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Aware that while the world looks round, it is in fact a cube. And from this we know that 'Fact' times 'Importance' equals NEWS.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Antony Loewenstein: "Israels had an incredibly powerful arms industry for years.. tested on Palestinians.. those weapons are often sold to countless countries.. many nations are saying they're appalled [about Gaza].. but rest assured many.. are keen to buy some of those weapons"
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Without electoral reform, Reform might, on the basis of current opinion polls, take most seats in parliament in 2029 with about one-third of the votes. The case for proportional representation is overwhelming in that case, but will Labour deliver it? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
1. The impacts of predatory capital - impossible rents, failing public services, rising costs of living - are being blamed across the billionaire press on immigrants and Black and Brown people. It's so crude, so obvious, so familiar .... but if you tell the lie often enough, people believe it. 🧵
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
HM Revenue & Customs does not know how many billionaires pay tax in the UK, according to a new report by MPs The Public Accounts Committee says this is despite fact only a small number of people have this status - & the significant sums of money involved news.sky.com/story/hmrc-d...
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HMRC 'doesn't know' how many billionaires pay tax in the UK
"There is much public interest in the amount of tax the wealthy pay. People need to know everyone pays their fair share," a group of MPs warn.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Strange isn't it that people will hate disabled people and claim that none of them are really disabled, pensioners and claim they are all millionaires and immigrants saying they are all rapists But they won't actually blame billionaires who ARE all filthy greedy robbing scumbags
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨 Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
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How Britain privatised itself into failure
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
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Israel, Zionism, Politics & Gaza ft. Norman Finkelstein | Know Time 120
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Me: Has Israel committed war crimes? Piers Morgan: We need to wait for due process. Me: Does that apply to Hamas, too? Piers: No, they did their war crimes on camera. Me: So has Israel? Piers: That’s the end of the show
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
The magic of having the world's only fully privatised and most expensive energy.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Surprise!
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
The BBC is still promoting Israel's lies - 20 months into the genocide. Coverage of the aid massacres is another depraved case study in the biggest scandal of Western journalism of our time. New post 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/bbc-promot...
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
The UK has GPs desperate to work, and Labour won’t employ them www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/05...
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The UK has GPs desperate to work, and Labour won’t employ them
If you listened to Wes Streeting and the government, the problem with supplying more appointments in the NHS is all down to a shortage of GPs, and they are years away because of the time it takes to t...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
To arm ourselves against Reform’s rise to power, we need first to recognise the most vulnerable parts of our current political landscape…
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Six warnings about the rise of Farage
To arm ourselves against Reform’s rise to power, we need first to recognise the most vulnerable parts of our current political landscape
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Your regular reminder that 88 Irish parliamentarians could end homelessness and solve the multiple crises they created in the health service with the stroke of a pen, but every day, they choose not to.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Way to go Greenland 👏 www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/greenla...
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Journalists who have taken until now to speak out about Israel's genocide have no excuses. All the evidence was there from the beginning. The likes of @scotnational.bsky.social called it right - and you treated them with contempt. A reckoning is coming 👇 thenational.scot/news/world/2...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Why were we in trade negotiations with Israel?
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
We can’t wait for @carolecadwalla@bsky.com to be at Byline Festival, Keele Uni On Sat 12 July she’s our key note speaker then she’s joining the panel -women on the frontline of the information war with Dawn Butler, Naz Shah & Heidi Cuda Don’t miss her! bylinefestival.com
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Here's why boycotting Eurovision matters
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The US trade deal is a bad deal, and it has the potential to get worse www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/05... Someone should tell Starmer that sometimes (by which I mean usually, or even always) no deal is better than a bad deal, because that is what he's got with the USA.
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The US trade deal is a bad deal, and it has the potential to get worse
This statement was issued by the White House yesterday on the UK/US trade deal, about which a great deal of uncertainty remains: President Trump: “The deal includes billions of dollars of increased...
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
🔴Bearly Newsworthy: No, Lee. 'Health Tourism' is Not the Problem There is a more than a whiff of xenophobia, wild misdirection and political pantomime at the heart of Reform UK's proposals on the NHS, writes the Bear www.bylinesupplement.com/p/bearly-new...
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Bearly Newsworthy: No, Lee. 'Health Tourism' is Not the Problem
There is a more than a whiff of xenophobia, wild misdirection and political pantomime at the heart of Reform UK's proposals on the NHS, writes the Bear
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
You can't be silent about genocide
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
40% of the UK's universities are now running deficits. Next year, it is expected that 75% will. How long is it before some begin to go bust as a result of UK government policy? youtu.be/4Lsq1sMQ8oE?...
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Might some of the UK's universities go bust because of the crises now hitting the sector?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
In-person tickets for tomorrow's event are sold out, but you can still watch it online. Need to book though. Looking forward to talking to and with you all. observer.co.uk/our-events/t...
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The Secret History of Neoliberalism with George Monbiot
Independent journalism | News, culture & style | Investigations, analysis, features, ideas, recipes, newsletters & podcasts that make sense of the world
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Remember when those of us who said Israel should not bomb hospitals. ( right after Israel bombed hospitals and had bombed hospitals in the past ) were called hamas loving anti semites - not only by arch zionists but by liberal human rights loving intellectuals ? Funny they are so quiet now
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
"What does it mean to be a witness to this happening on your doorstep, a witness in real time to the starvation of a civilian population?" Olga Cherevko from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs speaking from Gaza.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
"Palestinians are facing this brutal regime that is trying to not only starve them but also prevent any attempt to help them" Sami Al-Arian on Israel attacking the freedom flotilla in international waters.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
While I'm not involved in any political party, I think @zackpolanski.bsky.social's analysis is correct. Thanks to Labour's multiple, infuriating failures, the Greens could become huge here, but only if they are bolder, more assertive and, yes, "eco-populist". www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Green deputy launches leadership bid with UK ‘eco-populism’ vision
Exclusive: Surprise challenger Zack Polanski says party can learn from success of Nigel Farage and Reform UK
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Kneecap
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
"EXCLUSIVE: Dem Voters Overwhelmingly Say US Should Cut Aid to Israel Until It Stops Attacking Civilians" From Palestine to economics, a new poll from Data for Progress and Zeteo shows likely Democratic primary voters prefer a more progressive approach.
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EXCLUSIVE: Dem Voters Overwhelming Say US Should Cut Aid to Israel Until It Stops Attacking Civilians
From Israel-Palestine to economic policy, polling from Data for Progress and Zeteo shows likely primary voters prefer a more progressive approach.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Just read it. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social is right. What more can I add? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Rob Tracinski @tracinski.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I am livid. This happened very literally in an area I know well, near where my kids go to school. And it is absolutely indistinguishable from a kidnapping by a criminal gang. We need to identify that asshole in the ponytail. Figure out who the hell these people are. Stop this now.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
🔴‘Total Information Collapse’ and the Tribunal of Truth Peter Jukes, Co-Founder and Executive Editor of Byline Times, on the urgent need for media accuracy and why joining Impress, the independent press regulator, is the best way for us to uphold those values bylinetimes.com/2025/04/24/t...
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'Total Information Collapse' and the Tribunal of Truth
Peter Jukes, Co-Founder and Executive Editor of Byline Times, on the urgent need for media accuracy and why joining Impress, the independent press regulator, is the best way for us to uphold those val...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Nadav Shtrauchler, a former adviser to Mr. Netanyahu, said that the prime minister had experienced “a complete reversal” under the Trump administration that allowed him “much more room to operate.”
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With Trump’s Return, Netanyahu Faces Fewer Restraints on Gaza Than Ever
On the war, President Trump is more aligned than his predecessor with the aims of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and his right-wing coalition.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
"The Israeli army is lying all the time.. what kind of cowardly and sadistic army is it that attacks sick & wounded people in the middle of the night, & attacks nurses, doctors & volunteers who care for sick & wounded people" Dr Mads Gilbert on Israel bombing Al Ahli hospital.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
The BBC’s framing of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has been an absolute joke.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
"Were it not for the heroic efforts of journalists, the world would know nothing about us... we would be dying in silence. Yes, we may be dying right now - but at least there are people out there who know we are dying" Journalist Hala Shehada speaking from Gaza
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
"Israels target, Gaza citys last fully functioning hospital. It was called Al Ahli. It has been destroyed. Israel insists the hospital was a command and control centre for Hamas, but has provided no evidence of this" Nicole Johnston reporting.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
On taxes on wealth in the Express today www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04... The Express asked me to write about taxes on wealth, and has now warned their readers to brace themselves before reading what I have to say. You can do it here.
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On taxes on wealth in the Express today
This is in the Express today: The rest is here. They suggest people should brace themselves for what I have to say, which is really quite funny. My argument counters posts featuring the Institu...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Zeteo warned about Project Esther six months ago. As with Project 2025, everything that was promised by the far right is coming to pass. zeteo.com/p/project-es...
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'Project Esther': The Right-Wing Group Behind Project 2025 Has a Plan to Crack Down on America's Pro-Palestine Movement
The Trump-aligned Heritage Foundation is now going after what they call the “Hamas Support Network” – groups like Jewish Voice for Peace and American Muslims for Palestine.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
"If you're sitting in a boardroom, might it not be a bit chilling to imagine that a politician can change the law in a single day & take control of your business" Nah. Its a reminder of what can be done, & if can be done for steel, why not for <insert privatised industry here>?
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
The government has published no evidence to suggest that cutting disability benefits will get people back to work. The evidence it has published found that these cuts would plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty. I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social in calling on the gov’t to rethink
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
CONTENT WARNING: This video is the stuff of nightmares. It destroys all the lies IDF came up with. This is what they do over and over again. They commit an atrocity, lie, then the Western media treats their lie as credible.
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Tulsi gabbard - is director of zero intelligence - such a liar she claims not to know anything - literally not even what country she was in when she broke every law possible on a signal chat - Does she know what country she is in right now?
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
It has been a month since any aid entered Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel has announced its intention to seize large areas of Palestinian territory. Our government's response? To continue to allow the supply of arms to Israel.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Is there no crime that Israel can commit in full view of the world that it can’t get away with? No crime too grotesque, no crime too depraved, no crime too sadistic?
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Read John Nichols www.thenation.com/article/arch...
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The World's Richest Man Wants Wisconsin to Give Up on Democracy
Elon Musk is spending tens of millions of dollars to block free and fair elections in the battleground state.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I also suggest an alternative route, a politics of belonging, in which political power and control of local resources are returned to communities.
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