Steve Battersby
@stevebatts.bsky.social
Retired EHP - well almost; still writing & series editor of Routledge Focus on Environmental Health
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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 7:07 AM
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...
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David Lammy, "Leaving the EU has badly damaged our economy"
"Untruths were peddled by Brexiters"
"We should work to be closer to EU"
Labour should have said this 16 months ago when they came into office. Better late than never
"Untruths were peddled by Brexiters"
"We should work to be closer to EU"
Labour should have said this 16 months ago when they came into office. Better late than never
December 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
David Lammy, "Leaving the EU has badly damaged our economy"
"Untruths were peddled by Brexiters"
"We should work to be closer to EU"
Labour should have said this 16 months ago when they came into office. Better late than never
"Untruths were peddled by Brexiters"
"We should work to be closer to EU"
Labour should have said this 16 months ago when they came into office. Better late than never
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The whole play of Trumpism: convincing working class people to blame other working class people—so billionaires can keep robbing us all.
Donald Trump Jr-backed start-up scores $600mn US federal government deal
President’s son’s fund 1789 Capital poised to capitalise from father’s administration
www.ft.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The whole play of Trumpism: convincing working class people to blame other working class people—so billionaires can keep robbing us all.
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When we talk about the need for a Hillsborough Law and for a change in the culture of the police, you only have to look at this tone-deaf, brazen and offensive response to the IOPC Hillsborough report from the South Yorkshire Police Federation
Police federation told 'shame on you' after Hillsborough comments
Families blast statement from police officer organisation which called IOPC report a 'waste of time and money'
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
When we talk about the need for a Hillsborough Law and for a change in the culture of the police, you only have to look at this tone-deaf, brazen and offensive response to the IOPC Hillsborough report from the South Yorkshire Police Federation
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Northwestern University agrees to pay Trump regime $75 million in order to reclaim the nearly $800 million in research funding that Trump took from them.
Sad times.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Sad times.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Northwestern University Strikes A Deal With Trump Administration
Northwestern University has reached a $75 million deal with the Trump administration, ending a long dispute involving the freezing of $790 million in research funds.
www.forbes.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Northwestern University agrees to pay Trump regime $75 million in order to reclaim the nearly $800 million in research funding that Trump took from them.
Sad times.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Sad times.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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BOOM!! 100,000 signatures! Now let’s have a date for the debate
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
BOOM!! 100,000 signatures! Now let’s have a date for the debate
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Public pressure for an inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics is growing - and rightly so.
Our legal case now in the Grand Chamber of Strasbourg demands what justice requires: the government must investigate. Follow our campaign 👇
citizensreunited.substack.com/subscribe
Our legal case now in the Grand Chamber of Strasbourg demands what justice requires: the government must investigate. Follow our campaign 👇
citizensreunited.substack.com/subscribe
🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 80,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this weekend. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Public pressure for an inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics is growing - and rightly so.
Our legal case now in the Grand Chamber of Strasbourg demands what justice requires: the government must investigate. Follow our campaign 👇
citizensreunited.substack.com/subscribe
Our legal case now in the Grand Chamber of Strasbourg demands what justice requires: the government must investigate. Follow our campaign 👇
citizensreunited.substack.com/subscribe
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November 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt...."
Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt...."
Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off
Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt...."
Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt...."
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Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship
New documents show the pair discussing travel arrangements and UK politics in messages from 2018.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'It’s almost poetic that the loudest voices now decrying Britain’s immigration numbers are the same ones who fought hardest for Brexit’
www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/peop...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/peop...
People are just realising that we had a better grip on immigration within the EU
They gave us bar staff and builders - we gave them sunburnt pensioners and seaside property booms. It was win-win.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
'It’s almost poetic that the loudest voices now decrying Britain’s immigration numbers are the same ones who fought hardest for Brexit’
www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/peop...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/peop...
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At last we are talking about this
October 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
At last we are talking about this
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The Tory media's shift from hysterically claiming that Starmer *did* intervene in the China spy case to hysterically claiming that Starmer *should* have intervened in the China spy case is a thing to behold.
October 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The Tory media's shift from hysterically claiming that Starmer *did* intervene in the China spy case to hysterically claiming that Starmer *should* have intervened in the China spy case is a thing to behold.
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This is such a welcome summary of where we are. There is a huge job to do tackling poverty and worklessness, but the big picture is that this is all *manageable* and that context matters.
There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system.
Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts
Spending is controlled, not spiralling
Worklessness is near record lows
My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts
Spending is controlled, not spiralling
Worklessness is near record lows
My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
October 16, 2025 at 6:04 AM
This is such a welcome summary of where we are. There is a huge job to do tackling poverty and worklessness, but the big picture is that this is all *manageable* and that context matters.
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NEW: We need to talk about Russia.
So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.
My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.
My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
October 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
NEW: We need to talk about Russia.
So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.
My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.
My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Reform councillor Francesca O’Brien chaired a meeting at which a Welsh far-right hate group spread ‘untrue’ claims about religious education, a Swansea primary school has claimed. The meeting centred on entirely unsubstantiated allegations that pupils had been forced to recite Islamic prayers.
October 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Reform councillor Francesca O’Brien chaired a meeting at which a Welsh far-right hate group spread ‘untrue’ claims about religious education, a Swansea primary school has claimed. The meeting centred on entirely unsubstantiated allegations that pupils had been forced to recite Islamic prayers.
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Once again, her insistence that she *never* makes gaffes makes every gaffe she makes much, much worse than it would otherwise have been…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kemi Badenoch mistakenly says NI voted in favour of Brexit
In a BBC NI interview, the Tory leader said the
www.bbc.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Once again, her insistence that she *never* makes gaffes makes every gaffe she makes much, much worse than it would otherwise have been…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This is the article, I believe, that first kicked things off. That was when the attacks began in earnest.
@peterjukes.bsky.social & I revisit this whole dark period in Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring…
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
@peterjukes.bsky.social & I revisit this whole dark period in Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring…
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
Brexit, the ministers, the professor and the spy: how Russia pulls strings in UK
The charges filed against a Trump aide shocked the US – but also shed new light on the complex connections that link Russia to Brexit and the Foreign Office
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This is the article, I believe, that first kicked things off. That was when the attacks began in earnest.
@peterjukes.bsky.social & I revisit this whole dark period in Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring…
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
@peterjukes.bsky.social & I revisit this whole dark period in Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring…
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
September 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
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Tried to persuade my mum and sister to get their UK citizenship over lunch (both on settled status).
They both couldn't believe there would be a risk, and that they've been here for 50+ years.
Even though they admit Farage said what he said, they couldn't take it seriously.
I think they should.
They both couldn't believe there would be a risk, and that they've been here for 50+ years.
Even though they admit Farage said what he said, they couldn't take it seriously.
I think they should.
September 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Tried to persuade my mum and sister to get their UK citizenship over lunch (both on settled status).
They both couldn't believe there would be a risk, and that they've been here for 50+ years.
Even though they admit Farage said what he said, they couldn't take it seriously.
I think they should.
They both couldn't believe there would be a risk, and that they've been here for 50+ years.
Even though they admit Farage said what he said, they couldn't take it seriously.
I think they should.
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Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
Farage vows to scrap indefinite leave to remain, placing thousands at risk of deportation
Reform UK plans to force non-citizens to apply for visas with high salary thresholds and no access to NHS services
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
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Over the last 24 hours Reform, with just a single policy announcement, have put fear where previously there was none into the hearts of millions of UK residents.
No 10 and the Chancellor have said nothing about the ethics of this.
I have no words left for them.
No 10 and the Chancellor have said nothing about the ethics of this.
I have no words left for them.
September 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Over the last 24 hours Reform, with just a single policy announcement, have put fear where previously there was none into the hearts of millions of UK residents.
No 10 and the Chancellor have said nothing about the ethics of this.
I have no words left for them.
No 10 and the Chancellor have said nothing about the ethics of this.
I have no words left for them.
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“Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain. Here’s how to stop him
It’s not too late to puncture the Reform leader’s populist myth. His ‘make Britain great again’ act is out of step with the British people, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...