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Kevan

@watcheroftheskies.bsky.social
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Social Democrat, MMT, United fan, anti-imperialist, retired Chartered Accountant

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
This is Lord Rothermere the owner of the Daily Mail. He lives in a massive mansion in the English countryside, but he pays no tax here because he identifies as French. While the Daily Mail is registered in Bermuda and pays no tax anywhere. That is his ‘Patriotism’.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
If he doesn’t win something soon, I wonder whether Nigel Farage will retire to spend more time with other people’s money.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Ofcom claims there is no consensus to ban Nigel Farage from Presenting on GB News. Lets show them one.
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Blair putting on full display what is in many ways his special ability - to lay out a political argument grounded in his own view of global trends (globalisation in the 2000s, tech in the 2020s). But… institute.global/insights/pol...
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The Labour Party Is Playing With Fire Over Its Future and the Future of the Country
In this essay, Tony Blair sets out the need for a new agenda for Britain.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Churchill and the wars. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog looking at the impact of the Iran war on UK politics, the increasingly unhinged culture war, and whether we might just end up ‘thanking Trump’. Includes a revelation about my past: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/03/chur...
Image of the start of the latest blog post
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Zack Polanski’s economic direction www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/03...
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Zack Polanski’s economic direction
I was pleased to read Zach Polanski’s first major economics speech, delivered this morning. You can read it here. There was a great deal to like about this speech. He focused on care, which, of cours...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Why do taxes not fund government spending? youtube.com/shorts/EMZub...
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Why do taxes not fund government spending
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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James Abbott @jamesabbott2024.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
NASA GISS Feb 2026 is 1.24C above 1951-80 mean.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The USA War Crimes are global. Don't be silent for Cuba.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Kind of epic how British tabloids still haven't noticed that their pro-war position to play to an American audience isn't even popular with most Americans
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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Labour is losing voters to progressive parties disproportionately. And they are not mainly "lanyard" professional or working classes, the oppositional forces of Blue Labour and right discourse. It's squeezed millennials in service careers. Which our politics ignores.
Demographically, most progressive defectors are frustrated lower middle class Millennials - not affluent urbanites or a PMC ‘lanyard class'. Though they have liberal social values, many are frustrated graduates; Millennials with a mortgage or rent they are struggling to afford - primary school teachers, IT support or clerical workers. In short, the face of the modern social democratic voter.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Dear Shabana, Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.
Dear Shabana,
I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank.
You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to
make a perilous crossing on small boats.”
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton
and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government
who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division.
When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there
to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done
in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the
flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney.
As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking
points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I
filled water tanks and picked up litter.
What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop
the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country.
Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it.
It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping
migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and
croissants to refugees and food parcels.
When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She
said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for
refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers
whilst risking death on the seas.”
She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on
the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
An economically, politically and morally bankrupt strategy. Bad for individuals, bad for families, bad for businesses, bad for public services, bad for integration and cohesion. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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‘Treat us fairly’: skilled workers face having their dream of settling in UK snatched away
As government mulls doubling requirement to 10 years, the uncertainty is putting many who came to Britain to work under strain
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Kevan @watcheroftheskies.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
This evening I've been mostly listening to Eminem
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 15/10/2025
Bylines Network Reader Survey 2025 10 minutes to shape the future of citizen journalism bit.ly/BylinesNetworkSurvey
Bylines Network Reader Survey 2025 

10 minutes to shape the future of citizen journalism bit.ly/BylinesNetworkSurvey
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Thomas Moynihan @thomasmoynihan.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
A real pleasure to feature on the Berggruen Institute's new Futurology Podcast, in conversation with Benjamin Britton. Listen here: youtu.be/6urjhHrT3wc?...
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How We Discovered Our Own Extinction (with Thomas Moynihan and Benjamin Bratton)
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
The role of social media in economic reform www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07... Gary Stevenson described me as 'not your classic influencer type' in his latest video yesterday. I think I can handle that if not being so still delivers results.
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The role of social media in economic reform
Gary Stevenson put out a YouTube video yesterday in which he suggested that those who want to change the way in which our economy is working should be using social media to challenge the hierarchies o...
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 08/07/2025
New YouGov polling shows 75% are in favour of a 2% tax on wealth above £10 million.
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Kevan @watcheroftheskies.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
That straw ban really sucked
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Kevan @watcheroftheskies.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
If your MP is not on Bluesky then email them
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P(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 29/01/2025
Get your champagne ready!
A counter of users on Bluesky
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
This is a great initiative, that we should all support. I've donated. Will you? freeourfeeds.com
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Free Our Feeds
Let's take social media away from billionaire capture.
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Nazir Afzal, “It’s scandalous no one is mentioning the victims. Some have rung me up in tears, they are so traumatised. It reminds them of how little they meant. They are still suffering from our neglect and struggling to cope.” www.thetimes.com/comment/colu... @alicettimes.bsky.social
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Once again, no one talks about the girls
While politicians squabble with Elon Musk for the moral high ground on grooming gangs, the victims are forgotten
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🦋•𝒜𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓈𝒶 •🦋 @alienissa.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
"Abandoned dogs overwhelm UK shelters as weak regulations fuel a welfare crisis... Animal shelters and kennels are grappling with an increasingly desperate situation. Thousands of dogs... now face the harsh fate of abandonment, the uncertainty of rehoming or, in the most tragic cases, euthanasia."
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UK’s number of unwanted dogs hits crisis point
Opinion: revised regulation on dog breeding and ownership is urgently needed in Britain today
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Kevan @watcheroftheskies.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
The history of Britain since 1700 in one cartoon
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Kevan @watcheroftheskies.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
I'm absolutely going to snide this for my cards next year!
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Kevan @watcheroftheskies.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
The new Axis of Evil?
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/12/2024
now that people are anti-fetterman let me say that i think it is disrespectful that he walks around the senate chamber in a hoodie and shorts
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Kevan @watcheroftheskies.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
I'm sure we all feel their pain! There is a need for a rental market but buy-to-let should not be a thing.
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Kevan @watcheroftheskies.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Horrific incident of course but no doubt sections of our media will rush to condemn "Islamists" before the facts are known. Let's all wait and see.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
This is a person who Kemi Badenoch thinks should sit in the House of Lords. The tweets start in 2009 - Young was 45 at the time. Appalling misogyny, casual homophobia... the lot
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Kevan @watcheroftheskies.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Excellent piece on slow government www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Labour seems to be flailing, but keep faith: Starmer’s long-term plans are both radical and sound | Polly Toynbee
Goals for low-carbon energy, prison reforms, housebuilding and more are ambitious and nation-changing. They won’t happen overnight, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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Kevan @watcheroftheskies.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
"slow government". Probably what we need right now. I think Starmer will get there. Let's hope so the alternative is a Farage/Musk dystopian nightmare. Our inner cities will be like the hell holes LA and NYC with thousands of homeless, at best. At worst like a Gaza style walled off prison camp
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Fiona Atkinson @fionafromkendal.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Here's a little petition. It's nearly 20,000 signatures old. Can you help to get it to 100,000? Then the UK government might debate it. Beg,ask, cajole, pester all friends, family, groups & communities to sign & share it: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Petition: Run a public information campaign on the climate crisis
Communicate clearly: 1) the science behind the climate crisis - how & why for the first time in the last year we've averaged 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels 2) the implications of going beyond...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs, whatever.”
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Fight back against fascism: how big money is threatening democracy
Fascism thrives when democracy falters. From funding Reform to vigilance, here’s how we protect our future
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
I think it’s possible that liberalism at its worst was letting the Irish starve in the 1840s. Just saying.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Left: Keir Starmer, "Nobody felt better off under the last government" Right: "The UK's rich are getting richer" This is why so many have called for a wealth tax on those with over £10m, because the rich are getting richer, even under the last Conservative government
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Let’s make @bsky.app the biggest social media platform on the planet and send Elon Musk packing
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Gregg Wallace's video which he released to defend himself, but which in fact proves that he is the problem. Goodbye Gregg, let the door hit you on the way out.
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 29/11/2024
With Haigh's departure from the cabinet, for the first time in our political history, the cabinet is 100% state educated. Quite the moment.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Norway, Finland, Iceland, Denmark.
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
The Gregg Wallace sacking is not only a good example of how the BBC seems to have a real problem standing up to bad behaviour but also how completely average men with no discernible talent are able to drift to the top and eat pudding on TV for hundreds of thousands of pounds
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Saw an old friend last night. Back in 2016 our conversations got a little dicy when he became something of a fervent Brexiter... In pub he suddenly volunteers to me: "Brexit was a shit idea wasn't it. I mean - a really shit idea." I think we may be entering the time frame where people accept that.
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Here’s a short story about who wins and loses from the status quo of our inheritance tax rules - and about, what you might politely call ‘sub-optimal’ journalism🧵
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
King Charles inherited £650m tax free, gets £125m a year tax free from the tax payer and has an estate worth £22bn that’s never taxed. But he still needed a 45% pay rise. Like if he needs a pay cut. RP if you want the Monarchy gone. #AbolishTheMonarchy
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Kevan @watcheroftheskies.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Probably the world's most clued up bloke youtu.be/oAQ9srTzyYQ?...
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This is Why the US Wants to STOP China's Rise
YouTube video by Rise of Asia
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Kevan @watcheroftheskies.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Genius
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