David Matson
davod-7.bsky.social
David Matson
@davod-7.bsky.social
Looking for a better world
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Our forecast for today's local elections:

CON: 483 seats (-538 on 2021)
LAB: 334 (+72)
LDEM: 314 (+104)
REF: 311 (+311)
GRN: 56 (+17)
OTH: 109 (-1)

Council-by-council drilldown:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
May 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Great post from @garyseconomics.bsky.social covering the #inequality issue and tackling it.

Hoping political parties like @greenparty.org.uk @scottishgreens.org @snp.org @libdems.org.uk @plaidcymru.bsky.social & @teamlabouruk.bsky.social are listening and support.

youtu.be/rAb_p5DCC3E?...
How to stop the economy from collapsing
YouTube video by Garys Economics
youtu.be
March 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Justice Questions open with Robert Jenrick attempting to blame Government for failure to fit early released prisoners with electronic tags.

Completely ignored that it was the Tories who gave the contract to Serco.

It is either collective amnesia or they are just so embarrassed of their record.
March 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Nigel Farage decides to be honest about Brexit.
January 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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When she says "don't feel like Britain" it's not so much a dog whistle as a foghorn
Emma Trimble, "1 in 12 people in London are illegal immigrants"

Professor Jonathan Portes, "Emma has taken that figure from a story in The Telegraph.. That story was a lie.. The Telegraph has corrected it, The Times has corrected it.. The Sun has corrected it.. And The Daily Mail has corrected it"
February 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Angela Rayner told Sky News she's 'determined' to meet the government's target of building 1.5 million homes - and won't let councils or wildlife stop her

Me: How about dealing with second homes being taken up, houses left empty, failed highstreet with empty buildings.

Can make those homes as well
December 8, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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I rest ye merry gentlemen; continue seeing fit
To celebrate your savior's birth by monetizing it
Through purchasing obscene amounts of useless stupid shit.
O acquirings of smartphones and toys, smartphones and toys,
O acquirings of smartphones and toys.
December 8, 2024 at 5:15 PM