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Mary Corcoran

@marycorcoran.bsky.social
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Economic Migrant from beyond the pale. ‘Elitist’: I function from the neck up. Book reader (& writer). The day job is Criminologist, but I’m really a student of justice. An ‘elitist’ is anyone who can function from the neck up, according to populists.

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Glenn Vowles @enviroman.bsky.social · 3h
Spot on. The super-rich and powerful own the media. Most politicians suck up to them. Zack Polanski challenges their wealth and power and so they want him gone. They slur him and spread misinformation and disinformation about Zack and the Greens.
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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 8h
#womenpower #womensrights
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 7h
I’m the biggest, hit the highest score, I’ve got the greatest record of them all’ 🍊 💩
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This a million times. People of colour being dragged on to debate maniacs about imaginary labels & race science is an abomination. proper ‘how German are you’ Nazi shit Note that people like me with white migrant parentage never asked to defend our identity Englishness. Is. A. Made. Up. Thing
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 13h
Bring it on.
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 16h
USA is governed by Scum. 1 in 3 Americans approve of them. USA is treating Europe and NATO in the manner that it has interfered in Asia, Africa, Latin America. Now throwing Ukraine at Putin’s feet. Trump not fit to lick Zelensky’s boots. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Waiting for the February bargain bin sales, and hopefully, the shop will pay me to take a copy.
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Steph Petrie @stephpet.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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How the BBC sets a trap to make sure leftwing politicians never get a fair hearing
There’s a reason why so few truly leftwing politicians are visible in public life. Because the media’s role is to weed them out, discredit them, place them beyond the pale
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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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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Too late for mid-terms; Russia doesn’t have refinery capacity; Russia also experiencing domestic shortages; importing diesel from Korea; propaganda win for Putin. What part of this plan is workable?
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Kathleen Kern @kathleenkern.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Double Tap" means that the Israeli military drops a bomb, waits for EMT's or civilians to rush in and try to help the people who are hurt, and then bombs the rescuers. In this case, one of those trying to help was a 15 year old boy. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘Run! Get away!’: witnesses recount Israeli ‘double tap’ strike that killed child and medic in Gaza
When Mohammad Abdul Zinati, 15, rushed to help a man wounded in a bomb attack, he had no time to react before he too was hit
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Not so brave when your identity is publicised, are you, Doxxer?
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ella Baron brilliantly captures the rightwing witch hunt of today.
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
More days of shame to come, and only Americans can lead their own exit. Much like the Germans/Japanese/Italians after WW2, the international community will have to move be on to rehabilitate USA & Israel.
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
More days of shame to come, and only Americans can lead their own exit. Much like the Germans/Japanese/Italians after WW2, the international community will have to move be on to rehabilitate USA & Israel.
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This from a section of USA culture that sold picture postcards of lynchings, and tried to televise the execution of Timothy McVeigh in 2001. There’s a section in every society for whom order is secured through cruelty. This comes from that place. It’s the neighbour who says ‘I’d pull the lever’.
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This from a section of USA culture that sold picture postcards of lynchings, and tried to televise the execution of Timothy McVeigh in 2001. There’s a section in every society for whom order is secured through cruelty. This comes from that place. It’s the neighbour who says ‘I’d pull the lever’.
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
About fecking time!
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Is that what they told you?
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Methinks Major Tom has joined the dark side!
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Absolutely, spot on. I can’t believe that UK doesn’t have this expertise in buckets. It begs the question, why not? Answer: short termism; lack of self confidence among politicians in U.K. science; expediency; ideological preference for outsourcing stuff rather than solving problems.
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Fair point, take it to source. I will.
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Be careful what you wish for, Petey 😉
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A ‘spreadsheet error’ - is that what they’re calling Trussonomics now? 🙄
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think your ‘question’ and the assumptions behind it gives you your answer. This is the quality of advocacy of your law firm now?
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Well, yeah : if you’re going to revive your political fortunes, of course it makes sense to jump ship! (Not on a small boat).
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Here’s where it starts: but @carolinelucas.bsky.social is right - the #Greens are going to have to confront these bad faith actors before it divides the party.
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I really regret ever having given a penny to your organisation in the mistaken belief that you were a law firm @goodlawproject.org
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I really regret ever having given a penny to your organisation in the mistaken belief that you were a law firm @goodlawproject.org
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Setting aside the fact that degeneracy is now the norm for #Republican party, I recall that there was a similar call to transmit the execution of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing in 2001. USA has a sick yearning for spectacles of violence. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed
Nidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be executed by firing squad on 3 December
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Tom Watson misidentifies the problem: it’s not ‘mob rule’ that disqualifies #Palantir it’s the decades of opaque and uncompetitive procurement in NHS, the bought lobbying clout, the rottenness of #Palantir’s product, business model & links to warfare. U.K. companies can produce a database, surely?
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Alasdair Cameron @alasdaircameron.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This seems the most objectionable aspect of the House of Lords to me. An official legislature, with a pass to all the inside conversation, staffed by paid lobbyists. Just awful. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Palantir’s Tom Watson says ‘mob rule’ must not dictate awarding of government contracts
Former Labour deputy leader says tech firm would work with a Reform UK government on immigration crackdowns
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Peter Kellner’s breakdown is best, I think, esp when placing this result in longer timescale. As a proportion of 2024 turnout & results, it’s not good for the #Greens, and good for #Labour
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Looks like the £36m Delo contribution is dirty money with #reform a possible laundering agent. Delo’s crypto customers suing him. Always wondered whether the £36 million would materialise? Patriotic grifting. Nice work @ Democracy for Sale. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reform-meg...
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Reform mega-donor Ben Delo named in Bitcoin “theft” lawsuit
Exclusive: Class action seeks to hold BitMEX founders "accountable for fraudulent conduct". We spoke to the lawyer behind the case against the now-closed crypto firm
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Every now and then, when people say stupid things about socialism, I have to roll out these lines from Arthur Lewis, on what socialists want.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The 7 stages of Western "concern" 1 This is concerning 2 This is increasingly concerning 3 We are now deeply concerned 4 We are now gravely concerned 5 There will be consequences 6 We demand answers 7 It is important not to escalate the situation
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
He clearly doesn’t touch base with his followers enough.
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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.
Grenfell Tower, a black smouldering carcass of the building shorty after the fire, in 2017.
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How will his followers know the difference? Seriously, post-fact MAGA exists in a parallel world to that of rational thought. Therefore, their fuhrer Trump is beyond the reach of embarrassment.
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How will his followers know the difference? Seriously, post-fact MAGA exists in a parallel world to that of rational thought. Therefore, their fuhrer Trump is beyond the reach of embarrassment.
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Some migrant quarters are being re-roled from military barracks. In the past, what did communities think of having ,hundreds of fighting-age men on their doorstep’? Many towns used to become no-go areas when squaddies were on leave.
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Some migrant quarters are being re-roled from military barracks. In the past, what did communities think of having ,hundreds of fighting-age men on their doorstep’? Many towns used to become no-go areas when squaddies were on leave.
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Tories dead against this (according to interview on Today, R4 this morning). Still on freedom of UK to be a global trader. Ignorant waffle but worth a listen to see how involved @conservatives.bsky.social thinking is nowadays
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I fear you are correct. Polanski, like Corbyn, put a rocket up their parties. That was needed in the case of Labour, tbh. Both are excellent populists, but their leadership brought new questions about their ability to govern. Labour rightists sabotaged him, for sure. Will a Green group attempt same?
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Wait until the Greens have to start confronting members for their atrocious behaviour and utterances, and you’ll see what Labour had to contend with. But, the @greenparty.org.uk will eventually have to get to grips with this issue. Latest from the conference is that the motion is likely to pass.
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yep, the very lot that left the Labour Party and are now part of the @greenparty.org.uk Be careful what you ask for!
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So @labourpartyuk.bsky.social some of the worst elements of sentencing and courts plans are dropped, but some controversially retained. Ho-hum. It’s an encroachment of legal and civil liberties by attrition. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/oct...
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Ministers drop plans to cut jury trials in England and Wales after outcry
Critics say scrapping of plans, which aimed to increase judge-alone trials to deliver swifter justice, leaves court system and victims vulnerable
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’m surprised at the reaction: it isn’t as if the lives of people at that meeting aren’t also touched my Alzheimer’s or dementia!
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
And, Pope, you don’t know nothing about religion neither!
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Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Absurd headline blaming a feminist movement for rape. Not even going to read further. This is too serious for clickbait. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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‘Sadness, cynicism and deep disappointment’: the Cornell gang-rape case and the failure of #MeToo
As the university and local police defend their treatment of the alleged perpetrators, women decry a familiar story
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