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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

UAE has no democratically elected institutions, no free speech and an appalling human rights record. Its economy functions on completely different metrics to the ours & ranks well below us for GDP No serious person would ever think that we should emulate it. But here's Tice calling us decadent

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geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

*Blessed are the unfeeling, for they shall inherit the GOP. Books, sermons, and tweets now warn that “toxic empathy” is destroying civilization* Nathan J. Robinson filed 30 September 2025 in Editor’s Notes www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-rig...

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The Right’s Latest Culture War Crusade is Against Empathy

Blessed are the unfeeling, for they shall inherit the GOP. Books, sermons, and tweets now warn that “toxic empathy” is destroying civilization.

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I have just submitted an FOI to the Home Office demanding FULL TRANSPARENCY on Palantir’s role in tomorrow’s “Brit Card” mandatory digital ID scheme 🚨 WHY THIS MATTERS: Palantir already has its surveillance tentacles deep in UK infrastructure with 24+ government contracts including: Thread

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

This isn’t immigration control - it’s INFRASTRUCTURE for a surveillance state. When the same company tracking CIA targets builds your “ID card” system, you’re not getting documentation - you’re getting MONITORED. Please repost TO SOUND THE ALARM

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Keynes vs MMT: which economic theory fits our world? youtu.be/ZGFpBU37riM?...

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Keynes vs MMT: which economic theory fits our world?

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Nelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

The utter bastards. It's sheer mindless vandalism.

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Spot on by @hoanssolo.bsky.social There is a hint of the Emperor's new clothes about a lot of this 'coalition of the willing' discussion. Europe needs to start seriously thinking about how far it is willing to go to support Ukraine and the danger of its bluff being called www.ft.com/content/a6aa...

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Europe now needs to step off the sidelines on Ukraine

If EU leaders genuinely believe Kyiv’s independence matters, they must deploy combat troops to guarantee any ceasefire

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Madz @madz123.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

This evening!

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

For over 45 years, neoliberal and neoclassical economics have dominated UK policy — and failed us. In a new series, I explain why they fail, and show how you can argue back with reason and evidence. Economics should serve people, not markets. Let’s take it back. youtu.be/uvLZCnhJFaY?...

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Neoliberal economics is a con and total rubbish – so we're going to tear it apart

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Lisa Nandy, the UK culture secretary, claims that #PalestineAction "wishes harm on the British people." That is simply false. It is yet another retrospective justification by this government for its unjustifiable ban on the group.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

I’ve spent 50 years studying profit as an accountant, economist, and political economist. And here’s the truth: almost no one understands what profit really is, least of all mainstream economists. In this video, I explain why. youtu.be/cqfsHR6z3go?...

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Is profit really the best measure of business success?

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Elaine Dyson @elainedyson1.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

#SocialistSunday just got better ☺️👇 Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana have just launched a new political party, please sign up here. I have, then please follow each other from the replies, it's time to change the political narrative & work together x #ForTheMany www.yourparty.uk#//

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We're building a new kind of political party - one that belongs to you. Sign up here...

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Is this the end of democracy in the UK? youtube.com/shorts/MrbUI...

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Is this the end of democracy in the UK?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Cutting "red tape" (aka public protections), as Reeves is doing, does not save money. Instead, it transfers costs from the rich to the poor. Other people pay for financial recklessness, filthy rivers, air pollution, lax building standards and consumer rip-offs. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Reeves says rules and red tape are ‘boot on the neck’ of business

At the Mansion House dinner she calls for regulators to allow more risk to clear the way for economic growth

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Buck McWilliams @buckmcw.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Geez..now they have drop off bins?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

The more we discover, the worse it gets. Now we learn the water companies wrote the guidance ensuring sewage sludge is not tested for the vast majority of contaminants before being spread on farmland. They gave themselves a free licence to dump hazardous waste. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Environment Agency insider alleges ‘cover-up’ over sewage sludge on farmland

Regulator and government accused of colluding with water industry to dump potentially toxic waste without oversight

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

The aspect of the whole ‘new Left Party’ thing I find oddest is the idea Corbyn should lead it. He is 76. He’ll be 80 at the next general election. We are not America.

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

NATO was founded after WWII by the U.S. and our European allies. It has protected the free world from invasion by authoritarian forces for over 75 years. Defunding NATO would be like putting away an umbrella in a rainstorm because you’re dry. .

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Still on the button, and still holding firm. FFS launch a new party so we can all get on board and actually do something about this mess. You don't even have to lead it if you don't want to...

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Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

“MPs are people who want the power to change the world for the better, but so many have been left feeling powerless," one Labour MP said A brilliant look inside how No 10 sleepwalked into a welfare crisis, by @siennarodgers.bsky.social 👇

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How No 10 Sleepwalked Into A Welfare Crisis

Tightly controlled candidate selections and a tough approach to taking away the whip from rebels early in the parliament were not enough to avert a...

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

What is really holding back incomes in the UK? youtu.be/ni6jFvWlrec?... The Resolution Foundation says UK incomes will flatline until 2030. This isn’t an accident—it’s by design. High interest rates, unfair taxes, and Labour's inaction are crushing incomes and deepening inequality. We need change.

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What is really holding back incomes in the UK?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/06/2025

Brownshirt ICE rolled up to my local Home Depot today and got the F-off treatment. Shoutout to this woman because this is exactly how it’s done. No badge, face covered = F*ck all the way off. 📌 It’s on us citizens to stand up for our vulnerable brothers and sisters.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

This is hilarious… Sara Pascoe can't forget what Nigel Farage said to her www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

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Sara Pascoe can't forget what Nigel Farage said to her

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

What modern monetary theory actually says and why it matters youtu.be/GyJckrwB4kA?... In this video I set the record straight on MMT: what it is, how it works, and what it doesn’t claim to do. If you’ve ever wondered how modern monetary theory could change things, this is your explainer.

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What modern monetary theory actually says and why it matters

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Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

This is a really hard concept for Westerners to grasp, but here goes; Disliking someones government is not a valid excuse to blow up their hospitals, starve their people, bomb their wedding parties and burn their kids alive

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Reeves ploughing more money into private pockets isn't a 'great spend', it continues the great robbery. What we need is public ownership, not private profiteering. Incidentally, if it really was a great giveaway from the Chancellor, then what was all the bullshit about a black hole in the finances?

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

As if the BBC hasn’t boosted Farage enough…

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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Tax the rich. Repost if you agree.

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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

How many people in the UK have died due to war in the last few decades? None. How many people in the UK have died due to austerity in the last few decades? Well over 350,000. We need to invest in public services, not war. Repost if you agree.

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

If you want to see real journalists asking the questions that really matter, you need to look past the mainstream propaganda press: youtu.be/QIfIcxpYFtE?...

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We asked Starmer's military chief why he’s spying for Israel

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

"It's hard to know what to make of Keir Starmer. A shed perhaps, or a bird table? Maybe an emotionally distant grandfather clock, or a wardrobe that apologises when you bump into it?" My weekly bit for @bylinetimes.bsky.social www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...

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Russell Jones's Week Moment: Semi-Goodenough and the Kebab Shop Mussolini

This has not been a great week for the far right, or those politicians seeking to imitate them, suggests Russell Jones

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Hexenbeest @hexenbeest.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

While Nigel Farage is jumping up and down this week about Starmer abandoning UK fisheries, let's take a moment to remember his dedicated service as an MEP and MP.

Image shows Farage fast asleep with mouth open in an armchair instead of actively doing the job he was paid to do as an MEP and is currently paid to do as an MP.

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Alan @alanmoore4816.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

No, I couldn't forgive, as it is actions not words that create a link and trust between the people and their government and sorry sir, you have chosen not to be trusted, only under pressure do you consider change, I for one would like to see a change of leader. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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Talks over winter fuel U-turn ‘intensify’ amid hopes voters will forgive Labour

Prime minister Keir Starmer under pressure as focus groups tell government they might not bear a grudge if there is a reversal of the chancellor Rachel Reeves’s cuts

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Reform is a Limited Company Farage owns 53% It was formed in 2019 to push for a “no-deal Brexit” It wants to reintroduce the Liz Truss budget It wants to privatise the NHS & invest in fossil fuels Close the BBC & break International law It’s a scam Please retweet widely

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America Really Shouldn't Exist @a-r-s-e.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

This is a thread summarising what to me are the most important concepts from Marx's Capital (as well as some implications) that everyone should at least try to understand, whether or not they end up agreeing with it all I'm happy to answer any questions on any of it so long as they're in good faith

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Thames Water executives to receive bonuses from £3bn emergency loan. Bonus for dumping sewage in rivers, not plugging leaks, neglecting investment, fleecing customers. They are laughing all the way to the bank. Govt/Regulators do nothing. Let customers vote on exec pay. archive.ph/lcNyD

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Thames Water executives to receive bonuses from £3bn emergency loan

Utility’s chair tells MPs that retention payments are needed to prevent rivals ‘picking off’ staff

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 12/05/2022

A thread: Why socialist Labour was stopped... ‘We will launch the biggest ever crackdown on tax avoidance and evasion and reform the inefficient system of tax reliefs.’ – Labour Manifesto, 2019. #CouldHaveHad & #WhyWeWereStopped

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

In the election that followed VE Day, Attlee won an unexpected landslide. And he didn't do it by promising iron clad fiscal discipline and a two-child benefit cap.

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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

UK arming genocidal regime despite export ban. Clearly David Lammy must resign and those who enabled this held to account. Repost if you agree.

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

If politicians are meant to be 'public servants', why are they so richly rewarded with wealth and titles?

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 28/04/2025

Is Starmer’s Labour far right? This question sounds absurd, but today, it is not only necessary but urgent to ask for anyone who still cares about democracy My thoughts on @reacpolrn.bsky.social reacpol.net/starmer-far-...

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Article: Is Starmer's Labour far right? (Aurelien Mondon) - Reactionary Politics Research Network

This article by Aurelien Mondon explores whether the Labour government under Starmer can be considered far right

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Keir Starmer is the UK's prime minister without ever understanding what the role demands, or that he has none of the required skills to undertake the task. youtu.be/8DKWiFW-XaI?...

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Keir Starmer is the UK's prime minister without ever understanding what the role demands.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

No President can turn in his economy as Trump has done and not send it into recession or even depression. The question is, how do we manage the chaos that follows from that? youtu.be/xJ1WQzqzaao?...

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The USA will have a crash, and the world will follow. What do we need to do to prepare for that?

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