David Hendry

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Uncanny eh !?

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The dangers of outsourcing NHS eye care to private companies The Labour Government is planning to increase the outsourcing  of NHS care to the private sector as a means of bringing down waiting lists. But David Rowland argues that eye care offers a cautionar…

Dangers of outsourcing NHS eye care to private companies.

High street optometrist refer people to private clinics over the NHS. Payback is guaranteed follow-up work.

All funded by public purse. 30%-40% profit margin. NHS hollowed out and privatised.
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Add your name to the water bill The market has failed to manage our water system, only democracy can turn it around. If you agree, add your name to Clive Lewis's “Water Bill”.

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Add your name to the water bill The market has failed to manage our water system, only democracy can turn it around. If you agree, add your name to Clive Lewis's “Water Bill”.

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The new money to Water Companies is 'ringfenced' for Water Infrastructure investment but their debts still have priority.

This means customers will pay Thames Water an extra £500m a year after the April 23% price increase.

But all of it will go to pay their debts.

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Fight back against fascism: how big money is threatening democracy Fascism thrives when democracy falters. From funding Reform to vigilance, here’s how we protect our future

“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs, whatever.”

We won’t end up with a US style healthcare system out of the blue one day. We’re sliding towards it because politicians are shrinking the resources and delivery of the NHS, more people are being forced into the private sector, +this is being normalised 🚨

We must push back hard 💙

🤣😂🤣👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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TODAY IS #HumanRightsDay

Let’s remember Human Rights are universal & non- negotiable.

If we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want

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This should definitely come back into public ownership. At least we will know our money will be paid into future investment in infrastructure rather than shareholders pockets.

More vile behaviour which led to a rare conviction in this case , this time from the East Essex Hunt – let’s look at day 9 of my countdown of the top 20 worst fox hunting crimes with @huntsabs.bsky.social

#RealBanNow

Sounds perfect 👍🏼🙏🏻

Here's a bar chart of criminal indictments per president, going back to George Washington. Keep it handy.

Thoughts?

Reform showing their trie colours here. Rent a gob 30p Lee being somewhat thuggish here. What sort of rhetoric is this from a public employee eh !?

Way to go 😎

Remember Labour's Peter Mandelson being "intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich"...?

Well now we've seen what happens. It breaks democracy.

But the filthy rich are also destroying the environment on which we depend for life.

#WealthTax now to fund emergency climate & nature action.

Day 5 of my (b)advent calendar counting down some of the worst crimes commited by fox hunting groups across the country with @huntsabs.bsky.social . . .

It’s time for a #RealBanNow – write to your MP and let them know lovera.ge/foxhunting

I would really just love to know why the PM of the UK is totally resistant to rejoining. An explanation at the very least would be good to start with !

'Donald Trump's Election Means Reversing Brexit Is Now More Urgent Than Ever' For the sake of Britain, Europe and humanity, it’s time for us to get back with the European team, argues Mike Galsworthy

“For the sake of Britain, Europe and humanity, it’s time for us to get back with the European team”

Me for Byline Times on what Trump’s election means for US-UK-EU relations.

Thay really are just not bothering eh !?

Starmer seeks to relaunch premiership with new promise to crack down on crime After a rocky start, PM sets out ‘next phase’ covering economic growth, NHS backlogs, energy, and a ‘bobby on every beat’

It's never a 'crack down' on corporate crime...
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Labour is rotten Labour’s crass inability to govern in the public interest is becoming ever more apparent. The FT has provided another example this morning when reporting that: City minister Tulip Siddiq has signalled...

Labour is rotten www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/12... Labour is backing the City against the consumer in new moves it is making to limit the power of regulators. How on earth did we end up with a government the media calls ‘left of centre’ which does this?

Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world

Nigel Farage, who has repeatedly accused migrants of making women in the UK unsafe, is now refusing to act against a fellow Reform MP who was jailed for beating up his own girlfriend, and is now calling for a 'debate' on restricting women's reproductive rights

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