Katyb
@katyb-1.bsky.social
Mum/grannie and GG. Enjoy political debate. Independence supporter. Enjoy food too much. Love reading and going on holiday
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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The "guy making a case about low taxes" was in fact Karl Williams of the Centre for Policy Studies - author of the fictional/fabricated and now withdrawn "£234 billion" cost number cited by Katie Lam and Reform.
Funnily Amol Rajan didn't ask him about that.. 😉
Funnily Amol Rajan didn't ask him about that.. 😉
And again I wonder why a super expert like Portes is not on BBC4 today instead of a guy making a case about low taxes
Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The "guy making a case about low taxes" was in fact Karl Williams of the Centre for Policy Studies - author of the fictional/fabricated and now withdrawn "£234 billion" cost number cited by Katie Lam and Reform.
Funnily Amol Rajan didn't ask him about that.. 😉
Funnily Amol Rajan didn't ask him about that.. 😉
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Ajax armoured vehicles, 12 years late, way over budget at £10 million each, twice the cost of the US equivalent, 30 sick soldiers – Yes but what about the ferries? No, what about swarms of £20k drones talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/28/a...
Ajax armoured vehicles, 12 years late, way over budget at £10 million each, twice the cost of the US equivalent, 30 sick soldiers – Yes but what about the ferries? No, what about swarms of £20k drones
Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to rtpscott for alerting me to this. Andrew, above is hanging on to his title just in case his Ajax armoured vehicle soon becomes less useful than a horse. I pre…
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November 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Ajax armoured vehicles, 12 years late, way over budget at £10 million each, twice the cost of the US equivalent, 30 sick soldiers – Yes but what about the ferries? No, what about swarms of £20k drones talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/28/a...
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Thank GOD for Andrew Fisher!! FINALLY we get to hear about Spain on #r4today
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Thank GOD for Andrew Fisher!! FINALLY we get to hear about Spain on #r4today
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
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“Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he’d ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners”
Just FFS investigate the whole dodgy traitorous lot of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just FFS investigate the whole dodgy traitorous lot of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he’d ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners”
Just FFS investigate the whole dodgy traitorous lot of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just FFS investigate the whole dodgy traitorous lot of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Why do so many prominent Brexiteers live in France? Nigel Lawson; Andrew Neil; and former Brexit Party & UKIP MEP David Coburn. Asked to account for himself in the Nathan Gill story it turns out he lives in a French chateau. The brazen hypocrisy of this lot is just staggering!
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Why do so many prominent Brexiteers live in France? Nigel Lawson; Andrew Neil; and former Brexit Party & UKIP MEP David Coburn. Asked to account for himself in the Nathan Gill story it turns out he lives in a French chateau. The brazen hypocrisy of this lot is just staggering!
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Jeremy Corbyn works every Christmas Eve at a food bank and he doesn't take the cameras, and he puts in a full shift.
Starmer wouldn't pop in for 5 minutes if it wasn't a photo op.
Starmer wouldn't pop in for 5 minutes if it wasn't a photo op.
November 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Jeremy Corbyn works every Christmas Eve at a food bank and he doesn't take the cameras, and he puts in a full shift.
Starmer wouldn't pop in for 5 minutes if it wasn't a photo op.
Starmer wouldn't pop in for 5 minutes if it wasn't a photo op.
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Happy Thanksgiving to all the Native Americans that survived US genocide and betrayal.
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all the Native Americans that survived US genocide and betrayal.
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Rightwingers are expressing their violent tendencies because decent Americans want their US military members to follow the US Constitution and not a criminal with a voracious need to break every law.
I stand with the Constitution, and I will always support those who defend it.
I stand with the Constitution, and I will always support those who defend it.
November 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Rightwingers are expressing their violent tendencies because decent Americans want their US military members to follow the US Constitution and not a criminal with a voracious need to break every law.
I stand with the Constitution, and I will always support those who defend it.
I stand with the Constitution, and I will always support those who defend it.
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The House passed a resolution condemning socialism. Okay.
When are they going to pass a resolution condemning fascism?
When are they going to pass a resolution condemning fascism?
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The House passed a resolution condemning socialism. Okay.
When are they going to pass a resolution condemning fascism?
When are they going to pass a resolution condemning fascism?
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SEN. KELLY : “They informed me of this in a tweet because this is not about the law. This is about the media cycle, and intimidation… We basically repeated the uniform code of military justice, and they're saying that's in violation of it. It's absurd. Comical.”
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
SEN. KELLY : “They informed me of this in a tweet because this is not about the law. This is about the media cycle, and intimidation… We basically repeated the uniform code of military justice, and they're saying that's in violation of it. It's absurd. Comical.”
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Johnson spent years charming, bluffing, and backstabbing his way to the top.
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
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Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Boris Johnson: The Covid Tragedy and England's Clown King
Get news direct from reporters you trust.
www.noosphere.app
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Johnson spent years charming, bluffing, and backstabbing his way to the top.
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
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BIRMINGHAM BIN STRIKE..IS STILL GOING ON..IF IT WAS GLASGOW..ALL OVER WM UK MSM..not a peep ,so let everyone know,The Birmingham bin strike is STILL GOIN ON,that's the BIN STRIKE in an English city,NOT ON THE NEWS!! months and months..not a peep..
November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
BIRMINGHAM BIN STRIKE..IS STILL GOING ON..IF IT WAS GLASGOW..ALL OVER WM UK MSM..not a peep ,so let everyone know,The Birmingham bin strike is STILL GOIN ON,that's the BIN STRIKE in an English city,NOT ON THE NEWS!! months and months..not a peep..
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Yes he may have bungled his response to a lethal pandemic, but this book about Shakespeare that Boris wrote instead of attending those COBR meetings will clearly stand the test of time.
November 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Yes he may have bungled his response to a lethal pandemic, but this book about Shakespeare that Boris wrote instead of attending those COBR meetings will clearly stand the test of time.
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This research is important because it corroborates what we already knew - that when comparing the UK to peer economies, it has had a big slowdown since 2016. It does so with firm-level data and finds more EU-connected firms have sizeable shortfalls in productivity and investment compared to less.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
This research is important because it corroborates what we already knew - that when comparing the UK to peer economies, it has had a big slowdown since 2016. It does so with firm-level data and finds more EU-connected firms have sizeable shortfalls in productivity and investment compared to less.
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While @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social stood at that podium, EVERY DAY to try and alleviate all our fears, the UK govt partied and were snout-deep in PPE VIP contracts & destroyed the lives of those in care homes etc 😡
THANK YOU Nicola for your compassion & leadership during these times. 🏴💙
THANK YOU Nicola for your compassion & leadership during these times. 🏴💙
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
While @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social stood at that podium, EVERY DAY to try and alleviate all our fears, the UK govt partied and were snout-deep in PPE VIP contracts & destroyed the lives of those in care homes etc 😡
THANK YOU Nicola for your compassion & leadership during these times. 🏴💙
THANK YOU Nicola for your compassion & leadership during these times. 🏴💙
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Utter bastard,let the bodies pile high,fk the Scots,to hell with the care homes(HANCOCK) who was too busy cheating on his wife in CHEQUERS!And all those lords,baronesses, Chums,donors,Tories,were SNOUT DEEP IN PPEVIP IT whilst the citizens DIED ALONE! PARTYGATE, CUMMINGS ETC ETC,CORRUPT UKGOVT ELITE
🇬🇧 This charlatan should be in jail, but things like that don’t happen in this corrupt, elitist uk
🏴 One more reason that Scotland should be independent
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
🏴 One more reason that Scotland should be independent
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Boris Johnson boasted of shaking hands with coronavirus patients on same day officials urged greetings ban, documents show
Number 10 has defended Boris Johnson for boasting of shaking hands with “everybody” at a hospital on the same day the Government’s scientific advis...
www.politicshome.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Utter bastard,let the bodies pile high,fk the Scots,to hell with the care homes(HANCOCK) who was too busy cheating on his wife in CHEQUERS!And all those lords,baronesses, Chums,donors,Tories,were SNOUT DEEP IN PPEVIP IT whilst the citizens DIED ALONE! PARTYGATE, CUMMINGS ETC ETC,CORRUPT UKGOVT ELITE
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My thoughts are with all who lost loved ones or still struggle with effects of #Covid. Tho we knew it at the time, confirmation of the “toxic & chaotic culture” at heart of Govt; that they did “too little, too late” & that faster action could have saved over 20K lives is still horrifying
‘Chaotic and indecisive’: key findings of report on UK’s Covid response under Tories
Second pandemic report focuses on decision-making, organisation and messaging by senior politicians including Boris Johnson
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My thoughts are with all who lost loved ones or still struggle with effects of #Covid. Tho we knew it at the time, confirmation of the “toxic & chaotic culture” at heart of Govt; that they did “too little, too late” & that faster action could have saved over 20K lives is still horrifying
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The Covid Inquiry report also states that reports of parties in Downing Street began emerging in November 2021, causing a "public outcry" & polling from the time showed almost half of those asked said they were unlikely to stick to Christmas restrictions because of what was going on in Number 10.
November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The Covid Inquiry report also states that reports of parties in Downing Street began emerging in November 2021, causing a "public outcry" & polling from the time showed almost half of those asked said they were unlikely to stick to Christmas restrictions because of what was going on in Number 10.
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
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No-one is perfect but there is no doubt that the delaying of a ‘shutdown’ decision by WM cost so many people dearly. The Scottish Gov’t could not order a shutdown without the financial offset of a furlough scheme - and that was impossible to fund as HR cannot run up a deficit.
Awful memories.
Awful memories.
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
No-one is perfect but there is no doubt that the delaying of a ‘shutdown’ decision by WM cost so many people dearly. The Scottish Gov’t could not order a shutdown without the financial offset of a furlough scheme - and that was impossible to fund as HR cannot run up a deficit.
Awful memories.
Awful memories.