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This is a truly disturbing moment
November 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This is a truly disturbing moment
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Laws are bent for the rich.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% – 45% plus national insurance contributions (NIC).
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%, no NIC .
Dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%, no NIC.
All income must be taxed at the same rate.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% – 45% plus national insurance contributions (NIC).
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%, no NIC .
Dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%, no NIC.
All income must be taxed at the same rate.
Nothing will change until the political system is freed from the clutches of corporations and the super-rich
The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few
leftfootforward.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Laws are bent for the rich.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% – 45% plus national insurance contributions (NIC).
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%, no NIC .
Dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%, no NIC.
All income must be taxed at the same rate.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% – 45% plus national insurance contributions (NIC).
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%, no NIC .
Dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%, no NIC.
All income must be taxed at the same rate.
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You might have thought Question Time was biased.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
You might have thought Question Time was biased.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
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Because of the greed of fossil fuel billionaires ...
"Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds"
'Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds"
'Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds
Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Because of the greed of fossil fuel billionaires ...
"Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds"
'Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds"
'Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Piers Morgan asked Norman Finkelstein how he thought his Holocaust-survivor parents would have reacted to oct 7,
He replied: "They had the right to hate the people that destroyed their lives, & the people of Gaza have the right to hate the people who destroyed their lives."
He replied: "They had the right to hate the people that destroyed their lives, & the people of Gaza have the right to hate the people who destroyed their lives."
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Piers Morgan asked Norman Finkelstein how he thought his Holocaust-survivor parents would have reacted to oct 7,
He replied: "They had the right to hate the people that destroyed their lives, & the people of Gaza have the right to hate the people who destroyed their lives."
He replied: "They had the right to hate the people that destroyed their lives, & the people of Gaza have the right to hate the people who destroyed their lives."
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This is how 21st century fascists treat human beings
While the world looks away
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
While the world looks away
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight
Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse and teenager who have been deprived of natural light since January
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This is how 21st century fascists treat human beings
While the world looks away
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
While the world looks away
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Starmer will go down in history as the man who destroyed a 100 year old Labour movement by selling it out to the rich for the sake of his own career and advancement. The Tories are dead, Labour is dead, time for a new left based on the Greens, the Celtic indy parties & the old Labour left.
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Starmer will go down in history as the man who destroyed a 100 year old Labour movement by selling it out to the rich for the sake of his own career and advancement. The Tories are dead, Labour is dead, time for a new left based on the Greens, the Celtic indy parties & the old Labour left.
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Why aren't Facebook executives in the dock for conspiracy to defraud?
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Why aren't Facebook executives in the dock for conspiracy to defraud?
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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This will impact EVERYONE.
Combined with other anti-protest measures proposed like bans on face coverings, the Crime & Policing Bill will see the right to protest in the UK stripped to the bone.
Protest is fundamental to democracy. We must protect it.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/govern...
Combined with other anti-protest measures proposed like bans on face coverings, the Crime & Policing Bill will see the right to protest in the UK stripped to the bone.
Protest is fundamental to democracy. We must protect it.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/govern...
Government's repeat protest restrictions worse than feared - Liberty
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This will impact EVERYONE.
Combined with other anti-protest measures proposed like bans on face coverings, the Crime & Policing Bill will see the right to protest in the UK stripped to the bone.
Protest is fundamental to democracy. We must protect it.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/govern...
Combined with other anti-protest measures proposed like bans on face coverings, the Crime & Policing Bill will see the right to protest in the UK stripped to the bone.
Protest is fundamental to democracy. We must protect it.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/govern...
Reform voters now starting to the consequences of Reform in power for their relatives.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s Reform cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Reform voters now starting to the consequences of Reform in power for their relatives.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Private equity ruins everything.
Private equity firms are snapping up mobile home parks − and driving out the residents who can least afford to lose them
For residents who can’t afford to move, rising lot rents can mean losing everything.
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Private equity ruins everything.
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In case you hadn't yet twigged
These are the sorts of people the chancellor cuddles up to, and wants to keep happy
Working people struggling with rising living costs are just an inconvenient annoyance
These are the sorts of people the chancellor cuddles up to, and wants to keep happy
Working people struggling with rising living costs are just an inconvenient annoyance
November 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In case you hadn't yet twigged
These are the sorts of people the chancellor cuddles up to, and wants to keep happy
Working people struggling with rising living costs are just an inconvenient annoyance
These are the sorts of people the chancellor cuddles up to, and wants to keep happy
Working people struggling with rising living costs are just an inconvenient annoyance
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One of Rachel Reeves' minions was on the news saying we all had to "do our bit" and pay more in taxes
No minion, we don't. We've been "doing our bit" for the past 18 years via austerity and yet the rich have been getting richer whilst we get poorer
Tax wealth, NOT work
#VoteGreen #LabourOut
No minion, we don't. We've been "doing our bit" for the past 18 years via austerity and yet the rich have been getting richer whilst we get poorer
Tax wealth, NOT work
#VoteGreen #LabourOut
November 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
One of Rachel Reeves' minions was on the news saying we all had to "do our bit" and pay more in taxes
No minion, we don't. We've been "doing our bit" for the past 18 years via austerity and yet the rich have been getting richer whilst we get poorer
Tax wealth, NOT work
#VoteGreen #LabourOut
No minion, we don't. We've been "doing our bit" for the past 18 years via austerity and yet the rich have been getting richer whilst we get poorer
Tax wealth, NOT work
#VoteGreen #LabourOut
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🔴 MPs are banned from been paid to give 'political advice' - but Lords can.
And guess what? Many Conservative shadow ministers in the Lords are being paid by the industries they’re meant to scrutinise.
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-lords-...
And guess what? Many Conservative shadow ministers in the Lords are being paid by the industries they’re meant to scrutinise.
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-lords-...
The Lords’ Work? How Tory Shadow Ministers Are Cashing In
Many Conservative shadow ministers in the Lords are being paid to ‘advise’ the same industries they’re meant to scrutinise.
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🔴 MPs are banned from been paid to give 'political advice' - but Lords can.
And guess what? Many Conservative shadow ministers in the Lords are being paid by the industries they’re meant to scrutinise.
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-lords-...
And guess what? Many Conservative shadow ministers in the Lords are being paid by the industries they’re meant to scrutinise.
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-lords-...
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Whenever doubters tell you the super-rich can't be taxed, show them this ... 👇
November 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Whenever doubters tell you the super-rich can't be taxed, show them this ... 👇
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Italian police seize €1.3bn from Campari owner over alleged tax evasion.
Won't happen in the UK?
City of London Police funded by Lloyd's Bank, UK Finance.
HMRC makes sweetheart deals with corporations/rich, which parliament can't examine.
NAO said HMRC underestimates tax abuse by wealthy.
Won't happen in the UK?
City of London Police funded by Lloyd's Bank, UK Finance.
HMRC makes sweetheart deals with corporations/rich, which parliament can't examine.
NAO said HMRC underestimates tax abuse by wealthy.
Campari shares worth €1.3bn seized by police over alleged tax evasion
The spirit manufacturer's parent firm is accused of failing to declare a similar amount in tax during a merger.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Italian police seize €1.3bn from Campari owner over alleged tax evasion.
Won't happen in the UK?
City of London Police funded by Lloyd's Bank, UK Finance.
HMRC makes sweetheart deals with corporations/rich, which parliament can't examine.
NAO said HMRC underestimates tax abuse by wealthy.
Won't happen in the UK?
City of London Police funded by Lloyd's Bank, UK Finance.
HMRC makes sweetheart deals with corporations/rich, which parliament can't examine.
NAO said HMRC underestimates tax abuse by wealthy.
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, reminder of another Mountbatten close to the Windsors
labouroutlook.org/2025/06/09/u...
labouroutlook.org/2025/06/09/u...
“Uncle Dickie”: A Personification – Lord Mountbatten’s sexual abuse at Kincora Boys’ Home
Geoff Bell looks at the allegations of sexual abuse and Government cover up in the Kincora Boys Home published in the recent book: Kincora: Britain’s Shame.
labouroutlook.org
November 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, reminder of another Mountbatten close to the Windsors
labouroutlook.org/2025/06/09/u...
labouroutlook.org/2025/06/09/u...
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Our latest polling shows concerns about immigration are manufactured
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Polling shows immigration concern ‘manufactured’, say campaigners
A YouGov poll found only 26% of people said immigration and asylum was one of the three most important issues facing their community.
www.standard.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Our latest polling shows concerns about immigration are manufactured
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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State support for UK banks
Bailouts: Govts found £1162bn (£133bn cash+£1,029bn guarantees) in 2008
£895bn QE
State is the lender of last resort
£85k bank deposit safety guarantee
PFI profits
£22bn a year interest on reserves deposited with Bank of England
Who else gets this level of state support?
Bailouts: Govts found £1162bn (£133bn cash+£1,029bn guarantees) in 2008
£895bn QE
State is the lender of last resort
£85k bank deposit safety guarantee
PFI profits
£22bn a year interest on reserves deposited with Bank of England
Who else gets this level of state support?
Why the banking industry is not a paragon of free markets, efficiency, or honesty
Despite making record profits and paying record returns to shareholders it resents paying taxes.
leftfootforward.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
State support for UK banks
Bailouts: Govts found £1162bn (£133bn cash+£1,029bn guarantees) in 2008
£895bn QE
State is the lender of last resort
£85k bank deposit safety guarantee
PFI profits
£22bn a year interest on reserves deposited with Bank of England
Who else gets this level of state support?
Bailouts: Govts found £1162bn (£133bn cash+£1,029bn guarantees) in 2008
£895bn QE
State is the lender of last resort
£85k bank deposit safety guarantee
PFI profits
£22bn a year interest on reserves deposited with Bank of England
Who else gets this level of state support?
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So why does the BBC label the academic and economist Faiza Shaheen an "activist" but refuse to do the same for the former academic, turned anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin?
October 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
So why does the BBC label the academic and economist Faiza Shaheen an "activist" but refuse to do the same for the former academic, turned anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin?
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Tightening Pip benefit eligibility could save £9bn a yr, says Reform.
Targeting vulnerable people.
People with less serious psychological conditions won't get PIP without face-to-face assessment.
Reform plans to sack 100k civil servants.
Silence on ending corporate welfare, tax perks of the rich
Targeting vulnerable people.
People with less serious psychological conditions won't get PIP without face-to-face assessment.
Reform plans to sack 100k civil servants.
Silence on ending corporate welfare, tax perks of the rich
Tightening Pip benefit eligibility could save £9bn a year, says Reform
Lee Anderson says ‘gaming the system’ is too common and jokes about symptoms of anxiety and depression
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Tightening Pip benefit eligibility could save £9bn a yr, says Reform.
Targeting vulnerable people.
People with less serious psychological conditions won't get PIP without face-to-face assessment.
Reform plans to sack 100k civil servants.
Silence on ending corporate welfare, tax perks of the rich
Targeting vulnerable people.
People with less serious psychological conditions won't get PIP without face-to-face assessment.
Reform plans to sack 100k civil servants.
Silence on ending corporate welfare, tax perks of the rich
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The crooks demanding that they be allowed to get away with it
Why am I not surprised? And I am certain that Starmer and Reeves will tug their forelocks and give them what they want
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Why am I not surprised? And I am certain that Starmer and Reeves will tug their forelocks and give them what they want
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Santander urges ministers to intervene in UK car finance compensation scheme
Lender’s chief executive says redress proposals could affect jobs, supply chains and broader UK economy
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The crooks demanding that they be allowed to get away with it
Why am I not surprised? And I am certain that Starmer and Reeves will tug their forelocks and give them what they want
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Why am I not surprised? And I am certain that Starmer and Reeves will tug their forelocks and give them what they want
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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War Criminal Netanyahu is breaking the Ceasefire because dead Israeli bodies which are buried in the rubble created by his bombs aren't being handed over fast enough.
Of course they can't tell you that, so they don't tell you anything.
Of course they can't tell you that, so they don't tell you anything.
October 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
War Criminal Netanyahu is breaking the Ceasefire because dead Israeli bodies which are buried in the rubble created by his bombs aren't being handed over fast enough.
Of course they can't tell you that, so they don't tell you anything.
Of course they can't tell you that, so they don't tell you anything.