The next time you hear someone blame inflation on stimulus checks that Americans got four years ago or workers finally getting much-needed pay bumps, kindly remind them that corporate profits are at a 70-year-high. Hello?

The painting of Margaret Thatcher has been moved to the kitchen which is a problem as my milk keeps disappearing... bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Top down as always. And people agree to go on these panels like it's an honour or privilege. 'Oooh, the government have chosen me!!!' Why is education run as a democracy-free zone? Not even a pretence of the representative principle!

All electoral systems strike a compromise between how proportional the result is, how many choices voters have and how local the representatives are. electoral-reform.org.uk/what-are-the-a…

Accident A48 traffic very slow after Llanddarog so lots of cars turning off and going down towards Capel Dewi. The road is windy, one and a half, or single track most of the way. Please be careful as the cars opting to take this route so far have been far too fast.

As the old empires have crumbled, corporations have staged a silent coup against democracy - reaching every corner of the globe. novaramedia.com/2023/05/24/the…

Since when does the BBC not need investigative journalists?

This hip hop fusion dance routine gotta be the dopest thing I've seen today

This is gold. So much of the broader strokes are applicable here, too.

Netflix isn't the only one to cancel shows. ABC got so bad that I would wait until a 2nd or 3rd season was out to start watching a first season, Flash Forward was the final straw and I stopped bothering with ABC. This carried over to other shows, NETFLIX BEWARE. #NetflixCancels

It’s a travesty that 57.8% of voters were left unrepresented in this year’s general election. It’s time for the UK’s political parties to agree on the urgent need for proportional representation. electoral-reform.org.uk/which-uk-polit…

Fantastic speech and one I think other countries could learn from.

Yes, this. If there are 35 years or more NI already paid and someone retires early, does NI still need to be paid to avoid "gaps" and how can this be done? Which would be the best option, paying for each year or going "self-employed "

🚨Live facial recognition alert🚨 Today South Wales Police are deploying AI-powered live facial recognition in #Bridgend Neither the public nor parliament has voted for this. This authoritarian & ineffective tech costs the public purse and our privacy. ➡️stopfacialrecognition.org

Brilliant thread.

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The NHS was ranked number 1 in the world before the Tories cut investment and ramped up privitisation. It shouldn't be 'reform or die' which really means 'privatise or defund' It should be: 'invest and renationalise" RT if you agree. Post a 💙 for the NHS

Take note The Labour Party don't sell off any more; re-fund and reinvest.

What's up X? Lots of "trending" with posts unrelated to the trend! Like this one...