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Lord Keynes told us in 1941 how to pay for defence We should follow his advice. youtu.be/D8vt7hXlqZM?... If we need to pay more for defence the last people who should pay for it are those most dependent on the state. It’s the richest who should be covering the cost.

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New Imperialism Ukraine rejects Trump bid to take rights to half its mineral reserves. Trump claims US was owed half a trillion dollar for war-aid. US support was apparently all about grabbing resources. Trump wants Greenland, Panama, Gaza, Canada, Ukraine minerals. What next? archive.ph/WkEmy

submitted 10 days ago • 57 comments

www.theguardian.com/business/202... WHAT?!! This ! And building on high risk flood plains! And drilling for oil ? And a 3rd runway ? I’m not surprised the majority of the people I know have joined @greenparty.org.uk

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

not really feeling @bsky.app right now. no conversations, just statements. no way to see number of views. no way to see engagement with anything you post. just a bit of a void for me.....

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Wind turbines produce electricity. Windmills don’t. Congratulations, you now know more about windmills than the President of the United States. Next week I’ll cover sharks and batteries.

submitted 32 days ago • 53 comments

Thames Water is about to enter Government Administration. The Law as it is already written states that when it goes bankrupt its operation automatically returns to the Government, but its £19bn in debts don't. That is exactly what must happen.

submitted 32 days ago • 29 comments

We only have one planet! We are caretakers for future generations!😔 🌍🌏🌎🌱

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Just extraordinary that the Government is considering a 3-line whip to prevent MPs voting with their conscience for the science-led Climate & Nature Bill tomorrow. #CANBill @zero-hour.bsky.social archive.ph/jMEuL

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

China smashes wind and solar installation records once again in 2024, adding to hopes that peak emissions are here theprogressplaybook.com/2025/01/21/c...

submitted 35 days ago • 6 comments

#RecipeOfTheDay is one for the anchovy appreciators amongst us: it’s the dream dinner, Pasta with Onions and Anchovies! I apologise to the anchovy-antagonists out there, though it’s so mellow you could give it a whirl www.nigella.com/recipes/past...

submitted 35 days ago • 39 comments

"the one with the hat"

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

We should be very cautious about taking seriously scaremongering data on "an exodus of millionaires" from wealth advisors, i.e. people who will profit significantly from heightened expectations of an exodus of millionaires www.thetimes.com/article/c63f...

submitted 38 days ago • 36 comments

The problem is really simple, on every channel, on every radio station, in every newspaper you listen to the lies of the richest. The lies are always the same, they need more money, they can't be taxed, everything is the fault of immigrants or disabled people. But they're the problem.

submitted 39 days ago • 8 comments

“A key question is, who will benefit from this new (AI) technology? How do we ensure it isn’t just a handful of powerful tech companies? And how do we minimise the risks when this technology is available to bad actors?” Is anyone asking these questions?? apple.news/AO7SFl1R0Q3y...

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

Starmer supporting a genocide in Palestine - just what one would expect from him (and don’t forget Lammy who also sucks up to the head choppers).

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

So, batteries for renewable energy... to replace gas ? "huge battery farm" supplies power for, wait for it, 2 hours !! While useful for load-balancing, this is NOT a replacement for gas... we need (something like) nuclear if we are serious. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Brexit was sold on lies to avoid the super rich paying taxes

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

Labour's rivers policy is unbelievable. 1. Steve Reed, the Environment Secretary, has decided our rivers are insufficiently polluted with chicken shit, so he’s loosening the rules. Never mind that it's the primary cause of rivercide in the Welsh border region. www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧵

submitted 42 days ago • 51 comments

🔴‘Modernising’ Behind Closed Doors: The Committee for Bringing Parliament Up to Date Holds All Its Meetings in Private Exclusive: Cross-party group meant to help restore trust in politics has so far refused to hold any of its sessions in public bylinetimes.com/2025/01/14/m...

submitted 42 days ago • 10 comments

Keir Starmer says UK Treasury will be "ruthless" on public spending cuts. It's continuation of Tory austerity. How many will be deprived of food, housing, healthcare, education ...? Lives sacrificed to appease corporations, the rich and neoliberal dogma www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

submitted 43 days ago • 67 comments

Back the Climate and Nature Bill—don’t block it! 💚 A Bill for prosperity and wellbeing. 🫂 A Bill for people and communities across the UK. 🌎 A Bill to restore nature and tackle climate change. @10dowingstreet.bsky.social - will you back the #CANBill on 24 January? @zero-hour.bsky.social

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Lammy ignored the horrific Israeli massacres over Xmas and Israel’s attacks on yet more of its neighbours. He now seems very happy to chat with ministers of Israel’s genocidal government as if it was the most normal thing in the world. Never forget.

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Lammy in Israel doing what he does best. Grovelling bluster in one direction, whilst ignoring #warcrimes of Israel, #genocide and #ethniccleansing of the Palestinian people. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-jan...

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David Lammy just visited Israel to meet foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar. They discussed “Syria, Lebanon and the Iranian threat” and Lammy reportedly invited Sa’ar for an official visit to Britain. Lammy should be investigated for complicity in war crimes. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

submitted 43 days ago • 11 comments

A genocide complicit traitor to his country, David Lammy.

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

The shame of David Lammy.

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

What this David Lammy ?

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Austerity has been discredited & 330,000+ deaths prove its deadly impact. Yet benefit cuts are being briefed & disabled people are again made to pay the price for “calming” the markets. Austerity with a red rosette is still austerity. This isn’t the “change” people voted for.

submitted 45 days ago • 39 comments

Remember when Matt Hancock & Nadine Dorries (now ex MPs) chose to appear on TV realty shows for mega loot, and for weeks neglected their Parliamentary duties. That is still permitted. Must ban all second jobs for MPs. Must serve people, not their bank balance. leftfootforward.org/2025/01/mps-...

submitted 44 days ago • 30 comments

Talks on further tightening rules on MPs’ outside interests, including media contracts, will be started by leader of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell, at a hearing of the all-party standards committee on Tuesday - (with apologies for the image).

submitted 44 days ago • 3 comments

MPs second jobs are institutionalised bribery. They should be banned. Prime duty of MPs is to serve the people, not corporations or their bank accounts. Preventing MPs from selling their souls to the highest bidder is a necessary step in democratising parliament leftfootforward.org/2025/01/mps-...

submitted 46 days ago • 37 comments

🐝 Thank you to the MPs who support the Climate and Nature Bill, the joined-up legislation we need to restore nature and tackle the climate crisis. 🗳️ It’s time to turn your words into action—and vote for the #CANBill at its Second Reading on 24 January. 👉 zerohour.uk

submitted 46 days ago • 7 comments

Mick Lynch wants a progressive wealth tax with the richest paying the same as everyone else on PAYE, 47%. That would bring in hundred of billions, it is time for the richest to pay what everyone else has been paying their whole lives.

submitted 47 days ago • 76 comments

UK laws can't prevent billionaires/Musk from funding political parties. Payments can be routed through UK friends, corporate subsidiaries. Shell companies have been used. UK profits can be manufactured to make donations. Total ban is the only effective remedy. leftfootforward.org/2025/01/how-...

submitted 48 days ago • 30 comments

Absolute garbage of a headline - what just happened is that a bill to protect vulnerable young people was voted through www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 48 days ago • 128 comments

If anybody else did this would we ever hear the end of it?

submitted 48 days ago • 33 comments

Israel’s airstrikes on Gaza continue unabated, killing at least 13 Palestinians overnight and 31 in the past 24 hours. Among the victims is Bassam Yousef Shaqoura, a staff member at the European Gaza Hospital, killed in an airstrike on Khan Younis. (Healthcare Workers Watch - Palestine on X)

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

"Our objective is to reduce NHS waiting lists. We will do this by giving money to the private sector" hang on, why not just give money to the NHS ? "ah, so you don't want to reduce waiting lists !" You see how manipulation works ? 🙄

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments