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campaigner/writer. writing a phd on the ‘precariat’. 'b' in the alphabet mafia. he/they

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Hi everyone, after the legal costs and court fees, what was left. I donated to these charities.

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Hi everyone, after the legal costs and court fees, what was left. I donated to these charities. Thread 👇🏽
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'We’ve got a billionaire prime minister and a billionaire peer, both of whose families have used schemes to avoid millions of pounds of tax, smearing a working-class woman.' one of the best things i've seen keir starmer say theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

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i just read this really good article by dj intercity disco which is essentially on the poverty premium - where the poorer you are the more expensive things can be! novaramedia.com/2023/01/12/wha…

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the uk government has lost control. and we come up to an election where they are desperate, likely to lose, and keen not to upset their wealthy voters. this is not a good combination ft.com/content/5759cd…

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“Dr Cass, appeasement might get you through this short-term discomfort in the media spotlight, but please remember: it isn’t your healthcare, your rights or your everyday dignity they are trying to take away.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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“he didn’t lose to just anybody, he lost – badly, and very publicly – to a young Black boy. I think that will have hurt and embarrassed him. Now he even gets heckled about it in the streets.” Mukhtar in the Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2024/04/11/i-c…

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great&urgent article by Kimberly McIntosh: 'While Malta, Ghana and Canada stride forward towards more progressive approaches, England remains a relic of the failed policies of the past [whose] draconian drug laws ... disproportionately polices black people.' blackballad.co.uk/black-women-in…

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steve bannon: “I’m not sure if Trump believes in neoliberal or neocon solutions ... I think he understands what he wants to do and who are the types of people” who can achieve it.'

when a far right political figure says this... ft.com/content/8aa2d8…

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unimaginably cringe, ineffective, and shallow

'Labour is co-opting the memory of former UK Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher as an unlikely weapon to help Sir Keir Starmer broaden his electoral appeal and win seats across the Tory heartlands.' ft.com/content/3c7554…

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“as few as 7% of local authorities … have homes that can be bought for less than five times workers’ earnings & are therefore deemed “affordable”. In 1997 the figure was 88%” … “Britain has not built 300,000 homes a year since the moon landings in 1969”. theguardian.com/business/2024/…

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