ClaireH

ClaireH

@chugh9673.bsky.social

Scouse, anti Tory, anti Brexit. Love culture and learning languages.🇵🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦

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Very impressive that he's talking about this.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social

Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he wants a more 'honest conversation' about freedom of movement, suggesting it could work better than post-Brexit immigration has. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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Britons should use money we haven't got to buy food the country doesn't grow, store it in homes that don't exist, in spare rooms that got taxed away, so we can survive when reservoirs nobody built run dry because of a climate the govt won't protect. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.comEvery Briton should stockpile water and food supplies, government advisesBe Ready campaign aims to prepare UK for impact of climate crisis, technological dependency and threats by hostile state

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It’s not a war on the west at all - this is what happens when you ignore young people and treat them with contempt like pretty much every government is doing all the time!

Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social

The apparent eagerness in the media for this to spread elsewhere and especially here is strange and noticeable

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Perhaps it didn’t make the news in your media. Yesterday, russia damaged the Book Chamber of Ukraine in Kyiv. It holds 15+ million books, newspapers, magazines and maps published in Ukraine since 1917. The collections are now at risk from moisture. Windows in the storage areas were blown out.

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I really think that MPs in the UK Parliament should be required to live full time in the UK and pay UK taxes so that they have a vested interest in which laws they are passing.

Best for Britain@bestforbritain.org

mic drop 👏

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I was on the telly.

GylesNaMopaleen@gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social

This is quite extraordinary. I don't think I have heard a more coherent, articulate and accurate deconstruction & demolition of Nigel Farage's ReformUK, Tory & Restore policy than this. In under 85 seconds! @rafaelbehr.bsky.social is on here folks and worth a follow.

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Privatisation in a nutshell: 1) Steal from us something we own. 2) Sell us back an inferior service 3) Charge us a higher price. The pattern is the same everywhere: royal mail, water, railways, the NHS, public services, council services…

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social

Failures of privatisation. Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs Foreign-owned RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets even after regulator lowered them. Postage: 1st class, £1.80, 2nd class 91p. When privatized in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p. Poor service at triple price. Customers fleeced.

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It’s absolutely APPALLING to talk about young people not expecting a pension! This is an absolute disgrace. I hope this MP loses her seat. What kind of country is she advocating?

Vikki Slade MP@vikkislademp.bsky.social

Most millennials don’t think there will be a state pension when they retire so this isn’t being done with them in mind Pensioners will gain more from free social care than a linking rise of state pension to earnings Proud of triple lock in coalition but we must plan for future not venerate the past

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A second Brexit referendum is a truly stupid idea. Straight to rejoin. No fucking about. There’s no logical argument, economic or otherwise, for not rejoining. The British electorate has proven that they don’t have a clue and are easily duped by disinformation campaigns and foreign interference.

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In their gathering of ‘evidence’ I hope they include the social and human costs of Brexit. It is vital that this often forgotten area is acknowledged and included. If I had a Labour MP I would be emailing them. @andyburnham.bsky.social @stellacreasy.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.comNo 10 gathering evidence on public support for UK rejoining EUSenior Downing Street officials reach out to thinktanks and pollsters as they look to test backing for reversing Brexit

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This is a horrifying truth. Unless you're fortunate enough to be in the richest few percent, if you're under 40 you have spent your entire working life in a kind of personal recession.

dragon-cheval.bsky.social@dragon-cheval.bsky.social

Somehow in that time the rich have grown massively richer (the only true beneficiaries of any ‘growth’) and everyone else has either stood still or declined (even people who progressed in their careers since then are prob worse off than they would otherwise have been)

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Being grotesquely rich doesn't mean you're good at anything except taking money off other people and hoarding it. And by definition, that skill cannot work for more than 1 in a million of us. So why the hell do expect wisdom or useful policy from these ghouls? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

theguardian.comManchester United Muslim fans group calls on co-owner Jim Ratcliffe to quitSupporters’ club says billionaire should stand down after ‘completely unacceptable’ comments on the UK and empire

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Man who supported Brexit then fucked off to Monaco to avoid contributing a penny of his £15 billion fortune to public services makes the mistake of thinking anyone gives a shit what he thinks.

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This map is very important. Keep it to show the people that voted for “sovrinty”

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🚨 Neil Kinnock endorses Best for Britain's latest research, which found that an EU membership manifesto pledge is vital for Labour's chances at the next election. "Lord Kinnock has urged Andy Burnham to put the case for Britain rejoining the European Union in Labour’s next election manifesto."

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What neoliberalism did to the UK. 25.3m people, including 14.9m working adults and 7.7m children, live below minimum income standard. Richest 1% has more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 families hold more wealth than 34m people. Can't grow economy on mass poverty.

leftfootforward.orgHere’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millionsPrem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...

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I can't remember a clearer smoking gun than that Channel 4 News footage. Nigel Farage and his senior aides all filmed discussing apparent plans to break the law by funnelling foreign money into British politics, plans which at least partly went ahead. A criminal investigation surely must follow

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To make this country better, liveable and affordable again, we need to rejoin the EU asap. No more red lines, no more bullshit lies, no more, let's try a thousands things, no more ignoring the elephant in the room, no more delaying. Just do it @andyburnham.bsky.social

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“Some people have suggested this is the press’s “Milly Dowler moment”, [when] murdered schoolgirl’s phone had been hacked and sparked a public inquiry. But she was already dead. This is so much worse. Jason Arday was alive. And maybe he still would be. If it wasn’t for us.”

Carole Cadwalladr@carolecadwalla.bsky.social

NEW: I can't get this story out of my head. And I know I'm not alone. The attempt to cover up the complicity of the UK media's role in Jason Arday's death may be its sickest move yet. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-jason-...

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In 1987 the poet Benjamin Zephaniah was considered for a visiting fellowship at Cambridge. Here's how Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper approached that particular story.

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"Data centres already use 6.6 million litres of water in the UK daily. Labour is seeking to triple the number of data centres by 2030. This would lead to an increase to 19.8 million litres a day [affecting fish, amphibians, birds and mammals - all wildlife]" via Mike Hall

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⬆️ Sky-high house prices, crippling student debt, a shrinking job market - it isn't easy for younger generations. ✈️ That is why a youth experience scheme between the UK and EU will be so important to improve their opportunities to live and work abroad.

theguardian.comGen Z and millennials have it far worse than my generation. Here's why | OpinionThe social contract between the younger and older generation has been broken, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee, wit

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Don't let them! "Google plans to concrete over land at Arena Essex Raceway, which hosts 530 invertebrate species and has Local Wildlife Site status. Spread across 128 acres, the data centre is expected to emit more than half a million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year" via Protect the Wild

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England councils sold 14,275 social homes in the year to March 2026, a 90% increase. Average receipt £112,900 3,452 replacement homes funded. Over 2m sold since the 1980s. Many sold to private landlords, many to councils at a profit. 1.3m waiting list for social homes.

mortgagestrategy.co.ukHomes sold under Right to Buy rise by 90%: MoneyfactsLocal authorities reported that 14,275 council homes were sold under the Right to Buy scheme in England during 2025/25, a rise of 90% compared to 2024/25,

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Please Read🧵 The world is facing massive, genuine structural crises, but social media algorithms are explicitly designed to warp those crises into a psychological trap of total hopelessness. We are seeing the real-world math of a broken system,

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Replying to @fascinatorfun.bsky.social

If we could have back what Farage has cost us all with his Brexit, his racist riots, his useless councils, his rule-breaking and his by-election tantrum… there’d probably be enough money for free dental care for the whole country.

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Analaysis of NHS data by the Lib Dems reveals it would cost £263,000 to ensure children in Clacton who have not had a dental check-up get one - around the same as the cost of Farage's by-election 'circus' But, for Farage “It’s all about ME. ME. ME” apple.news/AHPpi_2gBQki...

apple.newsNigel Farage's costly stunt could have paid for thousands of kids to see dentist — The MirrorEXCLUSIVE: Analaysis of NHS data by the Lib Dems reveals it would cost £263,000 to ensure children in Clacton who have not had a dental check-up get one - around the same as the cost of Farage's by-el...

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Reality doesn’t care about political talking points. This isn’t because Spain and France forgot to rake the forest. This is climate change, plain and simple, and it’s only going to get worse. 🚨 Nearly 200,000 people are running for their lives from out-of-control wildfires.

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A new government sets its direction early. I've just signed European Movement UK's petition asking Andy Burnham to drop the red lines on Europe and set out a real plan for the UK's European future. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/5_asks_for_a...

europeanmovement.co.ukOur 5 Asks for Andy BurnhamAndy Burnham must seize the moment to build a bold, forward-looking agenda for his administration to lead the UK towards a new European future.

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Microsoft is planning to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire & become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

you.38degrees.org.ukStop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!Microsoft wants to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.