Boris Long
@borislong.bsky.social
Getting older but no wiser every second.
I refer you to line 1.
I refer you to line 1.
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'Sizewell C #nuclear station is now predicted to cost £47 billion, with the govt acknowledging even this estimate may rise significantly. New nuclear means massive costs, a poisoned legacy to future generations, and whopping radioactive pollution.'
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Does Britain really need nuclear power? – Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
With funding confirmed for a new nuclear power station in Suffolk, Dr Ian Fairlie, CND Vice-President and science adviser, asks why the Government is so fixated with nuclear power.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
'Sizewell C #nuclear station is now predicted to cost £47 billion, with the govt acknowledging even this estimate may rise significantly. New nuclear means massive costs, a poisoned legacy to future generations, and whopping radioactive pollution.'
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You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
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This seems like good news... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This seems like good news... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Hundreds of American millionaires say the FAA should have grounded private jets before cutting flights for commercial airliners.
FAA Bans Most Private Jets At 12 Major Airports—But Some Say It Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Hundreds of American millionaires say the FAA should have grounded private jets before cutting flights for commercial airliners.
www.forbes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Hundreds of American millionaires say the FAA should have grounded private jets before cutting flights for commercial airliners.
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Why the 1970s stagflation myth still misleads our politics youtu.be/OcrGuICZUWc?... In this video, I unpack what really caused stagflation — and why repeating those mistakes today risks another lost decade for Britain.
Why the 1970s stagflation myth still misleads our politics
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Why the 1970s stagflation myth still misleads our politics youtu.be/OcrGuICZUWc?... In this video, I unpack what really caused stagflation — and why repeating those mistakes today risks another lost decade for Britain.
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If the Media and its owners don't pay tax in the UK they shouldn't be able to print anything in the UK.
"And yeah we don't want the Americans owning our Media, get them out."
"And yeah we don't want the Americans owning our Media, get them out."
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If the Media and its owners don't pay tax in the UK they shouldn't be able to print anything in the UK.
"And yeah we don't want the Americans owning our Media, get them out."
"And yeah we don't want the Americans owning our Media, get them out."
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Two-thirds of California's power comes from clean energy.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Two-thirds of California's power comes from clean energy.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
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Good piece by @desmog.com on the Telegraph’s record of having to issue ‘corrections’ on its stories about climate change (and yes, there’s some quotes from me) www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/t...
The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods
The Telegraph, which has accused the BBC of bias and a lack of editorial rigour, has been forced to amend a swathe of climate inaccuracies. The BBC’s director-general and CEO resigned this weekend aft...
www.desmog.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Good piece by @desmog.com on the Telegraph’s record of having to issue ‘corrections’ on its stories about climate change (and yes, there’s some quotes from me) www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/t...
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‘When the Left sees bias in BBC coverage its arguments are dismissed. When the Right does, it’s a national scandal’…great read here by @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social.
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Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
The resignation of Tim Davie as BBC Director-General is the next stage in the corporation's collapse into cowardice.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
‘When the Left sees bias in BBC coverage its arguments are dismissed. When the Right does, it’s a national scandal’…great read here by @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social.
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Economics.
50 years ago, Chile implemented Neoliberal economics under a dictator. Inflation and wages reduced, poverty and wealth inequality increased, and still are. Why would politicians in other countries look at Chile and aspire to that for their citizens?
50 years ago, Chile implemented Neoliberal economics under a dictator. Inflation and wages reduced, poverty and wealth inequality increased, and still are. Why would politicians in other countries look at Chile and aspire to that for their citizens?
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Economics.
50 years ago, Chile implemented Neoliberal economics under a dictator. Inflation and wages reduced, poverty and wealth inequality increased, and still are. Why would politicians in other countries look at Chile and aspire to that for their citizens?
50 years ago, Chile implemented Neoliberal economics under a dictator. Inflation and wages reduced, poverty and wealth inequality increased, and still are. Why would politicians in other countries look at Chile and aspire to that for their citizens?
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Months after the People's Vote March, a Brexit voter told me he didn't think it had happened. I said I was there. Still, he refused to believe it. His argument: If it had taken place & w/ 1m people, the BBC would've reported it.
Such was its tremendous reputation. Squandered & shredded. A tragedy.
Such was its tremendous reputation. Squandered & shredded. A tragedy.
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Months after the People's Vote March, a Brexit voter told me he didn't think it had happened. I said I was there. Still, he refused to believe it. His argument: If it had taken place & w/ 1m people, the BBC would've reported it.
Such was its tremendous reputation. Squandered & shredded. A tragedy.
Such was its tremendous reputation. Squandered & shredded. A tragedy.
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So it turns out that airports in the US are deeply dependent on money from the federal govt and they basically can't exist without it. Socialism, man. It's where you least expect it, but you should expect it because private businesses don't fund shit. Taxpayers do.
November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
So it turns out that airports in the US are deeply dependent on money from the federal govt and they basically can't exist without it. Socialism, man. It's where you least expect it, but you should expect it because private businesses don't fund shit. Taxpayers do.
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15 tear car loans?? People...I beg you to PLEASE learn about the depreciation of vehicles and interest rates. A 15 year car loan at 35% interest would be a financial disaster!!!
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
15 tear car loans?? People...I beg you to PLEASE learn about the depreciation of vehicles and interest rates. A 15 year car loan at 35% interest would be a financial disaster!!!
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And it's only Monday...
Tuesday: Trump Imposes 500% Tariff On UK
Wednesday: Trump Redirects Warships From Venezuela To UK
Thursday: BBC Commits Mass Harakiri As Peace Offering
Friday: Trump Announces West Wing To Be Replaced With Trump Hotel
Tuesday: Trump Imposes 500% Tariff On UK
Wednesday: Trump Redirects Warships From Venezuela To UK
Thursday: BBC Commits Mass Harakiri As Peace Offering
Friday: Trump Announces West Wing To Be Replaced With Trump Hotel
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
And it's only Monday...
Tuesday: Trump Imposes 500% Tariff On UK
Wednesday: Trump Redirects Warships From Venezuela To UK
Thursday: BBC Commits Mass Harakiri As Peace Offering
Friday: Trump Announces West Wing To Be Replaced With Trump Hotel
Tuesday: Trump Imposes 500% Tariff On UK
Wednesday: Trump Redirects Warships From Venezuela To UK
Thursday: BBC Commits Mass Harakiri As Peace Offering
Friday: Trump Announces West Wing To Be Replaced With Trump Hotel
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Poverty affects almost a third of children in the UK.
Labour could choose to lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty immediately by fully scrapping the two-child benefit cap.
Remember: child poverty is a political choice.
Labour could choose to lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty immediately by fully scrapping the two-child benefit cap.
Remember: child poverty is a political choice.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Poverty affects almost a third of children in the UK.
Labour could choose to lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty immediately by fully scrapping the two-child benefit cap.
Remember: child poverty is a political choice.
Labour could choose to lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty immediately by fully scrapping the two-child benefit cap.
Remember: child poverty is a political choice.
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We cannot, repeat cannot allow this man to become the PM.
Forget all your fantasy politicians - the left needs to unite and vote accordingly.
Forget all your fantasy politicians - the left needs to unite and vote accordingly.
Mhari Aurora asks a pretty fair question, is booed by the crowd and told off by Dear Leader. Then Noa Hoffman, lobs a dogwhistle soft ball about making "our high streets beautiful again", not "covered in illegal migrant vape shops," to great applause.
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We cannot, repeat cannot allow this man to become the PM.
Forget all your fantasy politicians - the left needs to unite and vote accordingly.
Forget all your fantasy politicians - the left needs to unite and vote accordingly.
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Labour needs to sort out election funding rules as a matter of urgency.
And if we think it’s bad now, imagine what it could look like, say, two months from a U.K. general election?
Could imagine huge sums in US far right cash flooding in, much of what would only be declared after the election (our electoral rules really are a jape)
Could imagine huge sums in US far right cash flooding in, much of what would only be declared after the election (our electoral rules really are a jape)
Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Labour needs to sort out election funding rules as a matter of urgency.
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US economy explanation: powerful monopolistic corporations are stripping the economy bare, so their stock prices are through the roof.
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
US economy explanation: powerful monopolistic corporations are stripping the economy bare, so their stock prices are through the roof.
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The US economy has become one big bet on AI.
It’s not just that investment in AI has inflated a bubble – it’s that the bubble is driving wealth inequality, and billions of dollars of conspicuous consumption.
In other words, we’re living in a new gilded age.
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It’s not just that investment in AI has inflated a bubble – it’s that the bubble is driving wealth inequality, and billions of dollars of conspicuous consumption.
In other words, we’re living in a new gilded age.
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The AI Boom is Fueling a New Gilded Age
The AI bubble is making the rich richer - but when it bursts, ordinary Americans will have to pick up the tab.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The US economy has become one big bet on AI.
It’s not just that investment in AI has inflated a bubble – it’s that the bubble is driving wealth inequality, and billions of dollars of conspicuous consumption.
In other words, we’re living in a new gilded age.
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
It’s not just that investment in AI has inflated a bubble – it’s that the bubble is driving wealth inequality, and billions of dollars of conspicuous consumption.
In other words, we’re living in a new gilded age.
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
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#Renewables vs #nuclear - water consumption in an increasingly water-stressed world.
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
#Renewables vs #nuclear - water consumption in an increasingly water-stressed world.
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Looking Back On When President Reagan Fired The Air Traffic Controllers (2021)
Thursday marks 40 years since former President Ronald Reagan fired more than 11,000 striking air traffic controllers. That dealt a serious blow to the American labor movement.
www.npr.org/2021/08/05/1...
Thursday marks 40 years since former President Ronald Reagan fired more than 11,000 striking air traffic controllers. That dealt a serious blow to the American labor movement.
www.npr.org/2021/08/05/1...
Looking Back On When President Reagan Fired The Air Traffic Controllers
Thursday marks 40 years since former President Ronald Reagan fired more than 11,000 striking air traffic controllers. That dealt a serious blow to the American labor movement.
www.npr.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Looking Back On When President Reagan Fired The Air Traffic Controllers (2021)
Thursday marks 40 years since former President Ronald Reagan fired more than 11,000 striking air traffic controllers. That dealt a serious blow to the American labor movement.
www.npr.org/2021/08/05/1...
Thursday marks 40 years since former President Ronald Reagan fired more than 11,000 striking air traffic controllers. That dealt a serious blow to the American labor movement.
www.npr.org/2021/08/05/1...
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Europe’s first single market 2,000 years ago
Europe’s first single market 2,000 years ago
The first time Europe had free movement of people, a single market, and a single currency was under the Roman Empire. The Itiner-E project, created with Google’s support, has digitally recreated the enormous 186,000-mile road network that once connected Rome’s dominion from Britain to the Balkans. People, goods, and ideas travelled freely across a continent ruled […]
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November 10, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Europe’s first single market 2,000 years ago
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"When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
"Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition."
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
"Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition."
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
"Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition."
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
"Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition."
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
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We have a great line-up for this event on Friday. Do please come if you're in the area.
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TIME FOR REAL CHANGE: democracy and climate justice
A live conversation about our shared future, with insights from distinguished speakers and activists.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We have a great line-up for this event on Friday. Do please come if you're in the area.
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