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When the Far-Right show up on my timeline, I answer with facts, then the insults come.
The absence of any shred of intellectual acumen is palpable.
I have an established pattern of responses, reasoning, facts, then block.
The absence of any shred of intellectual acumen is palpable.
I have an established pattern of responses, reasoning, facts, then block.
July 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
When the Far-Right show up on my timeline, I answer with facts, then the insults come.
The absence of any shred of intellectual acumen is palpable.
I have an established pattern of responses, reasoning, facts, then block.
The absence of any shred of intellectual acumen is palpable.
I have an established pattern of responses, reasoning, facts, then block.
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A sudden dramatic shift in the BBC's coverage.
Why?
Because everybody knows that the utter calamity engulfing Gaza is going to be impossible to hide.
For the Guilty Men of the media: you all had ample warning for 21 months!
You did this! Everything that now happens is on you.
Why?
Because everybody knows that the utter calamity engulfing Gaza is going to be impossible to hide.
For the Guilty Men of the media: you all had ample warning for 21 months!
You did this! Everything that now happens is on you.
July 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A sudden dramatic shift in the BBC's coverage.
Why?
Because everybody knows that the utter calamity engulfing Gaza is going to be impossible to hide.
For the Guilty Men of the media: you all had ample warning for 21 months!
You did this! Everything that now happens is on you.
Why?
Because everybody knows that the utter calamity engulfing Gaza is going to be impossible to hide.
For the Guilty Men of the media: you all had ample warning for 21 months!
You did this! Everything that now happens is on you.
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July 23, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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🤔 Has the corporate world taken over the UK's Labour party?
July 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🤔 Has the corporate world taken over the UK's Labour party?
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Instead of snatching crumbs from workers, pensioners & the disabled, Labour should target the massive concentration of wealth built up by the richest 1%. A #wealthtax, as well as fairer taxes on corporate profiteers & the highest earners, would deliver far more money than any cuts to benefits.
April 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Instead of snatching crumbs from workers, pensioners & the disabled, Labour should target the massive concentration of wealth built up by the richest 1%. A #wealthtax, as well as fairer taxes on corporate profiteers & the highest earners, would deliver far more money than any cuts to benefits.
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THE CANARY: Privatised water costs us dearly: Study reveals a staggering 35% 'privatisation tax' on bills. Time for a collective push towards reclaiming our essential resource for the public good?
- by James Wright
- by James Wright
How much higher are our water bills because of privatisation? A lot.
Even when accounting for nationalisation costs, we would save £5 billion per year on our water bills by bringing water into public ownership
www.thecanary.co
April 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
THE CANARY: Privatised water costs us dearly: Study reveals a staggering 35% 'privatisation tax' on bills. Time for a collective push towards reclaiming our essential resource for the public good?
- by James Wright
- by James Wright
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Where did all that money go? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04... Hundreds of billions were supposedly wiped off the value of stock markets yesterday. I am always asked, "Where did the money go?" when that happens. And the answer is it went nowhere. Instead, that figure is a measure of lost hope.
Where did all that money go?
I was, yesterday, asked the almost inevitable question that is sent in my direction every time stock exchanges fall significantly, and that is, 'Where did all that money go? '
The answer is 'Nowhere'...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
April 8, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Where did all that money go? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04... Hundreds of billions were supposedly wiped off the value of stock markets yesterday. I am always asked, "Where did the money go?" when that happens. And the answer is it went nowhere. Instead, that figure is a measure of lost hope.
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The situation in Gaza is bleak.
Israel continues its bombing campaign and starving of the Palestinian people whilst Western governments turn a blind eye to these atrocities.
The British and US governments must stop arming Israel immediately.
Israel continues its bombing campaign and starving of the Palestinian people whilst Western governments turn a blind eye to these atrocities.
The British and US governments must stop arming Israel immediately.
World must act now to help Gazans under Israeli blockade, UN chiefs urge
Israel has blocked humanitarian supplies and fuel from entering for five weeks - the longest period since the war began.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The situation in Gaza is bleak.
Israel continues its bombing campaign and starving of the Palestinian people whilst Western governments turn a blind eye to these atrocities.
The British and US governments must stop arming Israel immediately.
Israel continues its bombing campaign and starving of the Palestinian people whilst Western governments turn a blind eye to these atrocities.
The British and US governments must stop arming Israel immediately.
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Wes Streeting wants to sack 100,000 NHS staff. He could do that. But he will make it hopelessly inefficient and vastly less productive as a result. It's as if Labour wants to sacrifice everything of value - and all for the sake of Rachel Reeves' spreadsheet. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04...
Wes Streeting’s NHS redundancies make no sense
This is a headline story in the Guardian this morning:
Hospitals in England could axe more than 100,000 jobs as a result of the huge reorganisation and brutal cost-cutting ordered by Wes Streeting an...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
April 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Wes Streeting wants to sack 100,000 NHS staff. He could do that. But he will make it hopelessly inefficient and vastly less productive as a result. It's as if Labour wants to sacrifice everything of value - and all for the sake of Rachel Reeves' spreadsheet. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04...
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EveryDoctor map showing the donations MPs are receiving from people+companies linked to private healthcare! 🚨💙
April 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
EveryDoctor map showing the donations MPs are receiving from people+companies linked to private healthcare! 🚨💙
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The government's choice to push millions of people into destitution with its austerity policies and cuts to welfare is abhorrent.
Starmer should scrap the two-child benefit cap and invest in our communities to end the cruel cycle of poverty.
Starmer should scrap the two-child benefit cap and invest in our communities to end the cruel cycle of poverty.
Scrap two-child benefit cap to give local councils a much-needed cash injection
Hundreds of thousands of children would be lifted out of poverty, saving constituencies millions, if the two-child benefit cap was scrapped.
www.bigissue.com
April 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The government's choice to push millions of people into destitution with its austerity policies and cuts to welfare is abhorrent.
Starmer should scrap the two-child benefit cap and invest in our communities to end the cruel cycle of poverty.
Starmer should scrap the two-child benefit cap and invest in our communities to end the cruel cycle of poverty.
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There is a rapidly growing number of key workers on zero-hour contracts, delivery drivers, carers, online labour or cloud labour, remote labour, stand-by employment, who qualify as The Precariat; precarious work, insecure labour tailored for a 'concierge economy' during a New Gilded Age.
April 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
There is a rapidly growing number of key workers on zero-hour contracts, delivery drivers, carers, online labour or cloud labour, remote labour, stand-by employment, who qualify as The Precariat; precarious work, insecure labour tailored for a 'concierge economy' during a New Gilded Age.
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My latest article on the dangers of Sunak and Starmer's deregulated free zones is free to read via The Canary
@thecanaryuk.bsky.social
Freeports: what are they, and why did Labour sign off on them with the Tories?
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
@thecanaryuk.bsky.social
Freeports: what are they, and why did Labour sign off on them with the Tories?
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Freeports: what are they, and why did Labour sign off on them with the Tories?
“Freeports represent a significant threat to the well-being of Britain” says Richard Murphy - so, why do they continue to go under the radar?
www.thecanary.co
April 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My latest article on the dangers of Sunak and Starmer's deregulated free zones is free to read via The Canary
@thecanaryuk.bsky.social
Freeports: what are they, and why did Labour sign off on them with the Tories?
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
@thecanaryuk.bsky.social
Freeports: what are they, and why did Labour sign off on them with the Tories?
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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This is exactly why I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social in calling on the government to rethink its cruel & completely irresponsible plan
April 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is exactly why I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social in calling on the government to rethink its cruel & completely irresponsible plan
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New research: public ownership of water could cut bills by £3–5bn a year.
Bosses of profit-gouging water companies fund studies claiming it’s “too expensive.” It’s not. It would just mean they take the hit instead of the public, who’ve footed the bill for 35 years of failure.
Bosses of profit-gouging water companies fund studies claiming it’s “too expensive.” It’s not. It would just mean they take the hit instead of the public, who’ve footed the bill for 35 years of failure.
April 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
New research: public ownership of water could cut bills by £3–5bn a year.
Bosses of profit-gouging water companies fund studies claiming it’s “too expensive.” It’s not. It would just mean they take the hit instead of the public, who’ve footed the bill for 35 years of failure.
Bosses of profit-gouging water companies fund studies claiming it’s “too expensive.” It’s not. It would just mean they take the hit instead of the public, who’ve footed the bill for 35 years of failure.
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They're letting Israel quite literally get away with industrialised murder.
April 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
They're letting Israel quite literally get away with industrialised murder.
Reposted by Chris E
Trump is seeking world domination. That is what his tariffs are all about. We have to accede to his worldview, or be punished. When will our politicians wake up and smell the coffee? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04...
The world needs to realise that we are at war with a fascist tyrant in the USA
As Heather Cox Richardson has noted in her Letter from an American this morning:
The plan, as Vice President J.D. Vance explained in a 2021 interview, is to destroy the current government, business, e...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
April 4, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Trump is seeking world domination. That is what his tariffs are all about. We have to accede to his worldview, or be punished. When will our politicians wake up and smell the coffee? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04...
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'How do you negotiate with this?'
Rage as Trump suggests he's crashing market on purpose
www.rawstory.com/trump-econom...
Rage as Trump suggests he's crashing market on purpose
www.rawstory.com/trump-econom...
'How do you negotiate with this?' Rage as Trump suggests he's crashing market on purpose
President Donald Trump left Washington on Thursday to fly back to Mar-a-Lago for the weekend. By Friday morning, the stock market was in freefall for a second day in a row. From his Truth Social page,...
www.rawstory.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
'How do you negotiate with this?'
Rage as Trump suggests he's crashing market on purpose
www.rawstory.com/trump-econom...
Rage as Trump suggests he's crashing market on purpose
www.rawstory.com/trump-econom...
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Neoliberal thinking is deeply dangerous. People who believe in it do, as a result, detach themselves from the realities that exist in the world. There is a description for that detachment from reality, which is that it is madness. That's what we are witnessing.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04...
The neoliberal thinking that underpins Trump’s tariffs is a form of madness
I have already noted this morning that we need to be rid of neoliberalism if we are to have politics that cares about the well-being of people in this world.
Donald Trump’s tariff policy is an exampl...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
April 4, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Neoliberal thinking is deeply dangerous. People who believe in it do, as a result, detach themselves from the realities that exist in the world. There is a description for that detachment from reality, which is that it is madness. That's what we are witnessing.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04...
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It’s so bizarre when people try to claim that private companies are helping the NHS. Every single pound of public money put into a private shareholder’s pocket is a pound that could have been reinvested into the NHS 🚨
April 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It’s so bizarre when people try to claim that private companies are helping the NHS. Every single pound of public money put into a private shareholder’s pocket is a pound that could have been reinvested into the NHS 🚨
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Question!
In light of Trump’s global tariff attacks, will these tariffs apply in Freeports and Special Economic Zones?
There are 74 SEZs and 12 Freeports in the UK.
In light of Trump’s global tariff attacks, will these tariffs apply in Freeports and Special Economic Zones?
There are 74 SEZs and 12 Freeports in the UK.
April 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Question!
In light of Trump’s global tariff attacks, will these tariffs apply in Freeports and Special Economic Zones?
There are 74 SEZs and 12 Freeports in the UK.
In light of Trump’s global tariff attacks, will these tariffs apply in Freeports and Special Economic Zones?
There are 74 SEZs and 12 Freeports in the UK.
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The government claims there is no money to lift people out of poverty, yet it finds billions for war and weapons.
We believe there is an alternative.
✍️Add your name to the #DignityDeclaration: thedignitydeclaration.co.uk
We believe there is an alternative.
✍️Add your name to the #DignityDeclaration: thedignitydeclaration.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The government claims there is no money to lift people out of poverty, yet it finds billions for war and weapons.
We believe there is an alternative.
✍️Add your name to the #DignityDeclaration: thedignitydeclaration.co.uk
We believe there is an alternative.
✍️Add your name to the #DignityDeclaration: thedignitydeclaration.co.uk
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Is Wes Streeting about to give special treatment to private companies?🚨
👉https://open.substack.com/pub/jujuliagrace/p/streeting-and-starmer-show-theyre?r=2654ap&utm_medium=ios
👉https://open.substack.com/pub/jujuliagrace/p/streeting-and-starmer-show-theyre?r=2654ap&utm_medium=ios
Is Wes Streeting about to give special treatment to private companies?
Call To Action
open.substack.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Is Wes Streeting about to give special treatment to private companies?🚨
👉https://open.substack.com/pub/jujuliagrace/p/streeting-and-starmer-show-theyre?r=2654ap&utm_medium=ios
👉https://open.substack.com/pub/jujuliagrace/p/streeting-and-starmer-show-theyre?r=2654ap&utm_medium=ios