Interested in art, history, politics, education and the environment. Keen on proportional representation. Rejoiner @DeborahCR@mastodonapp.uk
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Deborah retweeted
So rather than renationalising disgraced Thames Water, it will be owned by USA hedge funds.
We are all slaves to billionaires.
🚨BREAKING
The Financial Times has just revealed that Thames Water’s US hedge fund creditors are close to agreeing a ‘last and final’ deal to take over the company.
A handover to US hedge funds. A continuation of the privatised chaos. And a huge reward for the people who have run our water into the ground.
The deal would see them allowed to pollute our rivers and seas without consequence - in exchange for an upfront payoff.
This deal is absolutely outrageous, in every regard.
112 MPs have already called for special administration of Thames Water.
A cross-party group of MPs - who scrutinise the Environment Department - have said that the creditors’ proposal should be rejected and Thames Water should be brought into special administration.
And the former Environment Secretary rejected a previous version of the creditors’ deal in June. This new version is not better in any way.
@andyburnham promised to reverse Thatcher’s legacy of privatisation. He promised public control of life’s essentials.
This really is the moment of truth for Andy Burnham. If he allows the water supply of 16 million people to be sold off to US hedge funds - how can we take him seriously about any of his promises?
NO DEAL to the Thames Water creditors. Special administration now.
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I haven't got one. Are there any advantages? I can't see any. We didn't have this bollocks before Twitter was taken over by that billionaire spiv.
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These might be our last moments…💔😔
If we die, remember that we were not just numbers mentioned in the news.
We were souls with dreams, hearts with hopes, and stories that were left unfinished.
Don’t forget us in your prayers, and keep speaking about us, because behind every name there is a whole life that dreamed of living in peace.
#gaza #khanyounis #gazaunderattack #khanyounisunderattack
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Lewis Hamilton: "I'm here with the Egyptian Red Crescent as they load these boxes containing aid they have prepared to send to Gaza. They went to the Rafah border today, accompanied by their wonderful volunteers. They have more than 70,000 volunteers across Egypt, and over 2,000 people here volunteer every day to make sure these boxes are ready and packed as well as possible. They're fully ready to be
deployed. So we really need to put pressure on Israel to
reopen the crossing from the Palestinian side, because not enough trucks are getting through each day."
"The people in Gaza and Palestine are in such urgent need that they could hardly need this aid more than they do right now, so we really must apply pressure.
And work together to ensure this aid gets there. There is a great deal of it, and this center is just one of several different sites that also contain such wonderful supplies, full of food, medicine, and things that individuals and families in Palestine really need."
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🔹 BREAKING
Israel has reportedly allowed the entry of more than 91,000 tents, over 8,200 trucks carrying blankets, winter clothing and bedding, 12 sewage water-pumping trucks, equipment to repair water and sewage networks, and fuel to operate treatment plants in Gaza.
This is what your voices, posts, and relentless advocacy can achieve.
Never underestimate the power of speaking up. Your words matter. Keep raising your voices for Gaza! ❤️
Deborah retweeted
The family of that young guard should be very proud of him. Hegseth never misses an opportunity to besmirch his office and should apologise immediately.
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Please support this important campaign: megaphone.org.uk/petitions/s… via @megaphoneuk
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"Thames Water creditors prepare ‘final’ offer as Burnham faces nationalisation decision."
It really is time someone put this company out of its misery.
ft.com/content/5b382a54-67c9…
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Thames Water is about to be bought by the US.
The costs will be dumped on your bills with double digit % bill increases again.
Isn't that great?
You pay for everything whether it is Privatised or Nationalised.
At least if it is Nationalised the money stays in the UK
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🚨 BREAKING: In just 24 hours, over 50 MPs have signed my new Parliamentary Motion calling for urgent action to get aid into flood-hit Gaza and for sanctions against Israeli officials and others responsible for blocking it.
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Please note the Burnham Friends of Israel government has in fact brought in zero sanctions against illegal Israeli settlements.
Zero.
It was another straight out lie from Ed Miliband.
AJ EXCLUSIVE: The UK awarded £10.7m ($15m) in new public contracts to firms linked to illegal Israeli West Bank settlements, despite UK gov’t pledges to punish companies that profit from settlement activity, an Al Jazeera investigation reveals.
🔗: aje.news/99ct5z
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Stop the privatisation of the British Library. Gawd, I know we shouldn't have to cos it's obvious it should be a public resource. Please sign here: megaphone.org.uk/petitions/s…
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As we wait to hear Thames Water's fate, it's worth remembering that it's been a dead company walking for years.
Our most precious resource should never have become a puppet of the vampire banks and vulture capitalists, extracting maximum gain for minimum risk.
We need water in public ownership.
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Stop privatisation at the British Library
megaphone.org.uk/petitions/s…
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I sincerely hope this is not true. I researched some of my master’s thesis here, and used it for work related research for many years (prior to my photography work). Its reading rooms are fantastic. The collection, and access to it, should never be privatises. Full stop.
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Urge the British Library not to close its reading rooms - Sign the Petition! c.org/6hTL9B9Jf5 via @UKChange
