@stuge.bsky.social
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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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Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
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Reform MP Sarah Pochin accused of 'complete fabrication' over boxing club funding boast
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform MP accused of 'complete fabrication' over boxing club funding boast
Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin has been accused of 'complete fabrication' after incorrectly claiming she helped get funding for a charity boxing club in her constituency
www.mirror.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Reform MP Sarah Pochin accused of 'complete fabrication' over boxing club funding boast
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Southwark, like so many other areas, may be a Smoke Control Area, but even smokeless fuels emit particulate matter. This affects the lungs of those both inside and outside a house, and neighbours are powerless to act. #AirPollution #WoodBurning
Campaign group Mums for Lungs criticise government inaction in fighting ‘The Big Choke’
Campaigners Mums for Lungs are fighting against ‘the big choke’ with a warning that the government’s air pollution laws are
southwarknews.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Southwark, like so many other areas, may be a Smoke Control Area, but even smokeless fuels emit particulate matter. This affects the lungs of those both inside and outside a house, and neighbours are powerless to act. #AirPollution #WoodBurning
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Water company United Utilities enjoys 131% rise in profits after bills go up £112.
UU has 205+ criminal convictions.
Loses over 175bn litres of water to leaks. In 2024 dumped sewage 450,778 hours in rivers//akes. No exec prosecuted/fined
Rewarded with higher price and profit.
archive.ph/7aP8O
UU has 205+ criminal convictions.
Loses over 175bn litres of water to leaks. In 2024 dumped sewage 450,778 hours in rivers//akes. No exec prosecuted/fined
Rewarded with higher price and profit.
archive.ph/7aP8O
Water company enjoys 131% rise in profits after bills go up £112
United Utilities, whose executives are barred from receiving bonuses because of pollution record, will pay out most of the increase in dividends
www.thetimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Water company United Utilities enjoys 131% rise in profits after bills go up £112.
UU has 205+ criminal convictions.
Loses over 175bn litres of water to leaks. In 2024 dumped sewage 450,778 hours in rivers//akes. No exec prosecuted/fined
Rewarded with higher price and profit.
archive.ph/7aP8O
UU has 205+ criminal convictions.
Loses over 175bn litres of water to leaks. In 2024 dumped sewage 450,778 hours in rivers//akes. No exec prosecuted/fined
Rewarded with higher price and profit.
archive.ph/7aP8O
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Zarah Sultana, "Wages are stagnating, bills are rising, companies are posting record profits, the rich are laughing all the way to the bank. Everyone can see it."
Yes they can.
#bbcqt
Yes they can.
#bbcqt
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Zarah Sultana, "Wages are stagnating, bills are rising, companies are posting record profits, the rich are laughing all the way to the bank. Everyone can see it."
Yes they can.
#bbcqt
Yes they can.
#bbcqt
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Rachel Reeves needs to save money - how about
💰renegotiating wasteful old PFI contracts
💰NOT introducing new ones
Right now
🏥Hospitals are paid for up to 27x over
🏥NHS trusts spend more on PFI debt than on medicines
Sign now, deadline Tuesday 👇👇👇
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
💰renegotiating wasteful old PFI contracts
💰NOT introducing new ones
Right now
🏥Hospitals are paid for up to 27x over
🏥NHS trusts spend more on PFI debt than on medicines
Sign now, deadline Tuesday 👇👇👇
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
Petition: No new PFI in Neighbourhood Health Services
Wes Streeting: do not use a “Public Private Partnership” to finance Neighbourhood Health Centres
weownit.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Rachel Reeves needs to save money - how about
💰renegotiating wasteful old PFI contracts
💰NOT introducing new ones
Right now
🏥Hospitals are paid for up to 27x over
🏥NHS trusts spend more on PFI debt than on medicines
Sign now, deadline Tuesday 👇👇👇
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
💰renegotiating wasteful old PFI contracts
💰NOT introducing new ones
Right now
🏥Hospitals are paid for up to 27x over
🏥NHS trusts spend more on PFI debt than on medicines
Sign now, deadline Tuesday 👇👇👇
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
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You might have thought Question Time was biased.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
You might have thought Question Time was biased.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
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Yorkshire Water flouted director pay rules, secretly handed £660k bonus through offshore parent company.
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
Ofwat says off-shore payments to Yorkshire Water boss do not flout bonus ban
Campaigners have slammed Ofwat after the water regulator found that the undisclosed off-shore payment of £660,000 to Yorkshire Water boss Nicola Shaw did not flout the Government’s bonus ban rule.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Yorkshire Water flouted director pay rules, secretly handed £660k bonus through offshore parent company.
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
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Trevor Philips, "What is the implication of the white poppy?"
Zack Polanski, "The white poppy began after WWI, mainly from women's groups, who talked about peace and antifascism"
"So on the same day we remember the fallen, it's also about looking to the future and saying, we want a world of peace"
Zack Polanski, "The white poppy began after WWI, mainly from women's groups, who talked about peace and antifascism"
"So on the same day we remember the fallen, it's also about looking to the future and saying, we want a world of peace"
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Trevor Philips, "What is the implication of the white poppy?"
Zack Polanski, "The white poppy began after WWI, mainly from women's groups, who talked about peace and antifascism"
"So on the same day we remember the fallen, it's also about looking to the future and saying, we want a world of peace"
Zack Polanski, "The white poppy began after WWI, mainly from women's groups, who talked about peace and antifascism"
"So on the same day we remember the fallen, it's also about looking to the future and saying, we want a world of peace"
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Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis finds
- Use of wood-burning stoves and fires in homes is mostly unnecessary and their toxic pollution costs the NHS millions
#airpollution @globalactionplan.bsky.social
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Use of wood-burning stoves and fires in homes is mostly unnecessary and their toxic pollution costs the NHS millions
#airpollution @globalactionplan.bsky.social
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis finds
Use of wood-burning stoves and fires in homes is mostly unnecessary and their toxic pollution costs the NHS millions
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis finds
- Use of wood-burning stoves and fires in homes is mostly unnecessary and their toxic pollution costs the NHS millions
#airpollution @globalactionplan.bsky.social
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Use of wood-burning stoves and fires in homes is mostly unnecessary and their toxic pollution costs the NHS millions
#airpollution @globalactionplan.bsky.social
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Farage’s partner - the fraud files bit.ly/3KVZpj4 which raise more questions about where she found £885,000 to buy Clacton house that Farage ‘misspoke’ to say he bought. Times says Brussels may look again at “his colourful two decades as an MEP between 1999 and 2020”
Nigel Farage’s partner embroiled in Brussels fraud investigation
Laure Ferrari’s Eurosceptic group was at the centre of fraud scandal that led to ongoing criminal case
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Farage’s partner - the fraud files bit.ly/3KVZpj4 which raise more questions about where she found £885,000 to buy Clacton house that Farage ‘misspoke’ to say he bought. Times says Brussels may look again at “his colourful two decades as an MEP between 1999 and 2020”
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This asshole needs to go straight to jail.
September 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This asshole needs to go straight to jail.
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Privatisation of UK industries driving cost of living crisis & inequality.
People ripped off by water, energy, rail, mail companies.
Profiteering at care homes, dentists, GP surgeries, cataract clinics. Social housing destroyed.
Privatisation is a scam. Delivered low investment, poor service.
People ripped off by water, energy, rail, mail companies.
Profiteering at care homes, dentists, GP surgeries, cataract clinics. Social housing destroyed.
Privatisation is a scam. Delivered low investment, poor service.
Privatisation of UK industries is driving cost of living crisis, says Greens leader
Zack Polanski calls mass privatisation a ‘failed experiment’ as report finds it has cost UK households £250 a year more
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Privatisation of UK industries driving cost of living crisis & inequality.
People ripped off by water, energy, rail, mail companies.
Profiteering at care homes, dentists, GP surgeries, cataract clinics. Social housing destroyed.
Privatisation is a scam. Delivered low investment, poor service.
People ripped off by water, energy, rail, mail companies.
Profiteering at care homes, dentists, GP surgeries, cataract clinics. Social housing destroyed.
Privatisation is a scam. Delivered low investment, poor service.
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“A very warm start to September, once again.
The average temperature in Finland from 1 to 13 September was 15.0 degrees, which is only 0.1 degrees lower than the record set in 2024. The start of September 2023 will be the third.“
The average temperature in Finland from 1 to 13 September was 15.0 degrees, which is only 0.1 degrees lower than the record set in 2024. The start of September 2023 will be the third.“
Huikean lämmin syyskuun alku, jälleen kerran.
Suomen keskilämpötila 1.–13.9. oli 15,0 astetta, joka on vain 0,1 astetta vuoden 2024 ennätystä alempana. Vuoden 2023 syyskuun alku tulee kolmantena.
@suomenluonto.bsky.social-blogissa vähän pidemmästi: suomenluonto.fi/huikean-lamm...
Suomen keskilämpötila 1.–13.9. oli 15,0 astetta, joka on vain 0,1 astetta vuoden 2024 ennätystä alempana. Vuoden 2023 syyskuun alku tulee kolmantena.
@suomenluonto.bsky.social-blogissa vähän pidemmästi: suomenluonto.fi/huikean-lamm...
September 15, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“A very warm start to September, once again.
The average temperature in Finland from 1 to 13 September was 15.0 degrees, which is only 0.1 degrees lower than the record set in 2024. The start of September 2023 will be the third.“
The average temperature in Finland from 1 to 13 September was 15.0 degrees, which is only 0.1 degrees lower than the record set in 2024. The start of September 2023 will be the third.“
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Corruption Inc
Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals.
Used publicly funded office to manage commercial deals.
Secret meetings with Palantir, handed NHS data.
Secret Dinners during COVID lockdown to secure refurbishment of his flat.
£200,000 from a hedge fund.
Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals.
Used publicly funded office to manage commercial deals.
Secret meetings with Palantir, handed NHS data.
Secret Dinners during COVID lockdown to secure refurbishment of his flat.
£200,000 from a hedge fund.
Revealed: how Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals
Exclusive: Leak exposes how former leader has used publicly subsidised office to manage commercial interests
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Corruption Inc
Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals.
Used publicly funded office to manage commercial deals.
Secret meetings with Palantir, handed NHS data.
Secret Dinners during COVID lockdown to secure refurbishment of his flat.
£200,000 from a hedge fund.
Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals.
Used publicly funded office to manage commercial deals.
Secret meetings with Palantir, handed NHS data.
Secret Dinners during COVID lockdown to secure refurbishment of his flat.
£200,000 from a hedge fund.
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We must tackle inequality.
Your bills are not high because of migrants.
The NHS is not crumbling because of migrants.
It's because of politicians who only serve the super rich. 👇🏼
youtu.be/RhD2ZuKrXPg?...
Your bills are not high because of migrants.
The NHS is not crumbling because of migrants.
It's because of politicians who only serve the super rich. 👇🏼
youtu.be/RhD2ZuKrXPg?...
Zack Polanski on Corbyn, NATO and the St George's Cross
YouTube video by Sky News
youtu.be
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
We must tackle inequality.
Your bills are not high because of migrants.
The NHS is not crumbling because of migrants.
It's because of politicians who only serve the super rich. 👇🏼
youtu.be/RhD2ZuKrXPg?...
Your bills are not high because of migrants.
The NHS is not crumbling because of migrants.
It's because of politicians who only serve the super rich. 👇🏼
youtu.be/RhD2ZuKrXPg?...
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It's very simple.
The people costing all the money, are the people with all the money.
Not the people with hardly any money.
It really shouldn't need explaining.
The people costing all the money, are the people with all the money.
Not the people with hardly any money.
It really shouldn't need explaining.
August 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
It's very simple.
The people costing all the money, are the people with all the money.
Not the people with hardly any money.
It really shouldn't need explaining.
The people costing all the money, are the people with all the money.
Not the people with hardly any money.
It really shouldn't need explaining.
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Migrants didn't cut council funding. Migrants didn't cut NHS funding. Migrants didn't close youth centres. Migrants didn't sell off council houses. Migrants aren't filling our rivers with sewage.
Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants.
Don't fall for it.
Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants.
Don't fall for it.
August 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Migrants didn't cut council funding. Migrants didn't cut NHS funding. Migrants didn't close youth centres. Migrants didn't sell off council houses. Migrants aren't filling our rivers with sewage.
Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants.
Don't fall for it.
Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants.
Don't fall for it.
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Kent Reform councillors pictured smiling alongside neo-Nazi activist
www.kentcurrent.news/p/kent-refor...
www.kentcurrent.news/p/kent-refor...
Kent Reform councillors pictured smiling alongside neo-Nazi activist
Plus KCC blurs neutrality line again, Lower Thames Crossing tries new regulatory system, news in brief, and more
www.kentcurrent.news
August 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Kent Reform councillors pictured smiling alongside neo-Nazi activist
www.kentcurrent.news/p/kent-refor...
www.kentcurrent.news/p/kent-refor...
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Reform-led Council set to charge for parking at currently free car park
www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2539956...
www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2539956...
Reform-led Council set to charge for parking at currently free car park
Users of a Lancashire park and ride site could soon be charged to leave their vehicles there, even if they do not then go on to catch the bus.
www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
August 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Reform-led Council set to charge for parking at currently free car park
www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2539956...
www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2539956...
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Reform UK ‘looking after our own!? Don’t count on it.
Homeless charity closes following funding dispute With Reform UK council
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...?
Homeless charity closes following funding dispute With Reform UK council
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...?
Northampton homeless charity has closed, says council
A council says it
www.bbc.co.uk
August 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Reform UK ‘looking after our own!? Don’t count on it.
Homeless charity closes following funding dispute With Reform UK council
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...?
Homeless charity closes following funding dispute With Reform UK council
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...?
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$80bn of *subsidies* provided to plastic producers, rising to $150bn by mid-century
Governments in 71 nations examined provided that $80bn through tax breaks, revenue certainty, support for process energy, grants, in-kind contributions, and below-market financing rates
www.edie.net/plastics-ind...
Governments in 71 nations examined provided that $80bn through tax breaks, revenue certainty, support for process energy, grants, in-kind contributions, and below-market financing rates
www.edie.net/plastics-ind...
Plastics industry subsidies ‘set to swell to $150bn by 2050’ - edie
Governments across the world last year provided $80bn of subsidies to producers and processors of primary plastic polymers, whose expansion plans mean they could cash in for $150bn by mid-century, it ...
www.edie.net
August 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
$80bn of *subsidies* provided to plastic producers, rising to $150bn by mid-century
Governments in 71 nations examined provided that $80bn through tax breaks, revenue certainty, support for process energy, grants, in-kind contributions, and below-market financing rates
www.edie.net/plastics-ind...
Governments in 71 nations examined provided that $80bn through tax breaks, revenue certainty, support for process energy, grants, in-kind contributions, and below-market financing rates
www.edie.net/plastics-ind...
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If the Chancellor wants to reform Inheritance Tax, she could start by reforming this 'heritage asset' tax loophole being exploited by grouse moors and wealthy landowners, which I investigated last year: www.theguardian.com/money/2024/o...
Loophole exempts 355 landowners in England from inheritance tax, data shows
Chancellor urged to cancel tax break that uses scheme to register land as heritage asset and worth at least £68m
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If the Chancellor wants to reform Inheritance Tax, she could start by reforming this 'heritage asset' tax loophole being exploited by grouse moors and wealthy landowners, which I investigated last year: www.theguardian.com/money/2024/o...