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Randeep Ramesh

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Chief leader writer, The Guardian. @tianran at the other place

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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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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 01/10/2026
Indian Flydubai pilot praised after disaster averted ft.trib.al/mOx0ovT
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Indian Flydubai pilot praised after disaster averted
Captain Smit Machchhar fought off attack by co-pilot with help from crew and passengers
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Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🥳 UK economy grew more than thought in the second quarter. • GDP +0.5% qq versus a previous estimate of +0.4% (same with GDP per head) • Strong business investment growth (see 👇) • Current account balance (exc. precious metals) smallest in 5 years at 1% of GDP thanks to services exports
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 27/09/2026
Washington and Beijing may have bought themselves breathing space with an extended trade truce, but analysts warn that time is running out for the world’s two biggest economies to resolve their strategic rivalry. In full: hongkongfp.com/2026/09/27/u... Photo: White House.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/09/2026
Undercover police officer lied to spycops inquiry about sexual relationship
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Undercover police officer lied to spycops inquiry about sexual relationship
Officer forced to admit relationship with woman lasting at least six months while working under fake name Dave Evans An undercover police officer who infiltrated leftwing and animal rights campaign groups appears to have lied to the spycops inquiry when he claimed he did not have a sexual relationship as part of his deployment. The officer who used the fake name Dave Evans had originally testified that he did not have any relationships while using his fake identity. Continue reading...
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 27/09/2026
For shame.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We’ve been in a constitutional crisis since Jan. 20, 2025 and a blue wave in November won’t fix it if Trump can just ignore legislation passed by Congress.
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Trump cancels nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, a move some lawmakers called illegal
President Trump moved to cancel almost $1 billion in spending that was approved by Congress, marking the second time his administration has employed a rarely used tactic that some lawmakers in both pa...
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Neal Hudson @resi-analyst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My June 2025 FT column on Help to Buy giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Randeep Ramesh @stillwatersrandeep.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tony Blair’s think-tank offers political access to $25,000-a-year corporate members
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
25/ Smart analysis of upcoming US-China AI safety talks. x.com/kristy_loke/...
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Former PM Rishi Sunak in the Sunday Times challenges the rise of ethno-nationalism in British politics, as an argument within the right about Britishness being about ancestry, DNA and ethnicity www.thetimes.com/article/e89d...
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CNN @cnn.com · 19/09/2026
MS NOW denied access to White House after Trump said he's banning the network, CNN and Politico. cnn.it/3T8R687
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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We’re all Stephen Watkins.
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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
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Randeep Ramesh @stillwatersrandeep.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Quantitative tightening has blurred the line between monetary and fiscal policy, leaving ministers accountable for decisions they cannot directly control www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
The Guardian view on the Bank of England’s £120bn bill: power without accountability | Editorial
Editorial: Quantitative tightening has blurred the line between monetary and fiscal policy, leaving ministers accountable for decisions they cannot directly control
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Scramble to stop Reform corrupting UK politics with vast amounts of foreign donations.
bbc.co.uk
Tice says government wants to 'retrospectively change rules' after Reform's £72m in donations
The House of Lords will debate changes to political donation laws later on Monday, after Reform UK received £72m from two billionaires in 24 hours.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
BOB DYLAN writing in The New York Times on being 80. We’re so used to Dylan being an enigmatic & elusive trickster that it’s always a delightful surprise when he writes something so personal, heartfelt and wise.
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Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Healey's response:
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Neoliberalism has ravaged the UK Workers’ share of gross value added down from 71.9% in 1975, to 59.7%. 1.23m workers are on zero-hour contracts. 4.4m jobs pay less than the real living wage. Poorest 20% pay a higher proportion of income in direct/indirect taxes than the richest 20%.
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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Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The headline says it all: yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/09/we-j...
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We just had the hottest August, hottest summer, and hottest year to date in U.S. history » Yale Climate Connections
NOAA data show unprecedented heat, as deepening drought, shrinking reservoirs, and a severe wildfire season underscore the growing impacts of a warming climate. Could El Niño bring some relief?
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New free to read link as.ft.com/r/f15cad1d-1...
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Kushner and Witkoff’s blind amateurism
The misguided belief that dangling potential postwar profits can lead to peace has hampered US diplomacy from Ukraine to Gaza and Iran
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Anti-Fascism and Far Right @ffrafaction.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Tommy Robinson appears to have clocked up hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations from his supporters over the years, with allegations that some of the funds raised for victims were not passed on, according to a Dispatches investigation into his finances inews.co.uk/news/how-tom...
inews.co.uk
How Tommy Robinson really makes his money
A year-long investigation lifts the lid on some of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon's finances, including whether donations are drummed up in good faith
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“The British government agrees that there is ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in areas of the West Bank perpetrated by settler terrorists.” I don’t think there is really any serious debate about Miliband’s characterization—just whether ethnic cleansing is good or bad.
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
On one of Israel's most popular news websites in Hebrew, Ynet, the report on UK statement on ban of settlement trade - 90% of readers' comments blame the Israeli government and settlers, and many are supportive of UK steps. This is not a scientific measure, but gives some indication
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Asked by Liam Byrne about how he will put this all into action and how it will make an impact, Miliband makes clear that trade in settlement goods with the UK is actually quite small, but where the new sanctions regime can really make a dent is on services
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It’s important to say who is doing the telling here: Lord Jim O’Neill, Baron of Gatley, a former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and a former Conservative government treasury minister. It’s like Dracula telling you to ditch crucifixes and garlic
independent.co.uk
Ditch pensions triple lock and cut welfare spending to calm markets, Burnham told
Bond market shock has ramifications for new prime minister’s first Budget, his former adviser warns
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
At what point does ‘the masked men on the street have legitimate concerns’ and ‘Just Stop Oil/Palestine Action are terrorists’ become two tier policing?
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Randeep Ramesh @stillwatersrandeep.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Reality not enough to defeat racist clap trap!
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A detail missing from The Times story… the woman who took the photo shared it to a Facebook group called ‘South east patriots’.
Facebook post showing the photo of three white women on a train with a group of black-clad, masked men being shared to a group called ‘South east patriots’
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Randeep Ramesh @stillwatersrandeep.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Mike Huckabee claims a trade ban on Israeli settlements would hurt Britain because “25% of pharmaceuticals used in the UK are produced in Israel”. It's bullshit. In 2024, the UK imported $30bn drugs, of which only $16m came from Israel 0.05% wits.worldbank.org/trade/comtra...
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United Kingdom Pharmaceutical products imports by country | 2024 | Data
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/09/2026
Nearly two weeks have passed since a fierce deluge of ice, boulders and mud tore through a border complex in Tibet, but China has not released an official list of those missing. In the information void, people have found their own ways to seek help and vent their grief.
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Online Posts Show Families’ Grief for Flood Victims on Tibet’s Side of China-Nepal Border
The authorities have not released an official list of those missing in the Tibet flood, creating an information void that people have tried to fill.
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Joel @snufkinlib.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
God have mercy, an old friend of mine was one of Orr’s students who had quit his PhD and can only speak about it now
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Wealthy want UK govt to ditch pensions triple lock, cut welfare spending. Silence on corporate welfare Oil/gas, water, energy profiteering HMRC not collecting £59bn last yr Poorest 20% paying higher proportion in income in taxes than the richest 20%. It is always about hitting the poor, old, sick.
independent.co.uk
Ditch pensions triple lock and cut welfare spending to calm markets, Burnham told
Bond market shock has ramifications for new prime minister’s first Budget, his former adviser warns
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
OPEN AI CHIEF SCIENTIST: “This is a time that calls for extreme caution... models are becoming superhuman in their ability to break in and out of computer systems no one is prepared.. The risk...are unfortunately going to grow from here.” => US-China AI safety talks openai.com/index/an-ali...
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"Spontaneous protest" - they were all masked, dressed in black, and there were 200 of them!
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
women accounted for 158k of the 162k new jobs in August
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 04/09/2026
Prison?
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 03/09/2026
The conservative legal movement spent decades working to overturn Roe v. Wade. Its effort to do the same to birthright citizenship has already begun, Quinta Jurecic argues.
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How the Right Could Actually End Birthright Citizenship
The conservative legal movement doesn’t consider the Supreme Court’s recent ruling to be the final word on the Fourteenth Amendment. And it already has a playbook for overturning it.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
One of the interesting aspects of all this footage is it reveals that parties/strategists firmly believe that opinion polls can be used for significant political advantage.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Scoop: Hundreds of agents from the Department of Homeland Security have been assigned to an intensive, weekslong hunt for noncitizens among the nation’s registered voters despite an absence of evidence of widespread fraud, according to documents and training videos. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Administration Launches Blitz to Find Elusive Voter Fraud Ahead of Midterms
The practice is exceedingly rare, but President Trump has fixated on rooting it out this year, claiming without evidence that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote.
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Randeep Ramesh @stillwatersrandeep.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“So, why do we expect the same economic architecture somehow to achieve the SDGs today? They simply cannot, by design, no matter how much cash, transparency, and integrity we pour into the SDG process” desapublications.un.org/un-desa-voic...
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The SDGs need more than financing. They need structural transformation.
By Fadhel Kaboub, Associate Professor of Economics, Denison University; President, Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity; Member of the UN High-Level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affair...
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026
The value of Graham Platner is that right up until all his red flags came toppling down upon him is that he is the most naked example of the amount of grace & credibility Simply Being White grants you. Compared to Abdul El-Sayed, who has to re-earn every ounce of credibility he has on a daily basis.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Britain could cap political donations tomorrow Burnham said he supported donation caps So why is his government briefing against Stella Creasy’s proposed amendment to cap donations? For shame
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Randeep Ramesh @stillwatersrandeep.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Iran war made it urgent to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. The inflationary shock makes that harder – though not impossible – to pursue. Trump uses leverage restrain Japan's plan to insulate itself from such shocks. Andy Burnham has been forewarned www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
The Guardian view on the global bond shock: Andy Burnham should take note | Editorial
Editorial: Japan’s collision with Donald Trump reveals the dilemma facing Britain: economic independence is becoming more necessary – and more tricky to achieve
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Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece! free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/08/2026
strive to live your life in such a way that your freedom doesn't depend on being in good personal standing with laura loomer abcnews.com/US/milo-yian...
abcnews.com
Milo Yiannopoulos, far-right British commentator, detained by ICE
Far-right British political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was detained by ICE on Friday, according to an ICE detention database.
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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This is fantastic “according to a complaint filed Aug. 19 (…) KRSM acquired over 1 million gallons of fuel from a Sunoco terminal in Twin Oaks valued at around $4 million — and never paid for it. KRSM sold some of the fuel, the lawsuit alleges, to stations within the Freedom Fuel Network”
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