NHS England waiting list hits 7.41m appointments, 6.26m patients; lower than the Tory legacy. Billions sucked out of the NHS through PFI, outsourcing, profiteering; more privatisation planned. Thousands die awaiting hospital appointment. Save lives, not fiscal rules.

Labour Party deputy leader contest. I won't vote for Bridget Phillipson or Lucy Powell. Both are right-wing. Supported two-child benefit cap, disability benefit cuts. Snooping on benefit claimants' bank accounts. In the words of Billy Connolly, “Don't vote, it only encourages them.”

One for Trump - (air: Noel) Nobel Nobel Nobel scorned is the plaything of Israel

At least one senior Labour official seems to finally remember they aren't in Reform. The changes won't just harm economy and country, they'll destroy families and force more people into becoming undocumented, leading to more deportations. They need scrapping not pausing. www.bbc.com/news/article...

@zackpolanski.bsky.social stopped by #Handsworth yesterday and was welcomed by @edfreshwater.bsky.social of #BrumGreens in front of the #BenjaminZephania mural to show what a vibrant, diverse, integrated neighbourhood it truly is. Don't let anyone tell you #Birmingham is not multicultural and proud!

What happened to anyone who seriously threatened to reverse any part of the Thatcherite revolution? Who was it that enforced those penalties. There’s your answer, and there’s who is to blame.

Can only speak for myself, but think I'm not unusual, by the time you see a GP about mental health issues, you are at crisis point - finding it hard to get out of bed, eat, speak to anyone, deal with finances etc - but sure, tell me about the jobs I can apply for at that moment.

Helen Whately has the highest rent expenses in Westminster.

The angst of the local police commander, asked to round up dissidents. But sir, can’t you see this behaviour makes us all look bad, it is bad for business.

Water bills for England households to rise even higher. Bills already up by 36%. Competition regulator permits another 1%-5%, £556m hike No curbs on exec pay, dividends, sewage dumping as companies raise capital from customers, shareholders get returns. End the Scam. Nationalise water

You can lock up as many people as you want for chanting or protesting against genocide. You will never scrub away the truth about that genocide - or your own complicity in it. You are just ensuring that you will be damned all the more for what you have done.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ― George Orwell, 1984

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead. This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

(Snorting, warming to my theme) Do these oddballs think there’s some committee of propaganda somewhere asking “How can we boost the career of Nigel Farage”? (Theatrical eye-rolling) Do they think the whole world is out to get them. (Mugging to audience) Are lizardmen listening into your phone calls

Texas proudly invading Illinois. It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

“My government has a relentless focus on looking after British citizens. Unless you’re kidnapped at sea, in which case good fucking luck I guess LOL”

'I can see it in your face': the perils of age verification online davidbuckingham.net/2025/08/01/i...

On this day in 1936, East London's Jewish community and anti-fascists beat back Oswald Mosley's blackshirts. This year more than ever we remember the Battle of Cable Street heroes and the continued battle against fascism. ¡No pasarán! They shall not pass.

In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life | East Anglia Bylines

England nationalized rail passenger services lease carriages from rolling stock companies (ROSCOs). 87% of rolling stock controlled by 3 Luxembourg companies. Paid £1.282bn dividends in last 3 yrs. Not taxed in UK. Privatization has hollowed out the UK - Taxes lost, it is all about exploitation.

I will again praise @404media.co for its consistently great reporting. I recommend a subscription for anyone interested in real news about the uses and abuses of tech in 2025.

Did you hear about these Right Wing terrorist attacks that were prevented? No I doubt it. But now you have.

Public affairs firms, including those with ties to Labour, were representing everything from oil and gas to defence contractors in Liverpool, writes @petergeoghegan.bsky.social.

Tony is many things but he isn’t a moron, so we can assume he can see exactly what kind of “peace” is being imposed upon the Palestinians and by what means, and we can instantly throw any charitable assumptions about his noble motives in the bin.

So if I’ve grasped the galaxy-brained strategy here, it’s: ✅ Day 1: reassure target voters that migrants are a problem & you’re ready to make them suffer ✅ Day 2: tell target voters their ideas are racist ✅ Day 3: reassure target voters that migrants are a problem & you’re ready to make them suffer

Any #Crystalpalace fans heading for Lublin here's a great guide from my HQ liberoguide.com/lublin/

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Yesterday's line from Labour was that Reform are racist which is bad so we're going to be racist. Today's line is that Reform want to remove your human rights which is bad so we're promising to remove your human rights, in the service of racism, which is bad, and that's why you shouldn't vote Reform

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Messaging is the problem - not the utterly disastrous abandoning of all Labour stands for. Try communicating that to Martin and his obsession with presentation not policy

To say the ADL is a sad disappointment is a gross understatement. jewishinsider.com/2025/09/adl-...

Trump-Netanyahu deal: A new recipe for Palestinian subjugation - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/trump-netanyahu-deal-new-recipe-palestinian-subjugation

Streeting new slogan - Just Stop Snake Oil

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We can say this until we’re blue in the face and it won’t make a blind bit of difference, because this isn’t and wasn’t ever electoral calculus. Put simply: this government has total contempt for the libs, never mind the left, and it wants to represent rich reactionaries and retired racists instead.

“Let’s call it for what it is: bullshit. The truth is, politicians have talked about little else but immigration for decades and in the most dehumanising ways. Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

ID cards demonstrate Starmer's commitment to Digital Thirst ... For power

We didn’t need voter ID in the first place: it was a solution to a problem that didn’t exist and the Tories brought it in as a dog whistle policy, to get good headlines.

Everyone: What's government doing about the cost of living crisis, the climate crisis, and the unfolding genocide in Gaza? Labour: "We will mandate people carry Brit cards". This government's priorities are painfully out of touch and increasingly authoritarian.

It would be nice if pro-Labour accounts who were like "yeehaw we're finally got Reform where we want them" after Farage's Tylenol gaffe would stop to note that not only did Starmer not hit him on this weak spot but he chose to instead echo Farage's message to a newspaper THAT NO LABOUR VOTER READS

They've lost the 9yos

"Climate change turned a would-be average Irish summer into a record breaker" - This was largely due to the high night-time temperatures which are 40 times more likely due to human-caused climate change. See our full report at mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/20...

Mrs R: "There was a woman on the ward today who didn't want to take paracetamol. We've had to explain that we're not giving it to her because she's got a fever and we want her to feel better, but because she's got a fever and if we don't get her temperature down then her baby is going to die."

i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended

The Median pay at Starbucks is $14,674 at Coca-Cola it's $14,144 That's the maximum that the lowest paid 50% of their workers are on. Boycott these slave driving crooks.

Ministers could give mayors control of England's schools and hospitals in devolution shake-up. Won't end the curse of PFI, privatization of the NHS; reduce NHS queues, conjure up more GPSs and dentists, or provide funding for schools/NHS. But it will enable Ministers to pass the blame.

The UK suffers from a finance curse. Far from being our economic jewel, the City of London has drained trillions from the economy. That’s lost jobs, lost investment, and a weaker democracy. In this video, I explain why finance is making Britain poorer, and what must change. youtu.be/Ssa_4TqpxVg?...