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Mike Tupling

@miketupling.bsky.social

Photography, art, ugly music as Wendy's Ironic Conservatory. Coffee enthusiast. Retired teacher. www.miketupling.com www.wendysironicconservatory.bandcamp.com Let's just be kind to one another

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Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thames Water breached pensions regulations, didn't value pension scheme as required. TW breaches laws/rules Dumps raw sewage in rivers Numerous criminal convictions Breaches terms of its licence Pays exec bonuses forbidden by law Still allowed to trade, fleece customers.

Thames Water faces fresh threat to survival after pensions regulation breach

Thames Water, which could run out of cash as soon as December, failed to complete a valuation of its pension scheme by the statutory deadline

cityam.com

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This point needs to be made over and again: The main purpose of wealth taxes should not be to raise revenue. That's a small and secondary benefit. The main purpose should be to *reduce the fortunes of the ultrarich*. Why? Because those fortunes present a massive threat to democracy and public life.

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Defra breached law, with Tory govt was in office, when it let farmers use bee-killing pesticide, watchdog says. This is one outcome of capture of the state by corporations, and secrecy. Govts pursue economic growth, not resilience, at almost any cost.

Defra breached law when it let farmers use bee-killing pesticide, watchdog says

Office for Environmental Protection finds failures by department when it granted emergency authorisation in 2023 and 2024

theguardian.com

Leo Hickman@leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 4mo ago

Seems to be a lot of selective memory in UK's right-wing newspapers about schools not closing during the 1976 heatwave. I just checked and, yes, many schools did close early as well as allow parents to "keep their children at home if they wish". This clipping from London Evening News, 29 June 1976

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Richard Burgon MP@richardburgon.bsky.social · 4mo ago

BREAKING: I've secured a parliamentary debate next week on banning all MPs' second jobs. Farage has pocketed over £1 MILLION from outside "work" since the General Election. Being an MP is a full-time job. No MP should be out chasing lucrative second jobs. Let's end this racket!

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The Bear@bearlypolitics.co.uk · 4mo ago

I have never experienced a publication fighting THIS hard against reality. The sneering, patronising bullshit that they choose to publish should embarrass them - the problem being, after so many years of sliding down into tabloid status, they have zero shame left. None.

Ysenda Maxtone Graham Heatwave hysterics wouldn't have lasted a day in 1976 Fifty years ago, children cycled across dried-up river beds and sweltered in classrooms without water bottles or parental panic
Andy Stout@stouters.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Have read the piece and mysteriously "The BBC platforming Nigel Farage and his toxic ilk at every conceivable opportunity to cynically boost ratings," doesn't seem to have made it into the final edit.

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Kath@kathyburke.bsky.social · 4mo ago

My memoir, A Mind Of My Own is now available in paperback which means it’s cheaper. Hurrah! If you’d like a dedicated copy repost this and I’ll do a random pick of five winners in the next couple of days. If you’ve already bought/read or listened to the audible version thank you! ♥️📚

Photo of my memoir A Mind of my Own is now available in paperback. Repost for the chance to win a signed copy.
Petra Michaela@petramichaela.bsky.social · 4mo ago

France bans bee-killing pesticides. Bees are the engine of our agriculture. Without them, our food supply is put at risk. Healthy soil and intact habitats form the foundation for true sustainability.

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