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I work for the NHS, maintaining equipment, and staff Governor - one of those thousands keeping things running in the background. Volunteer looking after some green bits of Swindon making meadows, coppicing and hedge laying. Former LibDem Cllr.
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’ve been wondering this. Sadiq Khan gets massive grief about ‘lawless London’ even though its crime rate is relatively low. Middlesbrough has the highest crime rate in the UK but nobody points the finger at Ben Houchen.
Fabian55@fabian55.bsky.social · 5d ago@mrjamesob.bsky.social why is Lord Ben Houchen, Metro Mayor of Tees Valley, not being asked about the ongoing problems in his area? www.private-eye.co.uk/in-the-back
Firms like Palantir, Anduril, Cellebrite and others supply America’s ICE deportation machine. They also hold UK contracts with the Home Office, MoD and police – offering surveillance capabilities that a Reform government would inherit. Me, for @thenerve.news www.thenerve.news/p/ice-tech-c...
Ready for Farage? ICE’s tech enablers are already embedded in the British state
Palantir, Anduril, Cellebrite and others supply America’s deportation machine. They also hold UK contracts with the Home Office, MoD and police – offering surveillance capabilities that a Reform gover...
thenerve.news
I know this isn't terrorism. You know this isn't terrorism. The authorities know this isn't terrorism. But, once again, they have labelled protesters "terrorists", as part of the long-running programme to ensure that no one dares protest about anything any more. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’
Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti
theguardian.com
We do not build the reservoirs needed to store the rain that falls here. We do not build strategic food reserves needed to maintain provision in hard times. We failed to build effective stores of PPE, to protect us in pandemics. This country has long been governed by people who do not prepare.
Lloyds Bank says £160m Ponzi scheme at Godwin Capital was 'legitimate investment', won't reimburse victims. Liquidators say it was a Ponzi scheme. Lloyds buried frauds at HBOS, promised a report by 2017. Nothing published. Silence of the FCA, SFO, successive govts facilitates illicit practices
Lloyds call £160 million Ponzi scheme a 'legitimate investment' in refusal to reimburse victims | LBC
Although insolvency practitioners allege Godwin Capital was a Ponzi scheme, Lloyds Banking Group have called it "legitimate", saying it does not meet the criteria for mandatory financial reimbursement
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In 1966, Marlon Brando bought a Polynesian atoll after filming ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’. He had the invasive rats removed, then just let it be. It's now a thriving wildlife sanctuary. For example: 15,614 turtles hatched in a season. The power of rewilding. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-o...
In 1966, Marlon Brando bought a private Polynesian atoll after filming ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’; it is now a wildlife sanctuary where 15,614 green turtle hatchlings emerged in one season
A private Pacific atoll once owned by Hollywood actor Marlon Brando has become one of French Polynesia’s most important marine conservation sites, with thousands of sea turtle hatchlings recorded afte...
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"Everyone in Reform is obligated to praise JCB - Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Lee Anderson, Robert Jenrick, Zia Yusuf, Sarah Pochin, all have used social media to endorse the JCB Pothole Pro" via Hope Not Hate (JCB funds Reform UK & is a major contractor used by Israel to demolish Gaza & West Bank)
“When the Brexit referendum happened, I didn’t believe any UK government would seek the deal we ended up with; I couldn’t imagine a govt would inflict this on its own nation” … or, worse, that they’d keep on inflicting it. FFS, just stop this Brexit madness. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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...
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
Today is the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. 114,000 Ukrainians are missing. Behind every number is a family still waiting. For over a decade, russia has abducted Ukrainians and hidden their fate. We remember them. We keep fighting to bring them home.
We got Robert Jenrick to announce how Reform will save businesses money because he's the one who helped a billionaire pornographer avoid £45m in tax. If you have a few minutes spare, do read the latest from ‘Nigel’s Notebook’ to find out how it all went. parodypm.substack.com/p/reforms-ex...
'Protecting women and girls'? No, cowardly far-right thugs are happiest targeting them! "Unite the Right being prevented by Doncaster police from attacking a woman & her daughter, who had walked into the march. Utter thug scumbags, there is no possible defence for this" via Exposing racism
Backsliding on Thames Water Backsliding on wealth taxes Backsliding on North Sea drilling, As the Chancellor said, a continuity government.
Trump remains an enemy of every decent value that people in Britain stand for. That fact cannot be wished away. Compromising with him is appeasement and betrays genuinely loyal allies like Canada and Denmark. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
‘You’re at war when you get attacked’: Mark Carney shows combative nature in face-off with Trump
The Canadian PM is one of the few world leaders to stand up to the US president. Former colleagues say they are not surprised
theguardian.com
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.👨🌾
Oh great, so now not only has poor old Mrs Ashworth lost her arthritis PIP payments and is facing eviction for not being able to pull up a few dandelions... she can't even visit her grandkids in France during an election without forfeiting her vote. What a bunch of cunts.
How many more studies does your city need proving that people on bikes and on foot spend more on shopping streets than people in cars? Bike-lanes mean business. In general, and specifically more than on-street parking or another lane for cars. #UrbanTruth
Gone. Funded by us. 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 www.instagram.com/reel/DcgyEGt...
Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex – home to rare species – for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before it’s gone forever 🐝🦋 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save Arena Essex- Tell Google to search elsewhere!
Wedged between the Mar Dyke Valley and Lakeside Retail Park, the former Arena Essex Raceway is not your usual wildlife haven. Where once stock cars and speedway bikes lined up to cross the fini...
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The brilliant Paul Whitehouse promoting the water referendum petition - this one - please sign and share petition - this is the correct link petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Healthcare should be driven by patient care, not profit. Every day, more of our health service faces the threat of privatisation and we can't let it happen. Send our letter to Yvette Cooper: everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/save-the-nhs... Together we can protect the NHS for future generations.
Israel is just the most obvious example that the rich and the powerful can murder whoever they like, and all the other rich and powerful people will pretend not to even notice.
UK to warn citizens to stock up on food amid threat from climate crisis and hostile states
UK to warn citizens to stock up on food amid threat from climate crisis and hostile states
Government resilience campaign aims to ensure people can cope in a national disaster, in order to free resources for most vulnerable UK citizens will be told to stock up on tinned food and take steps to ensure they are prepared for national emergencies as part of a new government campaign to improve the nation’s resilience. The new campaign from the Cabinet Office will set out ways people can prepare for extreme weather events and potential attacks from hostile states, including stocking up on bottled water, sources told the Guardian. Continue reading...
theguardian.com
Open question for Bluesky: Would you say Britain’s immigration environment is now more or less hostile than it was under Theresa May, when the original “hostile environment” policies were introduced to make migrants’ lives bureaucratically harder?
The Bear@bearlypolitics.co.uk · last wk.After more than ten years living, working and paying taxes in Britain, I still feel expected to prove that I belong. Labour is normalising that insecurity. Reform is weaponising it. Together, they are making this country more and more hostile for migrants and naturalised citizens.
Karoline Leavitt has been celebrating her imminent departure from the White House Press Secretary role, so we figured we'd do the same - but via a parody of ABBA's "Thank You For The Music": youtu.be/o9l1xArp2RM
"Thank You for the Bullsh!t" - Marsh Family parody of ABBA (on Karoline Leavitt leaving White House)
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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