@roypartridge.bsky.social
I live in a state of cognitive dissonance -COYS!
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Boris Johnson and his cohorts should all be charged with corporate manslaughter and corruption, and that includes Dido Harding who persuaded Johnson to delay lockdown so her Cheltenham Festival could go ahead. We don’t forget.
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Boris Johnson and his cohorts should all be charged with corporate manslaughter and corruption, and that includes Dido Harding who persuaded Johnson to delay lockdown so her Cheltenham Festival could go ahead. We don’t forget.
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So Boris Johnson and his gang killed 23k people and I am sure as we’ve seen with Grenfell not a thing will be done about it
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
So Boris Johnson and his gang killed 23k people and I am sure as we’ve seen with Grenfell not a thing will be done about it
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It’s time for progressive movements to ask a serious question: how do we keep using platforms that actively undermine democracy and concentrate wealth in the hands of the very few, while claiming to fight for equality?
cc @greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social @owenjones.bsky.social
cc @greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social @owenjones.bsky.social
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
It’s time for progressive movements to ask a serious question: how do we keep using platforms that actively undermine democracy and concentrate wealth in the hands of the very few, while claiming to fight for equality?
cc @greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social @owenjones.bsky.social
cc @greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social @owenjones.bsky.social
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Hes back!
November 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Hes back!
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Never mind medals for folk getting on trains today - remember this
November 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Never mind medals for folk getting on trains today - remember this
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It doesn’t take much to be a “rising star” in the current Tory Party, or what remains of it. But Katie Lam’s anti-migrant rhetoric is particularly hypocritical, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
Katie Lam’s anti-immigrant rhetoric sounds a lot like that of the 1930s
The Kent MP is espousing views that would have barred entry to her own ancestors when they were fleeing the Nazis
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM
It doesn’t take much to be a “rising star” in the current Tory Party, or what remains of it. But Katie Lam’s anti-migrant rhetoric is particularly hypocritical, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
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Happy Halloween 👻
November 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Happy Halloween 👻
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Can we focus more on how victims of sexual violence continue to be failed today and less on the drama of the Royal Family? Then perhaps some good might come from this?
October 31, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Can we focus more on how victims of sexual violence continue to be failed today and less on the drama of the Royal Family? Then perhaps some good might come from this?
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The 'free market' is the biggest lie of all: everywhere the market is politically rigged, taxpayer-subsidised or a private-monopoly rip-off.
October 31, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The 'free market' is the biggest lie of all: everywhere the market is politically rigged, taxpayer-subsidised or a private-monopoly rip-off.
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✨ Discovering MMT was realising the government isn't a household. It issues our currency. It can't run out. The real limits are resources, not money. The tools to build a better society were there all along, just locked away by a false story. 3/4
October 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
✨ Discovering MMT was realising the government isn't a household. It issues our currency. It can't run out. The real limits are resources, not money. The tools to build a better society were there all along, just locked away by a false story. 3/4
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Politico: "MPs should consider deleting X, according to a committee led by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle...
"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”
Absolutely. Please get on with it.
"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”
Absolutely. Please get on with it.
October 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Politico: "MPs should consider deleting X, according to a committee led by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle...
"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”
Absolutely. Please get on with it.
"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”
Absolutely. Please get on with it.
Solution?: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSua...
“Brutal Truth: UK Housing Market 2025" Top Economist warns
YouTube video by ProfSteveKeen
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Solution?: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSua...
Problem: www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
Private rent in Britain now swallows 44% of the average wage
Monthly cost jumps to record £1,385 outside London, and £2,736 in the capital, with hotspots showing hefty rises
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Problem: www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
Is capitalism incompatible with democracy? www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Do populists always crash the economy?
Argentina is counting the cost of its turn to Javier Milei. Politicians from Donald Trump to Giorgia Meloni and Nigel Farage will be closely watching what happens next
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Is capitalism incompatible with democracy? www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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"The horrors of the past two years are not an aberration, but the culmination of a long history of complicity."
Sir Keir Starmer has to go... to The Hague.
We've all watched this play out. We've taken to the streets, with arrests & proscription banning peaceful protest.
He has to go to The Hague.
Sir Keir Starmer has to go... to The Hague.
We've all watched this play out. We've taken to the streets, with arrests & proscription banning peaceful protest.
He has to go to The Hague.
October 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"The horrors of the past two years are not an aberration, but the culmination of a long history of complicity."
Sir Keir Starmer has to go... to The Hague.
We've all watched this play out. We've taken to the streets, with arrests & proscription banning peaceful protest.
He has to go to The Hague.
Sir Keir Starmer has to go... to The Hague.
We've all watched this play out. We've taken to the streets, with arrests & proscription banning peaceful protest.
He has to go to The Hague.
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The two main parties got a total of 13% in Caerphilly yesterday
The first-past-the-post system no longer reflects how people vote
We urgently need PR or democracy loses all credibility
The first-past-the-post system no longer reflects how people vote
We urgently need PR or democracy loses all credibility
October 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The two main parties got a total of 13% in Caerphilly yesterday
The first-past-the-post system no longer reflects how people vote
We urgently need PR or democracy loses all credibility
The first-past-the-post system no longer reflects how people vote
We urgently need PR or democracy loses all credibility
Stop funding the Labour Party
In the past five years, food inflation has risen by 38%!
It's time the Labour government tackles obscene profiteering. Workers and communities must no longer pay the price for corporate greed. #Greedflation
It's time the Labour government tackles obscene profiteering. Workers and communities must no longer pay the price for corporate greed. #Greedflation
October 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Stop funding the Labour Party
Abolish the monarchy
Phenomenal detail on Sarah Ferguson's overspending from Andrew Lownie's 'Entitled'.
October 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Abolish the monarchy
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Yes.
Still - protecting membership in the ECHR and adhering to the authority of the ECtHR is of paramount importance for so many issues and reasons.
(Recently, I re-discovered this little gem from ...well, years ago: "What has the ECHR ever done for us?")
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptfm...
Still - protecting membership in the ECHR and adhering to the authority of the ECtHR is of paramount importance for so many issues and reasons.
(Recently, I re-discovered this little gem from ...well, years ago: "What has the ECHR ever done for us?")
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptfm...
Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?
YouTube video by The Guardian
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Yes.
Still - protecting membership in the ECHR and adhering to the authority of the ECtHR is of paramount importance for so many issues and reasons.
(Recently, I re-discovered this little gem from ...well, years ago: "What has the ECHR ever done for us?")
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptfm...
Still - protecting membership in the ECHR and adhering to the authority of the ECtHR is of paramount importance for so many issues and reasons.
(Recently, I re-discovered this little gem from ...well, years ago: "What has the ECHR ever done for us?")
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptfm...
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Zack Polanski, the leader of the Green Party, recently invited me to discuss economics. There was a lot to talk about. youtu.be/a27AfFTOW3o?...
Are We Looking At The Economy All Wrong? | Richard Murphy | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Zack Polanski, the leader of the Green Party, recently invited me to discuss economics. There was a lot to talk about. youtu.be/a27AfFTOW3o?...
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Hats off and solidarity to @danneidle.bsky.social who is facing an enormous libel claim - arguably a SLAPP - for his investigation into a tax avoidance (& potentially criminal evasion) scheme.
He's published the court filings, an important move given how much of this usually happens in darkness:
He's published the court filings, an important move given how much of this usually happens in darkness:
I’m being sued for £8m for publishing a report on tax avoidance
Barrister Setu Kamal is suing me for £8 million over our Arka Wealth investigation. We’re applying to strike it out as a SLAPP and will not remove the article.
taxpolicy.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Hats off and solidarity to @danneidle.bsky.social who is facing an enormous libel claim - arguably a SLAPP - for his investigation into a tax avoidance (& potentially criminal evasion) scheme.
He's published the court filings, an important move given how much of this usually happens in darkness:
He's published the court filings, an important move given how much of this usually happens in darkness:
The idea that Farage does any constituency work gave me my first laugh of the day!
"And he is a London Assembly member not an MP, so he has time to be the party's cheerleader rather than being bogged down with case work."
"And he is a London Assembly member not an MP, so he has time to be the party's cheerleader rather than being bogged down with case work."
Zack Polanski and Nigel Farage are polar opposites in politics, but have one thing in common
Zack Polanski and Nigel Farage are polar opposites in politics, but have one thing in common
Zack Polanski and Nigel Farage might be polar opposites when it comes to politics - but they do have one thing in common.
news.sky.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The idea that Farage does any constituency work gave me my first laugh of the day!
"And he is a London Assembly member not an MP, so he has time to be the party's cheerleader rather than being bogged down with case work."
"And he is a London Assembly member not an MP, so he has time to be the party's cheerleader rather than being bogged down with case work."
Of course they're not, it was always done to prevent that orange turd being annoyed and Keith having to grovel again
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Police take no further action against men arrested for Trump Windsor projections
Investigation ends after Led By Donkeys stunt highlighting the US president’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Of course they're not, it was always done to prevent that orange turd being annoyed and Keith having to grovel again
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Don’t just abolish Prince Andrew’s titles, abolish the monarchy.
October 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Don’t just abolish Prince Andrew’s titles, abolish the monarchy.
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Possibly unpopular opinion - Farage’s ‘listen love’ moment should have been a much bigger deal, if not career ending. Especially as he’s spent all summer lecturing us about cultures which have a ‘medieval attitude towards women’.
October 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Possibly unpopular opinion - Farage’s ‘listen love’ moment should have been a much bigger deal, if not career ending. Especially as he’s spent all summer lecturing us about cultures which have a ‘medieval attitude towards women’.