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@chugh9673.bsky.social
Scouse, anti Tory, anti Brexit. Love culture and learning languages.🇵🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦
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I absolutely want my FoM restored. I will not vote for any party that does not intent to pursue this. news.sky.com/story/pm-ope...
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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...
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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…
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?
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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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...
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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.
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...
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Man who migrated to another country to avoid taxes says Britain's problem is migration and taxes that he doesn't pay. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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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.
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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.”
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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Dr Arday’s death was the direct result of media harassment – we’re demanding a public inquiry to prevent this from ever happening again: https://goodlaw.social/j0y2
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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.
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Private equity backed European education group eyes takeovers of UK universities. Govts created crisis. Froze fees, limits on foreign students. 40% of unis in financial distress. What will PE cut - staff, wages, research, subjects? Takeover will be funded by student loans. archive.ph/lPWC1
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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.
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Some friends thought we were overreacting when after Brexit my French husband applied for citizenship because we didn‘t trust UK governments to protect his residency rights. This Is Disgusting 👇 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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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...
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A brilliant opportunity for young people in the Liverpool City area. Please pass on to anyone who might be interested. andytaylorfoundation.org/our-work/foo...
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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...
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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...