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Pluto's journey has come to an end. He went peacefully surrounded by love. He was the best boy you could ever wish for. My first and last thought every day. My reason to wake. I miss him so much. 22/7/25.

Everything you need to set up a Labour Budget. Terms and conditions apply. Real action on the cost-of-living crisis sold separately.

Who do they think they’re impressing by swapping climate science that works for climate science that doesn’t? (It’s fossil fuel producers) https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/27/chris-packham-chancellor-scrap-spending-fairytale-carbon-capture-budget

Only 3% of our wildflower meadows are left. Please share this post if you agree we should give pollinating insects a fighting chance by growing wildflowers in our gardens, communities, towns and countryside, and by avoiding pesticides and weedkillers 🐝

Ahead of tomorrow's budget statement. Here’s how the UK chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions by addressing tax and fiscal anomalies. There is no shortage of money. All that is needed is the political will.

This is how the UK Chancellor can increase the income tax personal allowance by £3,000. Must end/curtail subsidies to banks. Align tax rates on capital gains & dividends with those on wages. Inconvenience to a few, but millions will be lifted out of hardship.

The UK economy has been stuck in a slow-moving crisis for 18 years. Wages have stagnated, prices have risen and basic services have been cut – giving rise to a widespread sense that everything is getting worse. If Burnham doesn’t respond, Reform will benefit. substack.com/home/post/p-...

56 individuals in the UK have as much wealth as the poorest 27 million (Oxfam), but they appear - for some reason - to be immune from government efforts to raise more cash Monstrous and criminal www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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UK Chancellor pledges cheaper marmalade and gherkins in pre-Budget package of 'everyday fixes'. Fiddling at the edges. Need redistribution of income and wealth. End profiteering in housing, energy, water, essentials. Increase tax personal allowance.

CEO of scandal-ridden Deloitte gets 45% pay rise to £7.1m, 1,360 jobs cut. CEO pay = 93 times median employee pay. Firm doesn't pay employer NIC on profits shared by partners, worth £150,000 for £1m profit shared. £899m shared. 108 govt contracts in 2026, worth £650m. Friends in high places.

A proposed data centre in Llanrumney, Cardiff, would cause serious habitat loss for a colony of dormice. You can ensure the issue isn't forgotten by commenting on the planning application. HURRY because the opportunity ends tomorrow. Find out how below. 👇

🇺🇸 Fast-food giants. UK rivers. One BIG pollution problem. As American fast-food giants expand across the UK, demand for cheap chicken is soaring. But behind the boom lies a growing environmental crisis... 🧵1/2. riveractionuk.com/news/big-ame... @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

The UK is exporting its carbon footprint. We ship 8M tonnes of scrap steel to nations with weak environmental laws, only to buy the finished product back. #UKPol #UKSteel #NetZero #IndustrialPolicy @uksteel.org @green-alliance.org.uk @unitetheunion.bsky.social

“Why was a major government supplier allowed to help shape the rules governing how the department buys its products, with little public scrutiny?” (The name of the supplier should come as no surprise) https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-palantir-led-secret-review

There's another way of putting this: "Markets prefer fascists" www.economist.com/leaders/2026...

Labour now briefing young people won't get the same minimum wage uplift. Even Starmer didn't break this pledge. Workers rights mean same rights, pay & conditions, same rate for the same job. What does this Labour government have against young people? inews.co.uk/news/politic...

"Witnessing such a young elephant lose its life to trophy hunting is a painful reminder of why we cannot allow this to continue.Together, let's demand stricter regulations and an immediate ban on trophy hunting. Our wildlife deserves better. #BanTrophyHuntingNow"

HSBC quarterly pre-tax profits surge 32% to $9.6bn (£7.14bn). Banks receive bailouts, subsidies, pay measly return to savers, hike charges, rely on the state as lender of the last resort but threaten retaliation if taxed. Must levy windfall tax.

Is she running a data centre in her lounge? #StopReform #Cruella

War Wankers want to make the poor poorer to justify increasing the military budget. The UK is the SIXTH biggest defence spender in the WORLD Poverty is a political choice

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I suspect many new Reform UK Councillors saw it as a way to get rich quick - but baulk at the prospect of actually having to do some work to benefit not just themselves "Oldham's first Reform leader says he is leaving politics after shock resignation" www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

Elon Musk not only controls the satellite systems that the Ukrainian army - and other European armies - rely upon, he also controls the algorithms that govern a large swathe of the European information space. Europe needs to decouple from this clear and present threat to their security. My latest

Privatisation has failed This Thursday 29th Oct shady Thames Water execs will meet dodgy US hedge funds to agree a £2.4 BILLION bailout that *households will pay for through increased bills* @andyburnham.bsky.social has 3 DAYS to step in and STOP THE BAILOUT, take back Thames Water

Don’t let the buck stop with this idiot charge them all they trousered millions while they let people die unnecessarily.

Corporate profits are at record highs — but revenue from corporate taxes has plummeted thanks to the tax cuts in Trump and Republicans’ big, ugly bill. Meanwhile, workers’ wages are stagnant and their share of the nation’s income is at a record low. Trickle-down economics was always a hoax.

Lock 🔒 him up forever.

The loss of freedom of movement due to Brexit affects far more than just people. Losing the four freedoms- goods, people, capital, and services has wide-ranging consequences.

There's no doubt that climate change is causing more extreme weather events, and without action it will continue to worsen. Our thoughts to those impacted by the recent #TyphoonChampi. www.yahoo.com/news/weather...

U.S. is a big reason the world is losing ground in the fight against climate change, U.N. report says U.S. was only major economy that failed last year to reduce its carbon pollution or at least slow the growth in how much c02 is spewed by burning fossil fuels. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

“People are demanding action on rents, the cost of the climate emergency and about how we can bring people's bills down and yet what we're about to see is just the same old.” Hannah Spencer on the government's approach to Wednesday's Budget, speaking at the Cost of Living rally.

The stock markets and bond markets are no supporters of democracy, and we should never allow them to dictate the limits of politics.

Good answer... #RejoinEU #JoinEU #Breturn

Almost 600 scientists, ecologists, health professionals and more have called on Andy Burnham to reject the re-submitted application for drilling Rosebank The science is abundantly clear - we cannot open new oil and gas fields. @profbillmcguire.bsky.social

If you don’t know much about NHS privatisation, that’s because most media outlets ignore what’s going on🚨 You deserve to know what’s happening-so I’m explaining it to as many people as I can💙 Please share this-it’ll help me to reach more people to tell them what’s going on! Ju youtu.be/LEuI8gAhBl4

As the cost-of-living crisis pushes households to the brink and climate breakdown places further stress on public services, only the Green Party are pushing for genuine action at the Budget this week.

Number crunching: Royal Mail From the latest Private Eye, out now.

Is it a wealth tax on assets? Lol no it's welfare cuts, of course. Consent machine for disabled genocide go brrrrrr www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Kevin Maguire is spot on, all this talk about people stocking up is part of a wider lobbying campaign to increase defence spending. And as Kevin points out, the UK is already the 6th biggest defence spender in the world.

Thames Water spent £2bn on fees in 18 months to stay private. Now it's asking its creditors for £2.4bn more. But it's customers who will pay the price via their water bills. If the deal goes ahead the average Thames Water bill will have risen from £488 to £672 while Labour has been in government.

Someoen needs the guts to stand up to the tech giants. The EU can "Meta's new terms are clearly anti-competitive. Many business' effectively have no choice but to ​use Meta's services & these conditions would force them to sign away the rights to their digital content ​with no means of opting out"

Lula "We cannot have monstrously huge corporations earning millions & billions, paying no taxes to this country & trying to steer this country's election results." So many countries have this problem and need to slay this beast.

The lessons from Brazil and Serbia? Don't concede one inch of ground to the far right. Don't appease. Don't triangulate. Don't grovel. Don't say they have "legitimate concerns". Mobilise your base, and fight them with all the democratic means at your disposal.