Worked 32 years in NHS. Hate bad manners, injustice, Tories and Lib Dems. Wants no DMs I don't answer! find me on blue sky @laffterman.bsky.social
Yorkshire, UK
Joined January 2011
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People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership.
Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend this crucial debate on water ownership? actionnetwork.org/letters/as…
Save Freeview TV for Lynette and millions of others who depend on it! - Sign the Petition! c.org/VvgQGWYXLt via @UKChange
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Should the UK rejoin the EU customs union?
RT for larger sample size.
92%Yes
8%No
10,533 votes • Final resultsMillions of toxic plastic beads from Southern Water have washed up on Camber Sands beach, threatening dolphins, seals, seabirds, and our beaches. Sign the petition to make sure water companies pay for the cleanup of spills like this, not their customers: 38d.gs/water_mess_eaoi_tw
🚨 First Past the Post is broken.
5 parties polling strongly, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented.
We need MPs to back change — NOW.
@MakeVotesMatter @UnlockDemocracy @ElectoralReform @CompassOffice @OpenBritain
✍️ Sign the petition: makevotesmatter.org.uk/sign-…
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🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 65,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 70,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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I cannot believe we are in the crazy situation where patients can't see a GP because there aren't enough doctors... But there are UNEMPLOYED GPs sitting at home because GP surgeries aren't given enough funding to hire them! Somebody make it make sense!!! – at Formby, England
Practices are telling us they need more GPs but lack the funding to employ them.
Thank you to the more than 8,000 GPs and GP Registrars who signed our letter to the Health Secretary urging him to make the 10-Year Workforce Plan a genuine roadmap to train, recruit and retain more doctors and restore patient safety.
Read more from @KamilaRCGP in @guardian this morning: theguardian.com/society/2025…
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The ex-Reform leader in Wales, Nathan Gill pleaded guilty to taking Russian bribes, and has been imprisoned for over 10 years.
There must be a full investigation into foreign interference in our democracies.
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The rich keep getting richer. The poor keep getting poorer.
Nothing will change until we bring about a fundamental redistribution of wealth, ownership and power.
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🚨 Nigel Farage would hate for everyone to see this interview
Share, share, share!
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Budget day! Or as I always say:
BREXIT, We're all paying for it!
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Today, Labour is going to announce a return to PFI for the NHS- which is a total disaster. But they’ve renamed it the “NHS neighbourhood rebuild”. Don’t be fooled 🚨
I’ve explained what’s going on in this piece I’ve just written- open.substack.com/pub/jujuli…
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12 out of the 14 stretches of rivers designated as bathing spots are polluted with the @EnvAgency issuing a "Do Not Swim" advisories.
So exactly 16 months into a new govt what's been achieved? Absolutely nothing, nada, zero, zilch.
Well that's alright then.
thetimes.com/uk/environment/…
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Average cost of 1 unit of electricity:
UK 26.35p
France 20p
Spain 18p
Japan 17p
Australia 13p
USA 12p
China 6p
🇬🇧 We are being ripped off.
The temperature’s dropping, energy bills are rising, but Rachel Reeves might cut £6 BILLION meant to make homes warmer. Meanwhile, oil and gas companies could get billions in tax breaks. Think that's outrageous? Sign the petition: 38d.gs/shcb
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Nigel Farage was asked to apologise for a Reform UK councillor describe children in care as downright evil
Keir Starmer asks him to apologise for it at #PMQs
He doesn't, instead he talks about hotels housing asylum seekers
When Reform UK show you who they are, believe them
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The 'efficiency' of Reform UK:
Step1: A councillor shuts public care homes while overseeing care services
Step 2: Vulnerable residents get relocated to private facilities
Step 3: Surprise! The same councillor owns those very private care homes
#bbcbreakfast #r4today
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If the Media and its owners don't pay tax in the UK they shouldn't be able to print anything in the UK.
"And yeah we don't want the Americans owning our Media, get them out."
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See how Reform Council's work:
The Reform Councillor in charge of care homes in Lancashire is shutting council care homes, forcing residents to move to private care homes.
The very same Reform Councillor is also the owner of multiple local private care homes in Lancashire.