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Roger The Dodger

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Foodie. Leftie. Play with words and unusual taste combos. Follow politics worldwide with increasing dismay. Try to create art and poems. Essential Tremor frustrates me. Northampton, England. He/him. DMs are off.

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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 1h
I appear to have labyrinthitis, not sure whether it's bacterial or viral, so I have to avoid bright lights and reading 😬 So I shouldn't really be here... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrin...
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Labyrinthitis - Wikipedia
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 17h
Funny how, when the EU talk about the UK, they say "you're either in or out, there can't be any half measures" But when they talk about Canada they say that they can be an 'associate member' Yet another example of EU hypocrisy and 🐂💩 www.reuters.com/world/eu-chi...
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EU chief wants Canada to become an 'associate member'. What does that mean?
Implementing such a status would be unprecedented and may be legally complex.
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 17h
Wonder why the USA no longer wants to support an anti-corruption organisation? 🤔 Maybe it's because they currently have their most corrupt administration of all time Just a guess 😉 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump administration withdraws US from Greco anti-corruption monitoring body
‘The era of writing blank checks to international bureaucracies is over,’ state department spokesperson says
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Emma Howard @emmahoward.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
After a poultry plant shut down in July's heatwave, the UK's meat industry trade body called for processing sites to have "continuous access to water, irrespective of wider pressures on local supplies". When those sites use more water than Brighton, that matters. www.grilled.media/data-meat-in...
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Data: Meat plants use more water than the population of Brighton
As meat processors demand priority access to water during drought, exclusive data reveals the industry's water use
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Burnham could change tax relief on pension contributions for his projects. Gross tax relief in 2024-2025 was £83.9bn. 71% went to 7.7m additional & higher rate taxpayers. 29% to 30.4m basic rate taxpayers. Giving relief to all at 20% leaves £14.5bn spare for social care. But equality/equity?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Richest 1% of Britons owns more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 richest families hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population combined. The concentration of wealth in fewer hands has not provided the necessary economic stimulus. Need redistribution.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just been watching "The Three Kings" Never heard of Jock Stein but I've heard of Matt Busby and Bill Shankly, and it does help to explain why #ManUtd and #LFC fans are so fanatical I always thought of Alex Ferguson as the iconic #ManUtd manager, guess not 😊 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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The Three Kings
The incredible story of how three men born south of Glasgow, and within 30 miles of each other, grew up to become lifelong friends and three of the most influential men in football history.
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham is NOT the Messiah; he's a very naughty boy! UK pensions are already virtually the lowest in Europe and OECD, half the national minimum wage www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
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Burnham says existing pension triple lock will end in 2030 to help fund national care service
Under the plan, the state pension will continue to rise each year in line with inflation or by 2.5% - but the annual earnings link will be dropped.
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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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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This two tier policing is disgraceful. It's as if there is one approach for people who helpfully film themselves committing crimes and another approach when there is insufficient evidence.
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#NationaliseWater
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hundreds Defy Palestine Action Ban at Burnham’s First Labour Conference novaramedia.com/2026/09/27/hundreds…
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Hundreds Defy Palestine Action Ban at Burnham’s First Labour Conference
Elderly protesters were arrested under the Terrorism Act outside the Labour party conference in Liverpool. Harriet Williamson reports.
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's all about priorities... should we hassle criminals or immigrants? www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration
Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of Presi...
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reform demonstrate their commitment to ‘looking after women and children’ by closing every nursery in Reform led council newsthump.com/2026/09/27/reform-dem…
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Reform demonstrate their commitment to ‘looking after women and children’ by closing every nursery in Reform led council
Reform UK has successfully demonstrated its devotion to protecting women and children by closing every nursery in the South Tyneside council borough.
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is what happens when our government says that an ally can use one of our bases in the UK for bombing Iran It's an illegal war and we shouldn't be playing any part in it www.cnbc.com/2026/09/27/p...
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Men arrested in major incident at UK air base used by U.S. forces
The British government gave authorization to the U.S. to use RAF Fairford to carry out strikes on Iranian missile sites.
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here's a great explanation of why China and India, for example, have avoided the curse of neoliberalism and their citizens have done much better financially, partially because of avoiding it ⤵️ aeon.co/essays/why-w...
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Why Western democracy is ailing and how to fix it | Aeon Essays
Neoliberal policies have hollowed out democracies and spawned unchecked oligarchs. Grasping their structure points to a fix
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
UK Chancellor can easily increase income tax personal allowance by £3,000 a year. It will boost basic rate taxpayers by £600 a year. Millions will be helped. Benefit to higher rate taxpayers can be clawed back. The cost of £30bn can be met by ending bank subsidies, £100bn over the last 3 years.
leftfootforward.org
This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#PrivateEquity #CorporateVultures #TaxTheRich
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Interest on Reserves: The £100bn UK Bank Subsidy You Fund. Banks making £50bn profits a year receive subsidies, long ended by the EU. UK Treasury will payout over £150bn over a five-year period from 2023 to 2028. No justification for handling billions to banks. End bank subsidies, help people.
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Interest on Reserves: The £100bn UK Bank Subsidy You Fund
The Bank of England has paid commercial banks £100bn in interest on reserves in three years. The EU stopped doing it in 2023 – Dale Vince says Britain must too.
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"I heard that the lead singer of 'The Police' had collapsed and died on stage recently when he was singing 'Roxanne'" "Oh no, really?" "No, it turned out to be an online hoax" "Well, that would have really taken the Sting out of the tale!" #LunchPun
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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 24/09/2026
This is deeply concerning. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has sent observers to monitor every U.S. federal election for the past two decades. Governors need to pick up the phone and find out if an invitation extended by leaders of states can fill that federal gap.
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This one's for Harry Kane, after #England lost 3-2 to #Spain ⚽ www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUOD...
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Paul Simon - Slip Slidin' Away (Official Audio)
YouTube video by PaulSimonVEVO
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Was born in a British Military Hospital in Germany and my parents brought me back to England when I was a few months old, because: 1. The German authorities wanted me to be dual nationality, British/German and 2. Germany had conscription and my parents didn't want me to be called up (for Germany)😱
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The RNLI aren’t traitors; they’re heroes writesbright.substack.com/p/the-rnl…
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The RNLI aren’t traitors; they’re heroes
📝 A guest essay...
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Greece’s Neo-Nazis Are Back
In 2020, Greek courts condemned neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn as a criminal organization. After six years in jail, its former deputy leader Ilias Kasidiaris is making a political comeback, in conditions ...
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pages 10 to 17 ⤵️ Interesting ones for me are Airbnb, Expedia, Heidelberg, JCB, Tripadvisor Surprised how many Spanish companies are on the list www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Netanyahu failed to relay UAE warning of possible Hamas attack to security chiefs: NYT www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260926-…
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Netanyahu failed to relay UAE warning of possible Hamas attack to security chiefs: NYT
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to pass on a warning from United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan about a possible major Hamas attack to Israel’s securit…
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Reminds me of Nelson lifting his telescope up to his blind eye, saying, "I have a right to be blind sometimes. I really do not see the signal" Burnham knows what the answer is but he isn't brave enough to upset his neoliberal advisers Austerity is a political choice, NOT economic necessity #MMT
Burnham holding his telescope up to his blind eye: "I see no Modern Monetary Theory". As his ship goes down he'll probably say "Kiss me, Purnell".
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
'An enormous discrepancy exists between what was originally announced and what appears in the formal documents' - Vuk Vuksanovic, King’s College London’s Department of War Studies
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Israeli settlers burn Palestinian vehicles, spray racist slogans near Ramallah www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260924-…
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Israeli settlers burn Palestinian vehicles, spray racist slogans near Ramallah
Israeli occupiers burned two vehicles and sprayed racist and hostile slogans on property during an attack on the village of Attara, north of Ramallah, on Thursday, according to local sources. Attar…
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Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Police admit arrest of anti-monarchy heckler in Oxford was unlawful www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Police admit arrest of anti-monarchy heckler in Oxford was unlawful
Symon Hill paid £2,500 by Thames Valley police over his arrest at proclamation of Charles III’s accession in 2022
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Protesters stage anti-monarchy demonstrations across UK calling to end to royal rule
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Protesters stage anti-monarchy demonstrations across UK calling to end to royal rule
ANTI-MONARCHY protesters marched on royal sites across the UK calling for an end to royal rule
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Apparently Piers Morgan 🤮 is upset that Earl Spencer said something untrue about him in the book, is taking legal action against him, despite his apology So ironic after all the lies f*cktard Morgan has told over the years, particularly about Meghan Markle (after she refused his amorous advances)
Piers Morgan slagging off Prince PhilipPiers Morgan saying how wonderful Prince Philip was
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The imminent landlord bailout, a settlement of litigation over the COVID-era eviction moratorium, is dominated by affiliates of Starwood Capital, a private equity firm that itself received direct and indirect federal assistance during COVID. Zachary Groz reports. prospect.org/2026/09/25/p...
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Private Equity Landlords Double-Dipping in Imminent Bailout - The American Prospect
Companies like Starwood Capital Group, which benefited greatly from financial assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic, want a federal bailout on top of that.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Anyone who believes this bunch of con artists represents their interests is either a billionaire or seriously misinformed. leftfootforward.org/2026/09/outr...
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Outrage as Reform-run council votes to shut 10 nurseries
Members of the public shouted “you should be ashamed” as Reform councillors approved the plans
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#FoodOnFriday is some pictures of our second lunch at Michelin-starred Hambleton Hall, this time from their "Lunch For Less" menu 📷 🍜 #foodsky #cooking #bakesky #food #cooksky #baking #Photography #BlueskyPhotography #PhotographersUnited #Foodie #FoodPhotography #Foodies
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What do we get in return? 🤔
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DataFire @datafire.social.pcpulse.us · 25/09/2026
Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder arrested during a Jewish Voice for Peace protest against Netanyahu’s UN address, highlighting growing tensions around Israel’s diplomatic actions.
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Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder arrested at anti-Netanyahu protest in New York
Actors detained at Jewish Voice for Peace demonstration against Israeli prime minister’s address to the UN general assembly Oscar-winning actor Susan Sarandon and Hacks star Hannah Einbinder were among people detained by police in New York on Thursd
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It seems we now have a party of the right, #Labour, and a party of the extreme right, the corrupt #Tories Why does politics in this country increasingly remind me of the USA, with nobody available in the mainstream to politically represent socialists?
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Having watched #Wales v #Portugal, I can confirm that BBC Wales subtitles are even worse than BBC England subtitles No goals for #Ronaldo (unlike Erling #Haaland)
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Apparently we're not allowed to protest about Israel's actions in Gaza or to show opposition to Cheating Charlie, but it's fine for men in black and wearing balaclavas to stop traffic on a major arterial route - the gospel according to the UK police #NotMyKing 👑 londondaily.com/not-my-king-...
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"Not My King": Anti-Monarchy Protesters Arrested During UK Coronation - London Daily
London's Metropolitan Police force detained six organisers from the pressure group and seized hundreds of their placards, Republic said.
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Unusual but I'm actually on the fence with this one Detest him cashing in on his sister again, one of the most amazing women of my lifetime, and he is wealthy, landed aristocracy But obviously I love any discomfort that it might cause for our #RoyalParasites #NotMyKing @privateeyenews.bsky.social
Private Eye cover this week is taking the piss out of Earl Spencer who has written a book saying what a tosser Cheating Charlie is, and also said "there's plenty more that I know about him but haven't put in the book", which sounds like a clear threat to me. Off with his head!
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sign the petition. Let water companies go bust. Ofwat approved 36% bill increases for 2025-2030, companies want more. Prices doubled - in real terms - since privatisation. We got sewage in rivers, water outages, hosepipe bans. Need public ownership.
weownit.org.uk
We're telling Ofwat: let water companies go bust!
consultation to reject proposed water company bill increases. Ofwat.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Andy Rimmer @andy200.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Most crime (by value) is 'white collar' crime, not 'blue collar' eg shoplifting, benefit fraud etc.(Much of benefit fraud is from OCGs and not Mr & Mrs Fudging.) Look at the pandemic, £20 billion went missing in six months, HS2 £15 billion overpayment for land. Overseas tax haven ownership etc.
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Roger The Dodger @rogerthedodger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The government are clearly on the side of the wealthy, landlords, multinational corporations, the political elite, the 1%, not on the side of voters, the 99% That's why they also spend billions chasing fairly small benefit frauds, yet very little on stopping vast sums of tax evasion #TaxTheRich
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