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@goodthingbetter.bsky.social
Retired Dr; Socialist; fair taxes (of the wealthy); against increased inequality.
#StarmerOut #CorruptToriesOut #ApartheidIsrael #FreePalestine
#StarmerOut #CorruptToriesOut #ApartheidIsrael #FreePalestine
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George Monbiot delivers a perfect analysis of where we're at with capitalism on the new episode of Bold Politics with Zack Polanski.
Premiering on YouTube now: youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI
Premiering on YouTube now: youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI
November 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
George Monbiot delivers a perfect analysis of where we're at with capitalism on the new episode of Bold Politics with Zack Polanski.
Premiering on YouTube now: youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI
Premiering on YouTube now: youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI
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Believe me this is the plan all across the World.
Work and die, no healthcare for you.
Work and die, no healthcare for you.
November 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Believe me this is the plan all across the World.
Work and die, no healthcare for you.
Work and die, no healthcare for you.
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At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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#EpsteinFiles #LolitaExpress #SexCrimes #Coverup
Epstein/Maxwell - Virginia Giuffre, 2020
🦋 "I was a baby stuck in a world where grown-ups were allowed to do whatever they wanted, and I was lost"
Epstein/Maxwell - Virginia Giuffre, 2020
🦋 "I was a baby stuck in a world where grown-ups were allowed to do whatever they wanted, and I was lost"
July 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
#EpsteinFiles #LolitaExpress #SexCrimes #Coverup
Epstein/Maxwell - Virginia Giuffre, 2020
🦋 "I was a baby stuck in a world where grown-ups were allowed to do whatever they wanted, and I was lost"
Epstein/Maxwell - Virginia Giuffre, 2020
🦋 "I was a baby stuck in a world where grown-ups were allowed to do whatever they wanted, and I was lost"
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I dunno, how can you justify voting against banning the glorification of Nazism and racism unless you are a Nszi or a racist.
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
West - including UK - votes AGAINST UN motion banning glorification of Nazism
Russia and almost every Asian, African and South American nation backed the UN resolution to oppose the glorification of Nazism
www.thecanary.co
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I dunno, how can you justify voting against banning the glorification of Nazism and racism unless you are a Nszi or a racist.
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
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🚨EMERGENCY DEMO: Tell Labour: Stop copying Reform’s racism
This Wednesday📍Home Office
The Labour gov’s new asylum plan is one of cruelty that will only fuel the rise of Reform UK. Join the protest to say stop copying Reform’s racism, refugees are welcome here #StandUpToRacism
This Wednesday📍Home Office
The Labour gov’s new asylum plan is one of cruelty that will only fuel the rise of Reform UK. Join the protest to say stop copying Reform’s racism, refugees are welcome here #StandUpToRacism
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚨EMERGENCY DEMO: Tell Labour: Stop copying Reform’s racism
This Wednesday📍Home Office
The Labour gov’s new asylum plan is one of cruelty that will only fuel the rise of Reform UK. Join the protest to say stop copying Reform’s racism, refugees are welcome here #StandUpToRacism
This Wednesday📍Home Office
The Labour gov’s new asylum plan is one of cruelty that will only fuel the rise of Reform UK. Join the protest to say stop copying Reform’s racism, refugees are welcome here #StandUpToRacism
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If you go to the supermarket you will find that the prices never go down
That's because this handful of corporations not only supplies almost everything in the supermarket, they also own controlling shares in the supermarkets too
Doesn't matter if it's New York, London or Tokyo
That's because this handful of corporations not only supplies almost everything in the supermarket, they also own controlling shares in the supermarkets too
Doesn't matter if it's New York, London or Tokyo
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
If you go to the supermarket you will find that the prices never go down
That's because this handful of corporations not only supplies almost everything in the supermarket, they also own controlling shares in the supermarkets too
Doesn't matter if it's New York, London or Tokyo
That's because this handful of corporations not only supplies almost everything in the supermarket, they also own controlling shares in the supermarkets too
Doesn't matter if it's New York, London or Tokyo
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The UK, which continued military collaboration with Israel as it deliberately starved Palestinians in Gaza, gives a speech at the UN lamenting the use of "starvation as a weapon of war".
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The UK, which continued military collaboration with Israel as it deliberately starved Palestinians in Gaza, gives a speech at the UN lamenting the use of "starvation as a weapon of war".
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BREAKING: Israeli forces have shot and wounded an Al Jazeera journalist in Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/z68e2t
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/z68e2t
November 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
BREAKING: Israeli forces have shot and wounded an Al Jazeera journalist in Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/z68e2t
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/z68e2t
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From Germany: "The UK wants to abolish the obligation to support asylum seekers that became EU law in 2005. UK had 84,200 asylum applications in 2024. From 2011 – 2020 (before Brexit) the average was 27,500 applications per year. By comparison, in Germany, 250,945 people applied for asylum in 2024."
ROUNDUP: Getrieben von rechts - London will Asylsystem verschärfen - boerse.de
LONDON (dpa-AFX) - Unter dem Druck der rechtspopulistischen Gegner hat Großbritanniens sozialdemokratische Regierung eine drastische Verschärfung der...
www.boerse.de
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
From Germany: "The UK wants to abolish the obligation to support asylum seekers that became EU law in 2005. UK had 84,200 asylum applications in 2024. From 2011 – 2020 (before Brexit) the average was 27,500 applications per year. By comparison, in Germany, 250,945 people applied for asylum in 2024."
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The Labour Govt oppose a modest wealth tax on the assets of the Super-Rich yet they are happy to seize the assets of asylum-seekers who have little to nothing.
Keir Starmer has betrayed every value & principle that the Labour Party was set-up to represent.
Keir Starmer has betrayed every value & principle that the Labour Party was set-up to represent.
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The Labour Govt oppose a modest wealth tax on the assets of the Super-Rich yet they are happy to seize the assets of asylum-seekers who have little to nothing.
Keir Starmer has betrayed every value & principle that the Labour Party was set-up to represent.
Keir Starmer has betrayed every value & principle that the Labour Party was set-up to represent.
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Amen
Not insignificant - massively destructive
Not insignificant - massively destructive
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Amen
Not insignificant - massively destructive
Not insignificant - massively destructive
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Read the full article here👇
www.declassifieduk.org/gaza-reveals...
www.declassifieduk.org/gaza-reveals...
Gaza reveals how Britain is run, and why we must change it
The horror of Israel’s genocide exposes the UK’s oligarchic governance system, and implores us to transform our political system
www.declassifieduk.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Read the full article here👇
www.declassifieduk.org/gaza-reveals...
www.declassifieduk.org/gaza-reveals...
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👉NEW -- Gaza reveals how Britain is run, and why we must change it
by Mark Curtis and Laura Pidcock
The horror of Israel’s genocide exposes the UK’s oligarchic governance system, and implores us to transform our political system.
by Mark Curtis and Laura Pidcock
The horror of Israel’s genocide exposes the UK’s oligarchic governance system, and implores us to transform our political system.
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
👉NEW -- Gaza reveals how Britain is run, and why we must change it
by Mark Curtis and Laura Pidcock
The horror of Israel’s genocide exposes the UK’s oligarchic governance system, and implores us to transform our political system.
by Mark Curtis and Laura Pidcock
The horror of Israel’s genocide exposes the UK’s oligarchic governance system, and implores us to transform our political system.
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UK and Norway won nature's lottery in 1970 - found oil/gas in the North Sea.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
How sparsely populated Norway amassed $1.8 trillion | Fortune Europe
Launched in the early 1990s to invest mostly in bonds, the fund has grown to become the largest of its kind by acquiring small equity stakes in thousands of companies across the world.
fortune.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
UK and Norway won nature's lottery in 1970 - found oil/gas in the North Sea.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
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Using private finance for NHS infrastructure is like taking out a payday loan
A MASSIVE rip off that affects patient care
Today 53 academics tell Rachel Reeves: no new PFI in the budget
Sign the petition weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
Join us today at 1pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tell-rache...
A MASSIVE rip off that affects patient care
Today 53 academics tell Rachel Reeves: no new PFI in the budget
Sign the petition weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
Join us today at 1pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tell-rache...
Petition: No new PFI in Neighbourhood Health Services
Wes Streeting: do not use a “Public Private Partnership” to finance Neighbourhood Health Centres
weownit.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Using private finance for NHS infrastructure is like taking out a payday loan
A MASSIVE rip off that affects patient care
Today 53 academics tell Rachel Reeves: no new PFI in the budget
Sign the petition weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
Join us today at 1pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tell-rache...
A MASSIVE rip off that affects patient care
Today 53 academics tell Rachel Reeves: no new PFI in the budget
Sign the petition weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
Join us today at 1pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tell-rache...
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This is Richard Smith of the South Durham Hunt and he thinks it’s ok to hit a horse over the head. Make this ‘man’ famous.
Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25
Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is Richard Smith of the South Durham Hunt and he thinks it’s ok to hit a horse over the head. Make this ‘man’ famous.
Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25
Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25
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I've signed this cross party letter with many other politicians and leaders across civil society.
The Labour Government is making a disastrous mistake with nuclear weapons expansion - this will not make us any safer.
The opposite is true - more info below 👇🏼
@cnduk.bsky.social
The Labour Government is making a disastrous mistake with nuclear weapons expansion - this will not make us any safer.
The opposite is true - more info below 👇🏼
@cnduk.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I've signed this cross party letter with many other politicians and leaders across civil society.
The Labour Government is making a disastrous mistake with nuclear weapons expansion - this will not make us any safer.
The opposite is true - more info below 👇🏼
@cnduk.bsky.social
The Labour Government is making a disastrous mistake with nuclear weapons expansion - this will not make us any safer.
The opposite is true - more info below 👇🏼
@cnduk.bsky.social
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Private companies operating care services in just three regions of England made £250m profits in 3 years,
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Private companies operating care services in just three regions of England made £250m profits in 3 years,
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
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The speed at which people and investors are finding out that their 'vibes' and 'gut feeling' for the next big thing Ai is a scam
youtu.be/mnAP23UI_lk
Is a lot faster than anyone thought.
youtu.be/mnAP23UI_lk
Is a lot faster than anyone thought.
Finished AI Data Centers Have No Electricity -- AI Fraud Can't Fake Reality
YouTube video by Eli the Computer Guy
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The speed at which people and investors are finding out that their 'vibes' and 'gut feeling' for the next big thing Ai is a scam
youtu.be/mnAP23UI_lk
Is a lot faster than anyone thought.
youtu.be/mnAP23UI_lk
Is a lot faster than anyone thought.
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Race to the bottom.
UK banks push for easing of capital adequacy rules. They want deregulation and lower capital requirements to compete with shadow banks which are unregulated.
This will end in tears. Public purse will bear the cost. All avoidable. Will any govt resist the City?
archive.ph/t2poX
UK banks push for easing of capital adequacy rules. They want deregulation and lower capital requirements to compete with shadow banks which are unregulated.
This will end in tears. Public purse will bear the cost. All avoidable. Will any govt resist the City?
archive.ph/t2poX
UK banks push for easing of capital rules to counter surge in private credit
HSBC and Barclays executives tell House of Lords committee that they are losing ground to US rivals
www.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Race to the bottom.
UK banks push for easing of capital adequacy rules. They want deregulation and lower capital requirements to compete with shadow banks which are unregulated.
This will end in tears. Public purse will bear the cost. All avoidable. Will any govt resist the City?
archive.ph/t2poX
UK banks push for easing of capital adequacy rules. They want deregulation and lower capital requirements to compete with shadow banks which are unregulated.
This will end in tears. Public purse will bear the cost. All avoidable. Will any govt resist the City?
archive.ph/t2poX
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You’ve been told ‘scrapping Net Zero will reduce the cost of living’, so I asked X users how much the average U.K household pays per day to deliver a clean, independent energy system.
💷 9% thought £7.85.
💷 7% £5.16.
💷 14% £3.09.
💷 70% £1.63.
None were correct.
It’s 47p.
💷 9% thought £7.85.
💷 7% £5.16.
💷 14% £3.09.
💷 70% £1.63.
None were correct.
It’s 47p.
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
You’ve been told ‘scrapping Net Zero will reduce the cost of living’, so I asked X users how much the average U.K household pays per day to deliver a clean, independent energy system.
💷 9% thought £7.85.
💷 7% £5.16.
💷 14% £3.09.
💷 70% £1.63.
None were correct.
It’s 47p.
💷 9% thought £7.85.
💷 7% £5.16.
💷 14% £3.09.
💷 70% £1.63.
None were correct.
It’s 47p.
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Fiscal rules, low taxes on capital and privatisation all serve the wealthy, not society. Ending these subsidies could release the capacity for the investment we need in care, housing, and decent wages.
If we stop affording the rich, we can afford everyone else.
If we stop affording the rich, we can afford everyone else.
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Fiscal rules, low taxes on capital and privatisation all serve the wealthy, not society. Ending these subsidies could release the capacity for the investment we need in care, housing, and decent wages.
If we stop affording the rich, we can afford everyone else.
If we stop affording the rich, we can afford everyone else.
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From the above 🧵 & Stewart clip, it seems clear that corporations DON'T pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
They get handouts left & right. They get bailouts when they fail. They lobby for lower tax rates & tax incentives religiously.
Bootstrapping is a myth only the middle class abides by. 🧵
They get handouts left & right. They get bailouts when they fail. They lobby for lower tax rates & tax incentives religiously.
Bootstrapping is a myth only the middle class abides by. 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
From the above 🧵 & Stewart clip, it seems clear that corporations DON'T pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
They get handouts left & right. They get bailouts when they fail. They lobby for lower tax rates & tax incentives religiously.
Bootstrapping is a myth only the middle class abides by. 🧵
They get handouts left & right. They get bailouts when they fail. They lobby for lower tax rates & tax incentives religiously.
Bootstrapping is a myth only the middle class abides by. 🧵