Neil
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I see this so often that I think it might qualify as a law:
The time people take to notice demographic trends is equal to the time required for the results to materialise.
In other words, however obvious the maths might be, we cannot or will not see it coming.
The time people take to notice demographic trends is equal to the time required for the results to materialise.
In other words, however obvious the maths might be, we cannot or will not see it coming.
Trump thinks immigrants will destroy Europe. The truth is the opposite.
This column is about the long arc of population change, the hybridity of European cultures, and the widely-misinterpreted results of demographic momentum.
Big issues we need to understand.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This column is about the long arc of population change, the hybridity of European cultures, and the widely-misinterpreted results of demographic momentum.
Big issues we need to understand.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The facts are stark: Europe must open the door to migrants, or face its own extinction | George Monbiot
These are the facts: plummeting birth rates mean that without attracting immigration, many countries are sliding towards collapse, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I see this so often that I think it might qualify as a law:
The time people take to notice demographic trends is equal to the time required for the results to materialise.
In other words, however obvious the maths might be, we cannot or will not see it coming.
The time people take to notice demographic trends is equal to the time required for the results to materialise.
In other words, however obvious the maths might be, we cannot or will not see it coming.
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So far Zack Polanski is the only political leader of a mass membership party to come out in support of the hunger strikers. Meanwhile the Justice Secretary refuses even to reply to MPs demanding an urgent meeting to avert what could well be the tragic deaths of unconvicted prisoners. Shameful.
Solidarity with the hunger strikers.
It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction.
All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.
It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction.
All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.
December 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
So far Zack Polanski is the only political leader of a mass membership party to come out in support of the hunger strikers. Meanwhile the Justice Secretary refuses even to reply to MPs demanding an urgent meeting to avert what could well be the tragic deaths of unconvicted prisoners. Shameful.
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This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
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Starmer says he’s "taking the gloves off" and that the Greens are "nuts"
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Starmer says he’s "taking the gloves off" and that the Greens are "nuts"
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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Thames Water risks being forced into special administration.
40% price hike. Doubling of operating profit, sewage in rivers.
Era of water poverty - 8.5% of the TW customers are on bills subsidised by those who are paying their charges, 4% not paying bills at all.
It's a scam.
archive.ph/k6QX0
40% price hike. Doubling of operating profit, sewage in rivers.
Era of water poverty - 8.5% of the TW customers are on bills subsidised by those who are paying their charges, 4% not paying bills at all.
It's a scam.
archive.ph/k6QX0
Thames Water risks being forced into special administration
Creditors are proposing to inject cash and write off some of the troubled water company’s record debt as its customers struggle to afford rising bills
www.thetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Thames Water risks being forced into special administration.
40% price hike. Doubling of operating profit, sewage in rivers.
Era of water poverty - 8.5% of the TW customers are on bills subsidised by those who are paying their charges, 4% not paying bills at all.
It's a scam.
archive.ph/k6QX0
40% price hike. Doubling of operating profit, sewage in rivers.
Era of water poverty - 8.5% of the TW customers are on bills subsidised by those who are paying their charges, 4% not paying bills at all.
It's a scam.
archive.ph/k6QX0
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The super-rich rightwing are pouring money into Reform. Do ordinary voters really think their aim is to even out social inequality and make their lives better? Do they think they’re doing it so Farage invests in infrastructure and public services? Ffs. Democracy being beaten to death in plain sight.
December 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The super-rich rightwing are pouring money into Reform. Do ordinary voters really think their aim is to even out social inequality and make their lives better? Do they think they’re doing it so Farage invests in infrastructure and public services? Ffs. Democracy being beaten to death in plain sight.
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Electricity prices are soaring while utilities rake in billions in profit. Here's three ideas to bring bills down:
1) Make power cheap in the middle of the day
2) Stop utility profiteering
3) Keep climate impacts off bills
My latest in @theatlantic.com.
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
1) Make power cheap in the middle of the day
2) Stop utility profiteering
3) Keep climate impacts off bills
My latest in @theatlantic.com.
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Three Ideas for Lowering Electricity Costs
For starters, recognize that clean energy is cheap energy.
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Electricity prices are soaring while utilities rake in billions in profit. Here's three ideas to bring bills down:
1) Make power cheap in the middle of the day
2) Stop utility profiteering
3) Keep climate impacts off bills
My latest in @theatlantic.com.
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
1) Make power cheap in the middle of the day
2) Stop utility profiteering
3) Keep climate impacts off bills
My latest in @theatlantic.com.
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
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The UK government’s budget is simply managing decline.
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth.
Can't grow economy by hiking taxes on low/middle income families.
Whatever happened to taxing the rich?
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth.
Can't grow economy by hiking taxes on low/middle income families.
Whatever happened to taxing the rich?
The government’s budget is simply managing decline
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The UK government’s budget is simply managing decline.
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth.
Can't grow economy by hiking taxes on low/middle income families.
Whatever happened to taxing the rich?
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth.
Can't grow economy by hiking taxes on low/middle income families.
Whatever happened to taxing the rich?
Read this and weep for the BBC!
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November 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Read this and weep for the BBC!
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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Things move quickly in politics. The idea of a Sunday broadsheet dedicating it's entire front page to @greenparty.org.uk is huge, and let's be honest, a sign of changing times.
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Things move quickly in politics. The idea of a Sunday broadsheet dedicating it's entire front page to @greenparty.org.uk is huge, and let's be honest, a sign of changing times.
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
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That awkward moment when your star columnist was responsible... and you have to write headlines around the Boris shaped elephant in the newsroom
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
That awkward moment when your star columnist was responsible... and you have to write headlines around the Boris shaped elephant in the newsroom
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People are ready to make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
(Source: Evening Standard from YouGov Data)
Join.greenparty.org.uk
(Source: Evening Standard from YouGov Data)
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
People are ready to make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
(Source: Evening Standard from YouGov Data)
Join.greenparty.org.uk
(Source: Evening Standard from YouGov Data)
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This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget.
Billions available without increasing the rate of income tax, National Insurance or corporation tax.
Just end some of the perks for a select few, anomalies and abuses. Redistribute to alleviate poverty, better infrastructure.
Billions available without increasing the rate of income tax, National Insurance or corporation tax.
Just end some of the perks for a select few, anomalies and abuses. Redistribute to alleviate poverty, better infrastructure.
This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget
The chancellor has an opportunity to boost the public purpose and deliver redistribution
leftfootforward.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget.
Billions available without increasing the rate of income tax, National Insurance or corporation tax.
Just end some of the perks for a select few, anomalies and abuses. Redistribute to alleviate poverty, better infrastructure.
Billions available without increasing the rate of income tax, National Insurance or corporation tax.
Just end some of the perks for a select few, anomalies and abuses. Redistribute to alleviate poverty, better infrastructure.
This is very good from Richard Murphy. Neoliberalism is dead! What comes next could be uglier still. Time to make a positive change. Vote Green!
youtu.be/8avLxqNs75s?...
youtu.be/8avLxqNs75s?...
Why governments across the West are collapsing
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This is very good from Richard Murphy. Neoliberalism is dead! What comes next could be uglier still. Time to make a positive change. Vote Green!
youtu.be/8avLxqNs75s?...
youtu.be/8avLxqNs75s?...
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Trump now says that to rebel against the authority of the state is a DEATH PENALTY offense. And who determines rebellion? Why he does of course. Can it get any worse?
Of course it can.
Of course it can.
November 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Trump now says that to rebel against the authority of the state is a DEATH PENALTY offense. And who determines rebellion? Why he does of course. Can it get any worse?
Of course it can.
Of course it can.
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UK and Norway won nature's lottery in 1970 - found oil/gas in the North Sea.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
How sparsely populated Norway amassed $1.8 trillion | Fortune Europe
Launched in the early 1990s to invest mostly in bonds, the fund has grown to become the largest of its kind by acquiring small equity stakes in thousands of companies across the world.
fortune.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
UK and Norway won nature's lottery in 1970 - found oil/gas in the North Sea.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
Our privatised water system is broken, and the next Water Bill could lock in more of the same.
If MPs don’t hear from us, water companies get their way again.
I’ve written to my MP. You can do the same in 2 minutes: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
If MPs don’t hear from us, water companies get their way again.
I’ve written to my MP. You can do the same in 2 minutes: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Ask your MP to oppose another water industry stitch-up
Our privatised water system is broken, and the next Water Bill could lock in more of the same.
If MPs don’t hear from us, water companies get their way again.
I’ve written to my MP. You can do the ...
actionnetwork.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Our privatised water system is broken, and the next Water Bill could lock in more of the same.
If MPs don’t hear from us, water companies get their way again.
I’ve written to my MP. You can do the same in 2 minutes: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
If MPs don’t hear from us, water companies get their way again.
I’ve written to my MP. You can do the same in 2 minutes: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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If Tommy Robinson are endorsing your policies, you've probably gone too far
Genuinely depressing to see how low Labour will go to appease racists
Desperate and self destructive
Join the @greenparty.org.uk if you want to #makehopenormalagain
Genuinely depressing to see how low Labour will go to appease racists
Desperate and self destructive
Join the @greenparty.org.uk if you want to #makehopenormalagain
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
If Tommy Robinson are endorsing your policies, you've probably gone too far
Genuinely depressing to see how low Labour will go to appease racists
Desperate and self destructive
Join the @greenparty.org.uk if you want to #makehopenormalagain
Genuinely depressing to see how low Labour will go to appease racists
Desperate and self destructive
Join the @greenparty.org.uk if you want to #makehopenormalagain
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A vote for Labour is a vote for Reform
BREAKING: “On Monday, I will announce the most significant changes to our asylum system in modern times” says Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood
November 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
A vote for Labour is a vote for Reform
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“Populism, as I see it, is the 99% versus the 1% — the working majority against a tiny elite that has taken our power and wealth.”
Green Party Leader Zack Polanski speaks to CNN about hope, unity and taking on billionaire-backed politics.
Green Party Leader Zack Polanski speaks to CNN about hope, unity and taking on billionaire-backed politics.
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“Populism, as I see it, is the 99% versus the 1% — the working majority against a tiny elite that has taken our power and wealth.”
Green Party Leader Zack Polanski speaks to CNN about hope, unity and taking on billionaire-backed politics.
Green Party Leader Zack Polanski speaks to CNN about hope, unity and taking on billionaire-backed politics.
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The Rule of Law in England.
Legal-aid is scarce.
Backlog of 78,329 Crown Court and 361,027 Magistrates’ courts cases. No speedy hearing.
The Post Office scandal shows that corporations can hound innocent people. No one charged for false prosecutions and ruining lives.
Legal-aid is scarce.
Backlog of 78,329 Crown Court and 361,027 Magistrates’ courts cases. No speedy hearing.
The Post Office scandal shows that corporations can hound innocent people. No one charged for false prosecutions and ruining lives.
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 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The Rule of Law in England.
Legal-aid is scarce.
Backlog of 78,329 Crown Court and 361,027 Magistrates’ courts cases. No speedy hearing.
The Post Office scandal shows that corporations can hound innocent people. No one charged for false prosecutions and ruining lives.
Legal-aid is scarce.
Backlog of 78,329 Crown Court and 361,027 Magistrates’ courts cases. No speedy hearing.
The Post Office scandal shows that corporations can hound innocent people. No one charged for false prosecutions and ruining lives.