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Blowing apart the sham that the ‘Gender Critical’ movement has anything whatsoever to do with ‘Women’s Rights’. It’s a mainly middle-class fuelled hate movement. You can be a pussy-grabbing, sex offending, anti abortion, brute - but if you hate trans people, YOU ARE IN. @mrjamesob.bsky.social

It's time to take our water back Privatised water represents the most unholy of business models – all the while, bills go up, and sewage spews into our rivers and seas.

Privatisation's thirst for profit will never be quenched. Time to take our water back.

England's water industry controlled by organizations with over 1,100 criminal convictions, 90% foreign-owned.

It dumps sewage, fleeces customers.

Must end privatisation scam
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There is no proper financial education in UK schools, and the ICAEW is still sitting on the money to fund it As the FT notes this morning: Only one in four young adults say they received any financial education at school, according to new research, highlighting the scale of the UK’s challenge to ensure child...

There is no proper financial education in UK schools, and the ICAEW is still sitting on the money to fund it www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01...

Can’t stop thinking about Marcus Fakana - stuck in jail in Dubai for a holiday romance. The absolutely horrible decision by the girl’s mother to report him to the police. The sense that racism and classism are at play - if he had been a white middle class boy I suspect things would be different.

YouTube video by Vroni Holzmann Vroni playing the Bumblebee Boogie for Channel 4

This clip of Channel 4 filming my boogie at the station even went a little viral 😁
youtube.com/watch?v=l6ulV-b-OXg&t=1s

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There will no doubt be lots of people telling you how much they achieved in 2024, and that's ok.

However, for those who need to hear this truth......it's far more than ok if all you achieved in 2024 was making it through it.

Things are not always what they seem: The deer isn't crossing the road. The road is crossing the forest! 🌳

We need nature more than ever. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #nature #cop16 #cop16cali

Hope you'll feel better soon, Liz! 🍀💖

Really sorry to hear about this, my friend.

A general apology to my lovely customers 😢

In case you had a delivery or quality problem with my calendars in a previous year I would like to explain why. Things are back in my own hands now and I am trying hard to regain the trust of those who had problems ordering my art x

The failure of the water industry is a stain on our country.

The Government has an opportunity to fix it, but they are choosing to ignore the obvious: profit has no place in water.

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YouTube video by Richard J Murphy Nationalising essential utilities – like water – should not cost taxpayers anything at all

More brilliant action by @we-own-it.bsky.social.
today.
It’s about WATER ffs!
How much MORE urgent can it be??

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‘Day of shame’: Labour will not pay Waspi women compensation, Liz Kendall announces Ombudsman identified appropriate amount of compensation for the typical impacted woman as between £1,000 and £2,950

What a shameful day. Starmer came to power pledging to restore trust in politics - this is destroying trust & wrecking lives. A massive injustice was done to #Waspiwomen - it’s a political choice not to remedy it
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Ellie Chowns with Laila Soueif, mother of Alaa Abd El-Fattah. Ellie is holding a sign with a photo of Alaa and his child. Laila is holding a sign that reads 'FREE ALAA'. On the pavement in front of Ellie and Laila are the chalk tally marks that Laila is making to remind the Government of every day that Alaa is held in prison in Egypt beyond the end of his 5-year sentence.

Laila Soueif is marking the ground outside the Foreign Office for each day her son Alaa Abd El-Fattah is held in Egyptian prison beyond the end of his 5-year sentence.

This week over 100 MPs wrote to David Lammy to urge him to use his influence to secure Alaa's release.

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I'm thinking of the Herefordshire WASPI women today. It is a deep disappointment that the Government has not heeded the ombudsman's recommendation to fairly compensate all those affected by this historic injustice.

Toxic harvest: fossil fuel pesticides on our plates Deadly toxic pesticides and fertilisers derived from fossil fuels are destroying the health of people and planet.

Fossil fuel companies like are investing big 💰 in highly-toxic, fossil-fuel based pesticides & fertilisers – and we need to start paying attention.

Read our article to find out how fossil-fuels are landing on our plates, and what needs to change: waronwant.org/news-analysi...

A table listing the top 10 wealthiest individuals, ranked by their total net worth. Elon Musk ranks first with $474B, followed by Jeff Bezos at $251B, and Mark Zuckerberg at $221B. Other notable names include Larry Ellison ($194B), Bernard Arnault ($178B), Bill Gates ($165B), and Warren Buffett ($143B).

Elon is now the richest person who has ever lived, even more than plutocrats who have plundered entire countries or the leaders of immense empires. This level of obscene wealth should not be tolerated.

Very important RP and let every American know so they can actually get the treatment that they pay for.

The i front page: EU tells Starmer: your Brexit reset is doomed without a better offer on fish and under-30s » European diplomats warn Keir Starmer that he still needs to make major concessions to the EU if he wants new deals on trade and security - with Brussels prepared to drive a hard bargain »Leaked negotiating documents show that the EU is demanding a new fishing agreement as a precondition to the start of any talks, plus easier migration for under 30s between the two sides » Brussels wants to make the UK adopt the bloc's laws in exchange for getting a veterinary agreement which would boost British farming and food trade, a key plank of Starmer's strategy » European diplomatic sources say most EU nations are happy with the status quo - and claim they are becoming exasperated by the UK making demands without offering concessions

If we’d been shown this headline in 2016, we may have struggled to believe such a mess could be possible. But here we are, 8 years on, being asked to consider concessions on fish and opportunities for young people.
And the inescapable crappiness and tedium of it all is.. well.. just so very sad.

Keep your cat off the tree with this limited edition bauble

I’m old enough to remember Boris Johnson telling businesses Brexit paperwork could go in a bin. Now they need a warehouse to store it in

YouTube video by Larry & Paul #BrokenNews - Santa Is Cancelled

🚨 BREAKING: Santa Claus Forced To Step Down From Role.

👇 Join #BrokenNews for the latest.

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Transfolk the series Transfolk is a digital drama series about the lives, loves, losses and triumphs of Transgender friends and family living in a small island town.  Together they face life's challenges with the added co...

Hi - just letting you know about a new web series, Transfolk. Created by a trans woman who wrote, directed, filmed, edited and funded the project with donations from friends and family. Filmed in Galveston. Trans actors telling trans stories. 1st season is on YouTube. youtube.com/@transfolkth...

There are no specific disability-related discounts on energy bills which considering that life with a disability costs an extra £1010 a month than non disabled people, is a national disgrace.
There must be an energy social tariff, or people WILL die this winter.
That is an undeniable FACT.

Martin Lewis' MSE says anyone earning under £35,000 can get £5,800 from DWP Money expert Martin Lewis says anyone earning £35,000 or less can get £5,800 from the DWP.

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Thames Water bailout in the High Court; our letter to the judge Join us outside the High Court on Tuesday 17th December at 10.30am to say NO to the bailout of Thames Water.

We've written to the judge in the High Court who will decide whether the Thames Water bailout can go ahead at YOUR expense

✊ JOIN US TO PROTEST at 10.30am on Tuesday 17th December outside the High Court in London ✊

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Thames Water bailout in the High Court; our letter to the judge Join us outside the High Court on Tuesday 17th December at 10.30am to say NO to the bailout of Thames Water.

"We are neither solicitors nor barristers, but have the best interests of the 16 million consumers in mind....we ask you to refuse to sanction the Restructuring Plan"

Our letter to the High Court judge who must stop the Thames Water bailout on Tuesday 👇

weownit.org.uk/blog/thames-...