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ALL Members of Scottish Parliament voted for Waspi women compensation. The Parliamentary Ombudsman's report recommended two remedies for the 1950s women - apology & compensation. England Govt issued apology but no compensation. Labour must reconsider. archive.ph/KhujM
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"So concerned were Reform MPs at child abuse, none turned up to the Commons debate"
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MPs second jobs are institutionalised bribery. They should be banned. Prime duty of MPs is to serve the people, not corporations or their bank accounts. Preventing MPs from selling their souls to the highest bidder is a necessary step in democratising parliament leftfootforward.org/2025/01/mps-...
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Privatisation's thirst for profit will never be quenched. It's time to take our water back Since privatisation, water companies have racked up massive debts while paying out huge sums to shareholders – and the public pay the price www.bigissue.com/opinion/wate...
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🔴‘Elon Musk’s Venal ‘Rape Genocide’ Claims About Keir Starmer and Grooming Gangs Are Absurd’ The truth is he made profound improvements to tackling crimes against women and girls while Director of Public Prosecutions, reveals a veteran barrister bylinetimes.com/2025/01/10/e...
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Kemi Badenoch tells viewers today that only the Conservatives can be trusted to negotiate trade deals which protect our farmers…so let’s take a look at those New Zealand and Australia deals they struck
CPTPP membership is going to be so “amazing” that Rishi Sunak’s government predicted it would grow the economy by a tiny 0.08% (it later emerged that even that may be an overestimate) and that was after 15 years of membership! Contrast 4% loss of GDP due to Brexit youtu.be/FR4m8rop98E?...
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US to pressure UK to import American meat in Trump trade deal. Food which doesn't meet EU standards will be imported by the UK - inc. chlorinated chicken, hormone-fed beef. Will destroy UK farming and mega carbon emissions too. Better to rejoin the EU. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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During the pandemic 17 firms supplied £119m worth of PPE that was deemed unusable in the NHS. Since the start of 2024, they’ve made £83.6m. How is this even possible? goodlawproject.org/firms-who-su...
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Private equity is a horror story for the NHS – one fifth of budget goes to it. Privatised services treat 10% of patients, 3% in 2011. 59,000 private contracts in the NHS. 30%-40% of money vanishes in profits, longer queues persist. End privatisation. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists. If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
Why have the Guardian & Observer's journalists voted overwhelming to go on strike? I've attempted to summarise our concerns, the reports so far & why a Scott Trust board meeting tomorrow is a pivotal moment for press freedom & the future of journalism. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Just another business that Elon Musk has killed. sherwood.news/business/tes...
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“Nigel Farage was left out of the line-up of political leaders who spoke at the farmers’ protest… …concerned Farage’s presence would be divisive, after Brexit resulted in trade deals with Australia and New Zealand that undercut farmers, and cuts to subsidies.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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A lot of talk again today about the need for economic growth but no mention that the OBR report the government is quoting from says Brexit is on course to cut UK trade by a staggering 15% - a huge reduction in the potential economic performance of the country at a time when every penny counts
In a significant Intervention Bank of England governor said this week that Brexit has undermined the UK economy. @skynews.com.web.brid.gy didn’t think that was important enough to raise with the Government Minister this morning. I disagree. If you do too share this report youtu.be/jvo1JM6xZqQ?...
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