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UK govt plans £1bn energy bills help for poorer households. How about cutting energy profit margins, 100% windfall tax on excess profits before turning to the public purse. UK energy sector is mostly foreign-owned. Dividends paid without any UK tax deduction. End this perk, raise billions.

theguardian.com

Chancellor plans major intervention to help poorer UK households with rising energy bills

Exclusive: Officials working on further radical changes that would change how much energy companies could charge customers

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Ferrick Brick @ferrickbrick.bsky.social · 16h

Bathed the corgi today; stinky!

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Ferrick Brick @ferrickbrick.bsky.social · 17h

An interesting take on the situation in France. We could hope that you are right, and that it would be a first domino.

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Ferrick Brick @ferrickbrick.bsky.social · 18h

There was me thinking that I had finished the daily puzzle challenges for this morning. Oh well!

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Ferrick Brick @ferrickbrick.bsky.social · 18h

Not a cat! Not sleek, feline looking or likely to make one purr.

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Ferrick Brick @ferrickbrick.bsky.social · 18h

“Soul of the nation”? The fact that they can’t see that multiple souls make up a nation is why they can’t represent the people in those nations.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Drax’s planned datacentre to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood to produce its electricity, nearly double the CO2 emissions of all flights from London Gatwick airport. Drax, a highly profitable company gets subsidies to burn wood and produce electricity How many lives will it ruin?

theguardian.com

Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights

Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sarah Pochin raised "concerns" in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities. Two days later she purchased an £800,000 second home on Anglesey. Remarkable stuff. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.com

Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000

Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities

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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It’s excellent that the Greens are doing this. Unsurprisingly it’s had almost zero coverage in the media outlets (who also do a shockingly poor job of telling everyone about NHS privatisation). Link to article: leftfootforward.org/2026/10/gree... jujuliagrace.substack.com

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 26/09/2026

The BBC is part of the problem...

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 05/10/2026

Standing up to the balaclava nonces. Inspiring.

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Rob Baron @rob-baron.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I have heard rumours that Richard Tice heads a company called Britain Means Business, that has no employees and sells no products but takes in very large donations from foreign based people and forwards them to Reform UK Ltd. I can't believe this is true, but if it is it should bring down Reform.

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Ferrick Brick @ferrickbrick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

They aren’t delusional any more, just evil minded.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Conservative Helen Whateley, "Tax cuts have to be funded.. I'm doing work on what is the right way to bring down the welfare bill" My view: Why is the answer always more hardship for people who are already struggling, while vast wealth can be hoarded almost untouched?

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 05/10/2026

Water companies failing their basic duties? The Green Party has a simple solution. Special administration. Public ownership. ZERO compensation for shareholders.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 05/10/2026

Ofcom rules say broadcasters cannot use politicians as newsreaders, interviewers or reporters in any news programmes. So why is Nigel Farage allowed to host his own primetime show on GB News? Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action ⬇️

bestforbritain.org

Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain

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Ferrick Brick @ferrickbrick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Where’d the con? Has to be a monetisation somewhere, or it is just not Nige.

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Ferrick Brick @ferrickbrick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

They are terrorists and should be arrested as such.

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Chris Williamson @derbychrisw.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Green Party and Zack Polanski must NOT make the mistake that Jeremy Corbyn made when the Labour Party was targeted by preposterous attacks like this. You can't appease bad-faith actors. So my advice is, get on the front foot and face down these bad-faith actors.

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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you see billionaire-owned media outlets huffing and puffing about politicians opposing NHS privatisation being “ideological”, remember that all politicians are ideological. But only a few oppose private company shareholders getting rich from delivering NHS patient care🚨💙

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

England's water infrastructure at breaking point. Large part of water network installed 130-150 years ago. Thames Water infrastructure has average age of 79 years; industry average 56 yrs. 40% of TW assets are 100+ yrs old. Must end privatisation, remove profit motive.

standard.co.uk

MP says London water network is 'at breaking point' with two incidents in a week

London MP Paul Kohler said the two incidents highlighted the poor state of the region's water infrastructure

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Ferrick Brick @ferrickbrick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Scrap the Tory party and give the UK a holiday.

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My speech from the conference debate on 'Zionism is Racism’ motion

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Ferrick Brick @ferrickbrick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Well said Caroline, I agree with everything you say here. I too opposed this motion; it serves no purpose and will change nothing. It is divisive and only serves to weaken the party.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The wealth of the richest 0.1 percent of Americans has more than doubled since 2019. If that doesn't convince you we need a wealth tax, renowned economist Gabriel Zucman will. Watch.

youtu.be

How to Actually Tax Extreme Wealth (ft. Gabriel Zucman)

Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done.Baloney.Economist

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Ferrick Brick @ferrickbrick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

He is absolutely correct in all his statements about IQ, when you realise he is talking about the Idiot Quotient.

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Ferrick Brick @ferrickbrick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I agree. I was going to ask why we need to have a referendum on something that is so obviously in the best interest of the people of the country we live in.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

UK chancellor to meet bank bosses for a pre-budget summit to discuss possible tax raid. Banks profiteering but resent windfall tax. Any chance of ending bank subsidies? Any chance of meeting pensioners, disabled, sick, poor to hear their concerns?

news.sky.com

Healey summons UK bank chiefs to pre-budget summit next week

The chancellor, John Healey, has called in the CEOs of lenders including Barclays, Lloyds and NatWest for talks ahead of his crucial budget statement.

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Ferrick Brick @ferrickbrick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

She’ll take $5k over something she hasn’t got the foggiest idea about.

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Ferrick Brick @ferrickbrick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

At least it will save him having to spend all the dodgy donations. He can get more security. Although he doesnt need more ads as he already has his own political message channel 24/7, where he can spout his lies.

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Ferrick Brick @ferrickbrick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

😂😂😂 should someone tell him?

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 03/10/2026

🚨BREAKING Green Party calls for Thames Water and South East Water to be taken into public ownership WITHOUT COMPENSATION by Christmas Thames Water is insolvent, and South East Water has repeatedly failed to supply water to thousands of homes This is wonderful from the Greens

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 03/10/2026

If water companies cannot survive without hiking our bills, let them GO BUST and bring them into public ownership Support for this message is HUGE at Green Party conference and across the country Sign up to support our campaign to bring our water into public ownership: vist.ly/5kvdj

Image with We Own It campaigners carrying posters that say "if water companies cannot survive without raising our bills, let them go bust and take them into public ownership"

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Only 10% of the richest 0.01% of the population paid close to the top 47% (45% income tax marginal rate + 2% NIC) rate on earnings. A quarter of that group paid an effective average tax rate of 20% or less. The tax system appears to be progressive for some but is frequently not so at the very top

bmmagazine.co.uk

Only one in ten top UK earners pay close to top tax rate, says CenTax

CenTax says equalising capital gains tax with income tax could raise £19.7bn by 2030, as HMRC data shows few top earners pay the 47 per cent top rate.

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Ferrick Brick @ferrickbrick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Pochin does not live in the same dimension as justice.

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Ferrick Brick @ferrickbrick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Brenaissance would be great. So much positivity lingered.

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Dr Eric Farmer @himself132.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If GB News were a normal commercial venture, like Talk TV, it would have been binned long ago. Since September 2020, it has spewed out hateful far-right propaganda, paying high salaries to people such as Nigel Farage. Ofcom has abjectly failed to address this threat to democracy.

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've pushed the government to end unaffordable rents every day I’ve been an MP, and before then. It's a national scandal that thousands of ordinary people are forced to limit themselves & their life chances just to keep up with sky-high rents. This would be a much-needed reset👇

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#FOTW Daily Post 2 Fossil fuels are just old sunlight - stored solar energy from deep time that we're now burning all at once. The sun already sends us 10,000x the energy we need. We're digging up the past instead of making the most of the gift above #FateOfTheWorld — please reshare + tag 2

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

QTWTAIN Marvellous piece by @mtkonczal.bsky.social in which he carefully examines, and completely demolishes, claims that Trump's deportations have helped native-born US workers. A lesson for the UK obviously. newsletter.mikekonczal.com/p/can-we-fin...

newsletter.mikekonczal.com

Can We Find Literally Any Sign Deportations Are Helping Native-Born Workers?

Shoot the moon! Ten hypotheses, ten charts, and no payoff for native-born workers.

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Ferrick Brick @ferrickbrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Only the wealthy, who pay to keep their (criminal) actions legal.

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Ferrick Brick @ferrickbrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Then that is what you do. You tax their assets and properties and any income, of any sort, gained in this country.

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Steve 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧 @wohyeahwohyeah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We have a new icon - MP Miatta Fahnbulleh

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Capital gains taxed at lower rates than wages. 2024-25: 584000 people paid £24.2bn capital gains tax (CGT) on £127.3bn gains. 45% of CGT paid by those with gains of £5m+, less than 1% of CGT payers. Align CGT rates with tax rates on wages, generate £12bn-£14bn. More if NIC charged.

leftfootforward.org

This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship

Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Suella Braverman's book PATRIOT came out today. It's 503 grams, costs £30 and tells the story of one politician's struggle against reality. Mine is currently 99p on kindle. Weighs nothing. Is all about traitors and villains... And people love it. Choices www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2FHD18...

amazon.co.uk

Notorious: History’s Villains and Why They Matter

Notorious: History’s Villains and Why They Matter eBook : English, Otto: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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