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Mark Lansbury

Barclays cut my expat mother off from vital care home funds

Another Brexit Failure ...

#Barclays has form when it comes to cutting elderly widows off from their money. The reasons for the closures differ, but the underlying incompetence and insouciance are disturbingly similar.

Your mother fell victim to EU rules which, post-Brexit, require UK banks to apply for separate licences to serve customers in each EU country.

To save themselves the hassle and cost, many banks simply closed expats’ accounts. Barclays shut the last of its in December.

There is a set process for claiming the balance from a defunct account, but a succession of errors stymied your efforts. First you were told that the account was dormant, rather than closed. This meant you were directed to follow the wrong process, which got you nowhere.

Next, branch staff failed to acknowledge your LPA documents, which meant your mother was put through the stress of signing a letter of authority.

Barclays only admitted these blunders after I got in touch and it took a media prod to get it to release the funds

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/jul/19/barclays-cut-my-expat-mother-off-from-vital-care-home-funds

#Brexit #BrexitFailure #BrexitIsNotWorking #CorporateTerrorism #banks #banking #BrexitLies #bullying #EconomicTerrorism #ToryLies #PeopleNotProfits #CapitalismFail #ToryScum #RejoinEU #ToriesOut

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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.

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Mark Lansbury

The row over Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list highlights why it should be the last

'Grubby horse trading' in UK government

The recent days have seen the national focus pulled onto the House of Lords through the public row between Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson over the latter’s resignation honours list.

While the spat has provided high political drama it has also shown how low our constitutional politics has sunk. The varying accounts of what Mr Johnson and Mr Sunak agreed over the honours list have pulled back the curtain on the grubby horse-trading that goes on around choosing who sits in the upper chamber.

Yet, the impact of this list will last long after the melodrama between the Prime Minister and his predecessor has subsided. For instance, each of the seven new peers has been handed a job-for-life in parliament, which means potentially decades of influence legislating for the public, with which most have had little meaningful contact.

https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/the-row-over-this-resignation-honours-list-highlights-why-it-should-be-the-last/?utm_medium=Diaspora

#Honours #Lords #ToryFascistDictatorship #constitutional #DemocracyNotAutocracy #peers #legislating #parliament #ToryScum #ProportionalRepresentation #PR #voting #vote #FairVotes

The row over Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list highlights why it should be the last

The recent days have seen the national focus pulled onto the House of Lords through the public row between Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson over the latter’s resignation honours list.Whi

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Vote 2024 Pledge

The 2024 General Election will take place after almost 15 years of Conservative government.

After all that time, we're left with:

  • The cost of living spiralling
  • The NHS on the brink of collapse
  • Crime rates out of control
  • Young people struggling get onto the first rung of the housing ladder.

We need a new government, but our broken voting system makes it harder than it should be to get the change the country is crying out for.

Take our pledge and commit to voting to the best place party to beat the government in your constituency at the next general election. Whatever your politics, it's time to let someone else have a go at running the country.

https://www.bestforbritain.org/vote_2024_pledge

#ToryFascistDictatorship #TacticalVoting #VotingTactically #GeneralElection #ToriesOut #ToryScum #ToryScumOut #DemocracyNotAutocracy #Voting #FairVotes #ProportionalRepresentation #PR

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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.

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Post-Brexit India deal could cut thousands of jobs in Leave-voting areas, and hike food prices

British rice milling industry faces wipe-out from part of a trade deal being discussed with India. First proposed by Boris Johnson, it is also predicted to raise consumer food prices and break UK limits on pesticides

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/post-brexit-india-deal-could-cut-thousands-of-jobs-in-leave-voting-areas-and-hike-food-prices-2348069

#BrexitLies #BrexitFail #Brexit #ToryFascistDictatorship #DemocracyLost #DemocracyNotAutocracy #poverty #hunger #Britain #UK #ToryScum #ToryLiesCostLives

The Brexit deal that could cut thousands of jobs in Leave-voting England and hike food prices

British rice milling industry faces wipe-out from part of a trade deal being discussed with India. First proposed by Boris Johnson, it is also predicted to raise consumer food prices and break UK limits on pesticides

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Mark Lansbury

The removal of our international human right to protest is terrifying

We should all be terrified at the authoritarian removal of our international human right to peaceful protest.

You can now be arrested in the UK, just as in Russia, for merely holding a placard – or even being suspected of even thinking about doing so.

Indeed, earlier this year, 10 Downing street said that the bill would mean that “police will not need to wait for disruption to take place and can shut protests down before chaos erupts.” This, indeed, is vague enough to include everything – and exclude nothing.

More at:
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/the-removal-of-our-international-human-right-to-protest-is-terrifying/

#UntedKingdom #England #ToryFascistDictatorship #DemocracyLost #BritishFascism #Britain #fascism #HumanRights #InternationalHumanRights #HumanRightsViolations #FreeSpeech #ToryScum #oppression #Orwell #1984 #DystopianBritain #dystopia #dystopian

The removal of our international human right to protest is terrifying

Our right to protest should be re-instated otherwise how can we call ourselves a democracy?

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Not My King: it’s not a crime to say it

Petition

  • Protest organisers at King Charles’ coronation have been arrested, and placards confiscated.
  • The protest was legal and agreed with the police in advance, but organisers were arrested on their arrival.

The attempts to shut down debate about the issue are a disgrace

It’s time to move on from the feudal age and abolish the monarchy.

Petition:
https://r.ippl.es/abolish-the-monarchy/

#Monarchy #ToryFascistDictatorship #Kings #Queens #coronation #petition #repression #oppression #protest #FreeSpeech #DemocracyLost #DemocracyNotAutocracy #ToryScum #ToryScumOut

Petition: Not My King: it’s not a crime to say it

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Not My King: it’s not a crime to say it

The Tory's Fascist Kingdom has arrived

Protest organisers at King Charles’ coronation have been arrested, and placards confiscated.

The protest was all legal and agreed with the police, but organisers were arrested on their arrival. It is the latest in a series of state over-reaches trying to stop awkward questions about the UK’s new, unelected head of state.

Scotland Yard later said “several” arrests had been made for breach of the peace and conspiracy to cause public disorder.

https://r.ippl.es/abolish-the-monarchy/

#ToryFascistDictatorship #fascism #DemocracyNotAutocracy #protest #coronation #Republic #PoliceState #FreeSpeech #freedom #DemocracyLost #UnitedKingdom #England #ToryScum #dystopia #DystopianBritain #dystopian #1984 #Orwell #OrwellWasRight

Petition: Not My King: it’s not a crime to say it

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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.

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Mark Lansbury

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

#ToryDictatorship #censorship #spying #safety #privacy #security #ToryFascistDictatorship #ToryCorruption #DemocracyNotAutocracy #HumanRights #disinformation #UnitedKingdom #ToryScum #petitions

Sign the Petition

Shut down the Ministry of Truth

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Coronation’s Big Help Out volunteering project at risk of lack of participants

Volunteering was in “steady decline”, a trend that without government intervention was likely to continue. “You look at levels of volunteering over the last decade and it’s just been relentlessly downhill,” he added. “It’s hard to put a gloss on it.”

#Volunteering is at a historic low in England, government research shows. In 2021-22, 34% of respondents to the Community Life Survey volunteered at least once a month, down from 41% the year before and 44% in 2013-14.

The latest figures mark the lowest ever participation recorded by the survey, which has been running for a decade.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/16/big-help-out-volunteering-crisis-coronation

#ToryCostOfLivingCrisis #ToryDictatorship #DemocracyNotAutocracy #1984 #Orwellian #ToryScum

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‘Hostile, authoritarian’ UK downgraded in civic freedoms index

The UK is becoming increasingly authoritarian and is among concerning company in the Civicus Monitor ratings as restrictive laws and dangerous rhetoric are creating a hostile environment towards civil society in the UK.”

It is also concerned by what it sees as the UK government’s attempts to undermine human rights and its hostility towards charities and campaigners who actively oppose or speak out against its policies on climate change, anti-racism and refugee and asylum seeker rights.

The UK government’s increasingly hardline approach is reflected in a separate annual survey of charities by the Sheila McKechnie Foundation (SMK), which reveals widespread alarm at the extent of ministers perceived hostility to civil society and enthusiasm for cracking down on long-held freedoms to organise and protest.

“The results of our survey, alongside the news Civicus has downgraded the UK as obstructed, should be a wake-up call. Our civic space is experiencing death by a thousand cuts and, at a time when ‘Global Britain’ is trying to carve out its new space in the world, we find ourselves in the same class as countries we have previously been a democratic example to,” said the SMK chief executive, Sue Tibballs.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/16/hostile-authoritarian-uk-downgraded-in-civic-freedoms-index

#ToryFascistDictatorship #DemocracyNotAutocracy #CivilRights #authoritarian #hostile #HumanRights #HumanRightsViolations #ToryScum #asylum #AsylumSeekers #refugee #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateEmergency #protests #PoliceState #racism #fascism

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Tories failing to attract enough candidates for May elections

The shortage of candidates is not only a problem in Labour-dominated areas like Liverpool and Manchester, but also in traditional “Tory shires” such as in East Anglia. Former chair of the Hitchin and Harpenden local Conservative association, Matt Stephens, believes the “Tory brand” is coming to an end.

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/tories-failing-to-attract-enough-candidates-for-may-elections/

#ToryScum #Tory #Tories #ToryFascistDictatorship #toxic #ToxicTories #GeneralElection #elections #voting

Tories failing to attract enough candidates for May elections

As their brand becomes more toxic, local associations are unable to recruit enough candidates. It doesn't bode well for them.

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