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Police State UK<p>"Wes Streeting has denied that <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> is "changing into the Tories" with its welfare reforms, amid speculation disability benefits could be cut."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/streeting-denies-labour-changing-into-tories-amid-questions-over-disability-benefit-cuts-13330035" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.sky.com/story/streeting-d</span><span class="invisible">enies-labour-changing-into-tories-amid-questions-over-disability-benefit-cuts-13330035</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“Pro-Palestine protesters storm Elbit Systems HQs in Bristol, UK”</p><p>By Al Mayadeen English</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span> </p><p>“The Palestine Action activist group targeted Elbit Systems yet again, in a bid to stop the UK from granting contracts to the Israeli weapons manufacturer”</p><p><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/pro-palestine-protesters-storm-elbit-systems-hqs-in-bristol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">english.almayadeen.net/news/po</span><span class="invisible">litics/pro-palestine-protesters-storm-elbit-systems-hqs-in-bristol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Action" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Action</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PalAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalAction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Bristol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bristol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Elbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elbit</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Systems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Systems</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HQ</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElbitSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElbitSystems</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DropElbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DropElbit</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Warmongers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Warmongers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Zionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zionist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BloodLust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BloodLust</span></a></p>
Wen<p>The Labour Party But not as you knew it John.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/15/benefit-cuts-labour-mps-disabled-sick" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/mar/15/benefit-cuts-labour-mps-disabled-sick</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RedReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedReform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Welfare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PIP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UkPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UkPolitics</span></a></p>
Kevy B<p>And of course many people with Long Covid and ME, now, get (deliberately?) mis-diagnosed with anxiety, when they are often very physically ill... <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23mecfs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mecfs</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23longcovid" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#longcovid</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23labour" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#labour</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23starmer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#starmer</a></p>
TJ1001<p>If only we warned somehow ….. if only there were a way to know this would happen ….

<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brexit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/tory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/toryscum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toryscum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/bbc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/keirstarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>keirstarmer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/labourparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labourparty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/RejoinEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RejoinEU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ToryCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryCorruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/farage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/nigelfarage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nigelfarage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/reformuk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reformuk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Gammons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gammons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/KemiBadenoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KemiBadenoch</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aral</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ChrisMayLA6</span></a></span> </p><p>Lest we forget: </p><p>“Keir Starmer is without moral rectitude. He is a deceiver, utterly duplicitous, a political confidence trickster, and he surrounds himself with equally iniquitous and unvirtuous carpetbaggers, warmongers, and anti-socialist Machiavellian pantomime characters, such as the weasel Streeting.”</p><p>quoting Rachel Swindon in her blogpost of Feb 20, 2022</p><p><a href="https://rachaelswindon.blogspot.com/2022/02/starmers-labour-this-is-not-what.html?spref=tw&amp;m=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rachaelswindon.blogspot.com/20</span><span class="invisible">22/02/starmers-labour-this-is-not-what.html?spref=tw&amp;m=1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Streeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streeting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hypocrisy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ToryContinuityParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryContinuityParty</span></a></p>
Stuff I foundI definitely am a anarcha-socialist bitch though and this is why<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/anarchism?src=hash" title="#anarchism" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/anarchist?src=hash" title="#anarchist" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/socialism?src=hash" title="#socialism" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/socialist?src=hash" title="#socialist" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/workersrights?src=hash" title="#workersrights" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workersrights</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/labour?src=hash" title="#labour" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#labour</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/union?src=hash" title="#union" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/tradeunion?src=hash" title="#tradeunion" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tradeunion</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/workers?src=hash" title="#workers" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/communism?src=hash" title="#communism" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/communist?src=hash" title="#communist" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/anticapitalism?src=hash" title="#anticapitalism" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anticapitalism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/eattherich?src=hash" title="#eattherich" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eattherich</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/feedthepoor?src=hash" title="#feedthepoor" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#feedthepoor</a>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>It's like people don't trust this Labour government at all, that we could believe they would abolish the WHOLE of the NHS.<br>We just don't trust them. Six months in and we know they're about the Rich and not about us. Occasionally we get little crumbs from the table, but it's not bold, it's not radical, and that is what we want now. Real Change, not more "Rich People get to win" </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NHSEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHSEngland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a></p>
AbolishBorderControlsNow<p>The perception of the UK as the land of milk and honey is getting further and fruther from the truth. For people coming to the UK they find a country that is a shadow of itself. </p><p>The UK looks after it's poor and vulnerable badly. In paricular, the UK also fails to look after it's elderly and disabled to standards that are common elsewhere. </p><p>It is shocking that a Labour government is doing something even the Tories wouldn't. What are they thinking?</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labour</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://archive.is/20250313025255/https://www.ft.com/content/0c5a9cd4-84a8-4588-bbe8-5fe749331503" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.is/20250313025255/http</span><span class="invisible">s://www.ft.com/content/0c5a9cd4-84a8-4588-bbe8-5fe749331503</span></a></p>
Lydia Conwell :mastodon:<p>The lesson about <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> is that you should never have trusted Labour.</p><p>They've always been an establishment party. All the good things they did after the war was probably to appease the nations taste for socialism. It was an anomaly I think. The party was never fit for purpose.</p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Oh they've let Angela have a win, how gracious of them. </p><p>For residents of Gilead, 'sick pay' is something you get to tide you over for when you are sick. It's never usually enough, but it's more than you sad bastards probably get 😞 </p><p><a href="https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/uk-government-set-to-make-statutory-sick-pay-a-right-for-every-worker-390643/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thelondoneconomic.com/news/uk-</span><span class="invisible">government-set-to-make-statutory-sick-pay-a-right-for-every-worker-390643/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sickpay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sickpay</span></a></p>
OsteoarthriticAutistic<p>NO cruel cuts to benefits<br> <a href="https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/no-cruel-cuts-to-benefits?bucket=copy-native-2025-03-11_&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-11_Welfare+Cuts+2024&amp;utm_medium=native&amp;utm_source=copy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">act.38degrees.org.uk/act/no-cr</span><span class="invisible">uel-cuts-to-benefits?bucket=copy-native-2025-03-11_&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-11_Welfare+Cuts+2024&amp;utm_medium=native&amp;utm_source=copy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disabled</span></a><br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a><br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/BenefitCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenefitCuts</span></a></p>
Geri ❤️<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> has indicated that the changes, the reductions, in welfare benefits for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UC</span></a> and PIP are to "encourage people back into work"</p><p>BUT</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PIP</span></a> is an out-of-work benefit. People recieve it to assist with day-to-day living. The matter of employment or not does not enter into it. Their justification for reducing PIP can only be to save the Treasury money</p><p>Also</p><p>38% of UC claimants are in work. Reducing their benefit can not be seen as motivation for employment because they are already working</p>
Stuff I found<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/altright?src=hash" title="#altright" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#altright</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/farright?src=hash" title="#farright" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#farright</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/extremeright?src=hash" title="#extremeright" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extremeright</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nazis?src=hash" title="#nazis" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nazis</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/donaldtrump?src=hash" title="#donaldtrump" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/elonmusk?src=hash" title="#elonmusk" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elonmusk</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fuckthemall?src=hash" title="#fuckthemall" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fuckthemall</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stopthemall?src=hash" title="#stopthemall" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stopthemall</a><br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/antifascism?src=hash" title="#antifascism" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antifascism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/antifa?src=hash" title="#antifa" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antifa</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/antifascist?src=hash" title="#antifascist" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antifascist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/antiracism?src=hash" title="#antiracism" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antiracism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/antiracist?src=hash" title="#antiracist" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antiracist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/anarchism?src=hash" title="#anarchism" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/anarchist?src=hash" title="#anarchist" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/activism?src=hash" title="#activism" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/left?src=hash" title="#left" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#left</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/migrantswelcome?src=hash" title="#migrantswelcome" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#migrantswelcome</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/workersrights?src=hash" title="#workersrights" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workersrights</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/labour?src=hash" title="#labour" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#labour</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/queer?src=hash" title="#queer" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#queer</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/blm?src=hash" title="#blm" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blm</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/blacklivesmatter?src=hash" title="#blacklivesmatter" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blacklivesmatter</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/translivesmatter?src=hash" title="#translivesmatter" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#translivesmatter</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pride?src=hash" title="#pride" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pride</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/prideisaprotest?src=hash" title="#prideisaprotest" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prideisaprotest</a>
Mark<p>Rachel Reeves softened non-dom plans after concerns from Blackstone CEO</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Reeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reeves</span></a> changed <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a>'s position on <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/non" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>non</span></a>-doms weeks after 1 of world’s most largest <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/financiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>financiers</span></a> asked her personally not to increase taxes on super rich</p><p>Info released under Freedom of Information Act show Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of leading asset manager <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Blackstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackstone</span></a>, raised concerns with Reeves about plans to reform tax treatment of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/non" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>non</span></a>-domiciled individuals</p><p><a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/rachel-reeves-non-dom-soften-blackstone-stephen-schwarzman-lobbying-meeting/?utm_source=Fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone</span><span class="invisible">y-investigations/rachel-reeves-non-dom-soften-blackstone-stephen-schwarzman-lobbying-meeting/?utm_source=Fediverse</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/wealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealthy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobbying</span></a></p>
penwing (they/them)<p>Labour care so much about islamophobia that they're pulling all funding (with only about 6 weeks notice) from a charity which monitors the reality and provides a safe and trusted mechanism for members of the community to report incidents... </p><p>Saving less than £1m. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/mar/08/islamophobia-charity-tell-mama-facing-closure-after-funding-pulled-by-government" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/news/2025/mar/</span><span class="invisible">08/islamophobia-charity-tell-mama-facing-closure-after-funding-pulled-by-government</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labour</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/islamophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>islamophobia</span></a></p>
penwing (they/them)<p>"Reeves told Sky the welfare system is “letting down taxpayers” because it is costing too much."</p><p>Or, it's letting down taxpayers as it treats our fellow humans as scroungers and scapegoats and... *broken record*</p><p>For completeness, as two people have pointed it out, benefit claimants are also taxpayers (VAT, PIP is not a work replacement benefit, etc.) </p><p>maybe "our fellow" not great choice of words there...</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Welfare</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a></p>
penwing (they/them)<p>Oh good, more "welfare Reforms" coming with the aim of cutting costs and treating people as worker units...</p><p>"Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall told cabinet colleagues earlier this week that the current system is “bad for people’s wellbeing and health”" - well, yes, but not for any of the reasons they're talking about. It's the stress, the cruelty, the scapegoating, the bureaucracy, the invasiveness, the sheer evil of it...</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Welfare</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a></p>
Real Syntactic<p>my media history class made iron gall ink yesterday, from a 1483 recipe in the UK National Archives that may have originated in (and certainly bears the stamp of) the Tower of London. <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/mediahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mediahistory</span></a> <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/mediaecologies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mediaecologies</span></a> <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trees</span></a> <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labour</span></a></p>
Pedestriansfirst<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Radical_EgoCom" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Radical_EgoCom</span></a></span> UK Labour Party an excellent example currently! <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a></p>