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Brexit xenophobia destroys families.
British woman laments Brexit rules that would stop her Italian husband moving to UK
Post-Brexit savings and salary rules deny family visas to thousands.
The state decides who you may love and settle down with.
So many articles along the lines of βthe NHS won the spending review, now it had better improve!β
The spending review revealed investment in the NHS which will be *lower* than the average real terms increases in funding since the NHS beganβ¦. π¨
"The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism." -
Hannah Arendt
Remembering this trans man for Pride. Mexican Revolutionary Amelio Robles Γvila, who threatened to shoot anyone who misgendered him and said "he did not want to die without being known as a man,β lived his life as a man after transitioning. One of Zapataβs top commanders.
We have always been here.
This man, who has human rights lawyer in his Twitter biog!, is hoping that Israel attacks the flotilla & hurts (kills?) my Zeteo colleague, & legendary activist, Greta Thunberg.
To call this tweet disgusting & violent would be an understatement. But they keep telling on themselves:
no itβs actually because of the slavery
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A sign in the background says New Hope church, God says homosexuality is in. In the foreground there are two men smiling holding the letter s that they've taken from the sign
Happy pride month β€οΈπ³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβπ
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A photo of Viola Ford Fletcher with her hands clasped
Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
10.05.2025 15:20 β π 27511 π 6307 π¬ 555 π 324Why isnβt there a βcoalition of the willingβ to stop the mass starvation and genocide in Gaza?
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House of Commons speaker kept almost 300 gifts over past 4 years.
Gifts are to a state official and therefore must not be retained by a person.
Any state officials (Ministers, legislators, regulators, law enforcement) not on the make?
Must cleanse political system for good life.
United Utilities in use 'less water' warning as reservoir levels drop.
UU has 205 criminal convictions. It loses 175bn litres to leaky pipes, built no new reservoirs, paid excessive dividends, neglected Investment.
Wants people to pay more for less.
No national plan for water security.
Welcome to the RFK Jr public health era.
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A poll of more than 4,000 people conducted by YouGov found those who supported Reform still want to deepen ties with the EU.
I can only conclude that Reform voters are very confused people. π€·ββοΈ
New Reform mayor Andrea Jenkyns vows to sack county councilβs diversity officers - except there arenβt any.
Farage and Reform are importing Trumpism and US style closures, leaving unfair practices to flourish.
Join a union and local citizens groups to resist.
Well that's Fast & Fuhreous,
04.05.2025 20:58 β π 451 π 112 π¬ 15 π 11People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
Pope Francis dedicated his life to the marginalised, displaced and dispossessed.
A rare voice for humanity, he spent his final days on this earth calling for peace.
Let his enduring legacy β of empathy, courage and kindness β inspire us to build a more humane world for all.
NatWest proposing 43% pay hike for CEO to Β£7.7m. Barclays 45% hike to Β£14.3m. HSBC 43% hike to Β£15m.
Banks bailed out by the people, gamble with other people's money.
Govts tell workers pay rises are inflationary, but rise in exec pay, dividends, share buybacks OK.
Let customers vote on exec pay
Brexit still was, is and always will be a disastrous act of self harm. That Labour actively perpetuate it in this new world order is unforgivable.
20.04.2025 06:50 β π 140 π 46 π¬ 5 π 2the thing I hate most about that rfk quote is that autistic lives have value and worth and beauty and dignity whether they are able to do the things other people do or not. no one is defined by ability or lack thereof and to frame divergence as lack is monster stuff, utterly godless
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Water companiesβ pollution incidents in England increased by 30% in 2024.
Customer bills hiked. Shareholders extracted Β£1.2bn in 2023-24.
Industry controlled by organisations with criminal records. No director prosecuted.
Nothing will change until profit motive is removed.
Nationalise.
Up writing about whether we should be concerned about the fact that Keir Starmerβs new health data service plan looks a *lot* like a proposal put out by Tony Blairβs org last summer. None of the papers seem to be talking about thisβ¦
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V for vendetta is such a good movie and Iβm not bringing this up for any particular reason at this moment at all
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Erica Chenoweth, who has studied nonviolent protests, says it takes 3.5% of the population protesting to bring about change. Itβs a fact. We must participate in many ways in nonviolent protest.
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Just a periodic little reminder.
We all have our reasons for hating the vile little shit rag - peddler of hate, fear, misogyny, racism & lies.
Boycott The Sun β
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
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