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Hmm! When MPs vote to make my life worse, taking away resources, taking away liberties. I tend to feel violated even in my home. So I'm not convinced the perpetrators of my misery should not feel likewise in their own homes.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Protests outside MPs' homes to lead to jail under major new law
The Government says protesting outside the homes of MPs, peers and councillors 'crosses a line', with new restrictions making it punishable with prison terms
www.mirror.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Hmm! When MPs vote to make my life worse, taking away resources, taking away liberties. I tend to feel violated even in my home. So I'm not convinced the perpetrators of my misery should not feel likewise in their own homes.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Hey! I just called on the UK government to scrap anti-protest laws which attack our hard won democratic freedoms. Please can you defend the right to protest too by signing the petition? act.gp/3pIM9ns
If you agree the govt should not strip away our right to protest, add your name
act.gp
October 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Hey! I just called on the UK government to scrap anti-protest laws which attack our hard won democratic freedoms. Please can you defend the right to protest too by signing the petition? act.gp/3pIM9ns
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What kind of political party regards leaking Zoom footage as a worse offence than taking bribes from Russia?
October 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
What kind of political party regards leaking Zoom footage as a worse offence than taking bribes from Russia?
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Stop New Forest parking charges.
Stop New Forest parking charges.
Sign the Petition
Stop new parking charges in the New Forest 🌳
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October 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Stop New Forest parking charges.
Stop New Forest parking charges.
The UK government cannot borrow www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08...
The UK government cannot borrow
Politicians tell us the UK is “borrowing too much” and faces a “debt crisis.” That’s wrong. The government creates the pounds it spends, and what’s called “borrowing” is really just it accepting depos...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
August 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The UK government cannot borrow www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08...
Why “spend before tax” is the key to unlocking a future for young people www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08...
Why “spend before tax” is the key to unlocking a future for young people
In a post I published here yesterday, I explained that in a country like the UK, which issues its own currency, has an effective tax system, a functioning legal system, and with that currency being ac...
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August 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Why “spend before tax” is the key to unlocking a future for young people www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08...
474 people www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08...
474 people
Four hundred and seventy-four people were arrested yesterday for holding up placards indicating that they oppose genocide and the actions of those who support it.
They were accused of being terrorist...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
August 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
474 people www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08...
People want a politics of care www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08...
People want a politics of care
As Politics Home reports in an email overnight:
MPs associated with Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) logged on to a online meeting on Thursday evening to discuss the consequences of recognising a Palest...
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August 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
People want a politics of care www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08...
Maybe I'm naive, but it wouldn't take much for British Forces to rock up to the Israel wearing blue helmets and saying to Israel that this aid is going through, shoot at us and we shoot back, maybe at Tel Aviv. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Israel’s new measures do nothing to stop the starvation crisis in Gaza, say aid workers
Humanitarian workers say airdrops and corridors to allow trucks into region have done little to stop the rising death toll, as 48 people killed seeking aid
www.theguardian.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Maybe I'm naive, but it wouldn't take much for British Forces to rock up to the Israel wearing blue helmets and saying to Israel that this aid is going through, shoot at us and we shoot back, maybe at Tel Aviv. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
The doctor’s strike is about an economic system that is on the precipice of collapse www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07...
The doctor’s strike is about an economic system that is on the precipice of collapse
Wes Streeting has chosen to write for The Daily Telegraph today, condemning the doctors’ strike. Doing so, he says he will ensure that non-consultant grade doctors are worse off than they would have b...
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July 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The doctor’s strike is about an economic system that is on the precipice of collapse www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07...
How about putting more money into GP surgeries to replace what the Torys took out and training more GPs, then we might actually be able to see a GP! Then worry about what they do. www.medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/...
GPs Asked to Focus on Jobs and Rehab, Not Sick Notes
GPs in England will trial referring patients to job coaches or gyms instead of issuing fit notes, in a bid to tackle economic inactivity.
www.medscape.co.uk
July 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
How about putting more money into GP surgeries to replace what the Torys took out and training more GPs, then we might actually be able to see a GP! Then worry about what they do. www.medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/...
Complying with the requirements of the law www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07...
Complying with the requirements of the law
I think I need to post this comment made by Lord Anderson of Ipswich, who is a lawyer, in the House of Lords this week, when discussing the Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Or...
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July 6, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Complying with the requirements of the law www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07...
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”Britain is economically dead,” argues Prof Richard Murphy. “We are being screwed by the system, and not by accident. It's by design…What we're seeing here is market failure. But it's also the consequence of deliberate political policy.”
With thanks to @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
With thanks to @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
Economically dead: what is wrong with our economy?
The Resolution Foundation says UK incomes will flatline until 2030. This isn't an accident – it's by design; we need change
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 5:43 AM
”Britain is economically dead,” argues Prof Richard Murphy. “We are being screwed by the system, and not by accident. It's by design…What we're seeing here is market failure. But it's also the consequence of deliberate political policy.”
With thanks to @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
With thanks to @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
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Today the order banning #PalestineAction as "terrorists" came into effect. But they are not terrorists. They are protesters trying to stop a genocide. This is a "first they came for ..." situation. Unless we stand in solidarity against this assault on our freedom, they will pick us off one by one.
July 5, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Today the order banning #PalestineAction as "terrorists" came into effect. But they are not terrorists. They are protesters trying to stop a genocide. This is a "first they came for ..." situation. Unless we stand in solidarity against this assault on our freedom, they will pick us off one by one.
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If you can't see why categorising an organisation that spray paints planes to be the same as Islamic State is a problem then I don't know what to tell you. Utterly grotesque and a genuinely worrying precedent.
July 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
If you can't see why categorising an organisation that spray paints planes to be the same as Islamic State is a problem then I don't know what to tell you. Utterly grotesque and a genuinely worrying precedent.
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A year of Labour: a welfare disaster in the headlines, but is the big picture being missed? Stephen McNair takes a look at what Starmer’s government has done (and what still threatens to undo it).
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
Labour’s first year: what has Starmer really achieved?
Labour’s first year in power has ended with humiliation over welfare reform. But has the focus on that issue drowned out some real achievements?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 5:51 AM
A year of Labour: a welfare disaster in the headlines, but is the big picture being missed? Stephen McNair takes a look at what Starmer’s government has done (and what still threatens to undo it).
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
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Yes. This is in fact what each VP did.
July 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Yes. This is in fact what each VP did.
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40 years of a Thatcherite experiment with privatised buses has obviously failed.
As @patrickharvie.bsky.social said last week, for cheap and reliable public transport you need public ownership.
My first newsletter after a few weeks focusing on other things
rossgreer.beehiiv.com/p/end-the-fa...
As @patrickharvie.bsky.social said last week, for cheap and reliable public transport you need public ownership.
My first newsletter after a few weeks focusing on other things
rossgreer.beehiiv.com/p/end-the-fa...
End the failure of privatised buses in Scotland
Forty years of a Thatcherite experiment has left bus services fragmented, unreliable & expensive. Public ownership is the only solution.
rossgreer.beehiiv.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
40 years of a Thatcherite experiment with privatised buses has obviously failed.
As @patrickharvie.bsky.social said last week, for cheap and reliable public transport you need public ownership.
My first newsletter after a few weeks focusing on other things
rossgreer.beehiiv.com/p/end-the-fa...
As @patrickharvie.bsky.social said last week, for cheap and reliable public transport you need public ownership.
My first newsletter after a few weeks focusing on other things
rossgreer.beehiiv.com/p/end-the-fa...
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Fair comment. Biden gift-wrapped his country for Trump. Stamer is performing the same service for Farage here.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Steve Coogan accuses Labour of paving way for Reform UK
Exclusive: Actor says Keir Starmer’s party has caused a ‘derogation of all the principles they were supposed to represent’
www.theguardian.com
July 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Fair comment. Biden gift-wrapped his country for Trump. Stamer is performing the same service for Farage here.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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One of the other reasons I want to see Putin fall - is then there’s an opportunity to collapse his pan-Western disinformation campaigns.
“Vladimir Putin is spending millions of dollars bombarding European voters with manipulative social media and disinformation campaigns on a mass scale. “
www.politico.eu/article/vlad...
www.politico.eu/article/vlad...
Putin is invading more than Ukraine
The new battlefield is online, and the stakes are democratic sovereignty.
www.politico.eu
July 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
One of the other reasons I want to see Putin fall - is then there’s an opportunity to collapse his pan-Western disinformation campaigns.