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@paulfg42.bsky.social
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Mad leftie, loves Celtic hates racism, spread the wealth, abolish the monarchy, free Palestine, defend the trans community

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 15h
Scumbags
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Dave Mac/ Dàibhidh MacDhòmhnaill @davemac1112.bsky.social · 16h
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 16h
Zack Polanski, "We are the party that wants to tax the every richest, bring our public services back into public hands, and end rip-off Britain" "We are sure about who we stand up for" "And who we are standing up against"
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paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 16h
Labour Party apparatchiks out in force defending Burnham’s attacks on benefits. Fuck every last one of them.
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paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’ll happily forgo the triple lock if my pension is linked instead to energy prices.
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paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Absolutely
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham announces end of triple-lock on the state pension from 2030. It will be replaced by double-lock, slower growth in state pension. Full state pension is already less than 50%of the minimum wage. Poverty awaits future retirees. £500bn of taxes not collected by HMRC since 2010.
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AJ @ajfarrelly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We are the fifth biggest economy. We have one of the lowest pensions in the developed world. We have one of the highest pension ages in the developed world. And we're being told we still can't afford it. What we can't afford is £70bn+ subsidies to water companies, bailouts for banks, and PPE fraud.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In Luxembourg the average state pension for 40 years of contributions is nearly 4x higher than in the U.K. Far from being unaffordable the UK State pension is a joke, what is unaffordable is the tax evasion which leaves us with so little money to spend.
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Grahame Walker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gw53.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Triple Lock….BAD Multi nationals, millionaires not paying tax…GOOD. People claiming benefits BAD MPs claiming rent, mortgage payments, food, drink and receiving “donations”….GOOD
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Atul Haria (immigrant) @atulharia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The UK devotes a smaller percentage of its GDP to state pensions and pensioner benefits than most other advanced economies." commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Pensions: international comparisons
A look at how UK pensions compare with those in other countries. The note compares the UK state pension with similar systems in Europe and goes on to look more broadly at the structural differences in...
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Labour is dishonest when is uses the slogan “hope”, which, tellingly, it nicked from the Green Party, while touting a policy to make pensioners even poorer than they are already. The irony of having the slogan “Hope again” alongside headlines about Labour’s policy of making pensioners poorer…
HOPE AGAIN
UK POLITICS
Minister refuses to rule out scrapping state pension triple lock ahead of Burnham speech
• Burnham's deputy refuses to say if he will scrap triple lock - live
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees.
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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
These threats are not regarded as some far-off or remote contingency: disastrous impacts, for instance on the UK’s food supply, could be expected as soon as 2030, it warns. One person who had seen the whole report described it to the Guardian as “apocalyptic”. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Why is the UK’s suppressed climate national security report significant?
Warnings about the catastrophic effects of vital ecosystems collapsing were not published under previous prime minister
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Israel wiped Gaza from the face of the earth.  Everyone knew exactly what they were doing!  A crime more confessed to as it happened than any other in history. A crime more documented as it happened than any other in history. There are no excuses. None at all
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
After WW2 with the highest ever debt, twice as high as now. Clement Attlee took over as UK PM. He nationalised Healthcare, Housing, Rail, Energy, Steel, Mining and created 2m jobs. The blueprint is there. Why not do it?
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paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Suspected of ‘preparing a terrorist attack’ but being released on bail? Something very strange about this Fairfod situation.
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The true human cost of the Drumcree dispute. 21 lives lost between 1996-1999, all in the name of forcing an Orange march through a nationalist area. There is an alternative route available, The alternative route runs via Dungannon Road & Corcrain Road. #NoMoreOrangeMarches #GivePeaceAChance #Respect
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paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Genocide
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Google maps has finally updated its Satellite photos of Gaza and it shows the most complete destruction of a city ever. A Genocide.
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Genocide.
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paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Not seen a single reporter question why the Orange Order has such a pressing need to march along Garvaghy Road. Much pandering to the bigots by the media and Brit politicians.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 25/09/2026
Hey Jonathan Reynolds.. we've found a few...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Neoliberals want to end the triple-lock on state pension They inflict low wages, consign millions to poverty. Govt spending on state pension as % of GDP in G7 countries. Italy 12.8 France 12 Germany 9.8 Japan 8.9 USA 6.6 Canada 4.7 UK 4.7 UK has one of the least generous pensions in the G7.
adviserservices.fidelity.co.uk
How does the UK State Pension measure up globally?
A global comparison of State Pension provision highlights the onus on individuals in the UK to build pension savings for their retirement, rather than leaving
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coupe des clubs champions europeens ⭐67🍀 @henkesdreadlocks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Tounekti on as a 3rd winger shows how clueless the management team are. Absolute farce.
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paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
McCowan and Scales in our starting 11 shows how poor our recruitment has been.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
On Question Time Danny Kruger just explained that our crypto billionaire donors will "get absolutely nothing" in return for their donations. In unrelated news, we plan to cut capital gains tax on crypto assets from 24% to 10% and set up a Bank of England Bitcoin Reserve Fund.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
King Charles inherited £650m tax free, gets £354m a year tax free from the tax payer including £132m personal spending money and has an estate worth £22bn that’s never taxed. Like if he needs a pay cut. RT if you want the Monarchy gone. #NotmyKing
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Steve Reed on 25 March explaining that the £100k cap on donations "will therefore apply retrospectively, so it includes all donations from overseas electors received from today". Yes, but how are people who never bother going to Parliament supposed to know that?
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paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It’s a long scroll down.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In 2024-25 HMRC failed to collect £59.2bn of tax; £500bn since 2010. £12.8bn lost through profit shifting by multinational corporations. Promoters of a business rates avoidance scheme boasted that they have deprived local councils of £500m. Billions can be raised by ending abuses.
leftfootforward.org
Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 16/09/2026
NEW: The Reform councillor supporting Patriot Platform, and the veteran-led group who want to establish a UK version of ICE. My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/09/16/t...
bylinetimes.com
The Reform Councillors Embedded in Britain’s Masked 'Patriot' Anti-Migrant Network
A Reform councillor and campaign co-ordinater urged his followers to join and support the masked group
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"The OAP triple lock isn’t a problem. The cost of pension tax relief is." youtu.be/BfcjgWXk36c?... (Note that the billionaire funded far right were always going to attack pensioners - after migrants, disabled people etc - instead of campaigning to #TaxTheRich and give everyone a decent income)
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The OAP triple lock isn’t a problem. The cost of pension tax relief is.
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The OAP triple lock isn’t a problem. The cost of pension tax relief is. youtu.be/BfcjgWXk36c?... Commentators are saying we cannot afford pensions for the most vulnerable. But none of them is questioning the £83 billion a year spent subsidising the pensions of the wealthiest. Why is that?
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The OAP triple lock isn’t a problem. The cost of pension tax relief is.
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The guy who helped kick Macklemore off Ed Sheeran’s tour was charged with soliciting prostitution, got those charges dropped with the help of Epstein’s lawyer, is a longtime friend of Trump, has taken NFL players on propaganda trips to Israel, and received a special $1 million award from Netanyahu.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
He knew
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Susan @naurielsjh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Notice how often we say this and not a single person has been sued? Hmm..
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform UK given £36m donation by a crypto billionaire convicted in the US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls, pardoned by Donald Trump. Is it legal? Dwarfs £15m from a Thailand based crypto billionaire What have they been promised? Hate politics funded by the rich.
theguardian.com
Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A reminder that Delo previously pled guilty in the US to violating money laundering protections and agreed to pay a $10 million fine for "willfully” breaking the law with his BitMex platform, which was described as "in effect a money laundering platform.” This is who owns Farage now
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Hate loses again.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 10/09/2026
THE REPORT THEY TRIED TO HIDE. Empty shelves. Water shortages. Food security at risk. The government cannot keep hiding the scale of the threat. It must release the report in full and act on it.
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Ilikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Disgraceful that the RNLI have to say this today, but here we are 😞. If you would like to donate👇🏻. rnli.org/support-us/g... #RNLI #RNLISavesLives
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paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Sounds like the Huns won the league tonight?
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paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is scary stuff
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paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Most of our goals are sitting on the bench. No idea why Duran in particular didn’t start.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"Orr’s appointment as Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion in Cambridge University’s Faculty of Divinity in 2019 was accompanied by a clandestine financial donation from the pro-Trump Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel." bylinetimes.com/2026/07/09/p...
bylinetimes.com
Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed
The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...
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