Suzanne Bradley

@suzymarie.bsky.social

Railways, buses, (photography). 16mm garden trains. Buy/Sell railway magazines/books. Collect old banknotes. Learning PHP/MySQL. Cat slave to Rosie and Ruby. No DM's. RT ≠ endorsement. #FBPE #EU #rejoin railmags.org

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Matt Davies@mattdaviescartoon.bsky.social · 2d ago

What happens when you go overboard on the policy front. Newsday.com/matt

France has banned Microsoft Windows from all Government PCs. Because when the USA sanctioned the ICC, Microsoft locked out the Head of the International Criminal Court from all his Microsoft accounts. Microsoft and all the USA Tech giants, Google, Facebook, Apple cannot be trusted. BOYCOTT.

SNP talk of a deal with Reform to put Nigel Farage in Number 10 in return for another independence referendum should disgust every single Yes voter in Scotland. Independence can be achieved without selling our soul to the Devil or trashing our own morality. My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social

SNP talk of pact with Farage should revolt every Yes voter

SNP Westminster leader Dave Doogan said he’d put Reform in power for another referendum – before u-turning. That won’t be forgotten, says Neil…

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Ken Paxton got a $250,000 donation from the chair of Texas Tech’s Board of Regents. The next day, he threatened to sue the Big 12 to protect Brendan Sorsby, the Tech quarterback who was caught illegally betting on his games. Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in Texas.

Reform are furious about LGBT books invading Warwick libraries. Reform leader George Finch said he was acting on “a number” of complaints from local people. So Labour MP Rachel Taylor asked the council for the actual figures. There have been zero complaints. via Reform Are Not Your Friends

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Recruiter places ‘phoenix’ firm in liquidation months after repurchase erased £3m debt, including £647k to HMRC. Back in business 3 days later by buying same assets. Process repeated. Employees, creditors, HMRC robbed Happens all too often, assets sold to connected persons. Need prosecutions.

Recruiter places ‘phoenix’ firm into liquidation just months after repurchase erased millions in debt

New company reportedly quickly fell behind with promised repayments to administrator

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4.4m UK jobs fall below the real Living Wage. Real Living Wage rate is £14.80 an hour for workers in London, £13.45 elsewhere. Statutory minimum wage for workers aged 21 and over is £12.71 per hour. Neoliberals begrudge decent wages. Can't grow economy on the back of poverty.

UK asks banks for feelgood stories about keeping out dirty money. 40% of global dirty money laundered in London, UK crown dependencies. Keaks by whistleblowers show banks, accountants and lawyers involved. No prosecutions. Frauds at major banks not investigated. Cosmetic gestures won't do.

UK asks banks for feelgood stories about keeping out dirty money

City firms tapped for case studies to try to convince global watchdog that London has cleaned up its act

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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.

The case for nationalisation of water companies

England’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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