Alex Scott-Samuel
@dralexss.bsky.social
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Alex Scott-Samuel
@dralexss.bsky.social
· Nov 23
How the Health and Care Bill affects you
YouTube video by Alex Scott-Samuel
youtu.be
As of June 30 2022 England no longer has a national health service. It has been replaced by 42 legally autonomous 'integrated care boards' each with a rigid budget & the ability to choose what services are provided & by whom. The impacts are in the video
youtu.be/yaAQhJkWSnU?...
youtu.be/yaAQhJkWSnU?...
.@therestpolitics.bsky.social
.@RestIsPolitics
When will you blow the whistle on the biggest political cover up in our lifetime?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
.@RestIsPolitics
When will you blow the whistle on the biggest political cover up in our lifetime?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Self-Financing State: An Institutional Analysis of Government Expenditure, Revenue Collection and Debt Issuance Operations in the United Kingdom
This article provides the first detailed institutional analysis of the UK government’s expenditure, revenue collection, and debt issuance processes. We show that public expenditure is always financ...
www.tandfonline.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
.@therestpolitics.bsky.social
.@RestIsPolitics
When will you blow the whistle on the biggest political cover up in our lifetime?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
.@RestIsPolitics
When will you blow the whistle on the biggest political cover up in our lifetime?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
keepournhspublic.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Neoliberal hegemony (paper) wraps class solidarity (stone) blunts identity assertion (scissors) cuts neoliberal hegemony (paper) ...
"The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital.”
- George Monbiot
- George Monbiot
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Neoliberal hegemony (paper) wraps class solidarity (stone) blunts identity assertion (scissors) cuts neoliberal hegemony (paper) ...
Reposted by Alex Scott-Samuel
AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear
I rarely give time to reading political speeches /manifestos but this is a worthy exception
portside.org/2025-11-05/z...
portside.org/2025-11-05/z...
Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech: “Hope Is Alive”
The sun may have set over our city this evening, but as Eugene Debs once said, “I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity.” For as long as we can remember, the working people of New York have be...
portside.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I rarely give time to reading political speeches /manifestos but this is a worthy exception
portside.org/2025-11-05/z...
portside.org/2025-11-05/z...
Comment from US friend on the great victory of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Comment from US friend on the great victory of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
November 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Pathetic to hear Sarah Montague & Evan Davis colluding @ #BBCWato with Rachel Reeves' delusions about increasing taxes
The Self-Financing State: An Institutional Analysis of Government Expenditure, Revenue Collection and Debt Issuance Operations in the United Kingdom
This article provides the first detailed institutional analysis of the UK government’s expenditure, revenue collection, and debt issuance processes. We show that public expenditure is always financ...
www.tandfonline.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Pathetic to hear Sarah Montague & Evan Davis colluding @ #BBCWato with Rachel Reeves' delusions about increasing taxes
Frightening account of Larry Ellison/Oracle infiltration/capture of UK personal data
apublica.org/2025/10/insi...
apublica.org/2025/10/insi...
Inside Tony Blair’s Toxic Tech Lobbying Machine
Former British Prime-Minister becomes closer to Oracle and lobbies for AI in the Global South
apublica.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Frightening account of Larry Ellison/Oracle infiltration/capture of UK personal data
apublica.org/2025/10/insi...
apublica.org/2025/10/insi...
I hope that @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social & @zarahsultana.bsky.social will personally watch all of this outstanding interview. The high points begin @ 6m when @RichardJMurphy.bsky.social explains the meaning & implications of modern monetary theory
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a27A...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a27A...
Are We Looking At The Economy All Wrong? | Richard Murphy | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I hope that @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social & @zarahsultana.bsky.social will personally watch all of this outstanding interview. The high points begin @ 6m when @RichardJMurphy.bsky.social explains the meaning & implications of modern monetary theory
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a27A...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a27A...
Who will blow the whistle on the scandalous suppression of the facts about public money creation? The definitive truth is staring us in the face but neither economists, civil servants, politicians nor media (@benchu.bsky.social?) will acknowledge it
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Who will blow the whistle on the scandalous suppression of the facts about public money creation? The definitive truth is staring us in the face but neither economists, civil servants, politicians nor media (@benchu.bsky.social?) will acknowledge it
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Dee Dee Sharp - BABY CAKES (1962)
YouTube video by Thomas Shore
youtu.be
October 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Sign the Petition
DROP DR RAHMEH'S INVESTIGATION, HOLD THE GMC ACCOUNTABLE NOW
www.change.org
October 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Proto-fascist government may still be over the UK rainbow but forewarned is forearmed...
joelmalbers.substack.com/p/music-and-...
joelmalbers.substack.com/p/music-and-...
Music & Dance; takin it to the Streets; No Kings, No Fascists
join in Sat Oct 18 at a demo near you, go to nokings.org, simply type in zip code for a protest near you anywhere USA.
joelmalbers.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Proto-fascist government may still be over the UK rainbow but forewarned is forearmed...
joelmalbers.substack.com/p/music-and-...
joelmalbers.substack.com/p/music-and-...
