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Apart from Reform and the Tories… Jenrick cannot *ever* be honest about freedom of movement. He was a Tory immigration minister who oversaw a record high in net migration and who voted Remain in 2016. His whole political career is built on scheming bullshit. www.independent.co.uk/voices/andy-...

Saves on the vet(ting) bills, I guess.

Super-rich get ‘double dividend’ from causes and costs of climate crisis. They profit from polluting industries, and through the ‘adaptation economy’. Super-rich buy govts, control means of production and think tanks. Victims pay higher prices for food, homes, relocations. Who governs?

774 partners of scandal-ridden accountancy firm EY collect £870,000 each. Average partner pay up £83,000 in a year. EY does not pay employer national insurance on profits shared by partners, worth £150,000 for every £1m of profit shared. Despite scandals, gets govt contracts.

This is how the UK Chancellor can increase the income tax personal allowance by £3,000. Must end/curtail subsidies to banks. Align tax rates on capital gains & dividends with those on wages. Inconvenience to a few, but millions will be lifted out of hardship.

Italy: A study of 771 healthcare workers previously infected with COVID-19 found 27.9% experienced Long COVID. Still had Long COVID: • 3 months: 26% • 6 months: 20% • 12 months: 16% Nurses had the highest rate (35%). Symptoms: fatigue, joint and muscle pain, memory and concentration problems.

This

Trump just threatened to withhold federal disaster relief from North Carolina if the state votes Democratic in the midterms. Let me remind you again: no president in history has politicized and weaponized natural disasters the way Trump has.

Same for Canada: "Government failures created environments in care settings in which Covid could spread like wildfire, an inquiry report says Ministers' claims of there being a "protective ring" around care homes at the start of Covid were unfounded, the report says" www.bbc.com/news/live/cm...

🇺🇸 Fast-food giants. UK rivers. One BIG pollution problem. As American fast-food giants expand across the UK, demand for cheap chicken is soaring. But behind the boom lies a growing environmental crisis... 🧵1/2. riveractionuk.com/news/big-ame... @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

There's another way of putting this: "Markets prefer fascists" www.economist.com/leaders/2026...

Farage now going on the air claiming Raheem Kassam, who called Kemi Badenoch a “Nigerian scammer”, denying he was his head of staff at UKIP, and claiming he is just “someone in America”. Soon he’ll be claiming Donald Trump is someone he just happened to meet in a lift

Trump’s closing message ahead of Tuesday’s midterms: gas and ass. Good luck, America.

Jenrick has set out how Reform would maximise our “Brexit freedoms”. And this is their list. This is the very best they can come up with. “Re-legalise imperial units” It’s truly pathetic that this is the pinnacle of their Brexit fever dream. And that anyone would still back this ruinous idiocy…

HSBC quarterly pre-tax profits surge 32% to $9.6bn (£7.14bn). Banks receive bailouts, subsidies, pay measly return to savers, hike charges, rely on the state as lender of the last resort but threaten retaliation if taxed. Must levy windfall tax.

This is just the maddest argument. These people would trap us in poverty to keep a decade old commitment, which no one ever actually made, to an electorate which no longer exists.

CEO of scandal-ridden Deloitte gets 45% pay rise to £7.1m, 1,360 jobs cut. CEO pay = 93 times median employee pay. Firm doesn't pay employer NIC on profits shared by partners, worth £150,000 for £1m profit shared. £899m shared. 108 govt contracts in 2026, worth £650m. Friends in high places.

Or.. put it another way… Dumped into the *Mild™️* dirty air soup with no protection at all. Well done. 🤡

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Please do not use blue surgical masks which leak air round the sides. Please use FFP2/3 (or N95/99) which are close-fitting and give much better protection against AIRBORNE VIRUSES.

Oh great an article about how to stay healthy when traveling… with zero mentions of wearing a mask. Public health is a joke.

Nobody is telling you the truth about immigration. Not the Left. Not the Right Britain cannot have a serious debate about immigration while its politicians are using the issue rather than addressing it northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

Private equity buys UK fertility clinics. PE already controls social care, hospitals, GP surgeries, dentistry, child fostering. Usual business model. High debt, quality of care declines, prices increase, high profits. When things go wrong, NHS has to step in, PE doesn't pay.

Corporate penetration of the NHS’: Revolving door raises concerns over ADHD review. Instead of expanding NHS capacity, govts hand contacts to private providers making vast profits. The same providers meet ministers to influence terms of reviews. More privatisations follow. Public money buys less.

Doesn’t matter how you voted if you were front and centre in a Brexit government, actively overseeing the shrinking of our economy, our influence and our opportunities, while you rolled around in the trough. We’ll be disregarding everything you now say, thanks.

Never have I seen an A&E Waiting Time as high as this. 1812 minutes 😔 Urgent care waiting times | University Hospitals #Plymouth NHS Trust share.google/w35R5hKeQ3YQ...

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I'm unemployed so I don't have a lot of money to spend on booze, what with interest rates and utility bills always going up. Plus I'm seven years sober. How about the government actually rising to the challenges we face rather than shrugging?

How concerning! bsky.app/profile/670r...

My patients are appalled - when I tell them - this is how bad it is and I share this on my phone to help them understand. They are thankful but we need to mass educate MDs to stop being complacent! pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/...

Beware of finance industry lobbying. It hired PwC (the firm that delivers dud audits) to produce a report, claiming that UK banks face highest rates of tax. The report included taxes not borne by banks. Omitted countries that levy higher rates of taxes. Integrity never gets in the way of profits.

Nigel Farage’s attack on the RNLI and co is a new low even for this bottom-feeder. He wants to prosecute anyone who saves lives of people that he doesn't like. Desperate Farage diverts attention from investigations by pledging laws that can't work. archive.ph/5UYnG/

UK energy bills could rise even more. Regulator is considering a Market Stabilization Charge to guarantee corporate profits. This would force energy companies to compensate consumers’ old suppliers for lost profits when people switch away. What would the govt do? Watch the Minister's reply.

Reform UK's Suella Braverman claims massive taxpayer-funded water bill at home equal to 18 baths a day Claim to have used 1,504 litres of water daily at her £1.2million four-bedroom pad in a five-month period. Reform have promised benefit cuts for the disabled, old, sick, poor, unfortunate.

Your weekend reminder that Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes “no fault evictions” He is not on your side youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...

When Meta’s “pervert glasses” let creeps film you in secret, it’s women who pay the price. Add your name and tell Zuckerberg to put women’s safety first ✍️ https://goodlaw.social/kgj1

Leaky Sue strikes again.

Tell Andy Burnham to block the Thames Water bailout before Thursday 29th October. Remove the licence, TAKE IT BACK Andy Burnham. Sign the petition: vist.ly/5p396

Imagine saying all this on purpose 🤐

Obama mocking Trump, "He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory" My view: Trump sees grandeur as a statement of power. Obama made the whole thing sound ridiculous in one line.

“Trump's British apologists are finally starting to calculate… their potential reward for supporting this lame duck President in the US is no longer worth the growing cost to their reputations in the UK” Too late, Farage. Too much MAGA money. Too much fawning. www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/trumps-apo...