My heart goes out to the innocent and conscionable American people who are having to suffer so much.

OK, the next thing the Welsh government need to do (in less than a month) is get private equity out of the NHS!

From mandatory ID cards to arresting pensioners for holding up cardboard signs to cosy deals with US tech spy firms:

It's good to see lawyers pushing back on their increasingly authoritarian Govenrment.

We must protect jury trials.

Rising water bills see pensioners in poverty skip baths Water bills will go up again on April 1. Pensioners like Judith are already feeling the pinch, rationing showers and laundry loads.

Pensioners in poverty skip baths as water bills rise.

Full state pension (received by 35% of pensioners) is less than 50% of minimum wage.

2m UK pensioners live in poverty.

In 2024-25, 88,000 pensioners died in poverty.

Govts don't curb profiteering.

Poverty is a political choice.

Wales becomes the first UK nation to remove profit from children's homes, fostering, and secure accommodation In less than a month, new providers of children’s homes, fostering services and secure accommodation will no longer be able to make a profit in Wales — making it the first nation in the UK to take thi...

In less than a month, new providers of children's homes, fostering services and secure accommodation will no longer be able to make a profit in Wales — making it the first nation in the UK to take this landmark step

Keir Starmer and David Lammy are taking an extraordinarily dangerous gamble with our individual liberty This week, MPs will vote on the second reading of the Courts and Tribunals Bill. Don’t let the anodyne name fool you – this is one of the most revolutionary pieces of legislation in our…

Labour's core voters, on which its re-election entirely depends, are crystal clear about this: they absolutely hate its illiberal, intolerant, draconian, rightwards turn. Hence the total collapse in support. So how does the government respond? #SuicideMission🤦‍♂️
thesecretbarrister.com/2026/03/07/k...

Dont rely on the UN. They didnt stop Israel's Gaza genocide.

People have to mass organise and shut everything down indefinitely until the regime is out. Have to impact commerce and wealth of the oligarchs.

How democratic is the UK? The UK has a crisis of democracy

Democracy in the UK

Unelected Head of state
Unelected second chamber of parliament
MPs pressurized to toe the party line
Political parties, too many legislators available for hire to the super-rich
Unlike the EU no workplace democracy

FPTP skews election outcomes

Deep social/economic problems.

Make misogyny an aggravated crime I just signed the campaign calling to make misogyny an aggravated crime

38d.gs/klr_

We don’t talk enough about how morally depraved the tech industry turned out to be. Every single ounce of their self-regarding statements of values was an outright lie.

Russian tech found in drone that hit RAF base in Cyprus As Moscow declares it is ‘supportive’ of Iran, the first evidence of Kremlin equipment in the war can be revealed

Russian tech found in drone that hit RAF base in Cyprus

As Moscow declares it is ‘supportive’ of Iran, the first evidence of Kremlin equipment in the war can be revealed

www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:

Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down

Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace

Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs

Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

The war with Iran will not be won in 6 weeks, 6 months or even 6 years, it will drag on forever, costing a fortune and killing hundreds of thousands or millions of people.

Everybody knows this and everybody should be trying to force it to a peaceful conclusion.

Its just the right thing to do!

What Privatisation has done for you?

Most expensive Energy in the world.
Dirtest most expensive Water in Europe in England.
Slowest most expensive Mail ever.
Slowest most expensive Trains in Europe
Least number of Hospital beds ever.*

*Privatised Hospital building

Dont forget the LIBOR nonsense that took place in June of 2012, Barclays plc admitted that it had manipulated LIBOR—a benchmark interest rate that was fundamental to the operation of international financial markets and that was the basis for trillions of dollars of financial transactions.

Some days it's utterly relentless... The wealth redistribution from the poor to the rich has to stop.

THIS!!!!!!!!!!! 👇

But even so, 37% would STILL vote for #Labour despite the countless awful things they've done??? 😮

Are they all thinking: "Yes, I love high bills & #Starmer 's u-turns & cruel #RightWing policies, along with his #FarRight rhetoric - so I'll vote for them again"?

🙄🙄🙄

Ask your MP to meet with ‘Dirty Business’ activists! #DirtyBusiness exposed the human cost of profit before public health. Our water system won’t be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership. I’ve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March...

#DirtyBusiness exposed the human cost of profit before public health.

Our water system won’t be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership.

I’ve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March & hear that message directly from sewage campaigners: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

Let credit unions serve their communities Don’t let outdated laws hold credit unions back.

Credit unions help people access fair, ethical finance. But an outdated law is holding them back.

I’ve signed this petition to update the rules so credit unions can grow and serve more communities.

Sign here 👇 party.coop/campaign/com...

One wonders why the NHS trusts can’t just pay their own staff properly to do these extra shifts, instead of enabling private companies to make money like this (3).

companies to come in out-of-hours and use NHS resources to do NHS work. These private companies are using NHS facilities, NHS equipment and many also hire NHS staff to work out-of-hours, to do the work and enable the private companies to generate a profit! (2)

I wouldn’t be surprised if you hadn’t heard of “NHS in-sourcing”, because the newspapers don’t talk about it very much. But it’s one of the most mind-boggling forms of NHS privatisation! Essentially, NHS Trusts are desperate to bring down their waiting lists, and many are now paying private.. (1)

Ask your MP to meet with ‘Dirty Business’ activists! #DirtyBusiness exposed the human cost of profit before public health. Our water system won’t be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership. I’ve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March...

#DirtyBusiness exposed the human cost of profit before public health.

Our water system won’t be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership.

I’ve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March & hear that message directly from sewage campaigners: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

South East Water faces £22m fine for supply failures The firm was unable to cope during high demand, Ofwat says, leading to

Ofwat £22m fine proposal for South East Water for repeated supply failures.

"Proposal" = companies with criminal convictions negotiate, may never pay.

Thames Water to pay 2024 fines by 2030 or never.

2024 fines on Yorkshire and Northumbrian Water quietly waived.

Execs never fined or prosecuted.

Sierra Nevada mountains just north of LA, CA, USA. Jagged snow covered peaks rise above green trees and a yellowish plain. A small blue lake peeks around a bend.

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel -Maya Angelou

Pic of the day

#photography

On current trends, many seas will soon become too hot for marine life ...

"More than one billion people depend on the ocean for their primary source of food, with 260 million employed by global marine fisheries alone."
via Nature

"Speaks for itself. The oceans are very warm."
via Dan Satterfield

#DirtyBusiness

I bought eight first class stamps for £13:60! This is the cost of privatisation - poor service for the customer, higher charges, decrease in delivery days, damaged or lost letters and parcels! Dont get me started on the charges to ensure your letters and parcels get there (incompetence charges)!