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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Why not extend the right to buy to the private rented sector? (And why building more council housing will save us more) Speaking to @matthew-wright.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk this morning about the housing crisis and right to buy

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12h

UK Chancellor rejects calls to equalise capital gains and income tax rates. Could have generated £14bn a year. This perk benefits less than 1% of the people, mostly in London and South East England. Workers taxed at higher rates than the wealthy. archive.ph/cGk2B

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Healey rejects calls to equalise capital gains and income tax rates

UK proposal had been backed by senior Labour figures, triggering nervousness among entrepreneurs and investors

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Awful. Capital overrides communities once again. Frome's bid for a community-led housing & regeneration project at Saxonvale lies in tatters: the council's agreed a deal with a London-based real estate company instead. Similar story in Totnes with Atmos project www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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‘Devastating’: council rejects Frome residents’ bid for regeneration project

Locals raised £1m for Mayday Saxonvale scheme involving homes and park but Somerset officials agreed deal with London-based real estate company

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

UK water companies made £340m by pouring billions of litres of industrial/commercial wastewater into sewage treatment works. Treatment works are not designed to remove most chemicals, leaving pollutants to pass into rivers, seas and farmland. Investment neglected. Practices are mostly unregulated.

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Revealed: the ‘black box’ wastewater trade that rakes in millions for UK utility companies

Exclusive: Firms made more than £340m last year from processing industrial and commercial wastewater at sewage works that are unable to remove many chemical pollutants

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Private equity puts PizzaExpress, Morrisons and Itsu up for sale. All devoured and declining brands, asset-stripped. PE has no long-term commitment to any product, people or place. Chances are another PE group will see opportunity for scavenging. archive.ph/DFYPq

ft.com

Private equity puts string of UK high street names up for sale

Owners of PizzaExpress, Morrisons and Itsu seeking exits as buyout groups cool on sector

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Could Asda or Morrisons vanish within a decade? It will be a blow to many. Both owned by private equity, loaded with debt, cut staffing/wages, low investment, strangled by asset-stripping, struggling to compete, losing market share. What future for others being devoured by private equity?

theguardian.com

Supermarket shake-up: why Asda or Morrisons could vanish within a decade

Talks between Sainsbury’s and Morrisons have set industry tongues wagging, with analysts saying the market is ripe for change

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Neil Channing @neilchanning.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Early release scheme isn't universally popular it seems.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

It's time to treat the causes of inflation. That means a clean energy revolution and cutting our reliance on the fossil fuel rollercoaster. It means an emergency rent brake, and it means urgently looking at ways to cut the costs of the basics we all rely on.

Rampant inflaron could land Healey with £35bn bill, IFS warns

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

What connects Elon Musk, the floods in Nepal, and an AI data center in Memphis? My friend, @billmckibben.bsky.social, who has helped me see patterns for a long time, threads it all together. Prepare yourself. Our full conversation with @ayanaeliza.bsky.social: naomiklein.substack.com/p/climate-vs...

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Tristram Hicks @warondirtymoney.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We should recognise that the war on drugs has been lost. Our next steps should be careful. An intelligent discussion of how the UK needs to catch up with the rest of the world. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

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Why The War On Drugs Is A Huge Failure | Kojo Koram

Podcast Episode · Bold Politics with Zack Polanski · 30 June · 45min

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Tony Bird @tonybirdlondon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This is really interesting about polling in Holborn and St Pancras asking why people voted Labour and why they voted Green

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Jeremy Gilbert @jemgilbert.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A very good piece of reporting. What it makes clear is the yawning gap that is already opening up between Burnham's stated ambitions and the political capacity of the teams he has put in place to help him actually realise them. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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‘If voters aren’t better off by the next election, we’re screwed’: Labour insiders voice fears over budget

Some say party risks ‘looking twee’ by focusing on small fixes amid growing nervousness that budget lacks ambition

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Bank of England governor tells the UK chancellor to agree a budget that reassures financial markets. Govt told to serve markets, speculators, corporations. Healthcare, education, social justice, housing is secondary in neoliberalism. Wither democracy.

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Bank governor urges John Healey to use budget to allay market fears amid bond turmoil

Andrew Bailey tells chancellor ‘whatever the stance of fiscal policy, it must be credible and be seen as such by financial markets’

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Corporate Welfare Tory tax break for banks cost UK public purse £6bn In 2023 Tory govt cut the bank surcharge from 8% to 3%. Current govt hasn't reversed it. Record profits, exec pay, dividends at banks Reversing the surcharge would raise billions.

theguardian.com

Tory tax break for banks has cost UK public purse £6bn, says TUC

Exclusive: Chancellor urged to reverse Jeremy Hunt’s tax surcharge cuts to claw back billions in lost revenue

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thousands of young people could lose key disability benefits Govt could limit the Personal Independence Payment (Pip), and further strip Motability support. Hope the govt sees sense and doesn't repeat Starmer policies. Why not end corporate welfare?

independent.co.uk

Thousands could lose key disability benefits in welfare changes

The plans risk reigniting tensions with backbench Labour MPs over welfare spending

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"A national election, that of Brazil, which will affect the 8.3 billion people who inhabit this world. The Amazon, according to scientific evidence, is close to reaching a point of no return. Returning to the deforestation levels of 2022 (Bolsonaro) would be the final blow" x.com/ActisAndres/...

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pauline kael bot @paulinekaelbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A STAR IS BORN (1954) Grandiose, emotionally charged musical version of the 1937 tearjerker. Garland and James Mason are the leads (although she looks tired and worn and he gives such a remarkable performance as the washed-up, decaying star that he brings a bloom to the movie).

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pauline kael bot @paulinekaelbot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

[DOG DAY AFTERNOON] Sonny's anxiety and Leon's distress are so pure that there's no appeal for sympathy—no star kitsch to separate us from the nakedness of the feelings on the screen. (1976)

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There aren't many days when you can kayak off Start Point, renowned for one of Britain's most dangerous tidal races. But yesterday the stars aligned, so I bunked off work. Delighted to see Rupert Kirkwood (the Lone Kayaker) out there. He took this picture of me +1. Before you ask: yes, it's real. 🧵

In my kayak, watching a bluefin tuna leaping beside me.

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pauline kael bot @paulinekaelbot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

[MEAN STREETS] De Niro does something like what Dustin Hoffman was doing in MIDNIGHT COWBOY, but wilder; this kid doesn't just act — he takes off into the vapors. De Niro is so intensely appealing that it might be easy to overlook Harvey Keitel's work as Charlie. (1973)

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

📣 NEW EPISODE 📣 - @leninology.bsky.social on this year's wildfires. We talked about the scale and extent of the wildfires, how they compare to recent years, and the threat of the "weather whiplash" effect - with heatwaves and wildfires being followed by severe flooding:

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Interregnum - Living in the Pyrocene | Politics Theory Other

Richard returns to talk about this year's wildfires. We talked about the scale and extent of the wildfires, how they compare to recent years

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Shell’s refineries expected to make record profits. Profit margins of $42 a barrel, up from $24 a barrel. Cashing in on global conflicts. Bumper payouts for execs and shareholders. Misery for households and businesses. Millions plunged into poverty. Must levy 100% windfall tax.

theguardian.com

Shell expects refineries to almost double the profit from every barrel of fuel made

Record prices caused by global shortages amid shutdown of war-damaged refineries in Middle East and Russia

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pauline kael bot @paulinekaelbot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955) Though BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK is crudely melodramatic, it is a very superior example of motion picture craftsmanship. The director, John Sturges, is at his best—each movement and line is exact and economical.

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James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Linda Smith's absolutely perfect line about Archer being released from prison "into the cryogenic embrace of Mary"is permanently etched in my mind.

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Farewell to Eva Marie Saint, the sharpest and sexiest of the Hitchcock blondes who got to wear one of the best dresses in cinema history

Full shot of Eva Marie Saint in NORTH BY NORTHWEST wearing the red roses dress

Side mid shot of Eva Marie Saint in NORTH BY NORTHWEST wearing the red roses dress, sharing a drink with Cary Grant

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Rest in peace, lovely Eva Marie Saint. As we pay tribute, let us remember how she once reacted to a bunch of compliments she thought went overboard. She was as down-to-earth as stars ever get. (Louella Parsons sternly told Saint to apologize; as far as I know, she never did.)

AP story, 1/26/1960: Actress Says Four-Letter Word Not Slip of Tongue
HOLLYWOOD (AP)-"I'm embarrassed only because of all the fuss," Eva Marie Saint said Monday.
The blonde actress said it wasn't a slip of the tongue Sunday night when she shocked a fancy, black-tie banquet of the movie industry's biggest names by using a four-letter word.
"The dinner was a private af-fair, and if I had thought for a moment that the newspapers would have reported the incident, I wouldn't have said it," said Miss Saint, one of the screen's favorite nice girls.
After a flowery introduction by Jack Benny at the annual Screen Producers Guild dinner, Miss Saint stepped daintily to the mi-crophone, smiled sweetly and said: "Aw, ----!"

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pauline kael bot @paulinekaelbot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

You don't expect Mount Rushmore to be a work of art, but if you're anywhere near it you have to go; PAPILLON is a movie Mount Rushmore, though it features only two heads. (1973)

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William Boyle @wmboyle4.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I haven’t seen THE ODYSSEY yet, but both Matt Damon and Christopher Nolan picked Carl Franklin’s ONE FALSE MOVE (which features a liner note essay by me!) in the Criterion Closet, which is pretty damn swell. m.youtube.com/shorts/ing6l...

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Christopher Nolan & Matt Damon Pick ONE FALSE MOVE | On 4K+Blu-ray from Criterion

YouTube video by CRITERION

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 08/10/2026

deep insight into the British id contained in this banknote poll result www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 06/10/2026

Your home is not going to increase in value at the same rate as your parents’. The housing bubble is over. The post-crisis era of very cheap debt is over. Inflation is back. There will be no repeats of the extraordinary era between 1990-2020. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-housin...

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The Housing Boom is Over

Your house isn't going to increase in value at the same rate as your parents'

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A shadowy network of hedgehogs and owls, operating at the highest levels of the British establishment.

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John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Conservatives double the cost of net zero with spreadsheet error. Spiky comment from the Climate Change Committee, whose estimates they messed up www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error

Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data

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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Badenoch can campaign on these priorities as much as she likes. Undoubtedly, the Tory leader will be applauded for doing so. But that's not the same thing as posing Labour a credible threat."

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The Clear Blue Water Strategy

The media has told us there was a buzz around Conservative Party conference. Heaven knows why. Kemi Badenoch is riding a wave of positive pr...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is clearly a good result for Labour, but it also doesn't strike me as a terrible result for the Greens. Vote share held up from the local elections in a constituency that was never really a target for them

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

@zackpolanski.bsky.social points out that under his leadership the Greens have had their two best by-election results in the history of the party, and he concludes: "if people are watching & think, I want to see the Greens do better, join.greenparty.org.uk "

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Energy suppliers urge UK govt to help households struggling with energy bills. Silence on cutting profit margins, windfall taxes on excessive profits. Household energy debt heading to £7bn. 120,000 a year die in fuel poverty. We can't afford privatisation and resulting profiteering.

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Suppliers pile pressure on government over energy bills

Immediate action is needed to help households struggling with bills this winter, says trade body Energy UK.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 05/10/2026

Why should the public pay the cost of private failure? It's time to end the rip off and bring failing water companies back into public hands.

A graphic featuring an image of Green Party Deputy Leader Rachel Millward speaking at a podium at Green Party conference, and white text that reads:

"The Green Party would immediately bring South East Water and Thames Water back into public ownership. At no cost to the taxpayer."

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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.

bbc.co.uk

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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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Another deeply unpopular Starmer policy binned. This is a victory for justice, and thanks to campaigning of @thecriminalbar.bsky.social, Karl Turner MP and many other Labour MPs www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Burnham scraps controversial plans to curb jury trials

The key policy idea announced by David Lammy when he was justice secretary will no longer go ahead.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 06/10/2026

“It’s a proposal to fund councils to not just build, but also, in addition, buy council homes, which they then can use as real council homes.” Siân Berry on her Buy the Supply panel at Green Party Conference.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 07/10/2026

That’s a wrap on Green Party Conference 2026 💚

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

England's water infrastructure at breaking point. Large part of water network installed 130-150 years ago. Thames Water infrastructure has average age of 79 years; industry average 56 yrs. 40% of TW assets are 100+ yrs old. Must end privatisation, remove profit motive.

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MP says London water network is 'at breaking point' with two incidents in a week

London MP Paul Kohler said the two incidents highlighted the poor state of the region's water infrastructure

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Beyond awkward. Look how the Labour candidate in Holborn and St. Pancras responded when Palestine was mentioned. 😱😱😱😱

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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Kemi Badenoch’s whole shtick is slash and burn, which is red meat for the Westminster-brained, but for the wider electorate… what actually is her vision for what emerges from the ashes? What sort of country does she want us to become? Seemingly just one that’s punitive, uncaring and nasty?

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"The party has also said it would look closer at whether parents' earnings and savings should be factored into welfare payments for their children" So according to the Tories, it's wrong to means-test benefits for boomers... but totally fine to do so for their adult children children.

bbc.co.uk

Conservatives pledge 'tough love' benefit rules for under-25s

The party says it would bring in new work requirements for young people claiming Universal Credit.

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