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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈All the usual suspects are suddenly experts in Mental Health, none of them are reflecting the reality, but it's easier to blame the Disabled that Tax The Rich, isn't it?Sharing this also for "Tony Blair, whose transformation into know-nothing golf-club pontificator is still startling after all this time " <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/17/labour-is-gaslighting-disabled-people-and-that-should-terrify-us-all" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/17/labour-is-gaslighting-disabled-people-and-that-should-terrify-us-all</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Austerity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPOL</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKpolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disability</a>

Lee C"On Monday, Reeves is expected to outline a strategy that would streamline environmental regulations for major infrastructure projects, such as the Lower Thames Crossing and a possible Heathrow expansion, and do away with lengthy guidance on issues like bat protection for low-impact developments. The Environment Agency and Natural England will be among those tasked with fine-tuning environmental rules, while some minor or temporary schemes could soon be exempt from requiring permits."If we'd have wanted development at any cost, we could've left the Tories in place.<a href="https://bmmagazine.co.uk/news/reeves-meets-regulators-to-tackle-red-tape-as-growth-forecasts-cut-again/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bmmagazine.co.uk/news/reeves-meets-regulators-to-tackle-red-tape-as-growth-forecasts-cut-again/</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a>

Lee CBecause there hasn't been enough consolidation and corporations aren't already too big..... 🙄<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b937c7d2-958c-4a82-bf6d-d15df955821f" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/b937c7d2-958c-4a82-bf6d-d15df955821f</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a>

ADHDel-DRAFT-v10-final (2).docAccording to Rachel Reeves there’s 'too much bureaucracy'. She’s looking for bureaucracy savings and wants to slash the welfare bill too.Please would someone quietly whisper “universal basic income” into her ear. <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#welfare</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈"Work Shall Set You Free"The way they always go on about 'Working Families' and everyone else doesn't even exist....<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Austerity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Disablity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disablity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPOL</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukpolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labour</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈This is what UKGOV wanted to do with Rwanda. No country in the West is going to condem this, are they? They want us to know that this can happen to us too, if we stand in the way of the Rich exploiting us and the planet. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPOL</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Immigration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deportations</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPOL</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKpolitics</a>

Open Rights GroupThere's still time to put pressure on the UK government.The UK Secretary of State has the power to exempt small, safely moderated websites from the Online Safety duties.We need urgent change to protect net plurality, rather than further consolidating power in monopoly platforms. We need competition for a safer Internet.Write to your MP (UK) <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/SaveOurSites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaveOurSites</a> 🌐<a href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites-write-your-mp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites-write-your-mp</a><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/OnlineSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OnlineSafety</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/onlinesafetyact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#onlinesafetyact</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ofcom</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/netplurality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#netplurality</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/activitypub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activitypub</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukpol</a>

Open Rights GroupThe UK Online Safety Act comes into effect today.Its onerous duties may cause many small sites, blogs and fedi instances to shut down or geoblock UK users when faced with potential fines and penalties.This won't keep children safe. It'll benefit large platforms like Facebook and X that are laying waste to content moderation.<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/online_safety_act/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/online_safety_act/</a><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/OnlineSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OnlineSafety</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/onlinesafetyact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#onlinesafetyact</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ofcom</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/netplurality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#netplurality</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/activitypub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activitypub</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukpol</a>

michaelMany said the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starmer</a> era would be just Tory-lite – now it’s worse than that. Time to stop the pretence Nesrine MalikHe’ll be radical, the PM’s allies claimed. Well, look now, as poor people are targeted and ministers boast of wearing Tory clothes better than the Tories<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/17/keir-starmer-tory-radical-prime-minister-poor-people" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/17/keir-starmer-tory-radical-prime-minister-poor-people</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKpolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#austerity</a>

Nico :pensive_party_blob:Who had Labour making worse decisions for vulnerable and poor people than the Tories on their bingo card? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#labour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservatives</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disabilitybenefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disabilitybenefits</a>

JuneSim63"..what is the point of the Labour party?Well, the point, it seems, is to be as not-Labour as possible, and that purpose was fashioned in a battle against those on the left of the party, rather than its desire to be the canny custodian of leftwing politics once in power. It is as simple as that"Nesrine Malik spot on, once again. We on the left warned everyone...<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labour</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BenefitCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BenefitCuts</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PIP</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disability</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/17/keir-starmer-tory-radical-prime-minister-poor-people" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/17/keir-starmer-tory-radical-prime-minister-poor-people</a>

Christopher Miller 🇺🇦Mental health conditions are overdiagnosed, Streeting says: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7ejvr3y0zo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7ejvr3y0zo</a>Absolutely fuming!There are lots of people suffering without help because of the stigma around mental health. By effectively saying that people diagnosed with mental health are on the scrounge, the mental health crisis will worsen.But I don't think that the red-Tories really give a fuck.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NewsTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewsTooter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RedTories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RedTories</a>

rob"Fire could ‘burn down’ UK parliament and asbestos is rife". If the headline can combine "risk of fire" and "too much asbestos", the Houses of Parliament must be a right state. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a>

libUnderseaMonkey.so 🇪🇺...to the surprise of absolutely nobody. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ReformUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReformUK</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Farage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Farage</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HardRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HardRight</a> -- Reform UK candidate who praised Hitler and Assad put in charge of vetting <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/16/reform-uk-candidate-who-praised-hitler-and-assad-put-in-charge-of-vetting?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/16/reform-uk-candidate-who-praised-hitler-and-assad-put-in-charge-of-vetting?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</a>

Open Rights GroupThe UK Online Safety Act burdens small sites with duties and penalties that they can't shoulder. They'll shut down instead, stripping us of net plurality.There’s a simple solution:✅ Exempt small, safely run blogs, forums and fedi instances ✅ The government can do this nowThe duties start TOMORROW – Write to your MP ⬇️ <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/SaveOurSites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaveOurSites</a> 🌐<a href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites-write-your-mp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites-write-your-mp</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/onlinesafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#onlinesafety</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/onlinesafetyact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#onlinesafetyact</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/netplurality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#netplurality</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukpol</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a>

Jesus MargarWes Streeting: there is overdiagnosis of mental health conditionsImagine the level of self confidence you need to have to have a degree in history and say such a thing.Wes Streeting should resign. He is no position to make such a statement as Health Secretary and he should be rebutted by the GMC right away.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/16/wes-streeting-there-is-overdiagnosis-of-mental-health-conditions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/16/wes-streeting-there-is-overdiagnosis-of-mental-health-conditions</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LabourParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LabourParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WesStreeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WesStreeting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GMC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GMC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukhealth</a>

Bernard Vall<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scottishindependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scottishindependence</a> "Last Wednesday, as he was approaching the Houses of Parliament for a meeting, a senior Labour figure who has worked at high levels inside the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, described what Keir Starmer’s administration was doing as “awful” and lacking in any Labour “values”. The Guardian 16/3/25<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/16/cuts-to-welfare-cuts-to-international-aid-has-labour-lurched-too-far-to-the-right" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/16/cuts-to-welfare-cuts-to-international-aid-has-labour-lurched-too-far-to-the-right</a>

Shouty personKrasnov is the American Liz Truss.Will *he* last longer than a head of lettuce? The answer, unfortunately, is almost certainly yes. Because as stupid as the Westminster system (as used in both Canada and the UK) is, their system is somehow even worse.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/14/donald-trump-crashing-us-economy-fake-news" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/14/donald-trump-crashing-us-economy-fake-news</a><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CdnPoli</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a>

WenI believe there is a 'law' referring to headlines with a question markInevitably YES is the answer.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/16/cuts-to-welfare-cuts-to-international-aid-has-labour-lurched-too-far-to-the-right" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/16/cuts-to-welfare-cuts-to-international-aid-has-labour-lurched-too-far-to-the-right</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RedReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RedReform</a>

JuneSim63Wes Streeting is all over the media pushing his health 'reforms' this weekend. A reminder.."Good Law Project research shows that more than 60% of the money invested in the new health secretary since he entered parliament in 2015 has come from companies and individuals with links to private health"<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WesStreeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WesStreeting</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PrivateHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrivateHealthcare</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Healthcare</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NHS</a>How private health has invested in Wes Streeting | Good Law Project <a href="https://goodlawproject.org/how-private-health-has-invested-in-wes-streeting/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://goodlawproject.org/how-private-health-has-invested-in-wes-streeting/</a>

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