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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 05/09/2026
“The markets would react quite violently” Robert Jenrick gave Reform’s keynote address on the economy at their conference this week. In it, he discussed a desire to replace Bank of England officials with more Reform-agenda friendly figures, or, as he put it, “more people from the private sector”
“Captured by crypto“

Fears grow over Farage’s threat to Bank of England independence - and the economy
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grdbarker.bsky.social @grdbarker.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
13 MILLION adults in England are locked out of an NHS dentist, and preventable tooth decay is the #1 reason kids end up in hospital. No more dental deserts. No more DIY dentistry. Sign the petition now to tell our new PM to fix NHS dentistry for good: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fi...
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Fix and fund NHS Dentistry NOW!
Thirteen MILLION of us are still locked out of dental care. After two years of ministers promising to finally fix NHS dentistry, shocking new data just revealed that almost nothing has changed. That ...
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grdbarker.bsky.social @grdbarker.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I just signed the petition calling on Andy Burnham to kick Palantir out of our NHS and police - can you add your name too? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/Kick-Out...
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Andy Burnham: Kick Palantir out of our NHS!
I just signed the campaign calling on the Prime Minister to kick Palantir out of our NHS and police, can you ad your name now?
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Rob Hawkes @robbhawkes.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The austerity mindset traps our politics in a death spiral of exclusionary violence: there is not enough to go round; ‘responsible’ leaders must make ‘tough choices’ about who to leave out. 1/3
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MMTAction @mmt-action.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Poor countries aren't broke. They're currency *users* trapped in foreign debt. The real crime: forcing them to issue bonds in dollars instead of spending their own currencies into existence. Debt relief is nice. Sovereignty is the answer. #MMT #UKPolitics
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Cut borrowing costs for poorer countries to free up $900bn for development – report
G77 nations spend $8tn a year servicing debts, but analysis shows how comprehensive relief could benefit social spending
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grdbarker.bsky.social @grdbarker.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
It’s time for Keir Starmer to pick a side. From protecting our right to peaceful protest, to getting us off dangerous fossil fuels, the UK can be the alternative to everything that’s wrong with Trump. act.gp/46qWAOI
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Starmer must choose: billionaires or people and planet
From protecting our right to peaceful protest, to getting us off dangerous fossil fuels, the UK can be the alternative to everything that’s wrong with Trump. Add your name and urge Keir Starmer to cho...
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grdbarker.bsky.social @grdbarker.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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grdbarker.bsky.social @grdbarker.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Stop the water stitch-up!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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Stop the water stitch-up!
Stop the stitch-up! The Government wants to push through water legislation, locking in a failed privatised system for decades without giving the public a say. I’ve signed the petition to stop this wa...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
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The secret history of Neoliberalism | The Invisible Doctrine | Full Film
YouTube video by Journeyman Pictures
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Jamie Smith @jgs952.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Interest rates are a terrible way to control inflation. open.substack.com/pub/jgs952/p...
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Why interest rates are a terrible tool for controlling inflation
And what is the alternative?
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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
🎄Season's greetings from everyone at the Grantham Institute. We wish you all a fun and restful festive period 🎉 We'll be back in 2026 with more world-class research, policy, training and innovation to tackle climate change together.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
"Much of MMT is neither new nor wrong: it’s just standard economic theory presented in different language. The disagreement arises not over whether government can compel the central bank to finance its spending, but to what extent government should do this." criticalfinance.org/2025/12/19/w...
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What’s wrong with MMT?
As Marc Lavoie and John Quiggin have noted, there are ‘two MMTs’. Scholars such as Randy Wray, Eric Tymoigne and Scott Fulwiler have contributed to debates on monetary economics, instit…
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ChrisB @chrisb2024.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Thank God for that! The first reasonable article about #MMT and @zackpolanski.bsky.social 's fresh take on the economy. Well done @newstatesman1913.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politics/gre...
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The case for Zack Polanski's economic plan
The Green Party leader's recent arguments sound a lot like Modern Monetary Theory
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grdbarker.bsky.social @grdbarker.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
We can't let the future of the BBC be decided by its enemies and politicians swayed by billionaires. We have to protect its independence. Sign the petition today and make sure the public has its say on the future of our BBC: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Save Our BBC: Give the public a real say
The BBC isn't perfect, but we must come together to make it better and stronger. We must use the upcoming Royal Charter review to protect our BBC for us, the British public. For too long, the public h...
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 08/10/2025
Bernard Manning rides again: how TikTok and Instagram are promoting racist “jokes” to teens Sketches from the 70s & 80s featuring slurs including the N word are going viral on social media, shared by millions and boosted by algorithms @stokel.bsky.social reports www.thenerve.news/p/bernard-ma...
Composite of Bernard Manning clips on social media with the title: Bernard Manning rides again: how TikTok and Instagram are promoting racist “jokes” to teens
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grdbarker.bsky.social @grdbarker.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
CEOs are earning hundreds of times more than their staff. Tesco’s boss made 431x the average worker last year! 😳 Sign the petition for a maximum wage and help make pay fair you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it...
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It's time for a maximum wage
New data from the High Pay Centre shows that the median FTSE 100 CEO now earns £4.58 million a year – 122 times more than the typical UK worker, with some, like Tesco’s CEO, paid 431 times more than t...
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grdbarker.bsky.social @grdbarker.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
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Save NHS dentistry now!
I just signed the 38 Degrees petition calling on the Government to properly fund NHS dentistry. Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable dental care, so now the Government needs to stu...
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ChrisB @chrisb2024.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
#mmt #obviously
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Sky News @news.sky.com · 15/06/2025
Protests have taken place in Spain, Italy and Portugal to call for a curb on mass tourism.
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
“Reform has reached the tipping point where first-past the-post can aid it. Labour last year won 63% of seats on 34% of votes, Farage could win a majority on puny votes. Electoral reform is now in every party’s interest, and above all, in voters’” Polly Toynbee www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Enjoy this victory, Nigel Farage – because it could also be the start of your downfall | Polly Toynbee
This week’s election results are a huge boon for Reform UK. But success comes with more pressure, more scrutiny and the risk of bruising exposure, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Agree people don’t know what councils do etc. But I also think the public is reasonable enough to question why the local area looks dirty/declining etc while council tax bills have gone up and up and up and up and up. Politically it’s therefore currently ripe for undeliverable promises
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grdbarker.bsky.social @grdbarker.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Who do you trust more, Lords or Citizens? Watch to see why I've just signed a petition calling for a House of Citizens: bsky.app/profile/sort...
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grdbarker.bsky.social @grdbarker.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Who do you trust more, Lords or Citizens? Watch to see why I've just signed a petition calling for a House of Citizens: bsky.app/profile/sort...
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grdbarker.bsky.social @grdbarker.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Our political system is broken - public trust is at an all-time low, and abuse in politics is rising. Change is only possible if we work together. Sign our open letter to MPs and demand a better politics for all! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/he...
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Clean Up Politics - Sign an open letter to MPs
Our political system is not working because it doesn't put people first. Public trust is at an all time low and discriminatory abuse of people in politics has got worse. These problems can only be fi...
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
My MP, @elliereeves.bsky.social: when will Rachel Reeves tax the ultra-rich rather than cut down the aid budget?
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
“71 years ago, MI6 and the CIA overthrew Iran's democracy. British officials wanted "a non communist coup d'état" in Iran to install a "dictator" who would promote UK oil interests, declassified files show.” By @declassifieduk.org - follow them.
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Iran 1953: MI6 plots with Islamists to overthrow democracy
Declassified British files highlight a little known aspect of the joint MI6/CIA coup against Iran’s democratically elected government in August 1953 – UK covert action in support of leading radical Sh...
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
This but for democracy
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 14/08/2024
Sources say "while Labour had spent time considering reforms of the EA and Ofwat in order to fix the sewage crisis, some stricter options that had been proposed were now off the table" Fixing the sewage crisis in England was a key manifesto promise www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Activists warn of ‘extreme anger’ if ministers fail to reform water regulator
Sources say government has dismissed some of the more ambitious ideas for fixing sewage crisis
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 14/08/2024
We are now at nearly 4,000, keep spreading the word....
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Ed Belongia MD @belongia.bsky.social · 12/08/2024
👇 Fossil fuel subsidies need to end. Now.
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IntoTheBlue @taraba.bsky.social · 29/03/2024
Food prices globally could increase by 3.2 percentage points and overall inflation by 1.18 points by 2035 due to climate change, according to research by the European Central Bank and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Global warming and heat extremes to enhance inflationary pressures - Communications Earth & Environment
Future global warming and intensifying heat extremes will have strong, non-linear and persistent upward impacts on inflation across the world, according to an analysis that combines physical projectio...
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