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Richard Atkins

@richardatkins.bsky.social
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Bemused retiree. Former e-commerce business owner and drummer. Happily married family man with growing left leaning tendencies.

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 9h
The 3 Pillars of the SDGs are simple but powerful: People, Planet, Prosperity. If development harms one, it fails all. True progress lifts communities, protects ecosystems, AND builds inclusive economies. No pillar left behind. #SustainableDevelopment #GlobalGoals
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Viktor 🇵🇸🍉🦘🦘🪃 @viktx.bsky.social · 9h
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 20h
What would an MMT government do? This is one of the questions I am most often asked, and the answer is that MMT changes everything, because MMT governments would realise what they could do and that power rests with them. The change is to politics youtu.be/mJOMUhdMnMs?...
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The coming financial crisis: What would an MMT government do?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Two weeks until the budget and here's what we're facing: The worst squeeze in living standards since 1961. The cost of renting to rise by 4% or 5% a year Household energy prices set to jump by £276 We need serious action not tweaks or half measures. That means 👇
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Israel has forced the UK to close its consulate in Palestine (located in occupied East Jerusalem), despite having no legal right to do so As Peter Oborne explains, our govt offered zero resistance & capitulated completely, leaving Miliband looking like a hypocrite
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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Firstly, it's not a war, is it? It's genocide; only one side is fighting! Secondly, the main change involves politicians switching from 'Lest we forget...' to 'Couldn't care less...' Thirdly, Guardian writers collaborate in this new holocaust. Shame on you! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In three years, Israel's war on Gaza hasn't just changed the Middle East, it's changed the world | Steve Bloomfield
A whirlpool of violence has engulfed everywhere from Lebanon to Yemen. Meanwhile, the west has destroyed any political authority it once had, says Steve Bloomfield, former international editor of the ...
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Chuffed beyond words to have this from Annie Lennox. She’s such an icon who has been so courageous and it means the world. Get a copy here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/468587 :)
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This summer: Thousands of deaths from extreme weather. This weekend in the media: What's the point of the Green Party? This morning from the Labour party 👇
Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending
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Richard Atkins @richardatkins.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Finding the Money www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/10...
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Finding the Money
I am late to this by about a week. Stephanie Kelton's film, Finding the Money, is now out and free to watch on YouTube. I recommend watching it. There is nothing else to add:
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Another meme ready for your anti-racist Poppy Day to use against Reform UKers who in 1939-45 would have been jailed for as traitors for peddling pro Nazis propaganda... meme via Mike against hate & racism
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In the least surprising news of the century, vast majority of racist flag shaggers who go about brandishing crosses and saying that we're a Christian country... don't pray, or go to church or read the Bible www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Christian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom go to church, says report
Research challenges the notion that the growing visibility of crosses and other symbols reflects a revival of Christianity
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The planet isn't "dying" of natural causes. Forests don't just disappear. They are logged. Oceans don't just choke. They are polluted. Rivers don't just dry up. They are diverted. This is not a tragedy. It's ecocide. And ecocide should be a crime. #StopEcocide
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
They should all be doing this because they know that he's a prolific liar and a con man with absolute bad intentions toward this country. If they don't, then they're complicit.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The BBC & billionaire press are pretending this massive increase in Green share of the vote is a failure But if Reform had done the same instead of crashing down they'd be bigging Farage up into no. 10! Why? Because Green policy is to #TaxTheRich Which terrifies the British Establishment ...
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
What amazing biased illogic that the only party which did better in the by-election is the one all the mass media are saying failed and it's leader should resign ... meme via Dianne Drew
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Food waste uses almost a third of the world's agricultural land for food that is never eaten. We cut forests, use water, apply fertilizer... to grow food that rots. That's not a farming failure. That's an environmental failure.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
NHS faces exodus of ADHD and autism services staff to private clinics. Low wages have caused brain drain, loss of skilled staff. Part of privatisation of the NHS by stealth. Private sector picks up NHS contracts, profiteers, higher cost to public purse, increases NHS queues.
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NHS faces exodus of ADHD and autism services staff to private clinics
Brain drain of psychologists, psychiatrists and nurses leaves NHS ‘weaker’, driving patients to seek care elsewhere
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"The science is crystal clear: our only chance at a future without such extreme weather and a thriving green economy, depends on rapidly phasing out fossil fuels. There is no economic growth on a dead planet." via Greenpeace UK
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Firing squad execution to be livestreamed, Pentagon says. Lost for words at the insanity in Trumpistan, a truly sick dictatorship. Like medieval times, executions offered as a public spectacle in a country that claims to be Christian. What next?
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Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon says
Pete Hegseth says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain".
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Why do mainstream media treat climate change like a side story? Its impacts are urgent! We need serious discussions on solutions. #ClimateAction #GlobalCommunity
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
No pressure but if this gets to a million views, I'll be able to pay the mortgage this month. Thank you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHUv...
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Most TV is Just This Now
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Private equity owners of Boots sell it to another PE group from Canada for £6.74bn. Debt-laden PE has no long-term interest. Everything is a commodity. No UK tax levied on dividends paid to foreign owners, which sweetens cash extraction. PE dominates town centres, when it crashes ...
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Canada’s Weston family buys Boots for $8.9bn
Former Selfridges owners buy UK high street institution from long-term backer Stefano Pessina
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They call it development. But development doesn't trigger droughts, starve farmers, and drive gorillas to extinction. That's ecocide. #CongoBasin
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Perfectly put.
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Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Dermatologist recommended minor surgery for a non-urgent biopsy today. I braced myself for the 16-18 week wait that’s been widely discussed and she said “Can you wait 20 minutes? We have an opening at 11:30”. They got me in at 11:25 and I was all done by 12:15. Support & celebrate your NHS!
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"So, you racists viewing this, I guess you'd rather die than be treated by an immigrant, eh?" via Joe Paglia
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Terrence Williams 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 🇩🇰 🏳️‍🌈🇫🇷 @terrencewilliams.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Paddington is polite, kind and full of integrity and loved by just about everyone he meets. Maybe she doesn't have a clue...
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Seymour Strangely @seymourstrangely.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
psst, hey BBC Politics webpages - you seem to have forgotten to publish anything about Farage being investigated by the Standards Committee. I'm sure this is just an accident.. maybe your reporters are all off sick today?
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Please join me for a free event. "In search of the good life: can Business Schools help?" 7 October 2026, 18:00 - 19:30 Anglia Ruskin University. Chelmsford, Essex. Get your free ticket here www.aru.ac.uk/events/in-se...
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In search of the good life: can Business Schools help? - ARU
What does it mean to live a good life in today's world? And what role should business schools play in helping society get there? Hear more at ARU in Chelmsford.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There was a time when the Tories, however hypocritically, claimed to want to protect our natural heritage. Now they're just a party of vandals, ripping down the few protections the living world has for the sake of their rich chums. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Richard Atkins @richardatkins.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Tax does not pay for government spending. So what is it for? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/10...
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Tax does not pay for government spending. So what is it for?
What is tax really for? Most people assume that governments need to collect tax before they can spend. But for a government like that of the UK, which issues its own currency, that is not how the mone...
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Richard Atkins @richardatkins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
An excellent example of establishment and mainstream media bullshit. We are continuously told that the economy works like a household and that taxes pay for government spending. It doesn’t! A household doesn’t own a currency issuing bank. The government does.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 03/10/2026
This October, Diwali on the Square returns to light up the heart of London. Join Londoners from every community for a free celebration of light, hope and togetherness. 📅 Sunday 25 October 🕐 1–7pm Everyone is welcome.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is not a dying planet. This is a planet being killed. There is a difference. And there are killers. #ClimateJustice
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What is money, really? The hardest question in economics needs an answer. That's what this morning's video is all about. youtu.be/Rs5fIopDHI8?...
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What is money, really?
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Flying is officially on course to account for *almost all* the UK's carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Heathrow expansion alone would cause more carbon emissions by 2054 than *any other sector of the economy*. So why is it being contemplated? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot
A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What if fiscal headroom doesn't exist? youtu.be/Xp-pnyJU_n4?... In the run-up to the Budget, there is going to be a lot of talk about fiscal headroom, but the reality is that this is just a figment of a Chancellor's imagination, just as fiscal rules are.
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What if fiscal headroom doesn't exist?
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Is Burnham’s government planning a crime against society? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/10...
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Is Burnham’s government planning a crime against society?
The Guardian has reported this morning that: Ministers are working up sweeping plans for welfare changes including scrapping a key disability benefit for under-25s and replacing it with a multibillio...
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