Pete Hampson
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Will UK Chancellor redistribute?
End two-child benefit cap, cost £3bn-£3.6bn.
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cost £2.5bn.
Increase income tax personal allowance by £1000, cost £8.4bn.
Taxing capital gains at same rate as wages, generates £14bn+ more in NIC.
Another world is possible.
End two-child benefit cap, cost £3bn-£3.6bn.
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cost £2.5bn.
Increase income tax personal allowance by £1000, cost £8.4bn.
Taxing capital gains at same rate as wages, generates £14bn+ more in NIC.
Another world is possible.
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 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Will UK Chancellor redistribute?
End two-child benefit cap, cost £3bn-£3.6bn.
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cost £2.5bn.
Increase income tax personal allowance by £1000, cost £8.4bn.
Taxing capital gains at same rate as wages, generates £14bn+ more in NIC.
Another world is possible.
End two-child benefit cap, cost £3bn-£3.6bn.
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cost £2.5bn.
Increase income tax personal allowance by £1000, cost £8.4bn.
Taxing capital gains at same rate as wages, generates £14bn+ more in NIC.
Another world is possible.
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Pass the phone… to the 40,000 Young Greens! 📲 💚
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Pass the phone… to the 40,000 Young Greens! 📲 💚
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
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Labour MP Brian Leishman: "The Government has surrendered to... the vile rhetoric of Reform. Does the Home Secretary not see that removing the legal obligation to support asylum seekers who will be otherwise destitute, is as far away from Labour Party principles and values as we can get?"
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Labour MP Brian Leishman: "The Government has surrendered to... the vile rhetoric of Reform. Does the Home Secretary not see that removing the legal obligation to support asylum seekers who will be otherwise destitute, is as far away from Labour Party principles and values as we can get?"
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Exactly. And arguing the ifs and buts, or effectiveness and feasibility of this BS, or whether it's just performative vote-scraping does no good either; it just normalizes racism and the far-right's narrative, and emboldens violent thugs. Labour have screwed up big-time with effects for everyone.
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Exactly. And arguing the ifs and buts, or effectiveness and feasibility of this BS, or whether it's just performative vote-scraping does no good either; it just normalizes racism and the far-right's narrative, and emboldens violent thugs. Labour have screwed up big-time with effects for everyone.
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Who'd have imagined that Labour with, presumably, plenty of decent ideas, a huge majority and 3-4 years ahead of them would have ended up fighting in the sewers with Farage and "Robinson" for the racist vote?
Still no regrets about leaving FlagLand many moons ago.
Still no regrets about leaving FlagLand many moons ago.
November 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Who'd have imagined that Labour with, presumably, plenty of decent ideas, a huge majority and 3-4 years ahead of them would have ended up fighting in the sewers with Farage and "Robinson" for the racist vote?
Still no regrets about leaving FlagLand many moons ago.
Still no regrets about leaving FlagLand many moons ago.
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Did anyone resign from the BBC for this?
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Did anyone resign from the BBC for this?
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Ben Jennings on the BBC resignations – cartoon
Ben Jennings on the BBC resignations – cartoon
The corporation is under attack after admitting an ‘error of judgment’ in the way Panorama edited a Donald Trump speech
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Ben Jennings on the BBC resignations – cartoon
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Our entire political conversation - under a labour government - has taken a huge shift to the right.
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
EXCLUSIVE: Zack Polanski and Jeremy Corbyn slam Rupert Lowe’s ‘utterly repulsive’, and ‘deeply un-British’ social media comments
'Beyond disgusting'
leftfootforward.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Our entire political conversation - under a labour government - has taken a huge shift to the right.
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
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BBC Director General Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness have both quit. Getting rid of a former Tory candidate and the woman who wanted to change output to gain the trust of Reform voters should definitely sort out any left wing bias.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
BBC Director General Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness have both quit. Getting rid of a former Tory candidate and the woman who wanted to change output to gain the trust of Reform voters should definitely sort out any left wing bias.
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Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.
October 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.
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💰 Last year Labour's turnover was over £90m and the Tories' was over £50m, while ours was £5m.
📈 We must close this gap quickly if we are to replace Labour for good and take the fight to Reform.
Donate now to help us scale up fast and make hope normal again ⤵️
📈 We must close this gap quickly if we are to replace Labour for good and take the fight to Reform.
Donate now to help us scale up fast and make hope normal again ⤵️
October 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
💰 Last year Labour's turnover was over £90m and the Tories' was over £50m, while ours was £5m.
📈 We must close this gap quickly if we are to replace Labour for good and take the fight to Reform.
Donate now to help us scale up fast and make hope normal again ⤵️
📈 We must close this gap quickly if we are to replace Labour for good and take the fight to Reform.
Donate now to help us scale up fast and make hope normal again ⤵️
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New industrial robots added in China last yr, 295,000; UK 2,500.
China has 567 robots per 10,000 manufacturing workers; UK 104 .
China investing 40.4% of GDP in productive assets; UK 18.2%.
UK won't win the economic race with neoliberalism or without state intervention.
archive.ph/DuZGe
China has 567 robots per 10,000 manufacturing workers; UK 104 .
China investing 40.4% of GDP in productive assets; UK 18.2%.
UK won't win the economic race with neoliberalism or without state intervention.
archive.ph/DuZGe
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October 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
New industrial robots added in China last yr, 295,000; UK 2,500.
China has 567 robots per 10,000 manufacturing workers; UK 104 .
China investing 40.4% of GDP in productive assets; UK 18.2%.
UK won't win the economic race with neoliberalism or without state intervention.
archive.ph/DuZGe
China has 567 robots per 10,000 manufacturing workers; UK 104 .
China investing 40.4% of GDP in productive assets; UK 18.2%.
UK won't win the economic race with neoliberalism or without state intervention.
archive.ph/DuZGe
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BBC now suggesting they didn't interview Zack Polanski on Laura Kuenssberg when he was elected because they weren't on air then. Which is technically true because he was elected on a Tuesday. However, they did air just days later on Sunday and featured interviews with Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch
BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview
The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show
bylinetimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
BBC now suggesting they didn't interview Zack Polanski on Laura Kuenssberg when he was elected because they weren't on air then. Which is technically true because he was elected on a Tuesday. However, they did air just days later on Sunday and featured interviews with Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences.
They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
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Seen in a comment on a Reddit thread ...
"The way I see it, the Tories gave us active incompetence, Labour is giving us passive incompetence, Reform would give sp[e]ctacular incompetence."
#UKPol #UKPolitics
"The way I see it, the Tories gave us active incompetence, Labour is giving us passive incompetence, Reform would give sp[e]ctacular incompetence."
#UKPol #UKPolitics
September 26, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Seen in a comment on a Reddit thread ...
"The way I see it, the Tories gave us active incompetence, Labour is giving us passive incompetence, Reform would give sp[e]ctacular incompetence."
#UKPol #UKPolitics
"The way I see it, the Tories gave us active incompetence, Labour is giving us passive incompetence, Reform would give sp[e]ctacular incompetence."
#UKPol #UKPolitics
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Not him, of course.
September 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Not him, of course.
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Labour is in a mess. My advice to the Chancellor of the Exchequer is to restore the government as a transformative, democratic “big green state”, rather than a technocratic managerial one serving private wealth.
In today’s Guardian...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In today’s Guardian...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour is in a mess. Is there anything Starmer can do to turn things around? Our panel responds – part one
Over a year into power, Keir Starmer’s government is floundering. But it still has a large parliamentary majority and time on its side — here’s what it could do, says our first group of panelists
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Labour is in a mess. My advice to the Chancellor of the Exchequer is to restore the government as a transformative, democratic “big green state”, rather than a technocratic managerial one serving private wealth.
In today’s Guardian...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In today’s Guardian...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A new law could give millions of us better rights at work, but corporate lobbyists & politicians are trying to gut it. Tell the Government: protect workers, not profits!
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...
UK Government: Keep your promise to protect workers
Zero hours contracts, unfair ‘fire and rehire’, waiting months or even years to be able to access benefits – the world of work in our country is weighted against actual workers. It’s billionaire bosse...
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A new law could give millions of us better rights at work, but corporate lobbyists & politicians are trying to gut it. Tell the Government: protect workers, not profits!
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...
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~25 people arrested for extreme violence at Tommy Robinsom protest in London yesterday.
~425 arrested for peaceful protest in Parliament Square last weekend.
Why is the UK establishment - not to mention UK media - assisting the violent far-right?
#standuptoracism
~425 arrested for peaceful protest in Parliament Square last weekend.
Why is the UK establishment - not to mention UK media - assisting the violent far-right?
#standuptoracism
September 14, 2025 at 7:09 AM
~25 people arrested for extreme violence at Tommy Robinsom protest in London yesterday.
~425 arrested for peaceful protest in Parliament Square last weekend.
Why is the UK establishment - not to mention UK media - assisting the violent far-right?
#standuptoracism
~425 arrested for peaceful protest in Parliament Square last weekend.
Why is the UK establishment - not to mention UK media - assisting the violent far-right?
#standuptoracism
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For the first time in my life the social norms that kept a lid on nationalist fascist racism; that reclaimed the flag; have stalled.
The lack of actual vocal leadership for us to rally around - for the pro-democracy, pro-rule of law, anti-violent, majority - is now becoming an existential problem.
The lack of actual vocal leadership for us to rally around - for the pro-democracy, pro-rule of law, anti-violent, majority - is now becoming an existential problem.
September 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
For the first time in my life the social norms that kept a lid on nationalist fascist racism; that reclaimed the flag; have stalled.
The lack of actual vocal leadership for us to rally around - for the pro-democracy, pro-rule of law, anti-violent, majority - is now becoming an existential problem.
The lack of actual vocal leadership for us to rally around - for the pro-democracy, pro-rule of law, anti-violent, majority - is now becoming an existential problem.
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Privatisation of the NHS.
Govt asks private finance investors about backing 200 neighbourhood health centres.
PFI is a disaster. Guarantees corporate profits. £1 investment, £6 repayment. Higher taxes, bigger govt debt, poor value for money.
Cheaper for govt to build. Nothing learnt from the past
Govt asks private finance investors about backing 200 neighbourhood health centres.
PFI is a disaster. Guarantees corporate profits. £1 investment, £6 repayment. Higher taxes, bigger govt debt, poor value for money.
Cheaper for govt to build. Nothing learnt from the past
Health department sounds out private investors to fund NHS centres in England
Move could transform how care is delivered but threatens to reignite fierce debate over contentious PFI model
www.ft.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Privatisation of the NHS.
Govt asks private finance investors about backing 200 neighbourhood health centres.
PFI is a disaster. Guarantees corporate profits. £1 investment, £6 repayment. Higher taxes, bigger govt debt, poor value for money.
Cheaper for govt to build. Nothing learnt from the past
Govt asks private finance investors about backing 200 neighbourhood health centres.
PFI is a disaster. Guarantees corporate profits. £1 investment, £6 repayment. Higher taxes, bigger govt debt, poor value for money.
Cheaper for govt to build. Nothing learnt from the past
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Britain is not a country of racist bigots.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
Repost if you agree.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
Repost if you agree.
August 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Britain is not a country of racist bigots.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
Repost if you agree.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
Repost if you agree.
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Waiting for Yvette Cooper and Starmer to make a statement that Qatar has a right to defend itself
September 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Waiting for Yvette Cooper and Starmer to make a statement that Qatar has a right to defend itself