Michael Reardon
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Michael Reardon
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Contrarian Scouser, all views provisional with open invitation to change them.
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We could nationalise water for £20 – here’s how youtu.be/tnqPZNNx_rY?... English water companies are financially broken. So why is Labour ruling out nationalisation? They say it would cost too much. That's wrong. It could cost less than a round of drinks.
We could nationalise water for £20 – here’s how
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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July 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Last year:

- 85% of MPs were elected with less than 50% of the vote

- 41% were elected with less than 40% of the vote

- One MP won with 27% of the vote

- 58% of voters didn't get the MP they voted for

- Labour won two-thirds of seats on just one-third of the vote

@openbritain.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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The only ‘substance’ that can really change the dial for the UK is to rejoin the Customs Union and Single Market, which Keir Starmer absolutely refuses to even consider.

Everything else is just BS.
Lord Rickets adds to BoE Governor’s alarm on Brexit - STOP dithering!

“I’m picking up from my EU friends that they’ve appreciated new govt’s efforts to warm up the tone and rebuild personal contacts. But they are beginning to be impatient for substance.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Step up Brexit reset or European allies will lose patience, Starmer warned
Call comes after Bank of England’s governor Andrew Bailey said the UK should rebuild relations with the European Union as he warned of the economic consequences of leaving the bloc
www.independent.co.uk
November 16, 2024 at 9:29 AM
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Talk about an unhappy meal
November 17, 2024 at 12:08 PM