Sinatra was woke. 👏👏👏👏

And we’ve allowed this company to have NHS data (& other government departments) contracts. 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️🥴

New post just out: "Who might replace Starmer?" With pressure growing on the PM, there are a lot of conversations going on in Westminster about who could take over. Who are the contenders? Who's best placed to win? Would it make any difference? (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...

Surprised that @vicderbyshire.bsky.social doesn’t understand the economic multiplier here. Every £1 of investment in public services & social security improves lives & better balances the economy Come on @zackpolanski.bsky.social you know that tax doesn’t pay for anything, government created £ do

We are in a recession, by the way. A bad one. Prices are way up. People can't find jobs. I am plugged into this in a very real way. The stock market is just not important unless you are in the top 10%/1%. I have not seen a labor market this bad since 2008. The 2nd Great Depression is coming.

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Probably the most important but neglected scandal about Mandelson. Epstein was close to Peter Thiel. Thiel had secret meetings with Cummings and Johnson before Palantir’s 100m contract Mandelson’s Global Counsel was pitching Thiel’s Palantir to Starmer. What a carousel of cronyism

Astonishingly, I've discovered, the Tufton Street junktanks that shaped Liz Truss's agenda are still operating at the heart of government. Remind me what we voted for again ... This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Anyone remotely surprised?

Israel have just hit Greta Thunberg's flotilla with a drone attack in International Waters. This is who they are, War Criminals.

Morgan McSweeney's wife has just got a job in the Labour government Democracy? Meritocracy? They're not even pretending to believe in these things anymore - as Morgan McSweeney and his wife show, writes @willem-moore.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

Zack Polanski, "Let's subsidise good behaviour, rather than subsidising fossil fuel companies, oil and gas" "There's no coincidence that this Labour government took £4.1 million from a hedge fund that have assets in oil and gas, arms and gambling"

Zack is an exceptional communicator - more of this please @teamlabouruk.bsky.social change your tune to this, it’s literally what you were founded to do

Reshuffle it how you like, Starmer’s ‘grownup’ Labour has the Tory whiff of spiteful incompetence | Nesrine Malik

Should Nigel Farage's dodgy tax dealings be investigated for criminal behaviour? Please RP if you think so.

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South West Water sued over a parasite infecting the water supply. People told not to drink tap water without boiling it. Company has more than 174 criminal convictions. Paid over £4.5bn in dividend since privatisation. Criminal organizations out profits before people, threaten health/life.

When will respected journalists understand that neither of these potential options is remotely necessary or desirable Thatcher really did us over when she made us think that taxpayers money is an actual thing; when the only money that is a thing is government money It’s always spend then tax

Join the National Demo to march against the rise of Fascism London Saturday 13 September standuptoracism.org.uk

Defend disabled workers - email your MP! Whilst the Government’s proposed welfare cuts have been ruled out for now, the fight is not over. Email your MP today and ask them to ensure disabled workers’ voices are heard. unsn.uk/4fw4vxG

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This whole summer only one story has dominated our entire politics & it comes down to literally 30,000 people in hotels. Ridiculous. The government needs to get a GRIP it’s pathetic.

Spoke to CNN about our national flags & why ethnic minorities can certainly identify with them too edition.cnn.com/2025/08/29/u...

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Tesla rejected $60 million settlement in Autopilot case that ultimately cost it 4 times that amount

Trump’s Project 2025 is tearing at America’s democracy, writes Liz Crosbie. Could Britain be next in line? Reform’s ascendency isn’t a good omen. Find out more here ⤵️

Breathless platforming of fascists will end badly

Completely unnecessary. Energy companies rubbing their hands at the extra profit

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage helped cause this problem in the first place" "Brexit has meant we're not able to force the French to take illegal immigrants coming over on small boats back"

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Guillain-Barre syndrome is spreading in the Gaza strip & without treatment it can lead to paralysis & death. But in Gaza they don't have the medication to treat it. Hani Mahmoud reports.

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Right wing coup in the UK. The state became guarantor of corporate profits Publicly-owned industries privatised at low prices. Public services outsourced, exorbitant prices. Private finance initiative. Tiny investment, huge returns. Bailouts - banks can't go bust. Licence to misbehave.

It already feels like 3 years 😱

Ministers line up administrators for Thames Water Since 1989 £10.4bn paid in dividends, £13.68bn in interest payments. No new reservoirs. Dumps sewage in rivers. Hardly any new shareholder money. Shares worthless, Lenders ready to take a haircut. Need permanent nationalisation, not temporary.

On Saturday, 86-year-old Jacob travelled from Norfolk to join hundreds in Parliament Square who opposed the government’s proscription of Palestine Action. They gathered calmly and peacefully to commit a criminal act. Read about this rare moment in British history ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk

Good piece on the ongoing scandal of private equity run special schools... (and children's homes...)

The consequences of the far right whipping up negative emotions & the government repeating the crap

RFK Jr has slashed vaccine research. You need to know how perilous that is for the world | Devi Sridhar

"Anas al-Sharif.. he became the face of what was happening in the northern part of Gaza because he was one of very few journalists to stay [there] during the worst part of the bombardment there.. Al Jazeera has been heavily targeted throughout the war" Nicole Johnston reporting

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While Israel starves over 2 million people to death it continues bombing them too. At least 11 people murdered since midnight.

Now that's as big as the rat Starmer, few weeks ago standing with a sign saying Scotland's streets and water are filthy through miss management from SNP While down the road, folks have rats as big as cats running around in their council areas and houses. 😲🐀 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

I’ve spent 50 years studying profit as an accountant, economist, and political economist. And here’s the truth: almost no one understands what profit really is, least of all mainstream economists. In this video, I explain why. youtu.be/cqfsHR6z3go?...

The UK government gives the richest 20% around £67 billion a year in tax breaks. That’s more than double the entire Universal Credit budget. It’s not a bug – it’s the system working as designed.

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