Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10hCEO-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. 22675822980
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialDave Mac/ Dàibhidh MacDhòmhnaill @davemac1112.bsky.social · 16h👇 023
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 16hZack 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" 314956
paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 16hLabour Party apparatchiks out in force defending Burnham’s attacks on benefits. Fuck every last one of them. 000
paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’ll happily forgo the triple lock if my pension is linked instead to energy prices. 142
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Andy 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. 55458265
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialAJ @ajfarrelly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We 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. 32012
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In 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. 1418975
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialGrahame Walker 🏴 @gw53.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Triple Lock….BAD Multi nationals, millionaires not paying tax…GOOD. People claiming benefits BAD MPs claiming rent, mortgage payments, food, drink and receiving “donations”….GOOD 01210
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialAtul 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.ukPensions: international comparisonsA 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... 0176
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialNatacha @natacha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Labour 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… 97829
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialOutspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees. 292136394570
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialBirmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026These 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.comWhy 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 12016
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Israel 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 16558341
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026After 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? 1012651
paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Suspected of ‘preparing a terrorist attack’ but being released on bail? Something very strange about this Fairfod situation. 100
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialScotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The 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 099
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Google maps has finally updated its Satellite photos of Gaza and it shows the most complete destruction of a city ever. A Genocide. 27543404
paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Not 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. 0152
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 25/09/2026Hey Jonathan Reynolds.. we've found a few... 720498
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Neoliberals 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 42505325
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialcoupe des clubs champions europeens ⭐67🍀 @henkesdreadlocks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026 1122
paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Tounekti on as a 3rd winger shows how clueless the management team are. Absolute farce. 020
paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 20/09/2026McCowan and Scales in our starting 11 shows how poor our recruitment has been. 131
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026On 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. 24707248
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026King 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 25469328
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Steve 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? 451475525
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In 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.orgHere’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millionsPrem 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... 18422228
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialKatherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 16/09/2026NEW: 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.comThe Reform Councillors Embedded in Britain’s Masked 'Patriot' Anti-Migrant NetworkA Reform councillor and campaign co-ordinater urged his followers to join and support the masked group 312169
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialOliver @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)youtu.beThe OAP triple lock isn’t a problem. The cost of pension tax relief is.YouTube video by Richard J Murphy 0169
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialRichard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The 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?youtu.beThe OAP triple lock isn’t a problem. The cost of pension tax relief is.YouTube video by Richard J Murphy 10235138
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The 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. 9232801261
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialSusan @naurielsjh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Notice how often we say this and not a single person has been sued? Hmm.. 291106613631
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your 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. 5953724513396
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Reform 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.comReform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaireBen Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump 68782342
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A 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 14623531203
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Hate loses again. 12547117
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 10/09/2026THE 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. 10474230
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialIlikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Disgraceful 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 621935871
paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Sounds like the Huns won the league tonight? 020
paulfg42.bsky.social @paulfg42.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Most of our goals are sitting on the bench. No idea why Duran in particular didn’t start. 010
Reposted by @paulfg42.bsky.socialJosiah 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.comPalantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project RevealedThe 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... 4248118