AustenM

AustenM

@austenm.bsky.social

Moderate left socialist, hate the Tories and what they have done to our country. Believe in human rights. Lover of sport, cricket and football, casual Spurs fan and follower of Yorkshire and England cricket. austensview.com

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Vaccines work

Hannah@policyhannah.bsky.social

some Good News from the world of vaccinations 💉 "Around 50% fewer infants under 6 months were admitted to intensive care with RSV disease in England... [demonstrating] the annual impact of the NHS RSV maternal vaccination programme for the first time." www.gov.uk/government/n...

Shady dealings!!

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social

The National Crime Agency have been "unable to identify the original source" of a £1m donation to a Reform fundraising vehicle. The NCA is now "seeking help from a foreign partner" in order to identify it www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Following in the footsteps of France and Switzerland's Government who banned Palantir from Government contracts, Spain has now banned Palantir from signing ANY contracts in Spain. Lets get Palantir OUT.

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Everything broken in Britain comes from Thatcher. Filthy rivers. Ripoff electricity. Landlords. Trillions in Oil/gas stolen. No Social Housing. All Thatcher's poison.

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A new Survation poll of more than 10,000 people has found that 63% of Britons would vote to rejoin the European Union in a new referendum, with only 37% choosing to stay out.” ~Scientists for EU But Labour's dumb red lines. #RejoinEU

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The World's largest Wind Turbine 26MW. In its lifetime it will produce the same energy as burning 750,000 tons of coal. That's 44,118 truck loads. Imagine how much money you save... It's 8x cheaper than using Fossil Fuel, were you close?

What a dignified man and a sad loss in my opinion!! He has done a better job than he is given credit for and two years is not enough time to turn the country around after fourteen years of austerity!!

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To whom it may concern, I have also decided to not build nukes I wasn’t building anyway in exchange for $300 billion dollars. Direct deposit preferred. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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If the UK had a truly democratic media the scandal of damage Brexit did to Britain's economy and fact of Brexit actually causing the migrant surge would have cast Farage into political oblivion years ago meme via We Demand UK

So Farage is happy enough to travel round and canvass other constituencies, but it is too dangerous for him to work in his own constituency!! Clacton must be one scary place!!

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So, Labour tears itself apart to try to stop Farage being our next PM just as he finally faces scrutiny in a monumental corruption scandal which could… and really should…end his political career. I’d go hard on that rather than each other right now guys. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

giftarticle.ft.comFarage says £5mn gift was ‘reward’ for Brexit campaigningReform UK leader had previously claimed the money had nothing to do with politics

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👍🇬🇧👍🇬🇧👍🇬🇧👍🇬🇧 Very happy with this. Only ex PM not to take his entitled parliamentary allowance as an ex PM Truss pockets it. As does Johnson. Done great charity work since leaving office.

I am horrified, but unfortunately, not in the least bit surpised!!

Carol Hedges@riotgrandma.bsky.social

😡🇬🇧😡🇬🇧😡🇬🇧😡🇬🇧 From Threads. This is what Nigel Farage and his Hatefest politics has allowed to happen. If Keir Starmer resigns, he will *claim* it as a direct ‘result’ Of his campaigning. For that reason alone, he must stay.

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YouGov: RefUK is polling better among those who self-report paying the least attention to politics, with 35% of low-attention voters supporting the party. ☹️ No wonder the fascist tapeworm gets away with policies some of his voters disagree with. Pay attention at the back! yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

yougov.comHow would Britain vote at the start of 2026?We take a detailed look at voting intention across multiple factors, including a new socio-economic classification

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Jeez. Nigel Farage is now posting this “We now have 200,000 reasons Reform should be in government” The 200,000 illegal migrants figure Farage is using is over several years and let’s remind ourselves how we got into this mess in the first place - BREXIT When will UK news shows call this out?

Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social

Let’s call this bull**** out TOGETHER The 200,000 illegal migrants figure Farage is using is over several years and let’s remind ourselves how we got into this mess in the first place - BREXIT youtu.be/A6fCl-uOEVY?...

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I’d just like to say a big thank you to everyone who supported us in the elections. Not just the gullible fuckwits, but the ignorant morons too and all the racist bellends. Thank you all so much.

Two million airline seats cancelled due to fuel shortages, while private jets keep flying. It’s outrageous. Sign @_wearepossible’s petition to ban private jets, save fuel & protect summer holidays for families✈️🏖️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...

you.38degrees.org.ukBan private jets to save our holidays!Two million airline seats cancelled due to fuel shortages, while private jets keep flying. It’s outrageous. Sign @_wearepossible’s petition to ban private jets, save fuel & protect summer holidays...

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Making Tax Digital is a big additional burden on small businesses Here are some better tax changes: Shut down the overseas territory tax havens Abolish secret trusts where the rich hide their wealth from tax HMRC should focus on the wealthy and those who use offshore not working people

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This is absolutely brilliant 👏

David@zero-4.bsky.social

Adam Fleming: “You’re living in a place where you can face 2 years in prison & a fine of £40k if the authorities don’t like what you post on social media” Isabel Oakeshott: “I have no issue with the authorities here…” AF: “And if Starmer introduced that law?” #PoliticsLive

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Everyone is attacking the Greens today on TV because the Green Party are a threat to them, a threat to the corrupt BBC, a threat to the Establishment Party's a threat to Reform the new Establishment Party, a threat to their billionaire donors... They would rather anyone else won

Well said Mr Davey!!

Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social

Ed Davey criticises Starmer and Cooper for failing to acknowledge Trump's attack on Venezuela as a clear breach of international law Cooper response is both cowardly and disgusting

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This is big: Michelle Mone is being forced to pay back £122m after supplying poor quality protective gear to our NHS during the pandemic. But she STILL hasn't been kick out of the House of Lords. Mone has to go. Agree? Sign the petition today: 38d.gs/lrpq

38d.gsSign the petition: Michelle Mone should be removed from the House of LordsThis is big: Michelle Mone is being forced to pay back £122m after supplying poor quality protective gear to our NHS during the pandemic. But she STILL hasn't been kicked out of the House of Lords. Mo...

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Most of Lake Windermere polluted with sewage bacteria. Only 14% of England’s rivers/lakes meet good ecological standards. Water companies major culprits; over 1,135 criminal convictions, United Utilities have 205. No exec prosecuted, no licence to operate cancelled.

theguardian.comMost of Windermere polluted with sewage bacteria, finds biggest survey of its kindExclusive: Concentrations of faecal bacteria in the lake were found to peak in summer but there were high levels throughout year