After 15 years of #stagnation, parts of #UK are now #poorer than the poorest parts of Slovenia and Malta (reported by #NIESR, see extracts and link below). The #ConservativeParty / #Tory messed up! But #LabourParty hasn't proven itself.

Link: niesr.ac.uk/publications...

#UKPolitics #UKeconomy

Is #Trumpism a #political #movement? Or is it more useful to think of it as a mystical offshoot of #American #Christianity?
#OpenDemocracy and #JeffSharlet (author of The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow #CivilWar) discuss this ⤵️

www.opendemocracy.net/en/podcasts/...

open.spotify.com/episode/5udB...

#China #innovates and undermines #American #Capitalism. #DeepSeek does it cheaply and may be moving towards #ArtificialGeneralIntelligence (#AGI). Is this #evolution of #ArtificialIintelligence (#AI) an #existential #threat?

- youtu.be/wMxXqDNu9_w
- youtu.be/mSkp57j9vdU
- youtu.be/ul6y2IoRNVI

Slide excerpts from article: tribunemag.co.uk/2025/01/jere...

#holocaustmemorialday #holocaust #fascism #neonazism #nazism #neonazi #trump #musk #elonmusk #neonazist #donaldtrump #humanity #crimesagainsthumanity #plutocracy #oligarchy #plutocrats #oligarchs #notonazism #executiveorders #legislation

#Ecotricity founder, #DaleVince, says:
"Here's a worthwhile list to be on. The top 100 #taxpayers in #Britain (I'm 81 apparently). #Taxes built our #economy, they pay for #education, #transport, #health and so much more."

www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/u...

Labour needs an urgent reset because it is failing.
Richard Murphy discusses more. Full transcipt, video and audio below.
Transcript: www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01...
Video:
youtu.be/UHDrIECErgE
Audio: www.podbean.com/ep/pb-snxjf-...
#ukeconomy #labourparty #uklabourparty #economy #politics

"They have done very badly", says Hislop, referring to Starmer and Labour
youtu.be/diHcpZvBjT0
#keirstarmer #uklabourparty #labourparty #ukprimeminister #ukelections #politics #ukpolitics #ukgovernment #government

Satirist and journalist, Ian Hislop, desribes Musk in terms "medieval mysogyny" (referring to Musk's disinformatiom about Jess Phillips) and that "Musk makes no sense".
youtu.be/diHcpZvBjT0
#ianhislop #elonmusk #misogyny #disinformation #jessphillips #journalism #factcheck