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Trump, Europe’s Collapse & Why Liberals Keep Losing - interviewed by Rania Khalek www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms5-...

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Inflation fell in January. Anyone suggesting otherwise does not understand the statistics www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... As a matter of fact, inflation fell in January. It just didn't do so by as much as the year before. That's all there is to say about this month's inflation data.

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The state needs defence from neoliberals as well as fascists www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... If the state is to be defended from the attacks it now faces, we have to understand why it is failing, and that is by neoliberal choice. This one is wonkish, I admit, but should be worth your effort.

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Starving the beast www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... Trump is sacking tax office staff in the USA. There's no better way to destroy the state.

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It is action versus inaction that matters now. Everything else is a sideshow. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... The likes of Tony Blair want to talk down the need for action on climate change when action on climate change has to be the epicentre of politics now. Nothing else matters as much.

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Words matter www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... In a world where politicians from Trump onwards are using words with the deliberate intention of creating ambiguity, fear, and incomprehension, we have to search for our own meaning. It might be all there is to cling on to.

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The government is looking at another benefit crackdown when it should, instead, be looking at corporate fraud and its own failure to pay all the benefits owing to people. Why has it got its focus so wrong? Does it just hate people on benefits? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...

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Lovely piece on the joy of reading - and libraries: ‘Red Books Day is an initiative to enhance the public joy of reading and to rescue collective life’ from @vijayprashad.bsky.social

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Why the Bank of England base rate should be no more than the rate of inflation www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... There's no excuse for the Bank of England to continue with interest rates as high as they are.

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How the Left Destroyed Itself www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tar...

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@vijayprashad.bsky.social interviewed on Breakthrough News youtu.be/UjCFI0LHlEM

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Someone, somewhere, has it in for Rachel Reeves www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... The whispering has begun. How long before Reeves goes?

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Scotland's very own Musk wannabee is making a complete fool of himself www.thenational.scot/politics/249...

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Stormzy doing McDonald’s is really depressing in one way but in another way it’s a clear indication McDonald’s are rattled about how much they’re losing the youth market and also the response has been widespread condemnation so it’s massively backfired on them and him. So overall good imo

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Brewdog founder James Watt wants to be the UK's Elon Musk. Other breweries & beers are available kmflett.wordpress.com/2025/02/13/c...

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Why is the CEO of the NHS in England calling for private sector funding for NHS infrastructure when it is obvious that readily available state funding would be cheaper? Is this just pro-market political dogma being promoted by a civil servant? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...

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Starmer is failing and, like Farage, is seeking scapegoats for doing so youtu.be/AEMMJZCwfQU?... Starmer is aping Nigel Farage’s anti-migrant rhetoric when no one would worry about migration if Labour delivered what people want from the government.

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The square root of bugger-all www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... Pettiness over a difference of 0.2% in GDP shows just how far removed from focussing on need UK political debate really is.

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Oh shit www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... Water companies do not have the capacity to deal with our sewage - even on good days. No wonder we're in it up to our necks, with nationalisation the only way out of this mess.

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Once markets realise Trump is serious about tariffs markets will crash youtu.be/BNgoZo2R5HA?... When markets realise Trump is serious about tariffs, and that the US is now an isolationist state seeking to cut itself off from the rest of the world, they're going to react, and we’ll get a crash.

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It’s time to be serious about tax evasion www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... MPs have rumbled HM Revenue & Customs and the fact that our tax authority is really not serious about tackling tax evasion. It's time that they were. This is one thing that does not need to grow.

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The UK's declined to sign the new international declaration on inclusive & sustainable AI, This is Starmer seeking to ingratiate himself with Trump & Musk. Making friends with bullies never pays. This won't.

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Why shouldn’t we be disillusioned with our politicians? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... When our political system is so obviously ignoring our best interests, why shouldn't we be disillusioned with it?

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One in five adults has or is at risk of having type 2 diabetes and Labour does not care www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... Why doesn't Labour care? It's a question we should all be asking.

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Why go back? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... Four of the Labour MPs suspended by that party last summer have been allowed to return to its parliamentary fold, no doubt on the promise of good behaviour. But why did they want to go back when Labour is so obviously failing?

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The UK average house price hits a record high as clear indication of the housing crisis we have www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... A record house price is the clearest possible indication of the fact that for many, having their own home is becoming an impossible dream.

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It’s decision time for Starmer www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... Trump is imposing tariffs on UK steel. Starmer cannot pretend that is not happening. It's trade war with the UK. Is Starmer going to respond? Or will prevarication in the hope of getting a trade deal with a fascist prevail?

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British bosses are supposedly telling the Telegraph that they want to end protection for minority groups in the workplace. It hasn't taken them long to go full on Trump so that they can enrich themselves at cost to those who need protection and support. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...

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Trump is dragging financial markets down - and people in the US, from the MAGA to Trump's donors - are not going to like that. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...

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Certainty – the enemy of unity www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... There has always to be doubt. It is certainty that we should worry about.

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The House of Lords issued a report saying it was essential that the food industry be brought under control because it is encouraging harmful addictions that are making us ill. Labour is going to ignore the warning. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...

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The coming private debt crisis will be Rachel Reeves’ fault www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... Rachel Reeves has forced households to borrow so that she need not. The result is a looming private debt crisis.

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📚 Join Jeremy Corbyn, Vijay Prashad and Claudia Webbe in conversation on the global arms trade, the struggle for peace and our book ‘Monstrous Anger of the Guns’ — hosted at the Marx Memorial Library in London on Sunday 9 February. 🎟️ Tickets: bit.ly/MAGMarx

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