Luke

Luke

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Essential services should not be run for profit.

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social

Thousands left without water in the middle of winter in the UK. And those same people are now facing a massive bill hike. Privatised water is a scam. I've written to the Prime Minister asking why he won't end this rip off and bring failing South East Water into public hands.

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Obama, "Iran didn't have nuclear weapons, because I put a deal in place that kept Iran from getting nukes, and I didn't have to fire a missile"

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I told all my friends that I wanted to be a stand up comedian, and they all laughed at me. But then last night they all came along to my first ever show, and I’ll tell something, they’re not laughing anymore!

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For non-soccer fans: this scandal is basically a microcosm of what is going on everywhere re: the ultra-wealthy doing whatever they want because they can. Man City cheated like hell. But here is the prime minister implying they’re just too valuable to the UK to hold to account. It sucks

theguardian.comAndy Burnham admits to ‘concern’ if Manchester City lose their owners after guilty verdictsThe primer minister said: ‘City have been a huge partner in building modern Manchester,’ while the Independent Football Regulator said it is monitoring the case

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I'm seeing a lot of videos at the moment showing positive communal events, with crowds singing, celebrating and enjoying life together. I've a feeling this isn't just a coincidence, but the start of an organic counter-reaction against the negative division that's been driving us apart for 10+ years.

"The first thing you can do for me is to chuck all your medals and all your caps and all your pots and all your pans into the biggest fucking dustbin you can find, because you've never won any of them fairly. You've done it all by bloody cheating."

Scientists estimate that the sun will run out of its core hydrogen fuel in about 5 billion years. This means that HS2 is going to have to be finished in the dark.

“But if I'm right, and we can stop this thing... Lenny, you will have saved the lives of millions of registered voters…”