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Private equity – “decimated” US hospitals – now targeting the NHS.
Neglected investment
Asset-stripping
Staff/Wage cuts
Tax dodges
Profiteering
Didn't pay suppliers leading to lack of equipment, disposables
Lack of food for patients
Building maintenance neglected
High patient reinfections
Neglected investment
Asset-stripping
Staff/Wage cuts
Tax dodges
Profiteering
Didn't pay suppliers leading to lack of equipment, disposables
Lack of food for patients
Building maintenance neglected
High patient reinfections
Private equity - "decimated" US hospitals according to report - now targeting the NHS - The Lowdown
In late August the release of a report by US senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) on the destruction of hospitals in his home state of Connecticut, and across the US by private equity companies highlights on...
lowdownnhs.info
January 27, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Private equity – “decimated” US hospitals – now targeting the NHS.
Neglected investment
Asset-stripping
Staff/Wage cuts
Tax dodges
Profiteering
Didn't pay suppliers leading to lack of equipment, disposables
Lack of food for patients
Building maintenance neglected
High patient reinfections
Neglected investment
Asset-stripping
Staff/Wage cuts
Tax dodges
Profiteering
Didn't pay suppliers leading to lack of equipment, disposables
Lack of food for patients
Building maintenance neglected
High patient reinfections
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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NEW: Labour are capping ground rents at £250 a year.
This will mean big savings for over 5 million leaseholders.
Labour is taking action where others failed.
This will mean big savings for over 5 million leaseholders.
Labour is taking action where others failed.
January 27, 2026 at 12:56 PM
NEW: Labour are capping ground rents at £250 a year.
This will mean big savings for over 5 million leaseholders.
Labour is taking action where others failed.
This will mean big savings for over 5 million leaseholders.
Labour is taking action where others failed.
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The Telegraph’s political editor is saying, more subtly, what others are saying brutally.
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The Telegraph’s political editor is saying, more subtly, what others are saying brutally.
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With us scrabbling around feebly on the outside of that zone, waiting for scraps. And Farage threatening to blast us further into impoverished isolation, hoping Trump’s America will rescue us.
Extremely slow hand clap to all who are responsible for this epic geopolitical failure.
Extremely slow hand clap to all who are responsible for this epic geopolitical failure.
January 27, 2026 at 8:59 AM
With us scrabbling around feebly on the outside of that zone, waiting for scraps. And Farage threatening to blast us further into impoverished isolation, hoping Trump’s America will rescue us.
Extremely slow hand clap to all who are responsible for this epic geopolitical failure.
Extremely slow hand clap to all who are responsible for this epic geopolitical failure.
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Same in the UK, probably getting worse with the disappearance of ‘intellectual’ Tories & Reform’s glorification of pig ignorance. I never know how to articulate this without making the problem worse! (As demonstrated above.)
January 27, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Same in the UK, probably getting worse with the disappearance of ‘intellectual’ Tories & Reform’s glorification of pig ignorance. I never know how to articulate this without making the problem worse! (As demonstrated above.)
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Lovely hatchet job on the monstrosity that is Suella Braverman. Crace covers it all;
her dishonesty, disloyalty, nastiness, incompetence, her wild vanity… and her deep stupidity.
How dare these utter arses think we’d be persuaded by their swaggering nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
her dishonesty, disloyalty, nastiness, incompetence, her wild vanity… and her deep stupidity.
How dare these utter arses think we’d be persuaded by their swaggering nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Suella makes the ultimate sacrifice as she ditches Tories for Reform | John Crace
Most of those at Monday’s event had to remind themselves that Braverman hadn’t defected long ago
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Lovely hatchet job on the monstrosity that is Suella Braverman. Crace covers it all;
her dishonesty, disloyalty, nastiness, incompetence, her wild vanity… and her deep stupidity.
How dare these utter arses think we’d be persuaded by their swaggering nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
her dishonesty, disloyalty, nastiness, incompetence, her wild vanity… and her deep stupidity.
How dare these utter arses think we’d be persuaded by their swaggering nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
January 27, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
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Stephen Miller is being thrown under the bus!
www.rawstory.com/karoline-lea...
www.rawstory.com/karoline-lea...
Leavitt refuses to back Miller’s ‘assassin’ smear in deadly Pretti shooting
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday declined to defend senior aide Stephen Miller after he blasted slain Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti as an “assassin” who tried to murder federa...
www.rawstory.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Stephen Miller is being thrown under the bus!
www.rawstory.com/karoline-lea...
www.rawstory.com/karoline-lea...
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They're squirming.
ABC: Noem said Pretti committed an act of domestic terrorism. Stephen Miller labeled him a domestic terrorist. Does the president agree?
LEAVITT: I have not heard the president characterize Mr Pretti in that way
LEAVITT: I have not heard the president characterize Mr Pretti in that way
January 26, 2026 at 6:40 PM
They're squirming.
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But…former Tories should?
January 26, 2026 at 10:31 PM
But…former Tories should?
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There's always a tweet.
January 26, 2026 at 8:57 PM
There's always a tweet.
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Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 26, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
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Are Reform actually trying to push down there polling numbers or do they truly believe that there electorate are that stupid
January 26, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Are Reform actually trying to push down there polling numbers or do they truly believe that there electorate are that stupid
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Reform UK Councillor Joseph Boam, everyone.
When you say “standing with”, which of the two crime scenes in Minneapolis are you referring to?
When you say “standing with”, which of the two crime scenes in Minneapolis are you referring to?
January 26, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Reform UK Councillor Joseph Boam, everyone.
When you say “standing with”, which of the two crime scenes in Minneapolis are you referring to?
When you say “standing with”, which of the two crime scenes in Minneapolis are you referring to?
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A straight copy of their Brexit campaign where they set up AstroTurfing fake grassroots movements.
Amazing that all these hard working taxpayers got the morning off work to attend a political rally isn't it.
Amazing that all these hard working taxpayers got the morning off work to attend a political rally isn't it.
I’m at a Nigel Farage/Reform event in London where they are launching “Veterans for Reform”. A perhaps obvious crossover but there’s a few hundred people here - a big political crowd to draw on a Monday morning.
January 26, 2026 at 11:13 AM
A straight copy of their Brexit campaign where they set up AstroTurfing fake grassroots movements.
Amazing that all these hard working taxpayers got the morning off work to attend a political rally isn't it.
Amazing that all these hard working taxpayers got the morning off work to attend a political rally isn't it.
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#TACO
Trump
Always
Chickens
Out
No matter how repulsive his 'principles' are, he still won't stick with them... 🤮
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump
Always
Chickens
Out
No matter how repulsive his 'principles' are, he still won't stick with them... 🤮
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump abandons attack mode as Minneapolis shooting backlash grows
The White House has shifted how it talks about Alex Pretti's killing as more Republicans express concern over the deadly encounter.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 9:24 PM
#TACO
Trump
Always
Chickens
Out
No matter how repulsive his 'principles' are, he still won't stick with them... 🤮
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump
Always
Chickens
Out
No matter how repulsive his 'principles' are, he still won't stick with them... 🤮
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The Tories wrecked the UK economy and gave us Brexit.
Some how these Tories who are jumping ship to Reform have found the ability to improve the economy despite being unable to do so when they were in power!
Scotland needs independence before the recycled Tories gain power in England
Some how these Tories who are jumping ship to Reform have found the ability to improve the economy despite being unable to do so when they were in power!
Scotland needs independence before the recycled Tories gain power in England
January 26, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The Tories wrecked the UK economy and gave us Brexit.
Some how these Tories who are jumping ship to Reform have found the ability to improve the economy despite being unable to do so when they were in power!
Scotland needs independence before the recycled Tories gain power in England
Some how these Tories who are jumping ship to Reform have found the ability to improve the economy despite being unable to do so when they were in power!
Scotland needs independence before the recycled Tories gain power in England
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"I feel like I've come home," Suella Braverman tells assembled Reform UK voters.
Funny thing - the word on the tip of their tongue, looking at her, is also 'repatriation'.
Funny thing - the word on the tip of their tongue, looking at her, is also 'repatriation'.
NEW: Suella Braverman has defected to Reform UK, shocking the many people who were sure that she had already.
January 26, 2026 at 12:37 PM
"I feel like I've come home," Suella Braverman tells assembled Reform UK voters.
Funny thing - the word on the tip of their tongue, looking at her, is also 'repatriation'.
Funny thing - the word on the tip of their tongue, looking at her, is also 'repatriation'.
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🚨 "Advocates of Brexit, ought to apologise for taking us into a world where we are now entirely isolated.
We cannot rely on the US. We've got a Russian aggressor on our doorstep. We're now out of the room when European decisions are taken."
Closer relations with the EU are vital for our security.
We cannot rely on the US. We've got a Russian aggressor on our doorstep. We're now out of the room when European decisions are taken."
Closer relations with the EU are vital for our security.
January 26, 2026 at 12:09 PM
🚨 "Advocates of Brexit, ought to apologise for taking us into a world where we are now entirely isolated.
We cannot rely on the US. We've got a Russian aggressor on our doorstep. We're now out of the room when European decisions are taken."
Closer relations with the EU are vital for our security.
We cannot rely on the US. We've got a Russian aggressor on our doorstep. We're now out of the room when European decisions are taken."
Closer relations with the EU are vital for our security.
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We are opening an investigation into Grok because we believe that X may have breached the DSA.
We have seen antisemitic content, non-consensual deepfakes of women, and child sexual abuse material.
In Europe, no company will make money by violating our fundamental rights.
link.europa.eu/Fh8h84
We have seen antisemitic content, non-consensual deepfakes of women, and child sexual abuse material.
In Europe, no company will make money by violating our fundamental rights.
link.europa.eu/Fh8h84
January 26, 2026 at 1:24 PM
We are opening an investigation into Grok because we believe that X may have breached the DSA.
We have seen antisemitic content, non-consensual deepfakes of women, and child sexual abuse material.
In Europe, no company will make money by violating our fundamental rights.
link.europa.eu/Fh8h84
We have seen antisemitic content, non-consensual deepfakes of women, and child sexual abuse material.
In Europe, no company will make money by violating our fundamental rights.
link.europa.eu/Fh8h84
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January 25, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 AM
The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*
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Next meeting of Reform MPs:
Pochin: 'HELP, I feel very uncomfortable by the new brown face in the room!'
Braverman: 'It's OK, I know I can never be English.'
Lee Anderson: 'Aye, we all know Suella is a foreigner.'
Farage: 'Indeed. Rest assured we'll deport her when we win.'
All cheer.
Pochin: 'HELP, I feel very uncomfortable by the new brown face in the room!'
Braverman: 'It's OK, I know I can never be English.'
Lee Anderson: 'Aye, we all know Suella is a foreigner.'
Farage: 'Indeed. Rest assured we'll deport her when we win.'
All cheer.
January 26, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Next meeting of Reform MPs:
Pochin: 'HELP, I feel very uncomfortable by the new brown face in the room!'
Braverman: 'It's OK, I know I can never be English.'
Lee Anderson: 'Aye, we all know Suella is a foreigner.'
Farage: 'Indeed. Rest assured we'll deport her when we win.'
All cheer.
Pochin: 'HELP, I feel very uncomfortable by the new brown face in the room!'
Braverman: 'It's OK, I know I can never be English.'
Lee Anderson: 'Aye, we all know Suella is a foreigner.'
Farage: 'Indeed. Rest assured we'll deport her when we win.'
All cheer.