Prime Minister says there is a "clear moral case" for the reforms, which aim to slash £5bn a year from the welfare bill by 2030.
There is no “moral case” for cuts which on the government’s own assessment will plunge 250,000 people into poverty
news.sky.com/story/pm-rep...
There is no “moral case” for cuts which on the government’s own assessment will plunge 250,000 people into poverty
news.sky.com/story/pm-rep...
Sir Keir Starmer defiant over welfare cuts despite rebellion from Labour MPs
More than 100 Labour MPs have signed an amendment that could bring down the government's plans – if it gains enough support from opposition parties.
news.sky.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Prime Minister says there is a "clear moral case" for the reforms, which aim to slash £5bn a year from the welfare bill by 2030.
There is no “moral case” for cuts which on the government’s own assessment will plunge 250,000 people into poverty
news.sky.com/story/pm-rep...
There is no “moral case” for cuts which on the government’s own assessment will plunge 250,000 people into poverty
news.sky.com/story/pm-rep...
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Thank you Fabian Hamilton 👏
June 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Thank you Fabian Hamilton 👏