Neil McInroy
@neilmcinroy.bsky.social
Progressive economics. Working in USA, Scotland and globally.
Global Lead for #communitywealthbuilding at The Democracy Collaborative
Chair Economic Development Association of Scotland (EDAS)
Global Lead for #communitywealthbuilding at The Democracy Collaborative
Chair Economic Development Association of Scotland (EDAS)
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Support for the monarchy has dropped below 50%, according to a new poll 👑❌
Get the details: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Get the details: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
October 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Support for the monarchy has dropped below 50%, according to a new poll 👑❌
Get the details: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Get the details: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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This sordid murkiness gets darker and darker.
We need clarity into whether the late queen paid £10M in settling the civil sexual assault lawsuit brought against Andrew. Its appaling if she did and what did she know? The British people demand answers from Royal Family.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
We need clarity into whether the late queen paid £10M in settling the civil sexual assault lawsuit brought against Andrew. Its appaling if she did and what did she know? The British people demand answers from Royal Family.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
More damaging reports on Andrew appear as King faces calls to strip him of prince title
Virginia Giuffre's brother calls on the King to go a step further, after Andrew gave up the Duke of York and other titles.
www.bbc.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
This sordid murkiness gets darker and darker.
We need clarity into whether the late queen paid £10M in settling the civil sexual assault lawsuit brought against Andrew. Its appaling if she did and what did she know? The British people demand answers from Royal Family.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
We need clarity into whether the late queen paid £10M in settling the civil sexual assault lawsuit brought against Andrew. Its appaling if she did and what did she know? The British people demand answers from Royal Family.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This sordid murkiness gets darker and darker.
We need clarity into whether the late queen paid £10M in settling the civil sexual assault lawsuit brought against Andrew. Its appaling if she did and what did she know? The British people demand answers from Royal Family.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
We need clarity into whether the late queen paid £10M in settling the civil sexual assault lawsuit brought against Andrew. Its appaling if she did and what did she know? The British people demand answers from Royal Family.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
More damaging reports on Andrew appear as King faces calls to strip him of prince title
Virginia Giuffre's brother calls on the King to go a step further, after Andrew gave up the Duke of York and other titles.
www.bbc.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
This sordid murkiness gets darker and darker.
We need clarity into whether the late queen paid £10M in settling the civil sexual assault lawsuit brought against Andrew. Its appaling if she did and what did she know? The British people demand answers from Royal Family.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
We need clarity into whether the late queen paid £10M in settling the civil sexual assault lawsuit brought against Andrew. Its appaling if she did and what did she know? The British people demand answers from Royal Family.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Inadequate. We need a deeper inquiry into exactly what Royal Family has known and crucially the giuffre civil sexual assault lawsuit filed against Prince Andrew and whether queen paid £10M to settle.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York.
Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after 'discussion with King'
In a statement, the prince says:
www.bbc.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Inadequate. We need a deeper inquiry into exactly what Royal Family has known and crucially the giuffre civil sexual assault lawsuit filed against Prince Andrew and whether queen paid £10M to settle.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York.
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1st "official" government communication I've read that basically says "we're headed for 2 degrees and we are not prepared for this"
But startlingly, doesn't rule out 4 degrees either, and I'm not sure we really understand just how catastrophic that will be.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
But startlingly, doesn't rule out 4 degrees either, and I'm not sure we really understand just how catastrophic that will be.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told
Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
1st "official" government communication I've read that basically says "we're headed for 2 degrees and we are not prepared for this"
But startlingly, doesn't rule out 4 degrees either, and I'm not sure we really understand just how catastrophic that will be.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
But startlingly, doesn't rule out 4 degrees either, and I'm not sure we really understand just how catastrophic that will be.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We have had two years of record breaking poor harvests. Flood one year, drought the next. Hundreds of excess deaths this summer because of a heat wave, the possibility of which are going to double in the next few years. Climate change is with us.
We need to double down on net zero and adapt.
We need to double down on net zero and adapt.
October 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
We have had two years of record breaking poor harvests. Flood one year, drought the next. Hundreds of excess deaths this summer because of a heat wave, the possibility of which are going to double in the next few years. Climate change is with us.
We need to double down on net zero and adapt.
We need to double down on net zero and adapt.
To become a member of the House of Lords means you accept establishment power and cronism over genuine democracy.
October 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
To become a member of the House of Lords means you accept establishment power and cronism over genuine democracy.
I have taken the view that anyone who has decided to join the House of Lords and become a Peer, have absented themselves from having anything useful to say.
October 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I have taken the view that anyone who has decided to join the House of Lords and become a Peer, have absented themselves from having anything useful to say.
What can the King do about Prince Andrew scandals? He should be completely cut adrift. We also need a full inquiry into what royal family knows. After all the queen paid £10 million to settle a serial abuse lawsuit with victoria giuffre - preventing a public trial.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
What can the King do about Prince Andrew scandals?
What sanctions could King Charles apply to Prince Andrew after the latest claims about links to Epstein?
www.bbc.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
What can the King do about Prince Andrew scandals? He should be completely cut adrift. We also need a full inquiry into what royal family knows. After all the queen paid £10 million to settle a serial abuse lawsuit with victoria giuffre - preventing a public trial.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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More murkiness- Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein while prime minister - teed up by Mandelson and facilitated by UK civil servants.
It also reveals how wealth is enough for high level UK civil service and government to decide access to PM.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
It also reveals how wealth is enough for high level UK civil service and government to decide access to PM.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein while prime minister
The ex-PM confirms he met Epstein in 2002, six years before the financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor.
www.bbc.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
More murkiness- Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein while prime minister - teed up by Mandelson and facilitated by UK civil servants.
It also reveals how wealth is enough for high level UK civil service and government to decide access to PM.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
It also reveals how wealth is enough for high level UK civil service and government to decide access to PM.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
More murkiness- Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein while prime minister - teed up by Mandelson and facilitated by UK civil servants.
It also reveals how wealth is enough for high level UK civil service and government to decide access to PM.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
It also reveals how wealth is enough for high level UK civil service and government to decide access to PM.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein while prime minister
The ex-PM confirms he met Epstein in 2002, six years before the financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor.
www.bbc.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
More murkiness- Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein while prime minister - teed up by Mandelson and facilitated by UK civil servants.
It also reveals how wealth is enough for high level UK civil service and government to decide access to PM.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
It also reveals how wealth is enough for high level UK civil service and government to decide access to PM.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sordid revelations grow. King Charles III as head of UK state is supporting this fella. This is scandalous. The King must cut Prince Andrew loose.
Prince Andrew named in new Epstein files
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Prince Andrew named in new Epstein files
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Elon Musk and Prince Andrew named in new Epstein files
The documents by the estate of convicted paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein were released by Congressional Democrats.
www.bbc.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Sordid revelations grow. King Charles III as head of UK state is supporting this fella. This is scandalous. The King must cut Prince Andrew loose.
Prince Andrew named in new Epstein files
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Prince Andrew named in new Epstein files
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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‘A sticking plaster’: Labour’s levelling up offer leaves Blackpool voters unmoved
‘A sticking plaster’: Labour’s levelling up offer leaves Blackpool voters unmoved
People in Little Layton say regeneration funds will not relieve hardship or change their political judgements
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
‘A sticking plaster’: Labour’s levelling up offer leaves Blackpool voters unmoved
Whatever one thinks of a mandatory ID, there is an issue with this being a 'brit card'. Many citizens of UK dont identify themselves as 'Brits'. Including me. I'm a Scot. That is not a moot point for me and many others in Wales, Northern Ireland and England. www.the-independent.com/news/uk/poli...
Every adult in Britain to require new ‘Brit Card’ ID
Civil liberties groups warn mandatory digital IDs risk pushing ‘unauthorised migrants further into the shadows’
www.the-independent.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Whatever one thinks of a mandatory ID, there is an issue with this being a 'brit card'. Many citizens of UK dont identify themselves as 'Brits'. Including me. I'm a Scot. That is not a moot point for me and many others in Wales, Northern Ireland and England. www.the-independent.com/news/uk/poli...
After years of austerity and rising poverty, this ‘plan for change’ simply recycles New Labour’s 2001 Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy—then worth £10 billion in today’s terms, double what’s on offer now.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
PM backs “true patriots” to lead UK renewal with £5bn investment
New powers let residents reclaim beloved assets and drive patriotic renewal, street by street – delivering on the Plan for Change.
www.gov.uk
September 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
After years of austerity and rising poverty, this ‘plan for change’ simply recycles New Labour’s 2001 Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy—then worth £10 billion in today’s terms, double what’s on offer now.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Wont do any harm, but wont work. Unlike Scotland, England and Starmer seems averse to #communitywealthbuilding. Clearly he prefers throwing sweeties at poor and keeping his economics neoliberal.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer gambles on ‘levelling up’-style initiative to tackle Reform threat
Deprived communities to be given tens of millions to patch up derelict shops, pubs and libraries and ‘restore pride’
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Wont do any harm, but wont work. Unlike Scotland, England and Starmer seems averse to #communitywealthbuilding. Clearly he prefers throwing sweeties at poor and keeping his economics neoliberal.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
More descriptive simplicities and adolescent analysis from BBC political correspondent- Chris Mason.
Mason gets paid over £250K a year.
Punchy Lib Dems use Reform UK as call to action
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mason gets paid over £250K a year.
Punchy Lib Dems use Reform UK as call to action
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Chris Mason: Punchy Lib Dems use Reform UK as call to action
The party is taking on Nigel Farage in a way Labour and the Tories either can't or won't, our political editor writes.
www.bbc.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
More descriptive simplicities and adolescent analysis from BBC political correspondent- Chris Mason.
Mason gets paid over £250K a year.
Punchy Lib Dems use Reform UK as call to action
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mason gets paid over £250K a year.
Punchy Lib Dems use Reform UK as call to action
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Deary me! Lib Dems and Davey gave lots of promises in 2010- no tuition fees, no austerity etc.. They and he ended up joining Tory government and doing reverse. Their deep centrism means they buckle to extremes.
We'll stop Farage turning UK into Trump's America.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
We'll stop Farage turning UK into Trump's America.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
We'll stop Farage turning UK into Trump's America, says Ed Davey
The Liberal Democrat leader attacks Nigel Farage in a speech to his party's autumn conference.
www.bbc.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Deary me! Lib Dems and Davey gave lots of promises in 2010- no tuition fees, no austerity etc.. They and he ended up joining Tory government and doing reverse. Their deep centrism means they buckle to extremes.
We'll stop Farage turning UK into Trump's America.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
We'll stop Farage turning UK into Trump's America.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
It was late. Demonstrating a trend. Starmer dithers.
Why Starmer decided the time was right to recognise a Palestinian state
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Why Starmer decided the time was right to recognise a Palestinian state
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Why Keir Starmer decided time was right to recognise a Palestinian state
The PM had signalled a shift in policy unless Israel took steps including agreeing to a ceasefire in Gaza.
www.bbc.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It was late. Demonstrating a trend. Starmer dithers.
Why Starmer decided the time was right to recognise a Palestinian state
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Why Starmer decided the time was right to recognise a Palestinian state
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Deary me! The British Monarchy and its various hangers on have had some seriously questionable relationships and attitudes toward convicted child sex offender- Epstein. Now its ex wife of epstein's good pal- Prince Andrew. Duchess of York called Epstein 'supreme friend'.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Duchess of York calls Epstein a 'supreme friend' in resurfaced email
A spokesperson for the duchess says the message was sent to counter a threat Epstein had made to sue her for defamation.
www.bbc.com
September 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Deary me! The British Monarchy and its various hangers on have had some seriously questionable relationships and attitudes toward convicted child sex offender- Epstein. Now its ex wife of epstein's good pal- Prince Andrew. Duchess of York called Epstein 'supreme friend'.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Weak centrist politicians avoid bold principled decisions by making progressive change contingent on doing sommat else.
Means they are probably unprincipled, indecisive and cant be trusted to ever make the change.
Means they are probably unprincipled, indecisive and cant be trusted to ever make the change.
Lucy Powell: Labour should raise gambling taxes to axe two-child benefit cap
Lucy Powell: Labour should raise gambling taxes to axe two-child benefit cap
Deputy leadership candidate says party needs to be ‘clear that our objective is to lift children out of poverty’
Labour should consider raising taxes on gambling firms to cover the cost of lifting the two-child benefit cap, the party’s deputy leadership candidate Lucy Powell has suggested.
The Manchester Central MP, who is battling with the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, to succeed Angela Rayner as Labour’s deputy leader, also acknowledged the public was “exasperated” because of “some mistakes” Labour had made in office. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Weak centrist politicians avoid bold principled decisions by making progressive change contingent on doing sommat else.
Means they are probably unprincipled, indecisive and cant be trusted to ever make the change.
Means they are probably unprincipled, indecisive and cant be trusted to ever make the change.
Lets be frank- he looks like a prat! But its serious...Lib dems put tories in government in 2010. Now they have moved up a right wing notch. They are looking to get pally with Reform.
Farron drapes himself in flag as Lib Dems seek to reclaim patriotism
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Farron drapes himself in flag as Lib Dems seek to reclaim patriotism
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Farron drapes himself in flag as Lib Dems seek to reclaim patriotism
The Lib Dems are urged to stop being squeamish about national pride, at their annual conference.
www.bbc.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Lets be frank- he looks like a prat! But its serious...Lib dems put tories in government in 2010. Now they have moved up a right wing notch. They are looking to get pally with Reform.
Farron drapes himself in flag as Lib Dems seek to reclaim patriotism
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Farron drapes himself in flag as Lib Dems seek to reclaim patriotism
www.bbc.com/news/article...
More descriptive lightweight nothing from BBC political correspondent- Chris Mason. Is it BBC policy to dumb down politics. Delight and relief in government after state visit
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Chris Mason: Delight and relief in government after Trump state visit
Trump's disagreements with Sir Keir were somehow channelled past him, rather than at him, writes the BBC's political editor.
www.bbc.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:41 AM
More descriptive lightweight nothing from BBC political correspondent- Chris Mason. Is it BBC policy to dumb down politics. Delight and relief in government after state visit
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The BBC political editor is good at saying the bleeding obvious. He dumbs down politics, has no insight and makes it boring. He is lightweight.
Reform UK amplifies jitters for Labour and Conservatives
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reform UK amplifies jitters for Labour and Conservatives
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reform UK amplifies existing jitters for Labour and Conservatives
The BBC's political editor says people at the top of government acknowledge the last few weeks have been dreadful for them.
www.bbc.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The BBC political editor is good at saying the bleeding obvious. He dumbs down politics, has no insight and makes it boring. He is lightweight.
Reform UK amplifies jitters for Labour and Conservatives
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reform UK amplifies jitters for Labour and Conservatives
www.bbc.com/news/article...