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Denis Buckley

@wellingtonrock.bsky.social
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UK/US dual national. Haven't been to US in ten years. Family there are Trumpies, family here are sane. I'm an old man, but still learning - eg, a new 'lick' for Cripple Creek. Did I mention that in retirement, I've become an enthusiastic muso. And Green.

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Denis Buckley @wellingtonrock.bsky.social · 8h
'... the time when an understanding of MMT becomes essential may well arrive sooner than most people realise...' Will an AI bubble burst be the time when MMT rolls out? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/10...
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Will an AI bubble burst be the time when MMT rolls out?
A story in the FT this morning suggests that the insurance industry is preparing for potentially multimillion-dollar claims arising from AI agents acting beyond their developers’ control. The concern ...
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julsey66.bsky.social @julsey66.bsky.social · 11h
Did you know 200,000 older people are in financial hardship in London? I'm supporting @IndependentAge's call on the UK Government to introduce a benefit take-up strategy. Join me and ask your MP to act today: share.independentage.org/p?c=dv&i1=lo
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Speak up for older people in financial hardship
200,000 older people are in financial hardship in London! Take action - the UK Government must introduce a benefit take-up strategy.
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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 24/09/2026
Workers at the prestigious medical journal The Lancet are striking for the first time in its 200 year history over inadequate pay. The work they do is essential for advancing medical research and for public health and wellbeing. @nujofficial.bsky.social
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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 30/09/2026
It would take 6 million years for an Amazon worker to earn Jeff Bezos' wealth.
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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 01/10/2026
It's time to tax billionaires.
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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 16h
Everyone: We should tax the banks. Banks: This would be a disaster! Also banks: We are all making so much money it wouldn't even materially affect us.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23h
There aren't many days when you can kayak off Start Point, renowned for one of Britain's most dangerous tidal races. But yesterday the stars aligned, so I bunked off work. Delighted to see Rupert Kirkwood (the Lone Kayaker) out there. He took this picture of me +1. Before you ask: yes, it's real. 🧵
In my kayak, watching a bluefin tuna leaping beside me.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 18h
More than 9,600 have already taken action and called on Ofcom to investigate Nigel Farage's GB News show. A party leader and sitting MP should not be allowed to host their own news show. Help us reach 10,000 signatures. ⬇️
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“You didn’t protect my son!” Netanyahu heckled by the father of a 10/7 victim at a memorial ceremony. (Netanyahu was reportedly warned an attack was coming and did nothing — then said nobody woke him up that morning🤔)
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Robin-DeBowler @robin-debowler.bsky.social · 20h
The utter hypocrisy exposed by this article. A central UK authority the FCA, thinks that appointing an internal employee to review its conduct is an acceptable answer to issues relation to whistleblower care, support and subsequent action. UK a total shitmess Man DEAD www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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MPs call for investigation after Howard Lutnick-Jeffrey Epstein whistleblower dies
Simon Andriesz said he felt let down by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority before his death last month.
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msesq.bsky.social @msesq.bsky.social · 18h
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This 👇
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TODAY is the last day to register to vote in several states. I urge you to double check your state's deadline, verify that you are registered, and make changes to your registration if needed. Then contact three friends or family members and have them do the same. whenweallvote.org
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Mani Isna La 🇨🇺 🇵🇸 🇬🇱🕊️ 🪶 #IndigenousLivesMatter @maniisnala.bsky.social · 20h
The UK's biggest climate polluter, Drax Power Station, wants to build a massive 100MW data centre powered by burning trees. I've emailed North Yorkshire Council demanding a full assessment of the environmental impact of these plans. Please email them too. www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/dr...
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Introducing the President of the United States... Yes, you heard right! He just offered up Los Angeles & San Diego for annihilation! Insanity! Approximately 60% of the U.S. Pacific Fleet is based out of the San Diego! California accounts for approximately 15% of the total U.S. economy! Vote blue!
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 19h
So the Tory plan to cut recorded pollution incidents, like sewage spills by water firms, is to scrap the agency doing the recording...
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 19h
"There’s a lot of bullshit in the mainstream news about the Green’s anti-Zionism decision yesterday. All part of the ‘stop Polanski’ game. Don’t believe it." via The Daily Politik
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This gets my vote for the best thing I've seen on the Internet today:
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pay teachers a fair wage. Pay paraprofessionals who help support our kids a fair wage. Make sure our schools are safe, clean, warm, and dry.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 19h
Trickle-down has failed. Tax cuts for the billionaires benefit no one but the billionaires. Austerity is counterproductive because it kills growth and shrinks the economy.
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Motley Blüe @middermoo.bsky.social · 18h
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 18h
The biggest lie about the 2026 election is that the military won’t be involved. In August, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine assured Congress of the military’s “steadfast commitment to constitutional principles,” writing that “the Joint Force has no
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 18h
Americans’ ability to think correctly. This is part of what the military will be doing with growing intensity as election day nears. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/military-m...
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Military Mobilizes for Upcoming Elections
Hegseth’s war on “foreign” threats to our election is dangerous
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 20h
Every single leader of Reform UK is an ex member of the Tory Party responsible for 14 years of austerity which killed thousands of old, poor, sick and disabled people Don't listen to their promises to make life better They are the problem "From one bin to another......" via We Demand UK
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PINO FOTUS @pino-fotus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#ArrestTrump #TrumpsteinFiles #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinTrials
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 19h
Who you gonna believe, the lying liar or your own eyes? 👀
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 18h
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/10/2026
One thing all New Yorkers can agree on? It’s time to get your flu shot! Go to nyc.gov/healthmap to find all the free locations.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Don’t know who needs to hear this, but after his release in 2009, Epstein was supposed to meet with his NYPD parole officer every 90 days for 18 months. He went exactly zero times. No on said anything. #EpsteinFiles
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Great question 👇
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Of course. The Supreme Court kicked off its new term today by hearing oil companies’ attempt to throw out a lawsuit seeking to make them pay for climate damage they caused. The outcome could determine whether similar lawsuits brought by cities and counties across the country can move forward.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Anyone who dances like this doesn't need a ballroom—he needs a padded cell.
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Your electric bill is up as much as 30%. PG&E's CEO took home $63.6 MILLION. Duke's CEO took home $51.2 MILLION. And both companies paid NEGATIVE federal tax rates. That's not a coincidence. That's a rigged system. Tax the rich.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
CALL ARIZONA U.S. Senators! Let them know they are attacking community members who are protecting their land. Demand federal agents leave tribal land.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Early voting is already underway in some states. From now until Nov 3, I urge you all to... 1) Help get out the vote 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism We are the only ones who can end this nightmare.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'm with Stephen King on this.
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 05/10/2026
If you’re arresting a Jewish 94-year-old human rights lawyer for peacefully protesting, you’re on the wrong side of history. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
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‘I’m rather proud’: Barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action
Margaret Owen OBE, a celebrated human rights lawyer and friend of Ed Miliband’s late mother, talks to Al Jazeera.
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Denis Buckley @wellingtonrock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
'... if government retreats from responsibility, someone still has to suggest what happens to those whose needs the market cannot profitably meet? The Right Way does not even try to offer an adequate answer.' www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/10...
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What’s wrong with The Right Way?
Kemi Badenoch’s The Right Way, published yesterday to mark the start of the otherwise neatly irrelevant Tory party conference, matters because it is not really a manifesto. It is an attempt to recreat...
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Denis Buckley @wellingtonrock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
'What the fuck are we doing, making a woman’s suffering everybody’s business and nobody’s responsibility?' jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/i-was-drun...
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I Was Drunk. I Was Raped.
Both Things Can Be True At The Same Time.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So, Tories would cancel Erasmus and youth mobility, scrap the SPS deal that reduces red tape, lowers costs and eases backlogs for goods trade and renege on our new energy, defence and security arrangements… Ridiculous threat, ridiculous party, ridiculous people…
Tories would reverse steps to undo Brexit
Alex Burghart, the deputy leader, also says his party is wedded' to triple lock and electoral reform is doomed
Ben Riley-Smith - Political Editor

Photo of Burghart, arms folded, looking absurdly self important
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notayesmansecon.bsky.social @notayesmansecon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
UK Wind Power has rallied to 8.1GW this morning. With 1.2GW of Solar we are burning 5GW of Gas as well as importing 2.4GW. Hydro is 0.5GW. Nuclear is 4GW and the awful Biomass 3.1GW. The price of wholesale electricity over the past 24 hours was £155 per MWh.#renewables
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Calls grow for investigation into Reform UK’s ‘extensive’ links with UAE" 'FairSquare wants the relationship examined by the government’s Defending Democracy Taskforce. It has also called for the UAE to be placed alongside Russia and Iran ...' thedailybritain.co.uk/reform-uk-ua...
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Absofreakinlutely They Should......
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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Yolly @yollybsky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
People do not hate America, Mr Trump. They hate you. BIG difference.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026
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