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A narrative is recited almost everywhere: that Rachel Reeves is being "forced" to cut benefits, and is faced with "hard choices" or "no choice". This story, a staple of neoliberal doctrine, is completely false, as @richardjmurphy.bsky.social explains: www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
Is Rachel Reeves constrained by the City?
Is the City really stopping Rachel Reeves from doing what Labour wants, or is she just using it as a convenient excuse for her neoliberal austerity?
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www.taxresearch.org.uk
March 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
A narrative is recited almost everywhere: that Rachel Reeves is being "forced" to cut benefits, and is faced with "hard choices" or "no choice". This story, a staple of neoliberal doctrine, is completely false, as @richardjmurphy.bsky.social explains: www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
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Trump needs more diversity in his top team. Some non-idiots would be a start.
March 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Trump needs more diversity in his top team. Some non-idiots would be a start.
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Who could have predicted it?
Lord Darzi, who led the rapid review of the NHS, held $500k undeclared shares & $800k undeclared share options in private health companies - all missing from his House of Lords register of interests - when Streeting appointed him.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Lord Darzi, who led the rapid review of the NHS, held $500k undeclared shares & $800k undeclared share options in private health companies - all missing from his House of Lords register of interests - when Streeting appointed him.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Peer who led government NHS review failed to declare shares in health firms
Lord Darzi’s undeclared interests in four companies included $500,000 of shares in US-based healthcare venture
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Who could have predicted it?
Lord Darzi, who led the rapid review of the NHS, held $500k undeclared shares & $800k undeclared share options in private health companies - all missing from his House of Lords register of interests - when Streeting appointed him.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Lord Darzi, who led the rapid review of the NHS, held $500k undeclared shares & $800k undeclared share options in private health companies - all missing from his House of Lords register of interests - when Streeting appointed him.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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8. But that’s still not the best thing we can do for our children. What is the best thing? Fight the forces driving us towards crisis, with all the honesty and courage we possess.
March 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
8. But that’s still not the best thing we can do for our children. What is the best thing? Fight the forces driving us towards crisis, with all the honesty and courage we possess.
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This is a fiercely sad and damning piece about the reality of one of our most admired professions. What a terrible fate for a dedicated man www.the-londoner.co.uk/nhs-doctor-s...
The lonely death of Dr Jagdip Sidhu
He was a rising star of the NHS. Could his work have contributed to his death?
www.the-londoner.co.uk
March 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is a fiercely sad and damning piece about the reality of one of our most admired professions. What a terrible fate for a dedicated man www.the-londoner.co.uk/nhs-doctor-s...
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This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
March 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
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I agree there was a bit of fawning, but to me Starmer also looked like a paramedic trying to gently handle a mad methed up man toddler running amok in a shopping centre. “Come on mate, just put your trousers on and you can come have tea with the King, look, he invited you!”
February 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I agree there was a bit of fawning, but to me Starmer also looked like a paramedic trying to gently handle a mad methed up man toddler running amok in a shopping centre. “Come on mate, just put your trousers on and you can come have tea with the King, look, he invited you!”
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Marks & Spencer is being urged to #StopFundingHate on GB News amid a surge in anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric on the channel www.thepinknews.com/2025/02/27/m...
Marks & Spencer faces boycott over GB News ads
Marks & Spencer has been hit with a boycott after over 14,000 people signed a petition urging the retailer to stop sponsoring GB News.
www.thepinknews.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Marks & Spencer is being urged to #StopFundingHate on GB News amid a surge in anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric on the channel www.thepinknews.com/2025/02/27/m...
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In this week's column, I explore what I see as a very real prospect of systemic collapse, caused by Trump's actions, and suggest we start preparing.
I try to explain how complex systems fail, and suggest some of the failure paths we could be on.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I try to explain how complex systems fail, and suggest some of the failure paths we could be on.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There are many ways Trump could trigger a global collapse. Here’s how to survive if that happens | George Monbiot
It could be wildfires, a pandemic or a financial crisis. The super-rich will flee to their bunkers – the rest of us will have to fend for ourselves, writes columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:07 AM
In this week's column, I explore what I see as a very real prospect of systemic collapse, caused by Trump's actions, and suggest we start preparing.
I try to explain how complex systems fail, and suggest some of the failure paths we could be on.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I try to explain how complex systems fail, and suggest some of the failure paths we could be on.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Despite what the press tells us, the government is very busy, often doing popular things. But you wouldn’t know it from the press coverage
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/gov...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/gov...
Government is busy: but the media are not telling you
Despite what the press tells us, the government is very busy, often doing popular things. But you wouldn’t know it from the press coverage
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Despite what the press tells us, the government is very busy, often doing popular things. But you wouldn’t know it from the press coverage
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/gov...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/gov...
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2019-2024: £44bn lost to fraud in UK Govt depts under the Tories - often run by members now in Badenoch's Shadow Cabinet.
Contracts for cronies, PPE procurement, COVID loans & furlough scheme, Eat Out to Help Out, R&D tax credits.
Ministers ignored concerns. Who is called to account?
Contracts for cronies, PPE procurement, COVID loans & furlough scheme, Eat Out to Help Out, R&D tax credits.
Ministers ignored concerns. Who is called to account?
Kemi Badenoch's top team ran departments that gave £20k a minute to fraudsters
New analysis reveals that since 2019, over £44 billion of taxpayer money was lost to fraud in departments under the Tories - often while they were run by members of Ms Badenoch's Shadow Cabinet
www.mirror.co.uk
February 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
2019-2024: £44bn lost to fraud in UK Govt depts under the Tories - often run by members now in Badenoch's Shadow Cabinet.
Contracts for cronies, PPE procurement, COVID loans & furlough scheme, Eat Out to Help Out, R&D tax credits.
Ministers ignored concerns. Who is called to account?
Contracts for cronies, PPE procurement, COVID loans & furlough scheme, Eat Out to Help Out, R&D tax credits.
Ministers ignored concerns. Who is called to account?
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Absolutely spot on from Rory Stewart
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Absolutely spot on from Rory Stewart
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Trump has unleashed demons, who will drag all of us down. Unless someone, somewhere in Congress, very soon, finally finds the courage to face him down. Where the F are you? Open your eyes? Find your spine.
February 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Trump has unleashed demons, who will drag all of us down. Unless someone, somewhere in Congress, very soon, finally finds the courage to face him down. Where the F are you? Open your eyes? Find your spine.
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Public responses to EU-related questions in Falmouth, Cornwall yesterday.
Passers by were invited to put a sticker in the boxes to give their answers.
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Passers by were invited to put a sticker in the boxes to give their answers.
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January 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Public responses to EU-related questions in Falmouth, Cornwall yesterday.
Passers by were invited to put a sticker in the boxes to give their answers.
Follow @cornwall4eu.bsky.social
Passers by were invited to put a sticker in the boxes to give their answers.
Follow @cornwall4eu.bsky.social