@paulosmac.bsky.social
Reposted
The OBR says that the VAT charge on private schools has raised more money than expected because fewer pupils have gone into the state sector
Never believe the Tories and their media.
Never believe the Tories and their media.
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The OBR says that the VAT charge on private schools has raised more money than expected because fewer pupils have gone into the state sector
Never believe the Tories and their media.
Never believe the Tories and their media.
Reposted
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
Reposted
Since privatisation England's water companies paid £88.4bn in dividends.
90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.
90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.
Public ownership would make a difference.
90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.
90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.
Public ownership would make a difference.
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
September 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Since privatisation England's water companies paid £88.4bn in dividends.
90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.
90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.
Public ownership would make a difference.
90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.
90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.
Public ownership would make a difference.
Reposted
So Starmer should help renew Britain by launching 2 public inquiries:
1. Russian interference in our politics
2. Leveson 2 & media ownership
Sorting out political interference & the media malpractices & mendacity would be a huge step in the right direction to renewal.
1. Russian interference in our politics
2. Leveson 2 & media ownership
Sorting out political interference & the media malpractices & mendacity would be a huge step in the right direction to renewal.
September 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
So Starmer should help renew Britain by launching 2 public inquiries:
1. Russian interference in our politics
2. Leveson 2 & media ownership
Sorting out political interference & the media malpractices & mendacity would be a huge step in the right direction to renewal.
1. Russian interference in our politics
2. Leveson 2 & media ownership
Sorting out political interference & the media malpractices & mendacity would be a huge step in the right direction to renewal.
Reposted
Two years ago today: atmospheric perfection over rural Oklahoma. I'd have believed in gods too if I saw this before knowing what it was. #photography
September 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Two years ago today: atmospheric perfection over rural Oklahoma. I'd have believed in gods too if I saw this before knowing what it was. #photography
Reposted
This is the coolest man in the UK.
It's not even close.
It's not even close.
September 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This is the coolest man in the UK.
It's not even close.
It's not even close.
Reposted
Kirk, Farage & Robinson: The International Far Right Network.
The same playbook: Billionaire backers, Kremlin narratives, troll farms. A deep dive into the links and why billionaires bankroll them.
Show this to your Reform voting uncle. He’ll fucking hate it.
youtu.be/CcIe3lSH0PU
The same playbook: Billionaire backers, Kremlin narratives, troll farms. A deep dive into the links and why billionaires bankroll them.
Show this to your Reform voting uncle. He’ll fucking hate it.
youtu.be/CcIe3lSH0PU
Kirk, Farage & Robinson Exposed: The International Far Right Network
YouTube video by Supertanskiii
youtu.be
September 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Kirk, Farage & Robinson: The International Far Right Network.
The same playbook: Billionaire backers, Kremlin narratives, troll farms. A deep dive into the links and why billionaires bankroll them.
Show this to your Reform voting uncle. He’ll fucking hate it.
youtu.be/CcIe3lSH0PU
The same playbook: Billionaire backers, Kremlin narratives, troll farms. A deep dive into the links and why billionaires bankroll them.
Show this to your Reform voting uncle. He’ll fucking hate it.
youtu.be/CcIe3lSH0PU
Reposted
Rachel Reeves may be about to close a major inheritance tax loophole — and the wealthy are calling it “dangerous.” But what’s really dangerous in Britain? It’s not taxing the rich. It’s child poverty, crumbling public services, and inequality.
youtu.be/9FUBEhhlEFk?...
youtu.be/9FUBEhhlEFk?...
Danger for the wealthy is not danger for the UK
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
August 16, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Rachel Reeves may be about to close a major inheritance tax loophole — and the wealthy are calling it “dangerous.” But what’s really dangerous in Britain? It’s not taxing the rich. It’s child poverty, crumbling public services, and inequality.
youtu.be/9FUBEhhlEFk?...
youtu.be/9FUBEhhlEFk?...
Reposted
So, if I've understood this correctly, two tier justice is what happens when the legal process arrives at a decision that a bunch of racist fuckwits don't agree with.
August 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
So, if I've understood this correctly, two tier justice is what happens when the legal process arrives at a decision that a bunch of racist fuckwits don't agree with.
Reposted
Reposted
My concerns about Gary Stevenson’s economics of wealth www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08...
Gary Stevenson's latest video has made it very clear that his economics is deeply neoliberal in its framing. You cannot build social justice on the basis of inappropriate economic framing, so this matters.
Gary Stevenson's latest video has made it very clear that his economics is deeply neoliberal in its framing. You cannot build social justice on the basis of inappropriate economic framing, so this matters.
My concerns about Gary Stevenson’s economics of wealth
In a recent video, Gary Stevenson said:
“Governments are running out of money, just like a person running down their savings.”
Gary Stevenson has become a significant critic of inequality in the UK t...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
August 7, 2025 at 6:27 AM
My concerns about Gary Stevenson’s economics of wealth www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08...
Gary Stevenson's latest video has made it very clear that his economics is deeply neoliberal in its framing. You cannot build social justice on the basis of inappropriate economic framing, so this matters.
Gary Stevenson's latest video has made it very clear that his economics is deeply neoliberal in its framing. You cannot build social justice on the basis of inappropriate economic framing, so this matters.
Reposted
How Reeves could raise £15 billion without hurting working people youtu.be/f26kOz28Hjg?... Unearned income—like dividends, rents, and capital gains—escapes the tax burden workers face. In this video, I argue it’s time for economic fairness and tax justice.
How Reeves could raise £15 billion without hurting working people
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
August 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
How Reeves could raise £15 billion without hurting working people youtu.be/f26kOz28Hjg?... Unearned income—like dividends, rents, and capital gains—escapes the tax burden workers face. In this video, I argue it’s time for economic fairness and tax justice.
Reposted
The UK can’t run out of pounds any more than it can run out of inches or centimetres. In this response to Gary Stevenson, I explain why money is a public good, created by the state, and why it’s wrong to claim the government is broke.
youtu.be/2aaKGm9zZlU?...
youtu.be/2aaKGm9zZlU?...
Why the UK can’t go broke – and why Gary Stevenson shouldn't imply it could
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
August 8, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The UK can’t run out of pounds any more than it can run out of inches or centimetres. In this response to Gary Stevenson, I explain why money is a public good, created by the state, and why it’s wrong to claim the government is broke.
youtu.be/2aaKGm9zZlU?...
youtu.be/2aaKGm9zZlU?...
Reposted
The Toblerone war: Trump’s tariffs and the cost to us all youtu.be/b5-UeUgvD04?... Donald Trump has slapped a 39% tariff on Toblerone from Switzerland – but this isn’t really about chocolate. It’s about a dangerous trade war and instability. Fair trade matters – and this isn’t it.
The Toblerone war: Trump’s tariffs and the cost to us all
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
August 9, 2025 at 6:08 AM
The Toblerone war: Trump’s tariffs and the cost to us all youtu.be/b5-UeUgvD04?... Donald Trump has slapped a 39% tariff on Toblerone from Switzerland – but this isn’t really about chocolate. It’s about a dangerous trade war and instability. Fair trade matters – and this isn’t it.
Reposted
I buy autobiographies from charity shops, 'sign' them after googling authors autographs, then donate them to charity shops in other towns. Thatcher my best result yet, bought for £1.50 unsigned, priced at £95 when 'signed'. I'm Robin Hood with a biro.
August 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I buy autobiographies from charity shops, 'sign' them after googling authors autographs, then donate them to charity shops in other towns. Thatcher my best result yet, bought for £1.50 unsigned, priced at £95 when 'signed'. I'm Robin Hood with a biro.
Reposted
I work in retail and it's generally shit. However the highlight of my week is locking the doors at 4pm on Sunday and then watching all the wankers trying to get in. Pure gold.
August 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I work in retail and it's generally shit. However the highlight of my week is locking the doors at 4pm on Sunday and then watching all the wankers trying to get in. Pure gold.
Reposted
The thing is, unlike other sciences like chemistry and physics, Biology describes trends, not rules. Which is why every "biological" definition of sex will fail.
We can't even agree on what counts as life. Or what a species is.
We can't even agree on what counts as life. Or what a species is.
August 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The thing is, unlike other sciences like chemistry and physics, Biology describes trends, not rules. Which is why every "biological" definition of sex will fail.
We can't even agree on what counts as life. Or what a species is.
We can't even agree on what counts as life. Or what a species is.
Reposted
Reposted
I admire Mo Salah's restraint.
"Farewell". Really?
Suleiman al-Obeid was killed by the IDF as he was queuing for food in Gaza. Say it, you cowards.
"Farewell". Really?
Suleiman al-Obeid was killed by the IDF as he was queuing for food in Gaza. Say it, you cowards.
August 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I admire Mo Salah's restraint.
"Farewell". Really?
Suleiman al-Obeid was killed by the IDF as he was queuing for food in Gaza. Say it, you cowards.
"Farewell". Really?
Suleiman al-Obeid was killed by the IDF as he was queuing for food in Gaza. Say it, you cowards.
Reposted
Reposted
August 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Reposted
August 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Reposted
August 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Reposted
August 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Reposted
August 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM