Walter Brett

Watch Keir Starmer tear Kemi Badenoch apart: "She said in 2022... It's investment in nuclear & renewables that will reduce our dependence on fossil fuels & keep costs down... now she pretends she wasn't in favor of keeping costs down..."

More than 38,000 people have signed the petition calling for a referendum on public ownership of water. Have you signed? vist.ly/4y8qc Meanwhile the government and local MPs continue to peddle the line that nationalisation would be too expensive. Here's our blog on why none of their arguments make sense - link in the comments:

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🚨THIS WEEK MP’S WILL VOTE ON A BILL TO GIVE POLICE UNPRECEDENTED POWERS TO BAN RECURRING PROTESTS TURNING A FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOM INTO A PRIVILEGE GRANTED BY THE STATE We cannot allow this government to create a society where protest is treated as a privilege granted by the state rather than a right held by the people. The right to protest is precious and must be defended. ITS NOT TOO LATE to stop this shocking and shameful attack on our fundamental right to protest. More than 40 civil society groups including the TUC and Greenpeace have joined forces to oppose this draconian crackdown on our right to freedom of expression and assembly - and you can help too by CONTACTING YOUR MP RIGHT NOW - tag them to this film and and ask them to oppose this

Why is it always a minor administrative error when the rich overlook tens of thousands of pounds of tax, but it’s fraud when a working class person accidentally under pays tax by a few quid?

What time is Chris Mason investigating Richard Tice breaking the law? #bbcbreakfast #r4today

Extraordinarily, Reform position today is Tice made an “admin error” — but it does not matter that his company didn’t pay £91k because he and his trust later paid unspecified sum of tax. The law makes no such allowance — the company was, and is, liable for any tax it didn’t pay.

It's OK everyone, Richard Tice underpaying £91,000 in tax was just a "minor administrative error", whereas Angela Rayner underpaying £40,000 stamp duty was a resigning matter.

This is what Israel’s defence minister says about Lebanon: Israel will destroy all houses and villages in the border region according to the Gaza model. There is no secret here. The only thing not in plain view is the international outcry

How much would it cost to bring water into public ownership? The government wants you to believe it's too expensive to do. But that's what happens when you swallow the water industry's 💩. If you want parliament to debate water properly, sign this petition. vist.ly/4xtt7

In 1994, Strathclyde Regional Council - covering nearly half the population of Scotland - carried out a referendum on water ownership. 97% rejected water privatisation in Scotland. Scottish water stayed publicly owned. Now, it's time for a referendum in England. Let's bring water into public hands. ✍️ Sign now vist.ly/4xmqx

BlackRock, one of the world’s largest asset managers, already owns 65 NHS GP surgery buildings. Now it wants to expand its UK empire by buying more NHS property, in a new venture with Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF). It’s privatisation by stealth. But you can help stop it in its tracks. Tell @GMPF_LGPS to walk away from predatory US profiteers. 👇Sign our petition. vist.ly/4wx7b

‘Government needs to recognise failure of water privatisation’ – Feargal Sharkey channel4.com/news/governmen…

- Filistinli vatandaş: "Elimde belgeler var, burası benim evim." • İsrailli bakan Ben Gvir: "Umurumda değil. 2 saat içinde gidin yoksa ölürsünüz." Bu zülmü seyreden ve kıpırdamayan insanlık, bu zulme ortak sayılmaz mı?

Instead of hiding his daughter with Down syndrome, Charles de Gaulle raised her proudly, and she became the heart of his life. When Charles de Gaulle died in 1970, he made a quiet request that surprised many. He did not want a grand state funeral in Paris. He asked to be buried in the small village of Colombey les Deux Églises, beside his daughter Anne. For him, that resting place mattered more than any monument. Anne was born on New Year’s Day in 1928, the youngest of three children. She had Down syndrome, a condition surrounded by fear and misinformation at the time. Doctors and society often blamed parents and urged families to hide children like her from public view. For families of power and status, sending such children away was considered normal. Charles and his wife Yvonne refused. They raised Anne at home with her brother Philippe and sister Élisabeth. There was no secrecy, no shame, no separation. She was simply their daughter. To the world, de Gaulle was distant and unyielding. A leader shaped by war, discipline, and command. But inside his home, Anne revealed a side few ever saw. With her, he laughed freely. He sang songs, told stories, and played games. Friends noticed that the man who rarely showed emotion softened completely in her presence. He called her my joy. Anne asked nothing of him except love, and in that simplicity, he found peace. She was never treated as fragile or inferior. She was respected fully, included always, and loved without condition. That love did not end within the family. After the war, Charles and Yvonne founded the Fondation Anne de Gaulle. They turned a château into a home for young women with intellectual disabilities, many of whom had been abandoned. At a time when support barely existed, they chose action over silence. Anne’s life was short. She died of pneumonia in 1948, just after turning twenty, in her father’s arms. In his grief, de Gaulle whispered that now she was like the others, finally free from the limits the world had placed on her. After her death, he carried her photograph everywhere. He believed her presence protected him, even during an assassination attempt years later. Whether faith or fate, he never doubted her importance in his life. Charles de Gaulle found his deepest calm not in leadership or victory, but in loving a child the world did not understand. His family showed that dignity is not about ability. It is about how fiercely we choose to care.

Exactly how does Israel bombing residential villages in Lebanon prevent Iran from having nuclear weapons? Explain it to me like I am 5.

We cannot let our King stand alongside this unhinged man, surely. Nor can we let our bases or airspace be used by the US military after its Commander-in-Chief has now announced explicit intent to carry our war crimes by targeting vital civilian infrastructure.

Starmer is going to have to cancel the trip by King Charles to this vile madman.

One month after starting the war in Iran, this is the statement of the President of the United States on Easter Sunday. These are the ravings of a dangerous and mentally unbalanced individual. Congress has got to act NOW. End this war.

No one talks about this. This is what israel is doing to its neighbors. Destroying entire villages. This is not Gazza, this is Lebanon. No hostages, nothing.

The inhumaity & racism of this statement on Sky is truly astonishing!