TimC

TimC

@tim8061.bsky.social

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Ryanair charges you €75 if your bag is oversized it pays its staff just €1.30 for each bag they catch. If it happens to you I recommend you find a couple of Euros, and say, "Look it does fit."

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Are you happy that the Canadian, Qatari and Saudia Arabian owners of Thames Water are using their £19bn debt to move £3bn a year straight out of the UK into their tax havens without paying any tax? It is literally your money being stolen from you to fund foreign billionaires.

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2024: Nigel Farage tells the people of Clacton that he will fight for them 2025: The TUC interview Clacton voters and point out that Nigel Farage voted against the Employment Rights Bill going through parliament, they were not impressed

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‘A tiny cabal of men and women control almost all of newspaper coverage.’ ‘The population is being groomed.’ @mrjamesob.bsky.social hits out at Rupert Murdoch’s influence over UK media.

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Wealth of world’s billionaires grew by $2tn in 2024, with UK leading the way in G7! Number of billionaires rose by 204 to 2,769.Their wealth jumped from $13tn to $15tn – the second-largest annual increase since records began. TAX THE SUPER RICH www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...

theguardian.comWealth of world’s billionaires grew by $2tn in 2024, report findsRate of wealth growth last year was three times faster than 2023, Oxfam inequality research reveals

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If you care about the future of the NHS & you see this on Boxing Day, please could you share this? If we want privatisation to be removed from the NHS, NHS campaigners like me have a *lot* of work to do next year and…I’d just like to see if people care enough about this for our campaigning to work…

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It literally falls from the sky for free. Everyone needs it. Only a handful of businesses are allowed to sell it. All they have to do is clean it and put it through the right SMEGGING pipe. ...and yet... BBC News - Water boss defends 41% price rise and £371k bonus www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.comYorkshire Water boss defends 41% price rise and £371k bonusNicola Shaw says the six-figure bonus was to "incentivise" her and would be paid by shareholders.

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1/ GEOPOLITICS AND THE WORLD’S RICHEST MAN: The world has never seen power quite like Elon Musk’s. It’s not just about money or technology – it’s about controlling the infrastructure that broken democratic governments now depend on. Here’s how it works:

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King Charles who loves killing foxes, birds, and badgers has been made Patron of the RSPCA. King Charles used his power to block a ban on Fox Hunting and to make sure it is the joke ban we currently have. RT if the RSPCA should remove him.

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In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services. Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt. While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant per person of £10tn. That's how privatisation 'works'.

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Good morning, just making sure you know the CEO of Meta, which owns Threads, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and more, just donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund. This after he went to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring. Carry on…

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Afghan women decry ‘complete abolishment’ from society after Taliban bars them from nursing, midwifery training: Learning medical skills in midwifery and nursing was the only form of higher education left for women in Afghanistan since the Taliban’s Islamist regime took power in 2021

theglobeandmail.comAfghan women decry ‘complete abolishment’ from society after Taliban bars them from nursing, midwifery trainingLearning medical skills in midwifery and nursing was the only form of higher education left for women in Afghanistan since the Taliban’s Islamist regime took power in 2021

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Severn Trent Water six month pre-tax profit up from £71m to £192m. CEO got £3.2m, company fined £2m for dumping 260m litres of sewage. Long-term debt £12bn. Dividend up from 46.74p per share to 48.68p. It wants a 50% price rise in customer bills. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

theguardian.comSevern Trent’s profits triple as it fails drinking water safety testHalf-year profits of £192m come despite being ‘in penalty’ over quality

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president tries to seize power in south korea? significant resistance. president tries to seize power in brazil? president is arrested and banned from running again. president tries to seize power in america? the courts grant him total immunity and the voters reelect him with an allied congress

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In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services. Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt. While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant per person of £10tn. That's how privatisation 'works'.

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Czech Billionaire Daniel Křetínský is taking over Royal Mail for £3.5bn. His first step is to halve mail deliveries which will save £300m by getting rid of staff. Prices will go up, employee's down, services down. And every penny in profit goes to his tax haven accounts.