The science is crystal clear - there can be no new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. Andy Burnham must stop Rosebank, stop Jackdaw and make polluters pay for the destruction they are causing.
BethU
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UK. Socialist. Called lots of other things but sticks and stones. Humanitarian. All life matters. Quite opinionated but enjoy respectful debate. UK
Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite £247m revenue, £25.3m profit. Doesn't pay much anywhere, effective global tax rate is 1.4% Shifts profits through intragroup transactions, enjoys tax breaks. UK Govt rewarding it with public contracts, enriching execs & shareholders.
Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts
Software group benefits from global systems and accounting practices ‘that enable tax to be shirked’, says union boss
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A £240m contract with the Ministry of Defence, a £330m deal with the NHS, but only £2m of tax in the UK 🤔 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/05/palantir-corporation-tax-uk-2024-accounting-practices
Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts
Software group benefits from global systems and accounting practices ‘that enable tax to be shirked’, says union boss
theguardian.com
Multinational corporations dodge $500bn tax by shifting profits to low/no tax jurisdictions. Stifle social development. Need a simple change - must pay tax where they actually create profit, instead of where they pretend to on paper. UK can collect extra $16.9bn a yr. Must check corporate abuse.
Countries to gain $500bn more tax a year under UN ‘pay-where-you-play’ plan - Tax Justice Network
UN tax convention commitment to scrap 100-year-old corporate tax approach will unleash new economic era without increasing taxes, experts say Countries can collect US$500 billion more in corporate tax...
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Couple of obvious points. Under Reform's plan to deploy the Royal Navy against small boats they would have also been required to save those on the boat. Secondly, people know they are risking their lives. That's why no amount of "deterrents" will change things. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
More than 150 migrants rescued after boat catches fire in Channel
The boat was attempting to cross to the UK when its engine caught fire, according to French authorities.
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Meanwhile, plans are afoot to close fire stations and remove six fire engines. Support the @fbunational.bsky.social and their fight to overturn this decision.
BethU@beth-u.bsky.social · yesterdayMeanwhile, plans are afoot to close fire stations and remove six fire engines. Support the @fbunational.bsky.social and their fight to overturn this decision.
"Dear Diary The launch of our scheme to use the Royal Navy to stop small boats has gone exactly to plan. It is so patently absurd that it is all anyone can talk about, providing the perfect distraction from all our dodgy financial dealings"
I'm sure public support would be welcomed. Drinks, snacks, just stop and say hello.
Fire Brigades Union@fbunational.bsky.social · 2d agoWith over 700 wildfires raging across the UK since the start of 2026, Kent FRS are proposing cuts to firefighters, stations and appliances. FBU members will rally outside Kent County Council tomorrow to demand that these proposals are scrapped.
Green Talks: Get Ready for our next online event! Join us for the second event in our new series - for this event we explore why we need wealth taxes in the UK to curb ballooning inequality, and ask whether Andy Burnham will back them as the new PM.
It was in the 2024 manifesto. Burnham just needs to get on with it.
wendyjane@wendyjane.bsky.social · 2d agoThe government has launched a consultation on guaranteed hours. Sign this petition asking them to stand firm on their pledge to tackle insecure work and ban exploitative zero-hours contracts. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
Obvious inhumanity and rampant xenophobia of Reform's policies aside for a moment. In reality this would violate a host of international laws, including related to the law of the sea and could in extreme circumstances be taken as an act of war against France. Slow clap. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform says it would use Royal Navy to stop small boats
The party's home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf says it would be the "largest military operation in the English Channel since World War Two”.
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‼️'MPs have had their stomachs pumped.' 🍺 Turns out Hannah Spencer was right when she said that Westminster's drinking culture is “unprofessional and worrying” and leads to “questionable and dangerous behaviour”. ⏳️ It's time to end Parliament's drinking culture.
Nailed It: Hammering a Nail
ALT: Nailed It: Hammering a Nail
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Liam Thorp@liamthorp.bsky.social · 3d agoAndy Burnham correctly points out in an interview that small boat crossings are massively down this year compared with last. The comments in the post are filled with people suggesting he is lying about this very clear, data-evidenced fact. It’s almost as though they don’t want it to he true…
AstraZeneca in talks with Bristol Myers Squibb on $400bn (£300bn) merger. Concentration of economic power. Bigger ability to hold people/govts to ransom. AstraZeneca CEO already threatened to withhold drugs from NHS unless it paid more. Govt capitulated. Promised UK investment didn't materialise.
AstraZeneca holds talks with Bristol Myers Squibb on $400bn merger
Tie-up would be one of the biggest-ever pharmaceutical deals and create the world’s fourth-largest drugmaker
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Wes Streeting made that decision. He is one of only two health secretaries since NICE was established to ignore their recommendations & fix some drug prices as the industry determined not in accordance with NICE whose job it is to determine what is value for money. Should be more widely known.
Almost one year ago the Scottish Government supported Green proposals to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel. The vote passed in Parliament, a historic moment. So why have Ministers not done a single thing to implement it? www.thenational.scot/news/2642085...
Israel boycott failure 'undermining Scotland solidarity with Palestine', say Greens
THE Scottish Government's failure to implement a boycott of Israel is undermining its claims of solidarity with Palestine despite ministers…
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No money except for war and weapons! No money except for the corrupt and criminal destroying UK nations and lives, no money because they won't tax the robbing, tax dodging & non-dom billionaires/millionaires and their tax dodging businesses buying labour, Tory, ReformUK etc PARASITES & their fraud!
HT4Ecosocialism@ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social · 4d agoFed up with having to repeat this but when politicians and the MSM say "there is no money” they are LYING to us. The UK is a sovereign government with its own bank. It can create as much money as it needs. No money is the excuse for unending #Austerity. #LearnMMT
Even Home Office's own analysis shows tougher measures force more people into longer, more dangerous routes and exploitation. Tackling smugglers starts with ensuring people don't have to use them. Meanwhile, Labour's own policies mean more people are forced to use them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Burnham pledges to be 'relentless' in curbing small boat crossings
The prime minister says enforcement is increased but there also need to be more safe routes into the UK.
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Worst we’ve known’: UK turns to imports as drought and heat hit vegetable crops. Food insecurity and higher prices would follow. Poor hit the hardest. Despite warnings, no plan for water shortages. Need reservoirs, water storage, better water management. Companies can't do national planning.
‘Worst we’ve known’: UK turns to imports as drought and heat hit vegetable crops
Growers in dismay after scorching weather and lack of rain affect yields, sending wholesale prices rocketing
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As the UN Secretary General says, every new fossil fuel project approved today makes tomorrow’s heatwaves more dangerous & our world less secure. I hope Andy Burnham is listening. Caving in to the fossil fuel lobby as the planet burns would be unforgivable
Burnham risks first revolt as PM over apparent support for North Sea drilling
Labour MPs fear No 10 team lack up-to-date energy insight and don’t fully recognise voters’ climate concerns
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Make no mistake, this woman is a shit-stirring idiot.
Last year, the UK Government chose trade relations with Israel over action to stop genocide. Join our call to Andy Burnham to turn words into action – and impose meaningful sanctions on Israel to stop Israel’s war crimes. act.globaljustice.org.uk/petition-tel...
Has The News Agents commented on this now they are part of the media’s ‘great noticing’? Jon spent days telling us it was perfectly normal and a long standing tradition for MPs to drink at work and caused no harm whatsoever. ‘Journalists’ may need to start reporting news not opinions
Podcasting is Praxis@praxiscast.bsky.social · 4d agoThat's weird, because a whole discourse happened where we were all told drinking was super normal and anyone asking questions was a gross communist who didn't understand? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“The more people are able to take action when the police have failed them, the more this all-too-common conduct is brought into the public eye. The more scrutiny they face, the more they’ll be forced to change.” With your support, Nina fought back – and now she’s won: https://goodlaw.social/zjlq
WIN: Police admit they failed Nina Cresswell | Good Law Project
When Nina reported a sexual assault, Northumbria Police brushed her aside. With Good Law Project’s support, she fought back and now she has won
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"Thank you to every single person who voted Green, knocked on doors, delivered those newsletters, travelled from around the country, or helped by phone banking. This campaign literally could not have happened without you." Geraldine Coggins on Greater Manchester mayoral campaign.
Andy Burnham is pitching new nuclear subs and weapons as reindustrialisation for England. The reality is they're a danger to the world, "unusable" by global consensus, and don't protect us from security threats we face right now. @greenparty.org.uk