When water companies claim threats to investment caused by fines + compensation - this is akin to the avg person getting an unexpected bill and having the take from savings/get into debt to pay this off, basic maintainence of the home and body, in most parts, continues! Investment before profits!

Ive long been of the opinion that its not in Farage’s political interest to be in power - he’s a political agitator not a solutionist! This said, when in pwer, who will be the political scapegoats for why he wont affect the change he purports? Possible answers: Establishment, Courts, Boats, YOU!

The BBC have yet to report on what Farage has had for breakfast today! This is an outrageous use of the TV licence fee! We demand to know what he is doing at all times!

Starmer's lead over Farage on who would make the best PM has fallen since mid-May Starmer 35% (-9) vs Farage 28% (-1) Starmer 30% (-6) vs Badenoch 20% (-5) Starmer 20% (-7) vs Davey 20% (-5) Davey 31% (-10) vs Farage 27% (=) Davey 26% (-7) vs Badenoch 18% (-3) Farage 23% (-2) vs Badenoch 21% (-8)

It does not serve Farage for him to be in power! He’s an agitator and a snake oil salesman! It serves him to stay away from scrutiny and shout from the sidelines!

As Canada + Aus turn their backs on populism - in part a rejection of Trumpism - will this also influence UK voting at local elections? Once Trump’s biggest fanboy, Farage has quietened his connection + adoration in the past few weeks + one does wonder if this because he’s sensed the tides turned!

Shameful! Trump’s treatment of Zelenskyy was intentional to portray him as ungrateful to the American people in order to legitimise his position to withdraw support from Ukraine. It’s a classic example of projective identification!

What stage of saving the west is this?

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, "Does America need Europe? As a market? Yes" "But as an ally? I don't know" "For the answer to be yes, Europe needs a single voice, not a dozen different ones" "We must build the closest possible relationship with America, but as Europeans, not just as separate nations"

Post-Brexit youth mobility scheme should be UK priority Starmer told ahead of EU meeting Tory MPs and peers have added to growing pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to agree a youth free movement deal with the EU www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

UK MPs receive annual salary of £91,346 + expenses. Worker median annual wage is £29,664. Too many MPs take second Jobs, advance the interests of their corporate paymasters. People's welfare is secondary to self enrichment. Must ban all second jobs for MPs. leftfootforward.org/2025/01/mps-...

The problem with current labour plans and the NHS. Please read. Labour say they will use the private sector to reduce NHS waiting times (which sounds very sensible) - unless you know what is actually going on. There is NO spare capacity in the private sector.

“Once this government gets its act together and stops criticising the civil service for its own faults, it should mount a full attack on Farage and most of what he stands for.” 🙏

Peak apanthropy sits somewhere between 6-7pm on Christmas evening! 📈

Of those completing a course of treatment of talking therapies - 43.8% of people ‘reliably recovered’ and 68.6% saw outcomes improve. Attrition might be an issue, however, there are a range of reasons why a person may not complete a course of treatment.

It's stating the obvious i know, but the more we learn about the reality of healthcare in the US, the more we should reconnect with appreciating the NHS & the principles of the NHS. Yes it's bruised & battered, but NHS still represents a commitment to a basic sense of fairness, decency, & community.

“When we left the European Union people were promised more money into the NHS, your living standards will be better and the opposite has happened” Deputy PM Angela Rayner

Private equity sharks cash in on foster care. Just three made £40m profit from the plight of vulnerable children. Foster carers paid £7.50 an hour, treated as self employed, denied workers' rights, rely on benefits. Privatisation delivers exploitation. www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/market...

“I thought I saw a squirrel”

My grandad would say ‘turkeys voting for Christmas’ but I think it’s more ‘turkeys voting for thanksgiving’? 🦃

Whitby 26.11.2024

This reductionist view of class and what it means to be working class is exactly why levelling up policies lack any vision or substance to actually drive change and challenge inequalities!

Seen as though these things now mean petitions automatically turn into policy - I thought I’d add my two pence worth and Make Airport Queues Great Again! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

It’s now revealed that Farage has land worth £3000000 - his own interests hidden behind his thinly veiled ‘man of the people’ persona. Deja Moo 🐮 - the feeling you’ve heard this b******t before!

Clarkson wanting to ‘shoot’ and this coming with the benefits of paying no inheritance tax is the equivalent of water companies wanting to discharge waste in rivers and this coming with the benefits of maximising profits! We are being taken for mugs!

“So it’s not about you, it’s not about your farm and the fact you bought a farm to avoid inheritance tax?” @vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Jeremy Clarkson at the farmers’ protest in Westminster where thousands of farmers are protesting the government’s inheritance tax plans. #Newsnight

I’d gotten into the habit of a daily 60 second mindfulness/appreciation exercise which was doing great for my wellbeing! A scroll on Bluesky feels very similar to that, but I mustn’t let the practice slip…I mustn’t let it slip…I must do another scroll!

He’s giving ‘please sir, can I av some more!’

Hello! If you oppose NHS privatisation please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) ⭐️💙

What it is called when you post on Bluesky? A flutter? 🦋

Ålesund, Norway

Self care is not selfish. Take a moment for you

So, how does this work? Is musk barred or do we just pretend he don’t exist! Sorry, working on my socialisation skills after years of battling bots and trolls!