Bob Carter
@DrPoo
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Cyclist, scribbler, and not half as rude as some people seem to think he is. Any rubbish I put out comes from me and no-one else.
Joined November 2010
The BBC continues to parrot the right agenda. “Immigration was a key issue in the 2024 election…” the news just said. And yet surveys then said it wasn’t top and only 1/4 voters thought it important.
yougov.co.uk
While 2019 may have been the Brexit election, few see it as a top issue this time round
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Today’s shit superhero:
bbc.co.uk
"When the sun shines, the wallet opens a little bit wider," says a seafront tourist attraction owner.
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Have now got air source heat pump so call @edfenergy to say stop charging me for gas now. No. I have to pay 19p a day for a supply of stuff I can’t use until they organise the meter to be removed. No date or time estimate given. @edfenergy 2024 - £1.6 bn profits.
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A word of warning if you’re in Norwich, cars are escaping and performing backflips in the street.
bbc.co.uk
The ambulance service says it attended the scene but did not take anyone to hospital.
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If Grenfell is demolished ... what should the site be? A memorial park would seem proper.
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How to drive in snow and icy weather (with no suggestion that you consider not driving).
bbc.com
If you have to drive during wintry weather, here is how to prepare your car, and what to carry with you.
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An extraordinary week for Ireland has seen its history revised & diminished by a U.S Senator & British commentators They repeat 80 year old anti-Irish slurs & 20th century thinking The subject is Irish neutrality in WW2 What is the truth? (1)
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We can’t afford to compensate women who lost pensions rights. We can’t afford to offer child benefit beyond two children, as more than four million children live in poverty. We can afford to give a lifetime meal ticket to 38 comparatively wealthy people.
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Only one other country, Chile, has a national system whereby private companies own a monopoly on water and sewage. If it was such a good idea, why has it not been copied wider?
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Water companies get the customers to stump up for the their lack of investment and enrichment of shareholders.
Water bills to rise 20% (£86) plus inflation in April and then above inflation for the next four years. @Ofwat gives private water companies in England the go-ahead to make customers pay for the investment they have failed to do for 30 years while enriching shareholders and
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SPOTY BBC list: no Mark Cavendish despite a truly global ranking achievement. I have no opinion about this though. It’s not a criticism of the BBC, merely an observation.
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I see no negative coverage of this: London Stansted has said it recorded the busiest day in its history as more than 107,000 passengers passed through the terminal on 27 October.
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Commentators trying to work out the US election miss the bigger picture. The USA is fundamentally undemocratic. It has one more effective party than say China and Russia, but far fewer than most of the rest of the world. Workers feeling left behind have no-one to vote for.
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When you think £5bn a year for workers’ rights is somehow unfair to business, think of the profits that business makes from workers. One example, Centrica, £4bn a year.
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