John Bagley
@johnbagley.bsky.social
I'm for Liberty, Stop the War and all things progressive. I'm fascinated by science generally, maybe even more than by politics, if that's possible.
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Well done to all those who have tirelessly campaigned to scrap the 2-child benefit cap.
Today, the government admitted it had been keeping thousands of children in poverty for no reason whatsoever.
Next, tax wealth, reverse austerity and end the privatisation rip-off!
Today, the government admitted it had been keeping thousands of children in poverty for no reason whatsoever.
Next, tax wealth, reverse austerity and end the privatisation rip-off!
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Well done to all those who have tirelessly campaigned to scrap the 2-child benefit cap.
Today, the government admitted it had been keeping thousands of children in poverty for no reason whatsoever.
Next, tax wealth, reverse austerity and end the privatisation rip-off!
Today, the government admitted it had been keeping thousands of children in poverty for no reason whatsoever.
Next, tax wealth, reverse austerity and end the privatisation rip-off!
This is a major anti-democratic proposal from Lammy. Juries reduce the risk of miscarriages of justice; and a judge for example would be free to crack down on peaceful protest, without the input of a jury.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases
Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan for England and Wales, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This is a major anti-democratic proposal from Lammy. Juries reduce the risk of miscarriages of justice; and a judge for example would be free to crack down on peaceful protest, without the input of a jury.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
The government lost (??) them and so far are ignoring that and just considering the responses they kept. Outrageous!
🚨This is a scandal! The government lost thousands of public responses to their railway consultation.
That means that if you want to end the private rolling stock ripoff, or cut fares, or end competition law in the railway, your voice was silenced.
Take action here: weownit.org.uk/act-now/rail...
That means that if you want to end the private rolling stock ripoff, or cut fares, or end competition law in the railway, your voice was silenced.
Take action here: weownit.org.uk/act-now/rail...
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The government lost (??) them and so far are ignoring that and just considering the responses they kept. Outrageous!
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🚨BREAKING -- A new UN report has found Israel's annihilation of Gaza has erased 69 years of human development, marking the worst economic collapse ever recorded.
All with the UK government's support👇
unctad.org/publication/...
All with the UK government's support👇
unctad.org/publication/...
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🚨BREAKING -- A new UN report has found Israel's annihilation of Gaza has erased 69 years of human development, marking the worst economic collapse ever recorded.
All with the UK government's support👇
unctad.org/publication/...
All with the UK government's support👇
unctad.org/publication/...
Labour will privatise the NHS through a form of PFI, crippling it with further massive debt, and create profit streams for private companies from our public funds.
It’s unbelievable that Starmer, Reeves and Streeting are doing this…🚨
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Labour will privatise the NHS through a form of PFI, crippling it with further massive debt, and create profit streams for private companies from our public funds.
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Not only did Brexit not provide any extra money for the NHS - as liar-in-chief Boris Johnson promised - but Brexit is impoverishing the UK each year by an amount of money not far off the annual NHS budget.
Thanks Farage.
Thanks Farage.
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Not only did Brexit not provide any extra money for the NHS - as liar-in-chief Boris Johnson promised - but Brexit is impoverishing the UK each year by an amount of money not far off the annual NHS budget.
Thanks Farage.
Thanks Farage.
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BREAKING UPDATE:
Today, alongside @amnestyuk.bsky.social, we’re intervening in the Palestine Action hearing.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
Today, alongside @amnestyuk.bsky.social, we’re intervening in the Palestine Action hearing.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
Liberty tells court Palestine Action Proscription was disproportionate - Liberty
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
BREAKING UPDATE:
Today, alongside @amnestyuk.bsky.social, we’re intervening in the Palestine Action hearing.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
Today, alongside @amnestyuk.bsky.social, we’re intervening in the Palestine Action hearing.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
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China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice.
The UK is following the US model. Wealth concentrated in fewer hands. 24m can't attain minimum standard of living, real average wage unchanged since 2008, public services eroded, profiteering is rife.
The UK is following the US model. Wealth concentrated in fewer hands. 24m can't attain minimum standard of living, real average wage unchanged since 2008, public services eroded, profiteering is rife.
China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice
Despite the US’s economic success, income inequality remains breathtaking. But this is no glitch – it’s the system
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice.
The UK is following the US model. Wealth concentrated in fewer hands. 24m can't attain minimum standard of living, real average wage unchanged since 2008, public services eroded, profiteering is rife.
The UK is following the US model. Wealth concentrated in fewer hands. 24m can't attain minimum standard of living, real average wage unchanged since 2008, public services eroded, profiteering is rife.
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🚨 The verdict is in: Labour plans to use private money to build its “NHS Neighbourhood Rebuild” programme.
This is a huge red flag — NHS trusts are still billions in debt from old PFI-style schemes. 💸
We’ll be watching closely as more info comes out.
➡️ www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
This is a huge red flag — NHS trusts are still billions in debt from old PFI-style schemes. 💸
We’ll be watching closely as more info comes out.
➡️ www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Labour to use private cash to expand GP hubs
Ministers announce plan to ‘fundamentally reimagine’ local healthcare with 250 ‘one-stop shops’
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🚨 The verdict is in: Labour plans to use private money to build its “NHS Neighbourhood Rebuild” programme.
This is a huge red flag — NHS trusts are still billions in debt from old PFI-style schemes. 💸
We’ll be watching closely as more info comes out.
➡️ www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
This is a huge red flag — NHS trusts are still billions in debt from old PFI-style schemes. 💸
We’ll be watching closely as more info comes out.
➡️ www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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Here’s The S*n’s pathetic, microscopic apology for one of the biggest lies in modern British politics - the “benefits tourism” fairy tale that conned millions and helped drag us into Brexit. They poison democracy with front-page lies, then whisper “sorry” in tiny print.
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Here’s The S*n’s pathetic, microscopic apology for one of the biggest lies in modern British politics - the “benefits tourism” fairy tale that conned millions and helped drag us into Brexit. They poison democracy with front-page lies, then whisper “sorry” in tiny print.
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Reform UK isn’t a “protest vote” — it’s a party with a history of jailed, sacked and suspended candidates. If you think this is the best option, think again.
#ReformUK #corruption #protestvote #UKPolitics
voxpoliticalonline.com/2025/11/24/n...
#ReformUK #corruption #protestvote #UKPolitics
voxpoliticalonline.com/2025/11/24/n...
Why UK polling patterns keep repeating before elections
UK polling swings repeat before every election. Here’s what the pattern means for the next general election and why it keeps happening.
voxpoliticalonline.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Reform UK isn’t a “protest vote” — it’s a party with a history of jailed, sacked and suspended candidates. If you think this is the best option, think again.
#ReformUK #corruption #protestvote #UKPolitics
voxpoliticalonline.com/2025/11/24/n...
#ReformUK #corruption #protestvote #UKPolitics
voxpoliticalonline.com/2025/11/24/n...
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Bring Energy companies into public ownership. Wasn't that a pledge by @uklabour.bsky.social ?
Average Cost of 1 unit of electricity
UK 30p
France 20p
Spain 18p
Japan 17p
USA 14p
China 6p
Average Cost of 1 unit of electricity
UK 30p
France 20p
Spain 18p
Japan 17p
USA 14p
China 6p
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Bring Energy companies into public ownership. Wasn't that a pledge by @uklabour.bsky.social ?
Average Cost of 1 unit of electricity
UK 30p
France 20p
Spain 18p
Japan 17p
USA 14p
China 6p
Average Cost of 1 unit of electricity
UK 30p
France 20p
Spain 18p
Japan 17p
USA 14p
China 6p
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The UK is about to give the US an extra £3bn a year.
The NHS 'can't afford' to pay doctors £500m a year more.
But it will give the USA 6x as much for nothing.
The NHS 'can't afford' to pay doctors £500m a year more.
But it will give the USA 6x as much for nothing.
November 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The UK is about to give the US an extra £3bn a year.
The NHS 'can't afford' to pay doctors £500m a year more.
But it will give the USA 6x as much for nothing.
The NHS 'can't afford' to pay doctors £500m a year more.
But it will give the USA 6x as much for nothing.
"Our head of state and the whole royal household should be covered by the same laws as every other public body. We should know if the royals are trying to influence the government, and we should know what they're spending our money on and why."
The royals are more secretive than Mi5. Wonder why that is...? #NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy
November 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"Our head of state and the whole royal household should be covered by the same laws as every other public body. We should know if the royals are trying to influence the government, and we should know what they're spending our money on and why."
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Ultra-processed foods now make up at least half of all food sold in UK supermarkets. The Lancet has described them as a “corporate-engineered public health crisis.”
We can change this — but only if we confront corporate power.
youtu.be/BJ8nEeiFmH4?...
We can change this — but only if we confront corporate power.
youtu.be/BJ8nEeiFmH4?...
How ultra-processed food became a corporate-engineered health crisis
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Ultra-processed foods now make up at least half of all food sold in UK supermarkets. The Lancet has described them as a “corporate-engineered public health crisis.”
We can change this — but only if we confront corporate power.
youtu.be/BJ8nEeiFmH4?...
We can change this — but only if we confront corporate power.
youtu.be/BJ8nEeiFmH4?...
Fresh from the bowels of far-right GB News we have a new boss for BBC news output. How reassuring
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Fresh from the bowels of far-right GB News we have a new boss for BBC news output. How reassuring
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⚠️BE WARNED. Charter cities are coming to Brexit ravaged UK, this was the whole reason why the Tories' and Labour colluded on installing deregulated free zones across England, Scotland, and Wales.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
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Suffolk's Forest City and the Ghost of Próspera: Why Britain Should Learn From Honduras
What happens when libertarian billionaires build “startup cities” promising prosperity but delivering corporate sovereignty? Ask the fishermen of Crawfish Rock.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
⚠️BE WARNED. Charter cities are coming to Brexit ravaged UK, this was the whole reason why the Tories' and Labour colluded on installing deregulated free zones across England, Scotland, and Wales.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Johnson and Starmer both fooled the electorate. Let not history repeat.
voxpoliticalonline.com/2025/11/22/w...
voxpoliticalonline.com/2025/11/22/w...
Why voters were hoodwinked into backing Boris Johnson
Covid Inquiry shows media power, Brexit messaging and Establishment pressure misled voters into backing Boris Johnson – with deadly results.
voxpoliticalonline.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Johnson and Starmer both fooled the electorate. Let not history repeat.
voxpoliticalonline.com/2025/11/22/w...
voxpoliticalonline.com/2025/11/22/w...
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Will UK Chancellor redistribute?
End two-child benefit cap, cost £3bn-£3.6bn.
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cost £2.5bn.
Increase income tax personal allowance by £1000, cost £8.4bn.
Taxing capital gains at same rate as wages, generates £14bn+ more in NIC.
Another world is possible.
End two-child benefit cap, cost £3bn-£3.6bn.
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cost £2.5bn.
Increase income tax personal allowance by £1000, cost £8.4bn.
Taxing capital gains at same rate as wages, generates £14bn+ more in NIC.
Another world is possible.
This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget
The chancellor has an opportunity to boost the public purpose and deliver redistribution
leftfootforward.org
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Will UK Chancellor redistribute?
End two-child benefit cap, cost £3bn-£3.6bn.
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cost £2.5bn.
Increase income tax personal allowance by £1000, cost £8.4bn.
Taxing capital gains at same rate as wages, generates £14bn+ more in NIC.
Another world is possible.
End two-child benefit cap, cost £3bn-£3.6bn.
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cost £2.5bn.
Increase income tax personal allowance by £1000, cost £8.4bn.
Taxing capital gains at same rate as wages, generates £14bn+ more in NIC.
Another world is possible.
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John O'Connell
Boris Johnson and the Entire Tory Cabinet should BE IN JAIL for this.
And the true number of dead from their incompetence is probably much, much higher.
PEOPLE DIED while they channelled £Billions of tax cash to their friends family, and donors.
Boris Johnson and the Entire Tory Cabinet should BE IN JAIL for this.
And the true number of dead from their incompetence is probably much, much higher.
PEOPLE DIED while they channelled £Billions of tax cash to their friends family, and donors.
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
John O'Connell
Boris Johnson and the Entire Tory Cabinet should BE IN JAIL for this.
And the true number of dead from their incompetence is probably much, much higher.
PEOPLE DIED while they channelled £Billions of tax cash to their friends family, and donors.
Boris Johnson and the Entire Tory Cabinet should BE IN JAIL for this.
And the true number of dead from their incompetence is probably much, much higher.
PEOPLE DIED while they channelled £Billions of tax cash to their friends family, and donors.
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Why should the royals be allowed to dodge tax? #AbolishTheMonarchy
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Why should the royals be allowed to dodge tax? #AbolishTheMonarchy
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As ex-UK ambassador Craig Murray notes, the British government is self-evidently lying about a Russian ship being in "UK waters", and shining lasers into pilots' eyes.
Why is every media outlet's defence correspondent echoing these lies?
Answers here: www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...
Why is every media outlet's defence correspondent echoing these lies?
Answers here: www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...
The Beat of the War Drums - Craig Murray
In fascist lockstep, the entire British media, broadcast and print, corporate and state, is leading with a Ministry of Defence press release about a “Russian spy ship” inside “British waters”. No Brit...
www.craigmurray.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
As ex-UK ambassador Craig Murray notes, the British government is self-evidently lying about a Russian ship being in "UK waters", and shining lasers into pilots' eyes.
Why is every media outlet's defence correspondent echoing these lies?
Answers here: www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...
Why is every media outlet's defence correspondent echoing these lies?
Answers here: www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...
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Oh, good. Labour haven't had enough controversy. Now they're stripping many people of the right to a trial by jury.
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
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UK politics live – latest updates
Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.
Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Oh, good. Labour haven't had enough controversy. Now they're stripping many people of the right to a trial by jury.
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"Tesco has said that it expected annual profit to be higher than first thought, in the region of £2.9bn to £3.1bn."
"Sainsbury's profit to exceed £1 billion, following a better-than-anticipated half-year performance."
"Keir Starmer could implement food price control"
via @bheardmedia.bsky.social
"Sainsbury's profit to exceed £1 billion, following a better-than-anticipated half-year performance."
"Keir Starmer could implement food price control"
via @bheardmedia.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
"Tesco has said that it expected annual profit to be higher than first thought, in the region of £2.9bn to £3.1bn."
"Sainsbury's profit to exceed £1 billion, following a better-than-anticipated half-year performance."
"Keir Starmer could implement food price control"
via @bheardmedia.bsky.social
"Sainsbury's profit to exceed £1 billion, following a better-than-anticipated half-year performance."
"Keir Starmer could implement food price control"
via @bheardmedia.bsky.social