Gareth Fox
@garethrfox.bsky.social
Kerry James Marshall @RA
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Kerry James Marshall @RA
The charismatic new leader of the Greens in England & Wales!…
October 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The charismatic new leader of the Greens in England & Wales!…
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Jesus christ she’s an utter ghoul and could actually be replaced by an AI bot
Krishnan Guru Murthy, "Isn't it a bit insulting to say to an Indian doctor who is working 60-70 hours a week that in order to get settled status he's got to volunteer?"
Rachel Reeves, "We want people to contribute if they come to our country"
Labour have gone utterly bonkers
Rachel Reeves, "We want people to contribute if they come to our country"
Labour have gone utterly bonkers
September 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Jesus christ she’s an utter ghoul and could actually be replaced by an AI bot
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Spain is a green energy leader, and guess what - its economy is booming off the back of that - and the lower energy prices Spanish businesses and homes pay.
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September 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Spain is a green energy leader, and guess what - its economy is booming off the back of that - and the lower energy prices Spanish businesses and homes pay.
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Precisely. If Starmer doesn’t act on this, he can as well hand over the country to Trump straight away next week.
#Nitenite. #EnoughForToday
#Nitenite. #EnoughForToday
Elon Musk is a wealthy foreign individual attemting to interfere directly in our political process and to stimulate violence on our streets. For our government to ignore this would send the wrong signal to the world. They must do something now.
September 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Precisely. If Starmer doesn’t act on this, he can as well hand over the country to Trump straight away next week.
#Nitenite. #EnoughForToday
#Nitenite. #EnoughForToday
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Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
My colleague @thejohnsimpson.bsky.social has done a terrific deep dive into the financial links between US tech billionaires and Tommy Robinson
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
US cash turned Tommy Robinson into the poster boy of UK f...
Outside the Old Bailey in 2018, a reinvented Tommy Robinson flashed his perfect new teeth to 2,000 diehard supporters at a “free Tommy” rally on a stage ...
observer.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
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Here are the just published findings of 2 years of basic income for artists in Ireland.
🎨 Recipients worked 11 hours more per week on their creations and worked 3.5 hours less per week outside the arts.
⚕️ Depression dropped by 15 percentage points and anxiety by 16.
assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
🎨 Recipients worked 11 hours more per week on their creations and worked 3.5 hours less per week outside the arts.
⚕️ Depression dropped by 15 percentage points and anxiety by 16.
assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
September 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Here are the just published findings of 2 years of basic income for artists in Ireland.
🎨 Recipients worked 11 hours more per week on their creations and worked 3.5 hours less per week outside the arts.
⚕️ Depression dropped by 15 percentage points and anxiety by 16.
assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
🎨 Recipients worked 11 hours more per week on their creations and worked 3.5 hours less per week outside the arts.
⚕️ Depression dropped by 15 percentage points and anxiety by 16.
assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
“Eco-populist” wins…
September 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
“Eco-populist” wins…
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This is so wrong.
No10 spokesman not prepared to criticise anything about Farage speech today.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
August 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is so wrong.
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Farmers like me are ready to protect nature—but government silence is forcing us to destroy it.
Years of conservation lost for lack of leadership.
Steve Reed MP, act now before it’s too late.
Open letter from Graham Denny to a Secretary of State
Years of conservation lost for lack of leadership.
Steve Reed MP, act now before it’s too late.
Open letter from Graham Denny to a Secretary of State
Open Letter: is the sun setting on farming conservation?
Decades of habitat restoration will be lost without immediate stewardship funding. Farmers need clarity now, before nature pays the price
eastangliabylines.co.uk
August 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Farmers like me are ready to protect nature—but government silence is forcing us to destroy it.
Years of conservation lost for lack of leadership.
Steve Reed MP, act now before it’s too late.
Open letter from Graham Denny to a Secretary of State
Years of conservation lost for lack of leadership.
Steve Reed MP, act now before it’s too late.
Open letter from Graham Denny to a Secretary of State
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The government have appointed insolvency advisors as Thames Water edges nearer to collapse.
Customers have been rinsed by privatised water companies for decades, while CEOs and shareholders filled their pockets.
Now is the time to take back control of our water.
Customers have been rinsed by privatised water companies for decades, while CEOs and shareholders filled their pockets.
Now is the time to take back control of our water.
August 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The government have appointed insolvency advisors as Thames Water edges nearer to collapse.
Customers have been rinsed by privatised water companies for decades, while CEOs and shareholders filled their pockets.
Now is the time to take back control of our water.
Customers have been rinsed by privatised water companies for decades, while CEOs and shareholders filled their pockets.
Now is the time to take back control of our water.
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Deeply shocked by Israel’s deliberate killing of the Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, his colleague Mohammed Qreiqeh and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa. Israel has now killed at least 186 journalists in this war.
August 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Deeply shocked by Israel’s deliberate killing of the Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, his colleague Mohammed Qreiqeh and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa. Israel has now killed at least 186 journalists in this war.
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The Mirror's Kevin Maguire argues the only way for Britain to return to its former prosperity is with a plan to return to the EU after Brexit proved to be a giant con that only leaves us poorer and weaker
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Brexit was a giant con by plastic patriots – we need a plan to get back in EU'
The Mirror's Kevin Maguire argues the only way for Britain to return to its former prosperity is with a plan to return to the EU after Brexit proved to be a giant con that only leaves us poorer and we...
www.mirror.co.uk
August 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The Mirror's Kevin Maguire argues the only way for Britain to return to its former prosperity is with a plan to return to the EU after Brexit proved to be a giant con that only leaves us poorer and weaker
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Why it matters that government spending comes before tax www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08...
Why it matters that government spending comes before tax
One of the most important things to understand about how government finances work is that in a country like the UK, which issues its own currency, has its own central bank and a reasonably well-functi...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
August 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Why it matters that government spending comes before tax www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08...
Reeves urged to consider replacing council tax as thinktank warns of ‘impossible trilemma’ for chancellor – UK politics live.
We need a land value tax now.
We need a land value tax now.
August 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Reeves urged to consider replacing council tax as thinktank warns of ‘impossible trilemma’ for chancellor – UK politics live.
We need a land value tax now.
We need a land value tax now.
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Everyone over 18 in Malaysia will get the equivalent of about $70. That is per person and thus checks 4 out of 5 boxes for a UBI. If the impact of their fully universal stimulus is impressive enough, perhaps they will consider checking that 5th box... periodicity.
www.dagangnews.com/article/engl...
www.dagangnews.com/article/engl...
Malaysia’s Bold Welfare Reform Pilot Could Lead to First Universal Basic Income in the World — Prof Geoffrey Williams | DagangNews - Berita Bisnes Anda
Malaysia’s recent announcement of a one-off RM100 cash aid to every adult citizen is not just a populist gesture—it could be the foundation of a historic policy shift that positions the country as a g...
www.dagangnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Everyone over 18 in Malaysia will get the equivalent of about $70. That is per person and thus checks 4 out of 5 boxes for a UBI. If the impact of their fully universal stimulus is impressive enough, perhaps they will consider checking that 5th box... periodicity.
www.dagangnews.com/article/engl...
www.dagangnews.com/article/engl...
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New drop from the always-excellent @scottsantens.com , making the case for how #BasicIncome is the answer to Poverty, Insecurity, and Inequality - well worth a read
zurl.co/8Bfd1
zurl.co/8Bfd1
What the Media Isn’t Telling You: Why Universal Basic Income Is the Answer to Poverty, Insecurity, and Inequality
Why Universal Basic Income can solve poverty, insecurity, and inequality—and why opponents fear its power to shift our economy.
zurl.co
August 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
New drop from the always-excellent @scottsantens.com , making the case for how #BasicIncome is the answer to Poverty, Insecurity, and Inequality - well worth a read
zurl.co/8Bfd1
zurl.co/8Bfd1
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A wealth tax is daft apparently but a tax on the poor, to pay for a new nuclear power station - that’s OK, it’s not like they have better things to spend their money on, is it...
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UK business secretary dismisses wealth tax as ‘daft’
Jonathan Reynolds rules out targeting assets of the rich to plug growing hole in public finances
on.ft.com
July 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A wealth tax is daft apparently but a tax on the poor, to pay for a new nuclear power station - that’s OK, it’s not like they have better things to spend their money on, is it...
buff.ly/yNcmDNb
buff.ly/yNcmDNb
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How many more disasters before we accept the obvious… Time to nationalise water.
July 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
How many more disasters before we accept the obvious… Time to nationalise water.
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I'd say the most common response to universal basic income is some variant of "it will just increase prices!" In response, I frequently find myself explaining how it's not that simple, and there are many variables involved. So here's my summary of 17 of those variables to consider.
17 Key Variables That Determine UBI’s Inflationary Impact
Will universal basic income cause inflation? Will the prices of everything rise? I get asked that all the time. Here's the deal about UBI and inflation: it all depends.
Can UBI be inflationary? Sure,...
www.scottsantens.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I'd say the most common response to universal basic income is some variant of "it will just increase prices!" In response, I frequently find myself explaining how it's not that simple, and there are many variables involved. So here's my summary of 17 of those variables to consider.
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Palestine Action is proscribed as a terrorist group for painting some planes. Meanwhile, Britain First are attacking police and damaging property without that label. Why is that? Surely Britain First should be fast tracked for proscription?
July 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Palestine Action is proscribed as a terrorist group for painting some planes. Meanwhile, Britain First are attacking police and damaging property without that label. Why is that? Surely Britain First should be fast tracked for proscription?
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The UK is long overdue serious overhaul of its political system. “Good chaps” don’t exist. Foreign money rife. Structures outdated. Electoral system unrepresentative. Inadequate guardrails against abuse of power or corruption. Weak ethics code. Unhealthy rel’shp between pols, palace and press. 😡😡😡
Rubbing my eyes in disbelief at this EXTRAORDINARY report by @josiah.writes.news in this month @bylinetimes.bsky.social. Our pol system is truly broken: no transparency on money in politics, corrupt appts to Hse of Lords, and ZERO checks on who can run for election, if they even exist or live here!
July 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The UK is long overdue serious overhaul of its political system. “Good chaps” don’t exist. Foreign money rife. Structures outdated. Electoral system unrepresentative. Inadequate guardrails against abuse of power or corruption. Weak ethics code. Unhealthy rel’shp between pols, palace and press. 😡😡😡
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Rubbing my eyes in disbelief at this EXTRAORDINARY report by @josiah.writes.news in this month @bylinetimes.bsky.social. Our pol system is truly broken: no transparency on money in politics, corrupt appts to Hse of Lords, and ZERO checks on who can run for election, if they even exist or live here!
July 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Rubbing my eyes in disbelief at this EXTRAORDINARY report by @josiah.writes.news in this month @bylinetimes.bsky.social. Our pol system is truly broken: no transparency on money in politics, corrupt appts to Hse of Lords, and ZERO checks on who can run for election, if they even exist or live here!