"The hardest working royals work less hard than the least hard-working taxpayer." (and have a host of servants to help them dress, clean and cook, drive or pilot to wherever, answer phones, count the cash, organise the diary, and bow, scrape, be generally subservient) via Abolish The Monarchy
Why are Labour dragging their heels and not acting to end rip off Britain? They could announce a windfall tax now but are clearly afraid of something.
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2w agoA windfall tax on the big banks. Support our small businesses.
They told us Brexit would save lots of money (that would all go to the NHS). In fact it’s costing us a fortune (and constraining our ability to fund everything).
🎉 A historic win in Dover! We have gained Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe from the Conservatives, beating Reform in second place. The Greens can take the fight to Reform and win! 💚
Only took 10 years since Brexit to be the "dirty man of europe" again. All those years of campaigning against red tape really paid off for Nigel and co.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · yesterday‘Tiny bit of rain and the sewage comes’: Brighton swimmers vent fury at sea pollution
Have you ever wondered what hope looks like? This is it! Look at that crowd!!! The people want hope, meaningful change and policies that’ll have a positive impact on them and the environment. Only the Greens will deliver this kind of change 💚.
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d agoTogether we're going to take on the billionaires, the newspapers they own and the politicians who they buy. Thank you Bristol. That was pretty special! 💚😍 📸 - Forwards Festival.
Water companies are still spilling sewage and hiking up our bills. And we're paying for it. Find out just how much of your money is funding 💩 💩 https://water-rip-off.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-the-water-industry-rip-off
Stop the water industry rip-off
The PM says he wants public control of water, but water companies are still spilling sewage and hiking up our bills. Add your name.
water-rip-off.goodlawproject.org
Sainsbury's usually hires about 17,000 extra workers at Christmas. Instead they will have 10,000 people on 'Work Experience' paid for by YOU. The result a massive, up to 10,000, DECREASE in the amount of actually jobs available. Oh and it costs about £30m to YOU, and nothing to Sainsbury's.
I assume Zia is referring to the Tories who shafted the country for 14 years, like Suella Braverman, Robert Jenrick, Nadhim Zahawi, Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Danny Kruger, Andrew Rosindell, Andrea Jenkyns...
You do have to wonder about Lee. He reposts Bridget Phillipson's justified remarks about misogyny. But then ignores them, and has a rant about something completely different. As for a Reform member complaining about "backward cultures"... You feeling alright mate? Time for a little lie-down? 😂
Some 'people'... probably bots are saying just let the billionaires get on with AI it will benefit you. Just let the billionaires get on with it is what we have been doing for 50 years. Are YOU doing better? No, only THEY are doing better.
Our message to the government: we need a data centre strategy now.
Our climate is getting drier. And yet our water supplies are still controlled by private companies whose primary function is to make (huge) profits for shareholders - at whatever cost to our wellbeing... Bring our water back into public ownership! @greenparty.org.uk www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The race to stop England running out of water
Who is to blame for the summer drought, and can England future-proof its water supplies?
bbc.co.uk
Good piece on England’s completely avoidable water crisis. “At the moment, we're using world-class drinking water to cool data centres, to irrigate our golf courses.”
The race to stop England running out of water
Who is to blame for the summer drought, and can England future-proof its water supplies?
bbc.co.uk
Someone has died after a relentless press campaign. The very least the public is entitled to is an investigation into the press’ role in these events and an independent body to review complaints against the press in the future. www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/p...
Defensive, evasive & hypocritical: The press reaction to the death of Jason Arday
The reaction of national newspapers to the death of Professor Jason Arday has exposed a brittle defensiveness at the heart of the press, and a determination to remain outside any meaningful accountabi...
hackedoff.org
The village gave the scarecrows their annual day out. Mr Lumpy, Chinwag & Little Billy were all allowed to shout at nobody in particular in the big city. They had a wonderful time! When they got back home they were put back in the fields with a glass of milk & some warm turnip.👨🌾
🎉 A historic win for Greens in Dover. ✊🏽 We will always take the fight and win against Reform, Restore or whatever the far-right call themselves. 💚 We will always champion our communities. We will always put people before profit.
Nightmare for Reform as latest migration figures show progress Labour is making www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/latest-...
Nightmare for Reform as latest migration figures show progress Labour is making
The latest migration figures from the Home Office have shown Labour are continuing to make progress in a number of areas.
thelondoneconomic.com
Why are you so secretive Charles? Could it be that you don't really pay any tax? #NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy
Unbelievably disappointing u-turn from the PM - where is the serious culture change at Westminster we were promised? Our democracy should not be for sale
Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
theguardian.com
'It's all smoke and mirrors.' Feargal Sharkey explains to @henryriley1.bsky.social why 'incompetent' water companies rarely enforce hose pipe ban fines.
Andy Burnham in his Makerfield by-election "an overwhelming case for public ownership of Thames Water." Now... nothing.
This is just free labour for Sainsbury's, who totally coincidentally are the biggest donor to Andy Burnham. This is pointless because Sainsbury's isn't offering 10,000 jobs, it won't even hire 1000 of them. It's just nonsense and free labour.
Another winter of families facing higher bills. Another year of energy companies profiteering. We need fundamental change to bring bills down and end rip off Britain.
UK average household energy bill to rise 4% to £1,723 in October. Another 9% expected in January. Energy companies profiteering. Energy debts to hit £7bn by the end of the year 120,000 people a year die in fuel poverty. End profiteering. Nationalise energy.
Household energy bills to hit three-year high as Ofgem announces 4% rise from October
A household using a typical amount of gas and electricity will pay £60 a year more, regulator Ofgem says.
bbc.co.uk
If we cured all cancer tomorrow, and it became an extremely rare condition, I guarantee that 30 years from now there would be people saying, “They just want you to take that anti-cancer pill to control you. It’s a bullshit disease that doesn’t even exist anymore.”
Our country isn't poor. We're being ripped off. The Labour Government backed Trump's war in Iran and refused to break our dependence on oil and gas - while we have such huge potential for homegrown renewable energy. We can end Rip Off Britain by making different choices.
I have written to the Cabinet Secretary to seek assurances that the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, who was lobbying for the privatised water industry until recently, has had no involvement in talks about the future of Thames Water.
"Dear Mr Polanski I can assure you that under no circumstances, blah, blah, completely impartial, waffle, waffle, committed to public ownership if possible, rhubarb, rhubarb, now please shut up and go away... Yours Insincerely"
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 6d agoI have written to the Cabinet Secretary to seek assurances that the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, who was lobbying for the privatised water industry until recently, has had no involvement in talks about the future of Thames Water.
The Green Party is reconnecting with its roots. The same system that is poisoning our rivers is poisoning our minds. We can & must: protect the planet while lowering people’s bills. Interesting discussion on where we’ve come from & where we grow next. spectator.com/podcast/one-...
One year of Polanski: more continuity than change?
Almost one year on from his election as leader of the Green Party, has Zack Polanski broadened its appeal? Communications strategist and Green Party insider Russell Warfield joins Noa Hoffman to discu...
spectator.com
