Mathew Proe
@mathewproe.bsky.social
Believer in equality for all.
Absolutely right.
UK households cut spending at fastest pace in 5 years.
Average real wage stuck at 2008 level.
Energy, water, broadband, rents, grocery, dentist, vets prices rising at more than CPI.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Can't rebuild without redistribution.
Average real wage stuck at 2008 level.
Energy, water, broadband, rents, grocery, dentist, vets prices rising at more than CPI.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Can't rebuild without redistribution.
UK households cut spending at fastest pace in almost five years, says Barclays
Bank reports 1.1% drop in card spending despite Black Friday boost for retailers
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Absolutely right.
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Time to admit the truth: Brexit has been an unmitigated economic failure, says The Telegraph.
Brexit Effect:
UK GDP down 8%
Investment down 18%
Productivity down 4%
Employment down 4%
Immigration not cut
No trade benefits
No regulatory freedom
Why do some still vote for Farage?
archive.ph/L2Gqp
Brexit Effect:
UK GDP down 8%
Investment down 18%
Productivity down 4%
Employment down 4%
Immigration not cut
No trade benefits
No regulatory freedom
Why do some still vote for Farage?
archive.ph/L2Gqp
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www.telegraph.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Time to admit the truth: Brexit has been an unmitigated economic failure, says The Telegraph.
Brexit Effect:
UK GDP down 8%
Investment down 18%
Productivity down 4%
Employment down 4%
Immigration not cut
No trade benefits
No regulatory freedom
Why do some still vote for Farage?
archive.ph/L2Gqp
Brexit Effect:
UK GDP down 8%
Investment down 18%
Productivity down 4%
Employment down 4%
Immigration not cut
No trade benefits
No regulatory freedom
Why do some still vote for Farage?
archive.ph/L2Gqp
Nothing to see here... disgraceful.
Greenwash
England’s water industry issued £10.5bn in ‘green bonds’ despite pollution record.
Industry dumps tons of raw sewage in rivers, lakes and seas. Destroys marine life, biodiversity; creates health hazards.
And spineless regulators call them green bonds. Travesty.
England’s water industry issued £10.5bn in ‘green bonds’ despite pollution record.
Industry dumps tons of raw sewage in rivers, lakes and seas. Destroys marine life, biodiversity; creates health hazards.
And spineless regulators call them green bonds. Travesty.
England’s water industry issued £10.5bn in ‘green bonds’ despite pollution record
River Action says use of issuance tied to environmental benefits is ‘corporate greenwash on steroids’
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Nothing to see here... disgraceful.
Utter madness. Immoral.
UK energy bill payers to hand £2bn a year in subsidies to EDF, owned by the French govt, for building two nuclear power stations.
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
UK energy bill payers will hand £2bn a year to EDF for new power stations
French government-owned company to receive funding for Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Utter madness. Immoral.
Always the same.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves hints at welfare cuts.
Why do govts not cut corporate welfare?
Subsidies for auto, steel, oil, gas, biomass, internet, shipbuilding and others, without any equity stake.
Profiteering by energy, water, phone, house builders, care home, dental care companies.
Why do govts not cut corporate welfare?
Subsidies for auto, steel, oil, gas, biomass, internet, shipbuilding and others, without any equity stake.
Profiteering by energy, water, phone, house builders, care home, dental care companies.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves hints at more welfare cuts after previous rebellion - but authority on shaky ground
The government's earlier efforts to reform welfare and save £5bn ended in an inglorious failure.
news.sky.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Always the same.
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In 2023-24 HMRC issued 456 penalties to wealthy individuals for £5.8m, 25 prosecuted.
Tax scams designed by accountants, lawyers; five prosecutions in 2023-2024.
Govt taking powers to snoop on benefit claimants' bank accounts; mainly poor, old, sick. Nothing equivalent on tax abuse industry.
Tax scams designed by accountants, lawyers; five prosecutions in 2023-2024.
Govt taking powers to snoop on benefit claimants' bank accounts; mainly poor, old, sick. Nothing equivalent on tax abuse industry.
Nothing will change until the political system is freed from the clutches of corporations and the super-rich
The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few
leftfootforward.org
November 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
In 2023-24 HMRC issued 456 penalties to wealthy individuals for £5.8m, 25 prosecuted.
Tax scams designed by accountants, lawyers; five prosecutions in 2023-2024.
Govt taking powers to snoop on benefit claimants' bank accounts; mainly poor, old, sick. Nothing equivalent on tax abuse industry.
Tax scams designed by accountants, lawyers; five prosecutions in 2023-2024.
Govt taking powers to snoop on benefit claimants' bank accounts; mainly poor, old, sick. Nothing equivalent on tax abuse industry.
This would be a good start. Betting deals in misery.
MPs urge Reeves to raise gambling taxes despite ‘scaremongering’ from firms.
Quite right.
Bet365 CEO collected £323m in pay and dividends last year. Company paid 12.7% corporation tax on £1.4bn profit.
Almost all betting companies have offshore tax haven operations, solely to dodge UK taxes.
Quite right.
Bet365 CEO collected £323m in pay and dividends last year. Company paid 12.7% corporation tax on £1.4bn profit.
Almost all betting companies have offshore tax haven operations, solely to dodge UK taxes.
MPs urge Reeves to raise gambling taxes despite ‘scaremongering’ from firms
Treasury select committee calls for higher duties on most addictive forms, such as high-street slots and online games
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This would be a good start. Betting deals in misery.
When will this short-termism end? Short-sighted and massively damaging. These centres are used by the people for the people. It is ALWAYS working people who pay the penalty for private and government largesse and mismanagement.
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
When will this short-termism end? Short-sighted and massively damaging. These centres are used by the people for the people. It is ALWAYS working people who pay the penalty for private and government largesse and mismanagement.
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England homelessness grown by a fifth since 2022, now 300,000.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Homelessness figures higher than data suggests, research shows
Official data for England underestimates the scale of the problem, according to research for charity Crisis says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
England homelessness grown by a fifth since 2022, now 300,000.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
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Rigged.
Corrupt Britannia.
UK Govts bury bank scandals.
Frauds, moneylaundering not investigated.
FCA, SFO rarely prosecute.
HBOS frauds report promised by 2018, nothing published, ministers don't answer questions.
City of London Police funded by Lloyds Bank, UK Finance, financial institutions.
UK Govts bury bank scandals.
Frauds, moneylaundering not investigated.
FCA, SFO rarely prosecute.
HBOS frauds report promised by 2018, nothing published, ministers don't answer questions.
City of London Police funded by Lloyds Bank, UK Finance, financial institutions.
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 8:35 AM
Rigged.
Exactly. Its a cartel.
An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
October 31, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Exactly. Its a cartel.
Where is the outrage?
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Where is the outrage?
This is so worrying. Why are we desperate to emulate the very worst aspects of America? Health care should be delivered free and be universal. Medication should always be at the very minimum cost. Please watch Michael Moore's excellent documentary 'Sicko' to see where this road will take us...
UK Govt to capitulate to Big Pharma
Ministers have drawn up proposals to pay companies 25% more for NHS medicines.
Too many corporations holding govts/peopie to ransom - give us what we want or else
Energy
Water
Banks
Internet
Tax abuses
Who governs - Corporations or elected govts?
Ministers have drawn up proposals to pay companies 25% more for NHS medicines.
Too many corporations holding govts/peopie to ransom - give us what we want or else
Energy
Water
Banks
Internet
Tax abuses
Who governs - Corporations or elected govts?
‘Patients will suffer’: tales from the frontline of the UK pharma crisis
The pricing standoff between government and industry has stalled research and put thousands of jobs at risk
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:36 AM
This is so worrying. Why are we desperate to emulate the very worst aspects of America? Health care should be delivered free and be universal. Medication should always be at the very minimum cost. Please watch Michael Moore's excellent documentary 'Sicko' to see where this road will take us...
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“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
― Nelson Mandela
🌟🌛🤍🌞☀️
― Nelson Mandela
🌟🌛🤍🌞☀️
October 31, 2025 at 5:26 AM
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
― Nelson Mandela
🌟🌛🤍🌞☀️
― Nelson Mandela
🌟🌛🤍🌞☀️
We are bring conned. We are being exploited. We are being misinformed. We are being gaslit. Every day, every month, every year. All very deliberately, all to benefit the insatiable elitist class.
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 AM
We are bring conned. We are being exploited. We are being misinformed. We are being gaslit. Every day, every month, every year. All very deliberately, all to benefit the insatiable elitist class.
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Very concerning, if true.
October 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Very concerning, if true.
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Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
A disgusting symptom of our times...
High street slot machine shops, owned by Merkur, are paying their staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose.
Companies chase profits by spreading misery, exploiting vulnerable people
Gambling Commission must shut down these parasites.
Companies chase profits by spreading misery, exploiting vulnerable people
Gambling Commission must shut down these parasites.
High street slot machine shops pay staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose
Exclusive: MPs and campaigners condemn ‘appalling’ reward scheme for Merkur venue managers
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
A disgusting symptom of our times...
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Democide in our times
Austerity, wage & public service cuts kill, but are govt policy.
Millions can't get good food, housing, education, healthcare, pension.
Men in poorer UK areas live 9.7 yrs less than those in least deprived areas. Women 8 years.
Govts silent on the human cost of fiscal rules
Austerity, wage & public service cuts kill, but are govt policy.
Millions can't get good food, housing, education, healthcare, pension.
Men in poorer UK areas live 9.7 yrs less than those in least deprived areas. Women 8 years.
Govts silent on the human cost of fiscal rules
The government must ensure fair distribution of income
'The average real wage of workers has hardly moved from the 2008 level whilst bosses never had it so good.'
leftfootforward.org
October 8, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Democide in our times
Austerity, wage & public service cuts kill, but are govt policy.
Millions can't get good food, housing, education, healthcare, pension.
Men in poorer UK areas live 9.7 yrs less than those in least deprived areas. Women 8 years.
Govts silent on the human cost of fiscal rules
Austerity, wage & public service cuts kill, but are govt policy.
Millions can't get good food, housing, education, healthcare, pension.
Men in poorer UK areas live 9.7 yrs less than those in least deprived areas. Women 8 years.
Govts silent on the human cost of fiscal rules
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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 6:58 AM
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.
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The UK household debt is over £2 trillion.
Debt once public now loaded to households e.g. student debt. Energy debt rising. People borrowing for healthcare.
Mortgages 7 times salary being issued. Soaring rents.
Real average wage stuck at the 2008 level.
What could go wrong?
Debt once public now loaded to households e.g. student debt. Energy debt rising. People borrowing for healthcare.
Mortgages 7 times salary being issued. Soaring rents.
Real average wage stuck at the 2008 level.
What could go wrong?
October 7, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The UK household debt is over £2 trillion.
Debt once public now loaded to households e.g. student debt. Energy debt rising. People borrowing for healthcare.
Mortgages 7 times salary being issued. Soaring rents.
Real average wage stuck at the 2008 level.
What could go wrong?
Debt once public now loaded to households e.g. student debt. Energy debt rising. People borrowing for healthcare.
Mortgages 7 times salary being issued. Soaring rents.
Real average wage stuck at the 2008 level.
What could go wrong?
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UK subsidises energy prices in other countries.
Investors, state entities from Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Israel, Italy, Korea, Norway, UAE & the US own most of UK energy sector.
£514bn operating profit since 2020.
Profits/Dividends go abroad.
Britons pay the price of privatisation dogma.
Investors, state entities from Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Israel, Italy, Korea, Norway, UAE & the US own most of UK energy sector.
£514bn operating profit since 2020.
Profits/Dividends go abroad.
Britons pay the price of privatisation dogma.
If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership
Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.
leftfootforward.org
October 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
UK subsidises energy prices in other countries.
Investors, state entities from Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Israel, Italy, Korea, Norway, UAE & the US own most of UK energy sector.
£514bn operating profit since 2020.
Profits/Dividends go abroad.
Britons pay the price of privatisation dogma.
Investors, state entities from Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Israel, Italy, Korea, Norway, UAE & the US own most of UK energy sector.
£514bn operating profit since 2020.
Profits/Dividends go abroad.
Britons pay the price of privatisation dogma.
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“What is how human civilization felt in the year 2025 AD prior to Skynet, aka The Future War.”
September 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“What is how human civilization felt in the year 2025 AD prior to Skynet, aka The Future War.”
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Young people say rising bills stopping them moving out.
Low wages, insecure jobs and high cost of living. High rents and property prices; water and energy bills, council tax and insurance. Little chance of savings.
No govt curbs profiteering.
Low wages, insecure jobs and high cost of living. High rents and property prices; water and energy bills, council tax and insurance. Little chance of savings.
No govt curbs profiteering.
More young people say rising bills now stopping them moving out
A growing number of young adults now say the rising cost of running a home means they can't afford their own place.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Young people say rising bills stopping them moving out.
Low wages, insecure jobs and high cost of living. High rents and property prices; water and energy bills, council tax and insurance. Little chance of savings.
No govt curbs profiteering.
Low wages, insecure jobs and high cost of living. High rents and property prices; water and energy bills, council tax and insurance. Little chance of savings.
No govt curbs profiteering.