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“There is essentially a global wave of governments being captured by big money, whether that’s big crypto money or big tech money."
*Really* recommend this interview I did with @oliverbullough.bsky.social on how money laundering is taking over the world
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEkK...
*Really* recommend this interview I did with @oliverbullough.bsky.social on how money laundering is taking over the world
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEkK...
The Gucci Loophole: How British High Streets Launder Drug Money
YouTube video by Democracy for Sale
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:47 AM
“There is essentially a global wave of governments being captured by big money, whether that’s big crypto money or big tech money."
*Really* recommend this interview I did with @oliverbullough.bsky.social on how money laundering is taking over the world
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEkK...
*Really* recommend this interview I did with @oliverbullough.bsky.social on how money laundering is taking over the world
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEkK...
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Redressing imbalance in much of reporting of Starmer's Government.
🔴Keir Starmer’s Labour Government Is Much Better Than the Media Admits
There is a deep disconnect between the Government’s actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues @prfchrispainter.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/k...
There is a deep disconnect between the Government’s actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues @prfchrispainter.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/k...
Keir Starmer’s Labour Government Is Much Better Than the Media Admits
There is a deep disconnect between the Government's actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues Professor Chris Painter
bylinetimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Redressing imbalance in much of reporting of Starmer's Government.
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90,000 properties in England/Wales are owned by offshore companies. Almost half unlawfully hide their true ownership
We've found them, mapped them, and published everything
▶️ This 60-second video shows how to find secretly owned property near you
📊 Details & stats below
We've found them, mapped them, and published everything
▶️ This 60-second video shows how to find secretly owned property near you
📊 Details & stats below
January 29, 2026 at 12:46 PM
90,000 properties in England/Wales are owned by offshore companies. Almost half unlawfully hide their true ownership
We've found them, mapped them, and published everything
▶️ This 60-second video shows how to find secretly owned property near you
📊 Details & stats below
We've found them, mapped them, and published everything
▶️ This 60-second video shows how to find secretly owned property near you
📊 Details & stats below
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This is absolutely shocking. Something has to be done about this appalling situation in which so many now find themselves. The government needs to act
January 29, 2026 at 7:27 AM
This is absolutely shocking. Something has to be done about this appalling situation in which so many now find themselves. The government needs to act
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Spoke to Shleagh Fogarty yesterday sbout why the Chancellor is wrong: our “student loan” system is not remotely fair. It’s regressive and embedding inter and intra generational wealth inequality. It’s not a loan system, it’s a bad grad tax in all but name.
youtu.be/uOC6Arrf2us?...
youtu.be/uOC6Arrf2us?...
Student loans are 'fair', says Rachel Reeves, amid backlash | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Spoke to Shleagh Fogarty yesterday sbout why the Chancellor is wrong: our “student loan” system is not remotely fair. It’s regressive and embedding inter and intra generational wealth inequality. It’s not a loan system, it’s a bad grad tax in all but name.
youtu.be/uOC6Arrf2us?...
youtu.be/uOC6Arrf2us?...
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Reform's opponents need to keep punching this bruise.
It's a real problem for a would-be nationalist leader when they start looking like the lapdog of a hostile power.
This did a lot of damage to Oswald Mosley in the 1930s, and it could become a serious issue for Farage.
It's a real problem for a would-be nationalist leader when they start looking like the lapdog of a hostile power.
This did a lot of damage to Oswald Mosley in the 1930s, and it could become a serious issue for Farage.
It’s a real shame that Nigel Farage is too unwell to do interviews the morning after Donald Trump threatens us with sanctions.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
January 18, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Reform's opponents need to keep punching this bruise.
It's a real problem for a would-be nationalist leader when they start looking like the lapdog of a hostile power.
This did a lot of damage to Oswald Mosley in the 1930s, and it could become a serious issue for Farage.
It's a real problem for a would-be nationalist leader when they start looking like the lapdog of a hostile power.
This did a lot of damage to Oswald Mosley in the 1930s, and it could become a serious issue for Farage.
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The student loan scandal - interest on loans is more than the repayments for many on Plan 2 so debt grows trapping them with extra 9% income tax for up to 30 years bit.ly/3NcgO8o £15.2 billion interest added to student loans last year, only £5 billion repaid.
‘I’ll end up owing £200k’ — a graduate generation trapped and betrayed
All students are stuck with crippling debt, but one group is suffering more than others, reveals Mary Downer
bit.ly
January 11, 2026 at 10:16 AM
The student loan scandal - interest on loans is more than the repayments for many on Plan 2 so debt grows trapping them with extra 9% income tax for up to 30 years bit.ly/3NcgO8o £15.2 billion interest added to student loans last year, only £5 billion repaid.
How is it legal for Google to start recording your phone calls without you asking them to? Why should we have to opt outand how can we trust that we have been opted out? Not acceptable and surely illegal?😠 #googleprivacy
January 2, 2026 at 1:28 PM
How is it legal for Google to start recording your phone calls without you asking them to? Why should we have to opt outand how can we trust that we have been opted out? Not acceptable and surely illegal?😠 #googleprivacy
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So thrilled to see this emphasis on the earliest years.
Library card plan to help write newborns’ first chapter
Bestselling authors are lobbying for the adoption of a national library card scheme for every British child, writes Vanessa Thorpe
https://bit.ly/4j32Q4u
Bestselling authors are lobbying for the adoption of a national library card scheme for every British child, writes Vanessa Thorpe
https://bit.ly/4j32Q4u
Library card plan to help write newborns' first chapter | The Observer
Get full access to the app & website:
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
So thrilled to see this emphasis on the earliest years.
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Farage has long hitched himself to Donald Trump's bandwagon. With Trump putting his signature to latest US National Security Strategy it means Farage is now closely associated with policy positions that undermine UK's vital national interest against Putin's nefarious designs. There is a word for it!
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Farage has long hitched himself to Donald Trump's bandwagon. With Trump putting his signature to latest US National Security Strategy it means Farage is now closely associated with policy positions that undermine UK's vital national interest against Putin's nefarious designs. There is a word for it!
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Excellent thread on Barbara Castle and the introduction of the breathalyser!
It's an episode with an important moral: that having the courage to do the right thing, even if it's unpopular at the time, can save lives and bring public opinion with it over time.
It's an episode with an important moral: that having the courage to do the right thing, even if it's unpopular at the time, can save lives and bring public opinion with it over time.
This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Excellent thread on Barbara Castle and the introduction of the breathalyser!
It's an episode with an important moral: that having the courage to do the right thing, even if it's unpopular at the time, can save lives and bring public opinion with it over time.
It's an episode with an important moral: that having the courage to do the right thing, even if it's unpopular at the time, can save lives and bring public opinion with it over time.
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Vote Leave and damage UK’s growth and economy for decades bit.ly/4qhW5yN clearly on the 2016 ballot paper and on all Leave literature- or was that project fear?
Brexit impact will be negative for foreseeable future, Bank chief warns
Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, said that Brexit’s impact on growth would hurt but that the economy would somewhat adapt to the shock in time
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Vote Leave and damage UK’s growth and economy for decades bit.ly/4qhW5yN clearly on the 2016 ballot paper and on all Leave literature- or was that project fear?
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Betting firm threatens to end its entire High St presence if it has to pay any more tax bit.ly/4qhaL1j yet another in the too rich and too important to pay tax series
If gambling tax rises, we’ll shut all our 1,300 shops, warns Betfred
Increased levies expected to be imposed in next month’s budget could cost the company 7,000 jobs, according to Joanne Whittaker, the chief executive
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Betting firm threatens to end its entire High St presence if it has to pay any more tax bit.ly/4qhaL1j yet another in the too rich and too important to pay tax series
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“austerity will be the ambient, low-level feature of everyday existence that hardens up their sense of being ignored”
John Harris, www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
John Harris, www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
October 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“austerity will be the ambient, low-level feature of everyday existence that hardens up their sense of being ignored”
John Harris, www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
John Harris, www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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ReformUK tainted with bribes for Russian propaganda lines; a still unexplained house purchase: Farage raking in a fortune through lucrative sidelines to the day job; Reform-controlled local councils reneging on promises or descending into chaos. Should anyone remotely trust this lot of hustlers!!
October 15, 2025 at 5:48 AM
ReformUK tainted with bribes for Russian propaganda lines; a still unexplained house purchase: Farage raking in a fortune through lucrative sidelines to the day job; Reform-controlled local councils reneging on promises or descending into chaos. Should anyone remotely trust this lot of hustlers!!
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"'Faragism' is neoliberalism at its most inhumane, more destructive even than monetarism, and vindictive far beyond austerity." Same applies to Trumpians. They are very close ideological bedfellows.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks | Gordon Brown
From the US to Europe and Asia, grievances are being exploited to gain power. But moderate voices are still in tune with the majority, says former prime minister Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"'Faragism' is neoliberalism at its most inhumane, more destructive even than monetarism, and vindictive far beyond austerity." Same applies to Trumpians. They are very close ideological bedfellows.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Linking green energy to your local school, your hospital, your workplace is a really smart thing to do.
The anti-Net Zero movement wants to cast it as some top-down, abstract diktat that will make "ordinary people" cold and poor.
So the fightback needs to emphasise its tangible, local benefits.
The anti-Net Zero movement wants to cast it as some top-down, abstract diktat that will make "ordinary people" cold and poor.
So the fightback needs to emphasise its tangible, local benefits.
"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress
September 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Linking green energy to your local school, your hospital, your workplace is a really smart thing to do.
The anti-Net Zero movement wants to cast it as some top-down, abstract diktat that will make "ordinary people" cold and poor.
So the fightback needs to emphasise its tangible, local benefits.
The anti-Net Zero movement wants to cast it as some top-down, abstract diktat that will make "ordinary people" cold and poor.
So the fightback needs to emphasise its tangible, local benefits.
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Laurie Magnus: Rayner acted "in good faith", had "the intention to pay all appropriate taxes", "was twice informed in writing" that the lower rate was due, "sought quickly to correct the mistake", "acted with integrity", but didn't seek expert advice.
That was a mistake. But I find this much worse⬇️
That was a mistake. But I find this much worse⬇️
Farage uses tax avoidance vehicles meaning he paid only 25% corporation tax on profits, instead of 40% income tax, but his supporters see this as a virtue and of course there's a very legal difference between this kind of avoidance and evasion www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Laurie Magnus: Rayner acted "in good faith", had "the intention to pay all appropriate taxes", "was twice informed in writing" that the lower rate was due, "sought quickly to correct the mistake", "acted with integrity", but didn't seek expert advice.
That was a mistake. But I find this much worse⬇️
That was a mistake. But I find this much worse⬇️
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Jamie Raskin, "They only want to protect free speech that they agree with"
JR then demolishes Farage, ending with
"You might want to think twice before you let Nigel Farage Make Britain Great Again"
JR then demolishes Farage, ending with
"You might want to think twice before you let Nigel Farage Make Britain Great Again"
September 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Jamie Raskin, "They only want to protect free speech that they agree with"
JR then demolishes Farage, ending with
"You might want to think twice before you let Nigel Farage Make Britain Great Again"
JR then demolishes Farage, ending with
"You might want to think twice before you let Nigel Farage Make Britain Great Again"
Thank you @greenmanfest.bsky.social for a great Green Man festival 💚 An absolute cracker.😃 #GreenMan2025
August 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Thank you @greenmanfest.bsky.social for a great Green Man festival 💚 An absolute cracker.😃 #GreenMan2025
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We’ve cleaned up London’s air: now it’s time for our city’s rivers.
Here’s why it’s so important.
Here’s why it’s so important.
May 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
We’ve cleaned up London’s air: now it’s time for our city’s rivers.
Here’s why it’s so important.
Here’s why it’s so important.
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Quick COVID update from me discussing latest variants and prospects for summer here.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Latest Covid variants and outlook for UK summer
There probably will be a Covid summer wave.
open.substack.com
May 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Quick COVID update from me discussing latest variants and prospects for summer here.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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NEW: City Hall hosts London’s first ever International VAWG Summit.
Violence against women and girls is a global epidemic. Together we’re sharing solutions to make our streets safer and committing to working together to tackle the root causes of gender-based violence.
Violence against women and girls is a global epidemic. Together we’re sharing solutions to make our streets safer and committing to working together to tackle the root causes of gender-based violence.
April 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
NEW: City Hall hosts London’s first ever International VAWG Summit.
Violence against women and girls is a global epidemic. Together we’re sharing solutions to make our streets safer and committing to working together to tackle the root causes of gender-based violence.
Violence against women and girls is a global epidemic. Together we’re sharing solutions to make our streets safer and committing to working together to tackle the root causes of gender-based violence.