Raj Thamotheram
@rajtham.bsky.social
Formerly a sustainable finance guy who's also not fond of pandemics or genocides or fascists.
On here for as long as it helps us organise a centre left response to the polycrisis.
If we have something in common, feel free to send me a DM.
On here for as long as it helps us organise a centre left response to the polycrisis.
If we have something in common, feel free to send me a DM.
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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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Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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It would be funny, if it wasn't tragic, reading this from four years ago about the 'independent' expert who wrote the report into purported leftwing bias at the BBC. It's just embarrassingly amateur - but it works because the Government is awol. www.theguardian.com/media/2021/n...
Lobbyist at firm with close ties to Tories will help select Ofcom chair
Appointment of Michael Prescott as interviewer follows move to give Paul Dacre chance to reapply
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It would be funny, if it wasn't tragic, reading this from four years ago about the 'independent' expert who wrote the report into purported leftwing bias at the BBC. It's just embarrassingly amateur - but it works because the Government is awol. www.theguardian.com/media/2021/n...
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“This was a very very bad vote”
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“This was a very very bad vote”
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The North-South divide is as wide as ever
Ninety years after Orwell exposed northern hardship, new data shows deprivation remains stark across England’s North
Ninety years after Orwell exposed northern hardship, new data shows deprivation remains stark across England’s North
The North-South divide is as wide as ever
Ninety years after Orwell exposed northern hardship, new data shows deprivation remains stark across England’s North
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The North-South divide is as wide as ever
Ninety years after Orwell exposed northern hardship, new data shows deprivation remains stark across England’s North
Ninety years after Orwell exposed northern hardship, new data shows deprivation remains stark across England’s North
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Dear Reform voters
if Farage becomes PM
and the NHS completely privatised
expect your family members
to die young
from lack of care
"Good luck Reform voters....Farage is NOT an advocate for your NHS. Beware. Be very aware of what this means in REAL terms for you and your family."
via Olivia Stevens
if Farage becomes PM
and the NHS completely privatised
expect your family members
to die young
from lack of care
"Good luck Reform voters....Farage is NOT an advocate for your NHS. Beware. Be very aware of what this means in REAL terms for you and your family."
via Olivia Stevens
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Dear Reform voters
if Farage becomes PM
and the NHS completely privatised
expect your family members
to die young
from lack of care
"Good luck Reform voters....Farage is NOT an advocate for your NHS. Beware. Be very aware of what this means in REAL terms for you and your family."
via Olivia Stevens
if Farage becomes PM
and the NHS completely privatised
expect your family members
to die young
from lack of care
"Good luck Reform voters....Farage is NOT an advocate for your NHS. Beware. Be very aware of what this means in REAL terms for you and your family."
via Olivia Stevens
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"Several Palestinians, international activists and journalists have been beaten by #Israeli settlers near Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
It was one of a series of attacks across the territory on Saturday."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLoN...
#BoycottIsrael #FreePalestine #Israel #News #Palestine
It was one of a series of attacks across the territory on Saturday."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLoN...
#BoycottIsrael #FreePalestine #Israel #News #Palestine
Israeli settlers brutally attack Palestinians, activists, and journalists in West Bank
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
"Several Palestinians, international activists and journalists have been beaten by #Israeli settlers near Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
It was one of a series of attacks across the territory on Saturday."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLoN...
#BoycottIsrael #FreePalestine #Israel #News #Palestine
It was one of a series of attacks across the territory on Saturday."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLoN...
#BoycottIsrael #FreePalestine #Israel #News #Palestine
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BREAKING:
“While the President may enjoy absolute immunity courtesy of his rogue Supreme Court, those who operate under his orders do not. Our state & local authorities may arrest federal agents if they break California law — and if they are convicted, the President cannot pardon them.”
NANCY PELOSI
“While the President may enjoy absolute immunity courtesy of his rogue Supreme Court, those who operate under his orders do not. Our state & local authorities may arrest federal agents if they break California law — and if they are convicted, the President cannot pardon them.”
NANCY PELOSI
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
BREAKING:
“While the President may enjoy absolute immunity courtesy of his rogue Supreme Court, those who operate under his orders do not. Our state & local authorities may arrest federal agents if they break California law — and if they are convicted, the President cannot pardon them.”
NANCY PELOSI
“While the President may enjoy absolute immunity courtesy of his rogue Supreme Court, those who operate under his orders do not. Our state & local authorities may arrest federal agents if they break California law — and if they are convicted, the President cannot pardon them.”
NANCY PELOSI
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Yeah, the Trump crowd tore down the West Wing. But they've taken a bulldozer to the military, too. One more incredibly, needlessly destructive move by this reckless administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Yeah, the Trump crowd tore down the West Wing. But they've taken a bulldozer to the military, too. One more incredibly, needlessly destructive move by this reckless administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
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Ipsos finds Trump’s approval rating is decreasing almost entirely because of anti-incumbent economic anxiety. Approval rating among people who say the economy is the # 1 issue is -24pts since Jan. It’s stable for people who index on all other issues www.ipsos.com/en-us/lesson...
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Ipsos finds Trump’s approval rating is decreasing almost entirely because of anti-incumbent economic anxiety. Approval rating among people who say the economy is the # 1 issue is -24pts since Jan. It’s stable for people who index on all other issues www.ipsos.com/en-us/lesson...
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Going to a research conference next week. One of my panels featured researchers coming from Asia, who decided to withdraw given the uncertainty about domestic travel with flight cancelations. Just one more reference point for how the US under Trump has become seen as a basket case country.
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Going to a research conference next week. One of my panels featured researchers coming from Asia, who decided to withdraw given the uncertainty about domestic travel with flight cancelations. Just one more reference point for how the US under Trump has become seen as a basket case country.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Powerful, terrifying and undeniably true.
Where can we go from here?
Powerful, terrifying and undeniably true.
Where can we go from here?
Welcome to 21st-century politics: a bitter revolt against power that will consume Labour and the Tories | John Harris
A mood of turbulence and insurgency against the two main parties has been building for years, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Powerful, terrifying and undeniably true.
Where can we go from here?
Powerful, terrifying and undeniably true.
Where can we go from here?
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And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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Thinking this is wrong and untenable isn’t radical.
Thinking it isn’t, is.
Thinking it isn’t, is.
October 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Thinking this is wrong and untenable isn’t radical.
Thinking it isn’t, is.
Thinking it isn’t, is.
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💥The PPE VIP Lane scandal isn’t going away…
Despite the previous government hoping it would.
A reminder the Covid Contracts scandal cost the tax-payer £15billion.
So far over 1million pallets of unused/unusable PPE have been incinerated
Some headlines this week ⤵️
Despite the previous government hoping it would.
A reminder the Covid Contracts scandal cost the tax-payer £15billion.
So far over 1million pallets of unused/unusable PPE have been incinerated
Some headlines this week ⤵️
November 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
💥The PPE VIP Lane scandal isn’t going away…
Despite the previous government hoping it would.
A reminder the Covid Contracts scandal cost the tax-payer £15billion.
So far over 1million pallets of unused/unusable PPE have been incinerated
Some headlines this week ⤵️
Despite the previous government hoping it would.
A reminder the Covid Contracts scandal cost the tax-payer £15billion.
So far over 1million pallets of unused/unusable PPE have been incinerated
Some headlines this week ⤵️
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"Prosecuting a former president or prime minister is a normal and healthy thing for advanced democracies to do." foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/28/d...
Prosecuting the Powerful
Historical data shows putting leaders on trial is a healthy democratic practice.
foreignpolicy.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"Prosecuting a former president or prime minister is a normal and healthy thing for advanced democracies to do." foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/28/d...
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"In this video, The Intellectualist examines whether economic inequality in the U.S. today is worse than pre-revolutionary France. Using Federal Reserve, CBO data, and economic history, we reveal a shocking answer: the wealth gap in America is worse."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uXY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uXY...
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"In this video, The Intellectualist examines whether economic inequality in the U.S. today is worse than pre-revolutionary France. Using Federal Reserve, CBO data, and economic history, we reveal a shocking answer: the wealth gap in America is worse."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uXY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uXY...
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“This is more than an election, it’s a story of what’s possible when we work together to create a coalition against fascism. This multifaith, multiracial coalition is the antidote to MAGA hate.”
@bendthearc.bsky.social for Jewish action endorsed Zohran Mamdani
www.bendthearc.us/why_we_endor...
@bendthearc.bsky.social for Jewish action endorsed Zohran Mamdani
www.bendthearc.us/why_we_endor...
Why we endorsed Zohran Mamdani
Why we endorsed Zohran Mamdani
www.bendthearc.us
November 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“This is more than an election, it’s a story of what’s possible when we work together to create a coalition against fascism. This multifaith, multiracial coalition is the antidote to MAGA hate.”
@bendthearc.bsky.social for Jewish action endorsed Zohran Mamdani
www.bendthearc.us/why_we_endor...
@bendthearc.bsky.social for Jewish action endorsed Zohran Mamdani
www.bendthearc.us/why_we_endor...
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In 1933 the oligarchs tried to overthrow FDR (Business Plot). This time around they started early, phony fiat currencies made it easier to create a fake dystopian economy and the manufactured "War on Terror" galvanized public support to accept a fascist police surveillance state.
At this point in the long cycle, when the concentration of wealth and power has reached a historical extreme, those at the top always try to overthrow the system to cement their dominance and control for eternity. Same place as 1920s/1930s, 1850s/1860s, late 1700s.
"In this video, The Intellectualist examines whether economic inequality in the U.S. today is worse than pre-revolutionary France. Using Federal Reserve, CBO data, and economic history, we reveal a shocking answer: the wealth gap in America is worse."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uXY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uXY...
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
In 1933 the oligarchs tried to overthrow FDR (Business Plot). This time around they started early, phony fiat currencies made it easier to create a fake dystopian economy and the manufactured "War on Terror" galvanized public support to accept a fascist police surveillance state.
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Once upon a time a report was written by MPs across parties for Parliament outlining how to fix General Practice
Hours were spent taking evidence, the conclusions were clear
No one read it or if they did they ignored it
Including Wes Streeting
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
Hours were spent taking evidence, the conclusions were clear
No one read it or if they did they ignored it
Including Wes Streeting
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Once upon a time a report was written by MPs across parties for Parliament outlining how to fix General Practice
Hours were spent taking evidence, the conclusions were clear
No one read it or if they did they ignored it
Including Wes Streeting
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
Hours were spent taking evidence, the conclusions were clear
No one read it or if they did they ignored it
Including Wes Streeting
committees.parliament.uk/publications...