Paul Stevens 🥀💚
@pauldstevens.bsky.social
Eeyorish curmudgeon. Ex-journalist. Ex-radio presenter. Ex-Labour. Lecturer. Academic. Bristolian. MMT
What could Starmer’s Labour possibly impose that could change the UK for the better? He, and it, are all about “growth” (whatever that is), through Thatcherite economics: cuts, “balancing the books”, “living within our means”. We know that ain’t gonna work 😏
November 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
What could Starmer’s Labour possibly impose that could change the UK for the better? He, and it, are all about “growth” (whatever that is), through Thatcherite economics: cuts, “balancing the books”, “living within our means”. We know that ain’t gonna work 😏
So this is what immigrants refusing to integrate into society looks like.
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
So this is what immigrants refusing to integrate into society looks like.
Why do the Spanish put up with such idiocy?
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Why do the Spanish put up with such idiocy?
Reform: a party run by public school-educated millionaires, for public school-educated millionaires.
Tl;dr, not a public school-educated millionaire? Don’t vote Reform.
Tl;dr, not a public school-educated millionaire? Don’t vote Reform.
November 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Reform: a party run by public school-educated millionaires, for public school-educated millionaires.
Tl;dr, not a public school-educated millionaire? Don’t vote Reform.
Tl;dr, not a public school-educated millionaire? Don’t vote Reform.
Reform: a party run by public school-educated millionaires, for public school-educated millionaires.
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Reform: a party run by public school-educated millionaires, for public school-educated millionaires.
It’s ridiculous. And a political/ideological choice, not an economic/financial one.
October 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It’s ridiculous. And a political/ideological choice, not an economic/financial one.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer chap.
October 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Couldn’t happen to a nicer chap.
“…the British press’s most unhinged fanzine dedicated to privilege and power” is winning at wordsmithery. Chapeau! 👏 👏 👏
October 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“…the British press’s most unhinged fanzine dedicated to privilege and power” is winning at wordsmithery. Chapeau! 👏 👏 👏
MMT doesn’t view government spending as “unlimited”.
October 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
MMT doesn’t view government spending as “unlimited”.
Because right wing economics and authoritarianism can’t be seen to fail?
October 22, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Because right wing economics and authoritarianism can’t be seen to fail?
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Edi Rama gets it. bsky.app/profile/grah...
“You left Europe because you wanted less boats, and you have more boats. You left Europe because you wanted more investment. You have less investment. You left Europe because you wanted more happiness. Now you are depressed." Albanian PM
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Visiting PM says UK paying price for Brexit with dig at Nigel Farage 'theatrics'
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama referenced 'Brexit boats' and said leaving the EU had made Britons more depressed as he took a veiled swipe at Nigel Farage
www.mirror.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Edi Rama gets it. bsky.app/profile/grah...
That’s the long game, yes.
October 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
That’s the long game, yes.
That’s the bigger picture and one of the real rationales behind it. The “Britain’s full” narrative is just a Trojan horse.
October 22, 2025 at 7:29 AM
That’s the bigger picture and one of the real rationales behind it. The “Britain’s full” narrative is just a Trojan horse.
It is. Especially when one considers that taxes aren’t a “contribution” to anything.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07...
The government still insists tax funds government spending – and it doesn’t
There was a fundamental flaw in the first line of the Executive Summary of HM Revenue & Customs' Transformation Roadmap, published, like many other government documents, just before the summer recess ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 7:27 AM
It is. Especially when one considers that taxes aren’t a “contribution” to anything.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07...
Reposted by Paul Stevens 🥀💚
Tory policy is to revoke permanent residence (ILR) for everybody who does not earn £38k - deporting most nurses who have ILR
This is put in the video as "who is unlikely to contribute more than they cost"
NB: video does not say EU settled status is exempt
No govt since Idi Amin has done this
This is put in the video as "who is unlikely to contribute more than they cost"
NB: video does not say EU settled status is exempt
No govt since Idi Amin has done this
October 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Tory policy is to revoke permanent residence (ILR) for everybody who does not earn £38k - deporting most nurses who have ILR
This is put in the video as "who is unlikely to contribute more than they cost"
NB: video does not say EU settled status is exempt
No govt since Idi Amin has done this
This is put in the video as "who is unlikely to contribute more than they cost"
NB: video does not say EU settled status is exempt
No govt since Idi Amin has done this
Reform voters won’t like what they get if they get what they think they want.
October 22, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Reform voters won’t like what they get if they get what they think they want.