David Smith

Hold Fujitsu to account for Post Office scandal £41 million! That’s how much more the Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. And that's on top of another whopping £65m the Government paid the scandal ...

£41 million! That’s what Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. It's a slap in the face to all those wrongfully convicted Post Office staff. Join others demanding Fujitsu is finally held to account. Sign now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...

Thanks @drstevetaylor.bsky.social Great graphic

GPs - ‘Lazy, laggards’

1.3million appts take place in General Practice each day

20 x more than A&E
3.5 x more than hospital out-patients

5million more appts each month than 2019

Wes Streeting has decided he doesn’t need GPs

Let’s see if people agree

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Awful impact of climate crisis www.facebook.com/share/r/1VyL...

No one doubts that. It’s a complex multifaceted issue that requires vigorous action in terms of the food production and consumption.

We find in some areas, pupils from poor backgrounds are refusing free meals because they are hooked on UPF foods and unaccustomed to freshly prepared food, including fruit/vegetables

They are also a once in a lifetime opportunity to improve long term public health

School meals provide the benefit of economies of scale to feed a population of kids more economically, consistently and better than when most families have to separately plan, buy, prepare and package breakfast, lunch and/or afternoon snacks for school kids to eat before, at or after school.

‘If there’s a free alternative, I’ll eat healthily’: how Sweden devised brilliant school meals A pilot scheme where students eat nutritious breakfasts using donated surplus food builds on the ‘folkhem’ welfare model to boost health and sustainability

If there’s a free alternative, I’ll eat healthily’: how Sweden devised brilliant school meals

Source: the Guardian
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Awful events happening in Cebu, the Philippines www.facebook.com/share/r/14LZ...

Tommy Robinson not guilty of terror offence after not giving police access to phone Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was found not guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court.

So, I think I’ve got this right.
Pacifist grannies holding a cardboard sign are terrorists, but Yaxley Lennon is a freedom loving journalist.
Glad the judge was concentrating on the facts in the parallel universe he occupies.
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AOC shows up with massive food truck to feed TSA workers at LaGuardia Airport since they are not getting paid. There’s also additional fresh food for the community that federal workers can come and pick up if needed. 🙌🏾 #CityHarvest

SHA at the TUC - Socialist Health Association Focus on Thora Silverthorne Thora Silverthorne, a Welsh nurse and lifelong socialist activist, is a figure of immense significance whose contributions to healthcare and workers' rights have often been...

Great NHS story. sochealth.co.uk/2025/09/06/s...

Dave Hill: Katie Lam should learn London's language Recent comments about the capital's school children's English skills suggest the Tory MP from Kent must try harder

Could Katie Lam identify the London schools where "more than three-quarters of children don’t speak English to a serviceable school standard". Well done to @davehillonlondon.bsky.social for giving Lam + CPS the chance to substantiate this claim at the Tory fringe

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Don't be fooled, Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk are playing you The message the hate engine transmits is simple: asylum seekers are not really people in need

Robinson, Musk and Badenoch are all part of an industry of grievance, a machine designed to spread hate which now operates across the British right – from respectable print outlets to wild-eyed online fascists

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A story in Private Eye, headlined "Minority representation on TV causes outrage". The article reads: "There has been widespread support for prominent Reform MP Sarah Pochin after she complained about the over-representation of minorities on television. Said one angry viewer, "She's right. Every time you turn on the telly there's another Reform MP being interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg." She added, "I respect their way of life and their strange customs, but Reform MPs comprise only 0.7 percent of the House of Commons. Yet Nigel Farage is on Question Time more than Fiona Bruce." "I'm not prejudiced. Some of my best friends are swivel-eyed loons, but enough is enough. There are too many people with angry red faces on television."

Private Eye nailing it.

Also note the direction of food trade deregulation eroding food safety standards, with USA imports.

New planning bill could jeopardise UK’s trade deal with EU, ambassador warns Exclusive: Proposed legislation removes EU-derived nature protections as government hopes to boost economic growth

EU concerns that UK planning bill may breach 'level playing field' rules on environmental law in Brexit deal www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It's increasingly obvious that Labour's strategy - call it Starmerism, Blue Labour, whatever - has got it badly wrong. It has alienated the party's core vote while failing to win over those leaning to Reform. There was no shortage of people warning them they were getting it wrong either.

people chant "we stand with you!" as Letitia James tries to speak outside a courthouse in Virginia

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Starmer needs to get serious about governing — and quick The prime minister has to change or his party will seek a change of its own

My column in the @ftweekend.com: Keir Starmer is in trouble because he has not been serious about governing, and the best way for him to turn things around is for him to become serious:

Reeves considers breaking manifesto pledge with income tax rise to fill £30bn gap Exclusive: Treasury discussions include possibly adding 1p to basic rate or raising higher or additional tax rates

Reeves considers adding 1p to basic rate or raising higher or additional tax rates.

There must be no tax rise for the bottom 50%.

Must tax dividends & capital gains at same rate as wages, restrict tax relief on pension contributions to basic rate only.

HMRC hasn't collected over £500bn since 2010

Stay safe.

Mirror journalists back strike action over redundancies and AI More than half of Mirror members of NUJ have voted in favour of strike action following Reach redundancies announced in September.

Reach today concluded its six-week redundancy consultation, with around 300 journalists being pushed out. Staff at the Mirror have now voted in favour of strike action.

It looks very much like their jobs are being replaced by AI.
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We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

We're facing a political emergency: a high likelihood of an shamelessly authoritarian government in 2029. So we urgently need this basic safeguard: a codified constitution.
This week's column explains what we're missing and why it's so important.
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A-level English, voluntary work: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants | Nesrine Malik “let’s talk about all the ways integration happens, and whether, in fact, it is even something that is on offer for all, not just migrants”

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

A friend in Corvallis, Oregon sent me this one 🤣 #NoKings

I will remind people, every single Billionaire in the UK gets an average of £320,000,000 of benefits a year, mostly in tax they allowed to avoid.

It ain't that Disabled Person on Motability ripping you.