Under the latest centrist saviour, Labour is now polling 18% below the 40% that voted for Labour under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership in 2017 #burnhambounce

None of this touches the "four decades of neoliberalism and trickle-down economics" that he said he would bring to an end

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Why are child vaccination rates are falling? Cuts* The rich need an ever-increasing share of our wealth, so public services must be squeezed 'til they break *Social media & anti-vaxxers don't help, but the main drivers are staff cuts and reduced access www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The real reason child vaccination rates are falling

As child immunisation rates fall across the UK, one clinic in west Yorkshire is taking aggressive steps to boost immunisations

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Who is happy with Andy Burnham?

📚Join Jeremy Corbyn, Neve Gordon and Shahd Hammouri at Foyles in London on Tuesday 4 August to discuss 'The Gaza Tribunal', a brand new book on last year's inquiry into British complicity in war crimes in Gaza. 🎟️Tickets: foyles.co.uk/events/the-gaza-tribunal-neve-gordan-shahd-hammouri-jeremy-corbyn

Thames Water increased its bonus payouts to £4.1m for senior managers. It has £19.7bn debt, fleeces customers, dumps sewage in rivers, loses billions of litres of water to leaky pipes. Numerous criminal convictions, licence not revoked. But bosses rewarded .. for what? Govt/Ofwat do nothing.

Thames Water increases bonus payments to £4m despite uncertainty over future

Annual results show struggling firm’s net debt has risen to £19.7bn, up from £17.7bn a year earlier

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We're going to be hearing a lot about CADI, the Climate-Induced Agricultural Decline Index, over the next few years. www.euronews.com/2026/07/16/i...

The map predicting agricultural decline from climate change

A CSIC team in Barcelona has developed CADI, a platform that forecasts, on a 10‑kilometre grid, how much farmland will lose productivity to climate change by 2100; Spain’s interior fares worse than…

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Starmer also said "Six years ago, I inherited a Labour Party that was politically, financially and morally bankrupt" Under Corbyn, Lab raised record sums; £55M in 2017 He left the party with £13.5M in reserves Starmer lost 200k members & Lab was close to bankruptcy in 2021 1/3

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At his last #PMQs, Keir Starmer told a lot of lies, trying to set the narrative of his political legacy One is that he inherited an unpopular party and made it popular

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At his last #PMQs, Keir Starmer told a lot of lies, trying to set the narrative of his political legacy One is that he inherited an unpopular party and made it popular

Financialisation of pet care. 6 private equity companies dominate UK market. Around 20% net profit margins. Prices hiked as PE builds local monopolies. Staff under pressure to hit profit targets by offering unnecessary repeat appointments/treatment. Fewer people will have pets

The finance curse is devouring the UK

Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Th...

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In the normal run of things you might expect the leader of the party that wins a majority in a GE to be PM until the next GE The last 13 PMs were either appointed by their party mid-term, or stepped down mid-term Should there be rules about this? E.g. PM resigns means a new GE?

Private equity controls UK dentistry. Initial consultation fee up by 23%, tooth extraction up by 32%. Gross profit at private equity controlled companies rose by 20% year-on-year. Profit margins of 20%-30%. Govts handed dentistry to finance industry. Too many can't afford dental care.

The finance curse is devouring the UK

Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Th...

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At Yesterday's #PMQs, Starmer ends his premiership as he began it - by conflating support for Palestinian rights and opposition to genocide with antisemitism His authoritarian crackdown on protest and freedom of speech has done profound damage to our society

You'll know much of this if you've read The Fraud, but the new info, especially with the context that Josh Simons is a big part of Andy Burnham's bid to become PM, is very disturbing Our media and politics are broken, & Andy Burnham is part of the problem www.declassifieduk.org/inside-labou...

Inside Labour Together’s secret battle against Jeremy Corbyn

Documents disclosed to Corbyn expose covert efforts by Starmer’s former chief of staff to combat the British left

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Starmer's resignation lies: Under Corbyn's leadership, Labour raised record sums, £55.8M in 2017, and at the close of his leadership, Labour had £13.5M in reserves Under Starmer, the party lost close to 200,000 members & their associated subscription fees & was close to bankruptcy by late 2021 1/3

It's expected that Sir Keir Starmer will now write his political memoires. Here's an enactment of the likely scene when his editor reviews the first draft. #StarmerResigns

Jewish institutions: It is no longer safe to be Jewish in the UK Also Jewish institutions: let's hold a war crimes festival in a synagogue

Peace & Justice Project condemns the Court of Appeal's ruling on the proscription of Palestine Action.

Tomorrow June 16, I'll be doing my 'Getting Through It' show at the Villa Gaiety Theatre, Isle of Man. Hope, humour and survival in the face of loss and illness. See you there! www.villagaiety.com/whats-on/mic...

Message from @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social : Put your cross alongside Martine Richards (the first ever @thisisyourparty.bsky.social candidate in Wales) in the Grosvenor by-election this Thursday Local, community-based, active, determined Will speak up for the community on all she does on the council

9 years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, we continue in our demand for justice for those lost on that tragic night. 💚

So after 15 years of benefits claimants being squeezed, scapegoated, tormented and vilified, while the rich have trebled their wealth, Andy Burnham wants to … squeeze benefits claimants

Unlike would-be PMs Streeting & Burnham, Jeremy Corbyn speaks for millions who want peace AND spending on people, not bombs "I don't support Russia in Ukraine, I want to see an end to that war, which drives more arms spending, & cuts in health, education, housing and rising poverty & unemployment"

The housing crisis is manufactured. We can end it.

The housing crisis is manufactured. We can end it.

Wage cuts and the right to buy are to blame

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War criminal representative of billionaires, Tony Blair, thinks the Labour gov't should: * follow Trump * spend more on weapons * ditch net zero * crack down on benefits & pensions * outsource more NHS And the supposedly liberal media are going "ooh, he makes some good points!"

He really wants him to lose 😂 "Keir Starmer says he will go to Makerfield to campaign for Andy Burnham in the by-election"

BBC asks "is the UK becoming harder to govern" and blames the electorate for expecting "instant gratification" They don't mention how neoliberal Labour and Tory parties govern for the 1% and no amount of "strong leadership" can persuade us we're getting a fair deal www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Is it harder than ever to be prime minister?

Discontent with the political class is greater than ever - has the UK become ungovernable?

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There are three yrs to the next general election, and it is obvious that Your Party is playing it long. The Labour Party is unlikely to seriously challenge neoliberal economics within that time, but YP most certainly will Prof. Paul Rogers | @opendemocracy.net www.opendemocracy.net/keir-starmer...

Jeremy Corbyn’s grassroots politics could outlast Keir Starmer’s Labour

As Keir Starmer fights for survival, Jeremy Corbyn’s decade-long grassroots strategy may yet have the last word

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