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It is a law as old as the hills: Permit agents of the state to use violence against civilians to "maintain public order", and they will use it to advance private and particular interests.

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I'd like an apology from @marycreagh.bsky.social please. She claimed my column on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill was "deeply misleading". She failed to explain why. But it was an accurate explanation of the problems with the Bill. Ministers should not make unsubstantiated and untrue claims.

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Ultra-processed food increases risk cancer, heart disease & early death. 13.8% of premature deaths in England caused by UPF. Corporations harm people - UPF, food with extra salt/sugar/fats, tobacco, sewage in rivers - for profit. Make corporations bear the social cost of their harmful practices.

submitted 54 days ago • 14 comments

The vote share of the two biggest parties has been falling steadily for decades. Recent polling shows it could fall below 50%. And yet we still have a voting system designed to silence all other voices. It's time for a system update. It's time for PR. Graphic by @tldrnews.bsky.social

submitted 56 days ago • 4 comments

1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 57 days ago • 58 comments

A bill banning basic income programs has passed the Texas Senate and now needs to also be passed by the House. If passed, it would join Idaho, Iowa, Arkansas, and South Dakota in such a ban. Billionaires are funding these efforts. They are afraid of UBI. www.scottsantens.com/billionaire-...

submitted 57 days ago • 5 comments

Go to hell

submitted 59 days ago • 2147 comments

NatWest bank set for private ownership. Received £45.5bn govt bailout in 2008. Reverse socialism - Lame ducks bailed out but when profitable handed back to private sector. Why? They could form part of industrial strategy - lending to SMEs, investment in new industries.

submitted 58 days ago • 26 comments

Further to my post from yesterday on the IMF growth revisions: This chart from today's FT column by Martin Wolf. #economy #Markets @financialtimes.com

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🚨 BREAKING: The EU has fined Apple €500 million and Meta €200 million for breaking Europe's digital rules. Read the developing story: ow.ly/TMEB50VG74a

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BREAKING: Trump says it is not possible to give every person he wants to deport a trial, 'because to do so would take, without exaggeration, 200 years'.

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A Republican proposal to impose a tax hike on millionaires offers to generate about $400 billion over a decade, according to two new estimates provided to Bloomberg News

submitted 60 days ago • 27 comments

A downright creepy afternoon note from JPM: “.. It is VERY quiet on our desk .. I can get behind buying high volume panic, but that is not this... this is a continued flight from USD denominated assets and no measure of retail flow, mutual fund flow or prime data will tell you when / if to buy.”

submitted 60 days ago • 67 comments

Here's the latest episode of The Basic Income Show where we cover all the findings from Germany's 3-year UBI experiment. As usual, there's all kinds of positive results to dive into. Do you like charts? Cause there's lots of charts!

submitted 60 days ago • 3 comments

BREAKING: $1.5 trillion wiped from value of US stock market today

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Nigel Farage defends allowing US chlorinated chicken into UK as part of trade deal. Farage/Reform want US style insurance-based healthcare; lower food/environmental standards, worker/consumer rights; return to gold standard, benefit cuts. Who in their right mind wants this.

submitted 61 days ago • 79 comments

Ohio and Florida

submitted 61 days ago • 21 comments

Perfect size truck; great for towing.

submitted 61 days ago • 2 comments

If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.

submitted 62 days ago • 281 comments

If your from America, Canada, UK or Europe you should make sure you are following @neverevertory.bsky.social! Repost, share far and wide! #FBPE #ReJoinEU #BlueCrew #NeverTrump #NeverMAGA #NeverVoteTory #NeverVoteReform

submitted 63 days ago • 23 comments

A busy week ahead for the global economy and markets. Things to look for include Data releases: leading indicators and UMich sentiment for the US, PMI and consumer confidence for the Eurozone, and Germany's IFO; Many officials speaking at the IMF meeting, and Lots of quarterly corporate earnings.

submitted 62 days ago • 8 comments

Jesus has risen, and so have the prices of literally everything

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Someone talking like this in any state and running on universal basic income and healthcare could win.

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With the attacks on science and academia by the current administration, if those of us who have tenure don't speak up, it's really hard to continue justifying the tenure system based on academic freedom.

submitted 98 days ago • 24 comments

Reeves to make case for trade deal in first meeting with US treasury secretary. Must not sacrifice the NHS; food/environment standards, worker rights. Any deal must be approved by parliament in a free vote. Trade deal with the EU preferable to US. Can't trust Trump. Our future lies with Europe.

submitted 63 days ago • 67 comments

The curse of private equity. US senators investigate role of PE in higher cost of fire engines defective parts, delivery delays. Usual PE story- profiteering, low investment, staff/wage cuts, tax dodges. It has destroyed UK high street, devouring healthcare, vets and more. archive.ph/QuulQ

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1.3m people with cancer, arthritis and more could lose PIP under Labour's benefit cuts. We are all one accident/illness away from needing benefits. It is in our own interest to oppose. It wasn't in the manifesto. Mobilize your MP to oppose this cruel cut. Tax the rich.

submitted 64 days ago • 7 comments

So which trade agreement is the UK government briefing too optimistically about this morning?

submitted 65 days ago • 18 comments

A belated recognition that the world’s sixth biggest economy needs a steel-making capability shows what a shambles successive administrations’ policy-making has been.

submitted 64 days ago • 4 comments

We live in a country where about half the population thinks the other half must be FORCED TO WORK with the threat of starvation and homelessness. After universal basic income is achieved, we will live in a country where each of us knows that none need to be forced and that we all WANT TO CONTRIBUTE.

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Whatever else divides us, some things we can all agree on.

submitted 64 days ago • 4 comments

UK median wage, £29,628. Net pay, £24,852; barely enough to survive. Top 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Bottom 50% less than 5%. Can't revive economy without boosting purchasing power of the bottom 50%. Workers need higher share of GDP. Progressive taxation.

submitted 65 days ago • 25 comments

Current tariff plans: burn the barn to warm the cows.

submitted 65 days ago • 16 comments

See, this is what lack of education looks like.

submitted 66 days ago • 98 comments

7 Powerful Reasons to Quit 𝕏 Now It’s not just a bad platform — it’s a weapon. If we’re serious about protecting democracy, it’s time to act. integ.substack.com/p/7-powerful...

submitted 66 days ago • 3 comments