Adé Adeyemo3d ago

We need to know the truth about Solihull Council's finances.

The Conservatives needed a £48 million lifeline to keep the council afloat. Now, they are having to pay back nearly £4 million a year of your money, while council tax goes up by 5% and your services are not improving.

The Conservatives say they aren't cutting services, but we've already seen charges for green waste collections, dimming of street lights, selling off public land and paying some council staff to quit early.

The Conservatives are trying to keep the scale of the financial challenges facing the council and what it means for you under wraps. There needs to be transparency about the seriousness of the situation.

We need to know how they plan to turn this ship around.

This financial crisis didn't happen overnight. 14 years of Tory leadership led us to this mess. Do you trust them to get us out of it?

#solihull #solihullcouncil #counciltax #efs #libdems #demandbetter

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I have sent this email to the medical clinic & CCed news media too. I am direct as fuck.

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@lyndamerry484
Sure, 11% of Labour voters are “Reform-curious” — but 29% would consider voting Green and 41% say they’d back the Lib Dems. That’s the real danger if Labour keeps playing it safe and copying Tory-lite policies.

Holding Labour to account doesn’t help Reform — pretending Labour’s perfect might.

#HoldLabourToAccount #DemandBetter #ProgressiveAlliance #NoToReformUK

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/06/labour-local-communities-nigel-farage

The lesson for Labour? Until it can improve local lives and stop fearing Farage, more losses are coming

Rapid, highly visible action in communities and a forthright attack on the new right – that is what’s needed now, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Antoinette PittMar 26
When a possible candidate to lead your land keeps grovelling to the aggressor gagging to bully and annex its mates in servitude. #whovian #wecanbebetter #demandbetter
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Antoinette PittMar 16
An informative and importantly, easy to follow, explanation of the Campaign finance deal. And (at 8.40) why using your preferential vote at this election is sooo important. #prioritisedontcompromise #DemandBetter youtu.be/0kfFtLfcMxo?...

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Antoinette PittFeb 21
Well that's striking at the heart of Aussies! Its sanctioned pillaging. Corporations think they can keep fleecing us. Our Major parties are standing by and letting it happen. Make them accountable for selling us out. Use your power of preferential voting. #prioritisedontcompromise #DemandBetter

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Antoinette PittFeb 21
I mean, Who else is going to reduce the kill count of Australian women? Or pave a way to a safe livable future and climate resilience? Or recognise maintenance steps wont turn the tide on homelessness? What we are doing isn't working. Time to try something new! #DemandBetter

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Show threadDr. Baba Kofi WeusijanaJan 20
@gp5.bsky.social Nope, we can choose to reduce rather than increase #nuclear power:
"Nuclear power increases its share in most 1.5°C pathways with no or limited overshoot by 2050, but in some pathways both the absolute capacity and share of power from nuclear generators decrease (Table 2.15)." #DemandBetter
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009157940.004
Mitigation Pathways Compatible with 1.5°C in the Context of Sustainable Development (Chapter 2) - Global Warming of 1.5°C

Global Warming of 1.5°C - June 2022

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Labor Party (US)Dec 26, 2024

🚨 Smithfield Foods Caught Exploiting Children! 🚨

Minnesota investigators found children as young as 14 working hazardous jobs with dangerous chemicals at Smithfield Foods. The company is paying $2M, but this highlights a disturbing trend: child labor is making a comeback in America.

Corporations like Smithfield must be held accountable.

https://apnews.com/article/smithfield-meats-child-labor-37331398891881f762c49db751ef52de

#ChildLabor #CorporateAccountability #WorkersRights #ProtectKids #HumanRights #LaborJustice #SmithfieldFoods #DemandBetter

Smithfield agrees to pay $2 million to resolve child labor allegations at Minnesota meat plant

One of the nation’s largest meat processors has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations of child labor violations at a plant in Minnesota. The state's labor department said Thursday that its investigation found that Smithfield Packaged Meats employed at least 11 children at its plant in St. James ages 14 to 17 from April 2021 through April 2023. It says they performed potentially dangerous work. Virginia-based Smithfield denies knowingly hiring anyone under age 18 to work at the St. James plant. It says it did not admit liability under the settlement.

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MLTIVRSJun 20, 2024
Jurassic Park: Blockbuster Scifi, Science Fail https://www.mltivrs.com/2024/06/20/jurassic-park-blockbuster-scifi-science-fail/ #JurassicPark #scifi #movies #DemandBetter
Jurassic Park: Blockbuster Scifi, Science Fail - Mltivrs

Jurassic Park may have been a blockbuster scifi movie, it was a science fail as a film. We deserve better science in our films.

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