Lesley Somerville
@lesleysom.bsky.social
Fair play, freedom, feminism and dogs. Avid Plymouth Argyle fan
Capitalism is broken. Can someone in charge please find the balls to fix it
In case you missed it: our investigation into how Sky Bet relocated to Malta to avoid £55m of tax/year This kind of thing is often reported as "perfectly proper, and there's no suggestion that any laws were broken".
But here it looks improper. Laws may have been broken.
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But here it looks improper. Laws may have been broken.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Capitalism is broken. Can someone in charge please find the balls to fix it
Reposted by Lesley Somerville
Coming to a city or town near you, the Patriotic Millionaires 'tax us, the super-rich' tour bus 🚍
Join us as we travel across the UK, calling for a Budget which taxes wealth, not work.
#TaxTheSuperRich
Join us as we travel across the UK, calling for a Budget which taxes wealth, not work.
#TaxTheSuperRich
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Coming to a city or town near you, the Patriotic Millionaires 'tax us, the super-rich' tour bus 🚍
Join us as we travel across the UK, calling for a Budget which taxes wealth, not work.
#TaxTheSuperRich
Join us as we travel across the UK, calling for a Budget which taxes wealth, not work.
#TaxTheSuperRich
So here's my latest idea - on Tuesday we let the players pick their own team based on what they think are their best positions/formation. Why not? Literally nothing to lose #pafc
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
So here's my latest idea - on Tuesday we let the players pick their own team based on what they think are their best positions/formation. Why not? Literally nothing to lose #pafc
OK so I didn’t see the game. Just looking at the match stats , apart from goals obvs, it looks pretty even. So what went wrong? Please don’t tell me ‘everything’
October 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
OK so I didn’t see the game. Just looking at the match stats , apart from goals obvs, it looks pretty even. So what went wrong? Please don’t tell me ‘everything’
Sir Jim Ratcliffe spent part of the £4bn tax bill he dodged to fund Manchester United.
That is how the UK works you pay tax, the big people don't and they get richer and richer and RICHER.
That is how the UK works you pay tax, the big people don't and they get richer and richer and RICHER.
October 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
📢 EU Billionaires’ wealth surges by over €400bn in first half of 2025.
That’s over €2bn a day.
🔗https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/eu-billionaires-wealth-surges-over-eu400-billion-first-half-2025
#TaxTheRich
That’s over €2bn a day.
🔗https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/eu-billionaires-wealth-surges-over-eu400-billion-first-half-2025
#TaxTheRich
October 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It would take the average UK earner 52 years’ worth of earnings to join the richest 10%.
Up from 38 years in 2006-08. Rich buy political influence.
Govts help the rich. Bottom 20% pay higher proportion of income in than the richest 20%.
Inequalities obstruct economic growth, fuel social unrest.
Up from 38 years in 2006-08. Rich buy political influence.
Govts help the rich. Bottom 20% pay higher proportion of income in than the richest 20%.
Inequalities obstruct economic growth, fuel social unrest.
Lifetime of earnings not enough for UK workers to join wealthiest 10%, report says
Research finds it would take average worker saving all their earnings for 52 years to match wealth of richest 10th of society
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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This weekend's @theipaper.com cartoon
October 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This weekend's @theipaper.com cartoon
This is the kind of thing that infuriates people and pushes them towards Reform, out of frustration and feelings of powerlessness. Politicians don’t seem to understand the emotions that drive decisions in politics
Under UK law, a company can make £200m+ in sales and still hide its profit & loss by calling itself “small”.
That’s how PPE Medpro kept its finances secret.
A short thread on one of Britain’s daftest loopholes, the 1970s EU compromise that created it — and how to fix it.
That’s how PPE Medpro kept its finances secret.
A short thread on one of Britain’s daftest loopholes, the 1970s EU compromise that created it — and how to fix it.
October 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This is the kind of thing that infuriates people and pushes them towards Reform, out of frustration and feelings of powerlessness. Politicians don’t seem to understand the emotions that drive decisions in politics
Reposted by Lesley Somerville
A clarion call to all arriving in Liverpool for Labour Party conference: tax us, the super rich. We’re proud to pay and here to stay.
September 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
A clarion call to all arriving in Liverpool for Labour Party conference: tax us, the super rich. We’re proud to pay and here to stay.
Reposted by Lesley Somerville
"I would be proud to pay a wealth tax and higher taxes on the income from my investments; to help build a better country for everyone, this is the patriotism our country so badly needs right now."
https://bournemouthecho.pulse.ly/xgnm86czj8
https://bournemouthecho.pulse.ly/xgnm86czj8
Bournemouth millionaire calls for tax reform
A millionaire living in Bournemouth is part of a group urging MPs to support tax reforms that could raise more than £30 billion.
bournemouthecho.pulse.ly
September 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"I would be proud to pay a wealth tax and higher taxes on the income from my investments; to help build a better country for everyone, this is the patriotism our country so badly needs right now."
https://bournemouthecho.pulse.ly/xgnm86czj8
https://bournemouthecho.pulse.ly/xgnm86czj8
Oh dear. Frustrating for us and the players. But we’ll learn from this. I hope! We are playing good football though so lots to be positive about
September 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Oh dear. Frustrating for us and the players. But we’ll learn from this. I hope! We are playing good football though so lots to be positive about
Listening to the Utah press conference is chilling. If I were American I’d be terrified. Is no one going to ask why a 22 year old feels the need to assassinate someone he disagrees with?? The politicisation of law enforcement in the US continues apace
September 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Listening to the Utah press conference is chilling. If I were American I’d be terrified. Is no one going to ask why a 22 year old feels the need to assassinate someone he disagrees with?? The politicisation of law enforcement in the US continues apace