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Michael Ross

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 14h
Can someone help us get this message to Andy Burnham? Labour voters want public ownership, not public control - it is time to deliver it
Graphic that says "Andy Burnham, Labour voters want you to deliver public ownership" and shows that 77% to 91% support public ownership of different public services
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Pickwick The Dodo @lesleyhustler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Well said. How many of Tommy Robinson’s Sport’s Direct paramilitary division go and help or worship at the churches they claim they want to protect. It’s much easier to don a balaclava and shout at the RNLI. #HopeNotHate
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 12/10/2026
Why should we compensate failing companies when they don't deliver the services we all rely on? They took the risk - they should pay the price.
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Bonkers Economics @martinwhitlock.bsky.social · 23h
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Dirty Devotee @dirtydevotee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
#FactCheck Surprise: not a real thing. 100% fabricated. Lies help MAGA. We need the opposite of that. Please stop following people who will lie to you for likes and subs. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“Christian” pastors cheering on public executions when the whole Christian faith is based on the abhorrence of the gruesomeness of a public execution shows how far Christian Nationalism is off the rails.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A real welfare state and universal health care require broad taxation, including the middle class. But high end wealth taxation is the kind of tax that protects democracy and the rule of law, and prevents aristocratic dynasties. It keeps us human.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
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DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 09/10/2026
It's not just the endless bill increases. It's not just that 1/3 of your bill goes to paying shareholder dividends and servicing debt. It's not just the 1/2 million sewage discharges in one year. It's the corrupt system, which rewards water bosses for failure, that people can't stand.
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Mayor Mamdani demanded that Mullin pause all ICE operations after an agent shot a man yesterday in the Bronx. As expected, DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin made up some bullshit about the shooter and blamed him for endangering his child. WTF? He said they not pausing ICE enforcement in the city. #FuckICE
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Michael Ross @greyhoundn17.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Dozens of pardoned Jan. 6 rioters charged or convicted of new crimes
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Suspended sentence for man found to have a collection of more than 114,000 indecent images of children. Tommy Robinson and co are going to be all over this. They'll be SO angry... Just you wait... Any second now... ...
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 07/10/2026
LET THEM GO BUST ! Last year, Thames Water took out a £3bn loan - at 9.75% interest. And now they want another £2.4bn to keep going?! ENOUGH. If water companies can't survive without rip-off loans, they should be declared insolvent and brought into public hands through special administration.
Screenshot from The Daily Telegraph, 2nd October 2026: "Thames Water seeks £2.4bn lifeline after rescue plan stalls Troubled utility risks more financial turmoil if its army of hedge fund backers do not provide emergency cash", above a graphic of the Thames Water logo swirling down a drain.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the new Private Eye
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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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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 05/10/2026
Standing up to the balaclava nonces. Inspiring.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Donald Trump has always been enormously stupid, but now he's also dangerously insane.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Donald Trump is a symptom of a deeper sickness of inequality, disillusionment, and division. The cure? Economic and social justice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTQoc5Jrciw
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How to Prevent Future Trumps
If America doesn't respond to the calamity that's befallen the working class, we will have Trumps as far as the eye can
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Who's really paying the price for those killer Amazon Prime Day deals?
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yup. All now rewritten as "loveable rogue"
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Paul Russell @pwrussell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It’s hard to recall now the depth of near universal loathing he provoked at the time. I remember him as vain, arrogant self-promoting and ill-tempered. The sort of person who thought nothing of trampling on the ‘little people’, if it would bring him some advantage.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
While Archer was facing charges of perjury and perverting the course of justice he put on a play called The Accussed and took the central part and invited audiences to vote on his characters guilt every night. Always thought that was highly indicative of who he was
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm sure he was loved by friends and family but we do need to remember who he really was and how he pulled every trick he could to avoid the consequences of his actions.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes indeed I'm rather tiring of the coverage... a convicted perjuror who brazenly lied his way through life and continued to attend the House of Lords even as this poor woman's life fell apart.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
For a long time I have heard rumours that you strangle kittens for fun and worship Satan. I have never believed it and still don’t. Am I doing this right?
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 04/10/2026
Many water companies are near insolvency, so they want to hike our water bills again The government must say NO. If they can't survive, let them go bust and take them into public ownership FOR NOTHING Sign up to support our campaign for public ownership of water: vist.ly/5kxtt
A picture of a campaigner (Cat Hobbs) carrying a sign that says "if water companies cannot survive without raising our bills, let them go bust and take them into public ownership"
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She's a 94 year old Jewish human rights lawyer. She's been arrested under terrorism legislation for opposing genocide. The least we can do is to listen.
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Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Privatisation of water has been an absolutely unmitigated disaster. The Green Party would put water back into public hands and reverse years of radical underinvestment.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
McDonald's is now reportedly pressuring franchisees to use AI to price food. Its CEO raked in $20.6M last year, over 1,000x the median McDonald's worker pay of $19,020. And they remain one of the largest employers of Medicaid and SNAP recipients. I'm not lovin' it.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied.
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No coincidence Farage announces a national general election campaign tour for a non existent election as HOP is due to reconvene so he can swan around UK doing FA, Clacton got what they voted for Fun Fact - Farage is in bottom 8% of MPs for voting participation & bottom 16% for debate contributions
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I know the next election is not until 2029, but quite frankly I'll do anything to avoid going to either Parliament or Clacton and doing the actual job I'm paid £98,000 to do.
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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today it’s 50 years since I first presented Playschool wearing my blue beads and silver heart. I adore bringing joy into the lives of my Playschool Babies during the 12 years I was on the programme. ❤️
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Tomorrow, hundreds will replicate Rob’s brave action near the same location. Today’s arrest gives an indication that police will be making a lot of arrests tomorrow. Join us: wedonotcomply.org
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Saving Lives Is Not Terrorism - Defend Our Juries
🗓️ On September 27th, we are taking the defiance to Andy Burnham’s Labour Conference in Liverpool. For over a year now we’ve been getting arrested under the UK Terrorism Act in our thousands for holdi...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Last June, Andy Burnham was on a platform with Del Naja in support of the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty, praising his ‘clarity and leadership’. Today, he’s having Rob arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a piece of paper.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
BREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue. The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
By openly announcing that bombing will be tied to the midterms, Trump proves he is too stupid to hide the fact that it is politics—not national security—that is driving his pointless war with Iran.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/09/2026
🚨Broadcasters are required to present news impartially, without political bias. Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action. ⬇️ bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…
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Michael Ross @greyhoundn17.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@implausibleblog.bsky.social I’m sorry but you’ve lost all credibility now you’ve adopted that really irritating A.I nonsense and I have to stop following you. Thanks for all that went before though 👋
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It takes a loading error to produce such candour.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Do you know how much the pay of CEOs at major companies has skyrocketed since 1978? 50%? 100%? 500%? Try 1,316% Meanwhile, the typical workers’ compensation increased only 28%. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The biggest divide is not between “right” and “left." It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The billionaires who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see that they have all the wealth and power. Remember this.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Men have NO business telling women anything about their bodies or abortion. This woman ATE him up.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.
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Michael Ross @greyhoundn17.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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You Think That's Honey. Here's What's Actually In The Jar
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I just checked my voter registration. I encourage all of you to do the same. Try your state's official site. AVOID VoteSafe.Org. It's an Elon Musk scam to harvest data.
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