Socially owned water companies mean no shareholders. No shareholders means no dividends. No dividends means we finally get the investment that has been overdue since privatisation. What does Steve Reed not understand here?
UK Life expectancy is lower today than it was 13 years ago.
The increases in life expectancy our elders enjoyed have halted.
The government should be reducing the age of retirement not increasing it.
Today - along with other rebels - I got an email from Party Authorities telling me I voted in Parliament against the Govts welfare reforms 6 times in one day.
I don't repent my votes.
I was elected on a pledge to stand by working class electors and above all the poorest.
I hope the new party does well, Zack wins, Starmer is replaced by a soft left leader and the Lib Dems' progressive wing asserts itself. Cos honestly, an effective popular front against a Reform / Tory / Murdoch bloc will require ALL of those conditions to be met.
80 years since Labour’s 1945 landslide - a government that built the NHS, created the welfare state & put public services in public hands.
A Labour government that dreamed big, delivered boldly & changed Britain forever. A legacy that inspires to this day 🌹
Clement Attlee nationalised Rail, he nationalised Steel making, he nationalised Power and Fossil Fuel, he built record numbers of Council Houses and he nationalised Healthcare founding the NHS.
All in 5 years, starting with record levels of debt.
Tory Fibs The Labour government has committed to:
£26 BILLION In new weapon systems since it came to power (I don't remember that in the manifesto).
Meaning that just this year it will spend £76 BILLION on "defence".
There's you Winter Fuel and PIP right f-ing there!
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