@therealecarter.bsky.social
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Where’s my Christmas Dinner? 😻🎄
December 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Where’s my Christmas Dinner? 😻🎄
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There are thousands of trained doctors in the UK right now — unemployed. Not because they’re unnecessary, but because the government refuses to fund the NHS roles we desperately need.
If we have the doctors, we can fund the doctors. So why won’t they?
youtu.be/jN42hYQsehU?...
If we have the doctors, we can fund the doctors. So why won’t they?
youtu.be/jN42hYQsehU?...
Why is our government choosing NHS cuts over patient care?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 5, 2025 at 7:07 AM
There are thousands of trained doctors in the UK right now — unemployed. Not because they’re unnecessary, but because the government refuses to fund the NHS roles we desperately need.
If we have the doctors, we can fund the doctors. So why won’t they?
youtu.be/jN42hYQsehU?...
If we have the doctors, we can fund the doctors. So why won’t they?
youtu.be/jN42hYQsehU?...
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And this qualifies as 'transparency' these days.
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
And this qualifies as 'transparency' these days.
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
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The problem of PFI explained in 60 seconds 👇
November 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The problem of PFI explained in 60 seconds 👇
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Rachel Reeves has already made a complete mess of her Budget, so I thought I should offer an alternative. This is the first part. There are several more to come. When the country's economy is failing, it's time to be radical. Nothing less will do. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
The Alternative Budget 2025 – The Background
Rachel Reeves will be presenting her Budget on November 26, if the Labour government of which she is a part lasts that long.
I will be commenting on that Budget on the day on BBC Radio 2, and elsewh...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Rachel Reeves has already made a complete mess of her Budget, so I thought I should offer an alternative. This is the first part. There are several more to come. When the country's economy is failing, it's time to be radical. Nothing less will do. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
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MPs urge Reeves to raise gambling taxes despite ‘scaremongering’ from firms.
Quite right.
Bet365 CEO collected £323m in pay and dividends last year. Company paid 12.7% corporation tax on £1.4bn profit.
Almost all betting companies have offshore tax haven operations, solely to dodge UK taxes.
Quite right.
Bet365 CEO collected £323m in pay and dividends last year. Company paid 12.7% corporation tax on £1.4bn profit.
Almost all betting companies have offshore tax haven operations, solely to dodge UK taxes.
MPs urge Reeves to raise gambling taxes despite ‘scaremongering’ from firms
Treasury select committee calls for higher duties on most addictive forms, such as high-street slots and online games
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
MPs urge Reeves to raise gambling taxes despite ‘scaremongering’ from firms.
Quite right.
Bet365 CEO collected £323m in pay and dividends last year. Company paid 12.7% corporation tax on £1.4bn profit.
Almost all betting companies have offshore tax haven operations, solely to dodge UK taxes.
Quite right.
Bet365 CEO collected £323m in pay and dividends last year. Company paid 12.7% corporation tax on £1.4bn profit.
Almost all betting companies have offshore tax haven operations, solely to dodge UK taxes.
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Workers generate wealth, CEOs take unfair share.
At Melrose, CEO to average worker pay ratio is 1,112
Tesco 375
Marks & Spencer 261
Associated British Foods 218
Sainsbury's 195
How will the Govt secure equitable distribution of income for workers, reduce poverty?
Watch the Minister's answer.
At Melrose, CEO to average worker pay ratio is 1,112
Tesco 375
Marks & Spencer 261
Associated British Foods 218
Sainsbury's 195
How will the Govt secure equitable distribution of income for workers, reduce poverty?
Watch the Minister's answer.
October 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Workers generate wealth, CEOs take unfair share.
At Melrose, CEO to average worker pay ratio is 1,112
Tesco 375
Marks & Spencer 261
Associated British Foods 218
Sainsbury's 195
How will the Govt secure equitable distribution of income for workers, reduce poverty?
Watch the Minister's answer.
At Melrose, CEO to average worker pay ratio is 1,112
Tesco 375
Marks & Spencer 261
Associated British Foods 218
Sainsbury's 195
How will the Govt secure equitable distribution of income for workers, reduce poverty?
Watch the Minister's answer.
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Instagram and Facebook found in breach of EU law over flagging of illegal content
Instagram and Facebook found in breach of EU law over flagging of illegal content
European Commission initial finding says mechanisms to report and remove illegal content may be ineffective
Instagram and Facebook have breached EU law by failing to provide users with simple ways to flag illegal content including child sexual abuse material and terrorist content, the European Commission has said.
In preliminary finding on Friday, the EU’s executive body said Meta, the $1.8tn California company that runs the social media services, had introduced unnecessary steps in processes for users to submit reports. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Instagram and Facebook found in breach of EU law over flagging of illegal content
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Want to stop Thames Water illegally polluting until 2040 ⁉️
Last chance to sign! Deadline 12 noon tomorrow weownit.org.uk/ofwat
Last chance to sign! Deadline 12 noon tomorrow weownit.org.uk/ofwat
October 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Want to stop Thames Water illegally polluting until 2040 ⁉️
Last chance to sign! Deadline 12 noon tomorrow weownit.org.uk/ofwat
Last chance to sign! Deadline 12 noon tomorrow weownit.org.uk/ofwat
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Thames Water creditors offering to save their own skins with 25% debt write off while carrying on polluting your rivers for the next 15 years?!
NO NO NO
Special Administration NOW. Cut the debt by 50%, invest every penny of your bills in stopping sewage
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
NO NO NO
Special Administration NOW. Cut the debt by 50%, invest every penny of your bills in stopping sewage
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thames Water creditors ask for up to 15 years’ leniency from river pollution rules
Lenders say a ‘full return to legal, regulatory and environmental compliance’ under new rescue plan would not be completed until at least 2035-2040
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Thames Water creditors offering to save their own skins with 25% debt write off while carrying on polluting your rivers for the next 15 years?!
NO NO NO
Special Administration NOW. Cut the debt by 50%, invest every penny of your bills in stopping sewage
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
NO NO NO
Special Administration NOW. Cut the debt by 50%, invest every penny of your bills in stopping sewage
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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“The president should be removed from office because he is plainly insane.”
I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt.
And that’s wrong.
I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt.
And that’s wrong.
September 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“The president should be removed from office because he is plainly insane.”
I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt.
And that’s wrong.
I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt.
And that’s wrong.
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So, Sunday Times runs with latest poll showing Farage winning if there was an election now. But makes NO mention of Reform’s collusion with Russia. And this is how democracy gets beaten to death in the dark. Voters are not being told the truth. Reform is given the stage but is NEVER held to account.
September 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
So, Sunday Times runs with latest poll showing Farage winning if there was an election now. But makes NO mention of Reform’s collusion with Russia. And this is how democracy gets beaten to death in the dark. Voters are not being told the truth. Reform is given the stage but is NEVER held to account.
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"If people need essentials, this shouldn’t be driven by profit. It should be driven by people’s needs...
I don’t think there’s anything contentious about that"
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social
It's a political choice to continue the failed privatisation experiment
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
I don’t think there’s anything contentious about that"
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social
It's a political choice to continue the failed privatisation experiment
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Zack Polanski tells the Canary that it's media and political lies that are stopping nationalisation
"If people need essentials, then this shouldn't be driven by profit. It should be driven by people's needs" says Zack Polanski
www.thecanary.co
September 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
"If people need essentials, this shouldn’t be driven by profit. It should be driven by people’s needs...
I don’t think there’s anything contentious about that"
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social
It's a political choice to continue the failed privatisation experiment
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
I don’t think there’s anything contentious about that"
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social
It's a political choice to continue the failed privatisation experiment
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
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Labour promised us 'the biggest wave of insourcing of public services in a generation.'
Some @unison NHS staff are seeing the exact opposite, with plans to shift them to worse contracts with a private provider.
Labour must make good on its insourcing promise and keep our #NHS public.
Some @unison NHS staff are seeing the exact opposite, with plans to shift them to worse contracts with a private provider.
Labour must make good on its insourcing promise and keep our #NHS public.
September 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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The government wants to bring back private finance in our NHS. 🤬
This would harm patients by siphoning off hundreds of millions of pounds in profits from our NHS. 🤑
Rachel Reeves and Wes Streeting, you can still drop these disastrous and unpopular plans. Share if you agree.
This would harm patients by siphoning off hundreds of millions of pounds in profits from our NHS. 🤑
Rachel Reeves and Wes Streeting, you can still drop these disastrous and unpopular plans. Share if you agree.
September 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The government wants to bring back private finance in our NHS. 🤬
This would harm patients by siphoning off hundreds of millions of pounds in profits from our NHS. 🤑
Rachel Reeves and Wes Streeting, you can still drop these disastrous and unpopular plans. Share if you agree.
This would harm patients by siphoning off hundreds of millions of pounds in profits from our NHS. 🤑
Rachel Reeves and Wes Streeting, you can still drop these disastrous and unpopular plans. Share if you agree.
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Do you agree with the Pope that the pay gaps between bosses and their workers have grown too wide?
Then sign our petition calling for maximum 10:1 pay ratios for CEOs and workers: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it...
Then sign our petition calling for maximum 10:1 pay ratios for CEOs and workers: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it...
September 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Do you agree with the Pope that the pay gaps between bosses and their workers have grown too wide?
Then sign our petition calling for maximum 10:1 pay ratios for CEOs and workers: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it...
Then sign our petition calling for maximum 10:1 pay ratios for CEOs and workers: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it...
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🚨BREAKING🚨
Private finance has been a disaster for our #NHS 🤬
Trusts still owe more than £40 billion on PFI contracts, with some hospitals spending more on PFI debt than on medicines. 🤯
Tell Wes Steeting - no new PFI in our NHS. Sign up below👇
Private finance has been a disaster for our #NHS 🤬
Trusts still owe more than £40 billion on PFI contracts, with some hospitals spending more on PFI debt than on medicines. 🤯
Tell Wes Steeting - no new PFI in our NHS. Sign up below👇
September 8, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🚨BREAKING🚨
Private finance has been a disaster for our #NHS 🤬
Trusts still owe more than £40 billion on PFI contracts, with some hospitals spending more on PFI debt than on medicines. 🤯
Tell Wes Steeting - no new PFI in our NHS. Sign up below👇
Private finance has been a disaster for our #NHS 🤬
Trusts still owe more than £40 billion on PFI contracts, with some hospitals spending more on PFI debt than on medicines. 🤯
Tell Wes Steeting - no new PFI in our NHS. Sign up below👇
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This government promised us 'the biggest wave of insourcing of public services in a generation' 🌊
Have you seen it?! We definitely haven't. 🧐
BUT now that the government are planning changes to the Procurement Act, we've got a chance to put the pressure on. 💪
Take action now. 👇
Have you seen it?! We definitely haven't. 🧐
BUT now that the government are planning changes to the Procurement Act, we've got a chance to put the pressure on. 💪
Take action now. 👇
August 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This government promised us 'the biggest wave of insourcing of public services in a generation' 🌊
Have you seen it?! We definitely haven't. 🧐
BUT now that the government are planning changes to the Procurement Act, we've got a chance to put the pressure on. 💪
Take action now. 👇
Have you seen it?! We definitely haven't. 🧐
BUT now that the government are planning changes to the Procurement Act, we've got a chance to put the pressure on. 💪
Take action now. 👇
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Just like privatised water, National Grid and co want to maximise profits ⚡️💰
SSEN wants returns up to 10%! And they want YOU to pay for it
UK is almost the only country in Europe with such a privatised grid, TAKE IT BACK
@newcivilengineer.com.web.brid.gy
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/natio...
SSEN wants returns up to 10%! And they want YOU to pay for it
UK is almost the only country in Europe with such a privatised grid, TAKE IT BACK
@newcivilengineer.com.web.brid.gy
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/natio...
National Grid and SSEN battle Ofgem over ‘insufficient’ £80bn draft settlement for transmission | New Civil Engineer
The electricity transmission grid in Great Britain is the high-voltage network of cables, pylons, overhead lines and substations which transfer vast
www.newcivilengineer.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Just like privatised water, National Grid and co want to maximise profits ⚡️💰
SSEN wants returns up to 10%! And they want YOU to pay for it
UK is almost the only country in Europe with such a privatised grid, TAKE IT BACK
@newcivilengineer.com.web.brid.gy
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/natio...
SSEN wants returns up to 10%! And they want YOU to pay for it
UK is almost the only country in Europe with such a privatised grid, TAKE IT BACK
@newcivilengineer.com.web.brid.gy
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/natio...
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This is a huge and highly consequential story in @theecologist.org
We have no idea what is being traded away to secure deals with other countries, and it turns out we are not allowed to know.
So much for democracy.
theecologist.org/2025/jul/23/...
We have no idea what is being traded away to secure deals with other countries, and it turns out we are not allowed to know.
So much for democracy.
theecologist.org/2025/jul/23/...
Brexit trade meetings remain a state secret
Secrecy maintained over the extent to which Britain is willing to abandon environmental and consumer protections to secure trade deals after Brexit.
theecologist.org
July 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
This is a huge and highly consequential story in @theecologist.org
We have no idea what is being traded away to secure deals with other countries, and it turns out we are not allowed to know.
So much for democracy.
theecologist.org/2025/jul/23/...
We have no idea what is being traded away to secure deals with other countries, and it turns out we are not allowed to know.
So much for democracy.
theecologist.org/2025/jul/23/...
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Turns out the best way to make a deal to get out of your child sex trafficking conviction is to have one of your clients get elected president.
July 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Turns out the best way to make a deal to get out of your child sex trafficking conviction is to have one of your clients get elected president.