One is a wannabe dictator and one is the president of a democratic country.

Can you guess which is which?

NHS faces £5.7bn bill for patching up hospitals before demolishing them Delaying rebuilding programme in England to save money in short term requires costly repairs to keep sites safe

False Economy

NHS England faces £5.7bn bill for repairing hospitals before demolishing them.

Boris John's 40 new(ish) hospitals never delivered.

Labour to deliver in stages by the 2040s. Meanwhile, some are falling down

All part of a strategy to hand healthcare to the private sector.

LEGACY MEDIA IS DEAD
Yesterday all across the country there were protesters at
#TeslaTakedown all across the country
See any of it on MSM or in your local news?
People like Sheryl Crow sells hers & donates $$ to NPR
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#KickMuskOutOfWH

Over 400,000 Americans died fighting the horrors of fascism in WWII—now we have Trump henchmen mimicking a Nazi salute? It’s a disgusting insult to their sacrifice and a chilling sign of where we’re headed.

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How our democracy has been hijacked by corporations and wealthy elites The only effective remedy is to ban all private donations, or bribes, to political parties.

Did you vote for this?

Cuts in real wage/benefits
Queues for NHS appointments
Lousy social care
Crumbling schools
Profiteering by corporations
Tax abuses by corporations/rich
Sewage in rivers
Poor housing

But it happens. Govts indulge corporations and the rich.
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A Russian Kh-59 cruise missile was neutralized in Kharkiv after crashing on someone's yard and not detonating.

Baltic sea cable damage: Finland seizes Russian ship suspected of sabotage YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

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Please press that "like" button regardless. Trust me, Ukrainiands understand that you don't "like" the attack on us, but helping us reach more people. We appreciate that

Good morning and Happy Thursday to everyone who is going to MISS the sane HUMANITY consistently on display from President Biden, soon to be replaced by the rabid, rambling insanity of trump.

Two Xmas posts, side-by-side.

What a wild contrast. 😳

Russian missile attack on Kharkiv this morning ‼️

This Christmas morning, I spent hiding in my bathroom from Russian missiles.

There wasn't much I could do except post about it and check monitoring channels to see if more missiles were on their way. There was a lot on the way. I hoped and prayed that they wouldn't kill me or my family across the

Christmas eve when your neighbor is genocidal russia

(Kryvyi Rih today, after the russian missile attack on the city, that injured at least 11 people, including a 16 years old girl)

Kolyadky (Christmas songs) on the streets of frontline Kharkiv.

This Christmas Eve, while the world gathers to celebrate, Ukrainians are pulling bodies from the rubble after a russian missile strike on an apartment building in Kryvyi Rih.

So far, one person has died and 11 are injured. The search and rescue operation continues.

Gutted for Annemarie Worst though she was looking so strong, feel really sorry for her 😢

You go through life worrying about your kids and going on about stranger danger. Then you say it’s alright for a guy that looks like this to sneak into their room and leave them presents.

I ask Putin: "Yeltsin told you to 'Take Care of Russia.' Have you?" YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg

I asked Vladimir Putin: “25 years ago Yeltsin handed you power & told you 'Take care of Russia.’ Do you think you have? In light of significant losses in Ukraine, Ukrainian troops in Kursk region, sanctions, inflation…” Here’s his reply. Producer
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Good to see him getting his mojo back. Great ride too from Zoe Bäckstedt. Celtic nations doing the business 😊

This sums it up, yes.

Trump has chosen Harmeet Dhillon, an election denier, to be assistant attorney general of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division — a division that’s supposed to enforce voting rights laws

That’s right, Dhillon is a Big Liar — who co-chaired Lawyers for Trump, an entire group of…

Romanian Authorities raid homes of those involved in russia's attempt to rig presidential election - Kyiv Insider Romanian Authorities raid homes of those involved in russia’s failed attempt to rig presidential election December 7, 2024 8:53 am   Now two weeks after Russia’s attempt to install a little known pro-...

Romania continues showing the world how to deal with Russians.

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Castle Water among bidders ahead of Thames Water deadline for equity raise Debt-laden Thames Water, which is the UK's biggest water supplier, has asked possible investors to put forward indicative bids by the end of Thursday

Castle Water bids £4bn for control of Thames Water. Private equity also interested.

This is money from A to B, not into infrastructure.

New buyer still wants high customer bills, dividends, low investment.

Only nationalisation can end profiteering, solve crisis.
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Toretsk, Ukraine.

British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’ Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy report finds trade flows have shown no signs of returning to previous levels

The Brexit Curse

British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’.

Border checks, lower standards on pesticides, veterinary drugs, animal welfare make UK exports harder.

Brexit costing UK economy about £100bn a year.

Rejoin EU.
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Whatever happened to the ‘rule of law’ in the UK? Even if people can get access to the courts, at best they will get an interpretation of law, not justice.

Law doesn't deliver justice.

Austerity, wage freezes, public service cuts imposed by parliament.

300,000 Britons die each year awaiting hospital appointment.

111,000 died last year in poverty;

128,000 died in fuel poverty, including. 111,000 pensioners,
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