Tim Taylor

Tim Taylor

@time5.bsky.social

Fly fisherman

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25,000 people have signed our petition calling for Andy Burnham to block the Thames Water bailout. Add your name today. 👉weownit.org.uk/StopTheBailout👈

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Left: Brexiter Alex Phillips, “say to Muslims in the UK you can't have halal slaughter, I'm not talking about kosher. When you look at Muslim abattoirs run by Muslims, there's so much cruelty, it's evil” Right: Most halal is pre-stunned, like regular meat. Does she want unstunned meat, like kosher?

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Our NHS has been hollowed out over the last few decades. Thank you @premnsikka.bsky.social The UK has 2.4 NHS beds PER 1,000 people Japan: 12.6 Germany: 7.7 Austria: 6.6 France: 5.4 OECD average: 4.2 This is why we have the disgrace of corridor care. It's time to invest and rebuild our NHS

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Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC

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Outstandingly dishonest even by Nigel Farage's standards. Farage knows that the men arrested at Fairford would not have been released if they were still suspected to be terrorists. He's stirring up fear, hatred & resentment against both immigrants & the police. Pure malice.

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Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.

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Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the UK population. The govt can do so immediately by increasing income tax-free personal allowance by £3,000. All it needs to do is to end subsidies to commercial banks.

leftfootforward.orgThis is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardshipSustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population

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Swathes of UK economy are owned by foreign investors. No tax is deducted from billions paid to them in dividends. USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden have a dividend withholding tax for foreign investors. UK could do the same, generate billions. Why are super-rich privileged?

leftfootforward.orgHere’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millionsPrem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...

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Right-wing press and ideologues will have you believe that the UK is the most heavily taxed place. They promise the impossible, European/Scandinavian levels of social security with American levels of taxation. This graph puts things in perspective.

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Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum. Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.

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BIG NEWS for any pedestrians fuming at e-bike riders Lime have permanently banned a rider caught cycling on the pavement. City of London police says:

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In 2024-25 HMRC failed to collect £59.2bn of tax; £500bn since 2010. £12.8bn lost through profit shifting by multinational corporations. Promoters of a business rates avoidance scheme boasted that they have deprived local councils of £500m. Billions can be raised by ending abuses.

leftfootforward.orgHere’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millionsPrem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...

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England's water companies have nearly 1,200 criminal convictions. Fines announced, quietly deferred/waived. No exec prosecuted. Regulator can ban exec bonuses. Companies reclassify exec bonuses as “retention payments” and “signing-on fees”. No action taken No end to abuses. Nationalise water.

leftfootforward.orgThe case for nationalisation of water companiesEngland’s privatised water companies are leaders of predatory practices. In 1989, the industry was privatised for £7.6bn and had no debts. It joined Chile and a few US states&...

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I wonder if this guy is related to "Boris Johnson" who introduced "voter id" as Prime Minister in 2023 ... off the back of some crazy US conspiracy theories ... and in the process, made digital ID pretty much inevitable.

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How difficult would it be to take Thames Water into public ownership? Here is how to do it in 3 easy steps, according to the Financial Times.

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Least of issues I know but this "veteran" campaign strategy really winds me up. Kenyon isn't a veteran and was never mobilised. He was in the British Army Reserve. People like my father meanwhile fought in actual wars - and though my dad also served as a councillor he'd never ever mention it.

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To paraphrase Mark Twain- -“True patriotism is supporting your country all the time & your government when they deserve it.”

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OK forget about what I said yesterday - THIS is the absolute worst picture of Trump ever taken. So for fuck’s sake, out of basic human decency, do not retweet it and accidentally expose more people to it. Fuckface would be devastated.

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Left: Reform UK's Zia Yusuf on #BBCQT "The levels of antisemitism now are intolerable" Right: Peter Ettedgui a former Jewish schoolmate, "Nigel Farage would regularly come up to me and say Hitler was right"

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In case you missed it, @desmog.com produced a map last week tracking the ties – including funding relationships – between Reform and Viktor Orbán's regime, based on our years of following this network. Check it out 👇

DeSmog@desmog.com

🔴 MAPPED: The Reform-Orbán Network Ahead of elections in both countries, DeSmog has catalogued the connections between Hungary’s autocratic government and Farage’s operation. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social

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2026: Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch criticises Keir Starmer, "Every time he negotiates Britain loses" 2022: Former Conservative Secretary of State George Eustice, "The Australia trade deal is not a good deal for the UK. UK gave away far too much for far too little in return"

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At the Spring Forecast the Chancellor promised that families would be £1,000 better off by the end of the Parliament. That's true... but two-thirds of that uplift has already taken place. Ruth Curtice explained on our recent podcast 👇

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I get why Matt posts this nonsense every day, outrage pays. None of this is on the current government. Open borders? Brexit. Soft-on-crime chaos? Tories. Highest taxes since the 1940s? Tories. Shafted pensioners? Tories. Farmers driven to despair? Brexit. Hotels for migrants? Brexit + Tory failure.

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There is also an email to Jeffrey Epstein about the sale of a London Flat by Candy and Candy LTD, Nick Candy's company. Did Reform's second biggest donor, and their party treasurer make money from Epstein?

BREAKING 🚨 Email to Nick Candy (Treasurer of Reform UK): 'Ghisaline was very disappointed that you didn't tell her you were coming into town!' Anything to say Reform UK?

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England's water companies have 1,200 criminal convictions. They lose a trillion litres of water to leaky pipes. Dump sewage in rivers for 4m hours. Customers fleeced. None has its licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Corporate fines are not collected Whatever happened to democracy, rule of law?

leftfootforward.orgPublic ownership of water is the only way to deliver security, efficiency, investment and value for money37 years of privatisation has been a disaster

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£18 - hourly rate for a resident doctor after the 29% rise £24 - hourly rate for a physicians assistant If you're ok with assistants earning more than actual doctors, congratulations, you've fallen for Streeting and Starmer's attack on the people who will keep you safe when you fall ill, doctors

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UK Covid-19 Inquiry says govt response to the pandemic in March 2020 was "too little, too late" Imposing lockdown a week earlier could have saved 23,000 lives in England In 2016 govt knew the NHS couldn't cope with a flu epidemic but had no plan. What did austerity do?

theguardian.com‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid responseReport on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10

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🚨 BREAKING: Kent County Council is hurtling towards financial oblivion under Reform. A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶

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Yorkshire Water flouted director pay rules, secretly handed £660k bonus through offshore parent company. Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet. Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced. Let customers vote on exec pay. archive.ph/9rYlp

yorkshirepost.co.ukOfwat says off-shore payments to Yorkshire Water boss do not flout bonus banCampaigners have slammed Ofwat after the water regulator found that the undisclosed off-shore payment of £660,000 to Yorkshire Water boss Nicola Shaw did not flout the Government’s bonus ban rule.

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