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This post will examine the Tories and Labour's joint rollout of 12 Freeports and 74 SEZs by comparing it with the libertarian screed of the 1997 book The Sovereign Individual - How to Survive and Thrive During the Collapse of the Welfare State. open.substack.com/pub/european...

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Why couldn't the Scottish Government save Grangemouth? Energy is reserved to Westminster. Why can't Scotland welcome more care workers from overseas? Immigration is reserved to Westminster. Why can't the Scottish Government tackle drug addiction better? Drug laws are reserved to Westminster.

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Another reminder that the "private sector" makes profit from public funds that would otherwise be spent on NHS services. This is literally its primary aim. The primary aim of a publicly owned NHS is to provide health and care services.

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PM confirmed this evening that RAF resources and military equipment have been ‘sent to the middle east’. It’s very much giving ‘I have learned no lessons from the Blair era’.

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I used to love Trooping the Colour, the pageantry, the skill, the spectacle but nowadays I just see toffs riding in carriages, an undeserving elite lording it up and the unquestioning, jingoistic crowd. #notmyking

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www.thenational.scot/politics/252... We don’t need to leave the affairs of our country in the hands of another. Do you honestly think they will prioritise the needs of Scots 1st and foremost? #Scottishindependence gives us the power to prioritise OUR country 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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And once again Starmer (or is it McSweeney) misreads the room

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Dear America friends, this is what Scotland did when our equivalent to ICE tried to take away our friends and neighbours We freed them and then ran the uniformed goon squad out of town Do not back down. You’ll win if you stand firm Some reading if it’s required en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenmure...

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I hate this government

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I pressed the govt for real social care funding and cross-party talks and got a dismissive, party-political response. While Labour desperately try to deflect from their failure to act on social care, people across Britain continue to suffer. We need action, not political theatre.

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Never forget what the Tories did Never forget that Starmer led the Corbyn character assassination that allowed them to do it Never forget that Starmer's Labour has adopted Tory austerity policies guaranteed to make to worse meme via Angel Stroyan

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I’ve tabled NC122 to the Crime and Policing Bill to make hate crimes against people because of their sexual orientation, transgender identity or disability an aggravated offence. We must treat these offences with the seriousness they deserve. Please ask your MP to sign NC122.

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talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/06/14/h...

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Are they British, or ‘British nationals’? If you are implying something by using the word, ‘national’ then spit it out.

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Someone needs to explain to the IFG that the UK is self funding. They’re still blathering on about fiscal straightjackets while a growing army of people read MMT literature and know it’s all a pile of utter self-serving tosh served up by the agents of wealth. Learn MMT.

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💚 Today we remember the victims of Grenfell Tower fire eight years on and reaffirm our commitment to continue campaigning for safe housing for all.

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In Brussels today. End the genocide.

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BBC Newswatch desperately trying to justify their excessive exposure of ReformUK today, but every argument only supports the complaints. Of course, their support will grow if the other parties don't even get the airtime to promote their own policies! Absolutely outrageous bias from the BBC. 😡

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We must never forget the 72 people who died in the Grenfell Tower. We must change the system that was so unjust to ignore repeated alarms. Too many people are still living in unsafe buildings because profit is being placed above people's lives.

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So, I've read this sprawling & messy thread. Zack is exactly right in his post, if we simply sit by & do/say nothing we are complicit in so many evils, the world is run by warmongering profiteers of every shade, the only way to stop mutual self destruction is to adopt peaceful means of coexistence.

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😍 Hugely appreciate all these endorsements. 💚 If you're a Green Party councillor in England and Wales and you'd like to join the growing number then: 🙌🏼 backzack.com/back-zack-open-letter/

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ICE is going to parks in Los Angeles and kidnapping nannies who are caring for small children The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted Women and children in parks

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The plunder of our seas by industrial fishing is a monstrosity in which almost everyone unwittingly collaborates. For decades this truth has been deliberately hidden from us. Now at last the consensus is cracking. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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After indy who will run Scotland?

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I'm so excited and humbled by the amazing Green Party councillors backing me to be the next leader. Heres a 🧵 #BackZack

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In Brussels for really urgent conversations with @europeangreens.eu I spoke about the genocide in Palestine, the inequality crisis & the need for Greens to respond to this moment. Great to hear contributions from leadership all over Europe: including brilliant @patrickharvie.bsky.social

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But of course the UK is still training the IDF to be genocidal terrorists. It's what the British do best.

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Hilarious that @josiah.writes.news, Kemi Badenoch and the Labour front bench still bandy about the term ‘fiscal responsibility’ when they have zero idea what it means. HINT: it doesn’t mean ‘balancing the books’ - nor the tax-cut-borrow merry go round they think is all there is to economics…⬇️

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Israel is out of control. And it has been for a long time. For Starmer to talk about de-escalation whilst continuing to support a genocide is increasingly absurd - and dangerous.

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Mark Drakeford is a long-term member of the Labour Land Campaign and main speaker at our Labour Welsh conference fringe meeting this month When he retires next year let's hope his legacy will be LVT for Wales!

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🙌🏼 Huge win for the security guards at the museums. 🎉 They have received pay increases of 12-23% ✊🏽Collective organising works. 💚 Huge well done to the guards and to their union @uvwunion.bsky.social

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