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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It is time for people of courage to walk away from Labour www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/09... They have had their chance. They have blown it. We need a real alternative in this country now. They will never be it again.

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It is time for people of courage to walk away from Labour

As I say on fiscal rules in the glossary to this blog: Fiscal rules are targets set by governments to limit borrowing, debt, or deficits over time. They are presented as if they are neutral, technical...

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Great piece - do have a quick read and then share. Essentially, Labour putting Rejoin in its next manifesto is the single move that gives Labour the best chance at winning (possibly with a coalition) at the next General Election. 🌹🇪🇺

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Deeply disappointing to see Libdem leader now supporting more drilling in the North Sea - it will add to global volume of climate emissions, drive climate breakdown & send a dangerous signal to the rest of the world

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Sir Ed Davey says Jackdaw gas field 'makes sense' as decision looms for government

A consultation on the gas field - located 150 miles northeast of Aberdeen - closed last month, with the prime minister set to make a decision.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We should ask ourselves why this is something a Labour Prime Minister feels the need to refute. After 16 years of austerity, a tax and spend socialist is just what we need.

Burnham says budget will be ‘challenging’ and denies he is just ‘tax and spend socialist’ - Guardian headline

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026

Excellent letter in The Times. "Greater hate hath no person than to accuse those who put their lives on the line for others of being traitors."

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

As the government bans social media for kids further evidence emerges that it's a minority of retired adults we should really be concerned about. www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...

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Pensioners attack traffic lights over wild 'deadly weapon' claims

An online movement say that the sensors on traffic lights can cause heart attacks, brain cancer, anxiety and even sudden death

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We need a revolution in how Britain works youtu.be/oLP5qnqpSFs?... Nothing works now. It can't, and it won't, unless we turn our economy around to serve people and not finance. Is that too much to ask for? It would be revolutionary.

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We need a revolution in how Britain works

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Compass, on the neoliberal road to nowhere www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/09... Compass appears to want to end many of the consequences of business as usual without ending the economic thinking that makes business as usual possible, and that won't work.

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Compass, on the neoliberal road to nowhere

Compass, the think tank that claims to be non-party-based and left-of-centre, published a new 230-page report yesterday titled 'Ending Business as Usual: Policy Options for a Progressive Government'. ...

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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 08/09/2026

It won’t stop these reprehensible, cowardly pieces of shit attacking the RNLI, but here is a handy link to donate rnli.org/support-us/g...

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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea

Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.

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kenpyrah.bsky.social @kenpyrah.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Excellent post about the dangerous outcomes of failing to invest in society

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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It’s a continuing and never ending crime scene! I still can’t understand why they both haven’t been arrested for lying to an entire population and encouraging so many less informed ppl to vote against their own interests. Isn’t this treason? If this isn’t, then what is?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The best measure of how America is doing isn’t the unemployment rate, or the stock market, or the rate of economic growth, or the inflation rate, or the average wage. It’s how well most Americans are living. And the reality is that most Americans are struggling.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We do not build the reservoirs needed to store the rain that falls here. We do not build strategic food reserves needed to maintain provision in hard times. We failed to build effective stores of PPE, to protect us in pandemics. This country has long been governed by people who do not prepare.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Keynes transformed economics, making clear how markets fail and that governments have to intervene to deliver wellbeing. We need another Keynes now. I used AI, among other tools, when creating this post. I also used about 50 years of experience writing about economics.

An infographic on Keynesian economics and its benefits.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

What is economics? It’s about helping people thrive. youtu.be/b91VCqkG-AE?... This is the first in a new, and potentially long, series of YouTube videos explaining economics in a way that challenges neoliberalism. This one starts right at the very beginning, challenging orthodoxy from the start.

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What is economics? It’s about helping people thrive.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It’s time to act. And when we do we won’t just avoid the worst effects of climate breakdown - but we will lower bills permanently, help our communities thrive - and give a grounded sense of hope for generations to come.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Very disappointing from the new Prime Minister, very much sounding like the previous PM. These are among the world’s most vulnerable and desparate people. They need safe routes and humanity from responsible politicians, not grandstanding. This isn’t doing politics differently.

Burnham pledges to be "relentless" in curbing small boat crossings

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Andy Burnham’s social care plan protects wealth, not those in need youtu.be/_bEyVo6-alM?... Why is Andy Burnham presuming that younger people with some of the highest overall tax rates should pay to protect those with wealth? This issue needs to be named - or he'll embed injustice.

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Andy Burnham’s social care plan protects wealth, not those in need

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Very obliging of #r4today to lead with Reform’s ‘plan’ to stop the boats using the Royal Navy, pretending it’ll be some great WWII-style escapade, rather than a hateful, costly, diplomatically incontinent mess. A total waste of everyone’s time as they’ll never be in power and it’s unworkable anyway.

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 03/08/2026

One interesting aspect of the recent COVID discourse is that a lot of us have forgotten that lockdown and school closures was not simply about preventing deaths, it was about keeping the *rate of infection* down to a level the NHS stood some chance of coping with.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

We should never forget how the BBC has changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage and other rightwing extremists, while shutting out progressive voices.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I strongly believe in giving the man a chance. But keeping Shabana Mahmood as Home Secretary suggests the vicious attacks on immigrants and refugees, and self-defeating attempts to outrun the far right, are likely to continue. Which is pretty damn depressing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George Monbiot

Shabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric, says George Monbiot

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

John Healey? No, I didn’t see that one coming. Nor do I see it as good news. He is far too conventional to take on the Treasury and all its faults when managing the economy. If Burnham meant to bring about change, this was not the appointment we needed.

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

"James Purnell, a former Blairite minister who until recently led a lobbying advisory firm which counted BP, Amazon, Jaguar Land Rover and Uber among its clients, will become (Burnham's) chief of staff". I'd rather trust Zack Polanski and @greenparty.org.uk...! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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After Starmer’s ‘purge’, could Andy Burnham lure back Labour’s bruised leftwingers?

Socialists marginalised under current PM are anxious about whether his replacement will again disappoint them

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

"Talkin' Bout a Revolution" (Tracy Chapman): An acoustic call to action that asserts the poor and marginalized will eventually rise up to demand their fair share of resources.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

This is only the beginning. The climate crisis is here. So why are politicians and most of the media still acting as though this can wait? It can't. We can still avoid some of the worst impacts - but only if we find the courage to act. metro.co.uk/2026/06/22/g...

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Greta Thunberg warns 40°C heatwave about to hit UK 'is only the beginning'

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Carol Hedges @riotgrandma.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

😡🇬🇧😡🇬🇧😡🇬🇧😡🇬🇧😡🇬🇧 From Threads. Every ‘principled’ Labour minister who fucks off in a huff is increasing the chances of this. You ‘hate’ SKS? You will hate this even more. And once the UK loses its NHS, etc it will NEVER return.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Blair claims TINA. I claim TIARA. open.substack.com/pub/richardj... There Is A real Alternative to neoliberalism. It is called a politics of care, backed by an economics of hope.

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Blair claims TINA. I claim TIARA.

There Is A Real Alternative

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism. The government has no mandate to restrict it - a move which will put us on a path toward authoritarian justice. youtu.be/x6NIiM9G5ag?...

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🚨KEIR STARMER IS SPEARHEADING ONE OF THE MOST SHOCKING ATTACKS ON CIVIL LIBERTIES IN MODERN TIMES

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 21/05/2026

Tonight we congratulate our friend Stephen Colbert and his writers, staff and crew for eleven years of excellence. Watch Colbert’s finale tonight, and then never watch CBS again.

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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

magazine.newstatesman.com/2026/05/17/t... A chilling and accurate read; it’s difficult to disagree with a single thing that’s been written. Sadly, few on the left actually want to be Labour voters now. Those who’ll vote Labour in Makerfield just want to shut the🚪on Reform. Understandably.

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The Labour Party is dead, and Starmer has killed it

Any progressive new leader will face the task of reviving a corpse

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Alexandra Phelan 余雪莲 @alexandraphelan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

A direct letter from @drtedros.who.int to the people of Tenerife, Canary Islands in light of the MV Hondius’ arrival. This is thoughtful and compassionate, and correctly describes the legal framework, but more importantly the solidarity that underpins it.

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martindvz.bsky.social @martindvz.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Actually it’s a disaster for Farage and the BBC’s hopes.

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Brexit made the elite richer, the world less stable and the people of the UK poorer and not just financially. To continue with it is against our national interest and the interest of everyone who wants a safer, peaceful world. No party that continues with Brexit gets my vote.

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Waving European Union Flag

ALT: Waving European Union Flag

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Scott Smith @canaansdad1987.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band are telling us something important #USDemocracy

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

£240 billion per year is £3,480 per person £8,570 per household Reversing Brexit for could make you that much better off. For the cost of £1 billion, which is £14.50 per person, or £35.70 per household. Ask yourself: am I an idiot? If the answer is "no", back undoing Brexit.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Reform, Labour and the Tories all take money from oil & gas giants and private healthcare interests. That tells you who they’re really working for. The Green Party doesn’t take that money. We answer to you - and to the future of our planet. Vote Green on Thursday. 💚

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Dear Labour supporters. If you want to put me off voting Green rather than Labour, the key is *not* to attack the Greens, but to ask yourself why I, a life-long Labour supporter, who has voted Labour at every GE since 1983 (my first), can't support Labour. Look at yourselves. Look at your party.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Just what we don't need. Already, our rivers are overloaded with both human and livestock waste, leading in many cases to #rivercide. Now the government, responding as always to lobbyists, wants to make it worse. Then it wonders why it loses public support. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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UK looks to relax planning rules for factory farms after industry lobbying

Exclusive: documents chronicle years-long campaign to make it easier to build intensive livestock units

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