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Tony @antonyillahiwarren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I wonder if Israel will ban Miriam Margolyes?
Picture of Miriam Margolyes, Jewish actor and activist.
Quote underneath reads: 
"I went to Israel and saw how Palestinians are treated, and it opened my eyes.
If people can treat people like that, they are shits!"
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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
WORKING PAPER 35854|
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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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21h
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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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The winner of Nobel peace prize doing what the Government of the United Kingdom will not do: calling Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"The last thing I did is the report on Gaza naming what is happening there as genocide. One of the main reactions to that report [was] paying tribute to me for my courage.. why would you need courage to speak the truth?" Navi Pillay upon winning the 2026 Nobel peace prize
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Nelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What a wonderful woman. 🤗
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Stevie Bennett @steviebennett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Under Caroline Lucas - H&SP Green vote was 3% Under Adrian Ramsay in 2024 was 10% Now under Zack Polanski it’s 33% 💚🔥
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 08/10/2026
📹NEW VIDEO -- The truth about Israel, lobbying and the Labour Party How has Labour Friends of Israel managed to keep its sources of funding a secret? We spoke to journalist Solomon Hughes whose discovery gave us some answers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvpo...
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joemcateer.bsky.social @joemcateer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If you think Labour will bring in PR, you're in a dream world. The idea that your principles and morals should be dependant on what might please voters is largely why the UK is in such a mess.
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VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Voting in HOLBORN & ST PANCRAS on Thursday? Your Strongest Vote for Climate is: ✅ Zack Polanski 🟢 GREEN PARTY Re-post to share with friends & family. #HolbornAndStPancras #BackZack
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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Piers Morgan “Mohammed, do you condemn the Hamas attacks on October the 7th?” Mohammed Hijab “Yes, I do. Do you condemn Israel killing over 1000 kids?” Piers Morgan “I believe Israel has a right to defend themselves” That answer should be on the tombstone of his career.
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joemcateer.bsky.social @joemcateer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Labour were never going to do a deal with the Green Party
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joemcateer.bsky.social @joemcateer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Labour didn't win by a landslide. They got less than 20% of the eligible vote but got a massive number of MPs due to an electoral system that is unfit for purpose.
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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Andy Burnham remains silent as Israel continues to commit acts of genocide in Gaza.
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Three years on: Israel is asphyxiating Gaza and dismantling the means of survival | MSF
In Gaza, Palestine, Israel continues to systematically destroy the conditions people need to survive.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Seriously 👇
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joemcateer.bsky.social @joemcateer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Best of luck.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Previously unseen lobbying shows the oil and gas industry is misleading government on North Sea drilling. For now, it looks like Burnham is listening to them. Only a Green win tomorrow will force them to listen to us. New analysis from Influence Map 👇
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transparentlyuk.bsky.social @transparentlyuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is exactly the problem with the EHRC’s framing. Trans people still have protections under the Equality Act. But that does not mean the Supreme Court judgment didn’t change their legal rights and status. transparentlyuk.substack.com/p/trans-peop...
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Trans People Have Lost Rights. The EHRC Just Isn’t Counting Them.
The protections that remain do not erase the rights and legal status that have been lost.
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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...
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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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Nelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
When Zack was elected leader we knew it was only a matter of time before the establishment came to monster him and the Green party. They have a long history of lying to prevent progressive change and they're only warming up.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ireland is pushing a motion to ban Israel from FIFA and UEFA. It has made JD Vance very mad. It's time to remove Israel from world sport, don't you agree?
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 06/10/2026
👉NEW -- Tories took £1.3 million from firm linked to Israeli settlements by Martin Williams & Dania Akkad Amnesty International says Conservative donor JCB is ‘part of the machinery of ethnic cleansing’ in illegal West Bank settlements www.declassifieduk.org/tories-took-...
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Tories took £1.3 million from firm linked to Israeli settlements
Amnesty International says Conservative-donor JCB is ‘part of the machinery of ethnic cleansing’ in illegal West Bank settlements
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AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 05/10/2026
Pat Harrigan took over $32,000 from the pro-Israel lobby and votes in lock-step for the AIPAC agenda . @ashleybellpac.bsky.social is a physician's assistant who rejects AIPAC money, condemns the ongoing genocide, and is calling for an arms embargo.
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The media are falling over themselves to platform white people with nothing to do with this issue to comment on it. So I'll share this again.
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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
To be 'ostracised' by the war-mongering, genocide-cheerleading German Greens is to be on the side of the good - it is a badge of honour. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Green party of England and Wales facing international ostracism over ‘Zionism is racism’ vote
European Green party says motion goes against its policy, with German Green co-leader calling it ‘intolerable and unacceptable’
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The utter shamelessness of Kemi Badenoch boasting at Conservative party conference about 'defending press freedom' and berating Reform for banning critical journalists from their conference, just days after banning Byline Times journalists from her own
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hind Rajab’s memory will outlive the occupation. Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Nate Head wearing Hind Rajab’s Jersey at Gillette Stadium this week.
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 05/10/2026
If you’re arresting a Jewish 94-year-old human rights lawyer for peacefully protesting, you’re on the wrong side of history. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
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‘I’m rather proud’: Barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action
Margaret Owen OBE, a celebrated human rights lawyer and friend of Ed Miliband’s late mother, talks to Al Jazeera.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is how an Israeli minister responded to the statement "Zionism is racism". By being extraordinarily racist. You cannot make this shit up!
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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David53 @david1357.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Palestine existed as an entity under the British Mandate. Palestinians and Jews and Christians all lived there. That can happen again. There is no need for an ethno state. Afrikaans didn't leave South Africa when majority rule ended apartheid. All races and beliefs can live together. @lbc.co.uk
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whatdowewant.bsky.social @whatdowewant.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Amazing how the zionists can't imagine a democratic state where Palestinians and Jews live side by side. What does that tell you? That they are racists. Zionism is racism
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joemcateer.bsky.social @joemcateer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Did you watch the party political broadcast last week? It was all about the effects of climate change.
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joemcateer.bsky.social @joemcateer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Best of luck. You're certainly getting the Corbyn type treatment from the media and Zionists but keep strong. You have a lot of support within the Green Party. Keep strong
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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Activists in Seoul, South Korea, lie on the ground near the Israeli Embassy in a symbolic portrayal of victims of Israel's genocide in Gaza, during the National Day of Action condemning Israel's three years of genocide in the besieged Strip.
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
JUST LAUNCHED: Amnesty International UK’s NEW DOCUMENTARY explores the recent crackdown on protesting in Britain 🪧 The Fight to be Heard charts the growing pressures facing protesters in the UK. Watch the full film at the link below 👀
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ms Dent Coad said: “Holborn and St Pancras needs an MP who understands that the current housing model has failed those who need genuinely affordable homes, and who will support leaseholders battling an archaic system that disadvantages and silences them." www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Ex-Labour MP enters Holborn and St Pancras by-election battle by backing Polanski
Emma Dent Coad said that residents should be looking for somebody to stand up for them on housing policy
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Holborn and St Pancras is looking incredibly close. Thank you to everyone joining us today on the doorsteps - we know it's only by having conversations with voters that we can win this. With just five days to go - we need you!
Action day photo with Zack and Ross and a big crowd
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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Massive crowd outside Palantir’s HQ. Throw this evil corporation out of our public services.
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Netanyahu, wanted by the ICC, gets the UN stage. Palestine is denied the hall. He gets the hall. Palestine gets the streets of every continent and millions of free voices across the world. Free Palestine. 🇵🇸
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Finally
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Marco Rubio: “Iranians are radical religious lunatics.” Also: Have you met Paula White, the White House faith advisor?
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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 24/09/2026
Where's the media outrage? The entire media machine and half the UK government was out to lynch my beautiful partner for a single bluesky post.
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joemcateer.bsky.social @joemcateer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Happy Birthday Lee's granny. I'm actually from Belfast but live in France.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Absolutely horrifying. How can our government be planning to drill for new oil and gas when we know these are the consequences? We have to keep the pressure on this Labour Government to keep all fossil fuels in the ground and secure a safe future for our children and grandchildren.
Babies will face almost twice as much extreme fire weather in Europe that great grandparents
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Our Green Party is people powered. We have the energy and the momentum to win in Holborn & St Pancras. We're about to go up a gear. We'll be out every day and evening and we need you! 🫵🏽 Sign up here: linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
Zack with lots of people with Vote Green signsZack with a group of women and a young man all smiling on the streetZack and Hannah with lots of people waving vote green signs
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