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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 5h

Though Heathrow announced last year that its plans were “shovel-ready”, it now admits the runway would take four years longer to build than it claimed: the estimated completion date is now 2039.

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 5h

For decades, government ministers have told us that airport expansion is essential for “growth”. But the social and environmental costs of the project, to reveal a massive net loss. It found that a third runway would cause major harm to the health and well being of up to 3 million local people.

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 5h

Rachel Reeves claimed that a third runway at Heathrow would add 0.43% to GDP, figures we later discovered came from a report commissioned by the airport. The transport department’s own analysis concluded that the real addition to GDP would be between 0.03% and 0.05%: eight to 14 times less

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Palantir is working with ICE, it uses AI drones to kill innocent Palestinians in Gaza. Why the hell are we giving Palantir our NHS information. Palantir need to be banned from UK Goverment, just like the Swiss, Dutch, Portuguese, German & French banned them from theirs

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Manchester City did not play on the level playing field that the rules of the Premier League were intended to create, we are living in a world of unfree markets where the power of money can create control and monopolise, to win additional rewards for the richest, at cost to everyone else.

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This statement was issued by the G20 yesterday and it was agreed by Burnham's government and placed on the UK Gov website.... "We condemn Iran's continued attacks against its regional neighbours and its disruption of international trade, energy security and the global economy".

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Percentage of GDP spent on ‘welfare’. 2013-2020 was 10,5 % to 10.9 .the era of the benefit cap and two child limit. It rose for the pandemic then in 2022-2024 about 10.7 %, 2025 about the same and forecast to rise to 10.9% this year and 11.2% in 2030. Doesn’t look like a spiralling crisis to me.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Zack Polanski said today he would unban Palestine Action, call the Genocide in Gaza Genocide, and end support to Israel. You can vote for him on the 8th October in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Unclaimed benefits. These are the latest estimates: Universal Credit £11.5bn Council Tax Support £3.6bn Carer’s Allowance £2.3bn Pension Credit £1.7bn Child Benefit £1.5bn Broadband social tariffs £1.5bn

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Class war continues the abolition of the “triple lock” and its replacement with the “double lock”. To contextualise, had the latter been introduced in 2012, the basic state pension for a single person (reaching retirement before 6 April 2016) would be around £600 smaller than it is today

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Another example of the Labour party accepting the right wing free-market lobbyists, same as with the triple lock proposals. Governments and most policy makers do not look for evidence or it appears, have any experience of life outside their own bubble of privilege and power

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Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes

Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Fiscal headroom is not a pot of money sitting at the Bank of England. It is simply the estimated margin by which the government is forecast to meet the fiscal rules it has chosen to impose upon itself.

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

WHY have Labour refused to nationalise utilities, why use the ruinous PFI to finance hospitals, etc, what external and internal forces could be operating- blackmail, bribery, sheer incompetence or stupidity- and I am no closer to an answer. Burnham’s speech yesterday was a lovely piece of acting

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Burnham’s speech in 2 sentences: “Neoliberalism is the root of all our woes. I’m sticking with neoliberalism.”

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

John Maynard Keynes said: “Anything we can actually do we can afford.” It was that mentality that allowed the Attlee government to create the welfare state when debt was running at more than 250% of national income – more than double today’s level www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Rightwing economic myths could derail Burnham’s project – to destroy them, look to Keynes | Larry Elliott

Borrowing can be good, there is no such thing as the ‘nation’s credit card’, and, yes, you can buck the markets – as previous governments have shown, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

To make a real difference, [Burnham and Healey] need to tackle head-on the nostrums of the past four decades. Otherwise they will be for ever in thrall to them.

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The depressing fact is that Burnham would appear to have no better idea about what to do about anything than Starmer did So very New Labour, then. So fucking depressing

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So, Andy Burnham is sitting on a massive majority in Parliament, albeit one won by his predecessor, but which he has complete power to use to his advantage, and yet there appears to be nothing on his list of immediate priorities for action. It's so typically Labour I'm so tired of this shit

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I look at how decisively the Cameron government just went about its business (wrecking just about everything) in 2010 and STILL Labour decides to tip-toe on matters that would actually improve anything. Scared of their own shadows......or their donors and Israel

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Farage isn’t some anonymous social media account. He is a MP and unfortunately one of Britain’s most prominent political figures. When he links a potential terrorist incident to small boats and immigration, millions of people hear it. When that claim turns out to be a lie, the msm should expose him

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Rachel Shabi rightly points out that by allowing the US to use RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire to bomb Iran, the UK has been dragged into their illegal war

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Dear Diary, The police have condemned 'unfounded, malicious speculation' about the RAF Fairford suspects. Fortunately they said nothing about baccy-stained grifters spreading lies to incite anger in a desperate bid to stay relevant"

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

RAF Fairford latest: Organiser spotted.

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Burnham government and its handlers and arms-dealer donors, like many European governments, are eager for war with Russia. The Israel lobby in and out of government are desperate to bring the UK fully into Israel’s war with Iran. False-flags are a default expectation

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Three vans circling Air Base at 00.45 Gloucestershire Police called, men dressed in black arrested two miles away. Bomb squad called in and probes deployed, some barrels found one with petrol in, locals evacuated. Trump opens mouth. Burnham calls COBRA meeting. Men released. What the fuck??

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Now you have to ask yourself which parties would benefit from this bullshit about RAF Fairford. Israel wants us to join its war, the US needs to keep using Fairford to bomb Iran, and the UK Burnham government needs to justify its involvement.

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We are now being told by the war-hungry media it was Iran, Iran, Iran… or maybe Russia, according to one news reader who mumbled something about this is why we need tactical nukes.

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The government and media’s warmongering ‘terror’ narrative around the men arrested near the Fairford US war base has collapsed in farce and ridicule after the five men arrested were all released on bail. www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

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Labour's Fairford narrative collapses in farce as 'terrorists' promptly bailed

Fairford Five bailed. Definitely not something that happens for people arrested for actual terrorism - or sign-holding vicars, either

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Genuinely I think we should assume everything is a false flag unless we see incontrovertible evidence. These people are mad. They have historically showed that nothing is off limits to get the wars they want.

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Furthermore the CIA has a history of planning & conducting False Flag attacks against countries even including to attack and kill US citizens on US soil Operation Northwoods was a proposed 1962 U.S. false-flag operation that called for staging acts of terrorism against U.S. targets and blaming Cuba

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Remember the CIA conducted false flag attacks in Europe in the 1980s under ‘Operation Gladio’, to demonise left-wing groups. European nations are suspected of recent involvement in rushing to claim Russia conducted a farcical attack on Boris Johnson’s train in Ukraine.

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Israeli and US propagandists have been ‘warning‘ for months that attacks on European nations were imminent, in a transparent attempt to manufacture consent for Europe’s increased participation in, or acquiescence to, attacks on Gaza, Iran and Russia.

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

RAF FAIRFORD WAS A FALSE FLAG ATTACK A video captured by a far-right ‘auditor’ trying to demonise brown people has revealed that Fairford locals watched US troops prepare in advance for the supposed planned surprise attack on their ‘RAF’ base. www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

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WATCH: Fairford locals: 'US troops prepared in advance for (false flag) attack'

While the EU is pushing for war with Russia, we should be cautious about the details surrounding incidents like that at Fairford RAF base

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Labour members are disgusted that a company deeply implicated in Israel’s ongoing genocide and apartheid against Palestinians has a £330 million NHS contract.” while the foreign secretary today said protesters for Palestine ‘were right’, the government is still refusing to match that with action.

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Palantir’s founders have boasted of its activities terrifying and killing the US’s opponents. The idea of handing out vulnerable patients’ sensitive information to a firm that helps Israel slaughter Palestinians and helps Trump hunt immigrants is grotesque.

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Burnham and Labour still lapdogs for Peter Theil's fascist corporate killing machine Labour’s ‘conference arrangements committee’ (CAC) has barred a motion put forward by members to cancel US spy firm Palantir’s £330m contract to process NHS patients’ data.

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I am at a loss as to why people still support this Labour Party, It is time for people to walk away from Labour. They have had their chance. They have blown it. We need a real alternative in this country now. They will never be it again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ua7...

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Michael Walker CONFRONTS Yvette Cooper On Palestine Action

YouTube video by Novara Media

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I am so tired of this type of government. I have lived with it for decades. It has failed me. It has failed the people of this country. It has been designed to do so. There is no intention amongst those who now sit in our Cabinet to change this country in any way.

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Fiscal rules are targets set by governments to limit borrowing, debt, or deficits over time. They are presented as if they are neutral, technical constraints on what governments can do. In reality, they are arbitrary political choices.

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Everyone should watch this. The lies that our insttutions tell us start with the lies about Macroeconomics www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1od...

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50 Years of Brutally Honest Economic Advice in 23 mins

YouTube video by ProfSteveKeen

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Governments are treated as though they are households. National economies are imagined as though they were businesses. The state is denied its unique macroeconomic role, including its capacity to create money, invest, coordinate resources and build economic resilience tinyurl.com/yc8cmhsa

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The Fed Just Raised Interest Rates. Recession is next

I have a new podcast out with Prof. Radhika Desai: I really enjoyed this conversation. Like my conversations with John Christensen, I think this is developing into something really useful. There ...

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Burnham “I think the public want to see, number one, honesty about things. So not spin or putting things a certain way that’s self-serving. They want honesty, and then they want, I think, difficult but real decisions” No doubt that will be difficult decisions for the poorest not the Billionaires

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

More mealy mouth weak as fuck bullshit from Burnham “You know I think we do need to continue to have a cross-party discussion about how do we uphold trust in politics? How do we not give the impression that politics can be bought and that people are, if you like, unduly influenced?”

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Burnham acknowledged he was hemmed in on tax and the fiscal rules of Keir Starmer’s manifesto commitments, and suggested he would have "done it differently had he been in charge at the time". Well your'e in charge now you dumb fucker So go ahead and grow a pair, and rip up the "Fiscal Rules"

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