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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The wealth of the richest 0.1 percent of Americans has more than doubled since 2019. If that doesn't convince you we need a wealth tax, renowned economist Gabriel Zucman will. Watch.

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How to Actually Tax Extreme Wealth (ft. Gabriel Zucman)

Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done.Baloney.Economist

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Lynne Bowers @lynnebowers.bsky.social · 18h

Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires - The Guardian Needs to be reviewed. Extreme heat and drought identified as ongoing key risks in CCC report May 2026. Relying on mutual aid between fire services is unsustainable.

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

As previously noted around the idea of a club of middle powers, retreat isn't a good basis for any kind of agreement, still less mistrust. Regardless of the UK debate, the EU faces serious problems from putting off major questions in particular of expansion.

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The EU the UK left is still there, indeed this is still the EU of post 2008, stuck unable to contemplate treaty change, facing rising turbulence, and lacking strong leadership. The UK might be part of a renewed debate. But we might all just be shrinking together.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 03/10/2026

More than 20 NHS trusts in England have stopped using Palantir’s waiting list tools, according to FT analysis that casts doubt on widely cited claims about the success of the controversial data project led by the US software giant. as.ft.com/r/6c8844ae-e...

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Over 20 NHS trusts have ditched Palantir waiting-list tools, analysis shows

FT findings prompt fresh probe by statistics regulator into health service claims over controversial data project

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

When I get down about what has become of journalism, of speaking the truth, I think of Jamal. I lost my Washington Post job. Jamal lost his life. Both of us — all we wanted to do was write and help people.

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Lynne Bowers @lynnebowers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

UAE threatens Burnham over Man City: We’ll pull billions out of UK - The Telegraph Questions anyone?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

-Trump Airlines -Trump Beverages -Trump Casinos -Trump Magazine -Trump Mortgage -Trump Steaks -Trump's Travel Site -Trumpnet -Trump Tower Tampa -Trump University -Trump Vodka -Trump Fragrances -Trump Mattress -Trump Mobile All massive financial failures led by Trump. Now this...

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The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.

The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.

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Lynne Bowers @lynnebowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A society grows great when old men plant trees under whose shade they know they will never sit.

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Lynne Bowers @lynnebowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And it’s what makes the difference to the UK, to humanity, and to the world. We are an ancient land, it is what our history has painfully taught us. Exploitation will ultimately fail.

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Lynne Bowers @lynnebowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a further inexorable and accelerating logic since January 2025, February 2026 + ongoing issues. There needs to be a discussion re immigration and the benefits and challenges it presents to the continent and the world. The EU model is also changing, which perhaps not everyone is aware of?

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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Homeowners in England urged to check flood risk: ‘A third of people don’t realise’ …the next 3 months are likely to be more wet and windy than usual because of large-scale weather patterns and the impact of a supercharged El Niño, increasing flood risk. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Homeowners in England urged to check flood risk: ‘A third of people don’t realise’

Environment Agency warns residents of 6m properties to prepare for a wet and windy three months ahead

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Lynne Bowers @lynnebowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yes! Detail to follow but triple lock remains till 2030, thereafter pension protection remains and low income pensioners protected with additional benefits and no requirement to pay for care. Awaiting info re wealth taxes. But to have a PM say I see you, you are visible to me … wow! 💚 A #NCS - TY

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A couple of really radical options - engage in Brussels with why the UK wants to talk and what the EU is actually prepared to offer - learn from what has mostly failed in the approach to the EU question for the last ten years Which would quickly narrow the path forward.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The UK economy grew by 0.5% in the three months to June 2026

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Lynne Bowers @lynnebowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Successive governments have failed to fix social care, we hope this marks an opportunity to put party politics aside, build consensus and finally deliver the fundamental reform that people who draw on care and support, carers and the workforce have waited far too long to see.”

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Lynne Bowers @lynnebowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Such good news: “Mayors, local authorities, charities and grassroots groups will be given new funding and responsibilities for restoring natural landscapes such as wetlands, river edges and meadows, which can provide natural flood management and reduce the damage done by droughts.”

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The sign being used in stores across Canada, thanks to Trump. =====================

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026

🚨BREAKING🚨 "Caring for other people's parents on poverty pay, but doing it with huge skill, humor, and humanity, holding a threadbare system somehow together, yet invisible to the political class of this country" "I want to speak directly today to our care workers. You are not invisible to me."

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Lynne Bowers @lynnebowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Future subsidence is going to be interesting …..

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind

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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

At a time when tensions over Channel crossings have reached fever pitch, the statistics show that progress is being made – a truth which may prove to be inconvenient for some.

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One for the 'patriots': Small boat crossings drop 42%, to a four-year low

It's good news, but not everyone is happy with the latest small boat crossings figures - and the PM himself says more needs to be done.

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Lynne Bowers @lynnebowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

‘A customs union means a specific trade agreement whereas membership of the EU means full political and economic integration that includes the single market (free movement of goods, people, capital and services), laws, and governance.‘

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...

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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street

YouTube video by Musk

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Lynne Bowers @lynnebowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Love this! We are a Nation of Neighbours.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"The one thing your viewers can know for sure is that we believe in controlling spending and reducing taxes, not increasing taxes," says Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, whose own government raised taxes to their highest level in more than 70 years, just two years ago.

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Lynne Bowers @lynnebowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Well - someone’s got to do it ….

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Why Reform UK's increasing embrace of the 'blackshorts' is likely to kill off Nigel Farage's last remaining hopes of ever becoming Prime Minister adambienkov.substack.com/p/how-the-fa...

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How the Fascist ‘BlackShorts’ Will Bring Down Nigel Farage

Reform’s embrace of this new violent racist street movement risks ending Farage’s last remaining hopes of ever becoming Prime Minister

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Lynne Bowers @lynnebowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What? Scotland will always exist, and as a Nation - our ancestors, our future generations, our culture, our heritage. We have survived worse than this.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I talked this week about the mental health crisis afflicting young people, in particular the isolation and loneliness caused by the neoliberal smashing of society. Everyone needs community. Everyone needs belonging. We cannot survive without them.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33

Daily Express headline:

"More Freedoms Handed to New Arrivals than British Citizens"

Above an image of Kemi Badenoch

All with a Monk Debunked stamp on top

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Lynne Bowers @lynnebowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s not easy though is it Prem? It sounds simple. And goodness knows every £ matters to a minimum wage earner. But how much/ would £50 pw be transformational? We need to rethink tax.

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Lynne Bowers @lynnebowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In GM? - public health leadership, - investment in treatment & recovery, - early warning & intelligence systems, - multi-agency coordination, & tough action against organised crime. But across UK not the level of integration, local investment & operational coordination that GM was able to achieve.

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Lynne Bowers @lynnebowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Because: it was a blanket approach. ‘immigration’ has many forms and many interpretations. until recently, social care workforce, recruitment and retention was little understood where it needed to be. Astonishing that 3/5 of us are unpaid carers, 1/7 have catastrophic care costs and STILL unseen.

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Lynne Bowers @lynnebowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You are absolutely right Charlie - fixing it is a challenge.

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Lynne Bowers @lynnebowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yes, the #BBC should be. As Director General you have to make that happen.

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Lynne Bowers @lynnebowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Brilliant! We need the UN, a global entity that remains in spite of rogue incursions. Any organisation that has a sudden reduction in funding will be challenged. The ‘Bureaucrats’ embody management rather than leadership. Several examples of fine leadership in this podcast.

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Lynne Bowers @lynnebowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fantastic report! Love the recommendations. We have so many great people doing great work all over the UK. Bring everyone together. There are more of us than there are of destructive entities. @jrf-uk.bsky.social

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