David Farndon

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David Farndon

David Farndon

@FarndonDavid

Katılım Aralık 2021
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Clive Lewis MP
Clive Lewis MP@labourlewis·
If we want 2026 to be a year of political renewal, we should look to the politics of Robin Cook for inspiration. From my @politicshome article: "Cook saw that a political culture open to representation and debate would be stronger, not weaker. That discussion and disagreement make politics healthier. And he warned that unless Labour changed the voting system, it would one day find itself back in opposition on a minority vote. He was right." @CompassOffice politics.co.uk/mp-comment/202…
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Jane Farmer
Jane Farmer@janea216·
@GMB @lornashaddick NO out of hours doctors here. 111 are call handlers. We need doctors, not systems. With a sudden, serious eye condition, I had to go through 7 (seven!) ineffectual health assistants. I eventually got myself (!) to hospital, 16 miles away. 1 local doctor was what I needed.
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Good Morning Britain
Millions of people are turning up at A&E departments in England with minor ailments, including hiccups, blocked noses and coughs. The latest NHS figures suggest emergency departments are being swamped with patients who should be seen elsewhere. @lornashaddick with more.
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Prem Sikka
Prem Sikka@premnsikka·
UK coup boosted corporate power. Post Office scandal, no one charged for false convictions. Grenfell fire, 72 died, no one charged Water companies, 1,137 criminal convictions, still operating. Energy companies, £514bn operating profit. No curbs leftfootforward.org/2025/08/how-we…
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Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry
Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry@PostOffInquiry·
The total word count of Volume 1 of the Inquiry’s final report is 81,623. In the report, our Chair Sir Wyn makes 19 urgent recommendations to resolve issues that are hindering full and fair redress. Work is underway to deliver the remainder of the Final Report.
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TheBlackWiseGuy
TheBlackWiseGuy@TheBlackWiseGuy·
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Prem Sikka
Prem Sikka@premnsikka·
Tory Curse. Pothole compensation claims made to councils in Britain rose by 90% between 2021 and 2024. Only 26% of claims led to a payout. A friend, night-worker had to replace 4 tyres this year, pay for steering damage. Boosts GDP but destructive. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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TheBlackWiseGuy
TheBlackWiseGuy@TheBlackWiseGuy·
@Tush27J What about £60m set aside for Postmasters which was eaten up by legal fees, yes Lawyers benefited rather than victims & certain Vulture Fund? Now thats a real scandal
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Alethea Bernard
Alethea Bernard@Tush27J·
Morning all. I have another question re the post office scandal. What has happened to the money postmasters/postmistresses paid to the post office for money they had not stolen? Has this money been returned back to them? #BBCBreakfast #GMB #r4today #PostOfficeScandal
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Prem Sikka
Prem Sikka@premnsikka·
Charity warns of rise in 'clothing poverty'. Cuts in real wages and profiteering makes people rely on charity. Charity provides food, air ambulance, hospices and more in the 6th largest economy. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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Prem Sikka
Prem Sikka@premnsikka·
In the 6th largest economy, millions of Britons rely on food banks. No curbs on profiteering. Energy prices up 44% since 2021-22. Thousands can't afford heating, rely on community ‘warm spaces’. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. theguardian.com/business/2025/…
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Paul Lewis
Paul Lewis@paullewismoney·
Climate scientists dismissed as global research centre closed down by US govt bit.ly/4jfHn8I criticised for not supporting fossil fuel industry
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Prem Sikka
Prem Sikka@premnsikka·
Bet365 CEO collects £280m (£104m salary + £176m dividend), pre-tax profits down from £627m to £349m. CEO collected around £2.67bn over the last decade. Gambling industry recently opposed increase in tax. Public purse bears the cost of gambling addiction theguardian.com/business/2025/…
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Liz Webster
Liz Webster@LizWebsterSBF·
🆘 Britain isn’t broken, it’s being asset-stripped. Brexit turned Britain into a cruise ship moored in Europe, but owned offshore, cutting services to boost profits while passengers are told there’s no money. When the welfare state is treated as a cost to be cut rather than an asset to be maintained, the country stops being a society and starts being a balance sheet.
Liz Webster@LizWebsterSBF

🇬🇧 Austerity weakened Britain and Brexit cheapened it. 🇬🇧 Now private equity is harvesting the result in a fire 🔥 sale. 🇬🇧 Britain isn’t attracting investment bc it’s thriving, it’s attracting takeovers bc it’s cheap, weakened, and for sale. 🇬🇧 This isn’t confidence in Britain. It’s a clearance sale. 🇬🇧 Foreign buyers are snapping up assets priced like bankrupt stock after years of austerity and Brexit.

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BladeoftheSun
BladeoftheSun@BladeoftheS·
Suella Braverman’s parents emigrated (those horrible economic migrants not from a war zone she hates). She went to Cambridge for free and didn’t collect £27k debt like everyone else. Scrounger. She used the Erasmus scheme to study in France. Which she has blocked. Horrible.
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El Shaikh
El Shaikh@ElCShaikh·
Revealed, the document which shows that in 2006 both the PO & Fujitsu were aware of Horizon’s integrity issues & of the capability for remote access. How was this buried for so long whilst Sub-Postmasters paid the price of gross corporate negligence? youtu.be/HxjLFgX-eP0?si…
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Tim McCormack
Tim McCormack@Jusmasel2015·
#WorldCup2026 So #Scotland will draw with Haiti, lose to Morocco and have to beat Brazil by 3 clear goals to qualify. McTominay will score with another overhead kick to put them 4-1 up with 10 minutes to play before Brazil score with the last kick of the game #GloriousFailure
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