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Means something else up here, but still might work for an ambitious young person www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKU8...

Is Kimi Antonelli faster than Max? Must be, mustn't he? I mean what's the alternative? #AustinGP #F1 #COTA

Any YouTube video that includes 'melts belly fat' in the title gets a Do Not Recommend. Bloody nonsense. Exercise and eat fewer pies.

Some of Europe’s highest energy costs expected in Britain this winter. Since privatisation UK gas storage capacity reduced to about 8 - 12 days, EU has 80 -120 days. UK is net importer of electricity. Wars, privatisation and profiteering take toll.

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Imagine if, four years after invading Iraq, we controlled only 20% of it and had suffered 1.3 million casualties. Would anyone call that “winning”? Of course not. But when it’s Russia, we’re supposed to believe Putin holds all the cards.

Try not to sound quit so provincial, wee clown. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We don't want it. We voted No in 2014. Does the SNP want to keep asking until they get the answer they want? Will they keep asking after a Yes vote in case we change our mind? How about just governing? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK households paid extra £13961 on bills since 2021 amid soaring inflation Has your net income risen by the same? Income tax personal allowance frozen since 2021. Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in direct/indirect taxes than the richest 20%. Hitting the less well-off is normalized.

Btw, I can heartily recommend posting about this if you want to see if you have any MAGA nutjobs among your followers 🫣

Former US president Barack Obama was in Glasgow last night, making an appearance at the Hydro for a question and answer session titled "An Evening with President Barack Obama". He's pictured here on West George St at the side entrance of the Blythswood Hotel. 📷 Reach #Glasgow #Obama

63% of voters back wealth tax for mega-rich. Wealth tax can be: Tax on accumulated wealth Higher rates on dividends & capital gains Mansion tax Investment income surcharge Cap tax relief on pension contributions by the mega rich What will Chancellor get-off his bended-knees?

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Firing squad execution to be livestreamed, Pentagon says. Lost for words at the insanity in Trumpistan, a truly sick dictatorship. Like medieval times, executions offered as a public spectacle in a country that claims to be Christian. What next?

Burnham to pass law scrapping pension triple lock before next election. Risks handing advantage to opposition parties who will argue the opposite. Will alienate some senior voters. Risks Labour backbench rebellion, repeat of the Winter Fuel Payment episode. Numerous ways of funding triple lock.

Trump moves 9,000 troops to Middle East after threatening to hit Iran ‘very hard’. Distraction from Trump's economic failures, midterm blues, capitulation to China, court rebukes, tariff and press wars, self-aggrandizement, family fortunes from corruption Why does US Congress not check his abuses?

The hit the poor and cut corporation tax (CT) brigade are out in force. UK headline CT rate is 25%. Companies pay about 10% less as govts give them numerous reliefs which reduces taxable profits. Companies also dodge tax by shifting profits to tax havens. obr.uk/box/corporat...

📣 NEW REPORT launching today! 40 years of Thatcher's privatisation policies have failed at your expense 💧💡🚅🚌🏥📮 Time for public OWNERSHIP (not just public control) 👇 weownit.org.uk/research-and...

Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension. Means-testing even though people have paid for it. Proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains tax; cut corporation tax. Enrich the wealthiest. No means-testing. Chaos and cruelty inevitable.

Neoliberals want to end the triple-lock on state pension They inflict low wages, consign millions to poverty. Govt spending on state pension as % of GDP in G7 countries. Italy 12.8 France 12 Germany 9.8 Japan 8.9 USA 6.6 Canada 4.7 UK 4.7 UK has one of the least generous pensions in the G7.

Billionaire Brexiteeer and Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK. Lives in Monaco to avoid UK taxes, owns several luxury properties. Demands state subsidies, including for building a Man U stadium. Why do billionaires resent people getting decent NHS, social care, public services?

Trump floundering in wars, economy, polls, courts and global politics bans CNN, MS NOW, Politico from the White House. New York Times and Washington Post next? Fox News, Breibart and sychophantic outlets masquerading as press not banned. Dictators don't like scrutiny by the press or the courts.

Reform-linked thinktank ‘to call for big tax cuts for the rich’; accompanied by deregulation of the City, weaken the authority of the courts. That would be the return on donations by the super-rich. Cost borne by the old, sick, disabled, unfortunate; cuts to public services.

Rich owners/editors of FT call for cut to the state pension. Silence on corporate welfare, tax perks of the rich. State pension is less than 50% of the minimum wage. 2m pensioners in poverty. 110,000 a year die in fuel poverty. Low pension today = low pension for future retirees archive.ph/UZ9rn

'Has-beens shouldn't present fucking awards to gonna-bes' Feck off you mediocre, kinda cool, kinda not. old fellas. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What an absolute fecking knob end loser cnt. Cheerio loser. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The new American oligarchs have completed the multigenerational project of reversing all the gains of the 20th century labor movement finance.yahoo.com/news/super-r...

Andy Burnham to ban trade with Israeli settlements The prime minister will warn that Britain will not accept the ‘destruction of the two-state solution’ www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Fascism on the streets of Dover

📌 ICYMI — The Dark Money Questions Surrounding Kemi Badenoch’s Net Zero Attacks — Donnachadh McCarthy Onward, whose report underpinned Claire Coutinho's speech tearing up the 2050 target, has taken money from National Grid, Equinor, Shell and BP

Nuclear bomb test veterans were victims of one of ‘greatest scandals in Britain’, ex-defence minister, admits misleading parliament. Culture of lies is institutionalised at the top. Grenfell Post Office Windrush Infected blood Hillsborough Water companies Bank frauds A society in decline.

Burnham blames Brexit and Thatcher for ‘wrong turns’ in first Commons speech as PM. It will take a generation to lift the curse. Essential services must be in public ownership Lift economy share of the bottom 50% Invest in infrastructure, new industries Free politics from the grip of the rich

UK households have the most expensive energy bill in Europe. In 2024 energy companies made £30bn profit. Profit margins, 23%-38%. £500 of average household bill is profit. Profiteering is a bigger factor in household bills than green levies. Nationalise energy to cut household/business costs

Former director of neoliberal Institute for Fiscal Studies urges disability benefit cuts. Disabled scapegoated for economic problems. Silence on major causes. Wait for 7.3m hospital appointments. Hard to see GP, dentist. Low wages, poor food/housing, economic insecurity. archive.ph/lZEx2

Changes nothing you daft walloper. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK average household energy bill to rise 4% to £1,723 in October. Another 9% expected in January. Energy companies profiteering. Energy debts to hit £7bn by the end of the year 120,000 people a year die in fuel poverty. End profiteering. Nationalise energy.

England water industry was privatized for £7.6bn in 1989. Since then They have extracted £88.4bn in dividends Dumped tons of sewage in rivers Lost 1 trillion litres of water a year to leaks Built no new reservoirs They are teetering on the edge of bankruptcy but claim to be worth £144bn. Rogues.

England water companies want dynamic pricing. Charge more for drinking water, cleaning, showering, flushing toilet during drought. Health epidemics would follow. They lose over a trillion litres a year to leaks; paid dividends, neglected investment. Putting profits before people archive.ph/9oSCf

This is absolutely bananas. Trump says we’re suspending exercises with South Korea because of his “really good relationship” with Kim Jong-un. North Korea is nuclear-armed, threatens South Korea, and is actively helping Russia wage war against Ukraine.

Tesla paid Elon Musk $158.3bn, 2.5m times more as CEO than its average worker in 2025. Received the median Tesla worker’s pay every 4.23 seconds. Money used to buy political favours, subvert democracy, fund far right groups. Like the rest of us, he will leave the world empty-handed.

Join 2000 people protesting at the treatment of Professor Jason Arday, motivated in key instances by racism, that has hounded him to his death. Zero compassion or understanding, maximum hate. The petition is closed - too late, but please sign this letter. goodlawproject.org/petition/sta...

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Absolutely tragic. Is no one allowed to make a mistake, or two, or three? A life gone, for what? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Absolutely. 100%.