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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 6h

Tax cuts in various sectors will also leave the Treasury with less money to spend on people who need it most (typically the poorest in society). Tory "solutions" always leads to hurting the poorest most to protect and grow wealth, a strategy that is unsustainable long term.

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 6h

Pubs are struggling because people can no longer afford to go out as much as they used to due to trickle up economics. The problem with trickle up economics is that it continues taking more and more money from much of society, so tax cuts for hospitality would only offer a temporary reprieve...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 6h

One of Nick Ferrari's safe subjects that he regularly goes back to is the issue of pubs struggling and closing. His solution? Tax cuts for the hospitality sector. The problem is that this is a sticking plaster being offered to deliberately hide a deeper problem...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 17h

Tax avoiders were getting more tax breaks and moving money into offshore accounts rather than contributing back to the society that helped them get rich. 10 years of undiluted hate shifted the Overton window to ensure that migrants are always the first to be blamed for almost anything.

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 17h

Here we are, over 10 years after the Brexit Referendum with politicians across the spectrum having either blamed EU migrants and asylum seekers, or not stood up to support them. Not one brave enough to remind us that it was actually wealthy bankers who helped crash the economy...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 17h

6. Sunak's short lived moment offered nothing new. More "STOP THE BOATS!" on podiums and little else. 7. When Starmer became PM, Farage was effectively leading the increasingly far-right media, so Keir simply continued where the Tories ended, with a feeble and unconvincing "stop the boats"...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 17h

5. Boris Johnson? Well he didn't really do much except go into hiding; running into fridges, avoiding COBRA meetings and ducking questions about pandemic parties. He did manage to stand behind a "STOP THE BOATS!" podium, surrounded by Union Jacks. He did love the Brexity 3 word slogans though...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 17h

3. Corbyn's dislike of the EU stems right back to when the Common Market was formed during the EEC era, a capitalist's wet dream. He blamed EU workers for low wages and eroded workers rights. 4. Theresa May already had a previous history of targeting migrants with messages plastered on vans...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 17h

A timeline of immigrant bashing. 1. Farage and his Brextremist pals saw an opportunity to scapegoat immigrants in order to protect billionaires. 2. Cameron couldn't admit that his own austerity policies were really to blame for the atate of the country rather than immigrants...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Now they have an agreement to carve up Europe starting with Ukraine and Greenland.

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Despite such a short distance between these islands, Little Diomede (American) is 21 hours behind Big Diomede (Russian) because they are separated by the international date line. Because of this, Little Diomede is also known as Yesterday Island, and is 1 day behind it's big brother.

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Interesting fact. The shortest distance between Russia and America is 2.4 miles, two islands known as Big Diomede (Russian) and Little Diomede (American), which are my new nicknames for Putin and Trump. However, mainland Russia and Alaska are just 53 miles apart...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You wouldn't if it was that close to you 🤣

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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I hope everyone can read this and pass it around. "The future isn't something that happens to us. The future is something that we make." pluralistic.net/2026/10/03/f...

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Pluralistic: Economic probabilities for our grandchildren (03 Oct 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Low pay ensures that many people cannot afford further education or retraining. People struggling to pay rents are far less likely to risk starting a business, even if they can scrape enough capital together. If AI steals jobs, society will have little choice but to switch to UBI.

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Would you like to help me with a bank "withdrawal" tomorrow? 🤣

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

IDS had already shown us who he is after venturing to one of the most deprived parts of Glasgow, recognising the failures of successive Tory Governments and promising to improve lives, then hekping to usher in a string of austerity measures which only made things worse for the Easterhouse community.

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

However, Reform politicians will not outline a "scale" or "spectrum" of Britishness as it would expose their whole ideology as an unworkable and impractical farce. Also, Reform donors like Muhammed Zia Yusuf would automatically be on the "wrong side" of such a scale.

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's clear that Reform want to keep pushing the narrative that ethnic minorities and people of certain religions largely associated with those minorities will never be truly British...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Despite her own words, Braverman doesn't truly believe this herself, or she wouldn't try to distract by talking about Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland when challenged as to how to define Britishness or Englishness...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Braverman believes that she has to devalue her own national status and belonging to prove her loyalty to Reform and its supporters. She just refuses to say the quiet part out loud, that anyone who isn't white cannot truly be British in the eyes of Reform supporters...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Suella Braverman never had an issue serving under an American born Prime Minister who stood in front of a room full of Union Jacks talking about "British Values". Not once did she claim that he wasn't British enough because his great-grandfather was called Ali Kemal and came from Turkey...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Far-right loons are phoning into LBC insisting that blowing up a ULEZ camera with a bomb was not terrorism. Kevin Rees had experimented making homemade bombs in his attic, before using one on a camera in Sidcup as vehicles including a bus passed by. This was the damage done to a parked van.

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Most petrol cars first registered from January 2006 onward are ULEZ Compliant because they meet the required Euro 4 emissions standards. The suggestion often made by the right is that working class families would struggle to afford ULEZ compliant vehicles 🤔

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Technically they still have the right to pollute our streets, but ULEZ simply encourages them not to.

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Lego's core market has shifted from kids who enjoy creativity to men seeking nostalgia and having more money than sense.

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Farage just received £72m from just 2 crypto billionaires. £30m might seem a lot to us, but to them it's just a long term investment.

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Iran has managed to give it's people universal healthcare. The care may be basic and somewhat patchy, but it demonstrates that even Iran cares more about it's citizens than America does.

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Billy No-Mates Balaclava: "See that girl in the mini skirt. She's just asking for it." "See these Muslim women in their burkhas. Why can't they dress like everyone else instead of hiding their faces?" Probably to look less appealing to you, Billy. "Protect are wummin and kids!" Yeah, OK Billy.

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Finally, I'd love to hear your opinions on how to improve our asylum system and defuse the hatred of Reform, as well as constructive criticism of my thoughts.

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Anyone granted asylum status should automatically be given the same opportunities as Brits regarding employment, social housing, etc. No prioritising Brits first. It would be wrong to tell successful asylum claimants that they must "integrate" whilst treating them as second class citizens...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We also need to accept that by offering safe routes, far more people are likely to make a claim for asylum here once we remove the barrier of crossing the Channel to do so. However, as their asylum claims would be processed before arriving, they'd be allowed to work as soon as they arrive here...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Putting such safe routes in place would vastly reduce the number of people risking their lives crossing the English Channel on small boats. It would also suggest that those continuing to cross on small boats are much more likely to have something to hide from authorities...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I believe the biggest problem we have is that our asylum system requires refugees to reach our shores before being able to make a claim for asylum. Opening asylum processing centres in countries like France would ensure asylum claimants are vetted before arriving here...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Whilst it would be wrong to lock up all asylum seekers, treating them as potential criminals, there is a real risk that a very small number will have committed serious crimes in the past. It only gives the far-right more fuel if such people then go on to commit similar crimes here...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Firstly, Governments have a responsibility to protects their citizens. If an American flies to the UK for a holiday, they have to declare any previous criminal convictions which could impact whether they are allowed entry...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The best way of neutralising the hate of Reform is by having a very open and honest debate about immigration. This involves discussing both the pros and cons of immigration, and challenging our own previously held views...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A wealth tax is long overdue in order to fund better social care and reduce poverty. Burnham has instead decided to take money off pensioners now only to give it back when they need it most. There is no transfer of wealth from those who can afford it most.

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Exactly this. We went from having one of the worst state pensions in Europe up to 12th highest thanks to the triple lock. I've always had an issue with pensioners being treated better than the sick, disabled and unemployed who often saw cuts to benefits, but the answer isn't to reduce pensions...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's an effective tactic because most of us remember having more prosperity and hope for the future before the 2008 global financial crash. And whilst billionaires pay Farage to scapegoat migrants, we are far less likely to focus on the real issue of growing wealth inequality.

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is where the far-right simply blame ethnic minorities and EU immigrants. "We were a fantastic country until all these people started coming here." Farage is offering a return to the sunlit uplands by kicking out ethnic minorities...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The far-right push for in-your-face nationalism, such as Union Jacks hanging from lampposts and a rose tinted version of bygone Britain is all part of this. Of course, it would be hard to convince people that we are as great now thanks to decades of Thatcherist erosion...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There's a strong link between English exceptionalism and a fear of immigration. If you are constantly led to believe that your nation is the best in the world, it's easy to convince yourself that every asylum seeker across the world is desperate to get here to take a piece of it for themselves...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If anyone needed proof that EU membership secured peace, they should have just listened to Michael Howard.

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Whilst the Mail and Telegraph regularly publish stories of wealthy individuals leaving the UK, what they don't tell us is that wealth has always offered much greater mobility, with rich people coming and going long before any talks about wealth taxes.

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And just 1 year after the Referendum, Michael Howard was suggesting that the UK would go to war with Spain over Gibraltar if necessary 🙄

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

David Cameron's campaign relied upon telling people who suffered from 5 years of austerity measures that we were a rich nation, but the austerity would now have to continue indefinitely.

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is often a narrative that billionaires are boosting economies with investment and job creation, but they are far more likely to be extracting money out of those economies into tax havens through tax avoidance schemes.

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The NHS was only created because rich men were prepared to let poor people including children suffer in pain and die unnecessarily. Billionaires wouldn't create jobs unless they could exploit your skills and hard work for their own financial gain, and are now pushing for AI to replace us...

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Debating Room @debatingroom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Social housing was only created because landlords exploited tenants with high rents for substandard housing. The Minimum Wage and employment rights were only created because employers were willing to exploit their own workers, paying a pittance that drove many into poverty...

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