Guy Eaton

Guy Eaton

@guyeaton.bsky.social

Director @ http://rubbaglove.co.uk, creative marketing and advertising.

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Yeah, sounds so simple from where you are sat, but you don’t live in Donbas region do you?

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Marco Rubio: That war, while people keep talking about it as a war in Ukraine, that war is about Donbas. It's about one region of the country. At its core, it's about 11% of one part of that country that Russia wants and cannot take militarily, and that Ukraine is unwilling to give up.

BBC captured by conservative right and burnham seems happy with that, or is something they have on him, stoping him from making a correction?

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social

Kent Anti-Racism network organised a counter-protest today to register local disapproval of a smaller v ugly Herne Bay march by the maximally racist "Kent Nationalist Movement" who shouted "England for the White Man" and "Remigration Save Our Nation" into a loudhailer www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Where is this money coming from? NHS funding cut, Defence spending cuts, Education cuts and tax threshold freeze etc…

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social

Corporate Welfare Rolls-Royce closing in on £200m govt subsidy to fund development of new engine. Free money. No means-testing. Govt not taking equity stake, money not repayable. RR had operating profit of £3.5bn in 2024-25, will hand up to £9bn to shareholders over next 3 years. archive.ph/r18wm

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UK Chancellor announces £2bn Energy Wealth Fund after Jackdaw gas project. PR gesture. UK squandered North Sea wealth in tax cuts for corporations and the rich. Norway didn't, has $2.4 trillion sovereign fund. UK govts fight class wars, long-term neglected.

bbc.co.ukThe 'trillion pound' oil fund the government believes Britain could have builtFor the first time, the Treasury calculates how much the UK could have raised by investing North Sea proceeds.

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Everything for sale. Australia investors buy 19 UK ports, previously owned by investors from Canada, Singapore, Kuwait. City of London prefers speculation. Profits will be exported. Unlike many other countries, UK doesn't levy tax on dividends paid to foreign investors. archive.ph/oYm8k

ft.comUK’s biggest port operator valued at over £10bn in Australian fund purchaseInfrastructure giant IFM Investors buys majority stake in Associated British Ports from Canadian pension funds

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UK law requires companies to pay dividends from realized profits, must maintain capital. Law is poorly enforced. Water companies flout it. Carillon abused it. Now Govt proposes that dividends can be paid without capital maintenance. Madness to appease corporations.

gov.ukModernising corporate reportingWe are seeking views on how the corporate reporting framework in the UK could be modernised to better meet the needs of companies, investors and the wider economy.

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Banking lobby pushes misleading numbers on tax. Claims UK banks paid £47.8bn in tax; includes PAYE, NIC, VAT paid by other parties; that leaves £25.7bn borne by banks. Silence on profiteering, £100bn subsidy over last 3 years via interest on central bank reserves. Banking frauds buried - HBOS.

ukfinance.org.ukUK Finance publishes 2026 banking sector tax reportRead the latest news and insights from UK Finance: UK Finance publishes 2026 banking sector tax report

I’ve co-signed @labourlewis.bsky.social’s letter to Andy Burnham calling for public ownership of water. We already have ‘public control’. It's failed. £85bn+ extracted by shareholders, sewage in our rivers, bills going up. We need public ownership. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...

actionnetwork.orgLabour MPs to the Prime Minister: it's time to own our waterI’ve just added my name to Clive Lewis MP’s open letter to Prime Minister Andy Burnham, calling for our water to be brought back into public hands. Private water companies have extracted billions whi...

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UK ‘wealth exodus’ was manufactured by the press. The press complaints body IPSO must investigate or step aside. The story started with one study which now admits it has no evidence. Media owned by corporations and the super rich lapped it up, served their economic interest, ideological purpose.

taxjustice.netThe ‘wealth exodus’ was manufactured by the press. The press complaints body IPSO must investigate or step aside. - Tax Justice NetworkTL;DR Since 2024 about 30 news articles a day have been published around the world about an exodus of millionaires and billionaires fleeing taxes. ……………………….. The UK, we’re told, has had the worst of ...

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Dreadful decision. The oil companies lied and lied about global warming. They knew what would happen but put profits first. This will not reduce your energy bills but will increase Shell’s profits. The plutocrats have won. Vote Green when you can like your life depends on it - because it does.

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social

Today's decision by Labour to approve new drilling in the North Sea is climate vandalism. It's a betrayal of all of our futures, and Labour has abandoned all credibility in the fight against climate change. This is a victory for Shell over the people. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...

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Stand up comedian in training…

The Ukrainian Review@theukrainianreview.bsky.social

🇺🇸👀 US VP Vance: "Yes, Washington is a city riddled with corruption, but I have not seen any evidence that Trump is involved in that corruption. You can criticize our policies and our decisions all you want, but I have never seen any evidence that Trump has enriched himself through it."

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ChrisO_wiki@chriso-wiki.bsky.social

1/ The Musk-Trump decision to degrade Ukraine's Starlink access as a pressure tactic is a disaster not just for the United States' reputation but for the entire US defence industry. Musk's action may end up burning the whole industry. ⬇️

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😡😡It is offensive that Thames Water could be bailed out and then allowed to hike our water bills AGAIN, beyond the 36% average hike by 2030 already approved @cathobbs.bsky.social.bsky.social has written to the government to block the bill hike and take water into public ownership vist.ly/5nte6

weownit.org.ukBlock water bill hikes and bring insolvent Thames Water into public ownership, open letter demandsWe Own It director, Cat Hobbs, has today written to the government and water regulator, Ofwat, calling for water bill hikes to be BLOCKED and for Thames Water to be brought into public hands...

Zuck doesn’t give a F - it’s just greed!

Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social

“Lula’s Workers’ Party alleges Meta blocked paid promotions and disabled its advertising account on Instagram and Facebook. *** Internal PT data shows Bolsonaro’s page averaged 2.96 times more engagement despite having 17.2% fewer followers than Lula’s.” Meta blames “technical issues” 10/12/26 …1/

State of the States today- don’t think we can lean on them for support without paying through the nose for it now!

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social

🇺🇸‼️🇺🇦 The U.S. may have deliberately withheld early warnings of Russian missile strikes on Ukraine that killed six people and left 600,000 without power, - CBS News U.S. officials blamed bad weather, but Ukrainian officials disputed the explanation.

Suppliers want to keep profits at taxpayers expense while not paying more tax🤔

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social

Energy suppliers urge UK govt to help households struggling with energy bills. Silence on cutting profit margins, windfall taxes on excessive profits. Household energy debt heading to £7bn. 120,000 a year die in fuel poverty. We can't afford privatisation and resulting profiteering.

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Rachel Millward calls for the re-nationalisation of water without compensation as water companies are insolvent and we ought to own our crucial water infrastructure.

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@greenparty.org.uk "Environmental campaigners and Zack Polanski have both separately written to Andy Burnham and the foreign secretary to raise concerns about Rosebank's links to an Israeli company, Delek Group." Vote Green on October 8th and help Stop Rosebank. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukBurnham warned Rosebank oil field could breach West Bank sanctionsCampaigners and Green Party leader Zack Polanski raise concerns about Rosebank's ties to an Israeli firm.

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UK politics funded by billionaires, mega-donations surge as the rich buy power. £179m donated by wealthy individuals since 2019. A cap at £100,000 or £500,000 won't do. Only the rich can enter political auctions Can't end political corruption without ending donations.

theguardian.comUK politics increasingly funded by billionaires as mega-donations surgeExclusive: A total £179m has been donated by wealthy individuals since 2019, research reveals

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This is such a powerful speech from Chris Hinchliff There are many reasons why we must bring our water into public ownership. NATIONAL SECURITY and DEMOCRACY are not mentioned enough

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Why does the BBC have as one of its lead news stories this morning another Britain-hating interview with Jim 'the UK has been colonised by immigrants' Ratcliffe? What public interest is this serving?

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Billionaire Brexiteeer and Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK. Lives in Monaco to avoid UK taxes, owns several luxury properties. Demands state subsidies, including for building a Man U stadium. Why do billionaires resent people getting decent NHS, social care, public services?

bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

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We loved this so much we just had to put English subtitles on it, apologies to the French speakers for our translation. But this is what it would look like here in the UK if Farage or Lowe or another of their ilk got their own way.

FAIL- US Ambassador tries to deflect attention from Trump’s idiotic attack on Iran and the global consequences for oil prices

Savchenko Volodymyr@savchenkoua.bsky.social

🇺🇸🇺🇦 U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker: Taking capacity out of the global energy markets, like what happened as Ukrainians strike Russia, has put pressure on diesel and oil generally. That war needs to end.

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Trump promised $5,000 stimulus checks from DOGE cuts. You got 0. Trump promised $2,000 stimulus checks from tariffs. You got 0. Trump promised $1,000 checks from Obamacare cuts. You got 0. Trump promised $1.98 gas. You got $4+. Trump now has more promises for you.

When will Burnham take proper action like he said he would?

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social

United Utilities fined £964,225, pleads guilty to dumping raw sewage in seas. Crimes date back to 2023. Fined at least 223 times since 2010, paid £8m. Still committing crimes, bosses rewarded but none prosecuted, shareholders enriched. Revoke its licence. Nationalise water.

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Tomorrow night, Channel 4 Dispatches airs the findings of a year-long investigation into Tommy Robinson’s finances. Watch it. Then come back here. We’ve got more to show you.

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🚨 THIS IS BAD! 🚨 Palantir’s stated goal is to disrupt democracy by getting control of the systems in the name of technofascism. Their MO is wedging people into positions of power then shoehorning themselves into critical infrastructure. Now they control the grid. www.ft.com/content/f6a2...

ft.comBritain’s grid operator gave Palantir contract without inviting rival bidsNeso cited a legal exemption that removes the requirement to consider other suppliers if dependencies leave no alternative

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📉 Between 2022 and 2024, Brexit cost the British creative industry over £200 million and over 2,000 jobs. 🌍 Britain's ability to project its culture abroad is weakened, our hugely talented musicians held back, and for what? 🇪🇺 We must seek EU membership to regain the opportunities we have lost.

ukmusic.orgGovernment Must Find Practical Solutions to EU Touring Barriers says UK Music Chief, as Report Finds Brexit Red Tape Costs UK Touring Sector £208m02.09.2026: New research from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), underpinned by PRS for Music

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This summer Britain burnt. 3000 people died from the heat. Yet this Government is drilling for more gas, despite scientist warnings & it won't make a difference to bills in the UK. We need to double down on renewables, not bend to the wishes of fossil fuel bosses. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukJackdaw gas field set to be approved as soon as mid-September, sources sayThe government is set to give the go-ahead for the gas field off the coast of Aberdeen, the BBC understands.

Surprise!

Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:

A great hope, already less.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

It is always the same betrayal: the public interest is sacrificed for the sake of immensely wealthy people. And Andy Burnham has already gone and done it. My column on how Burnham needs to defy the ultra-rich if he's not to follow Starmer out of the door. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Iceland is not in the EU, but it is a member of the Schengen area. It’s also a member of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and is part of the Single Market, meaning it enjoys freedom of movement with the EU. Good to know that doesn’t impact their independence. Maybe we should try it, Nige.

Yep, who is in charge of our country?

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social

Why are Labour dragging their heels and not acting to end rip off Britain? They could announce a windfall tax now but are clearly afraid of something.