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This is pure extraction of wealth from one group of people to another We urgently need: Windfall tax on oil giants Windfall tax on banks Both are creaming money off us during a cost of living crisis Even Thatcher had the balls to tax the banks Will you @andyburnham?
Happy birthday to an actual President, Barack Obama. 💙
Kemi Badenoch said that a former neo-Nazi who is standing for the Tories in Somerset is 'fighting for Jewish people'
Kemi Badenoch squirms in car-crash interview over the former neo-Nazi who’s standing as a Tory candidate
Badenoch said the former neo-Nazi is 'fighting for Jewish people'
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I've signed this petition calling for all workers to be protected from insecure contracts like zero-hours. Ministers are running a consultation on this right now. Can you add your name before the deadline? www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stamp out zero-hours contracts: protect all workers from exploitation
The 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.
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BP quarterly profits up from $2.5bn to $5.73bn as Iran war sends oil prices soaring. Shell doubled its net profit to almost $10bn. High bills fuelling poverty and misery for households and businesses. Boon for execs and shareholders. Must levy 100% windfall tax on oil, gas, energy companies.
BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices soaring
Energy company’s $5.73bn quarterly profits come after Shell posted second highest quarterly earnings on record
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The picture on the front of Reform's policy is of HMS Ocean on the River Thames in 2012. It was sold by to the Brazilian navy in 2018. Turns out you can judge a book by its cover.
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election. Convictions for assaulting police officer, burglary of a police station, malicious communications, anti-semitism, racially aggravated harassment, harrasing MPs. Tories chasing Reform vote.
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP
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NEW: Sir Jonathon Porritt, arrested under Terrorism law outside Westminster Magistrates Court. As police escorted him away he said "I am a supporter of Palestine Action, trying to save lives is not terrorism, exposing this Governments complicity in genocide is not terrorism." www.wedonotcomply.org
Court upholds CMA findings that Auden Mckenzie and Actavis UK charged excessive/unfair prices for NHS-funded drugs Prices for hydrocortisone tablets rose from less than £1 to £70+ per pack, did not reflect any increase in costs or investment. They bought off competition. No execs penalised
Court upholds CMA findings that firms charged excessive and unfair prices for lifesaving NHS-funded medicine
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that firms broke the law by charging excessive and unfair prices for hydrocortisone tablets over a decade.
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Things aren't looking good for Nigel...
Nigel Farage loses in head-to-head polling with Burnham, Badenoch, Davey and Polanski
It’s going from bad to worse for Reform UK leader Nigel Farage after a poll found that he loses in head-to-head polling against every other major party leader, when the public are asked who would
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Great news … the ban can still be overturned if the appeal is successful. #Palestine-action #Palestine #ban #UK #appeal
The individual in question is perceived as a detrimental figure to the American populace and should be removed from office promptly through appropriate measures.
LBC's James O'Brien has exposed the hypocrisy of Reform accusing Zack Polanski of inciting murder while treating Lucy Connolly like "a folk hero" leftfootforward.org/2026/07/jame...
James O’Brien exposes hypocrisy of Reform accusing Zack Polanski of inciting murder over Instagram post
He pointed out that Reform has treated Lucy Connolly like ‘a folk hero’, despite her having incited racial hatred and violence
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Alarm at NHS England as patient records put under control of US private equity firm TPG via a takeover. Business model is profiteering, not care for patients. Regulatory/Govt silence on expansion of private equity. Public money fuelling PE growth.
Alarm at NHS patient records being put under control of US private equity firm
Doctors and MPs urge more scrutiny of £300m deal for company behind system used by most GPs in England
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Nigel Farage spotted out campaigning in Clacton with disgraced Reform Nazi salute candidate leftfootforward.org/2026/07/nige...
Nigel Farage seen campaigning with disgraced Reform Nazi salute candidate
Corey Edwards was pictured with Farage and other campaigners in a pub beer garden in Clacton
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This is Israel’s deliberate policy of ongoing Nakba. To maintain business as usual with the genocidal state of Israel or any of its complicit companies and institutions is to be complicit too. We need you to channel your rage, frustration, and grief into effective, strategic BDS action now.
The UN on Monday expressed grave concern over Israeli plans to accelerate the legalization of outposts and establish new ones in the occupied West Bank. Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260727-un-...
CEO of Anglian Water, England's worst-polluting water company, handed extra £1.3m despite govt ban on bonuses for failing firms. Companies circumvent rules to reward execs for dumping sewage, fleecing customers, neglecting investment. Govt/Ofwat do nothing.
England's most prolific polluters hand water boss extra £1.3m - despite ban on bonuses | LBC
Last year, the government delivered new legislation to prevent underperforming water companies from offering bonus payments to their executives.
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FTSE 100 energy firm DCC agrees £5.75bn private equity takeover. Follows other FTSE takeovers by PE: Mitie, Tate & Lyle, William Hill owner Evoke, EasyJet. PE delists to avoid disclosure. High debt, profiteering, wage/staff cuts, low investment follow. No long-term interest in entities.
DCC, one of FTSE 100’s biggest energy firms, agrees £5.75bn takeover
KKR and Energy Capital Partners poised to buy firm despite misgivings from founder and biggest shareholders
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💥 Journalists are being targeted by the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) while reporting on their activities in Lebanon. Threats are growing and expanding. /courtneybonneauimages
Farage self proclaimed man of the people focuses on the number one issue worrying every household in UK It’s not Cost of Living Crisis, it’s not worrying about losing jobs, education, or healthcare It’s Millionaires leaving UK.. yup 😱 Fun Fact - Millionaire Farage used a tax haven to avoid tax🤷🏼♂️
Andy Burnham previously called for “aspirational socialism“. Before becoming PM he said for water industry: “Public ownership is absolutely an option ... I would say for Thames Water, that is what should be done.” After becoming PM, it is ‘more public control’. Test coming soon.
Andy Burnham can’t transform the country while sticking to the current fiscal rules
Sticking to the 2024 election manifesto and fiscal rules will make it harder for him to deliver the headline promises and the change that he has paraded.
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The skilled workers the home office doesn't want you to know about thelead.uk/skilled-work... Asylum seekers: Let them work! thelead.uk/asylum-seeke...
"We don’t elect PMs in the UK – which part of this aren’t you understanding?" leftfootforward.org/2026/07/refo...
Reform’s claim Andy Burnham becoming prime minister "is a coup" gets dismantled
Reform has been reminded that the Conservatives changed prime minister four times without an election
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