CPBollo
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So, the government are giving the BoE £34 billion every year the pay the banks for….er..nothing!
It also appears that it’s the OBR that’s calling the shots not Reeves.
It’s hard to get your head around how pathetic this is 🤔
It also appears that it’s the OBR that’s calling the shots not Reeves.
It’s hard to get your head around how pathetic this is 🤔
Rachel Reeves’ fatal mistake - Yanis Varoufakis & Wolfgang Munchau | The Econoclasts
YouTube video by UnHerd
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November 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
So, the government are giving the BoE £34 billion every year the pay the banks for….er..nothing!
It also appears that it’s the OBR that’s calling the shots not Reeves.
It’s hard to get your head around how pathetic this is 🤔
It also appears that it’s the OBR that’s calling the shots not Reeves.
It’s hard to get your head around how pathetic this is 🤔
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It's a LIE.
November 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It's a LIE.
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Its a scandal that hospices have to rely on charity for most of their funding. What we need is a publicly funded & fully resourced hospice system within the NHS.
November 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Its a scandal that hospices have to rely on charity for most of their funding. What we need is a publicly funded & fully resourced hospice system within the NHS.
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EveryDoctor has started to gather testimony from frontline NHS staff to bring into the public domain, because we are fed up of seeing political rhetoric filling the papers, with an absolute lack of focus on what’s actually happening to patients+ staff. We’ll keep you updated 💙🚨
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
EveryDoctor has started to gather testimony from frontline NHS staff to bring into the public domain, because we are fed up of seeing political rhetoric filling the papers, with an absolute lack of focus on what’s actually happening to patients+ staff. We’ll keep you updated 💙🚨
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Private healthcare is a scam.
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Private healthcare is a scam.
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Join me tomorrow Monday Nov. 17 in Johannesburg (in-person and online) for a High-Level Dialogue: “Rethinking Debt Sustainability and Exploring Alternative Financing Models Better Suited to Africa’s Context”
Event info: bit.ly/47AyuCi
Online RSVP: shorturl.at/0eOj2
In-person RSVP: shorturl.at/KKXgn
Event info: bit.ly/47AyuCi
Online RSVP: shorturl.at/0eOj2
In-person RSVP: shorturl.at/KKXgn
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Join me tomorrow Monday Nov. 17 in Johannesburg (in-person and online) for a High-Level Dialogue: “Rethinking Debt Sustainability and Exploring Alternative Financing Models Better Suited to Africa’s Context”
Event info: bit.ly/47AyuCi
Online RSVP: shorturl.at/0eOj2
In-person RSVP: shorturl.at/KKXgn
Event info: bit.ly/47AyuCi
Online RSVP: shorturl.at/0eOj2
In-person RSVP: shorturl.at/KKXgn
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Why money isn’t our limit — but political courage is youtu.be/8LyKv8veLCc?...
Why money isn’t our limit — but political courage is
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Why money isn’t our limit — but political courage is youtu.be/8LyKv8veLCc?...
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I have this morning published my guide to AI (artificial intelligence) and how it might be used by someone who wishes to campaign for a better world in which we all might live. It's a free download. Give it a go.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
November 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I have this morning published my guide to AI (artificial intelligence) and how it might be used by someone who wishes to campaign for a better world in which we all might live. It's a free download. Give it a go.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
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Rachel Reeves has already made a complete mess of her Budget, so I thought I should offer an alternative. This is the first part. There are several more to come. When the country's economy is failing, it's time to be radical. Nothing less will do. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
The Alternative Budget 2025 – The Background
Rachel Reeves will be presenting her Budget on November 26, if the Labour government of which she is a part lasts that long.
I will be commenting on that Budget on the day on BBC Radio 2, and elsewh...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Rachel Reeves has already made a complete mess of her Budget, so I thought I should offer an alternative. This is the first part. There are several more to come. When the country's economy is failing, it's time to be radical. Nothing less will do. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
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Watch @whitneyweb.bsky.social
discuss Palantir, Epstein 2.0, Surveillance Capitalism, Larry Ellison, Blackrock, AI slop, and why we should read books
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discuss Palantir, Epstein 2.0, Surveillance Capitalism, Larry Ellison, Blackrock, AI slop, and why we should read books
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Epstein 2.0, Digital Blackmail, AI Surveillance, Anti-Humanism, Propaganda - Whitney Webb
YouTube video by Before Skool
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November 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Watch @whitneyweb.bsky.social
discuss Palantir, Epstein 2.0, Surveillance Capitalism, Larry Ellison, Blackrock, AI slop, and why we should read books
m.youtube.com/watch?v=B1pT...
discuss Palantir, Epstein 2.0, Surveillance Capitalism, Larry Ellison, Blackrock, AI slop, and why we should read books
m.youtube.com/watch?v=B1pT...
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MMT101.ORG
@MMT101DotORG
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1. Tax revenues don't pay for services. All government spending is new money. There can be no tax revenue unless the government has first spent money into the economy.
The UK Government is the monopoly issuer of net new UK pounds.
@MMT101DotORG
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2s
1. Tax revenues don't pay for services. All government spending is new money. There can be no tax revenue unless the government has first spent money into the economy.
The UK Government is the monopoly issuer of net new UK pounds.
November 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
MMT101.ORG
@MMT101DotORG
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2s
1. Tax revenues don't pay for services. All government spending is new money. There can be no tax revenue unless the government has first spent money into the economy.
The UK Government is the monopoly issuer of net new UK pounds.
@MMT101DotORG
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2s
1. Tax revenues don't pay for services. All government spending is new money. There can be no tax revenue unless the government has first spent money into the economy.
The UK Government is the monopoly issuer of net new UK pounds.
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Neo-Liberalism, Trickle-down economics, Thatcherism or whatever you call it really has more in common with fundamentalist religion than anything else.
November 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Neo-Liberalism, Trickle-down economics, Thatcherism or whatever you call it really has more in common with fundamentalist religion than anything else.
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Your regular reminder that the government doesn't need to borrow, it can create as much money as it needs.
#LearnMMT
#LearnMMT
UK borrowing costs up after markets spooked by Reeves’s income tax U-turn
Pound down 0.5% against dollar in early trading after chancellor drops plans for upcoming budget
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Your regular reminder that the government doesn't need to borrow, it can create as much money as it needs.
#LearnMMT
#LearnMMT
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Clive Lewis just made the Economist look like the Daily Star by exposing its bogus ‘economics’"
#TaxTheRich
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
#TaxTheRich
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Clive Lewis just made the Economist look like the Daily Star by exposing its bogus 'economics'
Labour MP Clive Lewis eviscerates the Economist's analysis of government spending, as he calls out the old household analogy
www.thecanary.co
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Clive Lewis just made the Economist look like the Daily Star by exposing its bogus ‘economics’"
#TaxTheRich
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
#TaxTheRich
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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She’s right!
Francesca Albanese accuses UK of ‘enabling genocide’ in Gaza
YouTube video by Middle East Eye
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November 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
She’s right!
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How can Rachel Reeves deliver a Budget when the government is collapsing? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11... You cannot deliver a credible Budget from a government that has already lost its coherence, as this one would appear to have done
How can Rachel Reeves deliver a Budget when the government is collapsing?
According to The Guardian and many other media sources, based on briefings from 10 Downing Street, senior members of the Labour Party have already been manoeuvring for position in anticipation of Keir...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
How can Rachel Reeves deliver a Budget when the government is collapsing? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11... You cannot deliver a credible Budget from a government that has already lost its coherence, as this one would appear to have done
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🤔We asked Dr John Puntis, Co-Chair of Keep Our NHS Public, if using the private sector helped the NHS with its capacity issues. @keepournhspublic.bsky.social.bsky.social
🚨Spoilers: it doesn't. #publicownership #NHS #SOSNHS
🚨Spoilers: it doesn't. #publicownership #NHS #SOSNHS
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🤔We asked Dr John Puntis, Co-Chair of Keep Our NHS Public, if using the private sector helped the NHS with its capacity issues. @keepournhspublic.bsky.social.bsky.social
🚨Spoilers: it doesn't. #publicownership #NHS #SOSNHS
🚨Spoilers: it doesn't. #publicownership #NHS #SOSNHS
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unconvincing defence from Bailey - the real question is why is the Bank of England increasing the costs for government by actively selling gilts when NO other large central bank does it.
www.ft.com/content/620c...
www.ft.com/content/620c...
Bank of England’s Andrew Bailey says QE will offset its costs in long term
Bank governor responds to investors and politicians after value of its holdings of UK government bonds fell
www.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
unconvincing defence from Bailey - the real question is why is the Bank of England increasing the costs for government by actively selling gilts when NO other large central bank does it.
www.ft.com/content/620c...
www.ft.com/content/620c...
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1/ The government has plenty of money. Here's my explainer. A short read.
Some extracts below 🧵
Some extracts below 🧵
We need to talk about government spending and why there is plenty of money
A blog for the promotion of social, economic and environmental justice
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November 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
1/ The government has plenty of money. Here's my explainer. A short read.
Some extracts below 🧵
Some extracts below 🧵
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Politicians who say there is no money are either lying or ignorant.
The black hole in Britain’s economy isn’t in the Treasury
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Politicians who say there is no money are either lying or ignorant.
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The Labour MPs who received ££s from Lexington who represent the owner of private water firm (and major polluter) Southern Water.
- Hamish Falconer, Oliver Ryan, Liam Conlon, Liz Kendall, Pat McFadden and Gregor Poynton
-Mary Creagh and Steve Race were both former lobbyists at Lexington
- Hamish Falconer, Oliver Ryan, Liam Conlon, Liz Kendall, Pat McFadden and Gregor Poynton
-Mary Creagh and Steve Race were both former lobbyists at Lexington
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Have you seen this 👇? It’s really worrying. I’ll pop a video up later about it in case you don’t have time to read the longer piece 🚨
IMPORTANT: New research by EveryDoctor shows how powerful private finance and construction firms are lobbying ministers to revive PFI, a model once condemned as a “catastrophic waste of taxpayers’ money”💰🚨💰🚨
Please share -everyone needs to see this.
everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
Please share -everyone needs to see this.
everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Have you seen this 👇? It’s really worrying. I’ll pop a video up later about it in case you don’t have time to read the longer piece 🚨
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"We would never tolerate a government that chose to defund 70% of neonatal services, gambling that charities would fill the gap. Yet this is exactly the situation for end-of-life care."
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As a palliative care specialist, I’ve witnessed the human tragedy of our end-of-life care crisis | Rachel Clarke
While the government debates assisted dying, palliative care is an afterthought. And many more people face death without the care and support they need, says Rachel Clarke
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"We would never tolerate a government that chose to defund 70% of neonatal services, gambling that charities would fill the gap. Yet this is exactly the situation for end-of-life care."
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...