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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I’m not suggesting people shouldn’t vote but I think it’s harsh to critique people being indifferent when they have no alternative or no party really offering change.

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

During this time we’ve had both major parties in power and still nothing has really changed. Yes Labour have been a bit more liberal in their social policies but ultimately they’ve just carried on with the same economic policies as the Tory party. I suspect the US is the same.

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I can only speak for the UK where over the last 20 years living standards have decreased year on year. Our infrastructure has has been sold off or underfunded over the last 50 years leading to many of our essential services on the brink of collapse.

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

When you have a system that offers controlled opposition, meaning that no matter who gains power nothing substantially changes,the people become disillusioned with the system. The US,like the UK,offers no real alternatives to the status quo.

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Emma writes songs ☘️ @emmagee.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The ability of politicians and media commentators to rewrite even very recent history is something to behold - even when the actual receipts are everywhere. As Saul says, destroying Corbyn was the main priority, inside and outside the Labour Party.

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I predicted before the last election that Labour didn’t have the vision and balls to radically change our society and economy. That they would be doomed to fail and would ultimately usher in the far right in the guise of Reform. I’ve seen nothing to make me change my mind.

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Enough chances to win the game but in reality a draw was probably about right. Emery has got a lot of work to do to get this current squad up to the standards he demands.

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Watson is a snake and is symptomatic of the rot that has been within the Labour Party since the early 80’s.

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Labour is dead as a progressive movement.

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Emma writes songs ☘️ @emmagee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I don't know who is more contemptible, the so-called Labour party, or the people who perpetuate it whilst lecturing us about how it will be different this time.

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Only Marmite for those who don't care that she dismissed & covered up child sex abuse on her watch, that she smeared socialism & weaponised fake anti-semitism to protect her lower tax rate. Hell has a penthouse prepared for this one. 🤮 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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‘I am seen as a Marmite figure’: Margaret Hodge on political battles, victories, errors – and regrets

At 82, the politician and anti-corruption champion is indefatigable. She discusses fighting the BNP, tackling antisemitism, and why, with her new memoir, she’s reclaiming the word ‘battleaxe’

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Andy Burnham is just Tony Blair. Big promises, carefully planned speeches, lots of hot air. While behind the scenes everything continues on exactly as Margaret Thatcher started in 1979.

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Emma writes songs ☘️ @emmagee.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

To quote Burnham s hero: "I've been dreaming of a time when The English are sick to death of Labour and Tories And spit upon the name Oliver Cromwell And denounce this royal line That still salute him and will salute him forever"

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It was a poor team performance all round tbf. I can take losing but to give goals away and lose control is difficult to swallow but in the immortal words of the bespectacled Scot “we go again” As regards Ollie,he and anyone else,who doesn’t want to be with us can frankly f**k off.

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A pretty standard start to our season tbf Emma lol. I’m not getting too worried by it however Emery really has got his work cut out to get this team up to his standard.

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Not before they proscribe Labour first,Labour Together and any party that has a Friends of Israel affiliated to it

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

It’s so embarrassing that this cretin represents the town I live in 😢

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The result of Centrism is Fascism. They do nothing to undo the changes that the Right Wing parties make. While they fight the Left Wing parties even harder than the Fascists because the Left Wing might make them pay more tax. Don't support the Centrist drivel.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The Left (the many) have always been at war with the Right (the rich few). They have just successfully convinced too many people on the Left that they can't fight because fighting is bad. So instead you'll just have to accept their tyranny forever.

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Firstly being a “professional” doesn’t stop you being stupid or a bigot. Secondly reading any of the billionaire media tends to render your critical thinking skills null and void.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Government bonds are hard to understand, but not that hard, and most of the mystery is spread by the City, which wants to use them as a weapon to deny you what you need from the government. I wrote this infographic. AI drew it, directed by me.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This one is important because MMT is. I used AI, among other tools, when creating this post. I also used a word processor and about 50 years of experience writing about these issues. Drawing the infographic was the smallest part, and I had no budget to do it any other way.

An infographic on modern monetary theory

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Israel is the definition of a settler colony. It was built on land that Britain had no right to give away or sell. Israel was also founded on terrorism and ethnic cleansing.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Capitalism is just slavery of everyone to a handful of the super rich. Abolish slavery.

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

If you’re not anti Israel then you’re an accessory to colonialist oppression and racism.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Much of what is said about economics is little better than gaslighting.... I used AI tools when writing this post, including a spell checker. I also used 50 years of experience writing about these issues. The drawing was the smallest part of all that, and I had no budget to do it any other way.

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Let’s not forget how UEFA has turned the premier European trophy from a tournament for league champions into a tournament that you can win if you finish 4th in the league. They are as guilty as FIFA of rinsing the sport,and us its supporters,of as much money as they can.

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The thin line between US President policy making satire and reality ... via Arthur Barnes

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Andy Burnham previously called for “aspirational socialism“. Before becoming PM he said for water industry: “Public ownership is absolutely an option ... I would say for Thames Water, that is what should be done.” After becoming PM, it is ‘more public control’. Test coming soon.

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Andy Burnham can’t transform the country while sticking to the current fiscal rules

Sticking to the 2024 election manifesto and fiscal rules will make it harder for him to deliver the headline promises and the change that he has paraded.

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I’m not an advocate of bloody revolution because,as in all conflicts,it’s the poor who suffer the most,however we’re getting to the point where massive change is inevitable. Unfortunately I believe the change will be fascist and will do little alleviate the suffering of the working classes.

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

And I’m pretty certain he won’t do enough to stop the right wing tide sweeping into power. I hope I’m wrong though

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

England water companies have breached official guidance on discharging sewage at 65 popular swimming sites since May. All water companies have criminal convictions, violated terms of their licence. All defended by govts, allowed to trade, inflict harms.

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Water companies have breached official guidance on discharging sewage at 65 popular swimming sites in England since May

WATER firms discharged more than 100,000 of hours-worth of sewage at 65 popular swimming sites in England since May.Sewage overflow pipes released a total of 117,001 hours between mid-May and July 21,...

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Angela Rayner rules out rent controls in England. Millions can't afford to buy a home. Rents swallow 41% of take-home pay. Social housing sold off by successive govts and is scarce. 1.5m waiting list. Can't deal with the cost of living crisis without ending profiteering.

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Angela Rayner rules out rent controls in England

The housing secretary tells the BBC that the Renters Rights' Act is already having a significant impact on the market.

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The way to stop Farage is give those in the poorest and most disenfranchised areas hope and tangible benefits for voting a certain way. At the minute Labour have offered nothing more than a sticking plaster. Have we still not learnt the lessons of Brexit?

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

We can revisit this conversation in 5 weeks or 5 months and I predict that nothing will still have changed.

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

What’s changed? The idiotic fiscal rule? The Reformesque immigration policies? Nope still got them. Water renationalised? Nope still a rip off Foreign policy on Israel? Nope still enabling genocide. Stepping away from the influence of Labour Together and the LFI? Nope still in control.

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The ringmaster may have changed but still the same old circus.

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I’d prefer norovirus to Reform or any version of it but that’s setting the bar very low. In reality Burnham will offer little more economically to us plebs than Farage will,albeit with better social policies. As regards division and hatred,well Burnham is still helping Israel commit genocide.

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

But like Farage,Burnham is lying

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Reporter: Isn’t there concern that this slippery slope to socialism inevitably ends up as full-blown communism? AOC: They want to call everything they don’t like communist because if people actually wake up to the fact that their elected officials are screwing them over when they get here

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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Repost @mickydolenz: This month in 1967, @themonkees released “Pleasant Valley Sunday.” Written by the extraordinary Gerry Goffin and Carole King, the song reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 11 in the U.K. And somehow, it still feels just as much fun to sing all these years later.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I had some hopes. John Healey has shattered them www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/07... John Healey outlined what he saw as the role of the Treasury in a speech yesterday. It was pure George Osborne. There is no hope for Burnham with Healey in No. 11.

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I had some hopes. John Healey has shattered them

John Healey’s appointment as Chancellor surprised many people, me included. The biggest reason for surprise was that he has no record as an economic thinker. As I noted on Monday evening, he might ha...

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I was asked yesterday what neoliberalism is. This is the answer:

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Chris Darlaston @cdarl67.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I hate the narrative used by many centrist pro remainers that Russia somehow were the main player in Britain exiting the EU. All this does is brush over the underlying fact that many voted to leave the EU because their communities been left to rot after years of deindustrialisation.

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Absolutely, definitely, not “the Establishment”…

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