Why politicians wonโt fix affordability www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
07.01.2026 21:47 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@tallpaul65.bsky.social
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Why politicians wonโt fix affordability www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
07.01.2026 21:47 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This is Nigel Farage on video saying the UK will need insurance-based healthcare. Those are his words, not mine.
Insurance healthcare means paying when you get sick. Serious illness comes with serious bills. For many people that means real financial risk on top of rent food energy and council tax.
What will happen if economic growth has come to an end? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
18.12.2025 09:13 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Telegraph - Girls targeted in mixed changing rooms FOI police request shows women also at risk of sexual assault and mobile phone voyeurism at pools The Daily Telegraph10 Dec 2025By Daniel Martin DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR Women and girls are being sexually assaulted in mixed changing rooms across the country. Police data show at least 16 rapes, 80 sexual assaults and 65 acts of voyeurism were committed in sports centres in 2023, equating to three offences a week. Many of the offences were in mixed-sex changing areas, according to a report by the Womenโs Rights Network. Campaigners warned that mixed-sex changing areas were a โmagnet for sexual predatorsโ. WOMEN and girls are being sexually assaulted in mixed changing rooms across the country. New police data show at least 16 rapes, 80 sexual assaults and 65 acts of voyeurism were committed in sports centres in 2023, equating to three offences a week.
Quoted here we have Sharron Davies talking about an FoI filed by the Women's Rights Network.
None of the people who committed these crimes were trans. Not one.
4.8% were cis male staff.
The Government has revealed plans for a new mandatory digital ID. Itโs invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. Right now it's just an idea - we need to stop it becoming a reality. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
25.10.2025 11:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Analysis of UK government regarding Israel and terrorism
Starmer and terrorism
23.10.2025 12:14 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church of England - to rewild its land. Join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
23.10.2025 10:19 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Housing benefit no longer covers the true cost of private rent โ and itโs forcing people into poverty, ill health and homelessness. Thatโs plain wrong.
Iโve asked the Chancellor to fix it with the Autumn Budget. Will you join me? @crisis-uk.bsky.social
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๐จ Outrageous: the UK govt is reportedly ready to make the #NHS pay 25% more for medicines - caving to pressure from Trump and Big Pharma.
Every extra pound handed to drug company bosses is a pound stolen from patient care.
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: community.350.org/petitions/we...
08.10.2025 16:50 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The French have occupied Tesla's HQ in France to protest against the ultra rich and their tax dodging.
Be more French.
Protests have broken out across the globe after Israel detained Greta Thunbergโs aid flotilla, with planned demonstrations set to take place in the UK.
02.10.2025 12:23 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I love that Zack Polanski just rolled up to the Labour conference to talk to people outside.
Although, I think it would be even funnier if Keir Starmer tries to retaliate by doing the same at the Green conference. ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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Taking a leaf from Reform UK Ltd's book?
What is gonna be said that they don't want the press to know?
If Democrats cave on this, I will never, ever, ever, ever vote for them ever again. Ever.
29.09.2025 15:54 โ ๐ 2631 ๐ 645 ๐ฌ 44 ๐ 331. I've long contended that austerity doesn't save money. It merely transfers costs from one group (the very rich, who would otherwise pay more tax) to others. Last night was a powerful reminder of that. Before I go further, I should say Iโm fine. Just a black eye, cuts & bruises, no serious harm. ๐งต
26.09.2025 09:33 โ ๐ 1781 ๐ 454 ๐ฌ 89 ๐ 25CEOs are earning hundreds of times more than their staff. Tescoโs boss made 431x the average worker last year! ๐ณ Sign the petition for a maximum wage and help make pay fair you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it...
25.09.2025 22:16 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The Dallas shooter is Joshua Jahn. He ain't a minority. He ain't transgender. He ain't an immigrant. Yet another white kid with a serious gun fixation.
24.09.2025 19:10 โ ๐ 6503 ๐ 2422 ๐ฌ 335 ๐ 139Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
24.09.2025 19:40 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Virgin Active call themselves an LGBTQ+ ally, but decided to ban trans people from using their changing rooms and bathrooms... so we created a new slogan for them ๐
We need to make make as much noise as possible and make Virgin Active feel the pressure.
Will you join us? ๐
goodlaw.social/d922
Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. Iโve signed 38 Degreesโ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
21.09.2025 15:16 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Quarter of UK university physics departments at risk of closing.
Consequence of policies of successive govts, real cut in university income, hard to recruit foreign students.
Science subjects cut as they require heavy investment. Skills shortages will deepen.
The National. UK Government urged to introduce cost controls on rising food prices.
7.5 million people in the UK already live in food poverty, and food prices are spiralling with inflation.
Price protections can help ensure people are able to feed their families. The UK government must work with supermarkets to ensure prices are affordable.
Imagineโฆ
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Just an hour and 20 minutes left to sign, people.
If you haven't done so yet, it only takes a few seconds!
The EU wants to roll back vital environmental protections. Deadline to stop it: 10 September โฐ
Tell them to keep their #HandsOffNature ๐ handsoffnature.eu/take-action/...
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