No one’s being honest about it - how Tory #NHS crisis forces patients to go private

You’ve got a trend there, which is the state government moving responsibility for paying for healthcare away from collective resources, taxpayer income, back on to the individual.

• Nobody’s being honest about the extent to which this is happening.
• No politician has stood up and advocated for it.

It’s a trend which has been happening increasingly over the past 30 years with Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem parties in charge.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/28/no-ones-being-honest-about-it-how-nhs-crisis-forces-patients-to-go-private

#SaveOurNHS #corruption #poverty #corruption #ToryCorruption #GovernmentTerrorism #Healthcare #medical #privatisation #CorporateGreed

Garden centres in UK stockpile plants before new #Brexit checks

Yet another #BrexitBenefit

The government will introduce physical checks for many plant and animal products coming into Britain from the EU on 30 April as part of its new border target operating model (Btom).

However, plant sellers and growers have consistently raised concerns that the checks could cause delays and lead to some plants being destroyed or damaged.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/17/garden-centres-in-uk-stockpile-plants-before-new-brexit-checks

#ToryLies #BrexitLies #Gardening #RejoinEU #UK #ToryCorruption

Hospital admissions for waterborne diseases in England up 60%, report shows

The analysis follows widespread anger after record sewage spills were revealed this week. Environment Agency data showed that raw #sewage was discharged for more than 3.6m hours into rivers and seas last year – a 129% increase on the previous 12 months.

Increased raw sewage in rivers means there is a higher risk of infections, campaigners argue, as people are more likely to come into contact with the #bacteria in human waste.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/29/hospital-admissions-for-waterborne-diseases-in-england-up-60-report-shows

#PeopleNotProfits #ToryCorruption #water #ToryCronyism #ToryScum #ToryFascism

Britain seems stuck in a doom loop of poverty. I have a plan to raise billions to address that

But how to fix it? Three seismic shifts have unfolded over the last decade.

First, the welfare safety net has been systematically shredded, with the government abandoning responsibilities taken for granted since 1945.

Second, charities and food banks, which have taken over from universal credit as the last line of defence, are exhausted and justifiably angry about having to pick up the pieces with insufficient resources. They even fear their desperate relief efforts could provide cover for the government walking further away.

Third, unsure how they fit into a poverty-free, pollution-free future, the corporate sector has in the last decade donated less, not more.

Yet the many business leaders who are now championing a greater sense of environmental and social responsibility know they can, and should, play a bigger role.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/27/britain-seems-stuck-in-a-doom-loop-of-poverty-i-have-a-plan-to-raise-billions-to-address-that

#UnitedKingdom #poverty #hunger #FoodBanks #ToryScum #UK #ToryCorruption #CutsKill #ToryCorruption #ToryFascism

https://mastodon.scot/@Wen/112077041047719460 Wen@mastodon.scot - Tice says he will be ‘surprised’ if Reform UK does not get more Tory MPs joining – UK politics live

As that gem of a toad, Lee Anderson 'defects’ (the man is full of them), why should we not be surprised.  I am sure that many will be considering their allegiance - after all they only joined the Tory party for a bit of righteous xenophobia, misogyny, asset stripping, larcenty and country smashing.

#Reform #ToryCorruption #LeeAnderson #Xenophobia #UKPolitics

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Attached: 1 image Tice says he will be ‘surprised’ if Reform UK does not get more Tory MPs joining – UK politics live As that gem of a toad, Lee Anderson 'defects’ (the man is full of them), why should we not be surprised. I am sure that many...

Time's nearly up for Thames Water. So let's bring it into public ownership - permanently

#ThamesWater, Britain's largest water monopoly, has been lobbying Ofwat to increase your bills, pay more dividends to its overseas investors, and try to squirm out of its way of paying fines for dumping #sewage illegally.

#Petition:

https://weownit.org.uk/blog/times-nearly-thames-water so-lets-bring-it-public-ownership-permanently

#water #ToryCorruption #ToryCronyism #London #Corporate #Corruption

UK government ignored foreign office concerns over Israeli war crimes

Court papers recently revealed the foreign office warned the UK government about Israel’s actions in Gaza, following its International Humanitarian Law assessment. It stated “the volume of strikes, total death toll, as well as proportion of those who are children raise serious concerns” and “the government’s current inability to come to a clear assessment on Israel’s record of compliance with International Humanitarian Law poses significant policy risks”.

However, the government hid this information from parliament and insisted it was confident that Israel was complying with international humanitarian law (because Israel said it was) so they could continue sending it bombs. Isn’t that reassuring?

https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/uk-government-ignored-foreign-office

#MiddleEast #WarCrimes #Israel #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #Gaza #war #UK #ToryCorruption #ToryFascism

UK government ignored foreign office concerns over Israeli war crimes

This was so they could keep supplying them weapons

NHS medicines shortage putting lives at risk, pharmacists warn

Brexit benefits

An unprecedented medicines shortage in the NHS is endangering lives, pharmacists have said, as unpublished figures reveal that the number of products in short supply has doubled in two years.

Causes of the crisis are thought to include the plummeting purchasing value of the pound since the Brexit referendum

Breast Cancer Now, said her organisation had been contacted over the past 12 months by several patients unable to source the medicines they needed to control the spread of their disease.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/14/nhs-medicines-shortage-putting-lives-at-risk-pharmacists-warn

#ToryLies #ToryScum #Brexit #BrexitBenefits #RejoinEU #NHS #SaveOurNHS #pharmacists #medication #ToryCorruption #Privatisation #PrivatisationFail #PeopleNotProfits

Scrapping furniture safety regulations will cost dozens of lives a year, warns fire union

Under the current rules – introduced as the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 – manufacturers must submit furniture to independent testing on flammability. The regulations are estimated to have saved between 50 and 70 lives per year.

But now the Westminster government has proposed scrapping these rules in favour of a voluntary regime. Consultation on the plans closed earlier this year and ministers are now considering proposals.

The union warned that the government was using the pretext of dealing with lithium batteries and other hazards to launch a dangerous programme of deregulation.

https://www.fbu.org.uk/news/2023/12/22/scrapping-furniture-safety-regulations-will-cost-dozens-lives-year-warns-fire-union

#corruption #ToryCorruption #Capitalism #CapitalismFails #FBU #furniture #safety #FireRegulations #deaths #ToryGreed #flammability #FireSafety #deregulation #DemocracyLost #Dystopia #DystopianUK #UK #UnitedKingdom #ToryScum

Scrapping furniture safety regulations will cost dozens of lives a year, warns fire union

UK - New political funding rules sneak in

The Tory government passed a statutory instrument that will increase the amount of money that an individual can donate to a party without declaring who donated it, from £7,500 to £11,180. We are concerned about any move that could see more money flowing anonymously into our politics.

The same statutory instrument increased the national election spending cap by 80%, from £19.5m to about £35m. This is the amount that party HQs can spend, there is another cap for how much local candidates can spend.

https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/new-political-funding-rules-sneak-in/

#UK #corruption #ToryCorruption #elections #campaigns #ToryDictatorship #ToryFascists #DemocracyNow #ToryCronyism #voting #FairVotes #money

New political funding rules sneak in

When people are asked about the problems with money in politics, few raise the issue of there not being enough. In fact, the public are deeply concerned about big money in politics with

Russian money has completely corrupted the British establishment

Hamas launched its deadly attack against Israel on Vladimir Putin’s birthday. “The Hamas terror campaign in Israel is a huge win for Putin,” Bill Browder told me. “Not only has the press completely sidelined his murderous war in Ukraine as they focus on Israel, but now he’s seeing his oil revenue increase which is the main way he’s funding his war.”

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/bill-browder-on-the-kremlins-interference-with-brexit-fighting-for-justice-and-a-russia-without-putin/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #ToryCorruption #corruption #Brexit #UnitedKingdom #UK #British #ToryFascists #ToryFascistDictatorship #Hamas #Israel #HappyBirthday #birthday #PutinBirthday

“Russian money has completely corrupted the British establishment”: Bill Browder on the Kremlin's influence over Brexit and a Russia without Putin

The US investor and prominent anti-Putin activist is gloomy about the likelihood of ousting the dictator

England to diverge from EU water monitoring standards

This is the latest example of the UK diverging from EU environmental standards. Recent analysis found that many toxic chemicals and pesticides banned in the bloc since Brexit are not outlawed for use in the UK. Ministers have also sought to rip up EU-derived sewage pollution rules for housebuilders.

In 2019, the last time the full water assessments took place, just 14% of rivers were in good ecological health and none met standards for good chemical health. The government has said it does not intend to deliver a complete update until 2025, the latest permissible date under the new WFD.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/27/england-to-diverge-from-eu-water-monitoring-standards

#ToryCorruption #ecocide #Brexit #BrexitBenefits #BrexitFails #ToryDictatorship #Orwellian #greed #ToryProfiteers #ToryFascists #ElectoralDictatorship #ToryFascistDictatorship

Low-welfare eggs from caged hens imported to UK in ‘staggering’ numbers

Brexit Failed

The president of the National Farmers’ Union, said she was “staggered” by the import figures for the first eight months of 2023.

The total number of consignments imported since 2021:

• 422 in 2021
• 2,120 in 2022
• 2,536 in the just first eight months of 2023

“When the medical advice is to eat British Lion eggs [stamped to show they have been produced in accordance with a code of practice], why on earth would they be importing eggs produced to standards that would be illegal in the UK?” she asked.

• “It raises serious questions as to whether the government is checking food imports given the ongoing delays in the border target operating model.”

Gary Ford, the deputy chief executive of the British Egg Industry Council, echoed her concerns, saying it was “very disappointing” to see imports growing, “particularly at a time when British producers have been struggling due to poor returns”.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/24/low-welfare-eggs-from-caged-hens-imported-to-uk-in-staggering-numbers

#ToryCronies #ToryCorruption #ToryLies #Brexit #eggs #FoodSafety #DystopianBritain #ToryDictatorship #BrexitFails #BrexitIsNotWorking #corruption #UK #UnitedKingdom #Rejoin #RejoinNow #EU #UK

Starmer: reinstate our NHS as a fully public service

It is time for Keir Starmer to face the facts - private interests are sucking the life out of our NHS and preying on people who are suffering.

78% of the public, including a majority of Conservative voters, want our NHS fully publicly owned and delivered.

We need private interests OUT of our healthcare. Our NHS should work for PEOPLE NOT PROFIT.

Media reports suggest this may be the last Labour conference before a general election is called next year.

So private healthcare interests will no doubt be trying to get in the ear of Keir Starmer at Labour conference this year.

It has never been more important to make sure Keir Starmer hears our collective voice LOUD AND CLEAR.

Got a minute? Send Starmer an email:
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/starmer-reinstate-our-nhs-fully-public-service

#Labour #Starmer #NHS #SaveOurNHS #Privatization #PrivatisationFails #ToryCorruption #ToryCronyism

Starmer: reinstate our NHS as a fully public service

It is time for Labour to step up and save our NHS from private profiteers.

'Austerity is a False Economy that has Brought the Nation's Roof Crumbling Down'

The collapsing school buildings scandal has exposed how the Government failed to ‘fix the roof while the sun was shining’

The scandal is just the most obvious example of the reckless and self-defeating approach taken by this Government to the public sector.

Since 2010, it has cut infrastructure spending as a share of GDP by a third as a part of Osborne’s supposed plan to “fix the roof” of the nation’s public finances.

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/09/05/austerity-is-a-false-economy-that-has-brought-the-nations-roof-crumbling-down/

#BylineTimes #austerity #ToryLies #ToryIncompetence #UK #Tories #Dystopia #Dystopic #Britain #schools #buildings #ToryCorruption #corruption #concrete #Raac #corruption

'Austerity is a False Economy that has Brought the Nation's Roof Crumbling Down' – Byline Times

The collapsing school buildings scandal has exposed how the Government failed to 'fix the roof while the sun was shining'

Russian oligarchs enjoy luxury life in United Kingdom under sanctions exemptions

Sanctioned Russian oligarchs spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on luxury life in the U.K. thanks to numerous sanction exemptions, the New York Times reported on July 27.

In some cases, the oligarchs were allowed more than $1 million a year in living expenses, while in others, sanctions were removed after legal battles, the newspaper reported.

According to the New York Times, sanctions that are publicly announced by London are often softened by exemptions knowns as "licenses."

Thanks to such licenses, Ukraine-born Russian Israeli oligarch Mikhail Fridman reportedly spent almost $400,000 over 10 months to retain 19 staff members, including drivers, private chefs, and housekeepers.

https://kyivindependent.com/nyt-russian-oligarchs-enjoy/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #UnitedKingdom #UK #corruption #ToryCorruption #ToryCronyism #sanctions #oligarchs #wealth #ToryScum #ToryFascistDictatorship

NYT: Russian oligarchs enjoy luxury life in UK under sanctions exemptions

Sanctioned Russian oligarchs spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on luxury life in the U.K. thanks to numerous sanction exemptions, the New York Times reported on July 27.

Together, we call for a new party of the left

With Labour dead as a vehicle for progressive change, it's time to regroup.

Let's come together to offer a politics of hope in a time of crisis. We can do this!

https://transformpolitics.uk/

#TransformPolitics #UnitedKingdom #ToryFascistDictatorship #ToryCorruption #ToryEnergyCrisis #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateEmergency #politics #Tory #Labour #AusterityKills #poverty #hunger #CorporateTerrorism

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Tories in trouble: #Millennials now 'first generation to become MORE left-wing'

According to the study, those aged between 25 to 40 are the largest voting group in more than half of all constituencies across the UK. However, barely one in five them (21%) say they plan to vote for the Tories at the next election.

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/millennials-more-left-wing-study-uk-349657/

#ToryFascistDictatorship #ToryCorruption #ToryCronyism #ToryScum #DemocracyNotAutocracy #ToriesOut #UnitedKingdom #England #corruption #DystopianBritain #dystopia #InformationWarfare #lies

Tories in trouble: Millennials now 'first generation to become MORE left-wing'

The current crop of millennials are bucking the trends that have been in place for decades - and it spells disaster for the Tories.

Britain in Crisis: The UK Faces a Steep Climb Out of a Deep Hole

• Food shortages
• Mouldy apartments
• Lack of medical workers

The United Kingdom is facing a perfect storm of struggle, and millions are sliding into poverty. There is little to suggest that improvement will come anytime soon.

https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/britain-in-crisis-the-uk-faces-a-steep-climb-out-of-a-deep-hole-a-6b61dc6f-e33f-46f3-bd27-743364dd675c

#ToryFascistDictatorship #ToryCostOfLivingCrisis #ToryCorruption #ToryScum #Britain #UK #recession #poverty #medicalcare #NHS #SaveOurNHS #DemocracyNotAutocracy #DemocracyLost

Britain in Crisis: The UK Faces a Steep Climb Out of a Deep Hole

Food shortages, moldy apartments, a lack of medical workers: The United Kingdom is facing a perfect storm of struggle, and millions are sliding into poverty. There is little to suggest that improvement will come anytime soon.

Shut down the UK Ministry of Truth

My name’s Mark and I’m a human rights campaigner. I’ve just found out I was included in a government Mis/Disinformation Report for sharing a petition from the official Parliamentary petitions website

And it’s clear that I’m not the only one.

https://www.change.org/p/shut-down-the-ministry-of-truth?recruiter=1293514696

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