we hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office - Aesop
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Govt is to sell its final NatWest stake at a loss of £10b on its original bailout contribution of £45b.
Disgraced former chairman Fred Goodwin who played a large part in its downfall is receiving an annual pension of around £600k from the bank
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BREAKING
After a debate in Parliament, the Government has accepted my Private Members’ Water Bill.
As of today:
• Above-inflation water bill hikes suspended
• Dividend payouts halted
• Citizens’ Assembly on water ownership confirmed
Democratic control of water is here!
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If you are angry you are right to be
Judge made the wrong decision today to make EVERY household in Thames Water region pay £250+ for a bailout
Everyone I spoke to from the taxi driver to the camera man outside court was appalled
But this is just the beginning of the fight 👇
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Thank you @UofGlasgow for bestowing upon my mum the honorary degree of doctor of the University of Glasgow. This has brought her so much joy in the final beats of her life. Janey is so honoured, and I am so immensely proud of her. Congratulations Doctor Godley.
Ashley Storrie
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It’s time for Labour to remember its roots and reinstate the right to peaceful protest.
Thanks to @ChrisGPackham for the narration
Location: HMP Wormwood Scrubs
A reminder that Robert Jenrick unlawfully and deliberately tried to save tory donor Richard Desmond a £45m tax bill by bringing forward planning permission on his £1b property development. No charges were brought and now he's standing for tory leader. Welcome to the UK
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💚 Congratulations to the new Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion, @sianberry
ALT REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. CONGRATULATIONS Siân Berry Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ With photo of Siân Berry
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One last Tory interview ...
with the utterly ghastly @RosieisaHolt (MP)
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BREAKING
Esther McVey’s husband Tory Philip Davis MP in Shipley caught betting against himself in his marginal seat
£8,000 bet on losing his 6,242 majority
He says it’s “nobody’s business”
Just vote both of them out and tell them if it’s our business or not
Tory candidate Philip Davies is latest politician to have bet against himself at election @MrHarryCole reveals, placing an £8,000 bet on losing marginal seat of Shipley.
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No tears when postmasters were tragically taking their own lives due to stress.
No tears when postmasters were being jailed.
No tears when postmasters had their whole communities turning against them.
Tears now are too late.
Paula Vennells must be held to account.
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DP World owners of P&O knew they would get away with it - 3 franchises on Freeports & advisers on the Transport Advisory Committee + the bungs to MP's & Tory coffers.
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We should ALL be hugely concerned 🚨
The NHS is rapidly replaced doctors with Physician Associates with a plan to significantly increase their number
Whilst limiting jobs for doctors so they’re facing unemployment despite YEARS of training
The money is clearly available as they’re paying PAs sig more than junior drs…
So NHSE - WHAT exactly is your agenda?!
bbc.co.uk/news/health-688498…
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The Data “Protection” & Digital Information Bill is one of the most worrying I’ve ever seen. It’s the opposite of data protection, even those claiming state pension will have their accounts monitored. I believe this is a precursor to the state pension being means-tested.
In 2017 while Nadhim Zahawi was a health minister, recruitment firm SThree was handed £1.1m worth of health & other contracts by the govt despite Zahawi having a £70k holding in it. This profoundly unacceptablee conflict of interest was never investigated
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Why are you allowing this @RishiSunak @David_Cameron and @grantshapps ? She is not in the Government. Has she got civil servants with her? Minutes of meeting? Mandate? Instructions? @FCDOGovUK @DefenceHQ
The tories gave £1.5m of our money to Lazard to set the Royal Mail flotation price.
They advised a price of 330p, buying 6m shares for themselves.
48 hours later they sold the lot for a profit of £8.4m
