Paul Hebden
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Paul Hebden
@paulhebden.bsky.social
· Aug 12
FWIW - this is how food prices spiked in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and how the cost of essentials is spiking again now.
Rarely remarked on, but after a period of wage growth post pandemic (mostly lost to inflation), nominal wages (cash people see in their payslips) are now flatlining in the UK & have been since summer.
The median wage peaked at £2,565 last summer (July 2025), according to my WageSight platform. >
The median wage peaked at £2,565 last summer (July 2025), according to my WageSight platform. >
February 3, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Rarely remarked on, but after a period of wage growth post pandemic (mostly lost to inflation), nominal wages (cash people see in their payslips) are now flatlining in the UK & have been since summer.
The median wage peaked at £2,565 last summer (July 2025), according to my WageSight platform. >
The median wage peaked at £2,565 last summer (July 2025), according to my WageSight platform. >
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Incrementalists take it on the chin again. This is why they hate Mamdani. He's giving up the game that people in power HAVE POWER and don't solely exist to beg you for $5 every day. He's ruining the Democratic Party by showing voters that they have the power to do stuff instead of crouching in fear
Incredible contrast between this and Keir Starmer running a delivery driver over
Mamdani Forces Delivery Apps to Pay Back $4.6 Million Cheated From Drivers
New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has already scored a major win for deliveristas working for three delivery giants.
futurism.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Incrementalists take it on the chin again. This is why they hate Mamdani. He's giving up the game that people in power HAVE POWER and don't solely exist to beg you for $5 every day. He's ruining the Democratic Party by showing voters that they have the power to do stuff instead of crouching in fear
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Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
February 3, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
Really need everyone to take a good look at how well the richest people in America have done in the last year.
The rest of us got higher healthcare and electric bills, food assistance cuts, price hikes, and ICE terrorizing our communities.
What are we doing here?
The rest of us got higher healthcare and electric bills, food assistance cuts, price hikes, and ICE terrorizing our communities.
What are we doing here?
February 2, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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Specifically what I am stating here is that, if you create an untouchable class of ultra-wealthy elites, you are inevitably enabling the systematic abuse, trafficking and killing of human beings. Billionairism is a form of psychopathy indivisible from such predation and cruelty.
February 2, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Specifically what I am stating here is that, if you create an untouchable class of ultra-wealthy elites, you are inevitably enabling the systematic abuse, trafficking and killing of human beings. Billionairism is a form of psychopathy indivisible from such predation and cruelty.
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The Epstein Files ought to comprise the easiest political case against the billionaire class ever conceived. Any politician who supports policies favouring the ultra-wealthy should never be able to escape this association.
February 2, 2026 at 12:36 PM
The Epstein Files ought to comprise the easiest political case against the billionaire class ever conceived. Any politician who supports policies favouring the ultra-wealthy should never be able to escape this association.
Tell me this is not about a political system utterly corrupted by wealth inequality and dysfunction. And what was the response? Austerity, making the poorest pay while our corrupt oligarchy profited. Mandelson should be locked up, but we need a far bigger reckoning with the system that enabled this.
In the UK, Epstein’s relationship with Lord Peter Mandelson is under scrutiny.
Mandelson gave Epstein advance notice of a €500bn bailout to save the Euro. He messaged Epstein about the bailout on the evening of May 9, 2010. The public announcement came the next morning.
(via @Steven_Swinford on X)
Mandelson gave Epstein advance notice of a €500bn bailout to save the Euro. He messaged Epstein about the bailout on the evening of May 9, 2010. The public announcement came the next morning.
(via @Steven_Swinford on X)
February 2, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Tell me this is not about a political system utterly corrupted by wealth inequality and dysfunction. And what was the response? Austerity, making the poorest pay while our corrupt oligarchy profited. Mandelson should be locked up, but we need a far bigger reckoning with the system that enabled this.
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Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
Could be me but there's a sense of burn the whole house down, take em all down, about the way the US is now releasing the Epstein files?
It's also notable that the only real - and deserved - consequences are being meted out among the British elite. Though Andrew clearly should be arreste
It's also notable that the only real - and deserved - consequences are being meted out among the British elite. Though Andrew clearly should be arreste
February 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Could be me but there's a sense of burn the whole house down, take em all down, about the way the US is now releasing the Epstein files?
It's also notable that the only real - and deserved - consequences are being meted out among the British elite. Though Andrew clearly should be arreste
It's also notable that the only real - and deserved - consequences are being meted out among the British elite. Though Andrew clearly should be arreste
Will this be the moment Westminster wakes up? If you're a member of the public that pays little attention to politics you're justified thinking nothing has changed in our politics, not even the players. I like to remain professionally hopeful, but personally I think they have fucked it.
February 2, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Will this be the moment Westminster wakes up? If you're a member of the public that pays little attention to politics you're justified thinking nothing has changed in our politics, not even the players. I like to remain professionally hopeful, but personally I think they have fucked it.
How did they appoint Mandelson as ambassador to the US?
How do political leaders keep showing such abysmal judgement? Were none of these people sentient between 1990 and 2011? Have none of them read the diaries of ppl like Alistair Campbell? Or is the system literally too rotten to correct course?
How do political leaders keep showing such abysmal judgement? Were none of these people sentient between 1990 and 2011? Have none of them read the diaries of ppl like Alistair Campbell? Or is the system literally too rotten to correct course?
February 2, 2026 at 6:48 PM
How did they appoint Mandelson as ambassador to the US?
How do political leaders keep showing such abysmal judgement? Were none of these people sentient between 1990 and 2011? Have none of them read the diaries of ppl like Alistair Campbell? Or is the system literally too rotten to correct course?
How do political leaders keep showing such abysmal judgement? Were none of these people sentient between 1990 and 2011? Have none of them read the diaries of ppl like Alistair Campbell? Or is the system literally too rotten to correct course?
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The Epstein case reflects systemic issues within the American elite. Despite clear evidence, the perpetrators will probably never be charged. They engage in exploitative practices without consequence.The American oligarchy has amassed its wealth through parasitism
February 2, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The Epstein case reflects systemic issues within the American elite. Despite clear evidence, the perpetrators will probably never be charged. They engage in exploitative practices without consequence.The American oligarchy has amassed its wealth through parasitism
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IMO this is indeed revealing about - JP Morgan (& maybe others) threatened to crash the gilts market in retaliation for the bank bonus tax.
What happened? As @faisalislam.bsky.social says not much.
So much for "bond vigilantes"
(1/2)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What happened? As @faisalislam.bsky.social says not much.
So much for "bond vigilantes"
(1/2)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
February 2, 2026 at 4:26 PM
IMO this is indeed revealing about - JP Morgan (& maybe others) threatened to crash the gilts market in retaliation for the bank bonus tax.
What happened? As @faisalislam.bsky.social says not much.
So much for "bond vigilantes"
(1/2)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What happened? As @faisalislam.bsky.social says not much.
So much for "bond vigilantes"
(1/2)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Well I for one am very glad we had proper, thorough wash up after the bank bailouts. Imagine the mess we'd be in today if we'd learned all the wrong lessons about a feral out-of-control elite class? We might have done stupid stuff like austerity.
February 2, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Well I for one am very glad we had proper, thorough wash up after the bank bailouts. Imagine the mess we'd be in today if we'd learned all the wrong lessons about a feral out-of-control elite class? We might have done stupid stuff like austerity.
Well if these allegations are true then it sounds Mandelson wasn't simply "intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich," but also nonplussed about whether they "they pay their taxes."
February 2, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Well if these allegations are true then it sounds Mandelson wasn't simply "intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich," but also nonplussed about whether they "they pay their taxes."
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"Given the shocking new information that has come to light in the latest tranche of Epstein papers... I have now written to ask for a wider & more intensive enquiry into the wholly unacceptable disclosure of govt papers & info during the period when the country was battling global financial crisis."
February 2, 2026 at 3:13 PM
"Given the shocking new information that has come to light in the latest tranche of Epstein papers... I have now written to ask for a wider & more intensive enquiry into the wholly unacceptable disclosure of govt papers & info during the period when the country was battling global financial crisis."
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BREAKING: Gordon Brown says he has asked Cabinet Secretary to investigate disclosure of "confidential and market sensitive information" allegedly from Peter Mandelson to Jeffrey Epstein.
Former PM says he first asked CS to do this in September but biz department found no records.
Former PM says he first asked CS to do this in September but biz department found no records.
February 2, 2026 at 3:13 PM
BREAKING: Gordon Brown says he has asked Cabinet Secretary to investigate disclosure of "confidential and market sensitive information" allegedly from Peter Mandelson to Jeffrey Epstein.
Former PM says he first asked CS to do this in September but biz department found no records.
Former PM says he first asked CS to do this in September but biz department found no records.
As I keep saying, the Epstein scandal is a scandal of pathological wealth inequality and the power it gives to certain people and interests.
Wealth inequality has more deeply entrenched since 2011. Don't think for a second this isn't happening in some shape or form today.
Wealth inequality has more deeply entrenched since 2011. Don't think for a second this isn't happening in some shape or form today.
Explosive from @faisalislam.bsky.social about that call that did take place with Dimon and Darling.
February 2, 2026 at 2:31 PM
As I keep saying, the Epstein scandal is a scandal of pathological wealth inequality and the power it gives to certain people and interests.
Wealth inequality has more deeply entrenched since 2011. Don't think for a second this isn't happening in some shape or form today.
Wealth inequality has more deeply entrenched since 2011. Don't think for a second this isn't happening in some shape or form today.
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Explosive from @faisalislam.bsky.social about that call that did take place with Dimon and Darling.
February 2, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Explosive from @faisalislam.bsky.social about that call that did take place with Dimon and Darling.
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A Labour government official at the height of the global financial crisis advising a US Big bank how to aggressively attack that same Labour government, via a convicted pedofile.
New Epstein emails show Peter Mandelson secretly advising JPMorgan’s CEO on how to fight Labour’s 2009 bankers’ bonus tax - even suggesting he “mildly threaten” the Chancellor.
Mandelson was Business Secretary at the time.
A year later, he was seeking work with JPM.
Mandelson was Business Secretary at the time.
A year later, he was seeking work with JPM.
February 2, 2026 at 7:36 AM
A Labour government official at the height of the global financial crisis advising a US Big bank how to aggressively attack that same Labour government, via a convicted pedofile.
This....
remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened
February 2, 2026 at 7:35 AM
This....
Worth noting that Mandelson initiated the Browne review of University funding. The review that massively upped tuition fees & led to a system that sees today's graduates paying indentured levels of tax. >>>>
February 2, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Worth noting that Mandelson initiated the Browne review of University funding. The review that massively upped tuition fees & led to a system that sees today's graduates paying indentured levels of tax. >>>>
Billionaires having to do PR for billionaires!!
The most un-counsellable rabble imaginable!! This is great
The most un-counsellable rabble imaginable!! This is great
We've received a lot of comments from the Bluesky community tonight, so we want to take the time to clarify our positions.
February 2, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Billionaires having to do PR for billionaires!!
The most un-counsellable rabble imaginable!! This is great
The most un-counsellable rabble imaginable!! This is great
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BREAKING: Peter Mandelson resigns from Labour to avoid causing "further embarrassment" to party as result of Epstein links.
February 1, 2026 at 10:32 PM
BREAKING: Peter Mandelson resigns from Labour to avoid causing "further embarrassment" to party as result of Epstein links.
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This is all a long way of saying
We need hearings
The government exists for this kind of accountability
We may not get it because republicans control the house and the senate
We need hearings
The government exists for this kind of accountability
We may not get it because republicans control the house and the senate
February 1, 2026 at 1:21 PM
This is all a long way of saying
We need hearings
The government exists for this kind of accountability
We may not get it because republicans control the house and the senate
We need hearings
The government exists for this kind of accountability
We may not get it because republicans control the house and the senate