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Re: the proposed beer garden smoking ban:
There is the famous _Yes, Minister_ argument about smokers being a net postitive for the NHS given that they are likely to die younger of smoking related diseases instead of requiring expensive care for more complex diseases later in life.
A study in Finland found that each smoker contributed a net positive of 133,000 euros to their health system by dying younger (on average). Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23233699/
The net effect of smoking on healthcare and welfare costs. A cohort study - PubMed
Smoking was associated with a moderate decrease in healthcare costs, and a marked decrease in pension costs due to increased mortality.PubMed
Why the fuck can’t we just ignore these idiots and have another ref
#brexit #tory #tories #toryscum #politics #ukpolitics #bbc #news #EU #nhs #costofliving #Labour #keirstarmer #Starmer #labourparty #farage #nigelfarage #RejoinEU #toryleadership #ToryCorruption #KemiBadenoch #standuptoracism
What ‘family’ silver was not flogged off in the past is now going - all over the UK
https://bylinetimes.com/2024/08/21/council-fire-sales-of-public-assets
Across the country, councils facing financial squeezes are selling off public assets to make a quick buck.
#UkPolitics #Austerity #Assets
Councils Across UK are Holding Fire-Sales of Public Assets from Libraries to Farms - Often with No Consultation – Byline Times
Councils are flogging off local treasures as cuts continue to bite. This is a list of just some of the assets currently on the marketJosiah Mortimer (Byline Times)
Note 'working people', not the wealthy who have got wealthier under neoliberalism but us who have to continue bearing the brunt of their greed. Never vote for the duopoly again.
Starmer is talking bollocks.
There is no need for a round of further Tory austerity. There are many ways of raising the necessary billions, if only he and Reeves could ditch their craven adherence to neoliberal ideology and 'fiscal rectitude'.
They could start by taxing capital gains at the same rate as income tax and restricting pension tax relief to the basic rate. This would more than cover their fictional £22bn black hole.
Keir Starmer warns of tough times ahead to fix ‘Tory ruins’
Labour leader tells working people rot left by Conservatives is so much worse than imagined and improvement won’t happen overnightToby Helm (The Guardian)
This is on BBC2 now.
#Badgers #BadgerCull #BovineTB #Farming #DairyFarming #UKPolitics
Shocking badger cull film on BBC will prompt anger like Post Office scandal drama, claims Queen star Brian May | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/badger-cull-brian-may-bbc2-documentary-b2601021.html
Shocking badger cull film on BBC will prompt anger like Post Office scandal drama, claims Queen star Brian May
‘Dynamite’ claims come two days after government performed U-turn on election pledge to stop killing native mammalJane Dalton (The Independent)
Selling your data - and ill prepared to protect it
Prior UK goverment planned £485M four-year budget for Palantir-based healthcare system
https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/21/conservative_palantir_nhs_budget/
It is remarkable what is not told to the British public about how their ‘government’ is prepared to sell them off. I wonder how many lucrative jobs await past (and future) ministers.
#Privacy #Health #UkPolitics #NHS #CronyCapitalism
Prior UK goverment planned £485M four-year budget for Palantir-based healthcare system
Documents from NHS England meeting reveal scope of politicos spending intentLindsay Clark (The Register)
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/they-came-for-us-and-soon-they-will-come-for-you
#JustStopOil #ClimateCrisis #UKpolitics #inequality
They came for us and soon they will come for you: an open letter to the British left
My five-year sentence shows growing state repression is mounting as the climate crisis and capitalism destroy our means of existence. We need urgently unity between the environmental and socialist movements, writes ROGER HALLAM, of Just Stop OilMorning Star
A brave family, who speak for us all.
"The Henderson family is consequently 'deeply concerned that history will show that Britain, the country they love, was complicit with Israeli genocide, illegality, [and] failures to meet international obligations'."
#UKPolitics #LabourFriendsOfGenocide #StopArmingIsrael
https://www.declassifieduk.org/stop-arming-israel-urge-family-of-slain-aid-worker-james-henderson/
‘Stop arming Israel’, urge family of slain aid worker
James Henderson was among three British aid workers killed in Gaza. Now his family wants Keir Starmer to put an arms embargo on Israel.JOHN McEVOY (Declassified Media ltd)
Finally! Now will journalists follow suit?
“Labour MPs begin quitting X over ‘hate and disinformation’.”
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/12/labour-mps-begin-quitting-x-over-hate-and-disinformation
#UKpolitics #socialmedia #journalism #twitter
Labour MPs begin quitting X over ‘hate and disinformation’
Exclusive: MPs leaving platform or scaling back use over its ‘deterioration’ under Elon Musk’s ownershipEleni Courea (The Guardian)
Listen to the Sky reporter desperately trying to stop this guy blaming Farage for inciting riots.
"[Farage] is a former stockbroker, a millionaire, went to one of the poshest private schools in the country and he's trying to tell working class people that migrants are their enemy. The thousands of people marching around Britain are saying actually, people like Farage are our enemy."
#FuckTheFash #EatTheRich #UKPolitics #SolidarityIsBeautiful
I hope that this evening, it becomes a case of "There's More Of Us Than There Are Of Them" and terror is avoided
#FuckTheFash #UKPOL #Ukpolitics #Fascists #FarRight #Birmingham
"I'm sick of people making the small minorities in the country the scapegoat for all the problems. Your problems are from classism, your problems are from top down people making us feel small because we're working class. Well I'm proud to be working class, and to be anti-racist working class too."
Big up this lady ✊ 👏
Edit: Sorry to anyone who replies, I've got to mute this thread now because my notifications 😱
#UKPolitics #FuckTheFash #AltReich #EatTheRich
Here in the U.K. we don't condone criminal damage of any kind.
But IF we did, it would be this.
KGB News. The Rioters Channel.
Oh, did the rioters tell you that did they?
Or are you just making assumptions and trying to write the Narrative (minus the thousands of 'lefty' protestors who scared away the Fash last night)
#Starmer #FarRight #Fascists #AntiFascists #FuckTheFash #FarageRiots #UKPOL #Ukpolitics
Anti-racists turn out in force in Bristol, Walthamstow, Brighton and across the UK. Against racism, against fascism, these are our streets.
#ukpolitics #ukpol #racism #antiracism
Over a 1000 boosts 👇, sharing the joy that we mobilised across the country n showed who we really are 💕
Tonight in Brighton. This represents Britain #AntiRacist #AntiFascist #NoToIslamophobia #ukpolitics
Remember, punching coppers isn't as bad as holding up traffic so Environmentalists know what to do next time
#UKPOL #UKpolitics #FuckTheFash #Fascists #FarRight #Police #JustStopOil
*Punches Copper in face = 3 years
*Plots to hold up Traffic on the M25 = 5 years
This island is bollocks.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/07/rioter-southport-jailed-far-right
#FarRight #FuckTheFash #UKPOL #Ukpolitics #JustStopOil
Rioter who punched police officer in face in Southport jailed for three years
Derek Drummond receives longest sentence so far over far-right disorder, with two others jailed for 20 and 30 months eachJosh Halliday (The Guardian)
"What, the International Far Right trying to cause a Race War in the UK? But why would they be so mean? How long have these 'forums' existed, it's the first I've heard of it....." /s
#FarRight #FuckTheFash #Fascism #UKPOL #Ukpolitics
Far-right forums used to plan UK riots encouraging antisemitic attacks
Exclusive: Experts say websites that organised protests are inciting violence against Jewish peopleVikram Dodd (The Guardian)
“You’ve been taken in by your own platform, which amplifies noise at the expense of facts.”
#UKpolitics #ElonMusk #Twitter #X #Xitter
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/elon-musk-civil-war-uk-riots-b2591213.html
Elon Musk condemned by Downing Street for claim ‘civil war is inevitable’ in UK after riots
Billionaire condemned for ‘extraordinarily irresponsible’ post amid disorder on Britain’s streetsAndy Gregory (The Independent)
Proud of this woman. She has been protesting against racist thugs all her life & is still out there. Like her I protested against National Front in the 1970's. As long as they are around like her I will continue to protest against them.
" Pat, 70, said she began protesting 50 years ago, against the National Front.
Speaking outside the Abdullah Quilliam Mosque, she said: “Someone said to me ‘you’re too old, don’t be doing this’ but as long as they’re here someone’s got to do it.”
Because nothing says "we stand in sympathy with the community in Southport" like setting your local police station on fire.
#Sunderland #FuckTheFash #UKPolitics
