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Labour living in a fool’s paradise if it thinks it has plenty of time to turn Britain around.
Fascism awaits. Tariff wars, UK is outside the biggest trading block (EU). Poverty/Inequality rising.
Finance industry deregulated, mega crash incubating.
Must abandon neoliberalism. Need redistribution.
Fascism awaits. Tariff wars, UK is outside the biggest trading block (EU). Poverty/Inequality rising.
Finance industry deregulated, mega crash incubating.
Must abandon neoliberalism. Need redistribution.
Labour is living in a fool’s paradise if it thinks it has plenty of time to turn Britain around | Larry Elliott
Going into 2026, the economy has little forward momentum and things may get worse before they get better, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Labour living in a fool’s paradise if it thinks it has plenty of time to turn Britain around.
Fascism awaits. Tariff wars, UK is outside the biggest trading block (EU). Poverty/Inequality rising.
Finance industry deregulated, mega crash incubating.
Must abandon neoliberalism. Need redistribution.
Fascism awaits. Tariff wars, UK is outside the biggest trading block (EU). Poverty/Inequality rising.
Finance industry deregulated, mega crash incubating.
Must abandon neoliberalism. Need redistribution.
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Previously on Bylines Scotland...
If UK suffers from shortage of truckers, why are drivers leaving the industry?
Amidst an HGV driver shortage, more and more drivers enter the industry only to leave it very soon after. Why?
bylines.scot
December 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Previously on Bylines Scotland...
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This Epstein files "release" is the most disgusting cover up in American history
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This Epstein files "release" is the most disgusting cover up in American history
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If you went through the Epstein Files that were released today and replaced every redaction with the word, "TRUMP", you would be correct more often than wrong.
December 20, 2025 at 5:08 AM
If you went through the Epstein Files that were released today and replaced every redaction with the word, "TRUMP", you would be correct more often than wrong.
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Let it all come out!
Maria Farmer's 1996 Epstein complaint was released to the public. It was supported by one of the files. She was called a liar. People didn't believe her.
Her sister was also a victim. If the FBI had listened to her, so many girls would have been saved.
She was right.
#Pinks
Maria Farmer's 1996 Epstein complaint was released to the public. It was supported by one of the files. She was called a liar. People didn't believe her.
Her sister was also a victim. If the FBI had listened to her, so many girls would have been saved.
She was right.
#Pinks
December 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Let it all come out!
Maria Farmer's 1996 Epstein complaint was released to the public. It was supported by one of the files. She was called a liar. People didn't believe her.
Her sister was also a victim. If the FBI had listened to her, so many girls would have been saved.
She was right.
#Pinks
Maria Farmer's 1996 Epstein complaint was released to the public. It was supported by one of the files. She was called a liar. People didn't believe her.
Her sister was also a victim. If the FBI had listened to her, so many girls would have been saved.
She was right.
#Pinks
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UK CEO salary increases outstripping those of the workforce.
Remuneration Committees & non-execs perpetuate fat-cattery as rises provide a benchmark for their greed.
Need worker-elected directors on boards of large companies, workers to vote on exec pay to secure equitable distribution of income.
Remuneration Committees & non-execs perpetuate fat-cattery as rises provide a benchmark for their greed.
Need worker-elected directors on boards of large companies, workers to vote on exec pay to secure equitable distribution of income.
CEO salary: an opportunity cost? - High Pay Centre
Against the backdrop of the cost-of-living crisis, data highlights a worrying trend: CEO salary increases outstripping those of the wider workforce.
highpaycentre.org
December 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
UK CEO salary increases outstripping those of the workforce.
Remuneration Committees & non-execs perpetuate fat-cattery as rises provide a benchmark for their greed.
Need worker-elected directors on boards of large companies, workers to vote on exec pay to secure equitable distribution of income.
Remuneration Committees & non-execs perpetuate fat-cattery as rises provide a benchmark for their greed.
Need worker-elected directors on boards of large companies, workers to vote on exec pay to secure equitable distribution of income.
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Former UK chancellor George Osborne joins OpenAI
Lucrative appointments for failed ministers.
They aren't hired for technical know-how but to exploit political links acquired with public money. What is the return to taxpayers for that investment?
Remember former PM Cameron lobbying for Greensill.
Lucrative appointments for failed ministers.
They aren't hired for technical know-how but to exploit political links acquired with public money. What is the return to taxpayers for that investment?
Remember former PM Cameron lobbying for Greensill.
Former chancellor George Osborne joins OpenAI
Osborne said it was a privilege to become managing director of OpenAI for Countries based in London.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Former UK chancellor George Osborne joins OpenAI
Lucrative appointments for failed ministers.
They aren't hired for technical know-how but to exploit political links acquired with public money. What is the return to taxpayers for that investment?
Remember former PM Cameron lobbying for Greensill.
Lucrative appointments for failed ministers.
They aren't hired for technical know-how but to exploit political links acquired with public money. What is the return to taxpayers for that investment?
Remember former PM Cameron lobbying for Greensill.
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People have had enough of Labour.
They can change leader but the problem is the hundreds of corporate lobbyists who are Labour MPs.
More and more people joining the Green Party every day!
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
They can change leader but the problem is the hundreds of corporate lobbyists who are Labour MPs.
More and more people joining the Green Party every day!
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
UK politics: Polanski claims Green support surging in London as five Labour councillors defect in Brent – as it happened
Party leader says Labour ‘has abandoned any sense of progressive politics’
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
People have had enough of Labour.
They can change leader but the problem is the hundreds of corporate lobbyists who are Labour MPs.
More and more people joining the Green Party every day!
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
They can change leader but the problem is the hundreds of corporate lobbyists who are Labour MPs.
More and more people joining the Green Party every day!
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation
Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
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Three more British MEPs in Nigel Farage’s bloc now alleged to have “followed the script” given to Nathan Gill by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors.
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Three more British MEPs in Nigel Farage’s bloc now alleged to have “followed the script” given to Nathan Gill by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors.
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
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Curse of Private Equity.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.
Regulator bares teeth as dentists earn £1.2bn
The gross profit figures for private equity-owned My Dentist, PortmanDentex and Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services rose by 20 per cent year-on-year between 2023 and 2024.
www.thisismoney.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Curse of Private Equity.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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So the line is that he wasn't getting paid for any of this
November 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
So the line is that he wasn't getting paid for any of this
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Some of the people in this article have shared their recollections with me before - but on condition of anonymity. Coming forward now is an act of patriotism. Farage’s claim that it never happened is the opposite.
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Some of the people in this article have shared their recollections with me before - but on condition of anonymity. Coming forward now is an act of patriotism. Farage’s claim that it never happened is the opposite.
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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Dismantling the myth that we live in a meritocracy is one of the most urgent changes needed".
Poverty inflicted on the masses whilst wealth and power is concentrated in few hands.
50 families have more wealth than half of the UK population.
Political system bought by the rich.
Tax the rich.
Poverty inflicted on the masses whilst wealth and power is concentrated in few hands.
50 families have more wealth than half of the UK population.
Political system bought by the rich.
Tax the rich.
Do you feel lucky? Why acknowledging our own good fortune would make the world a better place | Julian Richer
I have been fortunate, and I know it. Now I’d like more successful people to admit that meritocracy is a myth, says Julian Richer, founder of Richer Sounds
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Dismantling the myth that we live in a meritocracy is one of the most urgent changes needed".
Poverty inflicted on the masses whilst wealth and power is concentrated in few hands.
50 families have more wealth than half of the UK population.
Political system bought by the rich.
Tax the rich.
Poverty inflicted on the masses whilst wealth and power is concentrated in few hands.
50 families have more wealth than half of the UK population.
Political system bought by the rich.
Tax the rich.
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Remember: The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
November 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Remember: The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
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Powerful.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Powerful.
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Ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad has £55m in a London bank account. Syrians asylum seekers arriving in Britain with a few gold bangles could soon have them confiscated.
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad has £55m in a London bank account. Syrians asylum seekers arriving in Britain with a few gold bangles could soon have them confiscated.
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Millionaires group urge Reeves to introduce wealth tax to ‘lift kids of out poverty’.
But Govts listen to the City type.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Can't grow economic by squeezing the bottom 50%.
But Govts listen to the City type.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Can't grow economic by squeezing the bottom 50%.
Why a group of wealthy Brits have urged Reeves to introduce a wealth tax
This appeal comes ahead of Reeves’s upcoming Budget announcement in Westminster later this month
www.independent.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Millionaires group urge Reeves to introduce wealth tax to ‘lift kids of out poverty’.
But Govts listen to the City type.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Can't grow economic by squeezing the bottom 50%.
But Govts listen to the City type.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Can't grow economic by squeezing the bottom 50%.
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Companies that donated to Labour awarded £138m in contracts.
Corporations/Rich don't donate, they bribe. Buy access to policymakers, favourable laws, lax regulation, govt contracts. Low/Middle earners cannot compete.
Political donations must be criminalized. No second jobs for MPs.
Corporations/Rich don't donate, they bribe. Buy access to policymakers, favourable laws, lax regulation, govt contracts. Low/Middle earners cannot compete.
Political donations must be criminalized. No second jobs for MPs.
Companies that donated to Labour awarded £138m in contracts, study finds
Report raises fresh concerns about the link between political donations and public spending
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Companies that donated to Labour awarded £138m in contracts.
Corporations/Rich don't donate, they bribe. Buy access to policymakers, favourable laws, lax regulation, govt contracts. Low/Middle earners cannot compete.
Political donations must be criminalized. No second jobs for MPs.
Corporations/Rich don't donate, they bribe. Buy access to policymakers, favourable laws, lax regulation, govt contracts. Low/Middle earners cannot compete.
Political donations must be criminalized. No second jobs for MPs.
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says.
Adds that the rise of parties like Nigel Farage’s Reform party is “completely terrifying”.
Yet no end to real wage/benefit cuts; no curbs on profiteering; little redistribution.
Adds that the rise of parties like Nigel Farage’s Reform party is “completely terrifying”.
Yet no end to real wage/benefit cuts; no curbs on profiteering; little redistribution.
Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says
Exclusive: Poverty rapporteur says governments must rethink welfare state as essential to fabric of society
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says.
Adds that the rise of parties like Nigel Farage’s Reform party is “completely terrifying”.
Yet no end to real wage/benefit cuts; no curbs on profiteering; little redistribution.
Adds that the rise of parties like Nigel Farage’s Reform party is “completely terrifying”.
Yet no end to real wage/benefit cuts; no curbs on profiteering; little redistribution.
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Private equity wrecked UK high street, says Iceland Foods boss
PE model - low wages, cut staff/investment, high debt, profiteering, tax abuse.
PE devoured Debenhams, Maplin, Byron Burger, Cath Kidson, Comet, Flybe, Poundworld, Toys R Us.
Controls care homes, vets, supermarkets.
archive.ph/tJVkV
PE model - low wages, cut staff/investment, high debt, profiteering, tax abuse.
PE devoured Debenhams, Maplin, Byron Burger, Cath Kidson, Comet, Flybe, Poundworld, Toys R Us.
Controls care homes, vets, supermarkets.
archive.ph/tJVkV
Private equity has wrecked the high street, says Iceland boss
Richard Walker says private buyers take out costs and fail to invest then sell to the highest bidder in a cycle that makes retailers steadily worse
www.thetimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Private equity wrecked UK high street, says Iceland Foods boss
PE model - low wages, cut staff/investment, high debt, profiteering, tax abuse.
PE devoured Debenhams, Maplin, Byron Burger, Cath Kidson, Comet, Flybe, Poundworld, Toys R Us.
Controls care homes, vets, supermarkets.
archive.ph/tJVkV
PE model - low wages, cut staff/investment, high debt, profiteering, tax abuse.
PE devoured Debenhams, Maplin, Byron Burger, Cath Kidson, Comet, Flybe, Poundworld, Toys R Us.
Controls care homes, vets, supermarkets.
archive.ph/tJVkV