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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Is the UK's debt bill creating austerity for the poor and interest for the wealthy? And is this the real interest crisis the UK is facing now? youtu.be/CfCCyQezwI8?...

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Is the UK's debt bill creating austerity for the poor and interest for the rich?

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Why politicians keep getting the economy wrong youtu.be/MyVsdntYWj4?... Politicians keep claiming there is a shortage of money - but that's nonsense. If there are resources to buy, they can always create the money to put them to use.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The UK savings system is failing us - and we could do very much better youtu.be/bSir0mqh5us?... It's time for our savings to be used for investment - not speculation.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

What if the national debt is really the nation's savings? Doesn't that change everything when we're discussing the economy? youtu.be/rMfCrIhlAm8?...

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What if the national debt is really the nation's savings? Doesn't that change everything?

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

£325bn dirty money flows through UK. Jumps to £788bn+ when UK tax havens added. Linked to financial crime, corruption, illegal trades, narcotics, tax dodging. Banks, accountants, lawyers profit. Govts deregulate finance industry, prosecutions rare. Bank frauds (HBOS) not investigated.

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At least £325bn of ‘dirty money’ flows through UK each year, says report

Call for crackdown as finance linked to corruption, tax evasion and money laundering is estimated at 10% of GDP

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Labour’s closing down sale www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/05...

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Labour’s closing down sale

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

The economic meltdown we're facing will develop in seven stages - by Christmas, by which time things are going to be ugly. youtu.be/UunBWAzzr9c?...

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The economic meltdown we're facing will develop in stages - by Christmas

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

New today is a collection of posts from the Funding the Future blog that explain modern monetary theory. It's a free download (although donations are welcome), and with more than 400 pages, there's enough in it to answer most of your questions. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/downloa...

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

Why is the government recklessly trying to push your savings into the stock market just when it might crash? youtu.be/ZFo_i8ky4d8?...

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Why is the government recklessly trying to push your savings into the stock market?

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

BP is profiting from war, you are paying the price of that, and this is how to stop that, with a financial transaction tax youtu.be/SlJd7wuiSIk?...

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BP is profiting from war, you are paying the price of that, and this is how to stop that

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Reinstate windfall tax on banks after surge in profits, TUC urges. Banks will make bigger profits from interest rate hikes, without any additional effort. Claw them back. Energy companies are profiteering too, and must pay windfall taxes.

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Reinstate windfall tax on banks after surge in profits, TUC urges

Unions group wants rate returned from 3% to 8% after big four UK lenders reveal £14bn total profit in first quarter

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Britain's broadcast media boasts of its strict adherence to impartiality rules. Mentions per MP. LibDems: 645 Tories: 5,116 Greens: 7,763 Labour (the actual govt): 27,438 Reform: 70,732 Anyone surprised they're ahead? bebroadcast.co.uk/politics-who...

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#Politics Who gets heard – and who doesn’t – on UK broadcast? | Be Broadcast

New analysis of 1.5m mentions reveals which UK parties are overexposed or underrepresented on broadcast – from Labour and Reform to the Conservatives and Lib Dems.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Appreciate an MP speaking out on the medias treatment of Jewish politicians they dislike. Thank you for the solidarity, Sarah.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Will you get your summer holiday? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/05... Those answering my poll on YouTube don't think so

Poll results showing that most people think summer air travel plans will be disrupted.

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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Choose hope. Choose ambition. Choose Plaid Cymru. ❤️ Gobaith. Uchelgais. Cymru. Pleidleisiwch Blaid Cymru yfory. 🫡🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 06/05/2026

Three Welsh locations have been named in a new ranking of the 'Most Culturally Rich' locations in the UK, looking at the cultural scenes as well as their 'harder-to-define' sense of community, culture and identity wp.me/p8Mk4U-1kCw

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The media forensically dissects the pasts of people who challenge the status quo, such as Polanski and Corbyn. Fair enough, up to a point: we should know about our representatives. But it's far less inquisitive about those who defend power, however great their misdeeds, such as Nigel Farage.🧵

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

New poll just dropped! The only poll that matters is tomorrow. Please vote and if you can - get involved with your local campaign! Some of these seats are going to come to a handful of votes. Replace Labour. Stop Reform. Vote Green. 💚

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

ar, climate, El Niño, and Trump: the four forces about to make your food much more scarce youtu.be/MHKPqx87JAE?...

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War, climate, El Niño, and Trump: the four forces about to make your food bills unpayable

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

A financial crash may be coming: this is the moment to review your pension, savings and debt position youtu.be/-nwYryNrQdU?...

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A financial crash may be coming: protect your pension, savings and debt position now

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Political donations are bribes paid to enable corporations and super-rich to subvert public choices. Giving/Receiving political donations should be criminalised. Social problems can't be addressed without ending political corruption. I said this in UK parliament. youtu.be/WMnYkYb2-ts?... 👇👇👇👇👇

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House of Lords Political Donations 12Feb2026

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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Over recent weeks and months, we’ve knocked thousands of doors and voters in all parts of Wales are saying the same thing: Labour’s time is up, Wales needs a fresh start. For positive change, to stop Reform, and for new leadership for Wales, vote Plaid Cymru on May 7 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Could the Bank of England push us into a depression? youtu.be/9prQA-vYCHo?...

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Could the Bank of England push us into a depression?

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Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Branding is everything. The right knows this in its bones. The left needs to figure that out.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

The Bank of England is now warning of a market crash youtu.be/dlosvT5fcfc?.... If ever there was a moment to worry, this is it.

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The Bank of England is now warning of a market crash

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

We boycotted apartheid South Africa — now we must do the same to Israel youtu.be/0fq051jFFTY?...

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We boycotted apartheid South Africa — now we must do the same to Israel

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

The six steps I would take to transform the UK economy youtu.be/GonO5dEpnL8?...

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The six steps I would take to transform the UK economy

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Bank of England independence has been a disaster - and it's time for it to end youtu.be/0kf0sDN0dag?...

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Bank of England independence has been a disaster - and it's time for it to end

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The global system has failed. What do we need to do next? youtu.be/Qy2LhaJoJ6s?...

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The global system has failed. What do we need to do next?

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Why are capitalism and democracy now in conflict? youtu.be/WYY7cQz2aZQ?... John Christensen and I discuss the deliberate assault on democracy by neoliberal economics.

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Why are capitalism and democracy now in conflict?

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

MMT v neoliberalism: there is only one winner youtu.be/4SMlSqEpfCc?... We are heading into an economic crisis. We can manage it using neoliberal or MMT thinking. Which one will do best?

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MMT v neoliberalism: there is only one winner

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Why are we still handing massive unearned bungs to UK commercial banks? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/04... The government paid more than £25 billion to UK banks on balances gifted to them during the Covid era last year. Why, when there are so many better uses for that money?

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My old friend Prem Sikka, who now sits in the House of Lords as Lord Sikka, drew my attention yesterday to a couple of answers that he had received to the questions he had asked the UK Treasury. I am ...

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Stock markets don't fund business investment. Why, then, do we worship them? youtu.be/g93iq5wTV-g?...

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Stock markets don't fund investment. Why, then, do we worship them?

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Austerity cannot help us now youtu.be/36sSE2SuA0Q?... We are living through a wartime economic crisis. And our government is choosing not to act. Not because it can't, but because it won't.

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Austerity cannot help us now

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Is the global economy tottering on the brink after war with Iran? youtu.be/KQYbNk2BmsI?... I recently sat down with Steve Keen to explore a deeply uncomfortable truth: the global economic system is far more fragile than mainstream economics admits. Watch here.

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Is the global economy tottering on the brink after war with Iran?

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

The United States did not start peace negotiations with Iran because diplomacy prevailed. It did so because it had no choice. It is running out of weapons. youtu.be/Jwi4VCmr-7Q?...

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Why has the US had to beg for peace with Iran?

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Corporate Welfare. UK Govt to give £380m grant to Tata battery factory in Somerset. The Govt isn't taking an equity stake in return, won't receive any dividends. It isn't a loan and isn't repayable. Political parties demonize human recipients of welfare but hand free money to corporations.

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UK to give £380m grant to Tata battery factory in Somerset

Investment in plant due to supply batteries to Jaguar Land Rover expected to boost economic growth and secure jobs

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