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MxVerda
Mx Verda @MxVerda@lgbtqia.space · Aug 06, 2026
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Hmm, just thought, "How convenient that COVID-19 [sic: formatting] is why 'we are experiencing high demand', while also justifying no health restrictions anywhere because 'the pandemic is over' [sic]." #UnitedKingdom #UK #UK_politics #UK111 #NHS #SaveOurNHS #covid #covid19 #SARS2 #SarsCoV2 #SARS_CoV2 #Infection #InfectionPrevention #InfectionControl #Public #PublicHealth #PublicHealthPolicy #efficiency #ResourceEfficiency #Savings #budget #spending #Austerity #BudgetCuts
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wood5y
Steve Woods @wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Jul 31, 2026
#ReformUK = cruelty personfied. "A café owner who served up free meals to hungry children after food vouchers were removed has been told he will be reported to police by a Reform council leader. Barry Ashley, who runs the Grumpy Cook in Hastings, stepped up after East Sussex County Council decided not to issue school holiday meal vouchers to struggling families over the summer. He has criticised the move, which he branded “shameless”, accusing the council of turning its back of children in poverty." #UK_politics https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/reform-uk-meal-vouchers-police-37494875
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Sadderp 🇮🇪 🇪🇺💚 @Sadderp@mindly.social · Jul 11, 2026
Poster of MMT explanation & how it is not taxed that fund government spending. Andy Burnham please note. PS Fiscal rules are created as self inflicted restraints. C/o @RichardJMurphy@mas.to #uk_politics #andyburnham
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wood5y
Steve Woods @wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · May 07, 2026
Grauniad editorial. "The first-past-the-post model used to elect local authorities in England is ill-suited to multiparty politics. It was already flawed in the era when political competition was defined by the rivalry between Labour and the Conservatives. Smaller parties were locked out. Too many voters felt their ballots counted for nothing in safe seats. But there is an additional perversity when four or five parties have poll ratings somewhere between the high teens and high twenties. The threshold for victory drops. The winning candidate might have been opposed by a clear majority. The average winner’s vote share in last year’s local elections was 40.7% – the lowest on record. About 75 candidates were elected on vote shares lower than 30%." #Elections2026 #UK_Politics https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/06/the-guardian-view-on-britains-multiparty-politics-the-westminster-voting-system-needs-to-catch-up
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wood5y
Steve Woods @wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · May 07, 2026
From our bribery correspondent. "The government has also said it will give WECA £15m to spend on “short-term projects” if North Somerset joins." #UK_Politics #WECA https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/north-somerset-rectify-decade-long-mistake-join-weca/
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wood5y
Steve Woods @wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · May 05, 2026
"It was quite an eye-opener peering into the misinformation that surrounds these bubbles, with Reformers fuming over a Sikh kebab owner arrested for refusing to sell Halal meat (he wasn’t), championing the Japanese government for banning Islam (they didn’t), and seething over bizarre AI-generated images of a taxpayer-funded water park in Croydon (there isn’t one)." #ReformUK #UK_politics #Elections2026 https://bylinetimes.com/2026/05/01/i-set-up-a-fake-far-right-news-channel-to-interview-reform-uk-candidates-and-this-is-what-they-told-me/
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Steve Woods @wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · May 01, 2026
I can think of many individuals far more deserving of an 'unconditional gift' than the frog-faced #fascist. 🐸 #UK_Politics #ReformUK #Corruption https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/01/election-watchdog-investigation-nigel-farage-undisclosed-donation
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wood5y
Steve Woods @wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 23, 2026
No doubt #ReformUK's 'patriotic' history lessons will teach that the British Empire was a glorious force for good in the world rather than the centuries-long series of crimes against humanity it actually was. #UK_Politics #Elections2026 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/reform-uk-union-flag-school-policies-b2963196.html
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wood5y
Steve Woods @wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 23, 2026
'Ingrowing Mandelson' reads the diagnosis on Starmer's medical chart. Also note the DNR. Thank you, Mr Rowson. #UK_Politics US_Politics https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/apr/22/martin-rowson-ailing-leaderships-trump-starmer-cartoon
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wood5y
Steve Woods @wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 21, 2026
History does not happen in nice, neat chronological sequences. It's also subject to two other major factors: 1) new evidence of what happened being discovered; and 2) interpretation. Politics doesn't come with much more ignorance than it does from the #Farage 🐸 #Fascist Fan Club. #Senedd #Elections2026 #UK_Politics https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqww40gv19o
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