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Private water companies were given a clean, debt free slate to start with.
The rack up £56 billion in debt.
They chronically underinvest.
They pollute massively.
The extract £72 billion in dividends.
Now that they want the tax payers to bail them out.
What a scam.
@GoodLawProject @JolyonMaugham @Feargal_Sharkey
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I never thought we'd still be in climate denial as a society at this point. Turns out I was optimistic. I'm deeply disappointed in our society, in our political system, in both garbage corporate parties, in the Biden admin which is a big part of the problem despite knowing better
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Homeowners who took out big mortgages on low interest rates now facing crisis:
No bailout. Hold your nerve
Water companies who borrowed billions to give to shareholders now facing crisis:
Govt talks. Bailout incoming.
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Are UK firms using the cover of inflation to increase profit margins? This Bank of England chart implies that may be happening. It shows that inflation in goods prices normally tracks changes in input prices (PPI), with a two month lag. Recently however that relationship has broken down. Goods price inflation is still rising while input price inflation is falling. Later today we will here from the chancellor what he has asked regulators to do about this
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UK top 1% earners, with annual income of at least £180,000 got 7.9% pay rise last year
Those paid around £59,000 got rise of 5.5%
Workers receiving £26,300 a year got 4.7%.
Biggest real wage cuts reserved for low/middle income families.
Class war.
theguardian.com/money/2023/j…
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This should have been MASSIVE news: these fuckers - the CEOs of Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP and Shell - basically telling us outright they'll keep spreading disinformation and blocking action as the planet heats irreversibly and potentially billions die
nytimes.com/2021/10/28/clima…
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CLIMATE CRISIS: Here is where we stand now after all of these historic milestones. What do you think? (note: CO2 on X axis, years on Y axis, and global temps as colors)
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United Nations chief, António Guterres, calls for immediate global action to avert climate 'catastrophe'.
"We are hurtling towards disaster, eyes wide open," he warns.
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Fuck off. Kids who aren’t rich deserve to study art, literature, drama, history etc. We need them.
The entertainment and media sector was worth £83 billion last year. It accounts for 3% of total jobs (the same percentage as financial services).
Her argument is unserious.
ALT It’s time to stop obsessing about Oxbridge Getting our children there consumes startling amounts of money, time and emotion — but is it really worth the trouble? Emma Duncan Monday August 05 2019, 12.01am, The Times
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Consider the panic of scientists over this weekend about various shocking stats. I don’t think I’ve seen one major U.K. news media outlet cover it. Even Taiwan TV has, but not @bbcnews @skynews @itvnews Politicians are still prioritising attacking protesters. Incredible.
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looking forward to the cancel culture cunts weighing in on this
Gary Lineker to step back from presenting Match of the Day until agreement reached on social media use - BBC statement bbc.in/3mJW3Up
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Everybody knows what Match of the Day means to me, but I’ve told the BBC I won’t be doing it tomorrow. Solidarity.
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It is worth remembering that exactly 75 years ago they opposed the introduction of the NHS, having attempted in 1944 to impose charges and private insurance.
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The government is trying to get us to take this video down.
They'd hate it for you to RT
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The kind of maths lessons Britain needs:
How £350M written on a bus doesn't add up.
How a reckless budget can subtract £30Bn from the economy in a day.
How deporting refugees to Rwanda equals dog-whistle division.
How 12 years of Tories has multiplied foodbank demand x38
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‘As journalists, are you doing enough?’ Phoebe from Just Stop Oil telling it how it is on Newsnight #ClimateCrisis
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Don't believe a word of the Tory lies that we need yet more cuts to our public services.
Today on the BBC I explained, in just 20 seconds, how we could raise taxes on the wealthiest to prevent a single penny of cuts.
