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@chrisw68.bsky.social

Over 35 years in healthcare, still championing the NHS, we fixed it before & we can fix it again.

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So do we have an English King under her new rules?

05.11.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wind power has cut Β£104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand

Everyone needs to hear this:
Research by University College London found that from 2010 to 2023, energy from windfarms has lowered the consumers bill by Β£104.3bn - even after green subsidies have been paid.
#dkpol @telegraphnews.bsky.social @gbnewsonline.bsky.social #dkgreen
tinyurl.com/2zr38tbv

29.10.2025 06:42 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Unfortunately the previous government destroyed the Russian report & probably destroyed the data it was based on. I’m sure there was a lot of shredding going on during the election!

29.10.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
β€œExpose the Truth. Defend Our Democracy.” We’re Appealing to Europe's High Chamber β€” the final push in a 5-year fight

β€œExpose the Truth. Defend Our Democracy.” www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/expose-the...

22.10.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s gone so quickly from β€˜boat people’ to all immigrants. So quickly from β€˜I don’t mind if they come here legally and pay taxes’ to β€˜actually it’s anyone foreign’. We are living in the β€˜first they came for’ poem. All to give the population a scapegoat so the super rich can hoard yet more wealth.

25.09.2025 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5805    πŸ” 1679    πŸ’¬ 160    πŸ“Œ 81

Farage isn’t a politician, he doesn’t understand the consequences of his proposed policies. If he sends back settled Europeans & they do the same, what happens to all the Reform voters happily retired in Spain etc? If this policy also apply to sports, where would England football & rugby etc be πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

22.09.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The finest visual demonstration of Brexit that you will ever see.

09.09.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1327    πŸ” 343    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 19

β€˜He broke Britain then went to the US to talk about how broken we are. Well thanks a lot’.

Emily Maitlis on Nigel Farage.

06.09.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1624    πŸ” 409    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 14

Wales -Aberystwyth

30.08.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Salem's Lot 1979, I watched it alone when my parents & brothers were out, I was 10, absolutely terrified

26.08.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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UK HAS NO MORE ROOM
UK has 280 people per km2 compared with 7000 (Hong Kong), 8100 (Singapore), 22,000 (Macau)

IMMIGRANTS ARE STOPPING YOU GET A HOME
The housing shortage is because of the sell off of council homes/failure to build more, and transition from housing for living to housing for profit

24.08.2025 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Absolutely agree 100% πŸ‘

23.08.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No point calling a nurse, they don’t have the authority under the mental health act, but she’s definitely a danger to herself/others, so someone should intervene πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

12.08.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

07.08.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Britain privatised itself into failure Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong

How Britain privatised itself into failure

Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...

27.07.2025 06:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2218    πŸ” 920    πŸ’¬ 119    πŸ“Œ 108

It’s amusing that the right are following the narrative that has worked in the US, drain the swamp, destroy the establishment. Although the current UK structures, civil service etc were put in place to protect the monarchy & aristocracy, so ultimately they are putting themselves in the cross-hairs.

26.07.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Russell Jones's Week Moment: Facts Have Never Been a Speed Bump for Nigel Nigel Farage is at it again, and the BBC are dancing merrily to his tune, argues Russell Jones

πŸ”΄Russell Jones's Week Moment: Facts Have Never Been a Speed Bump for Nigel

Nigel Farage is at it again, and the BBC are dancing merrily to his tune, argues @russincheshire.bsky.social

www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...

25.07.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

And yet you hide your identity, but you aren’t a fake??

21.07.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I started nursing in 87, we had funding for beds, social care, education, accommodation etc. The public voted to take that away, to reduce taxes on the rich. 1 year can’t fix that, it took 12 years last time, not 12 months. It’s not just about wages & it takes time, please, when reporting do better!

14.07.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Today in 1789 a mob stormed the Bastille fortress in Paris. The spectre of that moment has loomed over incompetent authoritarians presiding over unequal and unjust societies ever since.

14.07.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 780    πŸ” 180    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 10
05.07.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
YouGov Blue chart showing how we rate world leaders, countries and events: 

Putin and Trump lowest polling international figures and highest for Zelensky, NATO and
Germany

Top 6 most unpopular:
Putin
Trump
China
Israel
The US
Brexit

YouGov Blue chart showing how we rate world leaders, countries and events: Putin and Trump lowest polling international figures and highest for Zelensky, NATO and Germany Top 6 most unpopular: Putin Trump China Israel The US Brexit

Chart showing 
Changing landscape
YouGov's first MRP has Reform winning the most seats if a general election were held today

Chart showing Changing landscape YouGov's first MRP has Reform winning the most seats if a general election were held today

Very hard to reconcile these two YouGov charts.
On the one hand, we really dislike Putin, Trump and Brexit.
On the other, we may well vote Putin-apologist-Trump-adoring-Brexit-cultists into government.

Come on UK. Sort your shit out.

26.06.2025 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 334    πŸ” 109    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 6

How society would fall apart, if the very wealthy didn’t have tax havens to hide their ill gotten gains.

26.06.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How would you pay for it? Another fallout of Thatcherism, I believe that the social care workers should be paid the equivalent of NHS staff, but that would cost billions, but instead they get paid minimum wage & their private sector employers make billions instead πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

11.06.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We want to make sure Rachel Reeves MP sees some important % and ££s:
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ 80% of UK millionaires support a 2% tax on wealth over Β£10m
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ 81% think it’s patriotic to pay their fair share
We’re proud to pay and here to stay
#taxthesuperrich #taxwealthnotwork

05.06.2025 06:07 β€” πŸ‘ 503    πŸ” 236    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 27
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This seems to have now disappeared from the Express website but can still be read in the archive.
archive.ph/mQIec

05.06.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 848    πŸ” 392    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 14

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19.05.2025 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Douglas Alexander in the Commons earlier : "Let me be clear... the imports of hormone treated beef or chlorinated chicken, will remain illegal.."

Now those on here who should no better, stop perpetuating far right and far left propaganda.

08.05.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 373    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 6

It’s the same, NHS England has a Regional structure currently in place.

07.05.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He’s added nothing, it was already there.

07.05.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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