Graham Simmons
@grahamsimmons.bsky.social
Long-standing admirer of Dunedin railway station
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October 12, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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Your regular reminder that public ownership is popular. People want energy bills they can afford, clean water, public transport that’s reliable, an NHS to be proud of, care that families & communities can rely on, a Royal Mail that actually delivers letters.
Andy Burnham, are you listening?
Andy Burnham, are you listening?
October 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Your regular reminder that public ownership is popular. People want energy bills they can afford, clean water, public transport that’s reliable, an NHS to be proud of, care that families & communities can rely on, a Royal Mail that actually delivers letters.
Andy Burnham, are you listening?
Andy Burnham, are you listening?
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Dutch cycling infrastructure during the school run, showing why safe infrastructure is vital if we want children to cycle to school.
From a fietsstraat, where bikes have priority, to protected cycle tracks where cars must give way to bikes at every junction. Safe, convenient cycling for everyone.
From a fietsstraat, where bikes have priority, to protected cycle tracks where cars must give way to bikes at every junction. Safe, convenient cycling for everyone.
October 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Dutch cycling infrastructure during the school run, showing why safe infrastructure is vital if we want children to cycle to school.
From a fietsstraat, where bikes have priority, to protected cycle tracks where cars must give way to bikes at every junction. Safe, convenient cycling for everyone.
From a fietsstraat, where bikes have priority, to protected cycle tracks where cars must give way to bikes at every junction. Safe, convenient cycling for everyone.
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Shell’s refineries expected to make record profits.
Profit margins of $42 a barrel, up from $24 a barrel. Cashing in on global conflicts.
Bumper payouts for execs and shareholders. Misery for households and businesses. Millions plunged into poverty.
Must levy 100% windfall tax.
Profit margins of $42 a barrel, up from $24 a barrel. Cashing in on global conflicts.
Bumper payouts for execs and shareholders. Misery for households and businesses. Millions plunged into poverty.
Must levy 100% windfall tax.
Shell expects refineries to almost double the profit from every barrel of fuel made
Record prices caused by global shortages amid shutdown of war-damaged refineries in Middle East and Russia
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Shell’s refineries expected to make record profits.
Profit margins of $42 a barrel, up from $24 a barrel. Cashing in on global conflicts.
Bumper payouts for execs and shareholders. Misery for households and businesses. Millions plunged into poverty.
Must levy 100% windfall tax.
Profit margins of $42 a barrel, up from $24 a barrel. Cashing in on global conflicts.
Bumper payouts for execs and shareholders. Misery for households and businesses. Millions plunged into poverty.
Must levy 100% windfall tax.
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Fred Astaire + Golf = Genius
CAREFREE (1938)
CAREFREE (1938)
October 8, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Fred Astaire + Golf = Genius
CAREFREE (1938)
CAREFREE (1938)
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All the investment in our water system comes from one place: customers' bills.
The government needs to bring not just water back into public ownership, but every critical asset that this country has under our control, owned by us.
The government needs to bring not just water back into public ownership, but every critical asset that this country has under our control, owned by us.
October 8, 2026 at 3:29 PM
All the investment in our water system comes from one place: customers' bills.
The government needs to bring not just water back into public ownership, but every critical asset that this country has under our control, owned by us.
The government needs to bring not just water back into public ownership, but every critical asset that this country has under our control, owned by us.
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TAKE BACK OUR ROYAL MAIL
Andy Burnham make it 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫, let it go bust if it can't, then take over.
OR just buy it back at a discount as a vital 500 year old asset.
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Andy Burnham make it 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫, let it go bust if it can't, then take over.
OR just buy it back at a discount as a vital 500 year old asset.
vist.ly/5mhfz
Ministers urged to ‘save’ Royal Mail as up to 2,500 jobs set to go
UNIONS called on ministers to save the Royal Mail today after it announced plans to cut up to 2,500 jobs by the end of 2027.Communication Workers Union deputy general secretary Martin Walsh said that the proposals will affect some 200 CWU-represented jobs in administration and revenue protection.“We urge the government to confront the reality of a collapsing Royal Mail and intervene to save this national institution,” he said.
morningstaronline.co.uk
October 8, 2026 at 9:12 AM
TAKE BACK OUR ROYAL MAIL
Andy Burnham make it 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫, let it go bust if it can't, then take over.
OR just buy it back at a discount as a vital 500 year old asset.
vist.ly/5mhfz
Andy Burnham make it 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫, let it go bust if it can't, then take over.
OR just buy it back at a discount as a vital 500 year old asset.
vist.ly/5mhfz
Badenoch's showpiece, headline, conference proposal is to blow a £6,000,000,000 hole in the budget to raise the Inheritance Tax threshold for the richest 5% of the country?
That woman has her finger on the national pulse, doesn't she?
That woman has her finger on the national pulse, doesn't she?
October 7, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Badenoch's showpiece, headline, conference proposal is to blow a £6,000,000,000 hole in the budget to raise the Inheritance Tax threshold for the richest 5% of the country?
That woman has her finger on the national pulse, doesn't she?
That woman has her finger on the national pulse, doesn't she?
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Private water companies were handed a debt-free industry in 1989 under Thatcher. Since 1991 your water bills have gone up by 44% and a third of what you pay goes towards dividends payments and financing debt.
They need to go bust and be taken back into public hands. Now. Not in 10 years' time.
They need to go bust and be taken back into public hands. Now. Not in 10 years' time.
October 7, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Private water companies were handed a debt-free industry in 1989 under Thatcher. Since 1991 your water bills have gone up by 44% and a third of what you pay goes towards dividends payments and financing debt.
They need to go bust and be taken back into public hands. Now. Not in 10 years' time.
They need to go bust and be taken back into public hands. Now. Not in 10 years' time.
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The same Jeffrey Archer who used sex workers and was convicted of two counts of perjury and two counts of perverting the course of justice? That Jeffery Archer?? #abolishthemonarchy #grifters
October 6, 2026 at 1:40 PM
The same Jeffrey Archer who used sex workers and was convicted of two counts of perjury and two counts of perverting the course of justice? That Jeffery Archer?? #abolishthemonarchy #grifters
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Failures of privatisation.
Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs
Foreign-owned RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets even after regulator lowered them.
Postage: 1st class, £1.80, 2nd class 91p.
When privatized in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p.
Poor service at triple price. Customers fleeced.
Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs
Foreign-owned RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets even after regulator lowered them.
Postage: 1st class, £1.80, 2nd class 91p.
When privatized in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p.
Poor service at triple price. Customers fleeced.
Royal Mail plans to cut 2,500 head office jobs
The postal service firm wants to cut the head office and other jobs by the end of 2027.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Failures of privatisation.
Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs
Foreign-owned RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets even after regulator lowered them.
Postage: 1st class, £1.80, 2nd class 91p.
When privatized in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p.
Poor service at triple price. Customers fleeced.
Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs
Foreign-owned RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets even after regulator lowered them.
Postage: 1st class, £1.80, 2nd class 91p.
When privatized in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p.
Poor service at triple price. Customers fleeced.
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Andy Burnham Urged to Put Compulsory Voting at Heart of His Electoral Reform Plans
By @josiahmortimer.bsky.social
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Andy Burnham Urged to Put Compulsory Voting at Heart of His Electoral Reform Plans
By @josiahmortimer.bsky.social
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Andy Burnham Urged to Put Compulsory Voting at Heart of His Electoral Reform Plans
Democracy campaigners say changing how Britain votes will not be enough unless the Prime Minister also changes who votes as well
bylinetimes.com
October 6, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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Andy Burnham Urged to Put Compulsory Voting at Heart of His Electoral Reform Plans
By @josiahmortimer.bsky.social
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Andy Burnham Urged to Put Compulsory Voting at Heart of His Electoral Reform Plans
By @josiahmortimer.bsky.social
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LBC's Matthew Wright confessed to being 'a bit wobbly' on the case for public ownership of water. So we told him.
1/3 of your water bill is dribbling out to service debts and line shareholder pockets. That's money that could be reinvested in improving the service.
Public ownership's a no-brainer.
1/3 of your water bill is dribbling out to service debts and line shareholder pockets. That's money that could be reinvested in improving the service.
Public ownership's a no-brainer.
October 5, 2026 at 11:02 AM
LBC's Matthew Wright confessed to being 'a bit wobbly' on the case for public ownership of water. So we told him.
1/3 of your water bill is dribbling out to service debts and line shareholder pockets. That's money that could be reinvested in improving the service.
Public ownership's a no-brainer.
1/3 of your water bill is dribbling out to service debts and line shareholder pockets. That's money that could be reinvested in improving the service.
Public ownership's a no-brainer.
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Time to move over, Zack?
Water companies failing their basic duties?
The Green Party has a simple solution.
Special administration. Public ownership. ZERO compensation for shareholders.
The Green Party has a simple solution.
Special administration. Public ownership. ZERO compensation for shareholders.
October 6, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Time to move over, Zack?
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Not quite how I'd phrase it personally but, otherwise, spot on.
They can fuck right off
October 4, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Not quite how I'd phrase it personally but, otherwise, spot on.
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