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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 16h
😂😂🤣🤣
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Johnny Mercer “hold my claret” I think he probably doesn’t have a large enough family to reach those dizzy heights
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 18h
Donald Trump's deal with Russia to secure diesel shows that the moment of desperation in the international economy is approaching very fast. We're edging toward meltdown, and our politicians are still ignoring that fact. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/10...
taxresearch.org.uk
The moment of desperation is approaching very fast
Trump did a deal yesterday with Russia to supposedly release 3 million tonnes of diesel from Russia’s reserves over the next few months. I do not know the price, but the sum is significant because thi...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14h
The contrast between the utterly sycophantic coverage this week of Kemi Badenoch, whose party has a truly atrocious electoral record under her leadership, and the utterly dismissive coverage of the Greens, tells you everything you need to know about media bias in the UK
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Why the Holborn and St Pancras By-Election Was a Good Result for the Green Party
The dismissive coverage of Zack Polanski’s party obscures a far bigger truth about the rise of the left in British politics
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 17h
If you’re thinking that *this time* they will have to admit Trump’s depravity & their hideous folly in supporting him. Then I’m afraid you’re in for another nasty surprise…
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 18h
it’s very simple to explain, the universe is designed specifically to annoy me. if something is happening and you can’t understand why ask yourself would it annoy Gareth if the answer is yes then QED
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
As Trump gifts Putin a financial and propaganda victory, let's take a moment to remember all those British politicians who have endorsed the US President and repeatedly hitched themselves to his egregious bandwagon.
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Nigel Farage Finds It Boring
ALT: Nigel Farage Finds It Boring
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 20h
The deeper history of literally everything can be assumed to have been like this, can it not?
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
You won’t see this graph in mainstream media. Change in vote share in Holborn & St Pancras. Only one party increased its vote share…
Lab - 4
GRN + 22
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Tomasz Oryński @orynski.eu · 20h
After Europe has been betrayed, as Trump can't be any clearer on which side he is, maybe it's time finally to stop playing around with orange idiot and just turn our back on America? We could start with putting tartif and dumping their bonds, that would surely hurt them?
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 19h
We spent the last forty years transferring the cost of industrial training from industry to the children being trained now when that reached its inevitable conclusion industry has convinced government it should pick up the tab to repair the damage
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Alastair Somerville @acuity.design · 09/10/2026
Tom Gauld cartoon (as ever)
Two panel cartoon - author saying how book is a cautionary tale about technology. Techbros CEO holding up book at meeting saying let’s build these cool things.
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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Never forget these two delivered Brexit. They screwed the country, they crippled the economy, they made people poorer, they gave people funds to their mates and they are still free. They should be in prison.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
All authoritarian cults resemble one another. All democracies are democratic in their own particular way.
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
im appalled its not Marron Glacê
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
When will politicians turn to MMT? The answer is: in a time of crisis when it is apparent that neoliberalism has failed. And when will that be? Quite soon, on the basis of current progress. youtu.be/0S5Ad4WpCCE?...
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When will politicians turn to MMT?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
worst execution ever , ISIS did it better
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Cartoon Character Typing Nothing
ALT: Cartoon Character Typing Nothing
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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Shell’s refineries expected to make record profits. Profit margins of $42 a barrel, up from $24 a barrel. Cashing in on global conflicts. Bumper payouts for execs and shareholders. Misery for households and businesses. Millions plunged into poverty. Must levy 100% windfall tax.
theguardian.com
Shell expects refineries to almost double the profit from every barrel of fuel made
Record prices caused by global shortages amid shutdown of war-damaged refineries in Middle East and Russia
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🔴NEW: Ben Delo has given Reform £44MILLION Delo’s money comes from his now-closed crypto exchange BitMEX In 2019, a BitMEX investor asked about the status of his investment Delo responded by sending this meme, according to court documents. There’s more, a lot more (new investigation🧵)
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Harder for a drone to spot the wealthy from the rest of us
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The great challenge this country will face soon is deciding who runs it and for whom. Is it run by central banks for financial markets, or by elected governments for people? That is the question. Resolving it may be ugly, but it will have to happen. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/10...
taxresearch.org.uk
Andrew Bailey thinks financial markets rule. They don’t, but he did define the conflict to come.
Andrew Bailey, the Governor of the Bank of England, gave a speech yesterday about the state of the world’s financial markets and the threats that they now face. Much of what he said was entirely ortho...
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
a bed of dollars is apparently the most comfortable to be laid in regardless of how wrinkly the owner
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
UK water companies made £340m by pouring billions of litres of industrial/commercial wastewater into sewage treatment works. Treatment works are not designed to remove most chemicals, leaving pollutants to pass into rivers, seas and farmland. Investment neglected. Practices are mostly unregulated.
theguardian.com
Revealed: the ‘black box’ wastewater trade that rakes in millions for UK utility companies
Exclusive: Firms made more than £340m last year from processing industrial and commercial wastewater at sewage works that are unable to remove many chemical pollutants
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I suspect there will be a special ribbon for the lucky Marine who manages to hit the guy at first attempt at that range
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is clearly a good result for Labour, but it also doesn't strike me as a terrible result for the Greens. Vote share held up from the local elections in a constituency that was never really a target for them
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The number of people suffering mental distress up significantly in England. 22.6% of 16- to 64-year-olds have a common mental disorder. Poverty, insecurity, anxiety in everyday life key factors NHS poorly equipped. Years of austerity, wage/benefit cuts take toll. No govt deals with root causes.
theguardian.com
NHS at risk of ‘system failures’ as demand for ADHD and autism care soars, inquiry finds
England-focused review led by Prof Peter Fonagy returns stark warning and calls for shift to ‘needs-led’ system
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CNN @cnn.com · 08/10/2026
The United States military has had 81 aircraft destroyed or damaged in the war with Iran, a Congressional Research Service report released this week says. cnn.it/4rPSDww
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
age yourself with a childhood crush
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A garden bridge maybe 🤔
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
OMG david icke was right about the space lizards it’s wearing red
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
By the next election the press will have ppl sick of the sight of him why is Labour so bloody timid just get on with it FFS
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This looks like a crucial investigation to me, building on an essential body of work by @bylinetimes.bsky.social Please help to support it. subscribe.bylinetimes.com/lightuptheda...
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#LightUpTheDark – Byline Times
Dark Enlightenment: The US Far-Right War on British Institutions Help Byline Times Fund aN URGENT New INVESTIGATIVE SERIES #LightUpTheDark What is the Dark Enlightenment? The extraordinary anti-DEI me...
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
this means the funders of GB news have probably met the limit of what they are prepared to bin funding it, anything run directly by Farage is likely to be comically bad so we can probably take it as good news
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Failures of privatisation. Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs Foreign-owned RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets even after regulator lowered them. Postage: 1st class, £1.80, 2nd class 91p. When privatized in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p. Poor service at triple price. Customers fleeced.
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Royal Mail plans to cut 2,500 head office jobs
The postal service firm wants to cut the head office and other jobs by the end of 2027.
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I find myself in a spoons but purely for the architecture
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
That bit when you shout missed you bugger at a passing incontinent seagull only to look down as its cackling laugh fades into the passing traffic
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thank God, anything co-authored by the centre for social justice really should not be countenance by a labour government
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
lol it’s glorious
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AshfromEnfield @ashfromenfield.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
£Millions was paid out for The PPI scandal… so why can’t we have the Same for Brexit and make a claim against these two Traitors who have made millions ever since?? 🤬😡
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The sight of an ex PM, Tony Blair, accepting another well paid gig is pretty sick making. Blair should learn from Gordon Brown about using his platform for doing good. Accumulating even more wealth like a pig looking for truffles is not a good look.
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"To buy a second home when others cannot afford one is greedy. Invest your money in stocks and shares, antiques, fine art – anything you like, as long as it isn’t an essential good." My new piece for @theipaper.com on raising taxes on second homeowners inews.co.uk/opinion/buyi...
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Buying a second home is pure greed. It's time we taxed it
Tax isn't just about raising money; it's about changing behaviour - and we need something drastic to fix the housing crisis
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
lol he comes across in the ad as a bit of an idiot if he didn’t realise that meetings as a minister would have a political dimension which would be explained to him by spads, or worse that he’s admitting he needed that explaining to him by spads lol
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
oh god! it’s the bear , I can see paddington. please nurse fetch the doctor! it’s the bear , it’s the bear , it’s th
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K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Paul Foot (1995) on Jeffrey Archer the serial liar wp.me/p15p2Q-hN8
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Paul Foot on Jeffrey Archer
Jeffrey Archer who has died aged 86 was not a lovable rogue but a serial liar who ended up being sentenced to 4 years in prison for perjury. Even The Times lengthy obituary gives full details. Befo…
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
does that include them funding the british politicians that have done so much economic damage to the UK?
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 07/10/2026
Russian hostile activity costs UK up to £2.5bn a year, report warns ft.trib.al/QU5CTWk
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Russian hostile activity costs UK up to £2.5bn a year, report warns
Labour MP Graeme Downie’s research highlights lack of consistent framework for measuring economic impact of Moscow-backed hybrid warfare
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
@carlevecrime.bsky.social just seen the instagram ad for johnny mercer’s book 😬 If this is the best bit I hope you’re not going to have to read it for work 😬
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
they should have to turn up at their local tax office to complete form
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thousands of active UK companies may have fraudulent directors. Anyone can form a company in the UK. Companies need one natural person as a director who can be non-UK resident. Too many small companies are fronts for crimes I have long called for companies to have one UK resident director.
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UK companies face scrutiny as identity checks expose possible fraudulent directors
New UK identity rules reveal possible fraudulent company directors as overdue filings surge, raising concerns about the accuracy of corporate records.
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