Stuart Nicholson

Quite agree always after a " gotcha " moment

Thames Water fined £18.2m for 'unjustified' £131.3m dividend to shareholders. At the same time OFWAT allows Thames to hike customer bills by 35%. Capital raised from customers who will own nothing, shareholders will get returns. Privatisation is a scam. itv.com/news/meridian/…

It is extraordinary that the USA gets treated to a dismantling of the Tory party orders of magnitude better than the tame efforts anyone dares attempt here. (And no, it's not the swearing that makes the difference - it's the accuracy of the attacks.)

Well its no good saying we weren't warned....

Thread( 1/20) This thread explores the gradual dawning of awareness of the damage done by this Conservative Government, and what we can do now that we are aware.

Frank Hester has made vile comments about Diane Abbott. He doesn't deserve to be honoured, but holds an OBE. Agree? Sign the petition demanding his OBE be stripped from him now! 38d.gs/nl0k

A short video showing tory MPs insulting the poor

I just signed the petition calling on Rishi Sunak to drop the plans for mass bank spying powers. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop… via @38degrees

@DominikElmiger Somebody once said they were working on it , but there is such great jazz on the playlists they are well worth hunting down on internet traders etc as you will get a lot of pleasure from them as you engage deeper with the music and also build a great record/CD collection!

@Stuartnichlson Into chapter 4, really enjoy listening to it. I was wondering if the recommended playlists exist as Spotify playlists?

IT'S FINALLY OUT -- my first audio-book. Brilliantly narrated by the actor Marek Elstob, my *Beginner's Guide to Jazz,* originally published by Oneworld. Had some super reviews from the great and good so fingers crossed for the audio version!

Just updated my timeline at stuartnicholson.uk including writing the liner notes for all three of jazz great Charles Lloyd's 2023 releases in the Trio of Trios series — the Chapel Trio, the Ocean Trio and the Sacred Thread Trio

Just updated my timeline at stuartnicholson.uk including writing the liner notes for all three of jazz great Charles Lloyd's 2023 releases in the Trio of Trios series — the Chapel Trio, the Ocean Trio and the Sacred Thread Trio

Yesterday Rishi Sunak shamelessly boasted about his party’s record on child poverty the UK has just been ranked by Unicef - the United Nations Children's Fund - as THE WORST among the world’s richest countries in child poverty levels Just think about that

Rishi Sunak is considering letting Thames Water raise their bills 40+% to pay the interest on their debts. That will force 15 million people to pay for their fake 'profits' or go without Water. RT if the Conservatives can shove this idea where the sun doesn't shine

@carolvorders Oh Carol, I know how much you loved that job. This is completely unfair, your show isn’t about politics, you don’t mention it on air, you’re being punished for having a personal opinion. It’s no coincidence that the powerful men who head the BBC are Tories. Shame on the @BBC

This a million times. Thank you @LaylaMoran for saying this do clearly and beautifully. #compassionfirst

I just signed the petition calling for the toxic culture of harassment in Westminster to be cleaned up. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/clea… via @38degrees

In the UK we need to have a serious talk about #procurement #Corruption #Transparency and how our #taxes are being spent There are dark goings on.  Why is there not more outrage about how the government and public bodies are using our money / our taxes?!! People are suffering, destitute, dying – yet a few well connected people and companies are getting very rich of the backs of people’s suffering. Below just scratches the surface: Why isn’t there huge outrage about what is happening to procurement in our #NHS? Why are we talking about Palantir’s £480m contract which gives them access to our NHS data?   Why is there not more discussion and debates in Parliament about this very questionable, controversial US spy-tech firm being given the #NHS’s biggest ever contract, despite warnings from data privacy campaigners. Palantir, owned by billionaire Donald Trump donor Peter Thiel, also won 5 other NHS deals without tender Why has the outsourcing company Atos that runs back-office operations at NS&I and has billed the Govt/taxpayer £1.2bn since 2016, but is failing to run its customer services properly, won 10-year contract supporting digital transformation in UK hospitals Experts continuously warned the technology Babylon Health (virtual appointments and diagnostic chatbots such as its GP at Hand), promoted as the future of the NHS by Matt Hancock was unproven and overhyped, yet they continue to win contracts.  The company now faces collapse after losing almost all of its $4.2 billion valuation. Not to mention defence procurement.   @VoteTrueAndFair believes we need an urgent overhaul of public procurement. As without public procurement reform - a government’s most effective tools for sustainable public sector reform, they cannot translate public policy into tangible results for all of us.