Jon
@jon-snowboarder.bsky.social
Ex-Labour voter. 🥀
Green Party Member. 🌿
Manchester, UK. 🐝
#AuDHD
Green Party Member. 🌿
Manchester, UK. 🐝
#AuDHD
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State support for UK banks
Bailouts: Govts found £1162bn (£133bn cash+£1,029bn guarantees) in 2008
£895bn QE
State is the lender of last resort
£85k bank deposit safety guarantee
PFI profits
£22bn a year interest on reserves deposited with Bank of England
Who else gets this level of state support?
Bailouts: Govts found £1162bn (£133bn cash+£1,029bn guarantees) in 2008
£895bn QE
State is the lender of last resort
£85k bank deposit safety guarantee
PFI profits
£22bn a year interest on reserves deposited with Bank of England
Who else gets this level of state support?
Why the banking industry is not a paragon of free markets, efficiency, or honesty
Despite making record profits and paying record returns to shareholders it resents paying taxes.
leftfootforward.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
State support for UK banks
Bailouts: Govts found £1162bn (£133bn cash+£1,029bn guarantees) in 2008
£895bn QE
State is the lender of last resort
£85k bank deposit safety guarantee
PFI profits
£22bn a year interest on reserves deposited with Bank of England
Who else gets this level of state support?
Bailouts: Govts found £1162bn (£133bn cash+£1,029bn guarantees) in 2008
£895bn QE
State is the lender of last resort
£85k bank deposit safety guarantee
PFI profits
£22bn a year interest on reserves deposited with Bank of England
Who else gets this level of state support?
I'm sure this authoritarian legislation will pass virtually unnoticed and won't cause any protest, repeated or otherwise.
October 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I'm sure this authoritarian legislation will pass virtually unnoticed and won't cause any protest, repeated or otherwise.
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social is asked about the Home Secretarys comments that yesterdays protests about Israels actions were dishonourable (she also said they were unBritish).
Zack is spot on.
Zack is spot on.
October 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is asked about the Home Secretarys comments that yesterdays protests about Israels actions were dishonourable (she also said they were unBritish).
Zack is spot on.
Zack is spot on.
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It’s not lazy to rest.
It’s not wrong to prioritize your health and well being.
Capitalism and ableism have trained us to view slowing down as a failure.
We treat disabled people, children and the elderly as expendable.
We assign worth based on productivity.
It’s wrong. We all have value.
It’s not wrong to prioritize your health and well being.
Capitalism and ableism have trained us to view slowing down as a failure.
We treat disabled people, children and the elderly as expendable.
We assign worth based on productivity.
It’s wrong. We all have value.
September 20, 2025 at 10:21 AM
It’s not lazy to rest.
It’s not wrong to prioritize your health and well being.
Capitalism and ableism have trained us to view slowing down as a failure.
We treat disabled people, children and the elderly as expendable.
We assign worth based on productivity.
It’s wrong. We all have value.
It’s not wrong to prioritize your health and well being.
Capitalism and ableism have trained us to view slowing down as a failure.
We treat disabled people, children and the elderly as expendable.
We assign worth based on productivity.
It’s wrong. We all have value.
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Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".
August 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".
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...on mumsnet, thus achieving an irony score of 10.
Minister apologises to generation of UK children exposed to toxic online content
Minister apologises to generation of UK children exposed to toxic online content
As new measures to protect young people online come into force, Peter Kyle says politicians were too slow to act
The technology secretary has apologised to a generation of children who have been let down by governments failing to keep them safe from toxic online content.
Peter Kyle said the length of time it had taken to bring in laws to keep children safe online had “sold a whole generation of children downstream” and that politicians must find a way to act more swiftly in the face of rapid technological changes. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
...on mumsnet, thus achieving an irony score of 10.
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⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
July 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
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Benefits
There has barely been any increase in the number of people claiming benefits if you take into account population growth, aging population, increase in morbidity & pension age rising so it include more people
Not the narrative you hear in media
obr.uk/wtr/welfare-...
There has barely been any increase in the number of people claiming benefits if you take into account population growth, aging population, increase in morbidity & pension age rising so it include more people
Not the narrative you hear in media
obr.uk/wtr/welfare-...
June 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Benefits
There has barely been any increase in the number of people claiming benefits if you take into account population growth, aging population, increase in morbidity & pension age rising so it include more people
Not the narrative you hear in media
obr.uk/wtr/welfare-...
There has barely been any increase in the number of people claiming benefits if you take into account population growth, aging population, increase in morbidity & pension age rising so it include more people
Not the narrative you hear in media
obr.uk/wtr/welfare-...
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Another Labour Cllr defects to the Greens, @liamshrivastava.bsky.social
“…If you’re a socialist and you’re in Lewisham - or anywhere else - I would encourage you to do the same and join the Green Party….we can build a positive, greener…and more progressive future for this country.”
“…If you’re a socialist and you’re in Lewisham - or anywhere else - I would encourage you to do the same and join the Green Party….we can build a positive, greener…and more progressive future for this country.”
June 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Another Labour Cllr defects to the Greens, @liamshrivastava.bsky.social
“…If you’re a socialist and you’re in Lewisham - or anywhere else - I would encourage you to do the same and join the Green Party….we can build a positive, greener…and more progressive future for this country.”
“…If you’re a socialist and you’re in Lewisham - or anywhere else - I would encourage you to do the same and join the Green Party….we can build a positive, greener…and more progressive future for this country.”
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Israel has said it will create 22 new illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank in order to "prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state..."
The Israeli government's blatant ethnic cleansing cannot be condoned.
The UK government must recognise the state of Palestine.
The Israeli government's blatant ethnic cleansing cannot be condoned.
The UK government must recognise the state of Palestine.
May 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Israel has said it will create 22 new illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank in order to "prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state..."
The Israeli government's blatant ethnic cleansing cannot be condoned.
The UK government must recognise the state of Palestine.
The Israeli government's blatant ethnic cleansing cannot be condoned.
The UK government must recognise the state of Palestine.
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Interesting to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social talking openly about @greenparty.org.uk recruiting MP’s like @zarahsultana.bsky.social & @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social
Worth a read in @opendemocracy.net
Worth a read in @opendemocracy.net
Zack Polanski: “We don’t have time for ‘briefcase politics’”
From ‘Rehearsing the Revolution’ to building it for real, Zack Polanski talks to oD about his bid to lead not just the Greens, but the wider progressive movement
www.opendemocracy.net
May 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Interesting to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social talking openly about @greenparty.org.uk recruiting MP’s like @zarahsultana.bsky.social & @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social
Worth a read in @opendemocracy.net
Worth a read in @opendemocracy.net
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Netanyahu’s plan to ‘move’ Gaza’s people would be a vile act of ethnic cleansing against a population already facing genocide. Two months of total blockade have starved Palestinians. It must end now: reopen crossings, deliver aid at scale, and stop assaults on civilian lives.
Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel plan to seize all of Gaza and hold it indefinitely will be 'intensive'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has so far failed to achieve his goal of destroying Hamas or returning all the hostages, despite more than a year of brutal war in Gaza.
news.sky.com
May 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Netanyahu’s plan to ‘move’ Gaza’s people would be a vile act of ethnic cleansing against a population already facing genocide. Two months of total blockade have starved Palestinians. It must end now: reopen crossings, deliver aid at scale, and stop assaults on civilian lives.
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Screw "never meeting your heroes." What were some times you met your heroes and they were super cool?
May 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Screw "never meeting your heroes." What were some times you met your heroes and they were super cool?
China and Russia 👀
These fuckers are emboldened to say the quiet bit out loud now.
These fuckers are emboldened to say the quiet bit out loud now.
May 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
China and Russia 👀
These fuckers are emboldened to say the quiet bit out loud now.
These fuckers are emboldened to say the quiet bit out loud now.
Oh I dunno, Maybe stopping trying to emulate them might help…🤷♂️
May 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Oh I dunno, Maybe stopping trying to emulate them might help…🤷♂️
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Labour is handing this country on a silver platter to Reform. People do not vote Labour because they hate immigrants and want Reform-lite. They vote Labour because they want it to make a positive difference to their lives.
May 2, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Labour is handing this country on a silver platter to Reform. People do not vote Labour because they hate immigrants and want Reform-lite. They vote Labour because they want it to make a positive difference to their lives.
The level of moral panic being exhibited today by the UK media is fucking nuts given most of them have largely ignored the actual genocide that Kneecap were trying to highlight.
April 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The level of moral panic being exhibited today by the UK media is fucking nuts given most of them have largely ignored the actual genocide that Kneecap were trying to highlight.
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April 29, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Young people need to ‘put a shift in’ says fucking idiot addressing an audience of privileged half-asleep elderly white guys.
www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/unem...
www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/unem...
Unemployed youths 'won’t get out of bed for anything less than £40k' - as Lords told of 'new reality'
British youngsters are refusing to "get out of bed for anything less than £40,000", the Lords has been told - as youth unemployment figures hit unprecedented levels.
www.lbc.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Young people need to ‘put a shift in’ says fucking idiot addressing an audience of privileged half-asleep elderly white guys.
www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/unem...
www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/unem...
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"The Green Party put forward a message of hope..."
Green councillor Laura Edie speaks to @politicsjoe.bsky.social about the Green Party's positive alternative to Reform.
Green councillor Laura Edie speaks to @politicsjoe.bsky.social about the Green Party's positive alternative to Reform.
April 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"The Green Party put forward a message of hope..."
Green councillor Laura Edie speaks to @politicsjoe.bsky.social about the Green Party's positive alternative to Reform.
Green councillor Laura Edie speaks to @politicsjoe.bsky.social about the Green Party's positive alternative to Reform.
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Keir Starmer is offering tech bros at Amazon and Meta a massive tax cut to get a trade deal with Trump - while cutting disability benefits for 1.2million people.
He’s slashing disability benefits while giving tax cuts to people who could buy entire countries.
Anyone else disgusted by this?
He’s slashing disability benefits while giving tax cuts to people who could buy entire countries.
Anyone else disgusted by this?
April 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Keir Starmer is offering tech bros at Amazon and Meta a massive tax cut to get a trade deal with Trump - while cutting disability benefits for 1.2million people.
He’s slashing disability benefits while giving tax cuts to people who could buy entire countries.
Anyone else disgusted by this?
He’s slashing disability benefits while giving tax cuts to people who could buy entire countries.
Anyone else disgusted by this?
Breaking News: Left-leaning newspaper remembers to actually lean left.
Many said the Starmer era would be just Tory-lite – now it’s worse than that. Time to stop the pretence
He’ll be radical, the PM’s allies vlaimed told us. Well, look now, as the poor are targeted and ministers boast of wearing Tory clothes better than the Tories, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Breaking News: Left-leaning newspaper remembers to actually lean left.
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I am disgusted by the government’s relentless demonisation of disabled people.
All so they can protect the wealthiest from paying their fair share.
Instead of targeting the most vulnerable, let’s “crack down” on corporations and billionaires evading tax instead.
All so they can protect the wealthiest from paying their fair share.
Instead of targeting the most vulnerable, let’s “crack down” on corporations and billionaires evading tax instead.
February 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I am disgusted by the government’s relentless demonisation of disabled people.
All so they can protect the wealthiest from paying their fair share.
Instead of targeting the most vulnerable, let’s “crack down” on corporations and billionaires evading tax instead.
All so they can protect the wealthiest from paying their fair share.
Instead of targeting the most vulnerable, let’s “crack down” on corporations and billionaires evading tax instead.