Paddy Boocock
@boococp.bsky.social
A disordered shout of rage at the ongoing, accelerating and mindless, but totally conscious, destruction of our terrestrial home and body politic for the vacuous goal of the satiation of endless greed
Worth a repost, because Starmer and Streeting are still steaming ahead with this national disaster in the making, despite the fact that the electorate the work for don't want them to.
Is Keir Starmer about to super-charge NHS privatisation? open.substack.com/pub/jujuliag...
Is Keir Starmer about to super-charge NHS privatisation? open.substack.com/pub/jujuliag...
Is Keir Starmer about to super-charge NHS privatisation?
Call To Action
open.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Worth a repost, because Starmer and Streeting are still steaming ahead with this national disaster in the making, despite the fact that the electorate the work for don't want them to.
Is Keir Starmer about to super-charge NHS privatisation? open.substack.com/pub/jujuliag...
Is Keir Starmer about to super-charge NHS privatisation? open.substack.com/pub/jujuliag...
Trump appears not to have noticed that, unlike the United States of CIA, China is not in the habit of invading and taking over other nations.
www.euronews.com/2026/01/10/t...
www.euronews.com/2026/01/10/t...
Trump says US will act on Greenland, 'whether they like it or not'
Trump, who often cites national security interests as the reason for taking Greenland, said that if the US does not do something, 'Russia or China will take over Greenland'.
www.euronews.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Trump appears not to have noticed that, unlike the United States of CIA, China is not in the habit of invading and taking over other nations.
www.euronews.com/2026/01/10/t...
www.euronews.com/2026/01/10/t...
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Frey: "I think the initial impetus to come to MN was to arrest & deport a bunch of Somali people. They got here & realized the Somali people that would be deported are all citizens. Then they turned their ire toward our Latino community & others. These are communities that make Mpls a better place."
January 10, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Frey: "I think the initial impetus to come to MN was to arrest & deport a bunch of Somali people. They got here & realized the Somali people that would be deported are all citizens. Then they turned their ire toward our Latino community & others. These are communities that make Mpls a better place."
AI is draining our energy www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
AI is draining our energy
Artificial intelligence is not virtual, clean, or weightless. It has a rapidly escalating physical cost in electricity, water, and emissions—and ordinary people will pay the price.
Research shows that...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
January 9, 2026 at 6:25 PM
AI is draining our energy www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
We, the people, feel the squeeze www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
We, the people, feel the squeeze
David Lucas, a commentator on his blog, offered this doggerel in a comment, and then gave me permission to share it more widely:
We, the people, feel the squeeze
You may have heard it said,
And thi...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
January 9, 2026 at 6:23 PM
We, the people, feel the squeeze www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
"Treating defence spending as financially constrained while tolerating the underuse of available economic resources is not realism; it is ideology dressed up as prudence."
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
What are we defending?
There is a worrying and increasingly unquestioned assumption in British political debate at present, which is that higher defence spending is unavoidable, and that it must be paid for by cutting back ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
January 9, 2026 at 6:21 PM
"Treating defence spending as financially constrained while tolerating the underuse of available economic resources is not realism; it is ideology dressed up as prudence."
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
Blair bids to build own AI tools to rival Palantir
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Blair bids to build own AI tools to rival Palantir
TBI insiders warn of “'insane” plan to transform think tank into a tech company
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Blair bids to build own AI tools to rival Palantir
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
The UK could end “shadowy maritime activity” www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
The UK could end “shadowy maritime activity”
I posted this on Twitter (X) last night:
I posted after listening to John Healey MP, our defence secretary, talking in the House of Commons. He was, of course, referring to the tanker that had been...
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January 8, 2026 at 7:24 PM
The UK could end “shadowy maritime activity” www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
“Withdrawal from the global climate convention will only serve to further isolate the United States and diminish its standing in the world following a spate of deplorable actions that have already sent our nation’s credibility plummeting."
www.euronews.com/green/2026/0...
www.euronews.com/green/2026/0...
Critics decry Trump pulling US out of UN climate treaty as 'a new low'
Experts say withdrawing from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is a "strategic blunder" for the US.
www.euronews.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
“Withdrawal from the global climate convention will only serve to further isolate the United States and diminish its standing in the world following a spate of deplorable actions that have already sent our nation’s credibility plummeting."
www.euronews.com/green/2026/0...
www.euronews.com/green/2026/0...
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She was executed. Refuse to call it anything else.
January 7, 2026 at 9:28 PM
She was executed. Refuse to call it anything else.
Because a few are seeking to exploit the many the world must live in fear www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
Because a few are seeking to exploit the many the world must live in fear
Watching the news over the last day or so has been unsettling.
It is already clear that the Trump regime in the US does not know what it is doing. Trump is sending out one message; Rubio another. And ...
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January 7, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Because a few are seeking to exploit the many the world must live in fear www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
Sir Keir Starmer calls for safe and peaceful war in Venezuela
open.substack.com/pub/normalis...
open.substack.com/pub/normalis...
Sir Keir Starmer calls for safe and peaceful war in Venezuela
Former human rights lawyer Sir Keir Starmer has defended President Trump’s invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of the Maduros.
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Sir Keir Starmer calls for safe and peaceful war in Venezuela
open.substack.com/pub/normalis...
open.substack.com/pub/normalis...
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The president against remote work has been at his house in Florida for 3 weeks.
January 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
The president against remote work has been at his house in Florida for 3 weeks.
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Eyes wide open, folks. They're revealing the supervillain plot.
January 5, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Eyes wide open, folks. They're revealing the supervillain plot.
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A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
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If you think the attack on Venezuela is only about oil then you haven't ready my latest for Democracy Docket. Trump wants the oil, but he really wants to spread election denialism.
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January 5, 2026 at 5:59 PM
If you think the attack on Venezuela is only about oil then you haven't ready my latest for Democracy Docket. Trump wants the oil, but he really wants to spread election denialism.
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"The only flags Farage and Starmer have been waving this weekend are white."
Written for the Metro 👇🏼
metro.co.uk/2026/01/05/z...
Written for the Metro 👇🏼
metro.co.uk/2026/01/05/z...
Zack Polanski: Starmer and Farage have proven their craven cowardice on Venezuel
This weekend has proven it beyond doubt - Keir Starmer is a coward.
metro.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 6:06 PM
"The only flags Farage and Starmer have been waving this weekend are white."
Written for the Metro 👇🏼
metro.co.uk/2026/01/05/z...
Written for the Metro 👇🏼
metro.co.uk/2026/01/05/z...
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Alternet: Trump is taking out post-Watergate corruption laws like 'a shooting gallery.'
"He has removed barriers to pursue punishing opponents, rewarding allies & financial backers, while reaping profits for family businesses."
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
"He has removed barriers to pursue punishing opponents, rewarding allies & financial backers, while reaping profits for family businesses."
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
January 5, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Alternet: Trump is taking out post-Watergate corruption laws like 'a shooting gallery.'
"He has removed barriers to pursue punishing opponents, rewarding allies & financial backers, while reaping profits for family businesses."
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
"He has removed barriers to pursue punishing opponents, rewarding allies & financial backers, while reaping profits for family businesses."
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
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