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Capitalism is killing us | The
#HousingCrisis
is deliberate | The 1% control the media & MPs
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Peace & Justice Project
4 days ago
📚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
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Prem Sikka
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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.
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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
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/15/thames-water-funding-survive-end-of-year
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Media Lens
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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...
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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…
https://www.euronews.com/2026/07/16/interactive-map-predicts-climate-driven-farm-decline-by-end-of-century
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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
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, 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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Prem Sikka
23 days ago
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
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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...
https://leftfootforward.org/2026/06/the-finance-curse-is-devouring-the-uk/
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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?
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Prem Sikka
24 days ago
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.
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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...
https://leftfootforward.org/2026/06/the-finance-curse-is-devouring-the-uk/
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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
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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...
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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
https://www.declassifieduk.org/inside-labour-togethers-secret-battle-against-jeremy-corbyn/
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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
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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
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Jewdastine Action
about 1 month ago
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
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Peace & Justice Project
about 1 month ago
Peace & Justice Project condemns the Court of Appeal's ruling on the proscription of Palestine Action.
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Michael Rosen
about 1 month ago
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...
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Michael Rosen - Getting Through It
Michael Rosen - Getting Through It
https://www.villagaiety.com/whats-on/michael-rosen-getting-through-it/
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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
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Peace & Justice Project
about 1 month ago
9 years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, we continue in our demand for justice for those lost on that tragic night. 💚
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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
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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"
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Peace & Justice Project
about 1 month ago
The housing crisis is manufactured. We can end it.
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The housing crisis is manufactured. We can end it.
Wage cuts and the right to buy are to blame
https://leftfootforward.org/2026/06/the-housing-crisis-is-manufactured-we-can-end-it/
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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!"
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He really wants him to lose 😂 "Keir Starmer says he will go to Makerfield to campaign for Andy Burnham in the by-election"
about 2 months ago
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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...
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Is it harder than ever to be prime minister?
Discontent with the political class is greater than ever - has the UK become ungovernable?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqjpe7q0j1xo
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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...
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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
https://www.opendemocracy.net/keir-starmer-labour-leadership-challenge-jeremy-corbyn-your-party-grassroots-community-organising/
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I’d forgotten about Andy Burnham’s role implementing the awful WCA policy as Health Secretary His record in government and opposition is very different to what he’s claiming to be now I say judge politicians on what they do, not what they say when they want votes
open.substack.com/pub/yourpart...
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Disabled People Are Our Movement
And Reform's Target
https://open.substack.com/pub/yourpartyvoices/p/disabled-people-are-our-movement?r=7wpc30&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Jeremy Corbyn on the likely runners and riders in a Labour leadership election - Wes Streeting, Andy Burnham, Angela Rayner: "I wouldn’t vote for any of them"
t.co/bBOsORKhOn
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/16/jeremy-corbyn-target-labour-coup-keir-starmer-andy-burnham-wes-streeting-angela-rayner-leadership
https://t.co/bBOsORKhOn
2 months ago
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#OutSavvy
- talks, live music and stalls across multiple venues by the seafront in Brighton! OutSavvy - Black Cat Fest 2026 🏴 All Day, Multivenue Antifascist Festival 🏴 Friday 3rd July 2026 at Daltons 🏴 Find event and ticket information here:
www.outsavvy.com/event/33664/...
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Black Cat Fest 2026 | All Day, Multivenue Antifascist Festival Tickets - Brighton - OutSavvy
KVLL COLONISERS, Transcend Borders and Death Before Detransition Proudly Present:Black Cat Fest: An Antifascist, Anti Imperialist, Trans Liberation Festival.Prepare for talks, live music and stalls ac...
https://www.outsavvy.com/event/33664/black-cat-fest-2025-all-day-multivenue-antifascist-festival
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Starmer's King's speech today failed to propose public ownership of water - just an extension of the 30 years of failed regulation
@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social
Corbyn tells
@politicsjoe.bsky.social
that he would have pursued public ownership of rail, mail and water as a start 1/2
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asks Jeremy Corby if those standing in the parliamentary Labour Party are tainted by the "war" in Gaza NB the evidence given at the
@peaceandjustice.bsky.social
Gaza Tribunal will soon be published in a book 1/2
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asks Jeremy Corby if he would support a bid by Andy Burnham to run for the Labour leadership One aspect of Burnham's proposals fills Corbyn with horror... 1/2
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Jeremy Corby answers
@politicsjoe.bsky.social
's question about whether, if there was a chance to bring Labour back to socialism, he would consider re-joining... 1/2
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Jeremy Corby talks to
@politicsjoe.bsky.social
about the success of @thisisyourparty.bsky.social-endorsed Independents in the east end of London in the local elections 1/2
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We Own It
2 months ago
Another day, another burst Thames Water pipe Hundreds of homes in South East London left without water
@helenhayes.bsky.social
your constituents are paying the price for Thames Water's failure. Will you stand up to Thames Water by signing our open letter?
www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/2609839...
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Burst pipes leave hundreds of south east London homes without water
Hundreds of south east London homes have been left without water following burst water pipes in West Norwood.
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/26098394.west-norwood-burst-pipe-cuts-water-se19-se27-sw16/
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Peace & Justice Project
2 months ago
We stand with the Allianz6 against this disgraceful lawfare and abuse of the courts to effectively destroy the lives of activists speaking out against corporate complicity in the Gaza genocide.
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We stand with the Allianz6
Project for Peace and Justice, founded by Jeremy Corbyn. A hub for discussion and action, building solidarity and hope for a more decent world.
https://thecorbynproject.com/news/we-stand-with-the-allianz6/
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Jeremy Corbyn
2 months ago
This government has participated in genocide. Here is a simple test for any would-be successor to Keir Starmer: Would you establish a full, independent, public inquiry into the government’s complicity in the greatest crime of our time?
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2 months ago
The people should hold the power in their communities, not greedy multi-national financial institutions. Capitalism has pushed record numbers of people into poverty whilst the billionaire class have never been richer. We must build an alternative to the miserable status quo.
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JP Morgan boss threatens to axe £3bn UK investment if Labour lurches to the left with Starmer replacement | LBC
The boss of JP Morgan has threatened to withdraw £3 billion of UK investment if Labour replaces Sir Keir Starmer with a Prime Minister
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/jp-morgan-starmer-labour-office-5HjdZ2b_2/
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In 1906, 29 Labour MPs were elected. Among them were: 2 engineers 3 miners 2 shipwrights 1 shoemaker 1 cooper 2 textile workers 2 gas workers 2 railwaymen 3 compositors 1 steel smelter 1 journalist 1 iron moulder What proportion of Labour MPs today are from manual trades? 1/2
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Jeremy Corbyn
2 months ago
This country might be about to have its 6th Prime Minister in 7 years. Why? Because they’ve all failed to take on a rigged economic system that enriches the few at the expense of us all. People want a society where children don’t go hungry. That is really not too much to ask.
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The way Starmer uses his family to claim credibility and boast of 'making good' from supposed adversity is pathetic You'd think was a shoeless orphan in grinding poverty He grew up in a nice house, in a leafy suburb, in a well-off middle-class family, his dad owned a business
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Peace & Justice Project
2 months ago
If Keir Starmer thinks he "got the big political decisions right", we'd hate to see what his mistakes look like.
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Keir Starmer bringing in Gordon Brown after Labour's disastrous local elections is digging in further into the anti-left position that has opened up the huge void that has been taken up by Greens and Your Party-backed Independents
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As well as bringing in new faces, with fresh new ideas, Keir Starmer will make a speech on Monday revealing what his dad did for a living These measures are expected to turn Labour's fortunes around, uniting the whole country behind his corporate-friendly, pro-genocide government
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More congratulations to this team of Briefcase Labour heavyweights. The adults in the room. Making the tough decisions to support genocide and side with corporate parasites against the rest of us. Never doubting their path, never compromising. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Your Party's Cassi Bellingham on why Labour's vote has collapsed, and why, while Reform might shout the loudest, and have got many desperate people's votes, they haven't got people's backs
#LocalElections2026
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YOUR PARTY VOTING GUIDE (English local elections) Your Party is fielding or supporting candidates across England, aligned on housing, cuts & Palestine Use this link find local Your Party-backed candidates & info on how to campaign for them on polling day
www.yourparty.uk/vote26/
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Polling Day 2026 - Make Your Plan | Your Party
POLLING DAY 2026 – Make Your Plan In the May 7 English local elections, Your Party is fielding or supporting candidates across England, ready to stand up to developers, fight cuts and divest for Pales...
https://www.yourparty.uk/vote26/
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Grassroots Left and the dubious art of narrative building in Your Party
open.substack.com/pub/troovus/...
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Grassroots Left and the dubious art of narrative building
Debates and misinformation in Your Party
https://open.substack.com/pub/troovus/p/grassroots-left-and-the-dubious-art?r=7giehj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Jeremy Corbyn
3 months ago
The government knows our marches for Palestine are made up of all faiths and none. The are suppressing our hard-fought right to protest for one reason: to hide their complicity in genocide. Israel’s occupation must end. Until then, our movement for peace isn’t going anywhere.
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When watching hostile TV interviews of non-neoliberal, non-Zionist politicians like Jeremy Corbyn and Zack Polanski, it's interesting to remember what Laura Kuenssberg and Robert Peston were like in the presence of Boris Johnson
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Peace & Justice Project
3 months ago
On May Day and every day, we stand with the workers.
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