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Privatisation, which was supposed to make our utilities more competitive has been a cash cow for the private sector. Who have sucked them dry maintaining the bare minimum of reinvestment.
Hence rivers of shit, high energy,food and transport bills, a failing NHS and now digital ID no thanks.
Thanks Richard, you always explain the situation very clearly. I often wonder who advises government re taxation, presumably they have experts who are qualified in these areas, or is it that the wealthy establishment are not inclined to have a balanced or fair economy?
21.10.2025 10:59 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Rachel Reeves says she needs to raise taxes to โbalance the books.โ But thatโs not how government finance works. In this video, I explain why the governmentโs job is to sustain spending power, not drain it.
youtu.be/iUxvARzRi8U?...
Die Quietly www.monbiot.com/2025/10/21/d...
21.10.2025 10:35 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A very misty morning last week on Sutton Bank, the western edge of the North York Moors - this was the view across Garbutt Wood to the limestone cliffs where the jackdaws live with Lake Gormire (Yorkshireโs smallest lake) on the right and the faintest glimpse of Hood Hill in the background. This area was the site of the Battle of Byland just over 700 years ago, and is rich in myths and legends. The track which is now the Cleveland Way is an ancient drove road, and there are burial mounds and hill forts - now just bumps in the ground - along the way. The walk from the National Park Centre is very atmospheric whatever the weather, and great for wildlife and fungi spotting. Watercolour painting. (If you know the spot, youโll see Iโve used some artistic licence to move the lake closer to the cliffs ๐)
A misty morning last week on Sutton Bank, the western edge of the North York Moors - the view across Garbutt Wood to the limestone cliffs where the jackdaws live with Lake Gormire (Yorkshireโs smallest lake) on the right and the faintest glimpse of Hood Hill in the background. Watercolour.
#art ๐ชถ
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19.10.2025 23:34 โ ๐ 98 ๐ 27 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Starmer urged to apologise as MP says rioting by Maccabi Tel Aviv fans justifies their ban from Aston Villa game โ UK politics live
20.10.2025 10:33 โ ๐ 139 ๐ 33 ๐ฌ 21 ๐ 15Are you listening MAGA fans, this is your hero, crapping on you from a great height.
20.10.2025 14:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This is so absurd!
20.10.2025 01:17 โ ๐ 85 ๐ 38 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1Clean, affordable water belongs to all of us. Iโve told the new Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people first. Join me:https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-emma-reynolds-to-base-water-policy-on-facts-not-water-industry-fake-maths?source=bluesky
20.10.2025 14:10 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Picture with a cross head screw a flat head screw a hex head screw and a picture of Nigel Farage underneath his name are the words dick head
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15.10.2025 19:12 โ ๐ 166 ๐ 41 ๐ฌ 10 ๐ 0Probably because there ainโt much real democracy available. Itโs a word thatโs bandied about a lot, but it doesnโt work very well with capitalism.
Until greed, xenophobia and inequality are checked democracy will struggle.
Of course it is, they are intelligent loyal mammals. Hunting them in the 21st century is unnecessary and savage.
15.10.2025 19:39 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0For the 21st century we have a very unadventurous, unimaginative, authoritarian government. Unable to accept criticism, easily bribed and constantly trying to outdo the far right
15.10.2025 19:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Farmers want fair trade, not aid
โHeโs destroying our markets.โ
When even lifelong farmers have to spell it out this clearly, itโs time for a change.
We donโt need bailouts. We need leaders who actually understand rural America.
Bailouts are Band-Aids. Leadership Matters!
Check out this from We Own It.
weownit.org.uk/act-now/peti...
Antifa's Top Brass
#antifa #portland #warzone
Most people seem to have missed who retweeted this picture of Farage in Gillโs office a few days after Gill began receiving his first bribes from Oleh Voloshyn (Oleg Voloshin). None other thanโฆ
11.10.2025 10:25 โ ๐ 1425 ๐ 754 ๐ฌ 43 ๐ 34EU Commission President von der Leyen caved in to pressure from US President Trump. Tell Europeโs leaders to reject the trade deal and protect climate and citizens today. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-10...
06.10.2025 14:45 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Perhaps, if British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmoud believes pro-Palestinian protests should be cancelled as a mark of respect for the victims of the Manchester attack, the government could also cancel its arms shipments to Israel, as a mark of respect for the victims of genocide .
04.10.2025 08:38 โ ๐ 129 ๐ 43 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 2Arrest that bridge, itโs gone too far ๐๐ต๐ธโฎ๏ธ๐โค๏ธ
06.10.2025 10:08 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Approximately 5.75 MILLION immigrants/migrants employed in the UK making up 19% of the workforce.
ALL paying tax, all paying their way like the rest of us. ALL doing more for this country than those trying to destroy it, ie: far right MPs & their barking dogs spreading their hate.
Fk the Fascists!
#globalsumudflotilla
05.10.2025 06:41 โ ๐ 29 ๐ 21 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Some beauty for these dark days
#Pavarotti #opera #music
youtu.be/O9szMFWosBg?...
Divine Knew
#Trump #firstfelon #liarinchief #epsteinspal
Yep a total sell out, Mahmood has been pushed up there as a useful idiot to take the flak while Starmer and co. Hide behind the parapet. They are declaring war on peaceful protest.
06.10.2025 09:48 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Mandatory digital ID would be a risk to our daily lives
JOIN US in opposing it
action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/178626/...