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pauldstevens.bsky.social
Anti-growth coalition; tofu-eating wokerati; over-privileged middle-class Trot; left-wing economic establishment. Ex-journalist. Ex-radio presenter. Ex-Labour. Academic. Bristolian. New Forest, UK. #MMT
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That’s what someone on ketamine would say

submitted 7 hours ago • 661 comments

Labour under Starmer is ideologically opposed to an alternative left policy programme. If leftists want this, we’ll have to do it without this iteration of the party. Starmer, and the whole front bench, would have to go. They are not of the left. labourlist.org/2025/05/andy...

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

Without 'centrist' sabotage, we'd have a socialist government right now. That's the true cost of 'centrism.'

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Peoples lives have just become an expensive pain in the arse. Work doesnt pay, bills leave nothing left, food extortionate. Try to use institutions or services you pay for, they are woeful. Trade deals and GDP dont matter. People are sick of being mugged off.

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

I was raised among working class folk who would have crossed the road to avoid Farage. My understanding of the working class is the same as John Steinbeck: “If you’re in need go to the poor people. They’re the only one’s that’ll help – the only ones” www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

submitted 3 days ago • 11 comments

“The hard left are back”? Excellent! 🎉🥳🤪 web.archive.org/web/20250529...

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

Any industry whose survival is predicated upon rampant theft doesn't deserve to survive & Definitely does not deserve protecting. The creative arts are one of the UK's final great exports to the world, our cultural output is one of the things the tories couldn't squash and privatise. Don't flub it!

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

My latest Substack article is free to read, it compares several EU SEZs with UK ones, and the contrasts could not be starker. Have a read, and please share and/or subscribe to my Substack, it's the place to be now, the MSM is owned by corporates. open.substack.com/pub/european...

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

About time too. (Not that the treasury needs to “find the money” in order for it to happen). observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

People often ask me 'Can the UK rejoin the EU while shackled by 86 deregulated Free Zones? No, it can't, the UK would have to realign its free zones with the EU Parliament's regulations, which prohibit the use of State aid for profit motives, why? 1/3 www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en...

submitted 8 days ago • 5 comments

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submitted 11 days ago • 7 comments

Water is not a commodity, it is a fundamental human right and should not be exploited for profit. Until we reclaim our water once and for all, we can never be certain that our safety comes before profits. www.edp24.co.uk/news/2517496...

submitted 11 days ago • 16 comments

To those talking about 'Brexit surrender' - talk to this dipshit. He's the one who negotiated the biggest act of self-harm in our history, selling out farming & fishing, erecting huge barriers to trade and making everyone worse off. Just because he fancied a bash at being PM. Twat.

submitted 12 days ago • 70 comments

Freeports were sold to the public as “Levelling Up” for struggling regions, whilst in reality the system is nothing but a “Corporate Cash Grab” open.substack.com/pub/european...

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

Yes, we noticed. You're still here.

submitted 14 days ago • 1591 comments

“…most wealth accumulation in recent decades has been through the passive collection of returns on existing wealth, rather than earned through hard work or entrepreneurial brilliance.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

"Zack Polanski, by contrast, seems far more aware of the current political mood in the country, and is pitching to make the Green Party far bolder and more proactive in calling out inequality and combating the far-right head on." #BackZack sussexbylines.co.uk/politics/zac...

submitted 15 days ago • 6 comments

You win more Green MPs, you grow support for the party, by being absolutely clear about what we stand for. The climate crisis is not one made up just of carbon. But of corporate power. We need to win many more MPs & boldly take on vested interests. #BackZack www.opendemocracy.net/en/green-par...

submitted 16 days ago • 17 comments