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Mikaela Loach
mikaelaloach
The GP at my placement today made some important points about the UK & COVID. We've focused way too much on the short term response by the gov, blaming that
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David Adler
davidrkadler
Please: Do NOT be fooled by the German claim to “solidarity.”Maas & Scholz are smart enough not to look Dutch — while doubling down on their rejection of Coronabonds.A short
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Nadia Daar
nadiadaar
Days after @IMFNews @WorldBank mtgs ended, I'm feeling anxious. A long thread! The threat of looming IMF-imposed austerity post-pandemic is clear. IMF's pushing this in 84% of #COVID19 loans, tho
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Ben Smoke
bencsmoke
remember when we bailed out the banks to the tune of half a trillion quid because they fucked up and then we raided poor peoples wages, living standards and safety
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Bela Tarr for Star Wars Episode 10 ☭
Jazzahol
Honestly the whole "do you vote for Biden or don't you" discourse is garbage, none of us make up the majority of the electorate and our opinions don't matter that
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Rory - ADHD Autistic OCD
roryreckons
Not surprised at these results given my audience. I’m going to talk about Euthanasia for a while. It has really bad ramifications for those who live with disability. This is
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graceyswer
graceyswer
The government not helping sex workers only reinforces the cycle of poverty and prostitution. Now more than ever, we feel we have to work despite it being unsafe to do
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Anarcho Shiba-Inuism
anarchoshiba
So to be clear, in many parts of the UK you're facing a FOUR YEAR wait to be seen at at GiC clinic. That doesn't meant you're gonna get hormones
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Josh O'Connor
JoshOConnor15
Watching the ESL crumble is breathtaking and I couldn’t be happier. But let’s remember why we came together. A group of billionaires who couldn’t care less about the you, me
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Russ Jones
RussInCheshire
Blue-sky-thinkingI was involved in Jubilee 2000 (Drop the Debt) as a relatively low-level digital guy. Claim no credit.But the world needs that again, on a vast scale. Cos we are
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Paul Krugman
paulkrugman
At this point, it seems a virtual certainty that Republicans will refuse to provide any significant aid to fiscally desperate state and local governments. And it's worth thinking about just
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Richard Murphy
RichardJMurphy
There are people who claim that money has intrinsic value that has to be maintained. They demand the control of inflation, austerity economic policies and unemployment to preserve that intrinsic
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Ewan Gurr
EwanGurr
Interesting from @LawrenceFelic in today's @Guardian. However, having worked with foodbanks for 15 years, seeing people who have gone without food for a day is not news. It has simply
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BEMIS
bemis_scotland
1/10 Today's #PfG in respect of Scotland's minority ethnic communities contains some positive initiatives however our early assessment is that it is timid + should have done much more. Thread
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Matthew Curtis
totalcurtis
Hospitality is the third largest industry in the UK. The current situation has left hundreds of thousands out of work, and business owners all along the supply chain in an
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Brian Schatz
brianschatz
Too much of the climate movement of the past was about what climate change is doing to us, and not about what climate action will do for us. Taking action
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